Events Assistant
Are you looking for a great opportunity to develop your event planning and administration skills further? Then this role with the Youth Sport Trust is just the position you are seeking. We are looking for an Events Assistant to provide a full range of administration support for our amazing programme of flagship events, conferences and residential events.
We are an independent charity devoted to changing young people’s lives through PE and sport, and in this role of Events Assistant, you would be supporting this ambition.
The Events Assistant role is an integral part of the Youth Sport Trust events team and will provide event planning and administrative support to the National Events Manager and Events Officer. You will join a busy team of three, who manage planning and logistics for a wide range of events.The Events Assistant role will provide you with event planning and project planning experience, whilst experiencing and being key part of delivering events for the charity.
This role will be varied, and the post holder will be required to perform tasks such as booking venues and arranging the delivery of equipment, right through to attending the events, assisting the events team to ensure that everything runs smoothly on the day.
A solid administrator with strong PC skills, you will have an eye for detail and be competent in producing simple reports. You will have excellent communication skills, and build the working relationships needed to achieve your goals. It would be advantageous to have experience of using a CRM system.You will be keen to work with a team and strive to deliver excellent results, as well as be willing to travel to/from and attend events away from home as required.
As a member of the team, we guarantee you will feel very much part of our mission and will experience fun, challenge and fulfilment in your role. Our values underpin everything we do, and we pride ourselves on a work culture which fosters innovation, creativity and personal passion.Benefits include generous annual leave entitlement, health cash plan, employee assistance programme and volunteering days. In 2023 we were ranked one of the best charities and mid-sized companies to work for in the UK.
If you are excited by the prospect of supporting millions of young people across the country to take part in more competitive school sport, we would like to hear from you. To apply please visit our careers page www.youthsporttrust.org/careers and complete an online application form.
The Youth Sport Trust believes that diversity drives excellence and that representation is important. The Youth Sport Trust therefore positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment.We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.
Please note that this position is subject to an enhanced criminal records check.Closing date: 26 January 2025 @11:59pm
Interviews planned for 4 February 2025 in Loughborough.
Registered charity number: 1086915