Events Manager

Job Introduction

We are Forestry England.

We live and breathe forests. 

Job title – Events Manager

Salary- £33,854

Contract type – Permanent

Hours – 37 hours per week

Vacancy closes - Sunday 8th February  23:58

Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.

Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.

What you’ll do…

To lead on the co-ordination of the events programme at Westonbirt Arboretum, helping to achieve strategic aims and financial targets. You will work closely with colleagues across Westonbirt and from the National Forestry England Event Team, 3rd party event management companies, contractors and other key stakeholders to deliver a wide range of events at Westonbirt in a safe and sustainable way. 

You will ensure compliance with Forestry England policy and legal requirements, including Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM) and licensing.  Visitor Experience will be at the forefront of your mind, not only in terms of events but also day-to-day operations. You will need to ensure the programme runs with minimal disruption to the visitor attraction and with the utmost consideration given to our historic heritage landscape.

The current events at Westonbirt can be categorised into three primary strands – commercial, cultural and sporting.  The programme includes well-established mass participation events such as the Christmas at Westonbirt, Forest Live summer concert series and 10k race. Newer events which include outdoor cinema, festival of archaeology and CaniX, and small events where we rent our space such as Nordic Walking, Orienteering and face painting.

 You will take the lead in developing and delivering an events strategy including new events that diversify our income streams and attract new audiences to the arboretum, this will also include looking at corporate events.

You will have line management responsibilities for an Event Supervisor.  In addition, you will be responsible for engaging staff and volunteers with the event programme at Westonbirt, encouraging and coordinating their involvement to successfully promote and deliver events.

This role has Duty Management responsibility and would require cover 1-2 days per week and may include one weekend day per month.

Where you’ll work…

Westonbirt Arboretum is a world-renowned botanical garden in Gloucestershire, UK, featuring a vast collection of 15,000 trees and 2,500 species from around the globe, celebrated for its beauty, significant conservation work, research, and stunning autumn foliage.

Benefits…

Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.

• 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.

How to apply…

You will be asked to write a 500 word statement on your relevant experience and career history. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form. 

You will be asked in advance to prepare a 5 minute presentation on a topic which will be presented back to the interview panel on the day

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are – 

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first. 

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website. 

Nationality requirements…

Read more about nationality requirements here. 

Working for the Civil Service…

Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative. 

Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.

Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in in line with/according to these principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk.