The Cities Today Institute is looking for an events assistant to support our portfolio of roundtable and virtual meetings for innovation leaders in airports, cities and transport.

You will be passionate about helping to make cities better places to live where the advent of growing populations, emerging technologies and sustainability mean that local leaders face great challenges as well as new opportunities.

The Cities Today Institute provides meetings globally for senior executives where cities and airports can network and share knowledge backed up by training and research.

The successful candidate will provide independent research for the meetings, develop audiences for our events, produce and assist with event agendas, and provide onsite delivery for roundtable events across Europe, Middle East and North America.

This is a full-time permanent post based in our Valencia office and you will report to our Head of Events in London.

Key responsibilities:

- Conduct research on urban/airport innovation, urban mobility and other areas of potential focus for roundtable events and develop audience attendance through marketing and calls.
- Provide on-site logistical support to the Head of Events at meetings and events.
- Provide attendees with a professional experience throughout the process from issuing of the invitation, tracking acceptance, addressing their requirements to post-event surveys.
- Book accommodation and travel (flights and ground) for invited guests.
- Work with a range of suppliers and providers to deliver the event.
- Provide general administration and support to the Head of Events.

The ideal candidate should:





- Have outstanding client facing skills with experience of dealing with C-suite level executives.
- Be well-presented, professional and with a positive outlook and ability to deal with different cultures.
- Have a love of process, procedure, systems, research and completing tasks.
- Have good organisational and administrative skills, including in prioritising tasks.
- Have prior experience of conducting research utilising a range of methods.
- Have at least 1 year of professional experience, ideally having worked in events in a professional services, corporate, publishing or public sector environment. We will consider new graduates to be trained into the role.
- Be a fluent business English speaker with additional languages a bonus.
- Be prepared to travel once per quarter minimum to the US or Europe.
- Have good knowledge of sustainability issues within cities and in particular the transport challenges facing local governments

What we offer

- Competitive salary.
- 22 days holiday plus additional rest week over Christmas.
- Versátil working (remote, with offices in London, UK and Valencia, Spain).
- Travel opportunities to international conferences and events.
- The chance to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with direct exposure to global decision-makers from cities and industry.

Location/hours: Hybrid role (home/office) based in in our Valencia office (with travel for member and industry events in Europe and North America)

Reporting to:

Head of Events, Cities Today Institute

Interested? Please send your CV and covering email to [email protected]. Applications close on 30 September 2026.

📌 Events Assistant at the Cities Today Institute (España)
🏢 CTI Media Group
📍 España