Events Team Manager

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For informal enquiries, please contact Kikelomo Famuyiwa, Student Recruitment Regional Manager (UK) at Kik

Join Our Student Recruitment Team as Events Team Manager (Job Share, 0.5 FTE), working 18.25 hours per week across Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

As Events Team Manager, you’ll play a key role in delivering impactful student recruitment events—from Open Days and Offer Holder Days to virtual experiences and bespoke campus visits. You’ll manage a small events support team, oversee the Warwick Welcome Service (student ambassadors), and ensure events planning is front‑loaded to deliver seamless and professional events. This is a collaborative role, working closely with your job share partner and the wider Student Recruitment team.

• Support the planning and delivery of student recruitment events.
• Manage and mentor the Events Support Team and student ambassadors.
• Coordinate event logistics, briefings, and on‑the‑day troubleshooting.
• Oversee financial processes related to events.

• Strong people management and organisational skills.
• Proven experience in event planning and coordination.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Confidence working with financial systems and managing budgets.
• A proactive, detail‑oriented approach with a passion for student engagement.

This is a 0.5 FTE job share position, with working hours split across Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (18.25 hours per week). Flexibility, teamwork and clear communication with your job share partner will be key to success.

Several events take place on Saturdays. You will be required to work around 8 Saturdays each year and from campus in the run‑up to events. Overtime/TOIL is available.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description attached as a PDF below.

The University of Warwick is a world‑leading institution for teaching and research, with an absolute commitment to excellence and an ambition to challenge the status quo. We’ve inspired positive change, sparked innovation, and created opportunity across our local community, our region, the country and beyond.

You will join a passionate and inspiring team of Marketing, Communications, and Insight (MCI) professionals. MCI encompasses the teams for Marketing and Student Recruitment, Brand and Marketing, Corporate Communications, and Market Research and Insight. The post holder will be based in the Marketing and Student Recruitment team and work across MCI teams to support key recruitment events.

We are a world‑leading research‑intensive university founded in 1965. We are ranked 106th in the world and 8th in the UK. Additionally, 92% of our research is rated world‑leading or internationally excellent.

Find out more about us at

• World University Ranking 2024, Guardian University Guide 2025
• Research Excellence Framework 2021

CLOSING DEADLINE:
Thursday 22nd January 2026 at 11:55pm (UK Time).

To apply, click "Apply" below and submit an application form by the closing deadline. You will be asked to include a CV and a cover letter.

• Your education and employment history (including your most recent employment).
• Any other relevant experience (e.g., volunteering, extracurricular, etc.).

• Your motivations for applying to the role.
• Using examples, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the job description (PDF attached below).

All essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview.

Right to Work in the UK. We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your…