Senior Events Officer

About the team

Events for London sits within the External Relations unit and is responsible for delivering the Mayor of London’s flagship events programme, including large-scale public events and statutory and ceremonial events. The team works closely with the Mayor’s Office and a wide range of external partners to deliver safe, inclusive and impactful events that engage Londoners and showcase London as the best city in the world.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced and highly organised Senior Events Officer to lead the delivery of key ceremonial and statutory events within the Mayor of London’s events programme. This is a unique and high-profile role responsible for delivering events of national and civic significance, including Remembrance services, Black History Month, Holocaust Memorial Day, and People’s Question Time. You will work at the centre of London’s public life, collaborating with senior stakeholders, statutory agencies and community partners to deliver events to the highest standard. You will also contribute to wider events across the programme, support Mayoral engagements, and play a key role in ensuring events reflect London’s diversity and deliver meaningful public engagement.

What your day will look like

This is not your average events role. As Senior Events Officer, you’ll be at the heart of some of London’s most powerful civic moments—events that bring people together, honour history, celebrate diversity and give Londoners a voice. You’ll play a key role in delivering events of real significance, including the City Hall Remembrance Service and the State of London Debate—moments that matter across the capital and beyond.

In this role, you will:

• Work at the centre of London’s public life, shaping high-profile civic and ceremonial events
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, statutory partners and community groups across the city
• Balance big-picture thinking with meticulous attention to detail
• Help ensure events are inclusive, representative and genuinely impactful
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same

We’re looking for someone who stays calm under pressure, brings creativity and care to their work, and is passionate about making events truly meaningful. If you want to help shape how London comes together, this is a rare opportunity to do just that.

Skills, knowledge and experience

To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:

• Extensive project management experience, with a proven track record in planning, delivering and evaluating large-scale conferences, ceremonial events, campaigns and initiatives.
• Significant experience of engaging with a wide range and diversity of stakeholders, including community groups, internal teams and external partners across public and private sectors.
• Experience of using IT systems and digital tools to support effective project management, including planning, monitoring and reporting.

Responding to pressure and change

• Maintains a focus on key priorities and deliverables, staying resilient in the face of pressure
• Anticipates and adapts flexibly to changing requirements
• Uses challenges as an opportunity to learn and improve
• Participates fully and encourages others to engage in change initiatives
• Manages team’s wellbeing, supporting them to cope with pressure and change

Responsible use of resources

• Continually looks for opportunities to work more efficiently and sustainably
• Reduces team impact on the environment by implementing methods for reducing use of, reusing and recycling resources
• Improves local processes to maximise use of resources
• Monitors and stays within budget at all times

Planning and organising

• Prioritises work in line with key team or project deliverables
• Makes contingency plans to account for changing work priorities, deadlines and milestones
• Identifies and consults with sponsors or stakeholders in planning work
• Pays close attention to detail, ensuring team’s work is delivered to a high standard
• Negotiates realistic timescales for work delivery, ensuring team deliverables can be met

Problem solving

• Processes and distils a variety of information to understand a problem fully
• Proposes options for solutions to presented problems
• Builds on the ideas of others to encourage creative problem solving
• Thinks laterally about work, considering different ways to approach problems
• Seeks the opinions and experiences of others to understand different approaches to problem solving

Communicating and influencing

• Communicates openly and inclusively with internal and external stakeholders
• Clearly articulates the key points of an argument, via both verbal and written communication
• Persuades others, using evidence-based knowledge, modifying approach to deliver message effectively
• Challenges the views of others in an open and constructive way
• Presents a credible and positive image, both internally and externally

Stakeholder focus

• Seeks to understand requirements, gathering extra information when needs are not clear
• Presents the GLA positively by interacting effectively with stakeholders
• Understands the differing needs of stakeholders and adapts own service accordingly
• Seeks and uses feedback from a variety of sources to improve the GLA’s service to Londoners

The GLA Competency Framework Guidelines further detailing each competency and the different level indicators can be found here: GLA Competency Framework.

This role is based at City Hall, Royal Docks (Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE).

Equality, diversity and inclusion

London's diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part-time work as this role is open to job share.

Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they will automatically be invited to interview. Please note, should you require any adjustments through the process, we will accommodate as much as possible. Please contact the recruitment team for further information if required.

GLA staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office. In addition to a good salary package, you will be paid every four weeks, providing frequent salary payments. We also offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest-free season ticket loan, interest-free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme. Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record (DBS) check but some roles may require additional security screening. The GLA is proud to be a Level 2: Disability Confident employer. We are committed to becoming a more inclusive and accessible organisation, and creating a truly inclusive and accessible workplace and culture for our disabled staff. We have named Disability Equality as a key corporate priority within our EDI Strategy. We welcome and encourage applications from disabled applicants. Should you wish to opt into the scheme, please let us know during your application.