About us

The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve health and care in England. We help to shape policy and practice through research and analysis; develop individuals, teams and organisations; promote understanding of the health and social care system; and bring people together to learn, share knowledge and debate. Our vision is that the best possible health and care is available to all. We have a high profile and strong reputation for influencing health and care policy, providing leadership development and producing excellent communications.

About the role

We are recruiting for 2 Events and Partnerships Officers. One role is permanent and the other is a 12-month fixed term contract maternity cover.

This role will give you an exciting opportunity to work in our busy events and partnerships team within a well-respected health think-tank and charity. You will work with colleagues on planning and delivering a mixture of pay-to-attend conferences (virtual and physical), roundtable discussions, dinners, and free online events. You will also manage the content design and delivery of our joint-badged events with our Corporate Partners and Supporters.

The events and partnerships team has been growing and developing its offer over the past decade. You will be part of an innovative and forward-thinking team as we adapt to the new events landscape in light of the pandemic. You will lead on several events in the schedule; ensuring they run smoothly, keep to strict budgets, are delivered to a very high standard, meet the expectations of colleagues and delegates, and enhance our reputation and public profile. You will also play a key role in shaping the future of our portfolio of in-person, virtual and hybrid events.

To join us, you’ll need a degree (or equivalent) and experience in planning and delivering virtual and in person conferences and other smaller events. With this background, you’ll know how to research and develop event content to create engaging programmes and attract wide audiences. You will have excellent organisational skills and the ability to lead effective logistics arrangements in preparation for and on the day of events. We’ll expect you to work hard to support the team and you will be given responsibility for your own areas of work. You’ll also need to be flexible, diligent, and comfortable being the main point of contact for many people from sponsors to speakers.

The Fund has a set of core values and behaviours that we believe will help us to achieve our own goals and the culture we need to enable our people to work at their best. You will be expected to live up to these in all areas of your work. Clear communication is key, along with good organisation. Professional and efficient, you’ll thrive on ever-changing challenges.

Here at the Fund, we actively encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds, people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBT+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge as we recognise that diversity makes us stronger.

Our premises in London are open for staff. We are in the process of developing our working patterns in the longer term to incorporate hybrid working which we expect to include some time working from the office each week to better deliver our work and support our colleagues and clients.

How to apply

Please note that in order to apply, you must have documented proof of your right to live and work in the UK. Please do not send CVs. Applications must be submitted using The King’s Fund application form. No agencies please.

To apply, please read our supplementary guidance documents and then download and fill in our application form.  Please state on the form whether you want to be considered for the permanent role, fixed term or both. 

Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Wednesday 2 February 2022 at noon. Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 10 February.

About Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind

This is an exciting opportunity to join and support a fast growing and dedicated team supporting the wellbeing of communities across West London.

We’re here to make sure that everyone suffering with a mental health problem gets the help they need to recover. We listen, support recovery, fight stigma and work with partners to take action. We provide services for adults, children and young people, signposting for everyone and training and consultancy for employers.

Job Purpose

This role is within our crisis alternative emergency department (ED) service, which is an out of hours service providing a safe and welcoming space for people who present at A&E, feeling distressed and experiencing crisis. The service will work collaboratively with hospital Psychiatric Liaison Team (LPS) to ensure those in crisis are supported by the appropriate team. The service will operate 365 days a year from 5pm-1am across three ED’s in West London.

Staff within the service will triage, assess and provide face-to-face support to anyone who is experiencing mental health crisis. This will be person-centred and will be in various forms of de-escalation support; practical, emotional support, grounding techniques, safety planning, care/action planning etc. Staff within the service will work alongside LPS and escalate if clinical intervention is required. The clinical team leader will support staff to participate in MDT discussions for frequent attenders and take a key role in initiating and promoting alternative crisis support in the aim of preventing A&E use. The clinical team manager will have direct line management responsibility of the crisis practitioner (Safe Space ED) team. The clinical team manager for our Safe Space ED service is required to have experience in a mental health clinical setting (such as inpatient, A&E, or other clinical setting) and a clinical qualification is desirable (registered with Social Work England, NMC registered, BACP registered etc)

