The VacancyThe Mayor’s Skills Academies have been created to help the hospitality industry as well as those Londoners hardest hit by the pandemic, supporting them into good work, such as direct employment, apprenticeships, traineeships, or self-employment/freelance work, and to aid the recovery and the long-term economic growth of hospitality and London.Lewisham College's Hospitality Hub is part of the Mayor of London’s Skills Academies, working with employers in the industry to provide skills and work-based training programmes, and helping to recruit Londoners into a career in hospitality. Lewisham College also offers a wide range of training and support to help people get into work.The Mayor’s Skills Academies has been created to help overcome barriers into employment and raise the awareness of the great opportunities and careers in the hospitality industry.The Hospitality Hub is a centre of information about the industry and a place for employers to come together to tackle the real barriers faced by recent events. It partners with organisations representing the industry and works with them on short-term and long-term plans to raise the profile of the industry, promote it as a great career choice and make the hospitality sector more inclusiveThe Mayors Academy Events Officer will support with all of the innovative and creative marketing associated with the Hospitality Hub. This will include organising events such as job fairs, employer networking events, internal stakeholder meetings, and attending external events. The role will require someone who is well adapted to liaising with both high and low level stakeholders and Hub employers, ensuring that we continue to maintain our professional and forward thinking reputation. The Mayors Academy Events Officer will lead on campaigns and the creation of flyers, leaflets, organising merchandise, attendee lists, catering, and event support. They will work closely with the Employment and Skills team and the wider college to ensure the all of the Hospitality Hub targets are met. The successful candidate will have experience of working within a marketing department, organising events, leading campaigns, and representing the company at internal and external events. The will have a marketing qualification and have an in depth knowledge of new trends and social media. About Lewisham CollegeLewisham College is a large further education college in London and we’re proud of our reputation for producing knowledgeable, successful students with great employment potential. We offer an exciting range of work-focused courses, and provide a friendly, supportive learning environment where talent is nurtured.We have achieved excellent results in recent years, but we know that we can only continue our success, and grow, by recruiting and retaining the best possible talent. We set out to employ staff with a genuine passion for further education and a commitment to ensuring all students achieve their potential, whatever barriers they need to overcome. Our people make a real difference not only to the lives of students, but also to local employers and the wider Lewisham community.Every colleague has a valuable and important part to play here at Lewisham College and all of our employees are well-supported. We offer a wide range of staff development programmes, benefits and support all designed to enable our people to continually improve and reward them for their hard work and dedication. If you have a passion for education and its power to improve lives, and want to inspire young people and adults, we’d love to welcome you to our team.Lewisham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.At Lewisham College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.1. Being both inclusive and diverse2. Trusting and respecting our communities3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.As part of the NCG Group, Lewisham College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.No agency applications will be accepted.NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.edia.