Enhanced Holiday
Wellbeing
RA Staff Council
Salary £40,950
Location London
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in a day at 23:59 BST.
The Vacancy
About the Events Team
The Royal Academy Events Team manages over 350 public and private events per year, including fundraising galas, opening receptions, private views, lectures, dinners, and corporate and private hires. Many of these events are attended by prominent individuals from across the arts world, high-net-worth individuals, celebrities, politicians, and royalty.
About this Role
We are looking for a dynamic and confident Senior Events Manager to help manage the RA’s ambitious events programme, supporting the Head of Events with strategic objectives and delivering high quality events for a range of internal and external clients.
About You
Extremely well-organised, with meticulous attention to detail, you will have the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, coordinating specific details, information and requirements to strict deadlines. Flexible, versatile and creative, you will pre-empt and propose solutions to problems and respond to challenges promptly and proactively.
To be considered for this role, you will possess substantial event management experience within an events manager role, ideally in an arts or heritage institution. You must be confident and decisive in order to deputise for the Head of Events when required.
You will be comfortable dealing with a wide array of stakeholders, clients and suppliers and the general public, and unafraid of initiating contact and liaising with prominent individuals. You will have sound commercial acumen and be comfortable working in a target-driven environment.
You will have a keen interest of and appreciation of the visual arts and a commitment to the vision and values of the Royal Academy of Arts.
The Company
The RA dates way back to 1768 when a group of artists and architects persuaded King George lll to help them to ‘establish a society for promoting the Art of Design'. The original academy, in Pall Mall, was less than 10 meters long. Since then, there have been many changes, though the RA’s core purpose of bringing art and design to a broad audience and championing art and artists still holds true.
Today we are a contemporary art organisation hosting internationally acclaimed exhibitions and through investment in employee training and development, with courses such as Unconscious Bias, LGBTQ+ Awareness, Bystander, and Mental Health First Aid training, we are striving to foster a safe space for everyone through positive action. We also have Employee Network Groups, Ways In Groups, and an Employee Council so every employee has a voice and a way to feel heard by colleagues through the CEO.
The RA is truly a unique place, both as an attraction to our visitors, but also as a workplace. Our people are at the heart of all we do, and we support a broad and inspiring mix of departments; from exhibitions, curators, art handlers, researchers, publishers, and digital to schools and education, visitor welcome, fundraisers, and corporate support.
The Benefits
Exhibitions
Reciprocal Agreements with galleries across the UK
Enhanced Pension
Generous employer contributions
Enhanced Holiday
25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
Wellbeing
Access to a virtual GP Service and Mental Health First Aiders
Agile Working
The opportunity to work flexibly
RA Staff Council
Where your views are heard and listened to
Employee Clubs
Football, Staff Choir and more
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