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Events Assistant

Yeo Valley
2 days ago
Temporary
On-site
Blagdon, Somerset, United Kingdom
This is an exciting role key to supporting the Event Manager with the administration, co ordination and delivery of events. The role will support with ensuring visitors to the valley are delivered an exceptional experience every time! This is a fantastic opportunity for an organised and methodical individual who is looking for an interesting and varied role.
 
Hours: This is a 24 hours a week position, based at our Head Office in the village of Blagdon, with travel to events and some weekends and away stays as required.
 
 Salary: Up to £30,000 pro-rata (DoE).
 
The role will involve:
  •  Supporting the Events Manager in delivering: key employee engagement days E.g. Yeo Farming, Long Service celebration; consumer events e.g. Partner days, Farm to Fridge days (Farm tours), and Garden based events; and Charity and Community Engagement Events.
  • Producing planners for each event including supplier details, quotes, H&S reqs and budget.
  • Using Survey Monkey (or similar) to send feedback forms after the events and ensuring that feedback is monitored and actioned where necessary
  • Preparing monthly reports

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

Working with a number of Departmental Managers they will support Yeo Valley events and therefore need excellent time management skills and an ability to multi-task and prioritise work. A strong attention to detail and desire to be proactive are essential skills to being successful in this post.
 
Skills and experience 
  • Admin skills
  • Being able to communicate confidently at all levels, particularly ensuring our event guests feel at home during their visit
  • Confidence to approach suppliers to request quotes using a specific brief
  • Having a strong eye for detail
  • Hospitality experience preferable 

Why should I join the family?

We’re always on the lookout for talented people to come and join us here in the Valley. We might be a group of businesses all owned by the Mead family, but we do things very differently here. Everyone who works with us is part of our family (all 1800 of us).
 
 We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:
 
  • Competitive holiday allowance 25 days (plus bank holidays) pro rata
  • Non-contributory pension scheme
  • Life Cover
  • Healthcare cash back plan
  • Subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!
 Unfortunately, we are not able to accept applications from those who are not eligible to work in the UK.
Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications.