Senior Events Manager

About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields.  We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities.  Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:

In this exciting managerial role based within our Corporate Communications and Events Team, you’ll lead on the planning and delivery of our annual calendar of events including Graduation Ceremonies, Student Recruitment events and Public Engagement activities, including the Chelmsford Science Festival.

We are looking to recruit someone who has the skills, experience and enthusiasm for delivering successful and highly engaging, memorable events.

With a degree plus demonstrable professional experience for the role or relevant professional degree level qualification appropriate to the role plus demonstrable professional experience for the role, you will have experience of successfully planning, promoting and running a variety of high-profile events and be able to work collaboratively across large, complex organisations.   

This role is a 12-month fixed term contract starting on 30 September 2024.

It is expected that interviews will take place on Monday 1 July.

Informal enquiries can be made to Alice Asher, Senior Events Manager, at alice.asher@aru.ac.uk

Find out more about working with us.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes: 

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.