Anglian Water Services
Outdoor & Large Scale (Commercial Events Manager)
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Large Scale (Commercial Events Manager)
Salary: ££47,000 per annum Location: Wing Water, Rutland Contract: Permanent
Create unforgettable experiences. Drive revenue. Own the biggest moments.
Are you a bold, organised events professional who thrives on turning ambitious ideas into safe, successful, income-generating events, filming, and promotional activities in an outdoor, parkland environment?
Do you love creating and delivering big-picture commercial strategy with hands-on delivery, working with partners, stakeholders, and operational teams to bring events to life?
About the Role
As our Large Scale, Commercial Events Manager, you’ll be the accountable leader for end-to-end event delivery, shaping our parks' portfolio from concept to post-event evaluation. This high-impact role demands:
- Growing our large-scale events, filming and promotional offerings
- Protecting safety, financial success, compliance, and reputation
- Delivering memorable experiences with tangible return on investment
Key Responsibilities
You’ll own complex, bespoke, and high-stakes workloads like:
- Large public events & festivals
- Filming & media activities
- Specialist commercial hires
Below are the core responsibilities to elevate our parks (Rutland, Grafham, Alton, Pitsford & Taverham Mill) as a showcase for commercial outdoor events across the Eastern Region:
- Strategy & Sales
- Shape and deliver large-scale, outdoor, and commercial events strategy across the parks.
- Identify and develop income-generating opportunities, partnerships, and media use.
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Event Planning & Logistics
- Lead contract negotiations, licensing, risk assessments, and safety documentation.
- Oversee event delivery and post-event evaluation, ensuring compliance and performance tracking.
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Stakeholder Engagement
- Interact with internal park teams, external organisers, partners, emergency services, and authorities.
- Work with Senior Stakeholders to deliver events while maintaining Avatar Parks’ One Team, One Experience approach.
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Risk & Compliance
- Ensure health & safety standards and regulatory compliance for all large-scale events.
- Act as the single point of accountability for delivery oversight and adherence to agreements.
Why AVH Parks?
Part of Anglian Water Group, we manage 14 parks (including Rutland, Grafham, Alton, and Pitsford Water) and are a commercially focused leisure and land management business dedicated to saying: "Make Today Great for our customers, each day.
What We’re Looking For
You’ll thrive here if you:
- Have proven experience in managing complex or large-scale events in public, outdoor, or filmed settings.
- Can confidently own contracts, risk, safety, and compliance while still driving innovation.
- Think commercially, measuring return on investment against outcomes.
- Deliver under pressure with decision-making clarity and are able to work across fast paced environments.
- Are relational and able to partner with diverse stakeholders while adapting scope to ensure success & safety.
- Cherish development and growth, seeking to develop new ideas for park events.
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Advantageous experience may include:
- Past roles in film, media, or event production (e.g., leaf, outdoor, destination, or festival environments).
Benefits
- Personal private healthcare
- 25 days annual leave (rising with length of service) + all bank holidays
- Flexible working
- Competitive defined contribution pension scheme (we match up to 6% of your contribution)
- Corporate acres up to 8.33% (based on Company performance)
- Personalised flexible benefits to support wellbeing and work-life balance.
Selected workforce is a priority for us, and we are committed to reflecting and celebrating diversity within our team, supply chain, and events we curate.
Equal Opportunities
If you have a disability, neurodivergence, or mental health condition, we’ll support you with reasonable adjustments throughout the process. Get in touch: resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk
Application Next Steps
Submit a current CV + cover letter explaining your passion and skills for this role.
For successful applicants, we’ll conduct:
- References, driving licence reviews, and DBS Checks
- Right-to-work checks (UK residency requirement)
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