Event Manager: Planning and Deputy Event Management Planning (a)
Burgergemeinde Bern, Casino Bern
Bern
Key information
- Publication date:06 January 2026
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
Join Casino Bern, a vibrant hub for culture, cuisine, and events. Enjoy a dynamic work environment with diverse opportunities.
Tasks
- Plan and coordinate events for up to 1200 guests, ensuring seamless execution.
- Market and sell event spaces and additional services to maximize profitability.
- Support event operations and lead teams in the absence of the Event Planning Director.
Skills
- Experience in event management, preferably within a cultural setting.
- Strong organizational skills and a service-oriented mindset are essential.
- Proficiency in IT tools, MS Office, and fluent in German with English and French knowledge.
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Casino Bern is the social meeting point for culture, cuisine, and events. Exquisite gastronomic offerings for every taste and spaces for events of all kinds make Casino Bern an attractive employer for more than 100 employees. Casino Bern is an institution of the Burgergemeinde Bern.
We are immediately looking for you as
Event Manager: Planning and Deputy Event Management Planning (a)
Bern | 80% - 100%
You love perfectly planning events and providing guests with an unforgettable experience? Then you are exactly right with us! You are responsible for the planning and coordination of our events – from the first inquiry to successful execution. In our lively and modern operation, exciting and varied events await you that make every day unique.
These are your tasks
- Planning, coordination, implementation, and follow-up of various events with up to 1200 people (celebratory occasions and cultural events such as concerts and dinner shows, banquets in private or business sectors, seminars, meetings, etc.)
- Optimal sales and marketing of event spaces as well as additional services
- Contact person for organizers and ensuring smooth processes through operational presence during events
- Active participation and realization of cultural events as well as taking over evening management
- Managing the telephone switchboard, handling inquiries, and maintaining the guest database
- Representing the Event Planning management in their absence, including leading employees
- Ensuring the flow of information and close cooperation with other departments and external parties
This characterizes you
- Experience in event organization and execution, ideally in a cultural or event operation
- Basic training in gastronomy/tourism or commercial field and/or further education in the event sector
- Strong service orientation, high organizational skills, and precise working style
- High initiative, forward-thinking, and flexibility
- Confident handling of common IT tools and MS Office
- Very good German skills in spoken and written form as well as good knowledge of English and French
