Event Sales Administrator – Conference & Exhibition in Loughborough

We are looking for an organised, proactive and customer-focused Event Sales Administrator to support the successful delivery of the Youth Sport Trust Conference & Exhibition, one of our flagship national events. Each year, the Conference & Exhibition brings together hundreds of leaders from education, sport, health and business to shape the future of children's health and wellbeing through sport and play.

This exciting, fixed-term opportunity has been created to provide additional capacity during the planning and delivery of the 2027 Conference & Exhibition, with responsibility for exhibition sales, delegate and exhibitor administration, customer communications and event delivery. Working closely with colleagues across the Events, Finance and Commercial teams, you will help ensure exhibitors and delegates receive an excellent experience from initial enquiry through to attendance at the conference.

In this role, you will provide high-quality sales administration, customer service and event support for the Conference & Exhibition. You will proactively support exhibition stand sales, coordinate exhibitor and delegate booking processes, maintain accurate event information using Salesforce CRM and other systems, and help manage customer enquiries professionally and efficiently. Your work will help ensure exhibitors and delegates receive an outstanding experience, contributing directly to the success of one of the Youth Sport Trust's flagship events.

We are looking for someone with previous experience in an administrative, customer service or sales-support role, ideally within an events, conference, hospitality or similarly customer-focused environment. You will be confident communicating by phone and email, able to build positive relationships with exhibitors, delegates and colleagues, and comfortable using systems and databases to maintain accurate information. A key part of this role is making outbound sales calls therefore previous experience and confidence in this area is beneficial.

You will bring excellent organisational skills, strong attention to detail and a proactive, flexible and solutions-focused approach. You will be able to manage multiple priorities, remain calm and professional under pressure, and work independently while contributing positively as part of a team.

Anticipated start date for this role is Mid-September 2026. Ready to join? At the Youth Sport Trust you will join a forward-thinking, purpose-driven team committed to improving young lives. Our values underpin everything we do, and we pride ourselves on a work culture which fosters innovation, creativity and personal passion.

Benefits include generous annual leave entitlement, health cash plan, employee assistance programme and volunteering days. If you're someone who enjoys building relationships, keeping things organised and helping deliver exceptional events, we'd love to hear from you. This is an opportunity to make a real contribution to the success of one of the Youth Sport Trust’s most important annual events while helping to improve the experience of hundreds of delegates and exhibitors.

Youth Sport Trust believes that diversity drives excellence, and that representation is important. We therefore positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

Closing date: Tuesday 1st September 2026 at 11:59pm

Interview date: Stage 1: Monday 7th September 2026 (PM - virtual) Stage 2: Thursday 10th September (Loughborough in-person)