Job Description

We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. If you have more, less or different experiences, but really relevant skills, we\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99d love to hear from you.

We work flexibly and will help you to find a healthy balance of remote working and time in our fantastic Southampton office, collaborating, taking part in events and getting to know people that makes working with us so rewarding. We welcome the opportunity to discuss reduced hours and job share arrangements.

The Role

Positioned within Cunard\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s PR and Events team, the Event Operations Manager will play a key role in delivering a successful inaugural alongside period and naming of our new ship, Queen Anne. This role is a fixed term contract for six months commencing November 2024 to support the inaugural celebrations of Queen Anne who will be entering service in May 2024.

This role is based on a 6 Month FTC commencing December 2023.

You will:

• Devise and deliver the overall planning, management, and delivery of the inaugural events.
• Ensure the project objectives are attained on time and within budget, leading on all operational elements and managing a wide-ranging team from across the business to deliver all aspects of the inaugural period (encompassing all events from transition in Italy and arrival in Southampton to the inaugural alongside celebrations and naming ceremony)
• Shape, implement and manage agreed governance standards across the project lifecycle
• Manage changes (to scope, time and budget) within agreed tolerances and escalate risks to the events director
• Managing key stakeholder relationships including, but not limited to: Guest Experience, Product Development, Procurement, Port Operations, Security and IT

Our role categories range from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President) so you can clearly see internal development opportunities. This role is a CUK07 and is offered on a full time 6 Month fixed term contract basis, with at least two days based in our Southampton office

About You

Fresh ideas and different perspectives are what excite us most and help us to succeed. Alongside bringing these to the role, you\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99ll also need:

• Previous marketing and communications experience in similar large scale hospitality events
• Copywriting, budgeting and cost management experience
• Experience of managing external creative agencies and VIP guest lists
• Strong knowledge of operational functions and processes
• Effective communication and managerial skills with the expertise to shape, define and manage a comprehensive project plan.

Being part of our team has its advantages\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\xa6

We\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99re a holiday company so we know there\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s more to life than work. Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing.

• A friendly welcome with help settling in
• Home and office-based hybrid working (minimum two office days)
• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Annual bonus
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
• Employee-led networks
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
• Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
• Life Assurance
• Parental and adoption leave
• Employee Shares Plan
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal

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About Us

Holidays are one of life\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.

No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.

Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.

It\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99s Employer of Choice.

To keep everyone on board fit and well, colleagues who visit or work on our ships must be fully vaccinated, including boosters. We\xc3\xa2\xc2\x80\xc2\x99re reviewing this requirement regularly.

Holidays are one of life\'s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.

No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world\'s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain\'s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.

Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.

It\'s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel\'s Employer of Choice.

To keep everyone on board fit and well, colleagues who visit or work on our ships must be fully vaccinated. We\'re reviewing this requirement regularly and you will be advised accordingly should requirements change.

Carnival Corporation