Events Coordinator FTC

Job Introduction

Selfridges has always been much more than a shop. We’re a social space where everyone is welcome and feels a sense of belonging, a creative playground where culture and commerce collide, and an experimental hub where you can discover the most innovative and sustainable ideas in retail. We’re here to help make the world brighter. And you can be an important part of this. We’ll talk more about the role below, but before we get to that, let’s share with you the good stuff…  

Rewards and benefits 

Life at Selfridges is dynamic, exciting, and always evolving. As well as working with some of the most cutting-edge, iconic and boundary-pushing brands, designers and creatives, we also offer our team members opportunities to help make a positive difference through our network of communities, both within and outside Selfridges. Here are just a few of our rewards and benefits that help make our team experience that bit more extraordinary. 

• Flexible working options to benefit you, your family and your wellbeing that can include part-time, flexi-time, job sharing or hybrid working

• Generous annual leave that increases with length of service 

• Up to five paid volunteering days – from beach cleans to co-ordinating food and clothing donations 

• Family leave that suits your set up including Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental leave policies 

• Defined pension contribution scheme  

• Generous bonus and/or commission scheme  

• Enviable team member discount including sale previews and double discount days 

• Exclusive local discounts on a range of restaurants, bars, beauticians and entertainment 

• Subsidised gym memberships  

• Annual travel pass and cycle-to-work schemes  

• A sustainable car salary sacrifice scheme 

• Several internal communities to get involved in from our Diversity Board and Green Warriors who are leading the charge on D,E&I and sustainability, to the Wellbeings who are always thinking of new ways to champion healthy minds, bodies and routines for our team members 

• Workplace Options, our confidential team member assistance programme for when life gets tricky or you need a little guidance 

• Access to a wide range of training programmes to help your career development 

Read on to find out how you can play your part in Reinventing Retail… 

Role Responsibility

Selfridges today is more than just the sum of its products - it's a shopping experience that promises to surprise, amaze, and amuse its customers by delivering extraordinary customer experiences. Our people are central to us achieving this and with this in mind, we are now looking for a passionate, driven and hard-working individual to join our fabulous events team on a temporary basis until Christmas Eve as an Events Coordinator based in store.

How you’ll do it:

• Facilitate and support a programme of events and special projects that surprise, amaze and amuse our customers.
• Support with the communication of projects, preparing marketing one pagers and post event reports.
• Communicate effectively across the business, with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain a robust network of strong working relationships across the business and externally including partners and suppliers.
• Follow Events processes and adhere to allocated budgets at all times.
• Work closely with the store Assistant Events Manager on a daily basis, taking clear direction and feedback
• Ensure Health and Safety is always considered in every Event.
• Budget support and reconciliation
• Red flag any potential issues

The Ideal Candidate

• Ability to network, develop internal / external contacts and excellent working relationships across a diverse range of functions.
• Work in a fast-paced environment
• Deliver to deadlines
• Able to influence and gain the trust and respect of people at all levels in a variety of functions
• Able to communicate clearly.
• Confident, determined, and resilient.
• Able to work quickly and accurately
• Able to think on feet / be reactive
• Lateral thinking
• Strong administration skills
• Good at multi-tasking

This position is a fixed term contract until December 24th 

About the Company

Everyone is welcome 

Selfridges is a place where we want everyone to feel a sense of belonging. We embrace every self and are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are leading with purpose to not only increase the visibility and recognition of under-represented talent within our organisation, but the wider industry too. Here at Selfridges, everyone is welcome – irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age or disability, we stand by equal opportunities for all.   

Our awards cabinet  

We’re not ones to brag, but since you asked...Selfridges has won the award for The World’s Best Department Store an unprecedented four times at the IGDS awards, with an additional award for the Best Sustainability Campaign. We were also recognised as a ‘Best 25 Big Company to Work For 2020’ as awarded by The Sunday Times. 

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