Third Party Events Administrator
Employer: Canal & Rivers Trust
Location: Home working, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces, Burnley and Ellesmere Port, as and when required for team working and meetings.
Working hours: 37 Hours per week Monday - Friday
Salary: Starting at £25,163 per annum
Closing date: Saturday, 3 January 2026 at 00:59
-
We're one of the UK’s biggest charities and we care for 2,000 miles of canals, rivers, docks and reservoirs because we believe life is better by water. We're looking for people who support our cause and want to make a difference for future generations. Could this be you?
Along with our waterways we also manage museums, archives and the country's third largest collection of historic buildings, as well as the nature and wildlife that calls our canals home. All of this enables us to provide wellbeing opportunities for millions of people each year.
Location: Home working, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces, Burnley and Ellesmere Port, as and when required for team working and meetings.
Working Hours: 37 Hours per week Monday - Friday
Are you passionate about events and great at coordinating exciting activities? We're looking for an enthusiastic Third-Party Events Administrator to join our team. In this role, you'll provide the business with efficient and professional administrative support of third party events.
You'll work with over 400 event applications annually, ranging from small community walks to large-scale sporting events and our fantastic Canalside Festivals.
The Third-Party Event Administrator provide support in managing event applications, dealing with all enquiries and communications.
The role holder will deliver efficient and professional support to the Trust for trust-led and third-party events. The role holder will deliver a service within a specialised area, providing support to the business using knowledge of relevant booking systems and processes as well as checking the financial and legal requirements required to ensure that the events operate safely and efficiently, complying with defined standards.Key Accountabilities:
Act as point of contact for applications received by the Trust and coordinate through to completion.
Responsible for assessing the application details and quality and liaising with external customers to obtain any required information or clarification.
Liaise with regional teams and internal stakeholders on the applications.
Issue licence documentation and maintain all records.
Ensure that each event has appropriate risk assessments, insurance and safeguarding policy (and other relevant documents) and are reviewed and recorded.
Maintain accurate ‘rate card’ and supporting documentation.
Process and raise invoices (monitor unpaid and work with credit control)
Displaying the Trust values and behaviours at all times.
Ensuring that diversity and inclusion are integrated into all aspects of Trust life and promoting inclusion by challenging behaviour, practices, actions, or decisions that are counter to the objectives of the Trust’s policies and values.
Ensuring the Events CRM is kept up to date, maintained and monitored daily.
Ensuring any user guides, rate cards, navigate pages and website are reviewed and updated regularly
Knowledge, Experience & Skills:
Act as point of contact for applications received by the Trust and coordinate through to completion.
Responsible for assessing the application details and quality and liaising with external customers to obtain any required information or clarification.
Liaise with regional teams and internal stakeholders on the applications.
Issue licence documentation and maintain all records.
Ensure that each event has appropriate risk assessments, insurance and safeguarding policy (and other relevant documents) and are reviewed and recorded.
Maintain accurate ‘rate card’ and supporting documentation.
Process and raise invoices (monitor unpaid and work with credit control)
Displaying the Trust values and behaviours at all times.
Ensuring that diversity and inclusion are integrated into all aspects of Trust life and promoting inclusion by challenging behaviour, practices, actions, or decisions that are counter to the objectives of the Trust’s policies and values.
Ensuring the Events CRM is kept up to date, maintained and monitored daily.
Ensuring any user guides, rate cards, navigate pages and website are reviewed and updated regularly
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
What we offerAll our waterway operatives step up their salary through a salary progression plan. Starting at £25,163 per annum.
Further to salary offered, the Canal & River Trust offers a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, great holiday entitlement (increasing with years of service) and numerous other employee benefits, including several salary sacrifice benefits.. These include:
Competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, where we will double your contribution to a maximum of 10%.
25 days paid holiday (plus paid Bank Holidays), increasing to 30 days after 5 years.
Free access to specialist counselling on a range of issues, e.g. health, financial, well-being and domestic matters.
Access to a range of employee benefits including store discounts, boating holiday discounts and holiday purchase scheme.
2 days paid volunteering leave per annum, allowing you to volunteer for a local community project etc.
Free fishing facilities across our canal network.
We care passionately for our waterways, and as importantly, for those who look after and use them. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce brings with it a diversity of ideas, thinking and ways of working which enhances what we do as a Trust. We are striving to represent the diverse communities that we are a part of and welcome applicants from across all sectors of the community.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. All roles are considered on a flexible working arrangement basis, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment. If you require any adjustments or have specific needs, please let us know — we’re here to support you.
All candidates will be treated on the basis of their merits, skills and abilities and solely by being assessed against the requirements for the job.
At the Trust, we empower our people to flow and thrive both on and off the water. Our colleagues enjoy a variety of benefits that enhance their lives while working in a place that positively impacts others. We take pride in our people, protecting heritage and preserving wildlife, and we’re all about the future of our colleagues and the future generations who love and use our network. Inspired by people, we harness the different ways of working and thinking, ensuring our teams grow and reach their full potential.
Navigate your future and lock in your career as we keep our canals open and alive.
The Work From Home Hub is dedicated to finding and sharing remote and hybrid job opportunities across the UK. The content available on theworkfromhomehub.co.uk is intended for general informational purposes only. While we strive to ensure the information provided is accurate and reliable, we make no guarantees or warranties, expressed or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness of the information presented on our site.
This page may contain adverts for products and services tailored to those seeking homebased roles or already working remotely. These adverts help The Work From Home Hub source and share more job opportunities to our community. Support our mission - become a partner today.