City Business Events and Conventions Lead - EDN28418
| Posting date: | 15 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | £42,717.00 to £50,550.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2024 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, EH8 8BG |
| Company: | The City of Edinburgh Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | EDN28418 |
Summary
Job Description
Place
City Business Events and Conventions Lead - fixed term until 30/09/2025
Waverley Court
Salary: £41,717 - £50,550
Hours: 36 per week
Join our dynamic team dedicated to promoting Edinburgh as a premier destination for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE). We aim to drive economic and societal benefits for our vibrant city, enhancing the visitor economy and supporting local businesses, academia, and residents.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead Generation: Identify and generate new business events and MICE enquiries through research, networking, and sales activities.
• Proposal Development: Work with members to prepare comprehensive presentations, proposals, and city bids.
• Marketing: Develop and lead B2B marketing and content plans for the city’s business events and convention digital channels.
• Client Management: Handle day-to-day enquiries, coordinate city site visits, and maintain client relationships.
• Bid Preparation: Prepare and develop Requests For Proposals (RFPs) and bid documents, securing funding and in-kind support from city partners.
• Event Participation: Attend relevant business events, conferences, and exhibitions, representing Edinburgh as a leading Business Events destination.
• Relationship Building: Develop and maintain proactive relationships with city venue and service partners, and represent Edinburgh at national and international trade shows.
• Data and Reporting: Track economic impact, provide activity reports, and collate statistics on International Association events.
• Ambassador Programme: Lead the Ambassador programme alongside partner organisations.
If you are passionate about promoting Edinburgh as a leading business events destination and have the skills and experience required, we encourage you to apply for this exciting role.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
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