Candidate Profile
- Strong communicator with excellent written and verbal skills
- Event management or administration experience within professional services
- Strong team player
- Highly efficient and organised
- Able to act and promote oneself as a trusted advisor
- Excellent IT skills
- Multi-tasker able to project manage variety of inputs and stakeholders
- Knowledge and understanding of developments within the events marketplace
Technical Skills/Experience
- Support the execution of the firm’s Marketing and BD strategy through the development and implementation of tailored events
- Responsible for supporting a number of a strategic annual events, including both internal and external events
- Supporting the team in identifying external conferences, dinners etc. to attend to achieve desired objectives
- Working closely with Marketing, BD Managers and other stakeholders, to support the delivery and administration of events as well as project work
- Supporting the team in the management and implementation of allocated client event-related activities (working with appropriate support from across the firm as required)
- Delivery of the event/project plan, including co-ordination of various inputs and all elements of events planning.
- Management of invitation design and mailing
- Venue liaison and identification of requirements
- Preparation and management of event materials such as badges, merchandise, etc.
- Liaison with all stakeholders (internal and external)
- Front of house management
- Supporting with budget management, invoice processing, and assessment of return on investment
- Management of Memberships
- Assist MBD team with wider projects and internal events
- Internal promotion and communication of the breadth, depth and quality of firm event-related activities to encourage cross-selling activities, acting as an ambassador for the firm’s Marketing and BD team and as a Shepherd and Wedderburn brand ambassador representing the firm at client events.
- Any other reasonable duty as directed by the line manager
Business/Work Management
- Clear understanding of the firm’s strategy and ability to advise accordingly
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with external suppliers
- Works as part of a team to attain objectives within agreed timescales and budgets.
- Prepares well for meetings with guidance.
- Makes effective use of the firm’s information management systems and complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.
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HR Contact
If you would like further information on the role or require accommodations to make your application please contact Marc McRae (marc.mcrae@shepwedd.com)
Equal Opportunities
At Shepherd and Wedderburn we strive to provide a supportive, inclusive and high performance working environment, where everyone feels they belong. Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our business and we therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds to all levels of the organisation. To foster inclusivity we particularly encourage applications from those who may be from underrepresented groups, including candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, people with disabilities or who are neurodivergent and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
GDPR
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We will process the information you provide solely for the purpose of evaluating your application for employment. The information will be disclosed to the interview panel (if relevant), your line manager (if appointed), and Human Resources staff members. We may contact any references provided for the purposes of discussing your application, and will ask your permission before doing so.
If you provide any information deemed to be “special category” information under the General Data Protection Regulation, we may use this as follows:
- We will use information about your disability status to provide appropriate adjustments to the interview process.
- We will use any information provided in our diversity monitoring form about your race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender identity, gender expression, social mobility background, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, any disability information, age, and marital/civil partnership status to ensure meaningful equal opportunity monitoring and reporting. Any analysis of this data will be done on an anonymous basis.
Should your application be unsuccessful, the information provided will be deleted within 1 year of a decision not to progress your application.
If you have any further questions about how we process and store your information, or your rights in relation to this, please refer to our GDPR Privacy Notice for Applicants and Work Experience Students (available at www.shepwedd.com/careers/working-with-us/privacy-notice)
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