Events Intern - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Oliver Wyman Group

Oliver Wyman Group

Verified Company

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Ahmed Al-Mansouri

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Description

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting.

With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation.

The firm has more than 5,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities

Oliver Wyman is now looking for an Events Intern to be based at our Dubai Office

This is a fixed term role for 6 months and the intern would be expected to dedicate between 15 to 30 hours per week on the job.

Fluent written and verbal communication skills in English is essential. Arabic language skills are good to have.

The Opportunity
The Event Intern will assist the Events Team with day-to-day operations and event projects.

This role reports into the Events Manager and will focus on supporting the successful planning and management of firm events.

Key responsibilities

Design, Assist Events Team on events from initiation to postevent as directed. This includes event proposal and coordination, venue research, run of show, event registration, preparing event kits and material, vendor sourcing.
Support with event promotions drafting event communications (invitation, event reminders, event surveys)
Provide onsite support for office events and initiatives.
Support IMEA offices in coordinating social activities.
Monitoring SharePoint events portal photo management and calendar scheduling.

Experience required

Volunteer events experience desirable
Bachelor's Degree in Events preferred

Who we think will be perfect for this role

Skills and Attributes

Highly selfmotivated with excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to multitask and prioritize with excellent time management
Can adapt to a changing environment and respond accordingly
Collaborative and team player, positive attitude
Detail and solutionsoriented mindset
Energetic, willing to "roll up their sleeves" to get the job done
Ability to meet deadlines in a fastpaced, demanding environment
Happy to work occasional outside normal working hours for virtual events with advanced notice.

Technical skills

Proficient use of Zoom Meetings
Basic knowledge of SharePoint
Proficient use of MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
Knowledge of event planning lifecycle

Why join us at Oliver Wyman?

At Oliver Wyman,
we lead with heart - we love what we do and have fun while we do it We also
strive for breakthroughs by questioning, seeking diverse perspectives, and finding powerful and sustainable solutions
.

If you share these values and want to
work as one and own our impact at the same time, be brave and achieve the amazing with us

We're individuals who are selfstarting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do
We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steadystate business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us
We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion
We believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity
We value people whose lives balance work and nonwork activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm.
We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a projectbased business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other's time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not inputbased culture, have respect for people's personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.