Chase Encounters Officer, Office Angels

Office Angels

Location:
United Kingdom, Brighton

Category:
Education

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

17.00 - 17.98 GBP / Hour

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Job Description:

CHASE seeks a Senior Encounters Conference Officer to take responsibility for the 2025 autumn online CHASE Encounters conference. Using your in-depth knowledge of research- or cohort-development events, you will work independently to plan, promote, coordinate, programme and deliver the autumn 2025 Encounters conference. You will be supported by the CHASE team throughout the role and will liaise with delegates, participants, training providers and operational teams in relation to queries and requests.

Job Responsibility:

Provide information, subject matter knowledge, advice and guidance relating to the delivery of the autumn CHASE Encounters conference
Assess queries and potential issues, advise on solutions and coordinate accordingly with relevant operational teams
Develop and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders
Draft and arrange the circulation of a call for contributions
Make decisions about the duration and delivery of the Encounters conference
Canvass CHASE cohorts for their preferences in terms of content
Use existing and learned knowledge and expertise to create a programme that will engage CHASE researchers
Develop and maintain productive and collaborative relationships with researchers, managers, colleagues, and other service areas
Respond to queries relating to the conference
Develop and maintain an understanding of CHASE events, their organisation and delivery
Confidently advise students, line managers and staff members
Support senior colleagues in developing knowledge and understanding of promoting attendance and engagement with CHASE events
Prepare promotional communications
Produce high quality, up to date, accurate information about and resources for the conference for publications and web pages
Chair, introduce and facilitate sessions on the day
Deliver live links and signpost forthcoming sessions as appropriate

Requirements:

Effective planning and organisational skills
Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly build rapport
Effective oral and written communications skills to work with colleagues and CHASE researchers, providing information and responding to questions and queries
Ability to work flexibly within a small team and on own initiative
Ability to assess problems effectively and make standard minor impact decisions autonomously
Competent IT skills to effectively manage own workload
At the later stages (third year onwards) of a CHASE-funded PhD, or CHASE alumni
Regular attendee of previous Encounters (either online or in person) conferences, with understanding of how to coordinate an engaging conference programme for CHASE doctoral researchers
Previous experience with conference, workshop or symposium organisation

Nice to have:

Previous experience managing budgets
Web design experience (using websites such as Squarespace, WordPress, and similar)
Previous experience delivering lectures or facilitating workshops at conferences

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
July 29, 2025

Expiration:
August 10, 2025

Employment Type:

Parttime

Work Type:

Remote work

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