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Senior Projects Executive - Competitions (12-Month Maternity Cover)
London (with hybrid working)
About The Role
Our client is now looking for a Senior Projects Executive to join them on a full-time basis for an approximately 12-month fixed-term maternity contract.
The Role
As a Senior Projects Executive, you will lead the successful delivery of our client’s competitions, ensuring projects and events are delivered to the highest standards and achieve their strategic objectives.
You will take ownership of a specific project, overseeing its full annual lifecycle from planning through to live delivery. Working within agreed budgets and project plans, you will lead project teams, monitor performance, drive innovation and ensure objectives, funding commitments and key deliverables are achieved.
Alongside this, you will take on-site responsibility for event operations, overseeing venues, suppliers, budgets, procurement, registrations and onsite delivery, acting as the main point of contact for competitors, volunteers and other participants.
Additionally, you will:
- Support the delivery of other competitions and operational projects as required
- Produce data and reports to support strategic planning and performance monitoring
- Build strong relationships with committees, volunteers and key stakeholders
- Organise committee meetings, prepare agendas and produce accurate minutes
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About You
To be considered as a Senior Projects Executive, you will need:
- Demonstrable end-to-end event operations experience, ideally delivering large-scale events and projects
- Experience of managing budgets to achieve targets and maximise value
- Experience building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
- Strong negotiation and supplier management skills
- Excellent communication skills with the confidence to engage at all levels
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to use your own initiative
- The willingness to travel regularly, including frequent overnight stays
The Benefits
- Salary of circa £43,000 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days’ holiday per annum plus bank holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Benefits, including stakeholder pension scheme, life assurance and private health cover
- Continuous training and career development
- A range of wellbeing benefits to encourage a healthy work-life balance
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced project and events professional with a proven track record of delivering on a large scale to join our client’s organisation.
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In this highly influential role, you will have the chance to be the driving force behind one of their flagship competitions, further enhancing your events experience and enabling you to showcase your skills.
You will discover that this is the perfect platform to strengthen your expertise and provides the opportunity to increase your portfolio of high-profile projects that will enhance your professional profile.
The closing date for this role is 31st July 2026.
The Organisation
Our client is a membership organisation.
They are proud to have achieved workplace accreditations - Invest in People Gold and Invest in Wellbeing Silver. These awards reflect their commitment to their employees.
This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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