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Events Officer
Working Hours: Min of 30 hrs up to 37 hours per week 
Salary: 28,050 to  31,000 per annum 
Contract: 12 months Good opportunity for role to become permanent in future.
Location: Hatfield Office/Hybrid - Candidates must have a full driving license and use of own vehicle for business purposes

Herts Young Homeless is an independent charity and has been supporting vulnerable people in Hertfordshire since 1998. We are professional, passionate, collaborative and supportive charity that provides guidance to everyone who is in need of support.

We are looking for dedicated and passionate Events Officer to join our team based in Hatfield!

How will you make a difference? 

Manage, develop and evaluate an engaging programme of events fundraising, and support the Community Fundraising Officer when delivering local events to raise a target income of £90k . Support groups and individuals organising fundraising events and activities on behalf of hyh. To support the development and delivery of the Communications Plan.

What can we offer you?

• A supportive and inclusive work environment
• 25 days annual leave per annum (in addition to Bank Holidays & Public Holidays)
• Holiday purchase scheme 
• People's Pension Plan contribution
• Group Life Insurance plan
• Opportunities for personal and career development
• Hybrid working - option to work from home to be agreed with line manager
• An additional annual leave day on your Birthday
• Monthly draws to win ‘lunch on your manager’ or ‘leave work early’
• Medicash – A healthcare cash plan offering cash back on a range of healthcare related treatments including optical, dental and complementary treatments.  Unlimited access to a 24/7 health and stress related helpline and discounted gym memberships. 

What will you be doing? 

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

If you are open, big hearted, passionate, conscientious and take pride in doing a job well, then we would love to hear from you!

Please apply via the link on the vacancy found on our website submitting a cover letter  or a short video along with your CV . If you require any adjustments to support your application please let us know and we will be happy to help where we can.Closing Date 2nd March 2026.  Interviews to be held on Tuesday 17th March 2026.  Potential start by end of April 2026.

Equal Opportunities

We treat everyone with equal dignity and respect, and promote equal opportunity for all and challenge any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any person on the grounds of race, colour, sex, marital status, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or any other perceived difference.

hyh strives to be an equal opportunities and inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Our promise to you
Herts Young Homeless promises to act with the upmost integrity and respect when it comes to handling your data and will not share your details with any other client without 1) discussing the opportunity with you first and 2) without your verbal or written consent for us to do so.

About the role

We are excited to be recruiting a Programme Delivery Manager to join The Scholars Programme team. This role will lead on the central Delivery Cycle, including creating correspondence and guidance for schools and PhD Tutors, and collaborating with other teams to ensure communication is streamlined and consistent. This is a key role within the Programme Management team, ensuring high quality pupil impact by tracking data returns, and providing team briefings as well as ongoing training and support. They will support with the development, testing and embedding of new processes and projects, including IT developments, and will be the first point of contact in the Programmes team for troubleshooting delivery and data issues. They will line manage a small team of Coordinators, who will support Programme Officers and Programme Managers to meet programme delivery targets.

The role requires an accomplished professional, with proven experience of high-quality programme delivery and excellent communication skills.  They will champion the charity’s values and embody them in interactions with colleagues and partners, establishing themselves as someone who can be relied upon, supporting the whole team and proactively finding ways to improve what we do.

While this role can be based in our London or Leeds offices or be fully remote; it will involve some travel to deliver programme events at our different university partners.

About you

The role will best suit someone who:

• Has knowledge and experience of the school and university sectors
• Has knowledge of educational interventions, including impact management
• Has proven experience in leading the delivery of a project or programme across a locality
• Has excellent knowledge and confidence using Office 365 applications (Word and Excel) and different IT platforms such as virtual learning environments and CRM systems
• Is capable of adapting quickly to new systems and interfaces
• Has experience of line management and/or leading and delivering through others
• Is a qualified teacher (QTS or above), has academic research experience or has substantial experience of delivering a university access programme
• Adheres to information security policies included in the charity’s ISO 27001 manual and completes information security training
• Has a demonstrable passion for furthering The Brilliant Club’s mission

Marketing Officer
Harrogate, North Yorkshire

We offer hybrid working.

About Us

Yorkshire is one of the regions hardest hit by cancer. Together, we can change this.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a charity dedicated to funding research so that you and those you love live longer healthier lives, free of cancer.

Thanks to supporters, the charity funds vital cancer research and pioneers innovative new services for people with cancer. These life-giving medical breakthroughs are helping more people survive cancer – in Yorkshire, and beyond.

As an inclusive employer, our aim is to ensure our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is vital to us taking action to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer more effectively in Yorkshire. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships.

The Benefits

We offer all employees a wide range of benefits including an enhanced contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service), flexible working arrangements, private medical insurance, enhanced maternity leave, career progression, learning and development, wellbeing initiatives, offices within walking distance of Hornbeam Park train station and a whole lot more.

We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these. As our Marketing Officer, you will put people in Yorkshire at the heart of everything you do, unite with colleagues and other organisations in this cause, and dare to think big and bold to make positive solutions happen.

The Role
As Marketing Officer you will play a key role in developing and executing marketing campaigns and activities to enhance the charity’s brand, engage target audience(s) and achieve the charity’s strategic objectives.

Specifically, you will:

· Conduct market research to understand the competitive landscape, sector trends and identify supporter needs.

· Lead the development and approval of high-quality marketing briefs.

· Support the development, testing and refinement of marketing propositions through qualitative and quantitative research.

· Lead project / campaign planning, including defining objectives and KPIs, recommending channel strategy, marketing budgets and creating project plans. 

· Lead project delivery teams and meetings, working with key stakeholders across the charity to ensure relevant stakeholders are included / kept informed.

· Project-manage marketing and campaign delivery, working with internal teams and external partners. Plan and execute marketing activities, coordinating workstreams across different teams to meet key campaign / project milestones.

· Work with internal and external marketing experts to create effective marketing plans and insightful and engaging marketing creative. For example, this may include working with creative, digital marketing and media agencies.

· Lead the development of engaging marketing content and collateral for a range of channels – from digital, social, web and email to printed literature and direct mail. For example, this may include developing marketing messages, identifying and working with case studies, leading photography and photo/video shoots.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will need:

· To be educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or work experience in related field.

· To have marketing experience at a similar level or in a similar role

· To have experience of working effectively with external suppliers (including marketing agencies) to procure marketing services / materials / merchandise.

· To have experience of implementing marketing activities / campaigns across a range of different marketing channels / customer touchpoints.

· To be highly organised with an ability to deliver multiple projects on time and to budget.

· To have strong bias to action and ability to ‘get things done’.

· To have excellent copy writing and communication skills.

· To have attention to detail, able to carry out tasks accurately, including correct data entry and reporting.

· To understand brand, brand guidelines and how to ensure brand consistency.

· To have good collaboration and relationship-building skills. To be able to work effectively, with colleagues and external suppliers, to deliver marketing campaigns / projects and activities.

· To be able to travel across the Yorkshire region.

Application

Before applying, please visit our Careers Page to view the full role profile and find out more about working for Yorkshire Cancer Research.

To apply please submit a CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to Claire Wooldridge, Head of People, before 24 February 2026. Please read our privacy notice before applying.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a responsible and flexible employer.  We welcome any discussion for flexible working at the interview/offer stage where we will consider an individual’s circumstances against the needs of the charity.

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. If we can make any reasonable adjustments to support your application, please contact us via our website. 

Marketing Manager
Salary: £31,680 per annum, FTE (£27,287 per annum for 32.2 hours average per week)
Contract: Permanent
Work Pattern: This is an annualised hours contract based on an average of 32.2 hours per week.
Location: WWT Washington, NE38

About The Role

We are looking for a dynamic and creative Marketing Manager to play a key role in driving visitor growth at Washington Wetland Centre, an urban oasis supporting endangered wildlife and a space providing fun and wellbeing for all.

In this exciting role, you’ll lead on the delivery of both year-round and event-specific marketing campaigns, working across a range of channels to attract, engage, and inspire new and returning audiences.

You'll be part of a passionate team dedicated to conservation, education, and unforgettable visitor experiences.

• Create and manage multi channel marketing campaigns in line with your marketing plan
• manage and deliver the site PR plan whilst maximising media and influencer relationships
• lead the site team on design and delivery of our year round events programme
• manage and monitor all social media and webpage content for the site
• work as part of the site leadership team to provide duty management and operational support.

About You

Do you enjoy creating marketing campaigns that inspire people to take action? Can you balance creativity with data-driven decision-making to deliver results? Are you confident building relationships and communicating effectively? If so, we would love to hear from you.

You will have:

• Extensive experience of working in a marketing, business or communications role, in a B2C consumer-facing organisation
• Experience of developing and delivering a marketing and communications plan, including paid advertising
• Experience of digital marketing and social media management (Instagram, Facebook etc.)
• Meticulous attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
• Ability to bring passion and enthusiasm to your work, leading the site team in delivering an exceptional visitor experience
• Experience within CRM databases and reporting tools
• Experience in Microsoft Office, Excel, and Outlook

This is an annualised hours contract based on an average of 32.2 hours per week.  Salary will be paid in equal monthly payments.

About Us

We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

Why you’ll love working at WWT

• Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
• Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
• 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
• Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
• Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from our Employee Assistance Programme

Closing Date: Monday 2nd March 2026
N.B. We reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications from candidates who meet the required skills and experience. We therefore encourage early applications.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.

No agencies please.

Theatr Iolo are looking for a Marketing & Communications Manager to be responsible for devising and implementing all marketing, audience development and engagement strategies and campaigns for all aspects of the company’s work to deepen engagement and diversify our audience.  If you share our passion for theatre, for nurturing imaginations and creating stories that will last a lifetime, we want to hear from you! This is a fantastic opportunity to join our team and build on our incredible history, shaping the company for the future.

If you’d like to apply for the post of Marketing & Communications Manager, we will ask you to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form and send us a copy of your CV and a letter of application  We will also accept a BSL application or short video recording of less than 5 mins. We are looking forward to hearing why you are interested in this post, and what skills and experience you would bring to the company, referring to the job description and person specification. 

The closing date for applications is noon on Friday 20 March 2026 and initial interviews will be held on Thursday 23 April 2026 in Cardiff. We will confirm receipt of your application by email. 

Trusts & Foundations Manager – David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF)

 Hybrid | Full-time | 35 hours per week

We’re looking for an experienced Trusts & Foundations fundraiser to lead and grow our major grant income at the David Shepherd Wildlife FoundationDSWF).

In this senior role, you’ll develop and deliver a sustainable Trusts & Foundations strategy, securing significant multi-year funding to support our conservation, education and art programmes. Working closely with our Senior Management Team, you’ll build strong relationships with UK and international grant-makers and position DSWF as a strategic funding partner.

About you:
You’ll bring a strong track record of securing five-figure (or above) grants, excellent writing skills, and a genuine passion for conservation and the protection of endangered species.

Why join us?
• Make a direct impact on wildlife conservation
• Collaborative, mission-driven culture
• Hybrid working and generous annual leave

Apply now to help protect wildlife and build long-term funding for conservation.

Visit the careers page of our website for full details, job description and application pack. Deadline for applications Monday 16th February.

We are growing our team and developing a full-time role to 2 Part-time Comms Officers (0.6FTE) each working 22.5 hours per week to help take our charity’s communications to the next level. We support a rapidly growing community of patients and carers living with eosinophilic diseases and have a global network of healthcare and research professionals reaching 68 countries.

Comms is at the heart of what we do; we use multiple channels to advocate, connect, educate, and empower patients, carers and healthcare professionals across the globe.

Building this community enables us to reach people who would otherwise be isolated and often struggle to receive the support, care, and treatments needed to live well with these complex health issues. The insights learned ensure we represent the patient’s voice throughout our work and in groundbreaking research.

