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Check my CVThe Legatum Institute is looking for an exceptional Events Manager, with significant experience in the design and delivery of high-class events and excellent customer experience.
The Legatum Institute is a London-based think-tank with a mission to build a global movement of people committed to creating the pathways from poverty to prosperity and the transformation of society. One of the ways we do this is through our work developing the practical solutions and data tools that will help build inclusive and peaceful societies with open economies and empowered people and then building a coalition of leaders and decisions makers to have impact on the ground. We use a range of digital and physical materials to engage politicians, policymakers, investors, business leaders, philanthropists, journalists, and researchers in the UK and around the world.
The post-holder will deliver a comprehensive annual programme of high-quality events and intentionally build relationships with our key contacts, delivering an excellent experience to all in our growing network of guests.
The postholder will be accountable, for the excellent end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of our annual events: from Global launch events and awards, through to international in-country engagement events around the world and to roundtables, Zoom webinars and meetings – hosting events in our amazing convening space in Mayfair, as well as other special venues in London and in other parts of the world when appropriate.
The postholder will ensure that the full experience of guest engagement and touchpoints with Legatum is world class, first time, every time. We host a wide range of renowned and influential speakers and guests including top politicians, editors, journalists, authors, the diplomatic community, academics, business leaders and sector leaders across the public square. Previous speakers at our events have included Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Lord Jonathan Sacks, and the Dalai Lama.
In last year we have transitioned to deliver all our convening online, using the latest technology and formats to engage global audiences. You’ll be joining us at a pivotal moment of Legatum’s convening, to shape and sharpen our events strategy and reach further UK and global audiences through creative concepts and spaces.
This role is an exciting opportunity to develop and enhance Legatum’s growing events programme.
The successful candidate will:
- Ensure that Legatum’s reputation as a high-level convenor of dialogues across the world is strengthened and maintained.
- Work with researchers to develop and produce innovative event formats, conceptual briefs/programmes and materials to communicate expert research and analysis.
- Build strong relationships with external AV, logistic and design suppliers including video conferencing platforms, hotel suppliers, design agencies and printers.
- Manage multiple internal and external event campaigns at once and ensuring all are coordinated end-to-end, on time and within budget.
- Create planning documents and tracking spreadsheets for initiatives, as well as updating existing material.
- Assist with website updates, event presentations, and video graphics as needed.
- Proactively externally scan to identify global commentators and high-profile individuals to speak on key issues and trends.
- Monitor, evaluate and report KPI metrics to the Senior Team and Executive as defined in our yearly success criteria.
- Assist the Director of Events and Customer Experience in other activities, including managing events, coordination and mailouts as needed.
- Act as an ambassador for the Institute and representing the Institute’s mission and views appropriately at all times.
We are seeking someone with the following skills:
Essential Skills
- Strong operational end-to-end delivery of events with conceptual/campaign framing.
- A proven track record of delivering high-level events at a national and international level.
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines under time pressure, prioritising tasks wisely or under direction.
- Experience in proactive external scanning to identify global commentators and high-profile individuals to speak on key issues and trends
- A conceptual thinker with great format/venue design skills.
- Experience delivering high-level events online, harnessing the latest technology and trends to engage global audiences.
Desirable Experience and Knowledge
- 4-7 years prior experience in a similar role.
- Experience in distilling data and research to produce key event concepts and briefings.
- Experience liaising with external agencies and suppliers.
- An understanding of digital marketing, including an active interest in websites and social media.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including demonstrated ability to liaise and communicate with colleagues at all levels of seniority and from different cultures.
- Excellent attention to detail while also keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
- Ability to work to strict deadlines, manage workload and under pressure.
- Securing diverse, high profile and engaging range of speakers, contributors and chairs, and orchestrating effective briefings to produce compelling contributions and presentations.
- Practical website skills and good knowledge of communications through digital tools, CRM database (Microsoft Dynamics experience desirable) and social media.
- Excellent general IT skills with experience of MS Office -Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Track record in safety and compliance through risk assessments, method statements and event safety plans.
- A strong interest in news and current affairs, public policy, and social and economic developments, both in the UK and around the world.
Personal Attributes
- Has a positive approach, optimism, and hope for the future.
- Has vision and desire to create value for the long term – willing to be flexible and take risks.
- Warm-hearted towards others, willing to help, and generous of time and knowledge.
- Self-motivated and able to drive activity forward.
- Strong negotiation and diplomacy skills.
- Good judgement about when to use initiative and when to consult.
- Holds oneself and others accountable, committed to doing the right thing.
- Eager to learn and easy to coach, seeking out and considering the opinions of others.
- A hard worker who sets ambitious goals and perseveres to achieve them.
- Consistently performs at a high level, pays attention to detail.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks: This post, due to its nature, duties and responsibilities, will be subject to a check by the DBS.
Travel: There may be some international travel associated with this role.
Salary: £30,000 to £35,000
To Apply: Please submit a CV and covering letter by midday on Thursday 13 May. The covering letter should outline, on no more than one page, why candidates believe that they have the required skills and experience to excel in the role and their thoughts on how the Institute could improve its convening portfolio in future.
Note: Interviews for this role are likely to take place w/c 24th May (first round) and w/c 31st May (second round). There will also be pre-interview assignments for candidates to complete.
Only applications with a CV AND Covering Letter will be considered.
Please submit a CV and covering letter by midday on Thursday 13th May.
The covering letter should outline, on no more than one page, why candidates believe that they have the required skills and experience to excel in the role and their thoughts on how the Institute could improve its convening portfolio in future.
Note: Interviews for this role are likely to take place w/c 24th May (first round) and w/c 31st May (second round). There will also be pre-interview assignments for candidates to complete.
Only applications with a CV AND Covering Letter will be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have a very exciting opportunity for a passionate individual who has a desire to further strengthen and develop the Church’s work within the Communities of Guildford Diocese. The successful candidate will focus on 3 areas of work: providing consultancy services to parishes in the area of social transformation, leading and facilitating vision days and supporting parishes in the formation of their Church Development Plans (CDPs), and finally representing Guildford Diocese within the most strategic of statutory, voluntary, community and faith sector bodies.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Experience of Community Development – building local partnerships (with statutory bodies and others) focussed around community need.
- Good understanding of the Church of England, and experience in church-based missional social action projects
- Representational experience leading to partnerships with local/regional government
- An organised individual who can build strong and long-lasting relationships both internally and externally, from a diverse range of backgrounds and traditions
Duties of the role include:
- To be accountable for developing and overseeing the provision of tools, consultancy services, social enterprise advice and signposting to resources that support parishes in developing their community engagement in line with needs identified through the PNP.
- To tender and manage grant-funded services and partnerships where these are currently offered and advise on the establishment of Social Enterprises.
- To facilitate and support the Parish Needs Process by ensuring that parish priorities are identified and reflected in a well-documented Church Development Plans (CDPs) that clearly articulate anticipated outcomes and the needs (resources and services) to support its implementation.
- To be a source of advice and best practice to churches who work with and help vulnerable adults.
We are seeking someone who can challenge, inspire and deliver in this area of specialism, but also a colleague who shares the passion and heart to make a difference in our communities.
Please note this role requires someone who can work 1 or 2 evenings a week, and one or 2 Saturdays a month. You would receive Time Off in Lieu in these instances.
For an informal discussion about this role, please do not hesitate to contact Lydia Rees, HR Consultant - full contact details are available in the application pack attached or by clicking through to our website.
To apply
Your application should consist of a completed Application Form and Supporting Statement (no more than two sides of A4) detailing your reasons for applying, what you can bring to the post and how you meet its requirements. This should be sent by email by 5th May 2021. Full etails are in the application pack and on our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ is a 3-year program that aims to bring families and young people living with a disability across commonwealth communities in Birmingham to tell their life stories. Through this programme we will explore the meaning of disability, diversity and inclusion from a community perspective and explore, challenge, share and develop perspectives on disability between and within commonwealth communities in Birmingham.
The post will be split between our Head Office in Staffordshire and field based work in inner-city Birmingham. Typically, this will involve 4 days a week working in the community in Birmingham and 1 day a week at our Head office in Staffordshire, although this working pattern is subject to slight variation on occasion.
Main Duties:
Project Management
- Consult, plan, recruit and organise in order to deliver over 120 disability led creative workshops; 52 workshops to explore skills creation and community action and 53 training sessions aimed at building able leadership skills for both disabled and abled community champions.
- Work in close partnership with our artistic delivery partner to co-manage the project deliverables in accordance with the “Spirit of 2012” funding agreement.
- Work with our community partner organisations, local community groups, other external organisations and service users in co-producing and developing the ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ programme of engagement, workshops and events.
- Secure appropriate venues and resources to deliver the project and negotiate to be within budget.
- Directing the promotional and marketing activity undertaken by the Caudwell Children Marketing and Communications Team.
Community Engagement
- Act as the central point of contact (the “face of the project”) with all participant families and volunteers, communicating workshops/performance information, resources required and resolving any access issues for participants.
- Act as the central point of contact for community partner groups across commonwealth demographics within Birmingham.
- Raise awareness, identification and engagement of Caudwell Children and ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ through stalls, sessions, talks and community forums and any other events/festivals, in order to generate the appropriate level of beneficiary engagement and participation in the project.
- Gather data through consultation with community groups as defined in the project plan to implement long-term community action and development plans.
- Support young people and their families in exploring their understanding of culture, disability and context within Birmingham, including providing detailed summaries of participants needs in advance of the workshops.
- Work as an effective link with local stakeholders including local community groups, local authority departments and health providers to share insight and enable skills exchange.
Community Team/Volunteer Management
- Support the community partners to recruit appropriately skilled Community Assistants and co-ordinate their activities during workshops and performances.
- Work with the community partners to establish and provide any development and progression opportunities for the Community Assistants.
- Promote volunteering opportunities, working with local faith groups, schools and community organisations in order to generate the appropriate level of volunteer engagement and participation in the project.
- Support the Volunteer Team at Caudwell Children to recruit, on-board and train suitable volunteers for the ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ projects where needed.
- Oversee, assign roles, place and supervise volunteers and their involvement in activities in line with the project plan.
Project Specific Delivery
- Manage and run ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ events across Birmingham having a visible and active presence online/face to face, including creating/carrying out risk assessments and managing all safeguarding procedures.
- Provide 1-to-1 support throughout various sessions and ensuring that carers are able to manage behavioural or health needs.
- Working with the Community Assistants and the artistic delivery partner to create a framework of session plans to deliver non-music creative elements of the project.
- Reinforcement of a safeguarding awareness culture at every stage of the project plan and within every activity.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Provide the Leadership Team with current information regarding community engagement activities.
- Ensure that appropriate accurate records are kept and evaluation activities completed in line with the project reporting standards.
- Compile and complete all necessary data, statistics and case studies for quarterly reports from multiple databases in line with the Project Plan.
- Arranging monthly meetings with the management team and attending meetings as and when required.
This Job Description indicates only the main duties and responsibilities of the post and is not intended as an exhaustive list. The post holder may be asked to carry out other duties from time to time. The Charity reserves the right to amend this Job Description from time to time, according to business needs.
Person Specification:
Essential Criteria
- Experience delivering community based engagement with a focus on inclusivity activities to defined outcomes and outputs.
- Experience working with and supporting volunteers.
- Experience of developing relationships with diverse multi-cultural community groups and stakeholders.
- Experience working with young people and families.
- Experience working with service users with multiple complex needs.
- Proven experience working on engagement and co-creation projects.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills.
- Excellent IT skills e.g., Microsoft Office.
- Ability to engage people effectively in a one-to-one or group setting.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, written and communication skills, including working with a variety of audiences.
- Excellent co-ordination and organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise, plan and compete workloads with tight deadlines.
- Able and willing to travel between various sites, mainly in Birmingham and Staffordshire.
Desirable Criteria
- Knowledge of statutory, third sector and community services available to different communities in inner-city Birmingham.
- Experience of working in multiple inner-city Birmingham communities.
- Understanding of community and cultural challenges, tensions and experiences in commonwealth communities.
- Experience of working in the Charity/Third Sector/ SEND experience would be advantageous.
- Experience of working in CQC/ISO regulated organisations would also be advantageous.
- Some flexibility to meet the needs of the business may be required.
- A general knowledge of Health & Safety regulations would be advantageous.
Disclosure & Barring Service Checks:
The Charity is committed to safeguarding children and young people and therefore adopts a safer recruitment approach through a robust recruitment and selection process. All posts within the Charity are subject to DBS checks, in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). This role is eligible for an Enhanced with barred lists DBS check.
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Location: Home based - Wales - Nr Caerleon. This role may include travel and occasional overnight stays
At Leonard Cheshire we support individuals to live, learn and work as independently as they choose, whatever their ability. Led by people with experience of disability, we are at the heart of local life — opening doors to opportunity, choice and support in communities around the globe.
