The appointed individual will be responsible for planning, organizing, and executing selected high-profile, Fundwide events, as well as offering expert guidance and implementing industry best practices to enhance workflow processes and advance digital systems integration.
Responsibilities:
Event Planning and Governance: Develop institutional guidelines for planning and organizing events, including high-level events; departmental events; clubs and communities’ events; among others. Guidelines should include timelines, format, venue selection, protocols for high-level speakers, internal promotion, and resource allocation. In addition, help staff in the department adopt the guidelines via training and workshops.
Partnership: establish strong collaboration with the Audiovisual, Hospitality, and Facilities teams in the Corporate Services and Facilities Department (CSF), and other COM divisions and departments, to improve the event management processes.
Marketing and Promotion: Develop and implement internal marketing plans or standards to promote events and attract attendees using institutional digital platforms.
Event Execution: Manage the execution of selected high-level events, ensuring all elements are delivered smoothly and professionally.
Post-Event Analysis: Conduct post-event evaluations, including analyzing feedback and outcomes to improve future events.
Requirements:
An advanced university degree, or equivalent, in communications, marketing, production, event management, or a related field, supplemented by a minimum of four (4) years of relevant professional work experience in event management or production, with a focus on high-level events.
Alternatively, a university degree, or equivalent, and ten (10) years of relevant professional experience are required.
