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Events Assistant

🏢 University of Oxford TSS • 📍 Oxford, England • 🕒 2 days ago

Salary Range

£28,411 - £34,562

£2,368 - £2,880 / mo

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Oxford, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

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Vacancy ID: 13513

Do you have experience organising high-profile conferences? Are you organised, time-efficient and proactive? Would you like to work at a prestigious University Institution?

We are currently recruiting for an Events Assistant position, to work on the planning for a conference for a project funded by the British Academy. This project is run in partnership with Queen Mary University London and institutions in India. Outside of this project, a successful candidate will also provide some support for other Faculty events.

Duties:

Liaise with the conference venue on costs, accessibility, AV, catering
Book hotel accommodation for some of the Indian project partners/attendees
Advise on travel arrangements for all attendees
Monitor event costs against agreed budgets, raise purchase orders and approve invoices
Liaise with attendees on travel allowances, process expense claim forms
Organise an exhibition of photos related to the project
Maintain the project and event website on the Faculty's website and link to the main project website at QMUL.
Provide a single point of contact for all enquiries relating to the event, including speakers and attendees, and managing relevant external and internal communications.
Prepare conference materials for delegates;
Design and issue publicity material to the relevant audiences;
Create and manage the conference registration
Coordinate and obtain permission forms for the filming, podcasting, livestreaming and photography of the event
Organise and manage the AV and IT requirements for the event, including Hybrid set up where required.

Person specification

Essential requirements:

An understanding of events budgets
Good communications skills
Good excel skills

Please be aware that all candidates need to be able to start work immediately and must be able to work on site if required to do so.

TSS workers accrue holiday pay that is equivalent to 38 days per year, this means you accrue a whopping 17.1% in holiday pay for the hours that you work for us.

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