AddressJob Posted: 21 March 2024
- Contract Term: Seasonal
- Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
- Contract Type: Full time
- Salary: £589/week
- Industries: Customer Service Event Management Travel & Tourism
Are you creative, outgoing and passionate? Do you dream of running your own events? Do you thrive in an internationally dynamic and fun environment? If you tick all of the above, this might be the job for you!
We’re looking for an outgoing, organised natural entertainer to take on the role of Events Coordinator for EF in Summer 2024. This is the perfect opportunity for somebody looking to gain more experience and boost their CV by working in an international environment.
What will I be doing?
- In this role, you’ll be planning, enhancing, promoting and delivering our student events
- You’ll ensure we are delivering a high level of excitement with an eye on student satisfaction, supported by an experienced Activities team
What does my day-to-day look like?
As an Events Coordinator for the Isle of Wight, no two days are ever the same. You will be responsible for delivering events of the highest quality and some of your duties will include the following:
- Creating and updating event plans
- Using your creativity to organise and deliver a wide-range of mini-games and competitions
- Collating student and staff feedback to improve events
- Enhancing events
- Promoting events across all EF sites
- Creating event rotas
- Delivering event briefings to Activity Leaders
- Stock management
- Liaising with event suppliers
- Supporting Activity Leaders
- Overall responsibility of event safeguarding
Who will I be working with?
- You’ll be a key part of our activities team working alongside our Activity Coordinators
- You’ll also be working with our summer Activity Leaders and Teachers, taking care of staff welfare and light HR duties
What will you take away?
After a summer of working as an EF Events Coordinator, you will enhance your management skills and experience by working with an international team. You will be a proven host, adaptable and capable of solving various issues without hesitation while working under pressure. The international surroundings will fine tune your communication skills as well as organisational and planning skills.
What’s required of me?
To be successful in this role you need to be:
- An enthusiastic leader who is creative and a great problem-solver
- A team player who is conscious about a strong work ethic and culture
- Passionate! Passion is at the heart of the work we do and is one of EF’s core values
- A great communicator
Every EF staff member should have a ‘going above and beyond, never settling for the status quo' mentality. If you think the same way and want to be the person who makes a difference for our students and staff.
Ready to take the next step?
Submit your application and we'll be in touch soon! Want to see what our summer in 2023 looked like? Check out our summer highlights video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgmcaK2R-E
EF, which stands for Education First, operates a local language school on the Isle of Wight that is supported by an international team with a global presence of more than 52,000 members of staff in 116 countries.
EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be followed up and will ask specifically whether there is any reason that the applicant should not be engaged in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18. Upon interview all gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily and proof of identity and, where applicable, qualifications will be required. Appropriate suitability checks will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.
