The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland is a postgraduate medical training college dedicated to ensuring that doctors have the skills to provide patients with the best possible care. Founded in 1654, the college supports doctors to enhance their skills, competencies, and professionalism throughout their working lives.
Through its Faculties and Institutes, The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, offers medical training programmes, examinations, diplomas, and educational courses to equip doctors with the skills and knowledge they need to care for patients and run safe and efficient healthcare systems. It also offers a range of educational diplomas and courses for learners in the wider healthcare sector.
Position:
Position: Events Coordinator
Reporting to: Events Manager
Department: Events Department
Contract: Permanent
Salary range: €35,000
CLosing date: December 10th 2025 at 17:00
Deadline for sending the application
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) is seeking to appoint an Events Coordinator to join our Events Team to deliver our popular conferences and webinars for our doctors and other healthcare professionals. This is an exciting opportunity to work with us to deliver a blend of online, hybrid and in person events, including conferring's, at our historic home on No 6 Kildare Street. The successful candidate will work closely with the Deans of our Faculties and Institutes and external stakeholders to support the delivery of their events and to work within our existing and new events platforms. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate.
The Event Coordinator be responsible for the following but are not limited to.
* Work within a busy team to support the development and management of our events that include online webinars and conferences
* Use our online systems including cloud-based platforms such as Zoom and Cvent to setup education events, and our website to promote bookings.
* Liaise with the Deans of our Faculties and Institutes and other doctors to agree programme of events for the year that are tailored to their audiences.
* Oversee the logistics and the execution of the webinars & hybrid conferences before, during and post event including:Set up of No 6 Kildare Street where applicable for Events & ConferringsManage the registration check in process for attendance by delegate. Manage third party suppliers – caterers, posterboard suppliers, Av companies, DHL etc Managing event budgets. Assisting with processing and postage of graduate certificatesProvide and circulate evaluation report for each educational event/conferring and summarise into quarterly reports where appropriateEvaluate, review and revise educational/conferring events, including costs.
* Liaise and manage communication with speakers for events and to support these events as they go live.
Review and edit video recordings for virtual events and conferring's.
Requirements:
The successful applicant will have strong IT/Event management systems (Cvent ideally) experience and each of the following:
* Excellent ICT skills with the capacity to use technology to increase efficiencies in processes to deliver online, hybrid and in-person events.
* 2 to 3 years' experience of working in a team delivering successful events in the education, health or other sectors.
* Excellent administration, organisational and inter-personal skills with attention to detail.
* Strong collaboration and communication skills.
* Proven ability to work well within a team.
* Proven track record of achieving business goals.
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
Competencies
* IT Literacy
* Stakeholder Management
* Communication
* Collaboration
Other information:
Why work with us
At the RCPI we value our employees and believe our talented team is the foundation of the Colleges success. That is why we aim to provide them with support and a range of benefits and services to create a work-life balance that suits you.:
Leave: We offer 21 days annual leave with an additional 3-4 college days as well as long service leave to all employees. We also provide support for staff with Maternity, Sick, Parents, and Parental leave.
Wellbeing: AnEmployee Assistance Programme with Spectrum Life is available to all staff members as well as annual flu vaccine.
Flexible Hybrid working model: The RCPI offer a flexible 35-hour-a-week hybrid working model for all employees from their start date, giving staff the autonomy to work from home combined with time spent onsite.
Pension: A defined contribution pension scheme of 3.33% Employee contribution and 6.66% RCPI contribution is offered to every employee upon completion of probationary period.
Flexible Benefit: Pro-rata €1,000 annual flexible benefit upon completion of a successful probatory period.
Life Assurance: 4 times your annual salary.
Learning & Development: We offer CPD options including study leave and unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning.
Diversity and Inclusion: RCPI recognises the importance of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We were recently awarded a Silver accreditation from Investors in Diversity. We are an open and inclusive organisation that celebrates and welcomes diversity. We lead initiatives that support, promote and demonstrate a culture of mutual respect, inclusivity, and diversity, as outlined in our Diversity and Inclusion policy.
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland is an inclusive employer and in line with our policies you are invited to disclose any reasonable accommodations you require for applying, interviewing or working with RCPI. Please be assured this information will be treated as confidential and not used for the purpose of selection. If you have any queries, please contact Suzann Donnelly