Event Operations Specialist in Cirencester

Cirencester Full-Time No working from home possible

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Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we’re building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. This includes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable; where they can show up, speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.

At a glance:

Location: Cirencester Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Seniority: Associate

About the role:

The Event Operations Specialist plays a key role within the SJP Events Team, supporting the effective planning, coordination and delivery of the events portfolio. The role ensures operational excellence by maintaining consistent processes, documentation and systems across all events, and by supporting the management of suppliers, budgets and logistical requirements.

Reporting to, and working closely with the Event Operations Manager, the role helps ensure that each event is delivered efficiently, safely and in line with SJP’s objectives, regulatory standards and commitment to delivering high quality delegate experiences.

This role can be based in any of our office locations, and will require travel where necessary to support events.

What you'll be doing:

Support the management of the overarching SJP events calendar for the function, ensuring visibility of all planned activity across the year
Oversee effective delegate journeys by supporting event registration and delegate processes, ensuring a smooth, accurate, and high‑quality experience from sign‑up through to event delivery.
Provide expert support and problem‑solving to event teams, enabling informed decisions, resolving issues quickly, and continuously improving the overall delegate experience.
Manage key supplier relationships under framework agreements, including scheduling monthly review meetings, preparing agendas, and collating performance and feedback data to support supplier evaluation and decision‑making.
Maintain budgets, forecasting and ensure events are managed within their allocated spend using correct financial processes and tools
Ensure required contracts, permits, licenses, and insurance are in place for the events we deliver

About you:

You'll bring previous experience of events operations, along with strong organisation and communication skills. Comfortable working within established frameworks and governance requirements, you will have a methodical approach to managing budgets, suppliers, contracts, risk documentation and event logistics. You'll have experience working with event registration and delegate management platforms, such as Cvent, and be confident using technology to support seamless event delivery and delegate experiences. Experience with comparable event management systems will also be considered.

Essential Criteria:

Experience working with event platforms
A background in events operations
Strong IT skills, including the full Microsoft suite
Excellent organisation skills
Willingness to travel where required

Desirable Criteria:

Supplier management skills
Budget management experience
Forecasting experience

What's in it for you?

Whatever stage of life you're in, our benefits are designed to provide the support, flexibility, and peace of mind you need to thrive both at work and beyond.

In addition to our discretionary annual bonus scheme, which reflects both individual and company performance, you'll benefit from a market-leading benefits package tailored to support your wellbeing, financial security, and family life.

Our benefits include:

28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.

Private Medical Insurance – company-funded cover for you and your immediate family
Generous Pension Scheme – a non-contributory employer contribution of 10%, increasing with length of service up to 15%, plus the opportunity to increase this through salary sacrifice
Enhanced Parental Leave – up to 26 weeks' full pay to support growing families.
Protection Benefits – company-funded critical illness cover, income protection, and life assurance
EV salary sacrifice scheme through Tusker

Reasonable Adjustments
We're an equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage please let us know by emailing us at careers@sjp.co.uk
Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.

What's next?

If you're excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking ‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch.
As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.