Events Manager

We are delighted to advertise this new, exciting opportunity for an Events Manager to serve the School and wider Wirral community through the increased commercial use of the School’s facilities. 

Birkenhead School, awarded the Sunday Times Independent Secondary School of the Year in the North-West for 2025, was founded in 1860. It is an HMC independent day school providing education for boys and girls drawn from the whole of the Wirral and as far afield as Chester and North Wales. Situated in the leafy suburb of Oxton, the School enjoys excellent facilities. The main campus has a ‘village green’ atmosphere, with classrooms and laboratories looking out over the cricket square. Recent capital developments have included a new landscaped playground area and an outdoor classroom.

Birkenhead School prides itself on being a family school. It is attractive to parents to have all their children in one school, and it is a great advantage for the school to be able to establish strong, long-lasting relationships with families. A key feature of the School is its strength of community, which runs through the student, staff and parental bodies. The School is embedded within the wider Wirral community, and has strong links with local business and charities.

The School is financially strong and ambitious in its plans to continue to play a leading role within education in the North-West and nationally, and seeks to diversify its income streams to further invest in the School and its community.

Candidates interested in this post should be able to evidence the highest standards of event management. They will be financially and commercially astute, skilled at building effective teams and working successfully with a wide range of stakeholders. The successful candidate will be able to evidence a proven track record through leading teams in any of the not-for-profit, hospitality, education or other commercial sectors. They will be comfortable working towards ambitious targets and KPIs, able to work collaboratively with academic and other stakeholders, and with the gravitas to sensitively develop commercial opportunities within the operations of an educational charity. 

Key Responsibilities will include:

Non-Fee Income: Develop and implement the strategic and operational plans to increase non-fee income, aligning with the School’s values, including:

• Hospitality Events: Devise and implement a strategy that supports the delivery of hospitality events such as weddings and, potentially, fine dining experiences.

• Commercial Lettings: Build on existing commercial lettings and relationships to deliver growth.

• Centre of Excellence Programmes: Devise and deliver Easter and Summer Centre of Excellence Programmes for 11–18-year-olds that showcase the School’s academic and co-curricular strengths, staffing and facilities.

• Event Sponsorship: Develop further the income derived from sponsorship of School events and activities.

For the full list of responsibilities and person specification, please see the Information for Candidates, available on the School website under Employment Opportunities.

The hours are 40 hours per week on a year-round basis, currently anticipated to be for a 12-month fixed term. A degree of flexibility is required to allow for activities involving working outside the normal hours, including evenings and weekends. You will be entitled to 40 days annual leave per year, including Bank Holidays and Christmas Shutdown.

Other Benefits

We will value and support your contribution to School life and in return provide you with excellent rewards:

• Working as part of a committed team

• Enrolment into a Defined Contribution Pension scheme

• Discount on School Fees for permanent members of staff

• Free use of the fully equipped on-site gym

• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

• Support for your continuous professional development

• Lunch provided during term time

• Electric Car charging points on site

A letter of application indicating skills and experience, together with a completed application form, including the names and email addresses of at least two referees, should be sent for the attention of the Headmaster via Cheryl Wallace (Personnel and Compliance Manager).

Candidates are welcome to contact the Bursar, Mr Danny Byrne, with any questions relating to the role.

To meet our safeguarding obligations, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is undertaken as part of the recruitment process for all new staff. As Birkenhead School is an educational provider, it is permitted to ask whether an applicant has any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings which would not be filtered in line with current guidance, as defined by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). It is a criminal offence for an individual who is barred from working with children to apply for a role which is classed as regulated activity.

The closing date for applications: 9.00amon Friday 13th February 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy and complete the recruitment process when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.