Event Sales & Bookings Officer

People's History Musuem


Job: Event Sales & Bookings Officer

Job: Event Sales & Bookings Officer

Organisation: People’s History Musuem

Postcode: M3 3ER

  • Job Title: Event Sales & Bookings Officer
  • Salary: £25k-£30k
  • Hours:
    Full time
  • Role: Catering & Hospitality
  • Contract: Temporary
  • Closing date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026

  • Location:

    North West

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Job Summary

We are looking for an organised, customer focussed sales professional to join our team, concentrating on increasing event sales and delivering high quality events for paying clients.

Job Description

The role will be responsible for meeting income targets, attracting and retaining clients, and upselling add on services.
Strong co-ordination and customer service skills are vital. This role involves co-ordinating and delivering event specifications for a wide range of conference and social events and managing a varied portfolio at any one time. The successful applicant will work closely with the museum’s Operations Team and wider network of suppliers to ensure all events exceed client expectations.
The role would be ideal for someone with experience in event sales, delivering events, or managing bookings in a comparable industry. Ability to follow processes and use a CRM system is essential.

Job Requirements

1. Experience of event sales or sales in a similar hospitality environment.

2. Excellent customer services skills, confident in speaking to clients in person, via phone, and on email.

3. Experience of bookings and events.

4. Strong administration skills, able to take pieces of information from a range of inputs (phone calls, emails, etc) and turn them into efficient booking specifications, across multiple upcoming events.

5. Excellent communication skills, ability to negotiate and communicate with a wide range of clients, stakeholders and staff.

6. Strong IT skills, confident in using Microsoft packages.

7. Good problem-solving skills.

8. Ability to follow established processes.

9. Experience of using a CRM or events management database.

10. Experience of organising events on behalf of external clients/stakeholders.

How to Apply

Please outline how your experience, skills, and knowledge meet the job description and provide details via our online application form. Your application will be assessed and scored against the job description using the information provided.

Apply via the People’s History Museum website here: https://phm.org.uk/vacancies/event-sales-bookings-officer-commercial/

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