Events Manager

One of Dublin’s leading Enterprise Centres is seeking to add an experienced Events Manager with a strong background in promoting and engaging with SMEs to its talented team based in South Dublin.

This permanent role would see you involved in planning of online and in-person business events for this membership association with a focus on facilitating strong community connections and the opportunity for members to develop a wide-ranging business network. 

Salary: €50,000

Benefits: Pension Scheme, Monthly Expenses, Free Parking
Hours: 9am to 5:30pm (Mon to Fri – fully onsite)
Location: South Dublin

Role and Responsibilities
In this role, the successful candidate can expect to:

• Research relevant and emerging business themes, including through contacting experts to act as guest speakers.
• Identify potential sponsors for events and drive revenue through ticket sales, and investment in other services provided by the organisation.
• Organise and run monthly and other periodic events both online and in-person, to allow for member engagement and the attraction of new members to the network.
• Plan and source all required materials and logistics including external venues, technology requirements, food & drink, communications.
• Develop, distribute and monitor promotional materials and publications both online and through other channels as required.
• Monitor and control the events budget tightly to ensure profitability.
• Build strong relationships with the local and wider business network, sponsors and partners.
• Identify further business development opportunities arising from events.

Your profile:

To be successful in this role you should have:

• At least 3 years’ demonstrable experience in an events management role.
• Enthusiasm for taking on a hands-on, people facing role in which you will be expected to proactively network in multiple locations, sometimes outside of normal working hours.
• Experience of HubSpot for CRM, management of promotional projects, and various forms of online marketing.
• Experience in content creation using tools such as Canva and integrated social media tools, and in the use of campaign analytics tools.
• Superb communications abilities with the ability to not only build long-lasting relationships in the business community, but also to clearly express your plans for growth.
• Experience managing budgets and in identifying opportunities for business growth.
• Familiarity with the different private and public sector supports available to the SME business network would be advantageous.
• Confidence in dealing with business executives at the highest level, both to secure membership, and to make funding applications where appropriate.

If you are interested in this role and come close to, match, or even exceed the characteristics listed above, apply now through the link provided for the attention of Tim Baker, submitting your CV in Word format where possible.

For more information about this role or other roles we may have available for your skillset, contact Tim Baker on +353-1-525-2457 or tim.baker@osborne.ie.

If you are living in Ireland and hold a valid work permit, we would love to hear from you, if however, you do not hold a valid work permit unfortunately we will not be in a position to assist you with your job search. Osborne Recruitment is an equal opportunity employer.

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