Liverpool Cathedral is the largest cathedral in the UK and the fifth largest in the world. Liverpool Cathedral is a world-class, Grade I listed building and one of the UK’s most distinctive large-scale events venues.
As a live place of worship, heritage asset and major visitor attraction, the Cathedral delivers a highly complex programme of corporate, commercial, cultural and civic events alongside daily worship and tourism activity. From major headline grabbing art installations, to classical concerts or pop gigs to awards gala’s.
The Events Manager is a senior operational role within the Cathedral’s Enterprise and events function, responsible for the end-to-end planning, management and delivery of a diverse portfolio of internal and external events, ensuring they are delivered safely, compliantly and to a consistently high professional standard.
Working under the direction of the Head of Events, the postholder is operationally accountable for the safe and sound event management planning, implementation and delivery, including but not limited to production planning, safeguarding and overall compliance for their events, and for producing and maintaining all required professional event documentation.
The role also carries significant commercial responsibility, including delivery of a minimum of £200k turnover in the first year, and plays a key role in strengthening the Cathedral’s reputation as a premium events venue.
The team delivers a wide range of corporate, commercial and cultural events, working with clients from across the public, private and third sectors. While collaboration with colleagues across the Cathedral community is essential, this role holds high focus on outward facing, with a strong focus on client relationships, sales conversion and delivering a high-quality customer experience. The Events Manager acts as a key ambassador for the venue, representing the Cathedral with professionalism, confidence and warmth.
Objectives of Events Manager role:
Commercial Performance
– Drive, deliver and grow the external events business at Liverpool Cathedral, achieving a minimum of £200k turnover in year one, while maintaining strong relationships with key clients and stakeholders.
Safe & Compliant Delivery
– Ensure all assigned events are planned and delivered in full compliance with health & safety, safeguarding, licensing and Cathedral policies, with robust risk management and professional documentation in place.
Operational Excellence
– Lead the successful delivery of complex events within a live, multi-use environment, balancing commercial priorities with worship, heritage protection and public access.
Reputation & Experience
-Consistently deliver a high-quality client and audience experience that reinforces the Cathedral’s reputation as a trusted, professional and distinctive events venue.
They are looking for candidates with:
– significant experience delivering complex events within a venue, agency or similar environment
– experience of managing events in high-footfall, regularly or operationally complex environments
– experience acting as operational lead for events with multiple stakeholders and delivery teams
– experience producing and managing professional event documentation
– strong working knowledge of health and safety best practice
For more information on the role including full job description and person specification, please visit:
https://www.cofepathways.org/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=10589