Event Manager (Commercial)

Job Title: Event Manager (Commercial)

Posting Start Date: 12/10/2025

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required have also been included. Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance

Salary: £42,750 - £47,620 inclusive of all allowances
Contractual Hours: 35 hours per week
Basis: Full time, Permanent
Workplace category: Workplace Plus
Attachments: Job Information Pack

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly organised events professional with excellent communication and planning skills to join our high performing events team at Guildhall, the historic home of the City of London Corporation in the Square Mile.    

The events team organises an exciting range of high-profile events each year from multi-day conferences and meetings to receptions, gala dinners and large-scale banquets. Clients include international companies and charities as well as major public bodies and City based financial networks.  

The main duties of this post holder will be managing commercial events within the Guildhall complex as well as planning and organising a number of City Corporation hosted events, including civic ceremonies and dinners. 

The post suits an ambitious person who is dedicated, reliable and conscientious, thrives with a busy and varied workload, and is a great team player.  The successful candidate should be strongly motivated to achieve targets and deliver a high level of customer service. Previous events experience of medium to large scale events, ideally within a corporate setting, is a must, along with a high level of written and oral communication skills.   

Main Responsibilities: 

Venue and event management

Ensuring event objectives and timescales are met

Promoting the Guildhall as an events venue

Managing client relationships

Supporting the planning of the Guildhall events diary

Experience Required: 

Organising corporate/commercial events in a professional environment

Strong experience of dealing with venue queries, creating quotes, providing advice and detailed information regarding venue options, amenities, and suitability for events

Prioritising a demanding and diverse workload

Closing date: 12 Noon on 3rd November 2025 

Provsional Interview date: 10th & 11th November 2025 

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Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number OREM891 if you experience any difficulties. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

If this role is advertised as a secondment, secondments are subject to the agreement of your department releasing you, therefore, you need to discuss this with your line manager prior to applying. The purpose of this will be to discuss what, if any, impact your secondment might have on the service and service delivery should your application be successful, and how this might be addressed.

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications.

Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.

For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here.

We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as part of the selection process the successful applicant will be required to obtain a standard Disclosure & Barring Service check.  

The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.