TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION: Convention Producer

HYBRID / LOCATION (1 – 2 days/week within the workplace)

SALARY: £38,000 – 42,000

Instances Greater Schooling is the info supplier underpinning college excellence in each continent internationally. As the corporate behind the world’s most influential college rating, and with virtually 5 a long time of expertise as a source of study and perception on greater education, now we have unparalleled experience on the tendencies underpinning college efficiency globally. Our information and benchmarking instruments are utilized by most of the world’s most prestigious universities to assist them obtain their strategic targets and our occasions collection act as the house of upper education thought management world wide.

An thrilling alternative has arisen for an skilled occasions Convention Producer to affix the Instances Greater Schooling international occasions staff.

THE occasions focus on the way forward for greater education and the position of universities in addressing the largest challenges dealing with society. Nobel laureates, main international thinkers, college leaders and authorities representatives are typical audio system at our occasions.

You’ll be accountable end-to-end content material supply by researching compelling themes and dialogue subjects by way of telephone and desk research and producing revolutionary programmes with world-class audio system. The best candidate will probably be captivated with international affairs and better education and be ready to proactively foster and construct relationships with stakeholders throughout the sector.

You’ll have working expertise of efficiently producing occasions throughout the education sector – or the equal expertise in a intently associated trade and exhibit clear transferrable expertise. You’ll must be used to a fast-paced setting, be an revolutionary thinker and have the flexibility to research and uncover key subjects and the most effective audio system. You’ll have a creative method to have the ability to spot alternatives that add worth and improve the expertise of our stakeholders. You’ll must be assured speaking to senior leaders and stakeholders. 

Working with the Summits & Occasions staff and throughout the broader enterprise, you’ll play an necessary position in supply our international occasions, in partnership with our host companions.

Key Tasks

Programme research and development

• Conduct telephone and desk research with a wide range of stakeholders to create high-quality occasion programmes that embrace compelling topics for dialogue
• Work in partnership with hosts and business companions to form programmes to their goals
• Collaborate with the broader THE staff to establish alternatives on occasion programmes that help the broader enterprise portfolio
• Collaborate with the Administrators of Sponsorship and MD Occasions to help the engagement of potential enterprise partnerships at our occasions
• Participation in conferences with host companions. Shopper liaison expertise are a should

Content material supply

• Recruit senior stage, high-quality audio system to take part
• Guarantee occasion programmes are compelling and considerate to draw audio system and delegates to attend
• Draft ‘greatest follow’ speaker briefs on the occasion themes and discussions
• Confirm speaker submitted shows prior to every occasion and guarantee they’re applicable
• Be sure that all audio system concerned in THE’s occasions portfolio have a constructive expertise by way of its high-quality speaker liaison
• On-site co-ordination of audio system and different key stakeholders, stage management and liaison with AV staff to make sure a seamless manufacturing

Driving attendance, marketing and prospect management

• Write compelling programme abstracts and web site copy to assist market our occasions
• Make clear the occasion worth proposition for events
• Contribute to the manufacturing of efficient marketing collateral
• Interact with key influencers of the market and generate curiosity within the occasion
• Assist THE’s occasions engagement strategy to construct a community round our occasions
• Determine potential fringe occasion and collaboration alternatives which help strategically helps the host companions and business instructional companions
  
   

Expertise and Expertise Required

• Confirmed expertise efficiently producing worldwide occasions, ideally throughout the greater education sector
• Assured and proficient self-starter who can hit the bottom working
• Glorious communication and interpersonal expertise with the flexibility to work with senior leaders from authorities, NGOS, academia and trade
• Commercially astute and entrepreneurial outlook so as to work on business occasions
• Expertise working with media and communications
• Skill to work to agreed deadlines, working properly beneath strain
• Glorious planning and organisational expertise so as to handle and prioritise workload
• Glorious verbal and written communication skills, together with spelling, grammar and proofreading, with the flexibility to tailor type and method to swimsuit a wide range of international audiences
• Captivated with worldwide greater education and international affairs
• MS Workplace important – Phrase, Excel and PowerPoint
• Expertise of planning digital occasions; moderating expertise most popular
• Flexibility to travel abroad to occasions
• Ideally educated to a level stage

You do You

You do You. With colleagues situated world wide, we all know that our individuality and variety of experiences are our biggest strengths. That’s why we would like THE to be a spot the place you might be welcome to be who you wish to be at work; the place you may share no matter a part of your life or self-identity you need, with out obligation or dealing with discrimination; and the place all talents and views are recognised and accommodated.