EVENT OPERATIONS MANAGER
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EVENT OPERATIONS MANAGER
BEIJING OFFICE
You will be responsible for the operational coordination of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in China and other regional events in Asia. As an Event Operations Manager, you will work with the Associate Director of Events and Operations in the Beijing office. In this role, you will handle staff flight bookings for Forum events with the Forum travel agencies in Geneva and Beijing. You will make presentations and write official letters in English and Mandarin for Forum events, as well as collaborate on event planning. Finally, you will work closely with local government and business counterparts to handle all operational issues, i.e. coordination of airport service, VIP transport, volunteers/students, freight and customs, sponsorship, renting of temporary office equipment including local mobile phones and walkie-talkies, city promotion projects, etc.
Requirements:
You have a university degree and three-to-four years’ experience, preferably in operations logistics or event management. You possess excellent organizational, priority-setting and time-management skills, as well as a good command of office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint). Finally, you have excellent verbal and written skills in English and Mandarin.
If you are a positive, open-minded, results- and customer-oriented team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, willing to work under pressure in a highly demanding environment, please apply online.
Company Description:
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.
