Event Planning Coordinator

Job Title: Event Planning Coordinator

St Andrew's First Aid is seeking an experienced Event Planning Coordinator to join their team in Glasgow. The successful candidate will have a HND (or higher) qualification in event management or equivalent practical experience.

The salary for this role is £26,065 per annum, plus benefits.

About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a reputable organisation that provides high-quality first aid services throughout Scotland.

As an Event Planning Coordinator, you will be responsible for supporting volunteers to plan and deliver event activities, promoting volunteering within the organisation, planning, and monitoring volunteering activities.

You will also promote productive working relationships between volunteers and other stakeholders, and represent the organisation at meetings with relevant stakeholders, organisations, and partners.

Key Responsibilities:
• Supporting volunteers to plan and deliver event activities.
• Promoting volunteering within the organisation.
• Planning and monitoring volunteering activities.
• Promoting productive working relationships between volunteers and other stakeholders.
• Representing the organisation at meetings.

Requirements:

To be considered for this role, you must have a HND (or higher) qualification in event management or equivalent practical experience, as well as hold or willing to achieve relevant qualifications such as Standard First Aid certificate and Moving and Handling.

You should also have excellent interpersonal skills, communication and IT skills, and a high level of administration and logistics planning skills.

A full current driver's license is also required, as is the ability to work unsupervised and meet all deadlines to deliver an events service.

About St Andrew's First Aid:

St Andrew's First Aid is a trusted organisation built into the fabric of Scotland, known for providing high-quality first aid cover at many events across the country.

We provide first aid education within communities and schools, and are also a social enterprise that has provided workplace first aid and first aid for mental health training to over 75,000 people in the past five years.