We work to support communities to be inclusive for all, where the whole community equally values all its members because of, not despite, our differences. Where everyone within the community feels safe and has an equal voice in shaping the community and has a sense of belonging.
To support our inclusive community approach, we are currently recruiting a Community Volunteer Coordinator covering South Wales to deliver our volunteering programme across the different counties . Leonard Cheshire volunteers lead and support a wide range of services, including community activities, employment, confidence building and digital inclusion programmes, social care services, fundraising and campaigns, so a desire to effect positive change and the ability to link effectively with a range of people will be vital to the success of this role.
We are looking for candidates who have a good knowledge of the volunteering sector, are passionate about supporting disabled people and have the motivation to make a difference.
You will have extensive knowledge of the areas community activity and be able to demonstrate your ability to connect locally and identify volunteering opportunities for people with disabilities, as well as gaps in the local community to develop peer-led group activities.
You’ll be able to demonstrate your knowledge of disability issues, your approach to networking, understanding of the Leonard Cheshire offer, and how you would utilises volunteers to support in the promotion of Leonard Cheshire.
You’ll understand the importance of co-production and the involvement of disabled people in the design of our approach and activities. Have a proven track record in identifying volunteering opportunities within the community, and social care setting, including using corporate and overseas volunteers.
You’ll have experience in working across a geographically spread location, working with multifunctional departments and managers in social care services in identifying activities which could be supported by volunteers within person centred plans (PCPs) to ensure that volunteer activity is meeting the needs of Leonard Cheshire customers, programmes and services.
You will have;
• empathy with the values and ethos of Leonard Cheshire.
• experience of working with disabled people
• experience of volunteer recruitment and selection procedures
• demonstrable experience of supporting managers and staff to optimise the value of volunteers through training, coaching, motivating and developing individual and teams of volunteers as required
• demonstrate an understanding of the needs of disabled people, including customer self-advocacy and empowerment
• excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• good organisational skills, able to use your initiative, manage workload and to prioritise activities. Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• presentation and event / activity organisation skills
• able to keep accurate records, including use of databases
• able to use standard Microsoft packages, such as Word, Excel, Outlook
• knowledge of health and safety legislation
• able to work flexibly to meet local volunteering needs, (including occasional weekends and evenings)
• able to travel within a given area and occasional overnight stays
You will have a genuine commitment to the values and ethos of Leonard Cheshire and be excited by this challenge and the opportunity to make a difference to disabled people.
Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.
A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post.
Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.
* No agencies please *
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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
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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.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for an exceptional fundraiser to join our dynamic award-winning team.
The successful candidate will play a significant part in a high-performing relationship fundraising team by taking ownership of fundraising activity across the South of England. You will have a direct and tangible impact on our ability to help and support bone cancer patients and their families.
Candidates must live, or plan to live within the South of England to be considered for this role.
About us…
The Bone Cancer Research Trust (BCRT) is the leading charity dedicated to fighting primary bone cancer. Our mission is to save lives and improve outcomes through research, information, awareness and support. In July 2019 we were awarded 'National Healthcare & Medical Reseach Charity of the Year' at the national Charity Awards and earlier in the year the Yorkshire & Humber Institute of Fundraising awarded our Fundraising & Communications Team with 'Fundraising Team of the Year'. We are a small but incredibly passionate and driven organisation that is proud and supportive of our people - together we make the biggest impact for our community.
The Role
The Community & Special Funds Fundraising Officers are the face of BCRT within the community and are passionate about raising money through building long lasting relationships with our supporters. They contribute to the overall fundraising strategy by raising income from three key income streams: special funds, community and regional corporate fundraising.
You will be the primary contact managing & nurturing a number of Special Fund relationships, as well as providing individuals and corporate supporters with the very best supporter experience. You will also respond to and manage emerging community fundraising opportunities as they arise.
About You
The ideal candidate will bring a mature attitude and the ability to effectively and empathetically connect with a range of supporters including patients and their families. You will be proactive with a positive and can-do approach – instinctively following opportunities across your area. With at least 2 years’ fundraising experience, you can sense what the next step should be to build and maximise those opportunities.
With a true passion for exceptional supporter care and above all, an ability to naturally build rapport to quickly establish long lasting relationships, your impressive track record of raising money will speak for itself.
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
Candidates must live, or plan to live within the South of England to be considered for this role. Please note travel to the charity office in Leeds will be required approximately once a month.
