This is a new role for Spark Inside and is essential to deliver our new strategy and future goals. The Participation and Engagement Manager role is designed to build trust and strengthen the relationships with the young people in and out of prison, supporting them to engage with our work and express their views safely, in order to embed a culture of listening. The purpose of the role is to ensure we deliver work that is truly co-produced with young people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and helps to create real change.

You will work directly with the young people and will coordinate and embed our In-Prison Advisory Boards, as well as build a group/​board of young service users in the community. You will plan and deliver the most effective ways to engage young people so that their views and experiences shape our influencing activity and our organisational development and strategies.

ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO INFORM OUR ADVOCACY AND INFLUENCING ACTIVITY

• Lead our In-Prison Advisory Boards (IPABs), working in prisons and youth offending institutes and use the learning from the IPAB pilot and future evaluations to engage young people in prisons/YOIs.
• Set up and coordinate a group of young people in the community that have participated in our coaching programmes and/or have had contact with the criminal justice system (CJS), to be our ‘Champions’. Including developing an effective structure that will feed the views of the young people directly into our influencing priorities, so that our policy, advocacy and communications campaigns are initiated and/or co-designed by young people.
• Engage the young people in opportunities to publicly address, champion and advocate for: rehabilitation; culture change in prisons; the transformational power of coaching in prisons; challenging systemic racism, and other related areas.
• Collate the findings from the young people sensitively and thoroughly; analyse and present the results in an accessible format to funders, the team and Trustees and other stakeholders.
• In addition to influencing priorities, develop a framework that ensures the wider Spark Inside team can engage the young people in the development of our strategy, programmes and other charity objectives. This includes the CEO, Board of Trustees, and the Programmes Team.

ENSURING YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED PARTICIPANTS

• Nurture and develop these young people including training and skill development.
• Work with the Communications Team to ensure young people’s ideas and experiences are reflected in the wider comms work, including our website, social media, events, policy positions and recommendations, imagery, video and marketing materials, designing and delivering all public-facing campaigns.
• Proactively gather views and ideas from young Black men, with a view to shining a light on their specific experiences of the CJS.
• Support and empower the IPAB members and ‘Champions’ to identify campaigning and media opportunities they would like to participate in; and support their involvement appropriately, ensuring that the young people are willing and happy participants at every stage.
• Build a mechanism to close the feedback loop with the young people, reporting back on campaign coverage and impact.

When applying, please also complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form: https://​www​.sur​vey​mon​key​.co​.uk/​r​/​S​p​a​r​k​I​n​s​i​d​e​-​E​O​MForm 

About you and the role

The Hansard Society is looking for a Membership and Operations Manager to strengthen our organisation and develop our supporter base.

If you are interested in politics and think what Parliament does matters, then this is a great opportunity to help us with our mission to foster knowledge and understanding of the Westminster Parliament and ways in which Parliament can be made more effective.

The purpose of this new role is to:

• develop a larger and more active and engaged membership community to support the Society’s research and educational work in the years ahead;
• strengthen the Society’s operational functions, enhancing its capacity, resilience, and future development.

We are therefore looking for someone who is highly motivated and will embrace a new role, in a small, dynamic research Society with an international reputation, where you can make a big impact and enjoy significant autonomy. You will have some relevant experience in a membership or similar role, perhaps at a bigger organisation, but will relish the opportunity to take what you've learnt and apply it to help revitalise the Hansard Society's membership model and help us engage more effectively with our supporters. You will manage business-critical functions, gain in-depth experience of all aspects of running a charity, and take an entrepreneurial approach to improving our operations.

As our Membership and Operations Manager, here’s a taste of what you’ll do:

• Expand, develop and manage the Society's membership. You'll develop and implement a new membership strategy, oversee production of new marketing materials, communicate regularly with our members, and organise members-only events, including our AGM.
• Financial administration and governance. You'll co-ordinate each week with our accountants about invoice-raising, payment-chasing, expense claims, and credit card reconciliation. And you'll liaise with our Statutory Instrument Tracker® clients about contracts, invoicing and subscription renewals, and help keep our CRM (contact relationship management) system up to date.
• Operational improvement. You'll review and develop our operational policies and procedures (e.g. on diversity and inclusion, health and safety, data protection and privacy) and keep them up to date, with the ability to call on our external HR advisers for advice where necessary.  
• Support the operational delivery of our programme of public and private events. As and when we can return to in-person events, you'll book venues, catering, and other suppliers. You'll keep our CRM system updated and maintain the financial records. And, working with other members of the team, you'll liaise with speakers, sponsors and attendees.
• Support the Director with the governance of the charity. You'll liaise with our Board of Trustees and assist with our corporate reporting and compliance with charity and company law. You'll also help with reporting to funders and sponsors.
• Ensure the smooth running of the office. As the first point of contact you'll liaise regularly with the landlord and our suppliers. And occasionally we may need you to provide PA-type support for the Director and other staff such as organising staff meetings, co-ordinating diaries, ordering supplies and booking rooms and travel.

