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Job Description

Job Role - Training and Events Officer

Start Date - ASAP

Contract - Part Time 4 days per week - Fixed term 6 Month contract 

Salary - £32,500 FTE per year(£26,000 Pro rata)

Location - Home Based with requirement to travel as requested

About AAFDA
Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) is a specialist national charity supporting families bereaved by domestic homicide and working to improve responses to domestic abuse, homicide and suicide prevention. We provide expert advocacy, training, and policy development to influence systemic change and ensure that lessons are learned after domestic abuse related deaths.

The Role
We are seeking a proactive and skilled Training and Events Officer to support our growing training and development programmes and help raise the profile of AAFDA’s work across the UK. This is a varied and rewarding role, ideal for someone with experience in training, event management, and partnership development who is passionate about improving responses to domestic abuse.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, Develop, implement, and evaluate AAFDA’s internal and external training programmes.
• Deliver AAFDA Training Programmes
• Coordinate and manage the AAFDA Conference
• Assessment of workbooks associated with AAFDA’s Level 3 Accredited training
• Produce high-quality training materials and resources suitable for live on line, and in person training. .
• Organise, coordinate, and deliver events aligned with AAFDA’s strategic goals.
• Support the development of an Induction and CPD framework for staff.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders in the domestic abuse and criminal justice sectors.
• Identify new training and engagement opportunities to generate income and enhance AAFDA’s impact.
• Stay informed on developments, research, and best practice in domestic abuse and homicide/suicide prevention.

About You
You’ll bring energy, initiative, and strong communication skills to this important role. You’ll be confident delivering training and engaging diverse audiences of all levels of experience, and you’ll have excellent organisational and relationship-building skills.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Strong understanding of domestic abuse dynamics and current research.
• Experience designing and delivering training
• Training/Education qualification in training adults – minimum of Level 3
• Experience planning and running events.
• Experience of running a conference
• Ability to engage and influence key stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and confident using digital tools.
• Flexible and proactive, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Willingness to travel within the UK and occasionally work evenings/weekends.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Domestic Homicide Reviews, Serious Case Reviews, Inquests.
• Experience working within a charity or non-profit setting.
• Understanding of trauma-informed advocacy and support for bereaved families.

Why Join AAFDA?
You’ll be joining a small, dedicated team making a real difference to families affected by domestic homicide. We offer a supportive, flexible working environment and opportunities for professional growth and development.

Are you passionate about delivering exceptional events and creating memorable experiences? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same? If so, The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) wants you on our team as our new Events Administrator!

We are at an ambitious and exciting stage, redesigning and expanding our portfolio of learning products and delivering a growing programme of in-person, online and hybrid events including major conferences like our Global AI Conference.

As our Events Administrator, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth delivery of meetings and conferences that make a real difference to clinical care. Working closely with our Conference Organiser and the wider Learning Team, as well as colleagues in marketing, sponsorship and external stakeholders, you’ll help us deliver events that inspire, educate and connect healthcare professionals worldwide.

What you’ll do

• Support the planning and delivery of high-quality events across the UK and globally.
• Coordinate logistics, manage registrations, and ensure delegates and speakers have an exceptional experience.
• Work with subject matter experts, sponsors and partners to bring events to life.
• Provide outstanding customer service and troubleshoot on the day to keep everything running smoothly.

What we’re looking for

• Experience in event administration and logistics (in-person, online and hybrid).
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office and online event platforms (e.g., Zoom).
• A proactive, adaptable approach and a passion for delivering great experiences.

Why join us:

• Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and the specialities they work in every day!
• Hybrid working (60% working week can be done remotely)
• Modern working environment
• Equipment provided to work from home
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Excellent pension scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

This is a hands-on and varied role for someone who enjoys planning, organising, and making things happen. You’ll take the lead on delivering Day One’s events programme from fundraising challenges and third-party events to awareness and engagement activities that raise our profile and connect new people to our cause.

Your main focus will be on logistics, planning, and delivery ensuring each event runs smoothly, safely, and reflects Day One at its best. You’ll also be developing new opportunities, or supporting engagement events such as Major Trauma Awareness Week and campaigns that complement our services and mission

Reporting to the Head of Public Fundraising you will champion Day One’s values and behaviours, working collaboratively across teams to ensure that all our internal and external events reflect our mission and priorities.

