Outdoor & Large Scale (Commercial Events Manager) - Oakham, Rutland

Create unforgettable experiences. Drive revenue. Own the biggest moments.

Are you a bold, organised events professional who thrives on turning ambitious ideas into safe, successful, income‑generating events, filming and promotional activities in an outdoor, parkland environment? Do you love creating and turning big-picture commercial strategy with hands‑on delivery, working with partners, stakeholders and operational teams to bring events to life? As our Large Scale, Commercial Events Manager, you’ll own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of large scale events across our parks portfolio, from concept and contract through to delivery and post‑event evaluation.

This is a high‑profile, high‑impact role where you’ll be trusted to:

• Grow our large scale events, filming and promotional usage offer
• Protect safety, financial success, compliance and reputation
• Deliver memorable experiences that generate real return

From large public events and festivals to filming, media and specialist commercial hires in a parkland environment, if it’s complex, bespoke or high‑risk, it’s yours to lead. We are looking for a creative and driven individual to help us build our large scale and commercial events business and grow our current events baseline. You’ll be sales and service focused, bring contacts in the events industry and will work closely with Senior Stakeholders and park delivery teams to support our One Team, One Experience approach to generate new, exciting events and opportunities on our parks across the Eastern Region.

Your events will complement the natural park environments in keeping with each of our sites, Rutland, Grafham, Alton, Pitsford & Taverham Mill. This is a regional role and travel across our parks will be required along with weekend and evening working in line with the event programme we deliver.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll be the accountable owner for commercial events, including:

• Shaping and delivering the large scale, outdoor and commercial events strategy across the parks portfolio
• Identifying and developing income‑generating opportunities, partnerships, filming and media use
• Leading event planning, including contracts, licensing, risk assessments and safety documentation
• Acting as the single point of accountability for compliance, delivery and evaluation
• Managing external stakeholders — organisers, partners, emergency services and authorities
• Supporting and coaching park teams to deliver smaller-scale, value‑adding events
• Ensuring exceptional health & safety standards and regulatory compliance
• Measuring event performance, impact and ROI, feeding learning back into the sales pipeline

Why AVH Parks?

AVH Parks is part of the Anglian Water Group (AWG), and manages 14 parks across the East of England and East Midlands, including Rutland, Grafham, Alton and Pitsford Water. We also provide fishery, estate and grounds maintenance services to third-party operators as a commercially focused leisure and land management business. We strive to Make Today Great for all of our customers, every day.

Who We’re Looking For

You’re someone who:

• Has proven experience managing complex or large‑scale events
• Is confident owning contracts, risk, safety and compliance
• Thinks commercially and understands return on investment
• Is calm, credible and decisive when plans change
• Builds strong relationships with internal teams and external partners
• Isn’t afraid to challenge, say no, or reset scope to protect safety, sales or service
• Thrives in a fast pace, sometimes high pressure environment and in a role with real responsibility and autonomy

Experience in public events, festivals, outdoor venues, filming/media, or destination venues is a strong advantage.

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service
• Bank Holiday entitlement added to annual leave
• Flexible working
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• Bonus scheme up to 8.33% (Company performance related)
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.