The objectives of the service include:

• To improve the mental wellbeing of people experiencing mental health crisis presenting at ED
• To prevent the use of A&E and EDs where alternative crisis support is appropriate
• To effectively de-escalate mental health crisis in various forms of support
• Collaborative working with LPS and A&E stakeholders to promote preventative measures around early intervention; to identify any unmet social needs that are exacerbating wellbeing and prevent escalation
• Proactively work, and affect change with, a rolling cohort of people, using a truly personalised approach
• Act as a conduit to negotiate and de-escalate issues before a crisis occurs; a situation which has historically led to a destabilisation of their condition and resulting in an attendance or admission
• Empower service users to self-manage, to enable discharge from the project and encourage (where appropriate) unplanned to planned clinical activity
• Form robust networks of services around individual service users to ensure they can access the care and support they need, when they need it, including our community crisis alternative service – Safe Space
• Improve communication and partnership working between those involved in peoples’ care 24/7
• Personalise a plan of support, focusing on strengths and goals, whilst also developing personal crisis plans with the service user
• Advocate for the individual in the creation of any statutory service crisis plans that may be developed, ensuring they are person cantered and reflect the person’s needs
• De-escalate any negative or harmful patterns of behaviour as early as possible to reduce the likelihood of admission/readmission
• Manage relapse
• To reduce the use of police, ambulance and statutory mental health services whilst experiencing crisis
• To reduce the use of statutory crisis services by people experiencing mental ill health without positive outcomes for the individual
• To work hand in hand with our community Safe Space service; ensuring follow ups are arranged with our community Safe Space, creating a wrap around crisis service

The Role

The role of the clinical team manager will be to support the rest of the Safe Space ED team in delivering de-escalation interventions safely and offering senior advice. The clinical team manager will be required to work collaboratively and proactively with LPS, ED leads and the service manager to ensure Safe Space ED is effectively reducing A&E attendances and managing risk appropriately. The clinical team manager will play a key part in ensuring service user’s care is integrated between statutory services and other third sector organisations; managing high risk cases and supporting the rest of the team with this. The role will also include line management and supervision of crisis alternative practitioners within the service. At times, the clinical team manager may be required to deputise for the service manager and support the community Safe Space team.

Post is subject to a DBS check.

We are an equal opportunities employer; and are proud to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

Fixed Term until 31st March 2023

A dream job for those with a passion for arts, culture, nature, science, and heritage. This exciting role within the Visitor Programming team at Kew Gardens helps us to support our new 10-year corporate strategy. Your role will be to manage the on-site day to day operations of our diverse range of programmes and events. You will have oversight of ticketing operations, crowd management, and management of contractors and creative practitioners.

Because of the nature of our programmes, this role is a offered on a zero-hour contract, to reflect the hours of the role. In general, we expect successful applicants to work approximately 30 days per year. This role includes regular evening and weekend work.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.

We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.

Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi. 

The Event Manager role sits within the Visitor Programmes team within Marketing Commercial & Enterprise Directorate at RBG Kew. The Directorate has a wide-ranging remit supporting the Kew’s mission, vision, and values. Our role is to develop an audience strategy and visitor programme which drives visitor numbers and revenue to the Gardens communicating the brand to the wider world.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an understanding and significant experience of live event management, which may include a range of programming that appeals to a wide range of visitors. You will be a confident leader and work independently onsite with hosting teams.

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

If you are interested in this position, please visit our website for more information and to apply.

Closing Date: 26/01/2022

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

No agencies please.

Street Child, one of the UK’s fastest-growing and most dynamic charities, are searching for an awesome fundraiser to lead our events and challenges space. This is an enormously demanding but epic role that sits right at the heart of the life of the charity – and is beyond vital to our supporter engagement and fundraising! 

 There are two critical components to the role: 

Firstly, you will lead the design and delivery of in-house events that our supporters will love. These presently range from galas to sporting challenges to more intimate supporter briefing events. Highlights of the current calendar include our flagship corporate gala which in recent years has been held at the Tate and raised c£1m; the utterly unique Sierra Leone Marathon, now in its 10th year; & the Big Ride for Africa, a 2-day corporate-focussed cycle challenge.