This is a new role, so you will help shape how it develops, but the ability to multi-task and juggle priorities is essential. The role carries considerable responsibility, with a lot of potential for growth and development in the future. 

Our office is situated near Westminster on the 1st floor of Millbank Tower. As and when the pandemic-related lockdown eases, staff will need to spend some time in the office together, but we anticipate being able to offer hybrid arrangements with some continued remote working.

Your skills and experience

You'll be the right person for this job if:

• You have some experience of working within the membership team of a membership organisation or professional association or similar body.
• You have excellent organisational and project management skills, an eye for detail, and the ability to juggle priorities and work with minimal supervision.  
• You have exceptional people skills and are a collaborative team-player.
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• You have excellent IT skills: are familiar with CRM systems and are proficient in using Microsoft Office software.
• You are a creative thinker and problem-solver with a 'can do' attitude.
• You appreciate our mission, have good political awareness, and can commit to the non-partisan values and ethos of the Hansard Society. 

For full details about the role, the Hansard Society and the application process, please read the job information pack. 

Job title: Events Marketing Manager

Region: London Haig House or Home Based

Directorate: Fundraising

Contract: Permanent Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £35,052 to £37,452 gross per annum. (£30,600 to £33,000, plus £4,452 London Weighting allowance if London-based)

About The Royal British Legion

The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• A desire to provide a great customer service and support
• Enjoy and thrive in working in teams and with others
• Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution
• Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop
• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others

If so then we would like to hear from you ….

The Role

We are looking for a motivated and collaborative Marketing Manager who will be responsible for developing and delivering a calendar of marketing campaigns to maximise supporter acquisition for fundraising events and other fundraising activity.

Your background may be commercial, not-for profit or the Armed Forces; regardless of where you have come from you will have gained experience of delivering through-the-line and digital marketing campaigns and have a track record of achieving and exceeding acquisition targets. 

You’ll be an experienced and confident digital marketer who has developed audience-led campaigns including by email, employing a test-and-learn approach to optimise campaign activity.  You’ll be passionate about producing high quality marketing content, including writing great copy to drive engagement and acquisition.  A natural collaborator, you’ll enjoy working with colleagues across Marketing, Data Services and other mass fundraising teams to ensure campaigns get the resources they need.

As a collaborative member of our Mass Events Fundraising department you’ll also be involved in providing an excellent on-the-day experience to our event participants at events in the UK and overseas.

The candidate can choose to be based at our London office (Haig House, 199 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1AA), or home-based with some travel to our London office required.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking ‘Apply Online’

Closing date for this role is: Tuesday 4th May 2021

The Gurkha Welfare Trust ensures that Gurkha veterans, their widows and their wider communities are able to live with dignity. We achieve this primarily through the provision of financial, medical and community aid in Nepal.

The successful candidate will be responsible for planning and delivering the Trust’s programme of events and challenges and support individuals and groups undertaking them on our behalf. There will be an opporuntiy to visit Nepal to see our work first-hand. Some flexibility for homeworking will be offered.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with the Head of Fundraising & Communications to plan, coordinate and deliver all Trust events, including the annual Doko Challenge and Christmas carol service, one-off initiatives, project-focused or specific appeal driven events.

• Help market, coordinate and deliver the annual Trailwalker event, in partnership with Oxfam GB and Queen’s Gurkha Signals. 

• Provide support and encouragement to all individuals, groups and organisations raising money for us through challenge events, and advise individuals setting up online fundraising pages. 

• Oversee all event and challenge income and expenditure and liaise with the donations processing staff and the Finance team to ensure this is accurately recorded. 

• Manage external event relationships with relevant suppliers and contacts to support delivery of event objectives and targets, ensure contracts are in place and value for money is achieved.

• Manage the Trust’s presence on the wider challenges and events marketplace, including advertising on key challenge and events websites.

• Lead on the evaluation of events and challenges.

• Work with the communications team to ensure effective promotion of events and challenges across all relevant mediums.

• Research, develop and project manage new events based on evidence gathered from previous initiatives in order to meet income targets.