Application Process
- Application Form & CV submission closing date: Monday 10th May
- Telephone interviews: 13th & 14th May
- Face to face interviews: W/C 17th May
For more details please see the full Job Description.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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.
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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
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Providing information about the availability of venues, quotes, and carrying out site visits
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Briefing clients on Terms & Conditions for hire and licences, as required, and supporting clients making event applications
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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
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Updating Priava with all enquiries
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Keeping up with income targets set by the Senior Community Venues and Events Manager, and Head of Events
Operations
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Attending technical or production meetings and participating in Safety Advisory Group meetings
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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
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Ensuring that appropriate levels of policing/ security/ stewarding are provided for each event
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Liaising directly with Enable’s contractor for the supply of electrical services for events and ensures that clients are invoiced for the services provided
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Liaising directly with the Grounds Maintenance Contractor for the booking of sports pitches required for events
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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
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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
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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
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Liaising closely with the Events Team and other park-based services to ensure that the wider Events/activity programme is coordinated properly
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Reporting any venue maintenance requests
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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
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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
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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
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Working with the Parks’ Community Engagement Officer to ensure local communities are aware of events and involved in any consultation
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Educating community groups on best practices in health and safety practices as well as practical event operations
Team Management
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Line management of multiple staff including the Events Officer (Outdoor Venues) and Venues Administrator
Administration and Finance
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Managing all event paperwork and client relationships with the Evolution London/ Smart Hospitality
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Updating Priava with venue bookings and the budget with all recorded income and expenditure
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Creating client invoices and liaising directly with the Finance Team as required. Following up unpaid invoices to ensure that all monies owing are paid
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Seeking quotes for goods and services in line with Enable’s Procurement Code, and raising purchase orders as required
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Achieving targeted income through the careful selection of bookings whilst balancing the requirements of public use venues
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Carrying out other duties as directed by the Senior Community Venues and Events Manager, and Head of Events
Event Production
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Supporting the Head of Events and Events Team with the delivery of events produced by Enable
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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
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Proven and demonstrable experience in parks, outdoor venues or local authorities with processing event applications
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Experience in managing and creating health and safety paperwork and RAMS
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Strong drive to work with community groups
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Confidence and patience in advising first time event organisers
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Proficiency using a range of office software, including outlook, excel, booking software and databases
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Excellent written skills with a high level of confidence speaking to members of the public, other staff, clients and senior management
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Strong organisational skills, with the ability to effectively manage multiple tasks/projects against tight deadlines
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Proactive approach and pride yourself on going the extra mile to create the best customer experience as possible
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Ability to work autonomously under the direction from senior team members
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Confident driver with a full clean driving licence
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Flexibility to work weekends, early mornings and late nights as required
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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.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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.
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You will lead the Cambridgeshire Community Enterprise Project which will support local entrepreneurial people and community organisations to offer new and creative care and support options for older people who need help at home and in the community. In this way we will help people to get the support they need to live the life they want.
To do this job you must:
- Understand the world of care - but maybe feel it could do with a bit of a shake up!
- Be a real people person - able to work well with all sorts of folks with confidence.
- Instinctively make connections - and join up dots that are sometimes less than obvious.
- Be able to spot what people are good at and nurture it.
Have a look at our website and the job description and person specification for more information about us and the job. You will be employed by Community Catalysts and based in the Cambridgeshire area, the project will focus first in the East of the County and Fenland.
Closing date for applications is on 23rd April 2021 at 12.00pm and interviews will take place on 30th April 2021 virtually. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community.
We are a multi-award winning, creative and innovative organisation, with high ambition to make our mark in the mass marketing arena. We’re looking for an experienced fundraiser who is ambitious, proactive and passionate about fundraising and who believes in creating a personal and rewarding experience for the UK public to make a difference to the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children.
The Challenge & Community Executive will be responsible for managing our challenge events and community fundraising portfolio to steward and grow our pool of loyal fundraisers with the aim of increasing our unrestricted income. You will be responsible for the event and campaign management of our national challenge events and community campaigns. You will improve KPIs, increasing net income and create and execute new and exciting campaigns. You will be overseeing the fundraiser journeys for the C&C cohorts, updating and creating useful and inspiring fundraising resources and building strong relationships with our fundraisers.
