Training Events Lead - HFL1604

TRAINING EVENTS LEAD – HFL1604

Contract: Permanent

Hours: _ full time at 37 hours per week, 52 _ weeks per year

Salary: – FTE £30,000 - £32,000 p.a.

Location: Hybrid working consisting of remote working, flexibility required to work across event venues in Hertfordshire and neighbouring counties.This includes an opportunity to work up to 2 days per week in our Head Office in Stevenage, Hertfordshire if desired.

We're looking for an organised, proactive and commercially minded Training Events Lead to join our busy Events Team.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a large and varied portfolio of professional learning events, from training programmes to webinars and online learning sessions. Working with colleagues across the organisation, you'll be responsible for ensuring every event is delivered professionally, efficiently and with an outstanding customer experience at its heart.

You'll work with a wide range of internal stakeholders, customers and suppliers, helping to shape learning experiences that ultimately support better outcomes for children and young people. The post holder will coordinate event delivery, project manage promotion of events and ensure value for money for both the business and the customer.

You'll join a supportive and collaborative team that values innovation, continuous improvement and sharing expertise. The role offers significant variety, genuine responsibility and the chance to develop your events management career within a well-established and respected organisation.

We are looking for someone who:

· Has experience delivering events, conferences, training programmes or similar projects.

· Thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys managing multiple priorities simultaneously.

· Can confidently balance competing deadlines and make effective decisions.

· Builds positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

· Takes ownership, uses initiative and focuses on solutions.

· Enjoys working as part of a team and supporting colleagues to achieve shared goals.

· Has excellent organisational, communication and customer service skills.

· Is comfortable using digital systems and event management technology.

You may be an Events Graduate ready to take the next step, an Events Co-ordinator seeking greater ownership, or an experienced Events professional looking for a role that offers flexibility, variety and purpose.

Our ‘working from anywhere’ approach provides colleagues the opportunity to work flexibly in line with their role requirements. This consists of remote working, working in event venues and up to 2 days per week in our Head Office in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The ability to reach different locations by car will be essential for this role. If you drive, then a full driving licence and appropriate car insurance will be required. As there is a permanent home working element to this role, you will need to ensure you are equipped for home working.

Benefits: a generous employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 31 days after five-years) or the equivalent paid for Term Time employees, family-friendly policies, hybrid working, paid mileage, a cycle to work scheme, onsite charging points for electric vehicles, access to mental health and wellbeing support, company performance bonus, professional development opportunities, benefit schemes for discounts and cashback offers, and more.

Would you like to know more information about this opportunity? If so, further information can be found in the job outline on our website.

You can also contact Gabi Gutteridge who would be happy to chat to you on 01438 544406 or email hfl.recruitment@hfleducation.org

To apply , email hfl.recruitment@hfleducation.org with a detailed CV along with a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role, and including responses to the following questions:

• Describe your experience of planning, coordinating and delivering events, training programmes or webinars. What was your level of responsibility and what were the outcomes?
• Describe a time when plans changed unexpectedly or competing priorities arose. What actions did you take and what was the outcome?
• An example of how you have built effective working relationships to achieve a successful outcome.
• What drew you to apply for this role, and how your skills and experience make you well suited to managing a programme of professional learning events and webinars?

As part of our move towards eradicating unconscious bias within the recruitment process, we will be anonymising your forms.

For recruitment queries, our Central Recruitment Team can also be contacted on the hfl.recruitment email address above.

To submit your application or to discuss any recruitment queries please email our Central Recruitment Team on hfl.recruitment@hfleducation.org or 01438 544439.

We would love to hear from you.

Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday 22nd November 2026

Interview Date: Week commencing Friday 4th December 2026 in Stevenage.

We are committed towards becoming an anti-racist organisation, and our recruitment statement is set out below in support of this.

HFL is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We insist on the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and will never condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

HFL is also equally committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation and we encourage you to view our Anti-racist position statement which gives clarity on our anti-racist stance. In our relentless efforts to be an anti-racist organisation, we recognise the negative impacts of under representation and lack of diversity in our organisation, our education system and in all aspects of our society. Therefore, for recruitment into any HFL post, where we have 2 or more candidates of equal merit, candidates with protected characteristics will be given advantage over candidates without such characteristics. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘tie-breaker’ and is referred to as ‘positive action’ in the Equality Act 2010.

To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.

Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will expect you to be prepared to discuss unconscious bias with us; we find these conversations more than any others give us all a good idea of what working together will be like.

Pay: £30,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Free or subsidised travel
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Transport links
• Work from home

Application question(s):

• Do you have experience working in an event and/or conference delivery environment (excluding venue based) (essential).
• Do you have experience of using a variety of digital delivery platforms beyond MS Teams and Zoom (essential).
• Do you drive and hold a full licence & appropriate car insurance

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Stevenage SG1