The Comms Officers will each bring their individual skills to the team and together will develop and deliver our charity’s communications strategy, changing the lives of people across the world who live with these rare and life impacting diseases.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the strategy and daily running of all the charity's social media channels. This includes creating content, campaign planning, responding to messages and general housekeeping, engaging with online communities and looking for new and innovative ways to grow our audiences
• Liaise with external stakeholders and charity partners on Comms matters and joint campaigns
• Evaluate and report on activity and impact with suggestions for improvement
• Manage and update website content, including news articles, keeping information up to date with the latest research and guidelines
• Gather content and build regular newsletters with a tailored tone for our audiences: patient community and HCP community, and review performance to improve
• Help to organise, create, advertise and host online events such as webinars and community chats
• Help promote EOSN and create social content at several international and UK exhibiting medical/health-related events
• Maintaining CRM and connected apps
• Use the CRM and analytic tools to build audience segments and develop specific journeys based on insight
• Seek and explore new opportunities for the charity to improve its communication, grow its reach and expand its services

This will be predominantly remote working - with some face-to-face, primarily during office hours Mon - Thurs.

You will be reporting directly to the CEO 

Person spec(s)

This role will suit you if you have an attribute of empathy and would enjoy being part of a small team making a real difference to people’s lives. Whilst the essential requirements for our comms team are listed below, it will be a bonus if you have experience in the health, charity, or not-for-profit sectors.

We are looking for 2 candidates who together will have the complete set of essential skills listed below:

• Experience in a Comms or Marketing role
• Highly proficient in using social media platforms in a Comms or Marketing environment, including Hootsuite or equivalent, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Blue Sky and YouTube
• Experience of campaign planning
• Proficiency in Canva, Adobe Suite, or a similar asset design package
• Working knowledge of Content Management System
• Working knowledge of CRM systems, event ticketing and email marketing platforms such as Mailchimp or similar
• Keen eye for detail, as work contains complex subject matter
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation and reporting impact, using tools such as Survey Monkey or similar
• Keen team player with good collaborative skills
• Ability to adapt tone and content to suit different audiences, with a  willingness to learn medical terminology through our in-house training
• Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint and Word - working knowledge
• Experience of online event set up using Zoom, Eventbrite or similar

If you feel you are strong in some of these essential skills but not all of them, please apply.

You may also know someone who would be the perfect fit to complement your skill set. If so, we encourage you to apply together or individually.

We are excited to develop the new roles, strengthening and growing our small but mighty team. 

We are EOS Network

Our aim is to ensure that every person with an Eosinophilic-Associated Disease receives a prompt, accurate diagnosis, cohesive medical care, and support to live with their condition.

What we do

Educate: Increase general public awareness to reduce diagnosis times and campaign for holistic patient care.

Empower: Provide information, community support and tools for people living with eosinophilic-associated diseases, reducing feelings of isolation and empowering confidence in advocating for care.

Facilitate: Provide a global professional platform for clinicians and researchers to connect and share the latest research and expertise.

Advocate: Work with medical bodies, researchers, manufacturers, and funders to ensure the patient’s voice is heard for decisions about research priorities, access to medicines and treatment guidelines.

See our profile to learn more about what we do.

For more information or to have an informal chat about these roles, please contact us directly.

Applications should be made by way of a covering letter setting out suitability for the role set against the person specification, and a CV. Please confirm your automatic right to work in the UK and your residence location.

The closing date is rolling until 20th February 2026, subject to suitable candidates being found.

Our expected recruitment process is: Shortlisting in February, followed by interviews in February/March, and appointment in February/March for the role to start ideally in March 2026

We're the UK's specialist blood cancer charity and our vision is clear: we’re here to beat blood cancer. We fund world-class research; provide information and support to patients and their loved ones; and raise awareness of blood cancer.

Are you a strategic marketing leader with a passion for making a difference? Blood Cancer UK is looking for a Senior Direct Marketing Manager to manage a high-performing team, deliver insight-led, multi-channel campaigns, and make a real difference to the lives of people affected by blood cancer. This is an exciting opportunity to be responsible for impactful direct marketing campaigns that grow individual giving and engage supporters. 

Based in London with hybrid working options (2–4 days per month in the office, may increase dependent on business needs), this role offers the opportunity to lead a talented team, innovate with digital channels, and champion campaigns that engage and inspire supporters. If you thrive on turning data into action and delivering outstanding results, we want to hear from you.

