Employer: Chambers and Partners Salary: Date Added: 04/01/2024
Reporting to the Global Head of Events, the Events Manager will ensure the smooth running of our high-profile events around the world. The role is vital to providing the logistical and technical knowledge for the production of our forums and awards. This is a role which requires good attention to detail and will involve some foreign travel..
Main duties and responsibilities:
Attend and oversee awards and conferences globally; manage all event logistics, manage and assist speakers, contribute to the running of the conference agenda and liaise with external suppliers.
Management of 2 x event coordinators and 1 x event assistant. Responsible for managing, training and developing your direct reports and to ensure their workload is managed effectively.
Ensure that all the administrative tasks are actioned to time and budget for each event.
Working closely with the events sales and marketing teams to improve existing agendas and to identify further opportunities and areas of growth.
Liaising with the research team, deliver an engaging conference agenda, and ensure events offer compelling content to senior decision-makers.
Budget planning across multiple events.
Maintaining the company’s Global events calendar.
Liaising with sponsors to ensure they get the publicity they were contracted.
Venue sourcing and booking, AV management, logistics etc.
Putting together venue research and supplier research when required.
Maintain accurate databases for event attendees.
Assist with the general administrative duties alongside the event team, including tidying up mailing lists, creating name badges for all events, goodie bag packing, etc.
Skills and qualifications:
Strong people management and team development skills
Ability to own multiple event planning cycles from start to finish, at once
Knowledge of legal markets advantageous
Work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders
Ability to work autonomously
Ability to thrive in a high-pressure environment
Strong personal skills, ability to engage and forge strong meaningful relationships
Person specification:
Highly self-motivated and pro-active
Confident with speaking to senior stakeholders
Smart appearance and professional telephone manner
Time management
Strong communication skills
Calm under pressure and able to use initiative
Additional language/s spoken would be beneficial
Candidates must be entitled to live and work in the UK and should have no travel restrictions
About us:
Chambers and Partners is the world’s leading legal rankings and insights intelligence company.
For over 30 years, Chambers has differentiated the very best legal talent by identifying and ranking law firms and lawyers globally.
The Chambers’ research methodology is unrivalled in accuracy, depth and quality, delivering indispensable data insights based on rankings that truly reflect ability and talent.
Over the past 12 months, Chambers has embarked on a business transformation project, with the goal of building on its reputation as the gold standard in legal rankings and directories to develop a world class range of digital products and data analytics services.
Our Purpose is to differentiate the best legal talent for when it really matters. Our Mission is to independently research the global legal market, to champion exceptional talent and deliver indispensable insights. And our Vision? is a world where important legal matters are always addressed with the best intelligence and professional expertise, wherever it exists.
We continue to invest and innovate to deliver data-led platforms, enabling law firms to provide the right services and in-house counsel to partner with the right firms.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We are committed to fostering and promoting an inclusive professional environment for all of our employees, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion are integral values of Chambers and Partners and are key in our culture. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. This commitment applies across all of our employment policies and practices, from recruiting and hiring to training and career development. We support our employees through our internal INSPIRE committee with Executive Sponsors, Chairs and Ambassadors throughout the business promoting knowledge and effecting change.