You will bring a positive, proactive, and resilient approach, with the ability to innovate, influence and drive results. You’ll also play a key role in shaping our future plans, helping us grow our income in the years ahead as we develop and roll out our new organisational strategy.

The post holder’s primary duties and responsibilities are as follows: 

Fundraising & Third-Party Events

• Plan, coordinate, and deliver Day One’s calendar of fundraising events, including challenge and third-party activities.
• Grow opportunities for individuals, teams, and partners to take part in events that raise funds and awareness.
• Manage event logistics, budgeting, risk assessments, and delivery on the day with our preferred suppliers.
• Steward flagship event participants, such as those taking part in the London Marathon and Great North Run.
• Ensure participants from other challenge events are handed over smoothly to the Relationship Fundraiser and Fundraising Assistant, who will lead on their stewardship and follow-up.

Awareness & Engagement Events

• Work closely with the Marketing & Communications Officer to plan and deliver awareness and engagement events such as exhibitions, conferences and networking events.
• Lead on all logistics and coordination from venue bookings and set-up to equipment, displays, and volunteer support.
• Represent Day One at events, helping to raise our visibility and strengthen relationships with partners, supporters, and professionals.
• Support the Marketing & Communications Officer with the delivery of campaigns like Major Trauma Awareness Week and other activities that raise Day One’s national profile.

Planning & Delivery

• Develop and maintain event plans, schedules, and budgets, ensuring events are efficient and well-organised.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers, venues, and event organisers to ensure value for money and quality delivery.
• Review and record event outcomes to support learning, improvement, and future planning.
• Balance multiple projects moving seamlessly from one event to the next or planning ahead for the year-round events calendar.

Teamwork & Values

• Work collaboratively across fundraising and communications to deliver joined-up campaigns and consistent messaging.
• Champion Day One’s values and behaviours, ensuring every event reflects our mission and priorities.
• Bring a positive, proactive, and flexible approach ready to problem-solve, adapt, and make things happen.
• Play an active role in helping Day One grow its reach and income as we deliver our new organisational strategy.

Please refer to the attached recruitment pack for more information. If you think you could be the right person to fulfil the exciting responsibilities of this role, please apply.

Please also be aware that we use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.

Closing Date – Tuesday 9th December

First round interview Monday 15th December - virtual

Second round interview in-person, date TBC

Starting from £36,272 + benefits

10 months FTC (maternity cover)

Purpose - what you will be achieving

The Programme Officer will be responsible for the administration and delivery of the Academy’s women in research programmes, including working collaboratively with external consultants that will facilitate the delivery of mentoring training and career development workshops. The role provides an opportunity for a person passionate about supporting the next generation of researchers to be involved in the delivery of our unique portfolio of programmes.

In addition, staff are encouraged to take part in cross-team projects, for example in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in our activities and to contribute to initiatives such as staff learning lunches and networking opportunities.

The Academy is an outward-facing organisation and as Programme Officer at the Academy you will have the opportunity to engage with a range of stakeholders including Fellows and senior academics, professional organisations and researchers.

About the role - what you will be doing

• Administration and delivery of the Academy’s Mentoring and SUSTAIN – women in leadership programmes
• Shared organisation and delivery of a variety of online and in-person workshops and events for the Academy’s Mentoring and SUSTAIN programmes, with individual responsibility for developing and delivering specific events within the programme
• Working with professional consultants, who will assist in the development of the Mentoring and SUSTAIN programmes and facilitate mentoring training and career development workshops
• Supporting mentees and mentors during the pairing process by monitoring the Academy’s mentoring portal and CRM system, managing the mentoring inbox queries and providing accurate and frequent reporting on mentoring uptake via the CRM’s reporting tools
• Liaising with the Business information team to raise programme areas that rely on CRM support and require improvements
• Liaising with a range of stakeholders, including universities, funding partners and biomedical and health researchers, to promote these programmes and to encourage participation
• Researching developments in programmes areas and the needs of discrete groups of aspiring biomedical and health researchers
• Producing published career development information, guidance and resources, both print and digital
• Raising the profile of the programmes to highlight the Academy as a leader in the field
• Monitoring and evaluating the success of the programmes and assisting with the production of high-quality reports
• Coordinating communications activity, and may include newsletter and maintenance of relevant sections of the Academy’s website
• Liaising with Academy Fellows, stakeholders, funders and other professional bodies
• Updating Academy Officers, Council and Senior Management Team through papers and briefings
• Supporting the wider programmes and career team activities as required
• Undertaking other ad-hoc duties that can reasonably be expected of this post

