Senior Events Manager And Creator

Working in the beautiful Heritage Gardens and Historic Ruins of the York Museum Gardens, the famous Victorian Street at York Castle Museum or any of our other inspiring sites, this is a great opportunity to bring amazing, unique events to life.

Already booked in for 2024 - live music from Shed Seven and York Proms, and a return for Thor's tipi. There are other exciting events in the pipeline too.

Are you the person to bring these to life?

York Museums Trust is building its events programme, sometimes working with partners, sometimes creating and operating our own events, and now seeks a talented, knowledgeable and experienced Senior Events Manager to curate and operate a programme.

The role will lead on a number of events for the Trust's trading arm and work with the Museum team on events related to our museum activities, such as the Roman Festival and Christmas on Kirkgate.

The role will work with clients from the first stages of event planning, through the operational details before ensuring that "it's alright on the night".

You'll have substantial experience of event planning, delivery and operations, with a track record of successfully delivering events large and small in scale and working indoors and outdoors.

As an organisation York Museums Trust is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst our workforce. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Salary: £35,000 - £38,360 per annum fte

Contract: 37 hours a week to be worked flexibly to the need of events