Event Sales Manager
The Ashmolean Museum are looking to welcome an enthusiastic individual to their Commercial team at the iconic Museum. The Event Sales Manager (Weddings and Celebrations) sits within the commercial team at the Ashmolean museum and leads on the sale of weddings and private social events hosted within the stunning setting of the Ashmolean Museum. As a candidate for this role you will be sales orientated with a strong understanding of the wedding and social event market.
You will have a real passion for weddings and private celebrations with a natural flair for working closely with couples and clients on events that will be truly memorable for them, their friends, family and colleagues. This role enables the venue hire team to maximise the revenue the commercial department deliver back to the museum; in order for the museum to continue to provide free access to visitors. You will contribute to agreed annual venue hire and catering commission targets (individual and as a team).
This is a full-time, fixed-term position, working 37.5 hours per week for 11 months maternity leave cover, from early November 2024 until October 2025.
There may be a requirement to be able to work flexibly over a 7-day period including evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays. The role is based at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, with a laptop provided to enable some hybrid working from home as appropriate and required.
About You
You will be able to confidently engage with event management software and finance systems and ably prepare accurate financial information for event administration, delivery and planning and forecasting. You will be an excellent communicator, able to work confidently and effectively with colleagues, clients and third-party stakeholders, with a flexible, professional and collaborative solution finding approach.
As an employer, the University of Oxford genuinely cares about their employees wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that they offer including:
- An excellent contributory pension scheme
- 38 days of annual leave
- A comprehensive range of childcare services
- Family leave schemes
- Cycle loan scheme
- Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits
Diversity
The University of Oxford’s staff and students come from all over the world, and they proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.
How to apply
You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. Both documents listed above must be submitted to be considered for this role.
The Museum aims to provide a supportive working environment and they are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Anna Munday, Head of Events and Catering, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (anna.munday@ashmus.ox.ac.uk). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within the Human Resources department (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).
Please discuss secondments with your line manager in the first instance, as you must have their agreement that you can be released for a secondment before you submit an application. http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/personnel/recruit/secondments/
Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST) on Monday 16 September 2024 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place during the week commencing Monday 23 September 2024.
*An automatic annual increment each year will be paid up to (and not including) the discretionary range within the University of Oxford’s grade 6 salary scale.
