Duration:
three to six months - available immediately
Basic food and travel expenses:
paid by Media Trust
Background
This exciting role will see the events administrator being involved with all aspects of event production and event sale. The administrator will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Training and Events team. The team provides communications advice for the voluntary sector through a programme of seminars and workshops. At the end the administrator will have gained an understanding of running high profile media communications events.
Role description
- Assist with processing all bookings for the events team
- Maintain the database of charities and media professionals
- Market and promote specific events and services through appropriate media, specifically mailings and targeted sales
- Help with the production of delegate packs, briefings and mailings for each event
- Attending and assist daytime, and occasionally evening events as necessary
- General clerical duties
Person specification
- Excellent planning, organisational, administration and report writing skills
- Confident with good interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills including a high level of computer literacy
- Creative flair for event organisation and marketing
- Commitment to Media Trust’s purposes and policies
- Knowledge of current media and communications issues, techniques and best practice an advantage
- Knowledge of communications issues in charity sector
Volunteering at Media Trust
At any one time there are between six and ten full-time volunteers working on a range of projects across the organisation. Each volunteer has a specified role and line manager and is also supported by the Office Manager. Media Trust volunteers have a track record of moving into interesting jobs in the media and charity sector and recent volunteers are now working in paid employment for organisations such as Two Hand Productions, Dow Jones, Comic Relief, Markettiers 4dc, and Media Trust.
How to apply
First download and complete the Equal Opportunities form (Doc, 36.Kb).
Then email your CV, covering letter and finished Equal Opportunities form to role@mediatrust.org with the name of the role you are applying for in the subject heading.