Event Sales Manager (Weddings and Celebrations)

**THIS POST COULD BE CONSIDERED AS A SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY**





**About the role**



We’re looking to welcome an enthusiastic individual to our Commercial team at
the iconic Ashmolean 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 our 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.





**What We Offer**



As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we 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**



Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we 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.





We aim to provide a supportive working environment and 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 our 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.