Head of Business Events

Economy Skills and Natural Resources

Head of Business Events

Fixed Term appointment for 2 years, with the view to permanency subject to programme funding.

£48,650 To £51,400 (after Band 1)

We are looking for a highly experienced senior manager to take on this exciting new role, with responsibility for developing an ambitious approach to secure business conferences and events into venues across Wales.

With extensive MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, events) experience, you will take a commercial approach to building Wales’s profile as a business event destination – focusing on delivering real business - aligned with priority business sectors and academic, scientific and medical strengths. You will develop new ways of working, boosting Wales’s profile and performance, and help build the competitiveness of the Wales business events sector.

With excellent strategic planning and management skills, you will play a pivotal role in developing and delivering a new sustainable approach, harnessing key partners and stakeholders at every level across the public and private sector, including creating a long-term funding model.

We are looking for someone with:

• management experience within the business events sector with a demonstrable track record of developing and delivering strategies to attract business events, preferably at a destination level.
• an excellent understanding of the U.K. and international MICE market, and a network of contacts;
• excellent leadership and project management skills and experience of handling complex public and private sector stakeholder relationships and managing a team to successfully deliver large-scale projects, ideally with matrix working experience.

Closing Date : 19 October 2017 (4pm)

Yr Economi, Sgiliau a Chyfoeth Naturiol

Pennaeth Digwyddiadau Busnes

Penodiad tymor penodol o 2 flynedd, gyda golwg ar ei throi'n swydd barhaol os bydd digon o arian i gyllido'r rhaglen.

£48,650 To £51,400 (after Band 1)

Rydym yn chwilio am uwch-reolwr hynod brofiadol i ymgymryd â'r rôl gyffrous newydd hon, gyda chyfrifoldeb am ddatblygu ffordd uchelgeisiol o ddenu cynadleddau a digwyddiadau busnes i Gymru.

Bydd gennych brofiad helaeth o farchnata cyfarfodydd, mentrau, cynadleddau a digwyddiadau, a byddwch yn datblygu proffil Cymru, ar lefel fasnachol, fel cyrchfan ar gyfer digwyddiadau busnes – gan ganolbwyntio ar greu busnes go iawn – gan sicrhau bod hynny'n gyson â sectorau busnes blaenoriaeth a chryfderau academaidd, gwyddonol a meddygol. Byddwch yn datblygu ffyrdd newydd o weithio a fydd yn rhoi hwb i broffil a pherfformiad Cymru, ac yn helpu i wneud sector digwyddiadau Cymru'n fwy cystadleuol.

Bydd gennych sgiliau rheoli a chynllunio strategol ardderchog i chwarae rôl flaenllaw yn datblygu a chynnal ffordd gynaliadwy newydd o weithio, gan harneisio partneriaid a rhanddeiliaid allweddol ar bob lefel ar draws y sectorau cyhoeddus a phreifat. Bydd hynny'n cynnwys creu model cyllido tymor hir.

Rydym yn chwilio am rywun sydd â:

• phrofiad o reoli yn y sector digwyddiadau busnes a hanes llwyddiannus o ddatblygu a  chynnal strategaethau i ddenu digwyddiadau busnes, yn ddelfrydol ar lefel y gyrchfan;
• dealltwriaeth ragorol o farchnadoedd MICE yn y DU a thu hwnt, a bydd gennych rwydwaith da o gysylltiadau;
• sgiliau arwain a rheoli prosiectau rhagorol, a phrofiad o ymdrin â pherthnasau cymhleth rhwng rhanddeiliaid yn y sector cyhoeddus a phreifat ac o reoli tîm i gyflwyno prosiectau mawr yn llwyddiannus, ac yn ddelfrydol bydd gennych brofiad o weithio ar ffurf matrics.

Dyddiad cau : 19 Hydref 2017 (4pm)