Conference Porter
Cowley, Oxford
£9,742 per annum, 22 days holiday plus bank holidays pro-rata, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the job
You’ll have an important part to play as our part-time Conference Assistant providing all meeting room and conference equipment requirements. In a fast-paced business environment you’ll regularly set up furniture and equipment for conferences and events, as well as providing, moving and installing Audio Visual support and routine equipment maintenance. Occasionally covering reception during team breaks and holidays, you’ll support with relevant tasks in a small Client Services.
Within Unipart, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
- Set up conference and meeting rooms
- Move various pieces of equipment including heavy equipment such as chairs, tables, flip charts as required
- Organise storage areas including furniture and AV equipment
- Set up Audio Visual equipment under guidance of the AV Manager and Technicians
- Support conference facilitators and delegates with connecting to room AV systems and WiFi
- Assist with equipment installation, set-up and operation
About you
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but full training will be provided, so please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!
- Confident and self-motivated individual, who is able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise own workloads and follow instructions to meet tight deadlines
- Reliable with a positive can-do attitude with a friendly, professional manner and a willingness to learn new skills
- Passionate about delivering excellent customer service
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to move equipment as mentioned in the responsibilities
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.