Secondly, you will lead participant recruitment, management and fundraising maximisation across all in-house managed events and third-party challenges, such as the London Marathon and other sporting events, in the UK and globally..

We are constantly looking to innovate and add to our events calendar. A critical additional element to the role will be working with colleagues to imagine new awesome in-house events – and to search for fresh exciting third-party opportunities that will thrill our supporters and give them fantastic platforms for fundraising. 

This role sits within our growing Public Fundraising team but requires close liaison with many teams, in particular corporate fundraising, who will also be driving a lot of the participation.You will task/project manage team colleagues as appropriate, as well as managing at least one junior team member, probably more. 

 We need someone special who brings boundless imagination, energy, and personality – obviously allied with top-drawer organisational abilities and commitment to detail. Street Child is an environment that is not afraid to trust talented, hard-working professionals with big tasks – regardless of their prior levels of experience. So whilst extensive relevant experience would be a fantastic asset, and greatly valued, it is not essential – what is essential are the qualities listed above, underpinned by a massive desire and commitment to build and deliver the very best events and challenge programme possible, resulting in fantastic fundraising and supporter engagement.

Application information can be found on the job description, otherwise to apply, please visit our website where you will find details on how to submit your CV and a compelling covering letter covering letter explaining why you think you could make an extraordinary impact in this role - ideally ASAP. We are ideally seeking to make a quick appointment so are selecting candidates for assessment and interviews on a rolling basis.

Diversity is important to us at Street Child and so we especially welcome applications from candidates with backgrounds typically under-represented in the sector and/or reflect the communities we seek to serve.

About Street Child - 

Street Child believes that every child should be safe, go to school, and learn. We focus our work in the places where that is the furthest from being realised: remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 650,000 children to go to school and learn Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support. We partner with local organisations in everything we do.

Events Manager

The Events Manager is responsible for all aspects of the organisation and delivery of a busy and varied events and lettings calendar within the School, the primary focus being Charterhouse branded and external third-party residential groups in the summer and Easter holidays, supplemented at different times throughout the year by a variety of one-off events such as concerts, weddings and TV/cinema filming.

This unique role also includes the management of the Charterhouse Young Learners (CYL) Summer Course a boarding school taster experience for children (typically from mainland China) aged 8 to 12 years considering UK boarding education at senior school. The course will be reintroduced into the Events calendar for the summer 2023, following a three year break due to COVID. The post-holder will be responsible for all aspects of the organisation and delivery of this course working closely with our sales and marketing partners, primarily in China.

The core hours are 37.5 hours per week based on a 5-day working week over seven days as required to fulfil the duties of the post and will require some evening and weekend working including occasional late night working after midnight. A significant proportion of the events business at Charterhouse falls during Charterhouse School holidays. The post holder will be expected to work during these periods and specifically during the period from the beginning of July to mid-August each year.

Applications should be made in accordance with the School’s application and safer recruitment procedures, via the School’s website, selecting the relevant vacancy.  This will take you to our online recruitment system and give you the opportunity to register and complete an application form.  You will also have the opportunity to upload your latest CV.   

The closing date for applications is 12 noon 25th January 2022.

Interviews will take place shortly thereafter.

The post-holder will be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children with whom he/she comes into contact. They must ensure compliance with the School's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Statement at all times. This appointment will be subject to checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service and with past employers.

Background

In the past 18 months Dementia UK has developed a successful virtual event fundraising program that has provided a new income stream and access to new audiences. Dementia UK is expanding the virtual events team to ensure that we have the capacity to maintain and develop this new income stream.

Purpose of Job

To play a key role in supporting the virtual events fundraising programme by coordinating the day-to-day activities of the team, including being first point of contact for virtual event supporters and providing administrative support to the whole team. You’ll be responsible for responding to enquiries, coordinating the fulfilment of fundraising materials, acknowledging donations, and providing an exceptional experience to our event supporters via phone, email and Facebook.

Please see attached job description for further information.

