Events Manager

Context

Liverpool Cathedral is a world-class, Grade I listed building and one of the UK’s most distinctive large-scale events venues. As a live place of worship, heritage asset and major visitor attraction, the Cathedral delivers a highly complex programme of corporate, commercial, cultural and civic events alongside daily worship and tourism activity. From major headline grabbing art installations, to classical concerts or pop gigs to awards gala’s.

Events at Liverpool Cathedral operate within a high-risk, regulated environment, requiring exceptional standards of safety management, safeguarding, operational planning and professional delivery, alongside strong commercial performance.

The range of activity makes Liverpool Cathedral one of the most exciting places to work for events professionals looking for a challenging and rewarding next step.

The Events Manager is a senior operational role within the Cathedral’s Enterprise and events function, responsible for the end-to-end planning, management and delivery of a diverse portfolio of internal and external events, ensuring they are delivered safely, compliantly and to a consistently high professional standard. Working under the direction of the Senior Events Manager, the postholder is operationally accountable for the safe and sound event management planning, implementation and delivery, including but not limited to production planning, safeguarding and overall compliance for their events, and for producing and maintaining all required professional event documentation.

The role also carries significant commercial responsibility, including delivery of a minimum of £200k turnover in the first year, and plays a key role in strengthening the Cathedral’s reputation as a premium events venue.

• Commercial Performance Drive: deliver and grow the external events business at Liverpool Cathedral, achieving a minimum of £200k turnover in year one, while maintaining strong relationships with key clients and stakeholders.
• Safe & Compliant Delivery: ensure all assigned events are planned and delivered in full compliance with health & safety, safeguarding, licensing and Cathedral policies, with robust risk management and professional documentation in place.
• Operational Excellence: lead the successful delivery of complex events within a live, multi-use environment, balancing commercial priorities with worship, heritage protection and public access.
• Reputation &
  
  Experience:
  
  consistently deliver a high-quality client and audience experience that reinforces the Cathedral’s reputation as a trusted, professional and distinctive events venue.

• Lead the planning and delivery of a complex portfolio of corporate, commercial and cultural events from enquiry through to post-event evaluation.
• Act as the operational event end-to-end lead for assigned events, coordinating all logistics, production and delivery activity.
• Take full ownership of event and project timelines, running orders, production schedules and delivery plans to ensure events run safely, smoothly and professionally.
• Provide on-site leadership during events, responding effectively to operational challenges and incidents.

• Take operational responsibility for the implementation of health, safety and safeguarding arrangements for assigned events, in line with Cathedral policies and under the strategic oversight of the Senior Events Manager and H&S officer.
• Prepare, manage and maintain comprehensive professional event documentation, including but not limited to:

• Event Safety Management Plans (ESMPs)
• Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS)
• Production schedules and technical plans
• Load-in / load-out plans
• Emergency, evacuation and contingency plans
• Briefing documentation
• Site and venue plans, including dot plans

• Implement conditions and controls arising from internal risk reviews, licensing requirements and SAG processes, escalating issues where required.
• Ensure safe and suitable systems of work are followed by all contractors, suppliers and temporary staff, including inductions and supervision. Ensure all…