Head of Events and Venues Candidate Information Pack
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HEE provides leadership for the education and training system. It ensures that the shape and skills of the future health and public health workforce evolve to sustain high quality outcomes for patients in the face of demographic and technological change.
HEE ensures that the workforce has the right skills, behaviours and training, and is available in the right numbers, to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and drive improvements through supporting healthcare providers and clinicians to take greater responsibility for planning and commissioning education and training.
Our ambition is to be the best organisation of our type in the world by living our values every day.
One of our Core Values are that everyone feels valued and respected and are included and involved in everything that affects them; are trusted to make decisions with clear reasons in order to be empowered to deliver; are committed to clear, effective communication, which is transparent and open when sharing information; takes pride and has integrity in everything we do and recognises that everyone has a significant contribution whilst taking personal responsibility and accountability for actions and behaviours.
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About us
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Based in our purpose-built training, events and education centre in Russell Square, Central London, you will be responsible for delivering and developing high quality events services internally, and for procuring appropriate and best-value venues externally.
In this key management role you will:
• Have operational responsibility for the HEE Events Centre which is located in Stewart House at the University of London, in Russell Square, Central London.
• Be the professional lead for the provision of management and advice in relation to the delivery of high quality venues and support for HEE recruitment programmes, professional reviews, conferences, other events and business meetings.
• Take responsibility for the procurement of external venues for recruitment events, conferences and HEE business meetings in London.
• Carry budgetary responsibility for approx. £1m of in-house activity and £3m of external venues, per annum, and the leadership of 11 wte staff.
• Support and advise colleagues at other locations within HEE nationally, in relation to efficient events management and getting best value in relation to external venues.
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Engaging People/Key Working relationships • Manage all staff within the Events and Venues team in line with all relevant HEE staff policies and procedures. • Ensure the retention of good staff committed to the provision of high-quality events and venues services by fostering an inclusive work ethic and promoting positive two-way team communications. • Conduct regular staff appraisals and develop Personal Development Plans for individuals, including the outcome of training needs assessments to ensure that staff are equipped to do their jobs safely and well. • Communicate regularly with staff and/or their representatives, particularly in relation to change management issues. • Negotiate with external service providers and suppliers as required to achieve best value for money in all aspects of contract performance. • Maintain positive and proactive communications with the University and external providers eg in respect of service standards, statutory compliance and financial matters.
Delivering Results/Functional Responsibilities • Manage all delegated budgets (pay and non-pay), and procure goods and services, in accordance with HEE Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions procurement and all related policies. • Manage service level agreements and third party contracts (eg external venues, function catering, stationery) in line with functional requirements and financial constraints. • Develop finance and information systems to support effective cost centre management, investigating variances, instigating corrective action and providing forecasts as required. • Establish consistent and systematic systems to monitor activity and performance, including of contracted-out services. • Ensure that the Events Centre is a safe, efficient, accessible, orderly and attractive environment for clients, delegates and staff at all times. • Provide periodic activity and performance reports as required, including Key Performance Indicators covering occupancy, waste, etc). • Ensure compliance with relevant health and safety legislation, including licensing laws and any specific HEE, University or Local Authority policies and regulations related to the premises. • Establish and keep up-to-date a comprehensive risk register in accordance with corporate risk policies and procedures. • Establish a business continuity plan that recovers key operational capabilities in the event of a major incident as quickly as practicable.
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Management and Leadership • Lead, manage and direct the HEE Events Centre at Stewart House, in accordance with the changing scope and needs of HEE, ensuring robust operational systems are developed, implemented, reviewed and validated, where appropriate in line with external professional benchmarks eg AIM. • Provide a cost effective and high quality external venue management service, including finding and securing event locations, and ensuring effective and value for money procurement of University and external venues where appropriate. • Implement systems for checking and challenging client requirements to ensure that meeting rooms (and especially external venues) are procured only when necessary, and utilized appropriately. • Establish systems for monitoring and reporting on wasted resources – late cancellations, overbooking, no-shows, excess catering, etc – and develop proactive joint action plans for improving performance. • Work closely with senior managers to forecast future activity patterns and levels, and to optimise the use of internal facilities and external venues to satisfy HEE operational requirements at least cost.
