Senior Operations Executive
Full TimeJob Overview
Why LBR?
An amazing market position, enviable growth, collaboration and wonderful people are just some of the reasons to further your career with Law Business Research. Our culture is shaped by our core values that promote equality, agility, and respect in everything we do.
Law Business Research has been selected as a winner for the 2024 Inspiring Workplaces Awards. We’re proud of our inclusive and inspiring culture here at LBR and we remain committed to creating a positive workplace for all our employees
We are happy to share that we have partnered with Business Disability Forum to help us on our journey to becoming a more inclusive employer and achieving Level 2 Disability Confident Accreditation.
Law Business Research has been selected as a winner for the 2024 Inspiring Workplaces Awards. We’re proud of our inclusive and inspiring culture here at LBR and we remain committed to creating a positive workplace for all our employees
We are happy to share that we have partnered with Business Disability Forum to help us on our journey to becoming a more inclusive employer and achieving Level 2 Disability Confident Accreditation.
We also take our place in this world of ours very seriously and engage in a wide variety of charitable and community based initiatives. We work extensively with Swawou School in Sierra Leone, which we established to provide education for 120 girls, and on an ongoing basis we underwrite the school’s costs.
‘We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.’
Key Responsibilities
- Research suitable conference and social event venues
- Negotiate and contract venues for conferences, dinners, drinks receptions and awards ceremonies. Including signing off your own contracts for dinners.
- Produce and file important documentation pertaining to each event including (but not limited to) timelines, contracts, travel plans, checklists and supplier’s details
- Determining and keeping an accurate record of event spend on each of our events
- Liaise with external contractors and sponsors
- Negotiate and execute partner agreements and venue contracts
- Demonstrate effective communication with sales, editorial, sponsorship, production and other LBR departments
- Taking responsibility for handling issues and trouble shooting any problems, both from the office and onsite
- Assist and mentor more junior members of the team
- Conduct pre and post event evaluations with team members and report on findings
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- Highly organised, and an ability to work to tight targets and deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a strong ability to build rapport.
- Ability to communicate effectively with C-level audience
- Ability to train junior members of the team
- At least 3 years’ experience and proven track record of managing and delivering first class paid delegate B2B events and conferences