Events Administration Officer
Location(UK): Office Hybrid* - London
Hours: Full-time 35 hours per week
Salary: £31,918 per annum (London)
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer
Contract type: Permanent
Travel: N/A
Closing date: 23:59 Sunday 16 February 2025
Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.
An exciting new opportunity has opened at the UK’s largest arthritis charity, Versus Arthritis for a highly experienced Events Administration Officer. The roles report to the Senior Executive Administration Manager within the Chief Executive Office.
About the role
You will be an events administrator and will be responsible for delivery a programme of events, committees and advisory groups, working closely with colleagues within Research and Health Intelligence (RHI) and Services and Influencing (S&I) directorates and the wider team.
You will also support the delivery of a secretariat function for the charity’s expert committees and advisory groups.
About you
If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:
- Significant successful experience of event organisation.
- Project management experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work with people at all levels.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to operate autonomously and as part of a team.
- Strong Microsoft Office 365 skills with experience of using Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
- A proactive and conscientious approach with good attention to detail and the ability to manage own workload working towards delivery of plans and excellent conflict resolution.
*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.
Download the job description and person specification for the Events Administration Officer role (Word 47.4KB).
Benefits
Your excellent benefits include:
- Flexible hours, environments and working practices to promote a healthy work/life balance.
- Health and wellbeing support – including the Employee Assistance Programme (free confidential 24/7 support with mental health, legal and financial queries).
- Simplyhealth cash plan.
- Supportive and inclusive culture, with a wide range of employee networks and support groups available to join.
- Learning and personal development opportunities.
- Competitive annual leave, with the option to buy/sell up to five days per year.
- Generous pension plan, with employer contribution of up to 10%.
- Life Assurance plan (4 x salary).
How to apply
To apply you MUST submit:
- a concise, up-to-date CV
- along with a completed Application form (Word 41.2KB) demonstrating how you meet the key requirements set out in the job description and person specification for the Events Administration Officer role (Word 47.4KB). All sections must be completed.
Email both documents as Word or PDF attachments by 23:59 hours, Sunday 16 February 2025 to recruitment@versusarthritis.org. If you have a health condition that prevents you from following the steps above, please email us regarding alternative ways to apply.
Application deadline and shortlisting
- We advise candidates to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications ahead of this date.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
We do not wish to receive contact from agencies or media sales.
Please note that we do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) during our recruitment and selection processes, and we would respectfully ask that you also refrain from using AI during the selection process. Whilst we do recognise that AI may be a beneficial tool for some when aiding research and preparation for an application or interview, we want to maintain a fair, inclusive and positive recruitment experience at Versus Arthritis where candidates can feel supported to demonstrate their experience, knowledge, and skills without the use of AI generated answers.
Interview
Interviews expected: Date to be confirmed at Versus Arthritis London Office
As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee you will be offered an interview if you disclose a disability and demonstrate sufficient evidence within your application that you meet the essential criteria for this role. We will also make any reasonable adjustments you may require for your interview.
About us
We have made a commitment in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to increase the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees, volunteers and trustees to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part.
There are over 10 million people living with arthritis. That’s one in six, with over half of those living in pain every single day. The impact is huge as the condition slowly intrudes on everyday life – affecting the ability to work, care for a family, to move free from pain and to live independently. Yet arthritis is often dismissed as an inevitable part of ageing or shrugged off as ‘just a bit of arthritis’. We don’t think that this is OK. Versus Arthritis is here to change that.
Versus Arthritis is committed to keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from harm. During the recruitment process we will undertake safer recruitment practices and relevant checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Read more about working for us.
“Our Flex ways of working enable our employees to have flexibility about how they work, whilst ensuring the needs of the charity are met.”
Promoting and supporting diversity in the workplace.
Versus Arthritis is a Registered Charity No: 207711 and in Scotland No. SC041156.