Events Professional

Closing Date: 13th July

Location - London only, 3 days a week on site.

***6 Month FTC***

About the role

This is a 6-month fixed-term support role created to provide extra capacity during a busy period and whilst we review the longer term CAB strategy, helping the team maintain a high standard of delivery across a full programme of activity.

You will support the planning and delivery of events across Corporate Affairs & Brand, including colleague engagement events, leadership events, campaign activations, partnership activity, media moments, policy engagement events and responsible business or volunteering activity.

The role involves working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, helping to coordinate logistics, suppliers and day-to-day administration so events are well run, well organised and professionally delivered.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the planning and delivery of events across Corporate Affairs & Brand, helping to keep activity organised, on track and well coordinated from start to finish.
• Support a wide range of events, including colleague engagement activity, leadership events, campaign activations, partnership events, media-facing moments and volunteering activity linked to BT Group’s responsible business agenda.
• Carry out event administration tasks including venue research and booking, meeting room coordination, guest lists, joining instructions, catering requests and merchandise orders.
• Raise and track purchase orders, manage invoices and support budget administration, working carefully and accurately to make sure suppliers are set up and paid on time.
• Work with internal teams and external suppliers to confirm logistics, timings, materials and requirements, building positive working relationships and helping solve practical issues quickly.
• Support on-the-day delivery where needed, helping events run smoothly for speakers, attendees, partners and stakeholders.
• Maintain clear trackers, planning documents and shared updates so the wider team has an accurate view of progress, actions and deadlines.
• Where capacity allows, support related team activity such as planning, coordination or people-focused work during quieter periods.

Look for ways to improve how event activity is organised and delivered, bringing a helpful, proactive approach and a strong eye for detail.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Experience supporting events, administration or project coordination in a busy working environment, with the confidence to come in and contribute quickly.
• Experience supporting larger or higher-profile events involving multiple stakeholders.
• Strong organisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, stay on top of detail and keep things moving.
• Confidence working with internal colleagues and external suppliers in a professional and helpful way.
• Experience handling practical administration such as bookings, schedules, trackers, invoices or purchase orders.
• A proactive attitude, good judgement and a willingness to help solve problems calmly and quickly.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, including Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Experience working with budgets, suppliers or procurement processes.

An interest in communications, brand, partnerships or responsible business activity.

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:

• 10% on target annual bonus

• Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family

• Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off

• Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay

• Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband

• Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us

• Holiday purchase scheme

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.