We are committed to actively promoting equality, diversity, and inclusivity. In line with our strategy we welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including minority communities, and applicants with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives. 

Salary: c.£46,000 per annum based on skills and experience
Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week
Based in: Covent Garden, London

The Royal Ballet and Opera continues to lead the way in opera, ballet, music and dance both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms, from live streaming to worldwide cinema screenings. Our Covent Garden theatre has been at the heart of London and British cultural life for three centuries. We are home to two world-class Companies: The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.

This role sits within the highly committed and successful Development and Advocacy Department, which generates over £41m revenue annually, plus additional capital funds, and secures the annual Arts Council England grant (currently £22.9m). The Department’s revenue generation and advocacy to Government of the value of our creative sector ensures the RBO can retain the best artists and crafts people, deliver our thriving National Schools’ Programme, maintain our beautiful grade I listed building, deliver on our charitable mission, and continue to produce world class performances.

The focus of the Senior Fundraising Manager role will be to deliver and run the successful fundraising appeals and draws function, delivering against targets of c. £1.25m for 2025/26. Managing a small appeals team within the wider membership function, you will grow our income and innovation in this space, ensuring fundraising best practice principles are adhered to.

Our ideal candidate will be results driven, with an open, curious, intelligent approach to analysis and reporting. You will be able to work successfully in partnership with other teams and departments as well as influence key stakeholders across the organisation. You will be able to lead and develop a small team, exercise diplomacy and discretion and contribute to the wider fundraising conversation and pipeline.

You will be able to demonstrate: 

• Substantial professional experience of the project management of appeals and campaigns fundraising gained within a charity or other fundraising organisation including their planning, development, running and evaluation
• Experience of running fundraising appeals or campaigns across a range of channels and running lotteries or draws for fundraising
• Outstanding written communication skills, including the ability to tailor communications for different audiences and media whilst maintaining consistent tone and messaging
• A track record in setting and meeting income targets
• Excellent project management skills, with evidence of having successfully delivered concurrent projects

An understanding and knowledge of the art forms is not essential but the ability to learn and communicate effectively and persuasively about opera, ballet, music and dance to supporters is critical for this role.

The Royal Ballet and Opera is one of the UK’s leading arts organisations and our aim is to inspire imagination, ignite emotion and make the extraordinary for everyone. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion underpin all that we do. We want our people to be representative of the diversity in the UK. We understand the creativity and innovation that diversity can bring and strive to create an inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive.

We encourage applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and skills to join our teams. We particularly welcome applications from those who are from a global majority background and/or those who are disabled, as they are under-represented within our organisation.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means that we are actively working to ensure that candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will endeavour to offer an interview to candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they meet the essential criteria for the role, though sometimes due to the volume of qualified candidates with declarations this is not possible.

The RBO is also committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people, and adults and we implement robust safer recruitment practices. Due to our safeguarding promise, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check before commencing employment with us, which will be indicated in the advertising.

Closing date for applications: 11:59pm, Sunday 22nd February 2026. 

Interviews will be held over two stages. The 1st stage will be online via Microsoft Teams w/c 2nd March 2026. The 2nd stage will be in person at ROH Covent Garden w/c 9th March 2026.

Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK.  No agencies.

To ensure a fair process, late applications will not be considered under any circumstances.

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People – High Value Events Team Manager
Location:Hybrid working with some travel to Hearing Dogs offices in either Buckinghamshire or East Yorkshire.
Salary: £50,000 per annum.
Contract: Permanent, full-time hours. 

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, whose mission is build confidence, companionship and connection for people with hearing loss, is seeking a High Value Events Team Manager to lead the development and delivery of inclusive, inspiring and impactful high-value event experiences that deepen relationships and generate transformational philanthropic support for the charity.

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People has been creating life-changing partnerships between hearing dogs and deaf recipients since 1982. As well as acting as an ear to their partners and alerting them to sounds, the charity’s clever and expertly trained dogs help deaf people to live life with confidence and independence, whilst providing love and emotional support.

Following on from a strategic review, the charity is now building a new Income Generation Directorate, to enable them to transform many more lives across the UK. This role will be critical to help Hearing Dogs reach their goals to significantly grow and diversify income.

