Events and Content Manager, The Whitehall and Industry Group

Overview

Events and Content Manager, The Whitehall and Industry GroupWIG is looking for a dynamic events and content manager to lead our economic growth and prosperity theme to foster strategic dialogue across government, business, the not-for-profit sector and higher education.Your Mission

Help drive UK growth and investment by connecting diverse sectors through purposeful engagement and thought leadership.Responsibilities

Research key policy and economic trends affecting government, business, and society.Design and deliver insightful, timely content and events that address critical national challenges.Produce at least one paid, full-day conference annually.Shape compelling event programmes that enable open, high-level dialogue among cross-sector leaders.Foster relationships with senior stakeholders, curating experiences that inspire action and shared understanding.Manage the full lifecycle of approximately 40 high-quality events per year, from conception to execution (e.g., keynote talks, panels, workshops, and roundtables).Identify and secure high-calibre speakers and facilitators.Coordinate logistics with venues and hosts, ensuring a seamless attendee experience.Lead event-day delivery, sometimes including early mornings, evenings, and regional travel.Contribute to programme strategy with new content ideas and formats.Collaborate across WIG teams to enhance user experience, particularly digital content.Support the Marketing and Operations teams to optimise outreach and engagement. Use the CRM to manage communications and invitations.Oversee financial aspects of events, including budgeting and invoicing.Qualifications

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in events management, business and management or hospitality management.Competencies

Operational Delivery: Proven ability to manage complex projects independently and handle challenges under pressure.Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent relationship-building skills, with confidence engaging senior leaders across diverse audiences and excellent oral and written communication skills.Collaboration: A strong team player who works effectively across functions, with an understanding of team dynamics.Strategic Thinking: Ability to generate new ideas, innovate, and pragmatic solutions to problems; able to manage change with a positive, can-do approach.Leadership: High emotional intelligence, capable of coaching others and influencing internal and external stakeholders. Comfortable stepping into management roles as needed.Project management: Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task.Mission-driven: Customer-centric approach to all activities.Experience

A minimum of 3 years of experience in event management or conference production.Experience curating and running a portfolio of events across one or more of: international relations, politics, political economy, finance, economics or technology.Experience of event management in charities, membership/training organisations, public sector or third sector.Experience producing written materials such as speaker notes, event summaries/write-ups, event briefings, and promotional content.Experience using a database and conducting research.Seniority level

Mid-Senior levelEmployment type

Full-timeJob function

Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/EditingIndustries

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