Interviews: 31st January and 1st February

Prospectus are excited to be working exclusively with Haven House Children's Hospice to help them recruit for a new Challenge and Community Events  Manager to join their growing team. Haven House Children's Hospice looks after children and young people aged from birth to 19 years old who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. The facility is set in a large estate with bright gardens on the borders of Essex and North East London, near Woodford Tube Station on the Central Line, and has been recently renovated giving it a modern, open and positive feel. The income generation team is stationed in a new purpose-built office that is separate to the hospice building itself but set in the estate grounds.

Reporting to the Head of Community Engagement this role is offered on Maternity Cover (1-year fixed post) contract paying £29,754 - £33,886 per annum. They are asking people to come into the office two days a week at the moment with attendance needed a wide range of community and sporting events.

The post holder will grow their community events portfolio, and focus on delivering growth through the community events and challenge events programme. The post holder will collaborate with internal teams and forge vital relationships with external stakeholders to create opportunities and partnerships looking at new ways of working to drive growth across the portfolio. Setting, managing and reporting of budgets are all key elements of this role.

They are looking for a fundraiser with a proven successful track record of planning and delivering community and sporting events to achieve a good return on investment. The ideal candidate will have grown an events programme and increased participation in sporting events for a charity.

We are reviewing applications on a continuous basis so please do apply now and we'll be in touch!

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role.

Community & Events Fundraising Manager

Full-time, permanent

Salary: £28,474 - £33,650

Hours: 35 hours per week

Location: Cardiff/flexible location – hybrid working

St John Ambulance Cymru

We’ve supported people and communities across Wales since 1880. We existed before the NHS in Wales and provided the earliest medical support to those who were sick or injured.

Since March 2020, we’ve worked closely with Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WAST) and NHS Wales, increasing our capacity and developing new innovative ways of working to assist and relieve the overwhelming pressure on the frontline brought about by COVID-19.

We’ve helped by continuing to provide care and support to people when they’ve needed it most. This includes caring for people at Wales’ field hospitals, being there for people at vaccination centres and strengthening our Urgent Care Support within the ambulance service.

Now, in 2022, we continue performing a major role in strengthening community resilience and ensuring people are trained in first aid so they can be the difference between a life lost and a life saved.

We fulfil key front-line roles to support vulnerable people, in addition to offering the opportunity for people from all backgrounds to develop their personal skills and confidence to support our charitable and income generating services whilst assisting their own career development.

As a charity, we partner with the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust and NHS Health Boards, providing ambulance support services in addition to delivering our Falls Response Service, helping people who’ve fallen at home, back to their feet.

We maintain our reputation as being the leading organisation to deliver first aid training to both commercial businesses and local-based communities including schools throughout Wales.

We also give support to the people of Wales through:

• Medical duties at events
• Community based divisions
• Falls Response Service
• Community First Responders (CFR)

Our focus is developing new, innovative services to help us achieve our mission of saving lives and enhancing the health and wellbeing of communities in Wales.

We’re undergoing an extensive and exciting programme of modernisation, forward thinking, encompassing a review of our existing services, financial and workforce models and we’re developing a rejuvenated culture aligned to our core vision and values to improve our overall people experience.

The opportunity

This is a hugely exciting time to join the Fundraising Department at St John Ambulance Cymru. Following substantial investment to grow the team, we are currently recruiting a number of new roles.

The Community & Events Fundraising Manager will play a pivotal role in transforming the income generated to achieve our mission to save lives and enhance the health and well-being of our Welsh communities.

The post-holder will have the opportunity to build and shape their area of fundraising and be a part of a new team with great ambitions.

So, if you’re an ambitious fundraiser, with enthusiasm to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you!

What you’ll need to be successful

To achieve the above, we’re looking for a talented, confident, and experienced Community & Events Fundraising Manager with a proven track record in meeting income targets within a defined timescale, including the ability to independently monitor progress against personal income targets, identifying challenges and solutions for timely communication to key stakeholders.

You’ll be passionate about continuous improvement, suggesting new and/or better ways of working which are supported by clear evidence. You’ll be fluent in articulating these ideas in a positive and supportive way, achieving buy-in at all levels.

