Apprentice Event Assistant

SHOREDITCH EVENTS COMPANY LTD

London (E1 2LY)

Closes in 12 days (Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 12 November 2025

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Summary

An Event Assistant plays a key role in supporting the planning, coordination, and execution of events, ensuring they run seamlessly. This position involves administration, liaising with clients and vendors, and providing hands-on support during events. The ideal candidate is highly organised, proactive, and thrives in fast-paced, dynamic settings.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Event assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 5 January 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Assist in the planning and organisation of events, including conferences, weddings, corporate functions, and social gatherings.
  • Communicate with clients, suppliers, and venues to confirm arrangements and coordinate logistics.
  • Prepare event materials, such as itineraries, seating plans, and signage.
  • Maintain accurate records of events, contacts, and feedback for future reference.

Where you'll work

104 Railway Arches, Cannon Street Road
London
E1 2LY

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

STRAIGHT A TRAINING LIMITED

Training course

Event assistant (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Operational: Gather facts and collate information in response to a brief or request, like searching for the right location and venue for an event.
  • Operational: Respond to requests from the different functional teams and carry out a variety of daily and weekly tasks to assist in the planning and preparation of an event.
  • Operational: Provide assistance onsite at an event by registering delegates or by helping to assist the onsite team with a variety of tasks.
  • Operational: Manage your time effectively by understanding how to prioritise tasks according to their importance and urgency for the stakeholders of an event.
  • Operational: Use software packages to create word processing and spreadsheet documents.
  • Operational: Contribute to reports, event project plans and written presentations for clients
  • Operational: Use a range of event technology platforms and in-house bespoke software systems and databases.
  • Operational: Show careful attention to regulations and internal policies.
  • Professional: Listen, interpret, understand, vocalise and respond to clients’ needs.
  • Professional: Speak and write clearly in order to prepare written communications or provide instructions that are needed for a client, supplier or team member.
  • Professional: Build rapport and trust with the stakeholders of an event so that stakeholders can collaborate well throughout the planning and organisation processes.
  • Professional: Question effectively to ensure understanding of what is required from clients or colleagues.
  • Professional: Have the skills to maintain relationships with colleagues, suppliers or clients once they are built, and be able to repair them when they are damaged.
  • Professional: Work effectively within a group environment to prepare for, deliver and/or follow up after an event takes place.
  • Commercial: Assist in the preparation, management and reconciliation of event budgets by collecting information, checking data and making calculations.
  • Commercial: Show how commercial awareness has been applied through task and time management, specifically using efficient and effective measures to conclude a project in the most proficient way.

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Mathematics (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this employer

Shoreditch Events is a London based bespoke event and party planning management company, with well established reliability and resource at it's heart. Boasting venues on both land and water we are the first choice for London's top businesses and private client functions

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Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

An Event Assistant can progress to roles such as Event Coordinator, Event Manager, or Senior Event Planner with experience and proven competency.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

STRAIGHT A TRAINING LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000225.

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Closes in 12 days (Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

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