About you – what you bring to the role

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience organising and managing events and training workshops
• Experience using Salesforce CRM and reporting tools
• Some experience working with external facilitators and experts desirable
• Experience producing printed and digital content
• Strong organisational skills with keen attention to detail
• Building and maintaining effective networks
• Collaborating with other organisations
• Confident team player (within and across teams)

Benefits

• Salary progression framework
• Hybrid and agile working
• 29 days annual leave including Christmas closure dates, plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Regular organisation-wide Wellbeing Days
• Pension (the Academy offers a flexible contribution structure with a minimum employer contribution of 8% up to a maximum of 13% of gross salary, with an employee contribution ranging from 3% to 8%)
• Life assurance
• Vitality Private Medical Insurance, on completion of probation
• SimplyHealth Cash Plans, on completion of probation
• Season ticket travel loan (interest free), on completion of probation
• Cycle to work scheme, available on completion of probation
• Family-friendly benefits – enhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to qualifying period), coaching for parents returning to work
• Subscription to Headspace and Class Pass
• Staff training to support your development including EDI training

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers page.

Closing date: 3rd December 2025.

Interview date: w/c 8th December 2025.

Job Title:Challenge Events Manager

Department:  Fundraising and Development

Reports to:  Head of Supporter Engagement

Direct reports:  Fundraising Events Officer

This role will also oversee agency resource.

Location: Home based, with occasional travel to offices in London and Lingfield, Surrey

Salary: £38,000 - £41,523 depending on experience (FTE per annum)

Hours:  30 – 37 hours per week (Open to negotiation)

Contract: Permanent, all year round

Closing Date:  Thursday 4th December 2025

Young Epilepsy and St. Piers is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and promotes the welfare of all learners.

As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, online searches will form part of this process. 

An Enhanced Disclosure with relevant Barring Service checks and full referencing will be required before employment can commence.

Your Role

Are you passionate about challenge event fundraising and improving the lives of children and young people with epilepsy? Join the fundraising team at Young Epilepsy and take on an exciting new role leading the expansion of our challenge events programme.

You’ll be responsible for continuing the strong growth that we’re delivering in this area through the expansion of our challenge event portfolio and virtual challenge events. Line Managing the Fundraising Events Officer, you will work with them to manage our annual events and test new events and ideas.

This is a varied role with lots of potential for growth, development and the opportunity to shape the challenge event programme.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the delivery and expansion of Young Epilepsy’s challenge events programme.
• Continue to grow challenge event income, helping to diversify Young Epilepsy’s income.
• Lead and inspire the Challenge Events Team and delight our supporters.

What we need from you

• Collaborative, proactive, and passionate about improving the lives of children with epilepsy.
• Keen to learn and grow with a commitment to personal development.
• Imaginative, energetic and creative with a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Significant experience leading a challenge events programme within a supporterfocused organisation.
• Proven experience of successfully delivering virtual event fundraising and digital marketing.
• A passion for providing excellent stewardship and donor journeys, inspiring supporters and making improvements on processes.

 Your benefits

• Comprehensive training and professional development opportunities
• Generous annual leave
• Occupational pension scheme
• Subsidised dining room
• Gym membership options (on and off-site)
• Your Rewards, giving you access to nationwide discounts and benefits
• Free parking on campus
• Access to a working farm and horticultural area

We are accessible by bus, by train via the East Grinstead branch of the Oxted Line and by car

About us

Epilepsy can be one of the most frightening and isolating conditions a child can experience. There’s a loss of all sense of safety – not knowing when and where their next seizure will happen, who’ll be there and whether they’ll be hurt.

