Events Senior Producer

Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do. 

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

About the team we are recruiting to

Coventry is the ninth biggest city in England and has ambitious plans to grow its economy, profile and quality of life.  Culture, sport, and events are at the heart of city life and our growing visitor economy.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

The Culture, Sport, Events and Destination Service is part of the Council’s Regeneration and Economy Directorate. The team supports the development of the culture, creative economy, heritage, sport, events, and visitor economy sectors in the city – through partnerships, strategies, investment, and programmes.

The Events team takes a lead role in planning and delivering the Council’s own events such as the annual Godiva Festival, festive events, The Peace Festival, Holocaust Memorial Day and co-ordinating Heritage Open Days.  The team also manages public open space in the city centre, as well as assisting other Council Services.  We also work collaboratively with third party organisers such as Motofest.  We also support colleagues with their events such as Remembrance Sunday and Armed Forces Day and act as a source of expertise within the Council for outdoor events.  

The Events team also works with third party and community event organisers to facilitate and help them deliver their events such as Pride and the recent Reggae Fever and Caribbean Carnival, we produce guidance on event planning.

What is the job role?

The Events Senior Producer is an exciting new role within the public Events team as part of the Council’s Culture, Sport, and Events  Service. 

The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding, as we develop a new Events Strategy for the city. As Senior Producer you will be a skilled manager, an excellent communicator with demonstrable commitment to community engagement. Equity, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do, from programming work with, by and for Coventry communities, through to how we budget and build partnerships. We are committed to public events reflecting and celebrating Coventry’s incredible diversity.. We therefore especially welcome applications from people with lived experience of the communities that we work with.

As Senior Producer you will lead and manage relationships and initiatives with national, regional, and local partners in support of local priorities. The role will also support the management and delivery of community events in city centre public spaces and of developing third party attractive, safe, functional and sustainable events in spaces in the city.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for leader who can build inclusive partnerships, think strategically and effectively manage a small team of colleagues (1 x FT Events Officer & 1 FT Assistant Events Officer) to identify and work with communities to enable, share knowledge of event production with community event organisers to maximise the impact of those community led events and seek synergies with City council events.  To also help source external funding for public events.

You should have:

• Comprehensive knowledge of the public outdoor event planning processes including evaluating outcomes and statutory compliance, safety planning and best practice guidance for event planning
• Understanding and knowledge of legislation, licensing, regulations and health & safety good practise as applied to events, and experience of writing and working with risk assessments and method statements 
• Experience of managing events, audiences, promotion and building, developing and managing diverse teams.
• Great communication skills and written skills to provide clear guidance to event organisers, both in person, online, in writing and on the phone with clear record keeping.
• Experience of establishing and managing partnerships, working with community organisations and event organisers, working on community building projects, and programmes to produce successful outcomes
• Experience of raising funds to develop and support events. Experience of managing funding programmes, creating and managing budgets and commercial relationships.
• Evidence of creative input into event content, design and delivery working with artists and community groups to produce event content, with a good repertoire of working with artists and makers and producers.  Writing artist briefs, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation. Equally evidence of producing creative solutions to enable events to happen.
• Experience of staff management, performance management and commitment to continual professional development

If this sounds like the perfect next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you.

For an informal conversation about this challenging and rewarding role, please contact Jon Hogan, Head of Events, Culture, Sport, Events and Destination at Jon.Hogan@coventry.gov.uk

Working Patterns and Posts

This is a full-time post based in the Council’s One Friargate office, 37 hours per week, with a requirement to work flexibly in relation to hours, including unsociable hours, evenings, weekends and occasional overnight stays. As an Events team we plan to work in the office on set days otherwise the role can be hybrid.  The role involves attending meetings and events in the Coventry area, with occasional travel within the region and nationally.  Event delivery is often outdoors in all weather. 

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview date: Thursday 31st October 2024

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies