Hours: 35 hrs per week

Contract: Permanent

Benefits:

- 27 days' annual leave + statutory holidays + 3 closures days over the Christmas period.
- Flexible working for all staff, including working from home / hybrid working, and flexitime/TOIL scheme.
- Attractive family friendly policies.
- Private healthcare cover.
- Season ticket loans.
- Employee awards, and training and development opportunities.

For more information about our benefits, please visit our website.

Please note, the successful candidate will be expected to carry out two days of in-person working per week on average, which will include attendance at the above office location.

Flexible working arrangements can be discussed and agreed upon with the line manager subject to role and business needs.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Customer Service (Events) team at the National Housing Federation. The Federation run a range of commercial and free to member conferences and webinars, with numbers ranging from 50-1700 registrations in virtual, hybrid, and in-person formats. Our events provide housing leaders with the guidance, information, and inspiration they need to deliver great services for their residents and communities.

The Customer Service Executive (Events) will provide a key level of support and assistance to the Events team through registration, administration, and managing live databases and systems for the range of events and conferences – both income and non-income generating throughout the year.

The NHF is the voice of housing associations in England. We are the trade body to almost 600 housing associations, who have grown from philanthropic roots to provide 2.6 million homes to around 6 million people. You can find further information about the NHF on our website.

Interested in joining an award-winning events team?

Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to download the full job profile and person specification for this role.

Key elements of the role:

- Provide a central point of contact for events and excellent customer service, dealing with incoming calls, email enquiries and requests for information or queries from colleagues and members.
- Collate, update, and maintain accurate delegate and wider member data in the Federations CRM system.
- Co-ordinate logistical event support across all events, printing and distributing event collateral, packing and couriering equipment, and managing delivery services.
- Run in-person conference registration and helpdesks. Setting up and distributing badges, resolving platform and tech issues and dealing with general enquiries.

The successful candidate:

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

- Clear written, verbal, and face to face communications.
- Attentive phone, email, and public-facing manner.
- An ability to problem-solve and multitask effectively.
- Experience of working with Microsoft Office and/or CRM databases.
- An understanding of virtual, hybrid, and in-person events.
- Working proactively both individually and collaboratively as part of a team.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

The NHF has published its equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, which was co-created with staff. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we value the contribution each individual makes to our work.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and are working to increase the diversity profile of our workforce. We are currently under-represented by ethnic minorities, people with a disability or disabilities and LGBT+, and would particularly welcome applications from people in these groups.

Disability confident employer

We are a disability confident employer and if you are a disabled person who demonstrates you meet the skills and experience we consider essential for the role, we will offer you an interview.

Please note, there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as a high-volume of applications, we may be required to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

In these circumstances, the NHF will select the disabled candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria, as we would do for non-disabled applicants. This is in line with the Disability Confident guidelines.

We are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process if you have a disability or have a condition that you feel may affect your performance during the recruitment process. Please contact Stephanie Green, People Manager with your request or to arrange a time to discuss in more detail.

Our role profile and job advert can also be requested in large print or in accessible format.

Uploading your CV and cover letter

If you decide to apply for this role, when requested, please upload a version of your CV that does not include any personal details, such as name, gender, age etc. You should also ensure that you do not add your name at the end of the cover letter. This will help us to shortlist candidates for interview based solely on their knowledge, skills and experience.

Right to work in the UK / UK VISA Sponsorship

You must have the right to work in the UK and it is important to note that the NHF does not sponsor individuals to work in the UK.

Closing date for applications: Sunday, 11 May 2025
Interview date: Tuesday, 20 and Wednesday, 21 May 2025

The application link: https://app.webrecruit.co/JobSeeker/ApplyOnline?jobid=134245&boardid=5589