Vacancy Introduction

The East of England Co-op is the largest independent retailer in East Anglia. It has a diverse portfolio of businesses, from food retail and funeral services to travel, events and conferencing and a growing security business. We are one of the largest private landowners in our region with over 700 properties. We are owned by over 280,000 members.
 
The Membership and Marketing department is responsible for developing and growing our membership and delivering marketing and communications initiatives which help our businesses to grow. 
 
This role is responsible for co-ordinating events and sponsorships which build connections with the communities we serve.
 

Role Responsibility

Co-ordinate (and run, under direction of Events Manager) events which build connections between our stores/branches and communities they serve.

Establish and maintain productive working partnerships with key stakeholders internally and externally.  

Monitor performance and impact of events and share outcome with the wider organisations.Marketing team – To maximise participation and awareness of campaigns and event

Data team – to ensure that we capture participation to enable effective success reporting

Operational Retail – Collaborate to deliver events and campaign that connect with communities where we operate

Membership Team – To maximise participation and awareness of campaigns and events

1. Contribute to an event programme which builds connections between our businesses and our communities

a. Support event/project management for a wide range of formats from conferences, sponsorships, pop-up events and meetings from briefing to post -event de-briefs

b. Work effectively with the wider team and organisation to maximise the impact of any event.

2. Contribute to efficient and effective working processes

a. Implement agreed working processes to ensure events are delivered efficiently.

b. Ensure that the agreed and events are effectively communicated and documented to internal and external partners as appropriate.

c. Ensure that event performance and expenditure is closely monitored.

d. Contribute to continuous improvement of how we work, ensuring that we develop replicable and simple responses to common issues, and effective ways of developing solutions to new challenges.

3. Demonstrating success, managing budgets and reporting

a. Maintain agreed reporting documents to monitor and communicate success.

b. Work with stakeholders including Membership & Marketing create opportunities to share our work and successes with the wider business and the communities we serve.

c. Carefully monitor expenditure and budgets for reporting to board level stakeholders.

The Ideal Candidate

Ability to consistently produce results on time and to budget

Have an ability to recognise what will deliver impact for our brand through partnerships and events

Confident when presenting and communicating ideas to a wide variety of audiences

Ability to communicate ideas clearly and effectively and build consensus

Excellent stakeholder and relationship management. Ability to build strong partnerships

Resilient, positive and solutions focused mindset.

Package Description

Click here to find out more https://www.eastofengland.coop/careers/benefits-of-working-for-the-east-of-england-co-op.

About the Company

As a co-op we’re a different type of business. We’re owned by our members and we work for the benefit of people and our communities, not just for profit.  We’re driven by our democratic values which are based around being fair, doing the right thing and caring for all those we deal with.  This includes our customers, our suppliers, our environment and each other.  We expect colleagues who work with us to share these values. We’re still a business and we work in a very competitive area so it’s still important that we’re efficient and work to the highest professional standards.

Click here to find out more https://www.eastofengland.coop/.

East of England Co-op