We’ve been transforming the lives of children and young people with epilepsy for over 125 years.

We’ve led the way in an inclusive, progressive, and nurturing approach to the education and support of children and young people with epilepsy.

Today, more than ever, Young Epilepsy is dedicated to standing up, with and for, children and young people with epilepsy. We’re here for them. It’s our job to listen and work with them so they can fulfil their potential.

We campaign for children’s rights. We deliver health services and research that improve diagnosis and treatments. We support children and young people throughout school, college, and university. We provide information, friendly advice, and practical help for living everyday life.  Together we create possible.

For further details of these and other vacancies, please visit our website: 

 No agencies please 

Young Epilepsy strives to employ people that reflect the community it serves; therefore, applications from minority groups and people with disabilities are particularly welcomed.
Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).

If you do not hear anything within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful.

Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).

For 140 years, the Forces Employment Charity has proudly supported Service leavers, veterans, and their families in building successful civilian careers. We provide veterans with life-long, life-changing support, jobs, and training opportunities, regardless of circumstances, rank, length of service, or reason for leaving.​

By working for FEC, you will become part of a vibrant team living the charity’s values: Expert, Supportive, Passionate, Open and Honest, Resilient, and Collaborative.​

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Brief role description 

​​​The Senior Individual Giving Officer plays an integral role within the Fundraising team at the Forces Employment Charity (FEC). As part of the Marketing, Communication and Fundraising Directorate, you will be responsible for the delivery of the core elements of the individual giving programme, developing engaging products and activity across multiple channels to support income generation, identifying new audiences, optimising responses, growing the supporter base and contributing to the lifetime value of supporters.​​

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Interested? Want to know more about the Charity?​ Check out our website​

​​Eager to know more about the role? ​Have a look at the Job Description attached 

​​What’s in it for you? ​Check out our Benefits.​

​​Have we convinced you to apply? ​If so, submit your CV and Covering Letter by Tuesday 16 December 2025.

​Got questions about the role? Get in touch with the People Team 

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Please note: Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert; therefore, we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. 

​​​If you are an internal applicant, please ensure you have made The People Team aware before applying. ​

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff by fostering an inclusive, supportive environment where everyone, including those with disabilities, can thrive, develop, and achieve their full potential. We actively encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and ensure reasonable adjustments are made to support candidates with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. ​

We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process.

Outline of the role

Supporting the planning and delivery of IAPB’s events as a key member of the IAPB Campaigns, Communications and Events team. Assisting with planning, logistics and administration of events at IAPB that enhance knowledge of eye health and convening of our members and stakeholders. Working with the Global Events Manager (UK-based) to plan and deliver high-quality events across the organisation, including the annual large-scale global event. 

IAPB is happy to consider applications from those interested in working full time (37.5 hours per week) or those wishing to work 4 days a week. 

Scope and accountability

The post holders role will support the implementation of our expanding events portfolio:

• Supporting the planning, delivery and evaluation of our online and in-person events in the UK and globally. This includes supporting with scheduling, liaising with members, key-stakeholders and suppliers, and managing the event administration to ensure the smooth running of the events.
• Manage the global events calendar to ensure IAPB events are advertised effectively and to the right audiences. Work with the communications team to ensure events are marketed effectively across our membership via the appropriate communication and social media platforms.
• Ensure the event attendee experience and event accessibility is continually improving and adapting with sector trends.
• Manage the events email inbox, ensuring timely responses and redirecting queries to relevant team members.
• Assist with event programme planning and administration for the annual global event.
• Speaker liaison management, working with the team to manage speakers for events, ensuring they are briefed, have supplied relevant information and working to build a database of speakers.
• Responsible for managing the data collection across events to understand the event's reach and continuously improve event processes and planning.
• Keep up with new trends and developments in events to better leverage them to help meet IAPBs goals and objectives.

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) is the overarching alliance for the global eye health sector dedicated to eliminating the global vision crisis. A global network spread across 100+ countries, of the most brilliant and committed non-profits, philanthropists, public and private organisations.

We are seeking someone to be a part of our journey and help us achieve our goals. We are a small charity with a supportive can-do attitude. We are informal but professional and work flexibly. This role offers a real opportunity for someone to contribute our development and progress towards our goals.

