Events and Conferencing Assistant

Swindon Borough Council are seeking a commercially focussed and ambitious Events and Conferencing Assistant with experience of working in an events and/or conferencing environment to join our successful Income Generation Team for our Swindon Museums and  Heritage Sites.             

Your next role

Working predominately at STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway, the successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the delivery of our busy conferencing business whilst helping to develop an attractive events package that caters for the needs of our corporate and community sectors. You will support the Income Generation Team to seek new and innovative ways to keep the Swindon Museums and Lydiard Park brands fresh so that visitors continue to be inspired and engaged and you will have the capability to coordinate multiple events at any one time whilst still maintaining an impeccable eye for detail and service.

You will assist the development and implementation of a successful and inspirational programme of events and conferencing activities predominately at STEAM Museum (with occasional work at Museum & Art Swindon and Lydiard Park. 

Read more about our great Swindon Museums & Heritage Sites.    

www.steam-museum.org.uk www.lydiardpark.org.uk  www.museumartswindon.com  

If you have good organisational skills, knowledge of budgeting and financial management, and excellent communications, research and creative skills, in order to attract and retain audiences and raise levels of attendance and income, with the ability to deliver on the Income Generation Team’s objectives, then we want to hear from you.

The successful candidate will be flexible to work evenings and weekends when required to support the events and conferencing programme.

Must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act – for the effective performance of a customer-facing role)”.

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details.

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

For more information please contact Ian Surtees, email isurtees@swindon.gov.uk

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk