Catering Coordinator ESC 2025 (30% November-December, 50% January, 100% March-May)
30% - 100%, Basel
The Eurovision Song Contest comes to Switzerland in 2025. With around 180 million viewers, the contest is the music event with the strongest coverage in the world. Join the Eurovision team and contribute to its success.
Your mission
For the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 (ESC), we are looking for a Catering Coordinator from November 2024 to the end of May 2025 (30% November-December, 50% January, 100% March-May). In this role, you will be in charge of all catering services within the St. Jakobshalle during ESC 2025 for all crew/staff, delegations and press. As part of the ESC Event team, your tasks will be the following:- set up a full catering concept for crew/staff, delegations and press;
- together with the catering department of the venue, prepare an RFP in order to appoint the catering company (or companies) who will operate on ESC 2025 during the pre-production and the production/show weeks;
- work closely with the sponsorship team on “catering sponsors” and determine areas where such sponsorship could be useful;
- determine the different catering areas together with the venue catering department and the venue manager and set up the logistics of these areas;
- elaborate a schedule of presence as well as a timetable from building-up to dismantling;
- work together with the hospitality manager in order to set up the hospitality catering
Your profile
- You have a good knowledge of the ESC and other international events
- You have experience in working with catering on large-scale international events or similar projects
- You have experience with event management, particularly in the catering area
- You have good organisational and communication skills
- You are a multi-tasker and are able to handle stressful situations in a calm and composed manner
What we have to offer
- Many and varied responsibilities with plenty of creative freedom in a dynamic and challenging ESC 2025 environment
- Room for ambition and creative ideas as well as the opportunity to actively help shape the event within the ESC 2025
- An extremely motivated and cooperative working environment and integration into a committed and professional SRG-wide project team
- You will be part of the ESC 2025 in Switzerland and in your role will contribute to the success of the world's largest music event
"As part of Team Event, we provide crucial support in realising the ESC. Join us in welcoming the ESC back to its home country!"
Our promise
High-quality journalism is our core business and passion. We have editorial freedom, encourage creativity and provide plenty of room for new and valuable content.
For us, high-quality journalism is also digital. That is why we explore new opportunities and experiment with new forms and formats: digitally, interactively and across different media. We create content that is in tune with the times and has its finger firmly on its audience’s pulse.
We work self-reliantly, in the spirit of partnership and help to shape our working atmosphere in a truly distinctive way. Our success is built as much on the personal strengths of our employees as it is on their professional qualities.
We reach and touch the whole of Switzerland with our programmes. In our work, we act respectfully and independently, which is how we encourage people to form opinions and strengthen diversity. We are proud of our work and of our contribution to Switzerland.
Glimpse into a working day
Place of work
Contact
About the position
Frau Nadja Burkhardt-Tracol
Head of Event ESC 2025
+41 58 136 13 65
About the application process
Herr Romano Somazzi
HR Recruiting Specialist ESC
+41 58 135 25 51
Location
- Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (Studio Basel)
- Meret Oppenheim-Platz 1b
- 4053 Basel