Commercial Events Coordinator - The Schools’ Enterprise Association

Commercial Events Coordinator

Westminster School

Full-time, permanent, asap start

Salary: £37,000 per annum

Start date: 10/02/2025

Closing date: 24/02/2025

Interview date: Longlist interviews will take place in-person w/c 3rd March 2025. Shortlist interviews will take place in-person w/c 10th March 2025.

Address: London SW1P 3PB

Westminster School Enterprise Ltd [WSEL] is a newly formed department of Westminster School that is responsible for raising additional revenue to support bursaries and other areas of the School. The Commercial Events Coordinator will join at an exciting time as we grow the business.

In essence, the department is responsible for hiring out commercial space, classrooms, venues and sports facilities to a diverse variety of residential and non-residential clients throughout the year.

The primary responsibilities of the role are is the overall management of Commercial events sales: fielding initial enquiries from clients, negotiation of prices and fees, maximising revenue and profits from the sales and marketing of academic venues and assets to residential and non-residential clients.

Experience of managing commercial events function in an organisation is essential, with a proven track record of delivering on financial targets and proactive marketing strategies.

For a full job description, please visit our website using the link to apply.

Contact details:

Contact name: Peri Walsh

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 020 79631000

Additional details:

Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.
Safeguarding and Child Protection – Westminster School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Membership of the SEA has really supported me in my journey at Sherborne school. Just being able to pick up a phone and get some advice from an expert on a specific subject has been invaluable.

Rebecca Fallon, Events Manager, Sherborne School
Active professional networking is vital to our commercial activities. The SEA brings people together and builds long-term relationships as well as a good level of trust and support over time. The biggest advantages of being a SEA member are to get fresh ideas, strengthen business connections, raise your profile in your own school environment, gain more knowledge and most importantly get advice and support.

Marina Kilaniotis, Head of Commercial, Highgate School.
We’ve been so fortunate to be able to host in-person events again at the SEA. Whilst our online offer is excellent, nothing beats meeting and chatting to colleagues in-person at a different school each time and seeing how someone else approaches things. I travel from South Devon every time but never regret making the effort.

Bob Panayides, Commercial Manager, Mount Kelly
I return to the office after every one of the SEA events that I attend and immediately refer to my notes, implementing something new or developmental in my department.

Hannah Dwyer, Head of Commercial, Cheltenham Ladies’ College
The launch of the Sports Chapter at Tonbridge School Centre in March was an important milestone – I look forward to networking with many colleagues around the country who run equally unique school sports centres. Sharing issues and opportunities while providing solutions to industry challenges, make this an exciting prospect.

Alex Lloyd, Manager, Tonbridge School Centre
In the short period of time that we have been a member of SEA its already proving invaluable. The courses are excellent and also very inspiring to see the potential our Enterprises has when listening to schools already very well established.

Kizzy Hazlewood, Events and Venue Officer, Kimbolton School