SLLC 618 - Events and Sponsorship Manager

Location: Council Headquarters, Almada Street, Hamilton

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Band: £48,670 - £49,400 per annum

Duration: Permanent

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Closing Date: Monday 2 December 2024 at 11.59pm

This is a new and exciting opportunity for someone who has vision, energy, and the drive to oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of all hospitality and events activities across SLLC's culture and leisure activity.

Reporting directly to the Commercial Manager you will play a crucial role in creating memorable experiences for residents, ensuring high standards of service, and maximising revenue generation opportunities. Liaising with catering and vending providers and exploring opportunities with creative and media companies to exploit commercial channels.

You will have a demonstrable track record of accomplishment in events and sponsorship.

The applicant must be educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline or have equivalent experience.

The ideal candidate will be resilient, a self-starter and a problem solver with lots of energy and a positive attitude along with the ability to multi-task and work in a focused and fast-paced environment.

Interview date: Tuesday 10 December 2024

Application Questions

Please answer the questions below in a Word document which can be attached to your application in the ‘Supported Documents' and URL section.

Q1

Please provide an example of a project or event you were responsible for delivering, while working in partnership with internal and external partners?

What challenges did you face and how did you overcome these?

What did you learn from this and would do differently the next time?

Q2

Sponsorship, securing of grants and managing partner organisations is a key part of this role. Please provide an example of when you were responsible for maximising revenue generation within an organisation.

What challenges did you experience along the way and what were your key learning points?

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO is a Scottish charitable incorporated organisation responsible for the delivery of leisure and cultural activities on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• Up to 33 days annual leave which will be calculated into hours on commencement of the role.
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address

Legislative Information - This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

Foreign Police Check - Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable if you have lived or worked for 3 months or more (consecutively) abroad in the last 10 years.