Person Specification

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present the Trust’s work in an accessible and compelling way
• Demonstrable experience within events management
• Strong administrative and organisation skills
• Ability to build relationships with and motivate supporters and volunteers
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationship with all external suppliers
• Good IT skills, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and a working knowledge of a CRM database
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload, alongside an ability to support others’ activities within the whole fundraising team
• Flexible, can-do attitude, with the ability to remain calm and professional when under pressure

Desirable

• Experience of events and challenges fundraising in the third sector
• Understanding of Data Protection regulations
• Full clean driving licence

Some evening and weekend working, with support from other members of the team, will be necessary to deliver this role.

For further information please read the job description and visit our website.

Benefits

25 days leave plus bank holidays; generous contributory pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution); company maternity/paternity pay scheme (eligibilty applies); private medical insurance.

To Apply

If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and attach your CV and supporting statement addressing the person specification.

 We will be holding interview as/when suitable applicatiions are received.

A wonderful membership organisation who are focused on nurturing, upskilling and developing fundraisers are looking for an Events Producer. Harris Hill are working exclusively with them to find someone who ideally has a fundraising background and is looking for that next step up within their career. This is a perfect next step for someone who has been in the sector for a year or two and are looking for their next challenge.

The Event Producer will be responsible for working with stakeholders to research, design, and curate the programmes for all centrally run conferences, on a broad range of fundraising topics. As the role develops, there will also be the opportunity to take the lead on the logistics of a number of conferences, effectively project-managing the whole event from concept to completion.

Within this role you will be:

* Work with key stakeholders to lead on the production of content for the Chartered Institute's annual programme of events
* Be responsible for topic generation, research, and speaker acquisition
* Work effectively with their National, Regional and Special Interest Groups to develop conference topics and content
* Creating virtual event days where needed and work with the marketing team to get members on board

To apply for this role you will be:

* Experience of working on the creation of events or supporting on events (can be conference creation, special events, community events or challenge events)
* Ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and work on own initiative
* A confident and diplomatic self-starter with strong organisational and planning skills
* Skilled at topic development and research ideally

Salary is £28,000 and can have flexible working.

Closes on the 30th of April.

If you want to learn more about the role and receive a full job description please do get in touch with Hannah at Harris Hill. Please contact her on [email protected] or call her on 02078207331.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

Events & Partnerships Manager

Reports to: Events & Partnerships Senior Manager

Location: Stratford - with flexible working (1-2 days per week in the office. During events season, you may be required to work in the office more often)

Salary: £33-£40K pro rata, dependent on experience

Contract: 2 x Fixed Term Contracts. Full time.

1 x Fixed term contract: ASAP - 31 December 2021

1 x Fixed term: ASAP - 1 April 2022

Grade: P2

Application method: CV and cover letter required (telling us how your background and skills are relevant to this role and why you're interested in this role/working for Cancer Research UK)

Application Deadline: 25th April 23:55

Please note, this vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications are received, so please do not delay to submit an application where possible to avoid disappointment.

Are you a self-motivated and resilient individual with strong event management skills?

Why we need you

We are currently recruiting for two Event Managers to join our High Value Fundraising Events (HVFE) team, which sits in our wider Partnerships directorate.

You will be responsible for the event delivery and account management of some of our key owned events this autumn/winter, with strong links to the world of music and celebrity. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the team reach its ambitious fundraising target and deliver an unrivalled guest experience to our supporters across some of our most high-profile events.

What will I be doing?

Make an impact every day by:

• Professionally and efficiently manage the delivery of our high-value fundraising events (£350k+) maximising income and support for Cancer Research UK (CRUK).
• Work closely alongside the events committees and internal and external stakeholders to ensure the events are managed appropriately and we are maximising all opportunities.
• Create a strong fundraising strategy that your team can work towards. Work with team members on prize acquisition to help secure 'money can't buy' auction prizes and create engaging pledge moments on the night.
• Actively manage, cultivate and steward relationships with high-value and / or high potential supporters to ensure they receive an appropriate supporter journey to secure their long-term support for CRUK.
• To closely track and review income and expenditure performance through the monthly commentary and quarterly reforecast process
• Contribute to the development and implementation of HVFE's events strategy which will significantly grow income over the next five years

What skills are you looking for?

You'll be able to bring to the role

• At least one year working in an Events Manager level role, or similar
• A proven track record of success in developing and delivering fundraising events (£250k+) with a sound knowledge of the 'on the night' fundraising mechanisms
• Experience in managing complex events or projects with multiple stakeholders
• Resilient and calm under pressure - able to manage stress and bounce back from setbacks
• A thorough understanding of the principles of budgeting and forecasting
• Excellent organisational skills, practical and an eye for detail
• Excellent time management, prioritisation and planning skills

To read through the full job description for this role, including all responsibilities & skill requirements please click

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn't be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, childcare vouchers and much more. We want to ensure that you have the best work/life balance possible, so we actively encourage a flexible working culture for all of our roles wherever possible. Depending on your role, options for flexibility could include home-working, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job splits, and core hours. For the majority of our office-based roles you'll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average.

You'll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.

If you're as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.

Our Events and Outreach Manager is geared up for someone that likes being creative, enjoys life in the fast lane, loves having fun but also has an eye on the detail. We have a hyper-diverse community at the University which makes this role even more challenging to create an events and outreach program that is attractive to all students. The last 12 months have significantly challenged our ability to deliver events digitally and we will be looking to take some of this learning forward into our regular programmes of activity.

To find out more, please take a look at our Events and Outreach Manager Job Pack and visit our website: https://www.huddersfield.su/main-menu/jobs/su-staff-vacancies

If this sounds like something you may be interested in, then email us your CV and supporting statement. Your supporting statement should detail your skills, qualifications and experience in the areas covered by the Key Success Criteria and will be used in our shortlisting exercise. Please don’t forget to send us your Equal Opportunities Form. There is no obligation to complete this document, however it does support us as an organisation to ensure we are actively recruiting a diverse staff team and creating an inclusive workplace culture.

The deadline for applications is at 9am on 26th April and our interviews are set to take place on 11th/12th May.

We are Huddersfield Students' Union. To put it simply, we are a charity based on the University of Huddersfield campus. We're led by students for students, and we have one simple mission: to make student life better. Most of our funding comes from the University, but our independence means we can support students in three key areas: advice and support, representation and providing social activities.

Huddersfield Students’ Union has a strategic commitment to be a diverse, inclusive and innovative organisation, in order to make student life better by creating personal connections, inclusive communities and meaningful change. With students and staff from countries all around the world, we are actively committed to creating a fair and just society, but we can only create a fair and just society by taking the steps within Huddersfield Students' Union to create change. 

By ensuring that equality, diversity and inclusion are central to our recruitment principles and processes we can continue developing a diverse and inclusive workplace that benefits our members. This is why we are a Mindful Employer, a Disability Confident Committed organisation and Investors in Ethnicity. As part of the work we are doing, we are actively encouraging BAME, LGBT+, women and minority genders and disabled applicants to apply for our roles. Furthermore, Huddersfield Students’ Union is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and it is our policy to treat all job applicants and employees fairly. We are keen for your experience with Huddersfield Students’ Union to be a good one, and are fully committed to being accessible to all. Please let us know by emailing us, if you require any reasonable adjustments or have any accessibility needs and where possible we will meet your individual needs. Any requests will be dealt with in confidence.

By understanding more about our inclusive workplace culture and the diversity of our staff, we can create changes and develop the organisation to better support our members and staff. As such when you start working for us, we will ask you to undertake a few activities including surveys and training to support you to bring your whole self to work so that you can make student lives better.

As Events Strategy Manager, you will work closely with the Engagement Lead to transform our approach to events at UK Youth, delivering a unified strategy that thinks tactically about how we bring people together across all our work, ensuring that the outputs are cohered and contribute to our organisational objectives.

The successful candidate will provide leadership to the wider organisation and support the Events team to ensure all events (internal and external) are delivered to a high quality, are safe and impactful for their target audiences. This will involve building an Event Management internal toolkit to ensure opportunities are realised, consistency of approach, make necessary efficiencies and ensure a high quality of delivery. This role will lead the development of new events for UK Youth helping us grow our reach, awareness of our work and supporter base.

To be successful in this role, you will be creative and think differently about how we can use digital to achieve our objectives and develop new approaches and events. Within this role, you have responsibility for leading the delivery of flagship UK Youth events as well as developing new events to help ensure the organisation increases its brand awareness and triples its income within three years (from c. £7m in 2020/21).

Who we are

UK Youth is a leading charity that exists to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. We work with others to ensure that the youth sector is strengthened, supported, and that provision is youth-led, evidence-informed and delivers high-quality outcomes.

UK Youth plays a unique role in addressing; the lack of investment in the youth sector, the lack of cross sector understanding in how youth work makes a difference and the limited opportunities to embed effective solutions. These factors lead to mass inequality of access to youth services for young people. To find more about us and how we make an impact, please visit UK Youth Website.

Why work at UK Youth?