With a strong focus on values-led, relationship-based fundraising, this role will provide strategic leadership to the charity’s new High Value Events function, bringing a consistent, high-quality approach to engagement, cultivation, fundraising and stewardship events. The post-holder will ensure that events are inclusive, mission-focused and deliver strong return on investment, building long-term commitment among principal and major donors, trusts and foundations, corporate partners and senior volunteers.

The ideal candidate will be a strong leader with a background in planning and delivering high-value fundraising or engagement events generating £100k+. You will have worked with high-value supporters, including high net worth individuals, committees and senior stakeholders, and will have a strong track record of working to income targets and maximising fundraising return on investment. Excellent organisational and communication skills will be combined with the ability to engage and influence a wide range of audiences. You will be creative and proactive, with a collaborative and inclusive approach to work, alongside the ability to communicate impact clearly and compellingly.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the direction of High Value Events at an organisation which is changing people’s lives every day, and where you have the flexibility of working remotely or spending time at Hearing Dogs’ stunning bases in Buckinghamshire or Yorkshire, with friendly and passionate staff and their four-legged friends.
 

If you want to lead the pack and help deaf people live well with hearing loss Please download our Candidate Pack for further information [PDF], which includes details on how to apply.

Closing date: Monday 16th February, 9.00 am. 

Coeliac UK is looking for an energetic and organised Community and Events Fundraising Manager to lead and grow our community and challenge events fundraising during a maternity cover period.

Job Title: Community and Events Fundraising Manager (Maternity Cover)
Contract Type: Fixed Term (12–14 months), Full Time (35 hours per week)
Location: Head Office, High Wycombe (Hybrid working, minimum 2 days per week in office.)
Salary: £35,000 per annum
Salary band: (GA 4)
Closing Date: 1st March 2026

About the Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality fundraising experiences that inspire and support individuals and groups to raise vital funds for people affected by coeliac disease. You will manage a varied portfolio of challenge events, including flagship events such as the TCS London Marathon and Great North Run, while developing engaging community fundraising initiatives that maximise income and supporter engagement. If you are passionate about supporter experience, events fundraising and making a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery and development of Coeliac UK’s challenge events portfolio, ensuring excellent supporter experiences and strong income performance.
• Oversee the stewardship journey for community fundraisers and challenge participants, ensuring timely, motivating and supporter-focused communications.
• Develop and grow community fundraising activities, including virtual and mass participation events, supporting individuals, groups and schools to fundraise successfully.
• Work closely with Marketing, Digital, Membership and Volunteering teams to deliver integrated campaigns and supporter journeys.
• Manage event budgets, monitor performance and report on income, expenditure and key KPIs.
• Provide day-to-day guidance and support to the Fundraising Assistant, ensuring high standards of supporter care and administration.

About You

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and collaborative fundraiser who brings strong organisational skills and a passion for community engagement.

You will ideally have:

• Experience delivering successful challenge or mass participation events within the charity sector.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships and deliver excellent supporter stewardship.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Confidence using digital tools and CRM systems to manage supporter journeys and analyse performance.
• A positive, proactive and self-motivated approach, with genuine enthusiasm for Coeliac UK’s mission.

About Coeliac UK:

Coeliac UK is the charity for people who need to live without gluten. For over 50 years, we’ve been supporting those with coeliac disease and related conditions by providing trusted advice, funding vital research, and campaigning for better access to safe gluten free food. Our work ensures that no one’s life is limited by gluten.

Closing date: 1st March 2026 (We may close this vacancy early if we find the ideal candidate.)

Interested?

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.

Candidates may also be searching for similar roles such as: Community Fundraising Manager, Events Fundraising Manager, Challenge Events Manager, Supporter Engagement Manager or Charity Events Manager.

No agencies please.

