LSO St Luke’s Event and Diary Manager
London Symphony Orchestra £26,000-£27,500 per annum, according to experience. Closing date 22 September 2021
LSO St Luke's, the Orchestra's music education centre, is seeking an experienced and organised Event and Diary Manager to be a core part of the team responsible for delivering its busy programme of events.
The Event and Diary Manager oversees all elements of a successful event and coordinates the LSO St Luke’s in-house Stage and Technical staff to ensure the smooth running of a variety of artistic, private and commercial events, internally- and externally-promoted concerts and LSO Discovery projects. The role involves acting as the Duty Manager of the venue, when the Event Manager will act as a personal licence holder, first aider and will have overall responsibility for the safety of any and all persons in the building. The role also has responsibility for managing the diary of the LSO Warehouse in Tottenham.
The Event Manager also undertakes venue sales to external artistic and commercial clients; often high-profile companies and high net worth individuals. This will include responding to enquiries, booking meetings, negotiating contracts, ensuring timely payment and approving suppliers.
There are also considerable administrative duties in the management of enquiry data, customer/supplier relationships and meeting diary management. The Event and Diary Manager also has overall responsibility for the training, rostering and performance management of our team of casual stewarding staff (currently at approximately 30). Evening and weekend work is often required, as dictated by the schedule of events.
The Event Manager reports to the Head of LSO Discovery and will be asked to deputise where appropriate and take on tasks and longer-term projects where necessary, especially the development of new revenue streams. The Event Manager also has a direct responsibility for two Event Coordinators.
Salary: £26,000-£27,500 per annum, according to experience.
For more information about this post, including a full job description and how to apply, please visit the LSO website.
The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 22 September.
The Event and Diary Manager oversees all elements of a successful event and coordinates the LSO St Luke’s in-house Stage and Technical staff to ensure the smooth running of a variety of artistic, private and commercial events, internally- and externally-promoted concerts and LSO Discovery projects. The role involves acting as the Duty Manager of the venue, when the Event Manager will act as a personal licence holder, first aider and will have overall responsibility for the safety of any and all persons in the building. The role also has responsibility for managing the diary of the LSO Warehouse in Tottenham.
The Event Manager also undertakes venue sales to external artistic and commercial clients; often high-profile companies and high net worth individuals. This will include responding to enquiries, booking meetings, negotiating contracts, ensuring timely payment and approving suppliers.
There are also considerable administrative duties in the management of enquiry data, customer/supplier relationships and meeting diary management. The Event and Diary Manager also has overall responsibility for the training, rostering and performance management of our team of casual stewarding staff (currently at approximately 30). Evening and weekend work is often required, as dictated by the schedule of events.
The Event Manager reports to the Head of LSO Discovery and will be asked to deputise where appropriate and take on tasks and longer-term projects where necessary, especially the development of new revenue streams. The Event Manager also has a direct responsibility for two Event Coordinators.
Salary: £26,000-£27,500 per annum, according to experience.
For more information about this post, including a full job description and how to apply, please visit the LSO website.
The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 22 September.