Events Officer

at  PRIORS COURT FOUNDATION

ABOUT US

Prior’s Court was set up by Founding Patron Dame Stephanie Shirley, whose vision of a centre of excellence for children with autism became reality with the opening of Prior’s Court School in 1999. We have since grown to support around 90 young people with autism aged between 5-25 years with the opening of Prior’s Court Young Adult Provision in 2011.
Since opening, our support team has grown from around 20 to 500 and we have built a reputation as a leading edge educational, vocational, and residential facility for young people with autism. We are situated on 50 acres of parkland with various facilities including accommodation for our young people, a school with a wide range of facilities and offices

THE ROLE OF EVENTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER

Prior’s Court is seeking an Events & Community Engagement Officer to take the lead on managing our calendar of annual events – and also explore opportunities to spread awareness of our work supporting autistic young people with complex needs.
Sitting within our Marketing & Communications team, the Events and Community Engagement Officer will be tasked with providing a professional approach to our range of events throughout the calendar year.
This role would be ideal for an experienced events management experience looking for a position without regular weekend working. Or, it may be suitable for a person with burgeoning events knowledge looking for a role in the charity.
This position will be located in Hermitage so a driving licence is required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE -

• o provide administrative organisational support for our four major annual events - a music festival, a staff awards ceremony, World Autism Acceptance Week and our four-week-long “Summer of Fun” event for the young people we support. You will report to an “event lead” for these events who will guide and support you – this may change as your experience and knowledge of our organisation grows.
• To be the main organiser of smaller regular events. This includes staff recognition events, staff engagement events, networking events for corporate supporters, community engagement events (e.g. externally hosted summer fairs), events involving the whole Prior’s Court community of staff and families of the young people we support (Bonfire Night, Christmas Carol Concerts etc.), attendance at autism/special educational needs industry events, and fundraising events (off-site music concerts).
• To react proactively to ad-hoc unscheduled organisational events/ those not in the pre-existing annual events calendar.
• Arrange for all events to be staffed to an appropriate level by appropriate Prior’s Court staff members. E.g. autism specialists for attendance at autism industry events or office staff supporting the running of special events on-site.
• Secure competitive quotes for third-party contractors for events, where required, and manage relationships with third-party suppliers.