Event Coordinator - Secondment London, England
Job description
Event Coordinator 12 months Fixed Term Contract
London
As a Barclays Event Coordinator, you will work across all Barclays businesses to deliver a wide spectrum of Event types, from small high-end dinners for our UHNW clients to larger scale conferences. You will work on end-to-end project management on solo projects and in project teams with colleagues both within the EME team and with those in the global events teams in APAC and the US.
Barclays is one of the world’s largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.
- Managing, developing and executing an incredibly diverse range of events to the highest standard
- Preparing and managing event budgets and end-to-end finance process
- Managing event timelines, project plans and procurement activities
- Delegating management including invitation production, joining instructions and on-site management
- Liaising and regularly communicating with internal hosts to proactively recommend event activity and review event requirements
- Building and maintaining solid and effective relationships with our preferred suppliers
- Professional experience running end to end events; including budget, stakeholder and logistics management alongside industry knowledge and experience
- Professional experience of producing Virtual events using virtual platforms e.g. TalkPoint, Open Exchange or similar
- Proficiency in Microsoft skills (Ppt, Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Teams)
- Aptitude and ability to navigate using different Event technology systems (OneEvent; BTS; Concur; Coupa; Stova)
- Proven skills and experience in negotiation and project management
- Ability to solve problems, take ownership, multi-task and meet deadlines
- London, UK and Europe Events Industry knowledge
Where will you be working?
In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.
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