Event Manager

Contract Type: Fixed term for 8 months (Maternity cover January to August 2020)

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Bristol with regular travel

As our Event Manager, you will be responsible for delivering a programme of both active, special and supporter-led events, contributing towards a team-wide income target of around £7m initially, with ambitions for steady income growth over the period to 2023.

Responsibilities include managing project teams and working closely with event committees to ensure that events are delivered on time and to budget, while maintaining the Trust's reputation of delivering high quality events.

Experience of working in a complex organization and running projects or initiatives that span disciplines and reporting lines is not essential but may be advantageous.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description. 

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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