Role Overview

We are delighted to partner with an international development organisation as they look to appoint a Programme Funding Manager to their team. This vital role will secure and manage funding from trusts, foundations, government agencies and multilateral donors, and help shape the gender, education and community development programmes across the globe. 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of the organisation's funding strategy across key thematic areas including health, disaster relief, sustainable livelihoods and research grants. 
• Identify, cultivate and steward relationships with a wide range of institutional donors, research bodies, universities, trusts and foundations.
• Develop high?quality, compelling funding proposals that contribute to organisational income targets.
• Support and coordinate colleagues across international teams, fostering collaboration and shared donor intelligence.
• Oversee contract and grant management, ensuring compliance with donor regulations and proactively managing risks and performance.
• Support project design and MEAL approaches to strengthen the quality, credibility and impact of proposals.
• Line?manage and develop one member of staff.
• Build internal capacity across teams to engage effectively with institutional funders and manage grants to a high standard. 

Person Specification

• A successful track record securing institutional funding and managing grant portfolios.
• Strong knowledge of the international development sector, ideally with experience in areas such as livelihoods, resilience, access to food/water or gender.
• Excellent understanding of the programme management cycle and MEAL principles.
• Proven ability to write clear, persuasive proposals and reports for institutional audiences.
• Experience building effective cross?functional relationships and supporting colleagues across multiple locations.
• Strong budgeting skills, including preparing financials for institutional funders.
• Confident communication skills with the ability to engage donors, partners and internal stakeholders.
• Experience managing or coaching others, with a collaborative and supportive leadership style.
• A willingness to travel within the UK and overseas as required.

Hybrid Working: Flexible, 4 days a month in the London office. 

How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the 'apply now' button (please do not apply via email). We aim to get back to all successful candidates within 48 working hours.

Commitment to Diversity
The Talent Set are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or age. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.

Overview

Figurative is an independent charity dedicated to impact, investment and innovation in the cultural and creative sector. We bring together deep expertise through Arts & Culture Finance (formerly part of Nesta) and New Philanthropy for Arts & Culture to unlock new and innovative ways of funding and supporting the UK’s arts ecosystem.

Figurative manages three investment portfolios that have supported over 60 organisations and raised more than £30 million in investment capital over the last decade.

We believe arts and culture have the power to transform lives and communities. Our mission is to ensure cultural and creative organisations can thrive, test bold ideas, and build sustainable futures.

The Role

The Impact Assistant is a new role at Figurative that will primarily support work on the Arts & Culture Impact Fund (“ACIF”), an £18m social investment fund which seeks to enable enterprising arts, culture and heritage organisations to fulfil their missions through the use of flexible and risk-tolerant finance. The Impact Assistant will also contribute to Figurative’s emerging advisory work, providing impact development support to the creative and cultural sector.

Key Responsibilities

The demands of this role will be both fund (ACIF) specific and general to Figurative. You will play an important role in assessing and understanding the social impact enabled through ACIF. In particular, this includes:

• Providing administrative support in the monitoring of impact delivery and reporting requirements across a portfolio of investments to ensure requirements are met in a timely manner
• Working closely with Figurative’s Impact Lead and wider Investment team to develop new investment proposals to the ACIF investment committee
• Contributing to assessments of the expected impact of each investment proposal as part of the social impact due diligence process
• Supporting Figurative’s Impact Lead in the capacity development work of ACIF applicants and investees through a combination of desk research, face-to-face conversations and workshop facilitation to produce social impact related out outputs, including:
  • Evidence base summaries for a given intervention
  • Theories of change
  • Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks Framework for M&E
  • Development Plans outlining output, outcome, and impact management aims & KPIs
• Supporting on the collection, analysis and reporting of social impact data on fund performance for Figurative’s internal and external stakeholders

The general Figurative duties will include:

• Supporting in the undertaking of advisory work for organisations operating in the creative and cultural sector to improve impact measurement and management practice
• Collaborating on the development of internal processes to ensure the efficient and effective management of impact and investment data
• Sharing learning with the wider arts & cultural sector around social impact evidence and best practice M&E approaches from the Figurative portfolio
• Supporting the wider Figurative team on matters relating to social impact across all its funds The Person

The Person

The role requires a self-starting and curious individual, with enthusiasm and commitment to growing social impact through arts, culture, heritage and social enterprise more broadly. Specifically, with the following:

