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Join Elrha as an Events Coordinator and play a pivotal role in organizing transformative humanitarian forums in Nairobi, Kenya
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Salary £37080 - £40685
Location London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Manchester, UK - Remote
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Organisation summary: Elrha is a pioneering global organization dedicated to discovering innovative solutions to humanitarian challenges through research and innovation. We are at the forefront of facilitating effective, evidence-based humanitarian action, making this an incredibly exciting time to join our dynamic team.
Role Summary:
- Coordinate planning and execution of two major Forum events in Nairobi, Kenya: an Innovation Forum and a Research Forum in 2025.
- Travel to Kenya for on-the-ground event management.
- Work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure successful event outcomes.
- Provide support for other event-related activities, including annual community events within the humanitarian sector.
- Contribute to the continuous learning and evaluation process post-events.
Role Requirements:
- Proven experience in event management and coordination.
- Ability to collaborate with diverse, multicultural teams and stakeholders.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills.
- Interest in creating engaging, inclusive events that foster collaboration in the humanitarian or development sectors.
- Desirable: Experience in the humanitarian sector, international work, and knowledge of additional languages.
We provide a supportive work environment with benefits such as remote working, flexible patterns, pension contributions, life cover, sick pay, family-friendly schemes, annual leave increments with service, professional development opportunities, an Employee Assistance Programme, and retail discounts.
Note: Candidates must have the independent right to work in the UK as visa sponsorship is not provided for this role.
Elrha is a global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We are looking to recruit an Events Coordinator to work on our two major Forum events in 2025 that will be held in Nairobi, Kenya; an Innovation Forum and a Research Forum.
The role entails planning and participation, including travel to Kenya, through to post-event learning and evaluation. You will facilitate collaboration between our internal teams and ensure seamless coordination with external stakeholders. You will also support Elrha teams with other event activities related to the Forums, including annual community events in the humanitarian sector.
Job requirements include experience of event management and coordination, ability to collaborate with diverse and multi-cultural teams and stakeholders, excellent organisational skills, and experience of supporting the development of events communications materials. An interest in creating engaging and inclusive events to promote effective collaboration among diverse participants from the humanitarian or development sectors is also required. Experience of managing events specifically in the humanitarian sector or working internationally, with working knowledge of other languages would be an advantage.
We offer remote working as standard, flexible working patterns, minimum 5% employer pension contribution, life cover, organisational sick pay, family friendly pay and leave schemes, incremental increase in annual leave depending on length of service, opportunities for learning and development, a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and retail discounts platform.
Candidates must have the independent right to work in UK at the time of appointment as we are unable to support visa sponsorship for this role.
