What We Offer You

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• A competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• Membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• A clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• A range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How To Apply

Please complete the online application form.

Read our guidance for further advice on completing your application.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Kate Shepherd Communications and Events Manager. Call 0113 3785913 or email kate.shepherd@leeds.gov.uk

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Description

Job Purpose

To develop, implement and evaluate a wide-ranging program of events and promotions at Leeds Market and our district and speciality markets. Leading on the development of a diverse range of events and activities to help attract existing and new audiences to visit the market. Linking in with city centre events to help raise the markets profile across the region and nationally. Enhance the market as a tourist/cultural destination.

To promote and build an annual events programme to achieve income targets, as well as promoting the event space/meeting room as venues for hire within the city. Working closely with our partners in Leeds City Council and other city centre businesses and partners to showcase the market as more than a shopping destination.

Responsible for ensuring the events link in with the market strategy and vision and run side by side with the communications strategy and supports Leeds Ambitions.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with relevant departments to ensure the effective delivery of combined events and activities for the market and city centre events.
• Main lead for all events reporting directly to the Communications and Events manager helping with the strategic development of the market, including district and speciality markets.
• Keep adequate financial records of income and expenditure relating to events run by the market service.
• Conduct research and evaluation of events to demonstrate progress towards objectives. Prepare and present verbal and written reports, publications and correspondence as required.
• Assist with the achievement of sponsorship and other external income for market events, including the hire of the event and flexible space and meeting rooms.
• Assist the Communications and Events manager with the promotion of all events and take responsibility for all aspects of the team in their absence.
• To develop events run by the service and external operators out of hours that generate income for the market service working alongside the markets facilities team and help to contribute to the nighttime economy.
• Assist the Communications and Events manager with the annual events/communications plan.
• To work with the markets team to identify, develop, deliver and evaluate a range of initiatives, events, promotions and retail-based activity at Leeds Market.
• To ensure that the flexible trading spaces and events area meet the Council’s objectives and income targets and that a clear pricing structure for hire of the spaces and meeting rooms is in place.
• To work closely with existing and potential market traders, elected members, Council officers and external organisations including the private sector, in a confidential, professional and sensitive manner in line with the Council’s values and behaviours.
• To maintain and ensure the application of financial accounting and budgeting systems in relation to income generation activity; to raise and progress orders in line with the Council’s Procurement Rules and to monitor day to day expenditure against budget allocations, producing regular reports to the Communications and Events manager.
• To establish, develop, maintain, monitor and review personal filing, record keeping and administration systems whether manual, or computerised and to ensure that correspondence, papers and other items are current, accessible and secure having regard to the requirements of GDPR.
• To plan and progress their own work without supervision and to required standards and timescales, demonstrate a proactive attitude and approach, and use judgement and insight to reach decisions.
• To undertake work outside normal office hours (for which overtime or flexi time will be due) in order to meet the variable nature of the role which may, for instance, include overseeing events at weekends or in the evenings.
• To contribute to the smooth running of the Markets Service e.g. by assisting, working in close co-operation with or providing cover for other staff including cover for the Information Centre if required.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external partners and suppliers that help the markets team meet priorities while spending money wisely.
• Represent the market at internal and external meetings and events.
• To monitor and maintain elements of health and safety within the post holder’s own work area during the delivery of events and activities, and to comply with Leeds City Council and Departmental policies and procedures under Health and Safety.
• To work within all relevant policies, procedures and systems established corporately by the Council to support and work in a way that reinforces the Council’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy.

Qualifications

• English Language and Mathematics equivalent to GCSE grade C or above.
• Equivalent job-related experience.

Essential Requirements

• Ability to demonstrate the necessary confidence to represent the service