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Events Coordinator at Aqua-Spark: a unique job opening! Do you want to join us on our mission to radically change the global aquaculture value chain to healthier more sustainable and more accessible production while generating commercial financial returns for our investors ?
Are you a highly motivated, dynamic, enthusiastic Event Manager, with a positive can-do attitude to assist Aqua-Spark in planning & hosting events that enhance our organisation’s image, improve investors loyalty and enhance our portfolio’s experience? We would be excited to meet you!
As our Events Coordinator at Aqua-Spark, a global investment fund (Forbes and ‘top 50 Impact Investment fund’) you are contributing to global, environmental and social impact in the global aquaculture value chain of food.
The role
To further strengthen the rapid growth of our company, we are looking for you: An organizer with great time management skills, resourceful and flexible and function very well while working on multiple projects and under pressure, a service oriented multi-tasker who likes to work in an international environment
In this role your most important job is to support the Aqua-Spark team in organizing logistics around our key annual events for investors, our portfolio companies as well as broader industry events. You will be the first point of contact for the locations like restaurants, event locations, travel agents and guests.
As our event manager you will help organize our signature events. This includes internal and external communications around these events and event themes together with our (social) media partners.
This includes finding and securing venues, planning and managing our events’ calendar, negotiating quotes and agreements with vendors, assisting with event marketing, monitoring timeframes and budgets, networking, and delivering on event brief objectives. In addition, you will be responsible for the daily office affairs in general at the office in Utrecht.
Your creativity, organizational skills will assist Aqua-Spark in amplifying brand visibility, enhancing client and employee relations, and improve our organization’s growth through events that effectively communicate business strategy and brand personality. You report directly to the Chief Executive officer (CEO).
Responsibilities
As the Events Coordinator you;
What do you need to be successful in this position at Aqua-Spark?
We are searching for an enthusiastic event manager with a positive and enthusiastic can-do attitude to assist Aqua-Spark in planning & hosting events that enhance our organization’s image, improve investors loyalty and enhance our portfolio’s experience. You have a Bachelor’s degree in event management, public relations, communications or hospitality and 3+ years of experience in a similar position, preferably with a sustainable, environmental and/or social focus, for example in impact investing or business development.
In addition you:
Furthermore you have:
Remuneration
You will have a genuinely impactful role within a great entrepreneurial and global, sustainable organization that is growing fast. In addition we offer the ideal candidate:
About Aqua-Spark
Aqua-Spark is a global investment fund that makes investments in sustainable aquaculture businesses that generate investment returns, whilst creating positive social and environmental impact (Forbes’, Impact 50). The fund is building an ecosystem of small to medium-sized enterprises across the global aquaculture value chain, to make the entire value chain of food more sustainable, healthier and more accessible for all. All of this with our great team, from our beautiful office in the city center of Utrecht! The Aqua-Spark team is fast-growing, diverse, international, hardworking, tight-knit, with a clear focus on our mission.
At Aqua-Spark, we believe that meeting the growing demand for fish products while simultaneously sustaining our environment requires a radical transformation. We are contributing to this transformation by investing in those companies in the aquaculture value chain that demonstrate a shared vision of a sustainable future, and which are working together to solve the challenges outlined. Our portfolio of mission aligned companies will serve as an example of a truly sustainable commercial aquaculture industry that scales to meet growing demand. To motivate wider industry adoption, we work with supply chain participants to strengthen each other’s commitment to a more sustainable industry, collaborating to test and adopt new practices and technologies. To support industry adoption we believe in sharing what we have learned and what excites us.
For more information or if you would like to apply directly, please get in touch with Marjolein Jetten (HR) marjolein@aqua-spark.nl and Sophie van Dongen (HR) at sophie@aqua-spark.nl. We look forward to receiving your application!
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