What you’ll get in return

In return, you’ll have access to a range of benefits including, but not limited to:

• 31 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Access to a Blue Light Card, providing various discounts at more than 15,000 retailers.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Access to Private Medical Care
• Home/flexible working
• Various training and development opportunities

We are seeking a proactive, experienced, events professional who shares our values to join Weston Park Cancer Charity’s busy charity team. Our Events & Fundraising Executive will play a vital part of our Fundraising team and help us to deliver our vision: a better life for those living with, and beyond, cancer in our region. If you are a forward thinking, team player with a ‘can do’ attitude and a real passion to deliver an exciting and engaging events programme and are interested in progressing your events career within an organisation which makes a real difference to the lives of thousands of people, we’d love to hear from you.

TITLE OF POST: Community & Events Officer

PLACE OF WORK: Hatfield

SALARY: Up to £28,000 (FTE)

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Permanent

HOURS: 30 - 37 hours per week (flexibility will be required for evening and weekend working)

BENEFITS:

Annual leave: 25 days per annum pro rata increasing by one day a year after 5 years’ service to a maximum of 28 days (in addition to Bank & Public holidays)

Pension: hyh will contribute 3% of basic salary to The People’s Pension on behalf of the employee.  Staff eligible to join the scheme will be automatically enrolled into the scheme at 3% of basic salary on commencement of employment. Once in the scheme a further 5% will be contributed by hyh.

Group Life Insurance: 4 times salary. Entry to the scheme is automatic on joining the charity.

Employee Assistance Programme: offering counselling and emotional support to improve wellness and performance.

Herts Young Homeless work with 16-24 year olds who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, those aged 10-15 whose families are at risk of relationship breakdown and those aged 18+ who are in housing need and have mental health and substance misuse problems. Last year we were able to directly support 2,495 young people and engaged with nearly 9,000 schoolchildren on the realities of leaving home. Our focus is on preventing homelessness by empowering young people to make positive informed choices, through a range of free, countywide, specialist preventative and crisis services.

Job purpose:

The Community and Events Officer will:

• Contribute to hyh’s overall Fundraising strategy as a member of the Fundraising Team
• Identify, develop and support existing and new community and events fundraising activities to increase and generate significant net income and supporter engagement
• Provide excellent donor care for all fundraising activities, to develop productive and lasting relationships with the community and convert them into loyal supporters
• Assist the Head of Fundraising & Communications in the development and delivery of hyh’s Events and Communications Plans
• Update donor CRM databases and website

Requirements:

• Relevant fundraising, sales or marketing experience
• Successful track record of generating c. £100k through community and events fundraising with strong understanding of different fundraising streams
• Responsibility for developing fundraising to achieve targets
• Proven ability to engage, inspire and enthuse a range of supporters to raise funds and nurture relationships
• Preparing and monitoring income and expenditure budgets, financial projections and financial management information
• An understanding of digital marketing and social networking including Mail Chimp
• Confident at delivering presentations or talks to community audiences (groups and associations, schools etc)
• Experience of planning and co-ordinating fundraising events in the community
• Highly motivated with the ability to work using own initiative and as part of a team
• A commitment to undertake training where required and an enthusiasm for new challenges and experiences
• An understanding and commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice

Skills

• Able to present and network confidently
• Approachable, creative, ‘can-do’ attitude
• Ability to ensure accurate data inputting
• Creative thinking, imaginative and entrepreneurial attitude towards fundraising
• Ability to work independently and under pressure, prioritising work to meet deadlines

Knowledge

• IT literate with experience of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook
• CRM database experience (Desirable)

Miscellaneous

• Ability to work independently and as a team player
• A commitment to hyh’s values namely; professional, passionate, responsive and collaborative
• Willingness to work flexibly where required
• A full driving licence

If you are hardworking, conscientious and take pride in doing a job well, then we would like to hear from you.

Upon receipt of your CV, should you be successful, you will be invited to a telephone interview. 

• Closing date: 23rd January 2022

This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with children or young adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. An enhanced disclosure will be sought through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) as part of Herts Young Homeless’ pre-employment checks.

