Events and Policy Content Manager

Events Content Manager

Membership Organisation

2 Day Office, Central London, 3 Days Home

Basic Salary Up to £44,000 dependant on experience with benefits

Permanent, Full Time

Our client, a respected membership association, is seeking an Events Content Manager with a great interest in Policy and Politics.

If you are an experienced Events Content Manager, interested in Public Policy and Government looking for your next step –– and currently working within a membership body, trade association, professional body, not-for-profit, corporate, or B2B environment, we would love to hear from you.

Role Purpose

As an Event Content Manager, you will conduct exciting public policy research, work with the most senior speakers from across government, business, universities and civil society speaker management, and create engaging content.

Your mandate is to deliver high-quality, high-impact events, where you will be required to research key policy and economic trends affecting government, business and society, owning the full production life cycle from policy research and agenda setting to speaker acquisition and management etc. You will also collaborate with the marketing and membership functions to ensure that our policy focus for your events programme aligns with membership needs and shifting priorities.

This role is critical to our membership offer – all our events are highly respected and supported by the organisations membership base and will require a strategic thinker who can ensure that the right policy research is carried out to inform event idea validation. The role will be supported by the Event Operations team who will drive on-the-day logistics.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Event content development

Lead the content development and planning of your events programme across our themes, this includes – Build compelling agendas, Craft key event outcomes, Curate engaging and thoughtful speaker briefings, Identify and acquire credible, expert speakers, Identify and draw in relevant audiences

Conduct research on key policy and economic trends affecting sectors across our membership base including market and policy trend analysis, collecting feedback from our members including stakeholder interviews and surveying to inform your event programme.

Lead the collaboration across internal teams to recommend and develop effective marketing and communication materials to promote the events programme such as landing pages, eNewsletter segments, and promotional campaigns, taking ownership of all event programme deliverables under your remit.

Immerse yourself in the sectors by networking with key industry figureheads and build an in-depth understanding of how our themes can drive collaboration across our members.

Oversee and liaise with the Event Operations assistant allocated to your event and/or programme to ensure smooth event delivery.

Innovation, continuous improvement and collaboration

Experience

4+ years’ experience of conference or content development preferably around policy or key business issues.

Proven ability of managing the full conference production cycle, including research, agenda setting, speaker acquisition and event management across a variety of themes, including launch and repeat events (ideally from a major conference organiser).

Experience working directly with senior executives – understanding their motivators, contextualising their expertise and building meaningful relationships on behalf of a brand/organisation.

Demonstrable strategic portfolio development and/or new event/content idea validation across one or more: International relations, politics, political economy, finance, economics or technology.

Clear passion for content development, implementing new content strategies to drive audience engagement and interaction and enhance brand awareness and value

Advanced project management skills including project launch, progress monitoring, feedback and key learnings in one or more environments: charities, membership/training organisations, public sector or third sector.

Deep interest and/or exposure in policymaking, U.K. economic development and government relations.

To apply to this role for Events Content Manager please send your CV asap.

Due to the volume of applications, we are only able to contact successful applicants. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful on this occasion.

Membership Bespoke is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. Membership Bespoke positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Membership Bespoke is the most experienced membership-focused recruitment firm in the UK, with 10+ years of experience delivering tailored permanent, temporary, interim, and Executive Search recruitment solutions to Trade Associations, Regulatory Bodies, Political Parties, and Professional Bodies.