- Pay Rate:
£19.80 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 10-11 months
- Newham, London,
E16 1ZE
Temporary Lettings & Events Officer - Facilities Management
Reference no: GLX 0007 D18A / 1
Pay Rate: £19.80 per hour PAYE
37 hours Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 10-11 months
City: Newham, London
Hybrid working
Basic DBS disclosure required for this role
The purpose of the role is to plan, organise and oversee the running of events at various locations, and to promote these venues to commercial clients to achieve income targets. This will include the monitoring of statutory compliance and liaison with clients, production teams and other stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the first point of contact, co-ordinate and facilitate events for internal and external clients.
- Oversee the running of all events and activities at various locations, taking responsibility for commercial and charity events as well as demonstrations and rallies.
- Co-ordinate and undertake liaison with key stakeholders, including regular contact with contractors, the neighbours of Trafalgar and Parliament Squares, the Metropolitan Police and other statutory authorities to ensure events comply with relevant regulatory requirements and are well managed.
- Promote, market and expand the use of City Hall and Trafalgar Square for commercial events to meet budgeted annual income targets.
- Apply health, safety and security considerations during the planning and implementation of events.
- Provide information sheets and communicate relevant details to the appropriate teams and contractors.
- Supervise contractors to ensure all contracted services are co-ordinated for events.
- Work with internal facility providers to ensure all FM services are coordinated for events.
- Develop and maintain finance and accounting systems, including the generation of reports.
- Participate as a member of the command and control cadre for emergencies and incidents and participate in the out of hours Duty Silver and Silver Support Officer management rota for the GLA’s premises at City Hall, Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square Gardens.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
- Educated to GCSE level with a minimum of 4 passes at Grade C or above (or equivalent).
Experience:
- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Experience of managing events, functions or hospitality services in a high profile organisation or customer led environment.
- Experience of promoting and marketing high profile venues with a view to extending commercial market activity.
- A good knowledge of health and safety and statutory legislation in relation to facilities management services, and an ability to promote best practice on environmental and sustainability issues. A NEBOSH national general certificate is desirable.
- Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft applications.
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