Living Wage Foundation

The Living Wage Foundation was launched in 2011 by Citizens UK to tackle in-work poverty and ensure that workers earn enough to live on and participate in family and community life. Citizens UK is the home of community organising with diverse civil society alliances set up to develop leaders to work on the issues that matter to them, such as the Living Wage. Other projects include PACT (Parents and the Community Together) and Sponsor Refugees to add depth to the impact of Citizens UK’s work.

The Living Wage is a movement of businesses, organisations and people who believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. The real Living Wage is an independently-calculated hourly rate based on the cost of living and announced each November during Living Wage Week, our annual celebration of a growing network of over 9,000 Living Wage Employers.

The Living Wage Foundation celebrates employers that voluntarily choose to pay the real Living Wage through an accreditation scheme that recognises a long-term commitment to fair pay and has secured pay rises for over 300,000 low paid workers.

Purpose

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced events professional to join the Living Wage Foundation team. You will be responsible for developing delivering, and supporting the team with innovative events to promote the Living Wage movement, support the existing employer network, increase public support for fair pay and encourage Living Wage accreditation.

Central to this is our annual Living Wage Week in November where we announce the new rates and celebrate Living Wage Employers nationwide with multiple events, but you will also be responsible for our annual Champion Awards ceremony and organising parliamentary events, roundtables and webinars for our network of employers and beyond.

The ideal candidate would be an energetic and creative events manager, with strong project management skills, the ability to identify and manage effective partnerships, establish strong relationships with freelancers and suppliers, work across the internal staff team and have a passion for engaging audiences to create social change.

Main Responsibilities

Events Management

• Develop creative, participative events that raise awareness and promote the Living Wage Foundation and our key messages influence public opinion, encourage accreditation, and champion  and engage our network of accredited employers.

• Work with both the communications and accreditation team to create an annual calendar of events, launches, webinars and roundtables to meet the business plan objectives of the Living Wage Foundation.

• Work with the team to produce detailed plans for events: timeline, venues, suppliers, legal obligations, staffing, budgets, external communications.

• Produce detailed analysis and evaluation of the success of our events, understand and respond to data and feedback and put results and lessons into practice.

• Provide support for the delivery of events by attending, performing tasks and taking a senior role on the day of events delivered by other team members.

• Manage a significant events budget to deliver on objectives in a timely and efficient manner.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on event news, trends, techniques and best practice.

• Manage and mitigate any risks associated with events.

• Develop strategy and guidance to ensure that all events are accessible, speakers are representative, and diversity and inclusion is at the forefront of events

Relationship Management

• Create and maintain database of venues and suppliers and develop strong relationships with partners, freelancers and Citizens UK staff.

• Lead and coordinate the work of the Living Wage Foundation team involved in delivering events with support, coaching and development.

• Manage events project groups and meetings by building strong relationships, structured meetings and clear events plans with assigned responsibilities.

• Work with the communications team, designers and content managers to develop events resources that promote our events and ensure they run smoothly.

• Identify, manage and develop partnerships and alliances to further our events plans and business plan objectives. 

• Create opportunities for community leaders and workers to participate in and speak at our events.

• Share learning and skills across Citizens UK as part of formal training sessions and informal coaching and support of staff outside of the Living Wage Foundation team.

Living Wage Week

• Oversee the events plan for Living Wage Week including a series of 30+ remote and in-person events around the country, delivered by a mixture of Living Wage employers, staff, freelancers and advocates.  

• Work alongside the Campaign Manager to ensure that all Living Wage Week events meet the overall aims and objectives of Living Wage Week

• Create a project plan to support the development of each event, with structured meetings, development and coaching of staff and creation of resources including agendas, invites and speaker briefings

• Work with the team to secure high-profile and diverse speakers at events

Champion Awards

• Management of our annual Living Wage Champion Awards. Planning and delivering an event for the Living Wage movement which recognises champions.

• Managing strategic relationships including sponsors, working with external agencies where needed.

• Working with wider Living Wage Foundation team to coordinate nominations and shortlisting process.

Events and Community Fundraising Manager

Permanent 

Salary: FTE: £30,000 - £35,000 per annum, plus benefits

Location: Pentonville Road, London N1. 

Full-time: 37.5 hours a week 

We're a hybrid working employer, meaning you're required to come into the office on average 2-3 days per week. 

