ARE YOU A DYNAMIC, CONFIDENT, FLEXIBLE TEAM PLAYER WITH CREATIVE FLAIR AND LOOKING FOR A BIGGER ROLE?

The International Convention Centre in Birmingham is recognised as one of Europe’s leading conference centres, staging over 500 events each year.

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit an Event Manager with a technical bias to fit within a well-established team who wishes to develop further their creative blue sky thinking and management skills.

You will act as the primary contact for clients, from concept and pre-planning through to post-event, and be responsible for up-selling additional services, managing health and safety requirements and running each event on-site.

You will need to have a proven track record of:

• Considerable experience within the conference and events industry.

• Original, imaginative and innovative approaches to stage productions, both concept and delivery.

• Organising and delivery of large scale, high profile events.

• An ability to manage complex budgets.

• Experience in managing and mentoring staff.

• Customer focus whilst managing client expectations

• Managing and successfully delivering events from a simple boardroom meeting to multiple day conferences and events

• Impeccable organisational and time management skills

• The ability to work under pressure.

• A passion for the industry

Salary in the region of £28-30K

Please send CV and covering letter to jane.cooper@theicc.co.uk

Closing dates for applications: Friday 28^th May 2010

Interviews likely to be held weeks commencing 7^th and 14^th June 2010

Previous applicants need not apply