For further details of the role, the person specification, more about IAPB and the benefits we offer, please see the attached job description which will be visible when you press Apply. 

Salary: £30,000–£34,000 (depending on experience)
Contract: Permanent 35 hour week
Location: Hybrid – home-based and in Alton, Hampshire (two days a week)
Closing date: ASAP
Benefits: Generous annual leave, flexible working, and a supportive team environment
We have a great opportunity for a Senior Events Officer working for the UK’s leading kidney patient support charity. For nearly 50 years, they’ve been at the forefront of improving life for people affected by chronic kidney disease.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about delivering impactful events and wants to make a real difference in the lives of kidney patients. You’ll join a dynamic and supportive team, with the chance to lead on high-profile events, develop your leadership skills, and contribute to a cause that truly matters.
As part of this exciting role, you will take the lead in planning and delivering a portfolio of high-profile fundraising events that inspire, engage, and raise vital funds. From overseeing logistics and marketing to managing budgets and nurturing supporter relationships, you’ll ensure every event runs smoothly and every participant feels valued. You’ll also play a key role in building a high-performing team that shares a passion for delivering outstanding events.
To be successful as the Senior Events Officer you will need:

• Experience in a fundraising or events role, with a proven ability to deliver successful events
• Experience in organising challenge events, using creativity and strategy to maximise participation and managing budgets
• Excellent project management and communication skills, managing multiple events and deadlines with a self-motivated approach

If you would like to discuss this role with us, please email your CV to [email protected] or contact us and quote the reference 2745JP.
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.
We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency.
If enough applications are received the charity reserves the right to end the application period sooner.
 

Location: Reading, Hybrid 
Hours: 37 per week 
Salary: £37,132 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Campaign Closes: 28th November 2025

First Stage Interviews:8th and 10th December 2025

Second Stage Interviews: W/C 15th December 2025

Make-A-Wish UK is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Mass Participation Events Officer to lead the delivery of our flagship fundraising events, including the London Marathon, and to help shape the future of our mass participation portfolio. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact while working in a collaborative, purpose-driven environment.
Essential Criteria 

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in events fundraising or a related role.
• Proven experience of delivering events and supporter journeys.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Experience of working with digital marketing and CRM systems.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong understanding of fundraising compliance and GDPR.
• Experience of account managing a wide variety of clients/supporters/customers
• Experience managing own workload, prioritising and responding to changing demands
• Experience of reporting on financial and KPI performance
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills with a keen eye for detail, ensuring data accuracy and a strong understanding of reports. 
• Experience of working to and exceeding financial targets and KPIs, and being accountable for hitting set income targets or putting plans in place to mitigate income losses due to underperformance.
• Ability to work proactively and make data driven decisions, able to use initiative and plan and arrange own workload to meet set objectives.

Core Purpose:
The Senior Mass Participation Events Officer will play a pivotal role in the development and delivery of Make-A-Wish UK’s mass participation events portfolio, most notably the London Marathon, as well as other third-party and Make-A-Wish owned products (e.g. walks, runs, virtual events).

This position will lead on event delivery, support new product development, and coordinate marketing and supporter journey planning. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure seamless delivery, exceptional supporter experiences, and continuous improvement across the programme. This role is key to driving income growth, supporter acquisition, and retention through strategic planning and operational excellence.

This role sits within the Public Fundraising team who are responsible for individual giving, legacies, community fundraising, third party Mass Participation events, and owned fundraising products and events. The Public Fundraising team plays a vital role in contributing to our organisational strategic goal of developing sustainable sources of income. 

Key Responsibilities:
Strategy & Planning 

• Support the development and implementation of multi-year plans for mass participation events across a broad range of markets, activities and products.
• Lead on the delivery of a range of third-party challenge events, owned products and virtual events, including recruitment and onboarding of new supporters, stewardship of supporters, budget management, event planning and logistics, volunteer management, and evaluation and reporting on events, taking learnings forward to improve future events. This role will primarily manage the London Marathon, which is our biggest third-party fundraising event, bringing in around 50% of all third-party events income.
• Contribute to the innovation pipeline by identifying opportunities for new products and enhancements and supporting the development of minimum viable products. 
• Evaluate performance and identify opportunities for growth.
• Ensure plans are data-driven and aligned with organisational strategy.
• Work proactively to identify a pipeline of future support and new fundraising opportunities, varying across corporate teams, groups and associations, individual supporters and third-party activities, converting prospects into confirmed supporters to maximise income growth.
• Work to an agreed income target with the aim of exceeding and growing income. You will have responsibility and accountability for hitting financial targets.