The role is being advertised as full-time, but we would consider someone working 4 days per week pro rata.

Closing date: 5pm, Monday 17th January 2022

First Interviews: w/c 24th January 2022

Second interviews: w/c 31st January 2022

An exciting opportunity for an Events and Community Fundraising Manager has arisen at World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF). 

WCRF is the UK’s leading cancer prevention charity focusing on the link between cancer and risk factors such as diet, body weight and physical activity.Every day in the UK around 1,100 people will hear the words, ‘you have cancer’. Over 400 of these people could have avoided this diagnosis; that’s 147,000 people every year. At WCRF we are passionate about reducing this number. To do so, more people need access to our information so that they can make simple everyday changes in their diet, weight and physical activity.

To help us achieve this we have our new fundraising and health information strategy which will see our income grow from £8.5m p/a to £15m p/a.One of the areas we want to develop further and build on is mass participation fundraising events and engaging more with local communities to fundraise for us.This post will report to a newly created role of Head of Fundraising Development and will have the autonomy to look at innovative and creative ways to increase this income stream and ROI.You will be responsible for leading and driving forward your area of responsibility to agreed income targets.

You will be an accomplished, passionate professional fundraiser with a demonstrable and proven track record of income generation and growth in event and community fundraising achieving income of £200k+ p/a.

You take pride in your ability to successfully manage donor stewardship programmes and developing external relationships with professional groups.

Application Details:

If you are interested in this role and feel you possess the necessary requirements, please submit a current CV and covering letter (maximum 2 pages) by the closing date. You must have current right to work in the UK.

Please note: Your cover letter should highlight how your skills and experience will benefit WCRF and equip you for the role.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to provide feedback to shortlisted candidates. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 

South Bank Students Union is a non-for-profit organisation, which champions social mobility through education and has a vision to disrupt the cycle of inequality in higher education. 

We are looking for a Student Opportunities & Events Manager to join our new team as we embark on a five-year strategy to transform the way we engage and support students to help them reach their full potential.​

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South Bank students have high expectations and ambitions for themselves but lead complex lives where they are faced with the pressures of trying to balance their studies with work and juggling their lives at home. In fact, many don't identify primarily as students, but instead as carers, nurses, engineers, parents, designers, workers, entrepreneurs, apprentices, last chance learners and Londoners. 

At South Bank Students' Union we believe that a student's background and life circumstances should not put them at an educational disadvantage, and all students deserve a high-quality University experience and the chance to graduate equipped with the tools to succeed in life. This role would suit someone who shares this vision. 

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The Union has been through a turnaround process over the last 18 months and we are looking for an enthusiastic and determined individual to help us transform our Student Opportunities work. Our vision is that all students at LSBU are able to achieve their full potential by having the opportunity to be part of a community which helps foster a sense of belonging for them.

We can only do this by creating opportunities which are bespoke for them, and based on their needs. The right person to lead this work will not only experienced in building and shaping communities, but will also share our vision and believe they can have a transformative impact on the students they interact with. This person will have had proven success of creating positive outcomes through community building, but they will also be energised by finding new and innovative ways to create impact and will not be afraid to break the mould of how things are traditionally done.

They will be responsible for delivering high-quality, high-impact extra-curricular activity including sports; student societies and events to engage a broad range of students, as well as meeting sales targets and and developing opportunities for income generation and improving and implementing policies and processes. They will work closely with a range of stakeholders from students to University Executives, and have the ability to adapt working and communication styles as needed to build positive relationships.

This role will be line managed by the Deputy Chief Executive and will be part of the central management team who are the driving force in terms of creating a positive and inclusive organisational culture. The successful candidate will play a key role in helping shape and deliver the Union's ambitious strategy and will have lots of opportunities to develop a range of leadership skills such as budgeting and interpreting accounting information; organisational development; people management; business planning, governance, compliance and stakeholder management.

Students' Unions are fast-paced, creative environments, and we pride ourselves on providing employment and development opportunities for students and graduates who are taking the first steps on their career path. Therefore we are looking for someone who enjoys these kinds working environments and is able to adapt their approach and working styles if necessary to help others thrive.

