Bilingual (French + English) experienced event coordinator/administrator

Job ID: 32580165

Budget: €6 – €12 EUR

For this long term collaboration I am looking for a bilingual French + English coordinator to manage training program logistics and deliverables.

Only candidates with several years of experience of experience in coordinating complex events should apply.

The job is interesting and mentally stimulating. It requires the ability to manage many details in parallel.

My company has been in business for 63 years and provides now MBA-level training programs to corporations in different countries.

After 7 years of a very enjoyable cooperation my previous assistant is leaving to switch to a completely different professional activity. I am sorry to see her leave but I can only encourage her to do what she believes is right for her. Usually people stay in my company for many years (up to 30 years).

Duties include:
- managing program planning (inviting trainers, briefing them, etc.)
- ensuring that all trainers are providing course material on time and forwarding them to students
- verifying that students deliver their assignments in due time
- coordinating hotel, restaurants, transportation reservations
- keeping records
- managing email distribution lists
- communicating with trainers, students, customers

The job is complex and certainly not boring. It requires high precision and reliability. Attention to details is a prerequisite.

The number of hours per week vary from one week to the other but an average of 8 to 16 hours per week is reasonable. The job can usually be accomplished any time of day or night but at least one hour per day is necessary to handle daily email interaction with many people in different countries.

Candidates must have a high speed internet connection for videoconferencing from a PC. As we work with Microsoft Office we can only recruit someone with a Windows 10 PC (no Mac) and extensive experience with Microsoft Office (MS-Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

Requirements:
- real-life experience in event management, travel and/or hospitality/hotel/tourism industries
- ability to work independently
- strong customer orientation
- meticulous attention to details
- extremely organized
- systematic
- ability to anticipate
- diplomacy
- mental agility
- sense of humor