Senior Events Officer

About Haringey Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture. Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents. About the Role We are looking for an experienced and confident person to join our busy Events & Partnerships Team, to work with event organisers to oversee park hire applications and develop, manage and deliver a comprehensive borough-wide outdoor events programme based in the borough’s parks. You will advise and coordinate on matters relating to the provision and development of outdoor events in the borough, maintaining close working relationships with a range of stakeholders and external partners, whilst developing new ones. You will be responsible for the marketing and promotion of Haringey’s parks as primary destinations for event organisers and develop a dynamic, council wide programme of events in parks in partnership with other council services and partner agencies which utilise park facilities and deliver community benefits. Working for Haringey At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and well-being support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts. Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible. Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact About You You will have experience of organising, managing and delivering large, complex outdoor public events. You will be confident in engaging with event organisers and promoters to ensure that safe and exciting events are staged, with due care for residents and the environment they are taking place in. You will lead on stakeholder engagement, communication and consultation around events and must be skilled in negotiation and be able to effectively handle tension and conflict whilst ensuring a high level of service delivery, professional practice and customer care is provided at all times within the remit of legislative requirements. About the Team You will work closely with colleagues not only in the Events & Partnerships Team, but Parks & Greenspace, managing award winning sites across the borough