Job description
Event Assistant
The opportunity has arisen to join the busy Events and Commercial Team ISO9001 accredited, part of the in-house Facilities Management services as a full time Events Assistant.
Tower Hamlets is a great place to build a career with a strong commitment to invest in staff and support with their development and growth.
The role offers a competitive salary, generous annual leave, and the local government pension scheme. It is based in our brand-new Civic Centre in Whitechapel.
The post holder will support the Event Coordinator by providing comprehensive and valuable admin support. To be the first point of contact within the Events team, providing a professional front line service to internal and external stakeholders, arranging, and attending site visits to promote the hiring of the portfolio of event spaces within the department.
Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.
Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.
We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.