Events Executive

Overview

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) are looking for an Events Executive to join our Events team on a 6-month temporary basis (maternity cover).

Are you someone who thrives in a dynamic environment where no two days are the same? Do you find satisfaction in seeing your meticulous planning transform into successful, memorable events? Join our team and become the driving force behind impactful experiences in the chemical sciences community!

As our Events Executive, you’ll orchestrate conferences, symposia and workshops for up to 500 attendees. You’ll juggle multiple budgets, negotiate with venues and suppliers, and collaborate with key stakeholders and members across the chemical sciences to craft engaging event programs that inspire action.

You’ll wear many hats—financial manager, digital host, on-site project manager, and relationship builder—as you guide events from concept to successful execution. When virtual and hybrid events call for technical expertise, you’ll confidently manage digital platforms and host live sessions (training will be provided).

Your exceptional organisational abilities will shine as you coordinate delegate materials, manage website content, liaise with sponsors, and delegate tasks to team members. Throughout it all, you’ll maintain the highest standards of customer service while representing the RSC with professionalism and enthusiasm.

At the RSC we embrace flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means our teams come together when they need to collaborate. Although this role is contractually based at our Cambridge office, you will be able to work from home within the UK, with the expectation that you will attend the office as needed for your role. This role requires attendance at the office on an ad-hoc basis. If you need flexible working arrangements, please outline this in your application.

The role involves a standard 35-hour working week, except when on-site at events. You will be required to travel nationally to support our events. Events may require occasional evening and weekend work.

What we are looking for:

Essential:

• Highly customer focused.
• Proven event and project management skills.
• Team worker – the job holder will be a key member of the team working together to deliver each event. The job holder should be confident team leader and supportive team member.
• Excellent time management – the job holder will be working on several events at any one time.
• Excellent interpersonal skills (verbal, written, negotiation).
• Confident in the projection, construction and management of budgets and controlling resources.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Confident with IT solutions.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with virtual event platforms.
• Experience of the events industry.
• Experience of working with the chemical sciences community.
• Experience of membership organisations.

If you are interested in this role, please apply before the end of the closing date. When applying, you will need to provide an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement (no more than 500 words) indicating how your skills/ expertise match the competencies outlined in the Job Description.

About the RSC

We are a thriving international community of over 60,000 members in 125 countries, an internationally renowned publisher of high-quality chemical science knowledge and the professional body for chemists in the UK, with a reputation as an influential champion for the chemical sciences.

As a not-for-profit organisation employing around 600 staff in 6 countries, we reinvest all of our income to achieve our charitable objectives in support of the chemical sciences community and advancing chemistry.

Our purpose is ‘to advance excellence in the chemical sciences’.

Our global community spans hundreds of thousands of scientists, librarians, teachers, students, pupils and people who love chemistry. We connect our community by holding scientific conferences, symposia, workshops and webinars and we partner globally for the benefit of the chemical sciences.

At the RSC, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. We particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.

As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.

We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team at or on +44 (0) 1223 432229 and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.

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