We are a value-based, passionate and committed organisation offering a friendly working environment with lots of opportunities for professional development and socialising (even whilst we are all working remotely!) from lunch and learn sessions, staff quizzes to virtual coffee meet ups.

UK Youth prides itself on being an Equal Opportunity employer and we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under one of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Our selection procedures ensure that people are treated on the basis of their relevant merits, experience, skills and abilities and that no individual receives more or less favourable treatment.

We welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in our organisation including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities. We are also currently underrepresented by men, and so are seeking applications from different backgrounds, cultures, age, experience and identity to bring a wide range of experience, ideas, views and insights to UK Youth.

What we can offer you

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture.

• Flexible/Agile Working
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)
• Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary
• Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally
• 20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell our New Forest Outdoor Centre including, camping, lodges and outdoor activities.
• Cyclescheme and Techscheme

How to apply

Candidates are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description for this role. Your experience, skills and passion will set you apart so tell us about your achievements, irrespective of whether they are personal or work-related, about your journey to date; how this has shaped you and the things you learnt along the way.

If you would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity, please click the link to our website where you can find out more information about the role and how to apply.

• Closing date for applications will be Monday 3rd May (5pm)

The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) is seeking an experienced venue hires and events professional to take up the post of Venue Sales and Events Manager.

Working closely with the Operations Director, the Venue Sales and Events Manager (VSEM) will be responsible for the effective development and delivery of the hires strategy at Cecil Sharp House (CSH), including managing its administration, initial contact, event planning and co-ordination of operational delivery. The VSEM will lead the development of partnerships with existing and new hirers, promotion, marketing and sales, and will work with the Operations Team to ensure the operational running of the venue as both a venue to hire and one with its own strong and professionally run public programme of concerts.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

EFDSS is the national development organisation for the English folk arts. It is multi-faceted, being a membership society (3,400 members); England’s folk arts centre (Cecil Sharp House); an education, training and creative development agency; an advocate and lobbyist on behalf of the folk arts; and custodian of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML), England's folk music and dance archive, which was awarded designated status by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) in 2011.

Cecil Sharp House (CSH) is a 1930s Grade II listed building, purpose built to be the home of the English Folk Dance and Song Society and the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library is England’s national folk music and dance archive and ‘the most important concentration of material on traditional song, dance and music in the country' (Designation statement - Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, 2011).

The busy EFDSS performance programme at CSH has included some of biggest names in folk music - Martin & Eliza Carthy, Shirley Collins, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Martin Simpson and Kate Rusby as well as new and emerging artists.  The venue is also a regular host of the Sunday Papers and large scale externally hired conferences and festivals. The building itself has also appeared in films, television programmes, as a location for fashion shoots and for recording music.

Cecil Sharp House offers five main spaces which can be hired for both folk and commercial activities like public concerts, dance classes, theatre, dance & orchestra rehearsals, trade fairs and exams. Regular clients include the BBC, The London Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera, Phil McIntyre Entertainment, Raymond Gubbay, University College London and the Cabinet Rooms. In 2013 CSH re- launched as a wedding reception venue and is now developing its reputation as a unique corporate and private entertainment venue working with catering partners Pink Foods (our catering/bar franchisee) to develop catering packages for all occasions and recently jointly launched a Christmas package.

In 2013 the building was made step-free with the installation of a lift and refurbishment of public areas.  This now enables access to all floors including the offices, enabling greater access to our events and facilities.  A restoration of the main space, Kennedy Hall took place during 2015/16 with hearing loops installed into this and one other hall, and there are plans to further develop the facilities to improve the hirer and visitor offer in the next few years.  Streaming equipment will be installed by the autumn and will be made available to hirers.

Venue hire is a significant stream of income for EFDSS and expansion of this area of business is vital to the future development of both activities, such as performance and education, and to the physical improvement of facilities at CSH.  EFDSS is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.

Please download the Job Description for further information and details on how to apply.

At the English Folk Dance and Song Society we strive to be an Equal Opportunities employer and to ensure that no person is unfairly discriminated against in our recruitment and selection policies and procedures. We are committed to diversifying our workforce to better represent society and we follow guidance on positive action in recruitment from the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Equality Act 2010.

Closing date for completed applications is Monday 26 April at 10am. Interviews will be held at Cecil Sharp House or via Zoom during the weeks commencing 26 April and 3 May 2021.

