Events Manager

Hours: 40 per week, (Flexible hours including Sundays)
Salary: £32,000- £40,000 (DOE)
Holiday: 25 days + Bank Holidays (Rising to 28 days after 5 yrs, 30 days after 10 yrs)
Location: The Living Room, High Street Cowley, Uxbridge, UB8 2HE

Purpose & Context

Crown Church is a multicultural church, made up of people from over 60 nationalities. Every Sunday Crown Church hires a local secondary school for our weekly worship gathering. Teams of volunteers come together to help make this happen and the role of Events Manager is being introduced to take a lead in the planning, coordinating and delivery of this. In addition to the Sunday service there are a number of other events such as ‘Carols at Crown’ at Christmas and our ‘International Celebration’ where we celebrate being a church of many nations and cultures.

Throughout the year there are also a regular flow of events and activities hosted at our community venue called ‘The Living Room’. This role will support the venue being ready to accommodate these events and ensuring the key infrastructure is in place for them to run successfully. This role will also play the overall operational lead in the planning and delivery of Crown members attending external events such as the youth festival ‘Newday’. Supporting volunteer teams in organising the infrastructure behind such events is an exciting part of this role.

Principle Accountabilities

• Providing the operational leadership for the delivery of events at Crown Church
• Oversee the weekly cycle of planning and internal communications for the organisation of Sunday services and other events
• Provide the long range planning and organisation for Sunday services with higher attendance such as Baby Thanksgivings, Baptisms, Christmas and Easter, and International Celebration
• Building strong working relationship between Crown Church and any third party venues such as the secondary school hired for Sunday services, including the handling of room bookings and payments
• Overseeing recruitment, training and support of volunteer teams that provide the operational side of the Sunday services (including Refreshments, Set up/Set down, Information and Audio Visual teams) and other events such as Alpha courses and member training.
• Ensuring that the MacBook used for the visual presentations in Sunday services is update accordingly
• Taking the lead for ensuring audio visual equipment is fully functional and accessible to volunteers at both the Sunday service venue and The Living Room
• Ensuring that The Living Room is in excellent condition for guests and users with all require resources available, overseeing effective processes for users to self-manage their events/activities where appropriate, including space bookings and management of key holders
• The primary lead for health and safety for Crown Church, including risk assessments, keeping abreast of any new legislations and ensuring staff and volunteers are appropriately trained.
• Ensuring the supplies relevant to the running of events are well stocked and available to relevant teams
• Providing operational leadership to key external events such as Newday and other conferences and festivals that Crown Church participates in. In each instance bringing direction and support to other staff and leaders who are stakeholders in the event.
• Taking budgetary responsibility for event management, delivering proposals for any larger future investments.
• Leading the staff team in producing a termly event calendar highlighting all Crown Church activity. Ensuring scheduling is effective and well thought through and ensuring appropriate venues are booked; including the effective booking of spaces at The Living Room or external venues.
• The nature of a small staff team supporting one another means other duties outside of the role may be required from time to time.

Additional Information

• Monthly supervision with Gavin Bissessar
• Training opportunities where identified to support the role
• Sunday and Tuesday are key working days for this role (two clear days off are encouraged for this role)

Person Specification

Essential

• Committed Christian with mature character and to be a committed member of Crown Church
• Easy to relate to and at ease building relationships in a cross cultural context
• Evidence of planning and delivery of small to medium sized events
• Good communication skills
• Evidence of proactive administrative skills in the workplace
• Evidence of being a self-starter who is able to take initiative
• Highly organised, systematic and enjoys routine
• Excellent team player and willingness to support
• Can manage their week effectively to accommodate joyfully serving in a more hands on way on a Sunday
• Confidence in recruiting, organising and encouraging volunteers
• Ability to take initiative in learning new technologies and IT platforms to aid events

Desirable

• Experience in using Audio Visual equipment
• Car driver/owner
• Experience of implementing health and safety measures

Apply

To apply please send a copy of your CV with a filled in copy of the Candidate Bio details form to applications@christianjobs.co.uk