Events & Conference Manager

Events & Conference Manager

Closing date:
Sunday 9 August 2026. Salary: £29,203.52 per annum. Contract type:
Permanent.

Working hours:

Full time.

Location:

Brockholes Nature Reserve, Just off Junction 31 of the M6, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 0AG
.

We are looking for an experienced Events & Conference Manager to join our busy commercial team at Brockholes Nature Reserve.

Lancashire Wildlife Trust is looking for a new member of staff to join our Commercial Department, based predominantly at our flagship site, Brockholes Nature Reserve just outside Preston, one of the largest and most popular nature based visitor attractions in the North West, home to a unique floating visitor village with a beautiful conference, wedding and event venue.

We also operate sites at Rufford, and in Bolton, where we’ve recently opened a new café and event room at Queen’s Park and have just secured funding for a brand new heritage visitor centre, café and event space at Moses Gate Country Park. There's never been a better time to join the team, as you'll help design and plan the events, conferences, and weddings across this growing network of sites.

Brockholes has built a reputation as a premium location for conferencing, weddings, and events, but our conference and events business has now overtaken weddings in scale. We still host around 15–30 weddings a year, but the real growth is in events, and our schedule of activities gets bigger and more popular every year.

We’re looking for someone with experience of or real passion for events planning and delivery, who will take the lead on planning and assisting in delivering our existing events schedule while also dreaming up new events and activities for our visitors.

For an informal chat about the role, email Edward Bailey with your best contact telephone number at

We offer 28 days holidays plus bank holidays per annum, increasing with length of service. A friendly and flexible working environment with the chance to be a part of the largest nature conservation body in the area, working together to improve our region for nature as well as engaging and inspiring people to connect and take action for wildlife.

Further details including a full Job Description can be found in the Recruitment Pack below. Please review the Job Description before you apply.

Should you be interested in this position please complete the Application Form and Diversity Monitoring Form and return your application before the closing date stated. Completed applications can be returned via email to

The Diversity Monitoring form can be completed by clicking here.

CV’s will not be considered – No Agencies.

Closing Date for Receipt of Applications Is:
Sunday 9th August 2026.

Interviews:
Applicants will be invited to interview as applications are received, so early applications are encouraged.

We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.

Lancashire Wildlife Trust is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.