Events Executive, Wellcome
18 Month Fixed Term Contract
£29.3-36.6k
Global charitable foundation for science research
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Global charitable foundation for science research
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£29.3-36.6k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Wellcome's mission is to support science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for an events professional with strong communication and event coordination skills. The ideal candidate will have experience in delivering commercial hire events of a high standard, dealing with internal and external operations teams and liaising with multiple clients simultaneously
- Strong operational experience delivering conferences and events within venue environments
- Skilled in event management systems, ideally with experience using Kinetics
- Experienced in coordinating hybrid events including live streaming/video conferencing
- Collaborative team player committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive culture across departments
What the job involves
- 18 Month Fixed Term Contract: 10 August 2026 - 10 February 2028
- Wellcome Collection’s Commercial team is responsible for generating essential income which enables us to continue the development of our public outreach and exhibitions programmes. The Venue Hire team at Wellcome Collection looks after private hires from enquiry stage to contract confirmation, coordination stages and delivery. We look after conferences, meetings, dinners and drinks reception for both internal and external clients. we also handle all the financial events for our events: invoicing etc
- Your primary focus will be operating in a client facing role working on events from the first stages of enquiry through to contracting and invoicing of the event and detailed coordination of all event logistics including but not limited to catering
- Communicate with internal teams, service partners and suppliers at weekly meetings
- Assist clients to run their events effectively
- Ensure accurate contracts and invoices are presented to clients and paid on time
- Work with external suppliers to ensure effective and safe delivery
- Ensure events are delivered on time, including ensuring correct room set ups are complete and accurate
- Undertake event duty shifts including early mornings and evenings and occasional weekend shifts
- Undertake work in accordance with Wellcome policies and principles
Application process
- Closing date: 18 June 2026
- Interview dates: 1st stage (w/c 6 July 2026)
- To apply please upload your current CV and complete our short application
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Wellcome Trust was originally founded in 1936 to fund medical research and has since grown into the UK’s largest private scientific research fund, and one of the wealthiest charities in the world. Disbursing over £1 billion in funds a year, it has provided funding to numerous medical research projects in its focus areas of mental health, climate & health and infectious diseases. These include the Cancer Genome Project and the Ebola Emergency Initiative.
Wellcome's 2022 decision to divest itself of its shares in fossil fuels has also relieved it of a persistent source of controversy, as this was potentially hindering the credibility of its climate change research. Wellcome has since partnered with the World Economic Forum to collect data on how climate change is affecting health worldwide.
The company is also moving to adjust to a more global role. The majority of its funding has historically been allocated to UK firms, but as climate change and infectious diseases know no borders, neither does research into solutions to these problems. ln 2019 it established an office in Berlin to strengthen its scientific links in the EU and to allow it to more easily fund important research outside of the UK.
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Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Holiday – 25 days’ holiday a year plus bank holidays (and we usually close between Christmas and New Year)
- Pension (defined contribution plan) – you contribute at least 3% and we pay in 15% of your salary
- Income protection – to maintain your income if you have a prolonged illness or disability
- Life assurance – four to six times your basic salary if you’re a member of our pension plan
- Interest-free travel season ticket loan
- Private medical insurance – we pay the cover, you pay the tax (and you can pay to add dependants)
- Gym and fitness classes – free membership to on-site gym and subsidised fitness classes and treatments
- Employee assistance programme – free, independent 24/7 help and advice for work-related issues as well as problems affecting your home life
- Mental health support – our network of mental health first aiders can be a first point of contact, or help while you're receiving professional help
- Health assessments (free and voluntary) – after you’ve been here for one year, then every two years after that
- Occupational health – annual eye tests and flu jabs, as well as job-related vaccinations
- Flexible working – we make every effort to support flexible working, including flexible working hours and remote working (we respect people's different working preferences and the need for a healthy work-life balance)
- Flexi-leave scheme – you can buy or sell up to five days of your holiday entitlement a year
- Staff social club – a range of sports teams and fun events throughout the year
- Volunteering – we give you up to four days' paid leave a year to contribute to our local community
- Give As You Earn – allows you to make tax-free donations to the charities you care about
- Cycle-to-work scheme – we offer at least 25% discount on bikes and cycling equipment and we have secure cycle storage, lockers and showers
- Subsidised restaurant and cafe
- Wellcome Collection discounts – 20% off food, drink and gifts from our cafe, restaurant and shop
- Discounts through Perkbox – shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, phone insurance and gift cards
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Jeremy Farrar
(Director)Has been Director of the Wellcome Trust since 2013. Before that was Director of Oxford Clinical Research Unit, working on research and clinical trials for diseases in Vietnam.
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