Project Manager – Community Engagement

About the Opportunity

Location: Scotland based (with travel to event sites/ venues)

Working: Remote but project work / meetings in Glasgow and event sites across the country - able to travel

Work Patterns: Weekdays and Weekends (specifically from May - September)

Full Time: 38 hours

Contract: 12-month fixed term (with potential extension)

Salary: £29,500 per annum

About eventos

eventos is a strategic consultancy specialising in the design and development of experience within events, cultural venues and public gatherings. Our work focuses on understanding how people interact with programmes and moments to create experiences that are engaging, memorable, and meaningful.

At the heart of eventos are two core dimensions: Customer Experience and Community Engagement. Through these areas, we support organisations in strengthening how audiences experience events while also ensuring that events build positive and constructive relationships with the communities that surround them.

Our work ranges from customer journey mapping and experience training to the development of community engagement strategies, stakeholder consultation, and resident communication frameworks for festivals, venues, and major public events.

As part of our continued development, eventos is placing increased focus on the growth and delivery of community engagement projects, recognising the importance of proactive dialogue, transparency and collaboration between events and the communities they impact.

Role Overview

The Projects and Community Engagement Planner will play a key role in supporting eventos growing portfolio of festivals, cultural venues, and major events across the UK and internationally. Our five year strategic plan is that eventos will be the premier and community engagement consultant globally for events, venues and organisations.

The role focuses on developing meaningful connections between communities that eventos occur around them, ensuring that engagement is proactive, transparent, and constructive. Working closely with the founder of eventos - community engagement strategy for all venues and projects to be written and projects developed.

Our strategy helps build relationships with stakeholders, and manage communication with residents, businesses and community groups - as well as the reputation of the venues. The role will also support the development of storytelling approaches that capture how events positively interact with the communities they sit within looking at ways of strategic support.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys working across multiple projects, building relationships, and helping organisations understand the importance of community dialogue in successful event delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Community Engagement Project Output
• Community Communication
• Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Project Coordination
• Community Tendering
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Eventos Storytelling

Key Skills and Experience

Essential

• Dealing with conflict communication and understanding relationship-building
• Ability to organise and coordinate multiple projects
• Project management experience
• Able and confident for development of project documentation
• Solo working and self-motivated
• Confidence in engaging with community groups and stakeholders
• Experience in events, festivals, or cultural venues
• Degree - experience in studying events/ marketing

Desirable

• Experience working with community consultations or engagement processes
• Design experience - Canva specific

Personal Attributes

Being part of eventos requires ambition and a belief in building something greater than a typical organisation. Our team supports a vision that goes beyond delivering projects—we aim to be a premier consultancy within customer experience and community engagement. This means thinking creatively, seeking innovative opportunities, and approaching every project with a solutions-focused mindset. Individuals within eventos are encouraged to contribute ideas, identify new possibilities, and help shape meaningful engagement that strengthens the experiences we design and the communities we work alongside.

Must have own laptop

What the Role Offers

• Opportunity to work on high-profile events and festivals
• Involvement in projects across Scotland and UK markets
• Development within a growing consultancy specialising in community engagement and customer experience
• Exposure to event strategy, engagement planning, and projects in the cultural sector
• Financial remuneration as outlined
• Pension contributions
• Adequate expenses for project visits and event delivery - and other expenses

Deadline: 24th April 2026 at 17:00