Job Title: Events Crew – London Based
Location: London
Salary: £12.00 to £20.00+ p/h – Invoices are paid monthly, a month in hand
Job type: Permanent, Full time, Part time with flexible working hours
The Company:
Konnect Event Services is a premium supplier of Events Crew nationwide. We are looking for physically fit and motivated individuals to join our expanding London team.
We can provide the perfect new challenge/career within a dynamic and interesting industry. To any experienced Events Crew please also get in touch for more senior roles on our crew.
The Role:
We provide labour for the events industry. The work is varied and takes place all over London and the surrounding areas. You will be helping our clients set up and take down events.
Your duties will include:
- Loading and unloading trucks
- Setting up sound, lighting and AV equipment
- Building and dismantling set and staging
- Working as site crew/production crew/runners on festivals and corporate shows
- General labouring with plenty of heavy lifting and support
- Drivers are also needed where jobs are outside of London (own vehicle or Konnect vehicles can be used)
- Plant Operators also needed (Telehandler, Counterbalance, IPAF etc.)
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- We are looking for brand new candidates that are new to Events as well as experienced Events workers.
- You need to be prepared to work unsociable hours and weekends as it’s a 24-hour industry.
- A can-do attitude towards work, punctuality and reliability are all vital to us.
- The job involves a lot of heavy lifting and hard graft so candidates must be OK with this.
What We Offer:
The pay starts from £12p/h (plus shift bonuses) for inexperienced crew and can go up to £20+ an hour for top experienced supervisors (based on bonuses for skills and extra responsibility and with extra bonuses still possible on top of that).
Training will be provided in the inductions as well as onsite and you’ll be given insight into all aspects of the Events world including; Lighting and Sound, Stage Building, Set Design and Carpentry across all types of Events ranging from Festivals to Corporate Shows/Exhibitions and more.
You’ll be working on a self-employed basis but help with tax returns/UTR numbers/book-keeping will be offered to you and we’ll explain that in full in the inductions or over the phone prior to that, if there’s any confusion.
If this sounds like the sort of job, you’d be a good fit for please get in touch straight away, via e-mail with your CV and a covering letter. We will be doing phone interviews then inductions in the next few weeks and have roles starting onsite immediately.
Benefits:
- Flexible working hours
- Very achievable progression and development
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Overseas candidates will NOT be considered for this role. We are not sponsoring Visa’s at this time, so please refrain from applying unless eligible to work in the UK.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Events Executive, Events Coordinator, Seminar Organiser, Event Organiser, Events Officer, Events Coordinator, Event Assistant, Event Administrator, Events Administrator, Exhibition, Conference Officer, Conference Executive, Conference Assistant may also be considered for this role.
