EVENT COORDINATOR

Picture the scene....

One minute you are coordinating the glitz and the glamour at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel at the Farmers Weekly Awards, the next day you might be knee-deep in muddy wellies talking sustainability projects! The day after that? Well, you might be having your own Lord Sugar moment as you help to arrange the farming version of TV's The Apprentice! 

To achieve these great things, we need someone thoughtful and practical. You're also really confident speaking to senior industry executives as peers.

Our Event Coordinator opportunity is a flexible role, working 2 days in the office that comes with a salary of up to £30,000 plus some excellent benefits.

The Opportunity

Farmers Weekly manages projects and events in the farming and agricultural space. These range from focused round tables and on-farm practical sessions to numerous multi-faceted projects that involve a sizeable amount of both internal and external shareholder management. Some of our previous live events include Ag Careers Live, Arable Horizons farming lectures, Soils In Practice conference, Farmers Weekly Awards, and Farmers Apprentice week-long boot camp. However due to the pandemic in the last couple of years, our portfolio has pivoted to online webinars and partner projects, but the desire is to go back to face-to-face events.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with editorial, sales, and marketing teams to ensure aims of project/events is met
• Excellent organisational skills and evidence of the ability to meet deadlines whilst managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Adhering to a budget that implements cost-saving measures while consistently monitoring the costs, progress, and quality of a project
• Negotiating with contractors and suppliers for live events and conferences
• Able to work both independently, as well as part of a team to deliver top-level programmes and use market insight to drive growth across the portfolio
• Strong interpersonal, relationship building, and communication skills
• Willingness to work flexible hours and travel within the UK
• At least a year's experience in organising projects or events

In return, you join a fantastic, inclusive team. We will invest in you, and nurture your potential. You will earn up to £30,000 (DOE) and enjoy some incredible employee perks including a season ticket loan, pension contribution, flexible working opportunities (two days in the office, the remaining, remote), ongoing training, #MAGSWAG, and more!

Office: Greater London, Sutton

Flexible working (hybrid - home, and 2 days in the office)
We would like to be able to support you in your new role and encourage being office-based for the first couple of weeks.

Mark Allen Group consists of seven divisions: MA Healthcare, MA Business, MA Dentistry Media. , MA Education, MA Exhibitions, MA Music Leisure & Travel, and MA Agricutlire - home of Farmers Weekly

We are continuously looking to invite driven, ambitious, and enthusiastic candidates into our MAG family across our lucrative businesses. We are a trusted, family-owned media company specialising in offering professional content and services to global audiences. Content is key to everything that we do, be it across print, digital, or events.

We’re not interested in fitting into what a media company is supposed to look like. We are not wallflowers. Our ever-expanding business has rapidly grown from its humble beginnings and we’re only just getting started….

We positively celebrate Diversity & Inclusion in the Mark Allen Group. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, because it makes our company stronger. We are committed to achieving a working environment that provides equality of opportunity and freedom from discrimination. We aim to become the most inclusive business in Publishing- both for our people and our customers, reflecting and connecting with the diverse communities that we work with. We want people from all backgrounds to feel valued for their individuality and thrive in our business and feel part of the family-run Mark Allen Group.

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