Corporate and Community Events Manager

Location: Battersea Park
Contract Type: Full Time (40 Hours per Week)
Salary: £35,000
Closing date: 20 April 2021

General Overview 

Working within the Events Team and reporting to the Senior Community Venues and Events Manager, the Corporate and Community Events Manager will be responsible for the booking and venue management of events taking place in event spaces across the Wandsworth’s parks and open spaces, including our flagship park – Battersea Park. Responsibilities will include booking and managing corporate hires, promotional events, and supporting community hirers to ensure that they deliver safe and successful events in public spaces.   

The Events Team are a very busy, creative, tight knit group of vibrant professionals who are looking for someone to join the team who pride themselves on being the "yes" people and going the extra mile for their clients. We are looking for someone who has previous experience with managing events and health and safety paperwork in parks, outdoor venues or local authorities. Someone equally comfortable with advising professional event companies as well as supporting first time community organisers. And someone who can balance our commitment to not overwhelming our public spaces but also with a keen understanding of achieving income targets.  

  

Responsible for: 

Sales/Bookings  

• Providing information about the availability of venues, quotes, and carrying out site visits 

• Briefing clients on Terms & Conditions for hire and licences, as required, and supporting clients making event applications  

• Assisting the Senior Community Venues and Events Manager in developing and creating new event business and considering new initiatives to complement existing income streams from events in parks and open spaces  

• Updating Priava with all enquiries

• Keeping up with income targets set by the Senior Community Venues and Events Manager, and Head of Events  

Operations 

• Attending technical or production meetings and participating in Safety Advisory Group meetings  

• Ensuring all event application paperwork per event is complete and compliant with the requirements of the Event Policy and where applicable supporting clients with event documentation. This includes liaising with Environmental Services, Building Control and Highways Officers as required 

• Ensuring that appropriate levels of policing/ security/ stewarding are provided for each event 

• Liaising directly with Enable’s contractor for the supply of electrical services for events and ensures that clients are invoiced for the services provided 

• Liaising directly with the Grounds Maintenance Contractor for the booking of sports pitches required for events 

• Inspecting sites before their occupation, formally handing over sites to event organisers, regular checks of works on the sites before, during and after events, and formally accepting sites back from organisers on completion of the event. Invoices clients for cleaning services provided and any repair costs in conjunction with the Parks Team’s advice 

• Attending events to provide onsite support and ensuring that organisers adhere to the solutions of their risk assessments and Event Management Plans to achieve successful operational delivery 

• Monitoring noise levels of events in conjunction with Environmental Services and providing advice to event organisers on acceptable decibel levels, and music / PA system speaker directions 

• Liaising closely with the Events Team and other park-based services to ensure that the wider Events/activity programme is coordinated properly 

• Reporting any venue maintenance requests

• Dealing with relevant queries and complaints raised by clients, members of the public and suppliers or contractors. Updating the complaints and compliments log, and when necessary, escalating complaints to the Senior Community Venues and Events Manager or Head of Events 

• Ensuring that all Health and Safety procedures and standards are maintained to ensure safe working practices of all staff, clients, public and contractors in the working environment, in accordance with Enable Leisure & Culture’s policies.

Community Management 

• Guiding and advising local Friends groups and community stakeholders through the event management process to ensure they can plan and deliver safe events in public spaces 

• Working with the Parks’ Community Engagement Officer to ensure local communities are aware of events and involved in any consultation 

• Educating community groups on best practices in health and safety practices as well as practical event operations

Team Management 

• Line management of multiple staff including the Events Officer (Outdoor Venues) and Venues Administrator 

Administration and Finance 

• Managing all event paperwork and client relationships with the Evolution London/ Smart Hospitality 

• Updating Priava with venue bookings and the budget with all recorded income and expenditure 

• Creating client invoices and liaising directly with the Finance Team as required. Following up unpaid invoices to ensure that all monies owing are paid 

• Seeking quotes for goods and services in line with Enable’s Procurement Code, and raising purchase orders as required 

• Achieving targeted income through the careful selection of bookings whilst balancing the requirements of public use venues 

• Carrying out other duties as directed by the Senior Community Venues and Events Manager, and Head of Events 

  

Event Production  

• Supporting the Head of Events and Events Team with the delivery of events produced by Enable   

• Assisting with the physical set up and dismantling of events, including the management of contractors and suppliers and the distribution and return of events equipment / stores and vehicles as required  

Skills and experience 

• Proven and demonstrable experience in parks, outdoor venues or local authorities with processing event applications 

• Experience in managing and creating health and safety paperwork and RAMS  

• Strong drive to work with community groups

• Confidence and patience in advising first time event organisers

• Proficiency using a range of office software, including outlook, excel, booking software and databases 

