Set within 574 acres of historic parkland, Hylands Estate is one of Chelmsford’s most treasured heritage assets, featuring the Grade II* listed Hylands House, the Stables and the Grand Pavilion. As both a cultural destination and a thriving events venue, Hylands hosts weddings, corporate functions, private hire, community events and major park attractions. Chelmsford City Council is proud to care for this remarkable estate, ensuring it remains an exceptional place for visitors, partners and staff alike.

We are seeking an Events and Weddings Executive to support the delivery of a high quality, customer focused and commercially successful events service across the Estate. Working closely with the Senior Events and Sales Executive and Assistant Hylands Manager – Events & Business Development, the postholder will manage a portfolio of clients and act as their primary point of contact, guiding them through the customer journey from initial enquiry to event delivery. The role involves supporting event planning and coordination, assisting with sales, promotional and marketing activity, maintaining accurate documentation and booking systems. This also includes working collaboratively with operational teams, suppliers and partners to ensure events are delivered to a consistently high standard while contributing to the Estate’s revenue generating objectives.

The ideal applicant will have experience in event coordination or a customer focused environment, strong organisational and communication skills, and a proactive, solutions focused approach. A commitment to delivering excellent customer service, the ability to manage multiple events simultaneously, and flexibility to work occasional evenings, weekends and bank holidays is essential.

Interviews are currently scheduled for the week commencing 18th May.

Please note should sufficient applications be received prior to the closing date, we may close the role for applications early.

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As an accredited Essex Family Friendly Employer, this full-time role can be job-shared or part-time if we can fill the remaining hours. Please mention this in your supporting statement. if you are interested. For more details please visit: https://www.essex.gov.uk/family-friendly-charter.

Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment checks which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.

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