Roaming Event Lead

Do you have an interest in heritage? Experienced in providing an excellent day out for visitors? Excited to travel around the UK?

Fox & Edwards Events is a business working with heritage railways right around the UK to attract new visitors through themed journeys with fish & chips, cream teas, licensed characters, Christmas and more. In 2025, we welcomed over 120,000 visitors from Scotland to Kent and our expansion is supporting this central new role.

We are seeking to recruit a full time Roaming Event Lead to join our existing operations team and lead our journeys at our partner railways all around the UK. The role will involve travelling to our partner railways throughout the season and leading the event including managing a small team of event staff, leading the visitor experience on the day, managing included items and ensuring that all visitors have a wonderful time.

Role includes:

• Travelling around the UK to our partner heritage railways to manage our journeys;
  Delivering catering trains and managing family events at railways across the UK;

• Setting up events on site, including the labelling of seating, on site facilities set up etc;

• Leading a team of Event Coordinators to ensure all necessary roles are covered and the team is briefed;

• Liaising with local railway staff and volunteers;

• Meeting and greeting our guests;

• Dynamically reacting to issues and making a decision in the best interest of the visitor;

• Packdown including ensuring the site is left tidy;

• Managing seating allocation lists and dynamically responding to any urgent changes;

• Assisting with the production of seating allocation lists;

• Ensuring adequate stocks of items required for the event;

The desirable candidate should:

• Be polite, courteous and enthusiastic;

• Be independent and confident;

• Be reliable;

We're open to applicants with a wider range of experience and can be somewhat flexible about start date.

It is important for the successful candidate to have their own transport and be based within the East Midlands.  You should also be comfortable driving small vans. It is anticipated that two days per week will be based at the company office in Derbyshire. The role will require the candidate to travel to host railways away from home one in two weekends during the February to December season and involve staying locally for the duration of the event (generally 1 or 2 nights).

A typical pattern may be:
Week 1:

Wednesday - Office day (preparing for the weekend, seating lists etc)

Thursday - Office day (preparing for the weekend, assisting with stock control)

Friday - Shorter day, working from home in the morning and then travelling to a railway

Saturday - Run event on site & stay over

Sunday - Run event and travel back

Week 2:

Wednesday - Office day (preparing for the weekend, seating lists etc)

Thursday - Office day (preparing for the weekend, assisting with stock control)

Friday - Shorter day, working from home in the morning and then travelling to a railway

Saturday - Run a local event

Sunday - Run a local event

This is not fixed as calendar and seasonality can alter it.

We work with heritage railways all around the UK and therefore the role presents the opportunity for the successful candidate to travel and stay over in Central Scotland, Wales, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Tyneside and more!

Hours of work:

Role is nominally 37.5 hours per week. Most trips operate at weekends and bank holidays, however and therefore the working week would nominally be Wednesday to Sunday.

Hours are flexible to cover longer days at events, balanced with shorter days on office days.

Each month there will be an additional Sunday off in lieu - providing a three day weekend. 

Rate of pay:

£32,500 gross pa. 

Your travelling and accommodation expenses nationally are covered, excluding days locally in the East Midlands.

Equipment and Training:

Training will be provided on site. Branded clothing and a name badge will be provided for this public facing role. Materials, such as a clipboard, will be provided too.

Incentives:

A £50 gift voucher at Christmas, on your birthday and annual work anniversary. 

Timescale:

Closing date of Sunday 15th March at 23:59. Interviews will be held on Friday 20th March in the East Midlands.

To Apply

Please submit a CV and cover letter of no more than one page.

Applications are to be sent to Natalie Rackliff, Operations Manager where any enquiries can also be answered.