Experience

• Practical experience supporting the delivery of projects or programmes, including the co-ordination of timelines, meetings and actions
• Experience in maintaining trackers or workplans across multiple workstreams
• Exposure to data collection, cleansing and analysis through different methods, such as evaluation scales, surveys or interviews
• Desirable: Experience facilitating workshops and group discussions, particularly relating to social impact to develop and embed monitoring, evaluation and learning approaches
• Desirable: professional or lived experience of the transformative social impact of arts & culture
• Desirable: experience of working with arts & cultural sector organisations
• Desirable: experience of social impact investing, in any capacity

Knowledge

• Sound knowledge of social impact related concepts, including monitoring and evaluation and theory of change
• An understanding of the opportunities and limitations of social impact monitoring and evaluation, particularly in the arts
• Desirable: networks in the social impact and/or arts and culture sector

Skills

• Ability to prioritise tasks across multiple projects or workstreams, tracking progress against outputs, outcomes and deadlines
• Quantitative and/or qualitative analysis skills
• Internal and external stakeholder co-ordination skills, including diary management, scheduling meetings, document management and action logging
• Critical thinking skills, to support analysis, interrogation, and development of organisational theories of change
• Ability to self-motivate, prioritise within a complex workload, and deliver work to tight deadlines
• Clear and cogent writing, to a wide and diverse range of audiences
• Strong verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex issues concisely and compellingly to a wide range of audiences

Attitude

• Collaborative team-player, proactively engaging colleagues in dealing with complex challenges
• Curious and open minded critical-thinker, comfortable in providing constructive challenge
• Well organised and conscientious, able to deliver work in a timely and thoughtful manner
• Personable and supportive, willing to help internal and external colleagues to achieve their goals

What We Offer

• Salary: £30,000 FTE depending on experience
• Location: Hybrid working arrangement based at Somerset House in central London, with flexibility and some travel within the UK
• Hours: 4 days/week (0.8 FTE)
• Reports to: Impact Lead
• Benefits:
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + ability to buy additional holiday(pro rata for part time employees)       
  • Pension (Employer Contribution 8% + a further 4% where the employee contributes 4%)
  • Life Assurance 
  • Post probation - Private health and dental insurance

Making an Application

To apply for this role, please submit your application (CV and covering letter) before midnight Sunday 22nd February 2026.

Please note that we actively screen for AI-generated applications. We are looking for authentic, personal responses that reflect your own experiences and motivations.

First interviews will be held virtually on Thursday 5th March 2026.

Second interviews will be held in person in our London offices on Thursday 12th March 2026.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those who are underrepresented in the investment sector to apply.

I look forward to hearing from you

Nick Wilsdon

Impact Lead

Business in the Community (BITC) champions responsible business as essential for long term economic growth and resilience. We convene, campaign and consult with business to tackle society’s most pressing challenges-from climate change and place-based regeneration to inequality, workplace wellbeing, and inclusive growth.

BITC empowers its members to:

• Lead responsibly by embedding purpose and sustainability into strategy.
• Collaborate across sectors to drive systemic change.
• Act locally and nationally to support communities and unlock opportunity.

Founded by His Majesty King Charles III in 1982, BITC has over four decades of experience in engaging business and delivering measurable impact in both business and in communities through evidence-based interventions. As a trusted partner to business and government, BITC convenes leadership, influences policy, and accelerates action-helping shape a future-ready economy that works for everyone.

We are currently looking for an Events Coordinator to support the team to deliver our programme of events.

The role will involve:

• Supporting the Head of Events and Events Manager on a number of high profile events
• Taking the lead on project managing agreed events with a range of event formats and audiences
• Supporting the Heads of Events and Events Manager with team related administration

The successful candidate will have experience of leading on events or supporting colleagues on events from concept to delivery plus experience of maintaining administrative systems.

The salary band for this role is £24,479 to £33,120 depending on experience.

Closes 24th February 2026 - 12pm midday

Business in the Community are actively looking to recruit a diversity of talent. We embrace, respect and value the difference in our employees and we are  committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment that consists of fairness, dignity, and caring for everyone, and one that enables every employee to flourish and realise their potential.