Royal Society of Chemistry

Account Manager

• Coordinate end-to-end delivery of assigned events, including schedules, stakeholder briefings, venues, vendors, delegate communications, event materials and on-site support
• Support internal event sponsors in clarifying objectives, audiences, success measures, budgets, risks and delivery requirements
• Maintain event documentation including trackers, contact lists, registration data, supplier information, approvals, budget updates, feedback summaries and post-event reports
• Coordinate vendors and agencies for venues, catering, travel, accommodation, audio-visual support, branding, merchandise and other event requirements
• Serve as the central coordination point between the Royal Society of Chemistry, external partners and internal stakeholders
• Plan, coordinate and deliver engagement activities across India, South Asia and the Middle East
• Travel across India at least once a month for events or partner meetings and occasionally within South Asia and the Middle East

Events and Partnerships Executive

• Set and own the India and South Asia community, advocacy and strategic partnerships strategy
• Strengthen the RSC’s position in ONOS, INFLIBNET, open access and APC revenue opportunities
• Build priority partnerships and support platform and journal adoption
• Work with the Head of Sales on pilots, lighthouse wins and monetised partnerships
• Oversee planning and delivery of major events and engagement activity
• Create a collaborative team environment across internal and external partners
• Translate global and regional priorities into clear plans, flagship activity and governed workstreams
• Lead senior engagement with research communities, including PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, early career researchers, authors, reviewers, academics, institutions and senior scientific leaders
• Monitor developments across science, research, higher education, publishing and the funder ecosystem
• Produce recommendations, briefings and internal updates
• Build and steward relationships with government, funders, academic institutions, research networks, innovation clusters, startups, incubators and sector bodies
• Set the strategic engagement approach for librarians, consortia, academic influencers and state and central universities
• Communicate priorities, expectations and decisions to direct reports and stakeholders
• Deliver outreach, advocacy, partnership and market development programmes
• Ensure programmes have appropriate budgets, risk controls, supplier oversight, governance, delivery reviews and evaluation
• Act as the regional point of influence for community, advocacy and partnership insight
• Collaborate with Editorial, Sales, Membership, Marketing and Global Impact Group teams

Events and Partnerships Executive

Senior Manager, Community, Advocacy and Partnerships