Job Description
Contract Type: Fixed Term to 31st March 2026
Working Hours: 37 hours per week including regular evening and weekends where required
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £25,992 (Level one) - £26,835 (Level three) per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG
We are seeking an Event Assistant who is looking to further their career in events management. You will be part of a small agile team that develops and delivers our commissioned programme of events whilst also facilitating and providing client and venue management services to event promoters and community groups who make use of our fantastic range of public realm and greenfield venues.
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
The City of Nottingham is renowned for its events offer. Our year-round programme of arts, cultural and sports events is a core part of this mix, which makes Nottingham such a vibrant and attractive city to live, work and invest in. Nottingham Events produces and delivers much of this event programming, including the annual Nottingham Light Night, the world-famous Nottingham Goose Fair and one-off events such as the Nottingham Forest Premier League promotion homecoming. We also host around 250 events each year in our parks and public open space venues, from music festivals and major sports events to brand activations and community events.
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .
About The Role
We are now seeking an Event Assistant who is looking to further their career in events management. You will be part of a small agile team that develops and delivers our commissioned programme of events whilst also providing client and venue management services to event promoters, brands, film and TV productions and community groups who make use of our fantastic range of public realm and greenfield venues.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Some experience of major event planning, delivery and management ideally gained within the outdoor events, festival or entertainment industries.
- A qualification in events management and a desire to work in the events industry.
- Experience in taking responsibility for individual programme elements and the ability to manage conflicting and competing deadlines.
- Experience of undertaking administrative and finance functions within a busy venue sales environment.
- Willingness and flexibility to work evenings, early mornings, weekends and public holidays to ensure delivery of events.
- A degree of physical fitness sufficient to work outdoors across a variety of event venues.
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At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the
additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries, please contact Patrick Loy, Head of Nottingham Events & Tourism, by email at
[email protected]Closing Date: Sunday 13th July 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: Week commencing 14th July
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions. We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .
About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
