Events and Commercial Officer

The opportunity has arisen to join the busy Commercial Support Team ISO9001 accredited, part of the in-house Facilities Management services as a full time Events and Commercial Officer.

Tower Hamlets is a great place to build a career with a strong commitment to invest in staff and support with their development and growth.

The role offers a competitive salary, generous annual leave, and the local government pension scheme. It is based in our brand-new Civic Centre in Whitechapel.

The post holder will provide support to the Commercial and Event Team, administering event and commercial contractors’ documentation to ensure H&S compliance and performance KPIs are achieved. They will assist the Event Coordinator in achieving an income target set for the department and assisting with the strategic planning and marketing of the event team. The role will focus on financial duties tracking spend across the department, balancing commercial income and event invoices against services or goods received, preparing, and processing commercial and event expenditure and reconciliation. The post holder will also need to provide support within the Procurement process for the department assisting in the preparation of documents according to the required governance for goods and services working to procedure to setup reputable suppliers and to monitor their performance.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.