Flexible Events Assistant at Westminster Boating Base: 16-20 hours
What you’ll be doing:
As an Events Assistant at GLL, you’ll be part of a team that brings people together through well-organised, impactful events. You’ll support the Events Manager in planning and delivering a variety of events that reflect GLL’s commitment to community, quality, and service excellence.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the Events Manager with day-to-day planning and coordination
- Liaising with guests, suppliers, performers, and internal teams to ensure clear communication and smooth logistics
- Responding to event enquiries and managing bookings with professionalism and care
- Ensuring all event spaces are prepped and presented to a high standard, with a keen eye for detail
- Providing on-the-day support to ensure seamless delivery and a positive guest experience
- Maintaining accurate event calendars, guest lists, and documentation
About you:
You’re passionate about events and thrive in a fast-paced, people-focused environment. You take pride in the small details that make a big difference and are committed to delivering exceptional experiences.
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Enthusiastic about events, hospitality, and creating memorable experiences
- Experienced in events, admin, or hospitality (preferred but not essential)
- A confident communicator with strong interpersonal skills
- Highly organised, proactive, and calm under pressure
- Detail-oriented, with a commitment to quality and presentation
- A team player with a positive, can-do attitude
- Flexible to work evenings and weekends as required
As a charitable social enterprise, owned by its staff, GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:
A Values driven organisation
Learning & development to support career development
Good Pension schemes
Discounted gym membership for you and your partner.
Industry leading rates of pay
Opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
Health assurance
Career pathways, professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
25% off Red Letter Days
25% off Buy A Gift
20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
Ride to work scheme
Free eye tests and discounted glasses
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens-up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
Whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.
However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.
All pay rates are subject to skills, experience and qualifications.