Events Assistant / Executive: Visa Sponsorship Available

Lane Clark & Peacock

Permanent Part Time 3 Days per week (21 Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)

Location: London

Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) is a leading independent consultancy that uses powerful analytics fused with human expertise to shape a more positive future. We provide market-leading capabilities across pensions and financial services, energy, health, and analytics. Our technology and analytics capabilities are fundamental to what we do, helping us power the possibilities that provide solutions for tomorrow. We strive to help our clients leverage the latest technology and analytics across a range of industries to stay at the forefront of data-driven and digital solutions.

What’s the role and who are we looking for?

The role is part of a well-respected, successful and growing business development team. The team leads and implements all marketing, sales and client development programmes within LCP, and plays a key role in developing and delivering the firm’s strategy. Working with the Events Manager you will work on a range of events including conferences, corporate hospitality, roundtables, seminars, webinars and parties ensuring we deliver integrated and impactful events. This role has scope to develop along with your skills and interests too.

Key Responsibilities

  • Supporting the events manager to deliver a varied events programme, with involvement through the whole lifecycle of an event (venue finding, invitations, planning to gathering and reviewing feedback)
  • Managing event logistics
  • Keeping project teams and wider internal stakeholders up to date
  • Communicating with delegates and answering queries by email, phone and in-person
  • Preparing collateral (badges, handouts, pop-up stands etc) and attending events, assisting with set up / set down, registering guests etc
  • Working collaboratively with the Events Manager to support on flagship events and (once trained), taking ownership of delivering smaller events and the corporate hospitality programme
  • Helping with event reporting and general event administration
  • Working with external agencies and suppliers (venues, caterers, and other suppliers) as well as specialists within the firm (eg design, data, legal and finance)

What skills, qualities and experience are we looking for?

  • Previous event experience would be highly desirable
  • Great communication skills both written and spoken
  • The ability to prioritise and organise your workload
  • A good attention to detail
  • Someone keen to learn different aspects of event delivery, (experience in supporting corporate events may be helpful but not essential)
  • Someone who loves working as part of a team
  • A person for whom variety is the spice of life – every day will be different
  • A team player, who wants to contribute ideas as well as help others achieve their planned goals
  • A proactive approach coupled with the ability to use your own initiative

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at our Glassdoor and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:

  • Professional study support (where applicable)
  • Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family:

  • Life assurance
  • Income protection
  • Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

  • 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
  • Private medical insurance
  • Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
  • Eye care vouchers
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Digital GP services

For your wealth:

  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Discretionary bonus scheme
  • High street discounts
  • Season ticket loans

For others:

  • Volunteering opportunities

For the environment:

  • Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - accessibilityaware@lcp.uk.com to discuss how we can support you with your application.

LCP currently holds a sponsorship licence to provide skilled worker visa's, and is able to support applications where the role applied for matches the requirements of skilled worker sponsorship as set out by the UK Government. If you will require a skilled worker visa sponsorship, we encourage you to check the sponsorship criteria for the role you wish to apply for before doing so.

LCP operates a Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for recruitment agencies which is reviewed annually. We do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies who are not part of our current PSL. LCP only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place, and the agency has been instructed by a member of our recruitment team to supply CVs via the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for a legitimate, open vacancy. If this process is not adhered to, LCP reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and have discussions with them without paying any agency fees. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to any employee or Partner at LCP.

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