Sales & Events Coordinator (Conferences)

We are seeking an outgoing proactive Sales & Events Coordinator to join our busy team to deliver increased revenue and occupancy for our conference and meetings business.

As a social enterprise commercial income is key to our success. The Commercial team is responsible for income generation and business growth through sourcing occupants for our commercial units and clients for our venues. The Commercial team deliver over 600 events from our venues and are continually building partnerships and liaising with key stakeholders across the South Bank areas.

You will be responsible for securing sales from new and existing clients as well as managing event logistics in close liaison with our operational team.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following:

Experience of co-ordinating and organising events
Experience of working in a busy sales role
Experience of working in a customer facing role
Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage conflicting priorities to meet deadlines
Ability to take the initiative and an enthusiastic, proactive approach to work
Strong IT and administration skills, with excellent attention to detail
Creating an inspirational neighbourhood
We provide the opportunities and spaces for people to lead their own change.

Our activities are wide and far reaching. From giving families and children the best start in life through our childcare and family support, to creating and maintaining high quality live, work and play spaces on land which we own.

We promote enterprise, creativity and lifelong learning whether that’s through providing employment, volunteering opportunities, nurturing enterprise or delivering programmes and activities. We provide housing that supports our community; we champion co-operative housing and influence local and national housing policy.

From sports and dance to healthy eating and gardening, we offer a range of facilities and activities accessible to everyone to support health and wellbeing in our community.