• Excellent written skills with a high level of confidence speaking to members of the public, other staff, clients and senior management 

• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to effectively manage multiple tasks/projects against tight deadlines 

• Proactive approach and pride yourself on going the extra mile to create the best customer experience as possible  

• Ability to work autonomously under the direction from senior team members 

• Confident driver with a full clean driving licence 

• Flexibility to work weekends, early mornings and late nights as required

• Knowledge of the Purple Guide and IOSH/NEBOSH/NCRQ H&S Qualification (desirable) 

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post.  In order to apply for this post, you must demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

Diversity is valued at Enable Leisure and Culture and is important in the work that we do. Applications from all sections of the community are welcome and will be considered on merit. Due to Covid-19 and until further notice, we are currently operating digital recruitment and on-boarding processes.

If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please presume your application was unsuccessful on this occasion.

Do you want to deliver events that help people vindicate their rights and hold power to account?  Public Law Project is looking for an Events Officer to join our award-winning team.  You’ll work collaboratively across an organisation with a team of lawyers and researchers committed to positive impact and change. Your events will train lawyers, advisers and civil society to use the law effectively for their clients. Your events will develop and inform our network, increase our profile and help raise essential funds.

PLP is a fast-paced environment, and we are constantly evolving to respond to the extraordinary challenges posed by constitutional change, political volatility and problems in the justice system. You’ll have outstanding organisation and communication skills and be confident in managing and facilitating people. You’ll be very proficient across Microsoft Office, common web and social media tools and either experience of and/or the ability to learn to use online events delivery tools including Zoom / webinar products and a Learning Management System (LMS).

You will have an  interest in social justice/ public law, and you will be able to clearly evidence your experience, ability and commitment as the right candidate to join our team.

PLP is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident Employer. We value diversity, we have a diverse team particularly among women and the LGBT+ community, and, we acknowledge that we currently have an underrepresentation from Black and Asian and Minority Ethnic people compared to our beneficiaries and within the London-charity sector.  We are continuously taking actions to improve the diversity of our team.  We welcome all applicants and are actively encouraging applicants particularly from Black, Asian and minority ethnic people and disabled people.

Please apply via our website.

Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.

The Events team sits within the wider Insight and Development team whose purpose is to maximise Alzheimer’s Research UK’s income by driving collaborative, efficient and sustainable ways of working. This team of experts works alongside the whole organisation and is fundamental to the delivery of our ambition.

The Events Officer will work closely with the Events Manager in the development and delivery of a first-class events programme for Alzheimer’s Research UK, ensuring a consistent, professional, and highly engaging supporter experience. This role involves management of some events, including Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Clinical Conference working alongside the Policy and Public Affairs team, as well as supporting other teams across the fundraising team on their events scoping, planning and delivery. The role will involve working on some online events and working with the Events Manager and rest of team on the return to in-person events when it is safe to do so.

Main tasks of role:

• Responsible for the development, management and delivery of events within the Events Calendar, including the Clinical Conference, dinners, receptions, talks and other events as required
• Work alongside the Events Executive to ensure the Events inbox is utilised and RSVPs are responded to in a timely manner
• End to end project management of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Clinical Conference ensuring deliverables are met
• Attend events; when safe to return to in-person events, this is likely to include some travel and work outside of ordinary working hours
• Responsible for team use of the database, both Raiser’s Edge and Events Air, by monitoring and reporting on events activity
• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the Events Manager in line with the responsibilities of the post

What we are looking for:

• Qualified to A-level or equivalent
• Excellent project management skills
• Confident working with computers, extensive knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook
• Ability to prioritise and effectively manage multiple tasks.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal; with a natural ability to articulate ideas, problems and solutions
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to interact with different stakeholders and significant stakeholder management experience
• Strong organisational and analytical skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Co-ordinating projects or events, particularly large-scale events of 200+
• Delivering activity against and monitoring a budget

Location: Granta Park, near Cambridge.

Salary: Circa £26,000 per annum, plus benefits

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.

The closing date for applications is 9 May 2021, however we would encourage applicants to submit their application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Should we wish to contact you to arrange an earlier interview this will be arranged based on the availability of the candidate and the panel.

Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend on a particular date.

In order to be considered, please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies Page. You will be able to attach a CV and covering letter to your application, track your application and view other vacancies that may be of interest.

To view further details about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit the Alzheimer’s Research UK website.

Hours: 37.5 per week

This exciting opportunity will give the post-holder experience of managing various income streams.

