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IBF_EV+102008
Events Manager and Administrator - Full Time Vacancy - North West London
This is a unique role in the events industry. We need to recruit a full time Events Manager and Administrative Support for the Intranet Benchmarking Forum, working from our London office in North-West London. The work is five days a week from 9 - 5 at our HQ office. Grand though that sounds, HQ is a purpose built log cabin at the bottom of a home back garden in West Hampstead, London NW6.
The salary is £32,000 per annum (PAYE), with five weeks' paid holiday. The new person would start ideally on 1 December 2008 and report to the IBF Business Manager.
IBF is a global organisation and you will be working with a team of 30 people, mainly in Europe and the US but also in Asia. We have offices in New York, Zurich and Sydney and we run IBF as a networked organisation, making full use of the latest virtual meeting tools, and audio-visual conferencing. Our working style is professional but informal.
IBF is the world leader in technology research in the field of intranets/portals and related enterprise technologies. We work with around 100 major companies, corporates and government bodies globally and you would have day to day interaction with organisations such as Nokia, HSBC, BT, Kellogg's, BBC, IBM, Microsoft, Sara Lee, Orange, Cadbury’s and many others.
We have operated since 2002 and are owned by The Empowerment Company Ltd, which also runs The Empowerment Group. We are a pioneering organisation; for example in June this year we hosted IBF 24, the world's first ever 24 hour online meeting for large corporates.
Role entails:
The primary role is manage all IBF’s events, both face to face and online. We hold an average of two events each month, in the UK, Europe or US. Events are for our IBF Members mainly with numbers ranging from 10 – 50.
The role involves project and financial management of all the events, including venue finding and contracting. You must be as comfortable with online or virtual meetings as those happening in person.
You will also act as Producer of Intranets Live, the intranet media channel just launched by IBF. We host a monthly programme (part radio and part internet) for the world’s global intranet community.
You will also be required to handle all diary management for the IBF CEO as well as provide administrative support to the IBF Business Manager as needed.
Requirements:
Leading the teams delivering every IBF event.
Project and financial management. Familiarity and comfort with both online services (meeting tools and audio visual conferencing) is essential.
You must be able to work easily and proactively with current and emerging technologies - including web 2.0 services and related applications.
You should be extremely well-organised, while also informal and flexible in your working style. IBF is a fast growing global organisation and you need to be a team player.
The candidate needs to be positively interested in what IBF does and in how business works.
• Forward planning of all events
• Control and update events annual budget & forecast
• Date setting and venue finding
• Approve and control venue contracts
• Approve travel expenses for team
• Manage dates, venues & attendees
• Manage CEO diary and meeting scheduling
Ideal Candidate
As well as being able to perform all of the above to a high degree, the ideal candidate must have at least five years of event management experience in a business environment and may be:
• degree qualified, looking for a unique career development opportunity or
• someone who has worked in the City or West End but is looking for a change of environment and working style
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To Apply
If you are interested in applying, please send a letter or email explaining why you are suited to the role - plus a CV - to IBF Business Manager (karen@ibforum.com).
£32000.00 p/a
Karen Gurvis
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020 7435 6606
London
Event Management
Intranet Benchmarking Forum
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