Job Description

Event Executive - Paws in Work

Location:

London and Surrounding Areas

Salary:

30,000

About Us

Paws in Work are a specialist Puppy Therapy and Mental Health Training start-up who work with corporate clients to improve wellbeing within their workplace. We are the only licensed Puppy Therapy company in the UK and offer MHFA England accredited and bespoke mental health training courses and masterclasses. Our aim is 'To Create A Better Life For People & Pups' and our work is based around our three pillars:

Puppy Socialisation Mental Health Education Raising Awareness for Ethical Breeding in the UK
Founded in London in 2018, we have exciting plans to grow and offer our services across the UK in the near future. We're passionate about what we do and strive to make a difference through our work.

The Role

As an Events Executive, you will be supporting the business in multiple areas across our events. You will play an active part in helping to host events as well as working behind the scenes to ensure the team has everything it needs to put on a memorable day for our clients.

Each day will bring a variety of challenges and the ability to multitask and problem solve will be key to your success in this role. We are a small team which means good communication, versatility and resilience are a must in what can be a fast paced and demanding environment..

Your day to day responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Setting up and packing down at events Driving our equipment and puppies to and from events in and around London, as well as areas outside the M25 Hosting our events - conducting safety briefings, entertaining clients and maintaining puppy welfare is our number one priority at all times Reporting on supplies and our equipment during and after events, ensuring they are safe for puppies, clients and staff alike. Preparing equipment for events at our Head Office in Chiswick W4 Managing hosting rotas for events

You will need:

Full UK driving licence Confident at driving, ideally experience driving vans and/or driving in Central London A positive attitude, forward thinking attitude The ability to multitask, work under pressure and hit deadlines Strong stakeholder management and customer service skills - you'll be dealing with people of all levels at our events Adaptability & flexibility Computer literate Ability to move heavy equipment A love for dogs, of course!
You will be contracted for 40 hours per week and a typical day could start as early at 6am and finish as late as 6pm depending on the location of the puppies and the event. This will vary on a day to day basis so a degree of flexibility will be required. Depending on the shift, you will be able to claim hours back in lieu.

What we're offering you

As a start-up, it's important to us to maintain a strong company culture. We love what we do and what we stand for, and whilst we're all focused on making sure we perform our roles to the best of our ability, it's also important to enjoy our work and have a good sense of humour. We offer many incentives to ensure we continue to build on the great culture we have built which include:

30 days holiday (inc bank holidays & christmas period) with an additional day for each year worked up to five years Day off on your birthday (outside of your holiday allowance) Private healthcare through Vitality (additional cover after two years service) EAP and access to counselling Childcare vouchers Monthly travel allowance Social events Wellbeing days
Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Free or subsidised travel Private medical insurance
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Application question(s):

Do you have experience driving vans? (Transit or larger)
Licence/Certification:

UK Drivers License (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London W4 5PY