Setting Direction and Service Improvement • Create efficient systems to monitor the quality of services provided, including contracted-out services and SLAs, in a consistent and systematic manner. • Lead and deliver the design, development and deployment of business process improvements related to events management and external venues. • Produce objective-focused, cohesive business plans, proposals and strategies to develop the HEE Events Centre, its systems and services. • Prepare costing and financial models to inform business cases and budget setting, and in response to ad hoc queries during the year. • Contribute as required to project teams established in respect of events and venue services development, IT systems, or physical improvements to the environment. • Take responsibility for the appropriate marketing of the Events Centre, including pricing, promotions, image/brand and profile. • Liaise with the University of London and other partners to identify opportunities for closer collaboration, eg to make use of surplus internal capacity. • Create efficient systems and processes to manage customer complaints, comments and enquiries, and report on the implementation of action plans derived from both individual and collective feedback streams. • Provide appropriate support and services to colleagues in other HEE locations in respect activity monitoring, venue management and strategic opportunities to improve events and venues management at centres outside London.
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This section details the personal attributes we require for this role.
Behaviours and Values
Skills and Abilities
• Awareness of the importance of high quality customer service
• Excellent communications skill to liaise with clients, delegates, venues, staff, colleagues and contractors
• Highly organised, professional, proactive and self-motivated
• Adept at supporting and managing change in systems, organisation and environment
• Excellent leadership skills
• Proactive, creative and resilient
• Problem solving and decision-making skills
• Professional self-presentation in a way which promotes a positive image of the organisation and its reputation
• Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills
• Excellent numeracy, budget management and report writing skills (including spreadsheet data)
• Able to work on own initiative and also within a team
• Strong levels of diplomacy and tact
• Excellent staff / people management skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage varying workloads to strict deadlines
• Well-developed influencing skills, eg clients, directors, third party service providers
• Able to build and maintain partnerships and joint approaches to achieve successful outcomes
• Effective IT skills including in the use, application and development of both proprietary (eg MS Office and Outlook) products and specialist booking software and venue management systems
• Knowledge/understanding of Equality and Diversity in the workplace and through the delivery of services.
• Can work flexibly and outside of normal working hours
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Experience and Knowledge
Qualifications and Training
• Senior experience of events or conference centre management.
• Good general standard of education.
• Senior experience of venue management and venue finding.
• Degree or equivalent professional qualification (or evidence of progress towards) in events or facilities management.
• Experience of staff management, training and appraisal.
• Experience of tendering for facilities and venue type services.
• Evidence of continuing personal or professional development in a relevant field (eg events management, quality systems or facilities management).
• Experience of successful budget management.
• Desire to develop and learn (self and others).
• Experience of venue booking systems and venue finding systems, and of presenting, analysing and utilising management information from these.
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About the benefits - this section details the benefits of working for HEE The Package. As an NHS employer the following terms and conditions apply to this post:- Salary : £38,036 - £48,256 inclusive of High Cost Area Allowance Agenda for Change Band 7 Hours of Work :
37½ hours per week, Monday to Friday Permanent, Fixed Term or Secondment Permanent Leave and Bank Holidays:
27 days per year and 8 bank holidays, pro rata if part-time. Leave increases to 29 days per year after 5 years service and 33 days per year after 10 years service. Pension: The NHS Pension scheme is based on length of service and salary at retirement (not dependent on investment returns). It provides a retirement pension worth 1/60th of reckonable pay per year of membership. There is also the option to exchange part of the pension for cash at retirement, up to 25% of capital value.
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We’ll be committed to your training and development from day one. When you join, you’ll receive an induction and have the opportunity to attend a variety of skills-related courses, some on-line. Our learning and development strategy includes all the ways that we can support you to ‘shine’ and excel in your role and is open to our staff at every level in our organisation. It also includes Leadership and Management development and provides the opportunity to apply for funding to support personal development activity.
Other useful information Your essential role will indirectly contribute to saving and improving people’s lives. Job-sharing and part-time working is welcomed. We are committed to implementing reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities. If you are successful, you will be issued with a contract of employment which will include a full statement of the terms and conditions of service and Job Description.
APPLICATION PROCESS For a confidential conversation please contact our advisor Hayley Mintern of The Management Recruitment Group on
hayley.mintern@mrgpeople.co.uk 020 8892 0115 | 07530 680 184
Applications should consist of a comprehensive CV (of not more than 4 pages) and a relevant projects list (not more than 2 pages, to include project type, value and contract type).
Applications should be sent to; hayley.mintern@mrgpeople.co.uk
Closing date for applications: Sunday 13th May 2018.
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