As Fundraiser (Challenge Events) you will be responsible for developing and managing various events and initiatives and assisting with larger scale events organised by the team.  Previous experience in fundraising and customer service is essential along with experience in project management or event management.

It is essential that you have the ability to plan effectively and meet tight deadlines. You will be responsible for a large financial target which will involve providing income reports for your line manager as well as managing your expenditure budgets.  Excellent time management is essential in this role due to the large workload and demanding supporter database.

Ability to drive and use of a car is essential as well as being able to work flexible hours (including evenings and weekends).

St Gemma’s Hospice is one of the largest hospices in the UK.  The Hospice provides expert palliative and end of life care for thousands of people in Leeds each year across our community, in-patient and day services.  It is a prominent and respected charity at the heart of the local community.

Working for St Gemma’s can offer a rewarding career with a great team, with over 250 staff, a large Hospice site and 24 charity shops working together to ensure that patients and their families have the best possible experience and receive the highest quality of care.

Please note that we do not accept CVs. 

Closing date:  Thursday 22 April 2021 (5pm)

Role Reports To: Delivery Leader for Glasgow and the West

Direct Reports: None

Job Family:  3 - £24,000 FTE

Department: Delivery

Overview

Volunteering Matters is a national volunteering and social change charity. We use the unique power of volunteering to resolve some of the UK’s most pressing social issues.  We have made a public commitment to “Keep the Promise” and we are thrilled to have received funding from The Promise Partnership. 

The Promise Partnership is responsible for driving change demanded by the findings of Scotland's Independent Care Review.  The review issued its vision for Scotland in February 2020, this was titled ‘The Promise' .

The Partnership works with all kinds of organisations to support shifts in policy, practice, and culture so Scotland can “Keep The Promise” it made to care experienced infants, children, young people, adults and their families - that every child in Scotland grows up loved, safe and respected, able to realise their full potential.

Role Purpose

As our Participation Manager you will lead to deliver organisational change in line with Scotland’s commitment to creating capacity in the ‘care system’ to Keep the Promise and provide holistic family support.  

The role involves working across Volunteering Matters and ProjectScotland’s portfolio of programmes across Scotland.  Working closely with a wide range of colleagues across our Delivery, Impact, HR and Comms teams, you will ensure that our projects and day-to-day practices align with the work and vision of the Promise and encorporate a rights based approach as now legislated in Scotland through the UNCRC. 

You will also support our internal Diversity, Inclusion and Equality network.

You will audit and assess the organisations current delivery and development landscape - evaluating, facilitating, reflecting, and then implementing measures to ensure we live and breathe the values of the Promise.  This includes internally within our organisation and externally across the communities we reach.  

The approach taken will include 5 foundations outlined by the Promise as a framework to guide activity:
 

Voice: Children must be listened to, and meaningfully and appropriately involved in decision-making about their care, with all those involved properly listening and responding to what children want and need. There must be a compassionate, caring decision-making culture focused on children and those they trust.

Family: Where children are safe in their families and feel loved they must stay – and families must be given support together to nurture that love and overcome the difficulties which get in the way.

Care: Where living with their family is not possible, children must stay with their brothers and sisters where safe to do so and belong to a loving home, staying there for as long as needed.

People: The children that Scotland cares for must be actively supported to develop relationships with people in the workforce and wider community, who in turn must be supported to listen and be compassionate in their decision-making and care.

Scaffolding: Children, families and the workforce must be supported by a system that is there when it is needed. The scaffolding of help, support and accountability must be ready and responsive when it is required.

We aim to normalise care experienced people’s active and meaningful participation in the design and delivery of our projects (both current and future), the recruitment of staff, our ways of working and through our day to day and long term impact.

We aim to improve our ability to support and challenge on behalf and alongside care experienced people in a manner that is empowering & enabling to them and demonstrates our organisation’s ability to continue to evolve and develop.  

Benefits package: Pension, unlimited annual leave, fully flexible working, cycle to work & season ticket loan.

Your supporting statement is of equal importance to us as your CV and is a key part of our shortlisting process. It is an opportunity for you to outline your experience and credentials directly to the details of the post.
Volunteering Matters is committed to the provision of equal opportunities in employment and accordingly wishes to ensure that no job applicant is treated less favourably on unjustifiable grounds. To assist in the monitoring of our performance in relation to equal opportunities you are requested to complete the enclosed monitoring form. The questionnaire is for statistical purposes only. Upon receipt it will be separated from your CV and cover letter and will not form part of the selection process.

Please note: Due to the volume of applications we receive if we have not contacted you by the interview date it means that on this occasion, we are unable to take your application further.

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