Events Coordinator

Are you an experienced events professional looking for your next challenge?

Do you want to make a real difference to a growing charity?

Then we have an exciting role for you working within our organisation!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Events Coordinator to join our expanding team and organisation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and we are interested in you as an individual. We are looking for a highly organised professional with a positive attitude, dedicated to achieving excellence in public sector procurement.

Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is a not-for-profit purchasing consortium and we produce compliant purchasing frameworks and provide specialist advice on spending practices and value for money. Our longstanding history and dedication has earned CPC a reputation for excellence.

We're an award-winning organisation recognised and certified as a "Great place to work". We offer a collaborative, exciting environment where your ideas are heard and valued. We provide competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for career development.

We're making a real difference and you can be a part of it! This is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!

The role is offered as full-time position.

The role is a hybrid role, predominantly based at our head office in Salford, but will require some travel for events as required.

We are looking for an experienced Events Coordinator to manage and oversee all elements of CPC's external event planning and management. This role will put you right at the forefront of promoting the work of CPC to the education sector and beyond as well as using your skills to support various internal projects. You will bring event insights and internal improvements to evolve our event offerings and will have at least two years of event planning experience and a long history of coordinating successful events.

As part of the Communications Team, you will be an affective ambassador for our brand and will have the opportunity to get involved in a variety of exciting projects across different areas of our business.

This is a great opportunity to put all your skills into practice, working in a supportive and learning environment to progress your career in event management.

• Salary of up to £28,450 FTE per annum depending on experience.
• Generous yearly discretionary bonus following successful probation.
• Remote working with visits to clients onsite when required.
• Access to a local government pension scheme with a 14.7% employer contribution, which includes death-in-service and ill health.
• Opportunities to develop through our inhouse development programmes and through external learning with full support given to achieve MCIPS.
• 38 days holiday (including bank holidays), plus an additional three days additional leave for Christmas holiday closure
• Time off for volunteering opportunities.
• Enhanced leave packages such as paid sickness, carers leave, bereavement and compassionate leave and maternity pay.
• Support for wellbeing with access to 8 mental health first aiders and the opportunity to join an Employee Assistance Programme.
• The chance to get involved in a number of working groups, such as Equality Diversity and Inclusion, Wellbeing and Sustainability.
• The opportunity to join our Women's, Men's and Carer's employee support networks which provide safe spaces for colleagues to share their experiences.
• Social and employee events throughout summer and at Christmas.
• A programme of 'giving back' to the communities in which it is based…