Event Operations Manager
Job Details
We are Company of Cooks , and we believe brilliant food and drink starts with brilliant people. For over 25 years, we’ve been part of some of the UK’s most loved cultural destinations, from historic palaces and botanical gardens to buzzing galleries and performance spaces, running the cafés, restaurants, bars and events that bring these incredible places to life.
Our values - Craft, Creativity and Community - guide everything we do. They shape how we work together, how we support our partners, and how we make each guest feel welcome. If you care about food, people and doing things properly, you’ll feel right at home here. Wherever we are, we do more than serve. We bring places to life through food, service and creativity and we’re looking for an Event Operations Manager to join our team with Prestigious Events across London , Scotland , and Northern Ireland . Location: London with some travel to Scotland, and Northern Ireland Salary: £40,000 per annum Working Pattern: 40 hours per week, predominantly Monday-Friday (flexibility is required) Key Responsibilities- End to end event management for a series of prestigious events throughout the year
- Provide clear communication and regular updates to clients, partners, and internal stakeholders
- Budget management, logistics coordination, vendor negotiation, and marketing promotion
- Responsible for project management, overseeing all aspects from planning to completion to ensure objectives are met on time and within budget
- 2-3 years’ experience in a similar position
- Responsible for planning, organizing, and overseeing all aspects of an event from start to finish
- Must possess excellent communication and organisational skills
- Must be flexible as you will be required to travel extensively to meet with potential clients for event planning briefs, vendors
- Passionate about delivering outstanding customer service
- Strong leadership or supervisory experience in a similar hospitality or contract catering role
- Personal Development and Training opportunities
- Life assurance scheme
- Pension scheme
- Holiday allowance
- Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
- Eye care
- A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
- Family friendly support
- Regular social events and communication with our leaders
- A holiday purchase scheme
- Volunteering days
- Professional subscriptions
- Recognition schemes and people awards
- Long service awards
- Access to some great high street discount vouchers
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