Events Coordinator

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Remote United Kingdom Marketing and Events
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Company Description

This is an exciting time to join an organisation with an important role in the UK’s world-class higher education sector. Over the last few years, the UK higher education landscape has adapted rapidly in unique circumstances and QAA's priority has been to support providers as they meet these challenges.

We are the UK's independent quality body for higher education with a mission to safeguard and improve the quality of UK higher education, wherever it is delivered in the world. QAA is the UK’s authority on quality and standards, acting as custodian on behalf of the sector of reference points including the UK Quality Code for Higher Education, Subject Benchmark Statements and the Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications.

QAA provides services through membership to benefit universities and colleges throughout the UK and to support their operation globally. We work closely with the governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and until March 2023 have a discrete role providing assessment functions for the Office for Students as the Designated Quality Body in England.

Position

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on the delivery of our busy events programme and build your events experience working as part of a dynamic and supportive team.

You will be responsible for the logistics, operations, administration and participant liaison across our range of digital, hybrid and in-person events.

Working with teams across QAA, you will support the delivery of our event and webinar programme for UK and international audiences.

We are looking for a candidate who is hard-working and highly organised with strong attention to detail. You will need to be a good communicator, be comfortable working with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, and be willing to turn your hand to new challenges. Experience of working with event software is essential.

Reporting to and working with the Marketing and Events Manager, you will be confident working independently and be able to build relationships quickly across QAA in order to deliver successful events. Your ability to stay calm under pressure will be vital to this role as will your ability to delivering to demanding deadlines.

This role is full-time. The location is flexible, but some travel within the UK and occasional evening work will be required to support the delivery of some of our events.

More information can be found in the job description.

Closing date for applications is Sunday 26 March 2023 at 5pm.

To apply for this role, please submit your CV with a short covering letter.

Requirements

QAA is fully committed to everyday flexibility and has adopted a culture based on trust and fairness that genuinely encourages QAA and individuals to thrive. Providing that business needs are met, employees should normally be able to work where and when they want. Many of our employees work flexibly in different ways, including part-time and compressed hours. Please let us know about the flexibility you need in your application.

QAA recognises the positive benefits of equality, diversity and inclusion. Our aim is to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for employees to feel respected, free to be themselves no matter what their identity or background, and able to give their best. We value the differences that a variety of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and skills brings and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants to apply and join us.

If you have not heard from QAA within three weeks of the closing date for this vacancy, then your application has not been successful. Please be aware that we are unable to provide feedback on individual job applications.

Other information

Location: We offer employees the opportunity to work flexibly from home, providing it is within the UK. QAA has offices in Gloucester and Glasgow.

Job type: Full-time, permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week, flexible working available

Salary: £23,102 - £29,136 per annum, dependent upon knowledge, skills and experience, plus excellent benefits

Closing date: Sunday 26 March 2023 at 5pm