Events Coordinator - Sheffield or Manchester

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

As an Events Coordinator, you’ll be part of our dynamic Campaigns & Acquisition team, supporting the coordination and delivery of high-quality, on-brand events across the business. You’ll work closely with Event Managers, Business Development teams, and Partners to ensure seamless execution of both in-person and digital events.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating the full lifecycle of events, from kick-off to post-event debriefs.
• Supporting “invite-only” and digital events across all Business Units.
• Providing onsite support at events, including national travel.
• Managing the IM Events Inbox and liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ordering branded merchandise and coordinating with suppliers.
• Preparing delegate materials such as name badges and packs.
• Ensuring brand alignment and fulfilment standards in collaboration with the Brand Team.
• Compile and analyse event feedback, ensuring insights are shared with relevant teams to support ROI evaluation and future planning.
• Sharing best practices and supporting Event Managers across Business Units.
• Maintaining GDPR compliance in all event-related activities.

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

• Experience working in an events environment, ideally within professional services.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience with CRM platforms and marketing software.
• Excellent communication skills across phone, email, and face-to-face interactions.
• A collaborative mindset and ability to work as part of a team.

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks ­with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.