Chamber Coordinator

British Chamber of Commerce in the Slovak Republic

Job Title: Chamber Coordinator (m/f)

The British Chamber of Commerce is looking for a passionate team-player with excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills for the position of a Chamber Coordinator.

Who we are:

The British Chamber of Commerce in the Slovak Republic is a non-governmental organization with 25+ years of local experience. Our mission is to provide business opportunities and nurture networking, knowledge sharing and communication with our members, business community in Slovakia and UK, involving different stakeholders and opinion makers. We believe in sustainability, innovation and the highest business standards.

We offer you’re a great opportunity to develop your talents in really vibrating business environment, where you can apply your expertise and learn new skills.

Job description, responsibilities and duties:

If you join us, you will be a part of great local as well as international community. You will be in charge of following areas or you will provide support to the Chamber team:

1. Office management – update and maintain the company CRM system and databases in MS Office365, administrate shared drives, communicate with external suppliers including specifically bookkeepers etc., distribute post, take notes at the meetings, produce reports, provide ad hoc administration and general duties.

2. Member marketing help with gathering and preparation materials for newsletters, website and social media communication (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter), including usage of basic graphics design (Canva).

3. Member events – support the Chamber team in identifying, developing and managing events for members including sponsorship, events plans and budgets, photo shooting and photo editing. Survey and record suggestions from membership to ensure that events are meeting their needs.

4. Member administration – maintain overview of all members at all times, in terms of membership fees, credit control, initiating invoicing procedures, contracts with members, prepare reports.

5. Project coordination – administration of tasks and deadlines, process overview

Who we are looking for:

Summary of qualities we would like to see you are possessing with:

Here you can find a summary of those which we consider as key enablers to succeed in this role. If you don´t have all of them? Don´t worry, we will help you to develop and grow with us! So, let´s see what should be your key talents:

• You love to meet people, listen to their needs and help them to achieve their expectations – we treat our members as priority clients;

• You present a friendly, welcoming, can-do attitude in interactions with members, co-workers and visitors, possessing with a very high level of etiquette and customer service;

• You have good attention to detail, following up items and not afraid of changing priorities – business life is vibrating and thus you are able to manage your time effectively;

• Your creativity and writing style feed our communication materials, website and social media with relevant and attractive content – simply because you like to let know Members about exciting events and activities;

• Organizing events make you happy and you take it as a great opportunity how to create networking opportunities and business knowledge sharing

• You are a self-starter and easily deal with ambiguities

• Your Slovak is perfect and English is fluent;

• Min. 2 years working experience.

• Job is suitable for students (3rd grade +) too.

Other preferred but not obligatory qualities would include:

University degree and/or professional business qualifications;

·        Web content management – upper intermediate, experience with WordPress – is an advantage;

·        Creation of videos, stories, reels – is an advantage;

·        You have probably previous experience of working as Marketing Coordinator, Communication Specialist, Assistant, Events Coordinator, Back office Coordinator – but maybe others fit too!

Candidates with education suit the position

• Follow-up/Higher Professional Education

• University education (Bachelor’s degree)

• University education (Master’s degree)

Language skills:

• English – Advanced (C1)

• Slovak – Proficiency (C2)

What we offer:

·       Direct contact with international companies

·       Working in the nice office in the centre of Bratislava with excellent coffee

·       Opportunities for occasional remote work

·       Potential for professional development in the B2B marketing and events

·       Possibility to attend networking events organised by chamber

·       Notebook, mobile phone

Form of cooperation: invoice / IČO (trade licence) - part time or full time, the final decision will be agreed based on the candidates pool.

Minimum offered salary: 6,50€/hour gross – depends on experience

Application process:

• CV in English

• Motivation letter (specify why we should select you and how you would contribute to the team spirit)

• You are a passionate person with excellent communication and organisational skills

• You present a friendly, welcoming, can-do attitude in interactions with members, co-workers and visitors, possessing with a very high level of etiquette and customer service

• You are a self-starter and easily deal with ambiguities

• Your Slovak is perfect and English is fluent

We offer you’re a great opportunity to develop your talents in really vibrating business environment, where you can apply your expertise and learn new skills.