Role: Corporate Events Executive

Location: Bedford/Kettering

Salary/Benefits: Salary from £29,000 DOE and Qualifications, 27 days of annual plus bank holidays, Peoples pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Working Pattern: 37hrs per week (1.0 FTE)

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Corporate Events Executive to join The Bedford College Group at our Bedford or Kettering college, with travel between all sites.

As a Corporate Events Executive you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Leading on the planning, organising and delivery of corporate events and stakeholder activities, motivating stakeholders to attend and engage with corporate events held across The Bedford College Group.
• Organising and managing the delivery of the Group's Student Awards Ceremonies, celebrating student achievements and ensuring a memorable experience for all attendees.
• Lisaing efficiently and effectively with relevant internal and external stakeholders for any local, regional or national award ceremonies where the Group is involved.
• Providing relevant support to ensure the effective and timely delivery of the Group's External Stakeholder Strategy to improve relations with local, regional and national communities including:
• Supporting and maintaining the annual corporate events calendar.

About you:

Ideal candidates will have:

• Degree in a related subject such as events management, business, marketing or equivalent level professional marketing qualifications.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• At least one years' experience of developing and implementing corporate events that have measurable impact.
• Demonstrable experience of managing events end-to-end including managing budgets, communications internally and externally.
• Good track record of liaising with colleagues and external partners in respect of delivering excellent events leading to satisfied external guests.
• Demonstrable experience of using e-communications platforms for event administration.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to deal confidently and diplomatically with a range of people at all levels.
• Strong judgement/initiative with the ability to effectively interpret and apply policies and procedures, understand and disseminate to staff.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Capacity to travel independently to the Group's campuses, exhibitions and events.

Interviews to be held on 16th Sept 2024.

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About The Bedford College Group
The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire:"Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and"Tresham"College"in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough;"Shuttleworth"College,"a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport"alongside"Silverstone"race circuit."To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.