NatureFinance
Events and Engagement Specialist
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NatureFinance – Events and Engagement Specialist
NatureFinance is seeking a highly organised, proactive, and detail-oriented Events and Engagement Specialist to join their fast-paced international team. This role is critical in supporting the delivery of an ambitious engagement and communications agenda through live and virtual events, ensuring alignment with NatureFinance’s core priorities.
About the Role
Events are more than just communication tools—they are strategic influencing mechanisms designed to convene key stakeholders, shift perspectives, build coalitions, and drive policy and market change. The Events and Engagement Specialist will:
- Design and deliver a high-impact events portfolio—focusing on content-led outreach, partnerships, and measurable outcomes.
- Advocate strategically by ensuring events serve NatureFinance’s priorities rather than filling a calendar.
- Own events from inception to execution under direction from the Senior Leadership Team, delivering on time, on budget, and within strategic objectives.
- Manage complex relationships with discretion, adaptability, and professionalism—balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced, international environment.
- Drive impact through proactive leadership, sound judgement, and high-availability responsiveness, even during multi-day events.
Key Attributes Required:
- Ownership instinct — solitaire problem-solving and continuity management.
- Senior stakeholder credibility — comfortably speaking up on strategic alignment.
- Content-driven passion — mastery of logistics, curation, and execution.
Reporting:
- Primary: Partnerships Manager (Strategic Partnerships & Impact team).
- Secondary: Communications.
Location: Remote, with a preference for candidates based in the UK or within the Central European Time (CET) zone. Occasional international travel and flexible working hours for live events will be required.
Key Responsibilities
Event Coordination & Delivery
- Plan and execute high-impact, content-led events (online/in-person/hybrid), ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
- Optimise event pipelines—work with senior leaders to rationalise objectives, prioritise quality over quantity, and consolidate redundant efforts.
- Manage complex, high-visibility multi-workstream events—coordinate coordination, communications, logistics, and delivery.
- Budget and procurement: Ensure value for money, compliance with NF financial standards, and effective third-party liaison.
- Project management: Uphold timelines, dependencies, and responsibilities via tools like Microsoft 365 (Outlook, SharePoint, Teams) and collaborative platforms.
- Pre- and post-event operational tasks:
- Own standard communications without prompting (confirmation reminders, agenda-shared materials, supply contacts).
- Update and maintain internal/external event calendars, attendee lists, and follow-up records.
- Be fully available during live events, including during multi-day gatherings.
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Stakeholder Management & Briefing
- Prepare and deliver high-calibre event briefings—context, expectations, and logistics—for senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Coordinate speakers and participants—curate speaker briefings, manage participant logistics, and mitigate participant issues.
- Leverage internal teams ensuring event strategy aligns with NF’s mission, communications, and partnerships.
- Represent NH with professionalism—acting as a first point of contact for senior and strategic stakeholders.
Evaluation & Learning
- Post-event assessment: Evaluate outcomes against objectives—relationship development, stakeholder engagement, policy progression.
- Continuous improvement: Refine event strategies and enhance future engagements based on learnings.
- CRM compliance: Maintain accurate records, ensure GDPR compliance, and track event data across pipelines.
Qualifications and Skills
Essential Criteria
- 5+ years of dedicated event management experience, including complex, high-visibility live/in-person/hybrid events.
- Proven track record of end-to-end delivery without hands-on oversight under pressure.
- English proficiency (written and spoken) is mandatory; additional languages valued.
- Independence and initiative: Must independently solve problems, manage multiple concurrent events, and adapt to evolving priorities.
- Budget management: Experience managing and optimising event budgets.
- Technical equity: Familiarity with Microsoft 365, project management tools, and collaboration platforms.
- High degree of accuracy in planning, communications, and supplier vendor arrangements.
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Preferred Qualifications
- Degree in event management, business administration, or related field (not required but beneficial).
- Professional industry certification (e.g., CMP) or equivalent experience.
- Sector experience in sustainability, finance, or non-profits—currency specific to Nature/Biodiversity climate finance.
- CRM experience (Salesforce or similar).
- Awareness of health and safety, risk management, and compliance in event operations.
Desirable Skills & Experience
✔ Experience in international teams or cross-cultural dynamics. ✔ Portfolio & pipeline management expertise to streamline event strategies. ✔ Specific knowledge of webinar platforms (Zoom, Hopin), hybrid event tech, and AV coordination.
Recruitment Process
- Initial Interview: Purpose-driven discussion to assess cultural fit.
- Skills Assessment: Scenario-based, practical test comprising:
- Event curation exercises.
- Attention-to-detail challenges.
- Problem-solving, contingency planning, and real-time decision-making.
- Final Interview: Panel-style assessment addressing fit and role readiness.
How to Apply
NatureFinance values diverse unique perspectives—we encourage applications from candidates who may not meet all criteria but demonstrate strategic thinking, commitment to impact, and alignment with our ambitions.
🔹 Submit a two-page CV + Application Questionnaire with your insights on how you’d design an optimal NF event pipeline.
⚠️ Note: Due to high volume, only shortlisted candidates will receive feedback. Candidacy is inclusive and respectively considered.
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