Role Summary

At a pivotal moment in United World Schools’ history, join us to take our events to the next level. We are developing our bold 2030 strategy to reach more children than ever over the next decade and you can help to make it possible.

We are looking to develop new and innovative events, as well as building on existing success to ensure the greatest amount of funds are raised for United World Schools over the next ten years. This year is special as we bring back our Gala, and secure UK Aid Match for 2022. This is an incredible opportunity to raise our profile and deliver a roster of events that engages with the public. The level of success that Aid Match achieves will have a direct effect on the levels of both income raised, and the volume of new supporters we attract to United World School’s work.

We are looking for an outstanding individual to work with a small, talented team to deliver our key events in 2022. Reporting to the Associate Director of Philanthropy, the Events Manager will take a lead role in the planning and delivery of our Spring Gala 2022. We are looking for someone with sufficient experience who can hit the ground running, with the Gala, but also a portfolio of special and challenge events.

You will be used to working collaboratively and be able to prioritise your workload effectively and remain solution focussed throughout your areas of work. You will also demonstrate the ability to deliver multiple projects, work at pace and resolve problems. You will possess strong communication, networking and interpersonal skills too.

We are looking for someone who is driven and passionate and will work to maximise our income to increase the impact we can have on many out of school children.

Job Title Events Manager Location UWS offices in Vauxhall, London (Flexible working options considered) Job Type 8-10 months maternity cover, full time. Salary £32-35k dependent on skills and experience, plus 4% pension contribution. (For exceptional candidates, there is flexibility) United World Schools is an equal opportunities employer and actively promotes diversity and strongly encourages applications from within Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities and under-represented groups.

Job Description  

Job Title: Events Manager

Location: UWS offices in Vauxhall, London (Flexible working options considered)

Job Type: 8-10 months maternity cover, full time.

Salary: £32-35k dependent on skills and experience, plus 4% pension contribution. (For exceptional candidates, there is flexibility)

United World Schools is an equal opportunities employer and actively promotes diversity and strongly encourages applications from within Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities and under-represented groups.

Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):

• ● Support the Fundraising and Partnerships team by developing in partnership both engagement events and fundraising events for our UWS audiences.
• ● You will be developing, organising and delivering the Spring 2022 Gala, enabling United World Schools to maximise the incredible opportunity that the Gala represents.
• ● Help to manage, retain, engage and develop a network of senior volunteers via our Gala committee to support fundraising activities, ensuring they have a clear understanding of the role they can play in contributing towards our 2022 Gala.
• ● Leading on the planning and delivery of a portfolio of fundraising events and challenges for our UK Aid match campaign.
• ● Establishing the annual calendar of events including webinars and other hybrid events to inspire supporters with the mission.
• ● Demonstrating excellent behaviours to drive external engagement, working to a collective department target to meet annual income targets
• ● Leading the financial planning and budget setting for Special Events and reporting monthly on forecasting figures.
• ● With the team, plan and coordinate imaginative promotional activities for each event to include promotional events, media and PR.

Essential Requirements

• ● Demonstrable experience and knowledge of delivering large scale events
• ● Motivated, solution-focused, confident and well presented
• ● Excellent verbal communication skills, able to build strong relationships and make supporters feel appreciated
• ● Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise workload
• ● Ability to keep accurate and up to date records, sharing information as and when appropriate
• ● Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail, with the ability to work across teams, internally and externally, to drive fundraising engagement and coordination.
• ● Good IT skills including using word, excel and familiar with Google Suite
• ● Interest, enthusiasm and empathy with the work of United World Schools.

Desirable

• ● Experience delivering a Gala or a large special event
• ● Experience of working with Mailchimp
• ● Knowledge of GDPR
• ● Experience working for an international development NGO

UWS is committed to the safeguarding of children and ensuring we recruit safely is central to this commitment. All applicants will be required to undertake a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check as a condition of employment. 

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please send a CV (max 2 pages) and one page supporting statement to outlining your suitability for the role. Interviews will be held from w/c: 17th January 2022 Due to the urgency of the role, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. To avoid disappointment, apply as soon as possible.

Queries

For any questions about the role, please contact Constance, the Associate Director of People and Culture