Our client, a
midsized company is seeking to recruit a suitable candidate as their head of conferencing.
Key Duties
and Responsibilities:
- Required to work in consultation and
collaboration with the relevant clients and organizers.
- Required to supervise all the staff
members under the department.
- Provide advice on protocol matters.
- Develop internal guidelines and
procedures to promote awareness within the organization of conference
practices and procedures.
- Review procedures and processes as
well as propose ways to improve and modernize them in line with best
international practice.
- Manage complex logistical arrangements
for major events including negotiation with travel agents, hotels and
other service providers to ensure the most attractive and cost effective
terms.
- Ability to develop policies,
strategies, guidelines and procedures relating to the management of
conferencing.
- Able to prepare and manage accounts
for conferences based on given budgets and ensuring compliance with the
organizations rules and regulations.
- Plan, evaluate, organize, and direct
the activities of the Conference and events planning, Audio Visual setups
and Administrative Assistant, and oversee the activities of Conference
Services Operation through the individuals mentioned above.
- Ensure that department personnel are
following all procedures, policies, and guidelines, as established by the
organization.
- Have responsibility for anticipating
needs, forecasting results, analyzing and arranging work processes for
personnel in the department.
Education and Experience
- Relevant Degree or Diploma.
- At least 5 years experience in
conference management experience with overall responsibility for events at
a senior level.
- The ability to deal confidently and
effectively at the highest level clients and with international
organizations.
- Excellent communication,
organizational, analytic and problem solving skills.
- Ability to lead a team.
- and project planning, coaching and
developing individual and team resources;
- Computer proficiency.
- Ability to work under pressure and
multi task.
Qualifying candidates should send their
application letter together with detailed Curriculum Vitae to
recruitment@odumont.com before COB 20th June 2013.
