Events Officer

The Event Officer role is part of a team that supports event organisers and individuals through the provision of high quality first aid services, in line with St Andrew's First Aid event strategy and budget. As our Events Officer, you will ensure that all appropriate policies, procedures, standards and legal requirements are incorporated into a quality service that meets the needs of customers, service users and values the input from our volunteers. Your main responsibilities will be to:

• Support our volunteers to plan and deliver event activities.
• Promote volunteering within the organisation.
• Plan, organise and monitor volunteering activities within St Andrew's First Aid to help us deliver our charitable aims.
• Promote productive working relationships between volunteers and other stakeholders.
• To represent the organisation as appropriate at meetings with relevant stakeholders, organisations and partners.
  
  HND (or higher) qualification in event management or subsequent equivalent practical experience,
• Hold or willing to achieve relevant qualifications e.g. Standard First Aid certificate, Moving and Handling,
• Full, current driver's license,
• Excellent interpersonal skills,
• Excellent communication and IT skills,
• High level of administration and logistics planning skills,
• Experience of event planning and delivery,
• Ability to engage and communicate with people from all age groups and backgrounds,
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to give confident and persuasive presentations,
• Experience of motivating individuals,
• The ability to work unsupervised and meet all deadlines to deliver an events service,
• Good technical skills and use of Microsoft packages,
• A positive and energetic attitude,
• Fluency in spoken and written English,
• Practical problem-solving approach and good interpersonal skills.
• Good project management and organisation skills.
• Self- motivated, able to work under own initiative to deadlines while dealing with a broad range of issues.
• Must have a positive attitude to make changes where necessary to improve efficiency and performance.
• Able to work unsociable hours and travel across Scotland, as required.
Desirable:
• A current first aid qualification,
• Nebosh or similar Health and Safety qualification,
• Confident and effective in building relationships with different stakeholders, and maintaining a strong network of contacts.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to effectively time manage projects.
• Experience of monitoring project schedules and preparing progress reports,
• Demonstrable ability to learn quickly and put this into action,
• Experience of working and communicating effectively with volunteers and multi-disciplinary teams and within a project environment,
• Knowledge and experience of health and safety in relation to event cover,
• Experience of completing risk assessments.
  
  St Andrew's First Aid has been saving lives since 1882. We are a trusted organisation, built into the fabric of Scotland and are well known for providing first aid cover at many events throughout the country as well as first aid education within communities and schools.
We are also a social enterprise and in the past five years, we have provided workplace first aid and first aid for mental health training to over 75,000 people. All profits from the social enterprise support the charitable work we deliver across Scotland. Saving lives is our main goal and our mission is to create a nation of lifesavers. As Scotland's leading first aid charity, St Andrew's First Aid has an impressive country-wide network of First Aiders ready to provide support at hundreds of events each year. The organisation aims to provide the highest standards of first aid and to share their knowledge through training and education to the public.