Events Officer

Description

Salary: £35,560

Role duration: Permanent

Location: London, UK (Hybrid - 50% office attendance)

The Academy of Medical Sciences is expanding its central events function and is seeking a confident and well-organised Events Officer to help deliver an ambitious programme of events at the heart of UK biomedical and health research.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to build your events career within a respected national organisation. Working with the Events Manager (also being recruited) and colleagues across the Academy, you will support the planning and delivery of high-profile in-person, hybrid and digital events. You’ll gain hands-on experience across the full event life cycle, work with leading experts and stakeholders, and help deliver professional, inclusive events that inform, convene and inspire.

Closing date for completed applications is 20 April 2026 at 17:00.

Interviews will likely be held on w/c 27 April 2026.

Requirements

• Experience supporting or coordinating events (in person and/or hybrid), with confidence managing multiple workstreams at once.
• Excellent organisational and time‑management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Clear and confident written and verbal communication skills.
• Customer‑service mindset with the ability to provide welcoming, responsive support to attendees.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from different teams and disciplines.
• Confidence following structured processes, templates and agreed ways of working.
• Ability to remain calm, solution‑focused and service‑oriented when faced with on‑the‑day event issues and queries.
• Competent user of Microsoft 365 (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) and confidence learning new digital tools, including AI enabled applications.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends.
• Familiarity with event registration and/or CRM systems (e.g., Eventbrite, Cvent, MS Dynamics or similar) and good data handling habits.

Benefits

We provide our staff with a comprehensive benefits package outlined as follows:

Competitive Rewards

• Generous pension scheme with flexible contributions – we contribute between 8% - 13% of your gross salary (with employee contributions of 3% - 8%)
• Life assurance at three times your salary

Work-life Balance

• Hybrid and agile working. 50% office attendance.
• 26 days annual leave, plus Christmas closure days and bank holidays
• Buying and selling leave
• Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to a qualifying period)

Wellbeing and Development

• Complimentary subscriptions to Headspace and Classpass to support your physical and mental wellbeing
• Support through tailored learning and development

Additional Benefits

• A range of enhanced benefits become available once you’ve completed your probation period