Your role
The Challenge & Community Executive will be responsible for three key areas:
- Managing our challenge events and community fundraising portfolio, helping to nurture our existing pool of loyal fundraisers with the aim of continuing to raise unrestricted income from this audience. You will be a natural relationship builder and enthusiastic about engaging with people. You will be responsible for overseeing the C&C fundraiser journey, managing participants and attending challenge events, updating and creating useful and inspiring fundraising resources, and building strong relationships with our fundraisers and volunteers, inspiring them to raise funds for War Child Uk.
- Recruiting new community and challenge fundraisers to help increase our unrestricted income by growing this audience at War Child. This includes executing new community fundraising campaigns across a variety of media, especially paid and owned digital media with the support of the digital team to create assets and measure performance. You will have a strong project management skills (from planning to evaluation) whilst remaining creative and innovative in your approach.
- Undertake key supporter care duties in relation to community and challenge fundraisers, including responding to queries, maintaining the challenge & community database, and inputting supporter data and financial transactions with the support of the supporter care assistant.
You will ensure that key supporters and potential fundraisers are engaged with War Child, and in turn drive income growth and help to achieve our strategic objectives. You will be a highly engaging and dynamic relationship fundraiser, both internally and externally in order to achieve this.
Your responsibilities
- Lead on the day-to-day campaign management of challenge events and participant fundraisers as well as new and existing community fundraising initiatives, in order to achieve annual targets, using a variety of channels to do this including email, telephone, mail and digital.
- Closely manage campaign expenditure and income budgets in order to deliver agreed income targets and use against key performance indicators to monitor and assess progress per event and campaign.
- Working closely with other key team members to ensure that all marketing activity and correspondence with fundraisers is in line with compliance regulations set by the IOF, DMA, ICO and Fundraising Regulator and GDPR legislation
- To directly manage relationships with agencies, and 3rd party providers and platforms such as JustGiving, Skyline and Discover Adventure, ensuring value for money.
- Oversee and help to develop our community and challenge fundraising stewardship processes and journeys with the aim of improving fundraiser loyalty and net income.
- To deliver our portfolio of national sporting events through 3rd party event organisers, and lead on the event management of these, including recruitment, supporter care, race-day logistics and post-race receptions.
- Recruit and brief volunteers for national challenge events and ensure that they adhere to War Child’s standards when representing War Child.
- Support the monthly income reconciliation business processes for the C&C area, working closely with the Supporter Care Assistant and data team to ensure all income is reconciled accurately and on time.
- Contribute to creating a culture committed to the safeguarding of children and adults and compliant to WCUK’s Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk Policies.
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This is an exciting time for the Charity, as we grow and develop our small team in line with our ambitious plans. You'll join us with experience in community / events fundraising, will be used to communicating to a wide range of audiences and stakeholders and will be able to manage your own workload.
You will demonstrate excellent time management and engagement skills, building a strong network across the regional NHS and wider public communities, whilst providing excellent stewardship to fundraisers.
This exciting role is for someone highly organised, motivated, and enthusiastic about enhancing the role of the NHS within our community. The successful candidate will be able to work proactively to delivering tasks to a high professional standard, demonstrating a strong work ethic and a dynamic approach.
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Are you a fundraising or sales professional ready to help us fund life-saving cancer research? We're looking for an ambitious, confident and engaging Corporate & Community Fundraiser who can:
- Recruit, manage, and support businesses and potential volunteer fundraisers within the local community, helping them to reach their fundraising potential
- Identify and develop new relationships with corporate supporters, community groups and potential high net-worth individuals
- Inspire and bring out the best in supporters, corporate partnerships and community groups, engaging them with Hope Against Cancer’s life-saving work over the long term
- Enable our supporters to set and achieve ambitious fundraising goals
- Engage supporters in Hope-organised and third party events
- Be an ambassador for HOPE in the community, working with businesses, community groups and volunteers to unlock new opportunities.
Have you got:
- Proven experience of exceeding targets and working to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Excellent ability to motivate, inspire and influence people
- Strong networking skills and proven ability to build long-lasting relationships
- Proven ability to track and report on income
- Flexibility and willingness to travel where needed to support events.
We want you to help us build great relationships with our supporters and to help them achieve their fundraising ambitions, allowing us to grow sustainable, annual income. This is a rewarding and fast-paced role, in a small team. No two days will be the same as you'll be working with individuals, trustees, groups and local/regional businesses, supporting them with their fundraising ambitions!
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