Head of Event Operations - Maternity Cover

Mar 14, 2025
London
Full Time
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Not Disclosed
Skills
Succession Planning • Growing Experience • Expense Management • Management Experience • Rackspace • Laboratory Management • Senior Leadership • Operations Management • Relationship Management • Leadership Experience • negotiation • Taxonomy
The Role
Succession Planning • Growing Experience • Expense Management • Management Experience • Rackspace • Laboratory Management • Senior Leadership • Operations Management • Relationship Management • Leadership Experience • negotiation • Taxonomy

We are seeking a proactive and passionate Head of Event Operations that can hit the ground running across a varied and busy events calendar for one-year maternity With expertise across digital, face-to-face, and hybrid events management, you will make sure that our members and non-members are able to engage in and value an exciting, vibrant, and high-quality events programme that delivers value to both them and the

Your success will be measured on delegate satisfaction; retention and recruitment of members; revenue through sponsorship, fees, and external contracts; and the reputation of the events programme and wider

Requirements:

    • Proven track record of developing, managing, and delivering an events portfolio, achieving attendance, income, and satisfaction targets
    • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal) to facilitate relationships with new and exiting stakeholders
    • Experience in setting and managing complex budgets
    • Strong copywriting skills
    • Management experience

    The Team

    You will lead a hard-working and successful team of 4, dedicated to delivering high volume and high quality online, in-person and hybrid events working alongside a variety of teams across the Reporting to the Chief Education and Membership Officer, as part of the Senior Leadership Team, you will not only lead the RPS Events programme but also shape and influence work across the Directorate to drive forward our priorities as a Professional Leadership Body to support our

    How we are currently working
    We continue to support our employees to work flexibly with a mix of home working and the expectation for this role to attend the London office and venues across the UK where there is a need to do

    Closing date: 9 January 2023

    If you would like to learn more about the role, view our job description

    Please attach your CV and Cover Letter

    We are passionate about creating a culture of belonging, inclusion, and diversity these are part of our core values at RPS and we are striving to have an organisation that represents the diversity of the At RPS we do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, or disability and we encourage applications from all