Event Manager

📣 Tobi’s Take: If you want to build a career in live events, you probably think about festivals, concerts or conferences. But horse racing is one of the UK’s biggest spectator sports and The Jockey Club is at the centre of it, running iconic events like The Grand National and The Cheltenham Festival. As an Event Manager at Kempton Park, you’ll oversee everything from race days to corporate conferences, gaining experience in logistics, site presentation and customer experience at scale.

✅ When applying, highlight your event delivery skills. Even if you have not worked in sport before, show how you’ve planned, organised or delivered successful events whether in hospitality, music, student societies or community projects. The ability to manage different people, spot details and create great experiences is what will set you apart.

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Job title: Event Manager

Based at: Kempton Park Racecourse

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week  

⚪️ About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Event Manager to join our team at the wonderful Kempton Park Racecourse. This role is crucial in overseeing and implementing the planning, organisation & presentation of all race days & events. This role will ensure high standards of site presentation, excellent customer experience & management of H&S, the logistics and relationships with customers, contractors third party partners and stakeholders.

🟡 About The Jockey Club

The Jockey Club stages thrilling sporting occasions and live events nationwide including The Grand National, The Cheltenham Festival & The Derby. Owning & operating 15 courses, millions of people every year enjoy the special experiences we offer through racing, music, food and entertainment on racedays and beyond.

As the largest commercial group in British racing, we are guided by our mission to act for the long term good of the sport. Every penny we make goes back into racing to promote excellence within Britain’s second biggest spectator sport. Our people are what makes this possible  

At The Jockey Club people are at the heart of what we do and drive our success. We are inclusive and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. Diverse, collaborative teams are pivotal to our success and support the potential and growth of all our people.

🟢 The Event Manager will

• Carry out the preplanning, execution and delivery of events at the Racecourse, ensuring that cross department liaison is effective in delivering an efficient, cost-effective operation that always exceeds customers’ expectations.
• Work on events and race days as and when required by the rota to ensure the running of the event is in a safe and efficient manner. Ensuring comprehensive event checks are undertaken to ensure the venue is presented to the highest presentation and safety standards.
• Liaise with event organisers regarding their requirements, providing technical and logistical information about the venue and advise on floorplans, including facilitating site visits when required.
• Ensure facilities are fit for use for the client/guests prior to their tenancy, including set-up of audio-visual equipment.
• Create purchase orders, check and certify invoices and control expenditure, whilst seeking to improve profitability.
• Use the event management system to create comprehensive, detailed function sheets, accurate to specific event requirements in a timely manner and share information with key partners.
• Work with the sales team to ensure seamless customer experience for conference and events, from handover of booking to delivery, ensuring the requirements of the customer are always paramount but also fully utilising upselling opportunities to increase profitability.
• Ensure any maintenance issues are reported promptly to the facilities team, through due process.
  

🔵 About you

• Full/clean driving license essential.
• Play a crucial role in overseeing and implementing the planning, organisation& presentation of all race days and events.
• Great team player with an eye for detail who can take ownership and responsibility for events and projects.
• Ability to work under own initiative and prioritise work schedules.
• Impeccable time management
• Confident communicator who feels comfortable interacting with a varied range of stakeholders.
• A flexible approach to meeting the needs of the business, willing to work weekends and evenings in line with operational requirements.
  

🟣 What we offer in return

• All colleagues can go along to any of our race day or music events free of charge – along with 3 friends or family with our TeamPass Ticket scheme.
• An award-winning pension scheme provider with a generous employer contribution
• A healthcare cash back plan enabling you to claim money back on health & wellbeing services.
• 25 days annual leave
• Access to a suite of Learning & Development training resources from renowned providers
• A whole host of other benefits including free eyecare vouchers, a ride to work cycle scheme & discounts across varying retailers & services.
  

If you think you have everything we’re looking for and more, then we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hang around, our closing date for this vacancy is 7^th November but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have many applications.