Acquisition and retention of supporters

• Coordinate marketing plans for acquisition, working with the creative team and digital freelancer.
• Brief and manage asset creation for campaigns across digital and print.
• Liaise with the email specialist to support campaign delivery via Campaign Monitor.
• Build and optimise registration flows to ensure a seamless user experience.
• Develop and deliver automated, multi-channel supporter journeys to retain donors, maximise fundraising, and promote further engagement. 
• Implement key milestones including welcome communications, fundraising support, and post-event stewardship.
• Align supporter journeys with the wish journey to deepen engagement.
• Implement key milestones of the supporter journey including welcome calls, race pack mailings, thank you mailings and fundraising chases. 
• Maintain effective relationships with Make-A-Wish UK colleagues and supporters, maximising retention and long-term value, and identify cross-departmental opportunities where appropriate by working collaboratively.
• Effectively steward small and medium corporate teams, ensuring corporate partners participating in third-party Mass Participation events have an exceptional experience.
• Coordinate cross-functional input from brand, digital, supporter care and wishgranting teams to ensure integrated delivery of mass participation events.

Event Management and Delivery 

• Lead planning and delivery of a portfolio of mass participation events, including logistics, budgeting, and on-the-day coordination.
• Act as operational lead for assigned events and products, making decisions on delivery approaches, resourcing, and supporter experience within agreed strategic parameters
• Provide informal mentoring and guidance to the Mass Participation Events Officer, supporting their development and ensuring consistency in delivery. Support the Officer with event logistics and delivery as needed.
• Maximise supporter engagement to meet income targets and KPIs at events. 
• Develop project plans, marketing plans and supporter journeys for a portfolio of mass participation events. 
• Attend Mass Participation events and represent Make-A-Wish in a professional manner. Be prepared to work some weekends and evenings where required. 
• Lead on event day logistics including the management of staff and volunteers. 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

• Monitor fundraising progress and approve partner invoices in alignment with the team’s budget and coding structure.
• Monitor event performance against agreed KPIs including recruitment targets, fundraising targets, and average fundraising per head. 
• Make data-informed decisions to optimise event delivery and supporter journeys, escalating strategic or high-risk issues to the Manager.
• Present results and learnings in monthly meetings with the wider Public Fundraising team and contribute to strategic reviews.
• Use learnings to feed into the ongoing development of the overall Mass Participation events strategy. 
• Be accountable for set income and acquisition targets, continually monitoring performance against targets, using initiative to spot opportunities for improvement and areas of growth and acting on these opportunities. 

Are you a brilliant event coordinator? Do you have experience developing training events? Can you spot opportunities to inspire, educate and engage audiences?  

The SLA supports approximately 2000 members with advice, training and advocacy across the UK. The Events Manager will form an essential part of the SLA team working to run a high quality, inspiring and engaging events and training to help us deliver on our mission to support members, so that more children and young people reach their full potential through the school library. You will lead on the organisation of our annual conference; develop and maintain a calendar of events and training for members and non-member audiences; and support the team with all event related administration and logistics.  Events at the SLA include member meet ups (in person and online), events in our branch network across 23 regions, professional development and training, and our SLA Awards ceremonies.

Your work will be at the forefront of our member offer, helping to build links with membership, support members, build relationships with key stakeholders and sponsors, delivering high-quality training and impactful events offer across the year. An agile and flexible thinker, you will be creative, with a flair for spotting opportunities for professional development, and have a keen eye for detail with an ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines. Using your project management experience, you will work with the CEO, SLA team colleagues and subject matter experts and facilitators to develop and deliver a high quality and competitive calendar of events and training. 

This is a full time role (37 hours per week) working throughout the year. Find out more about the role including full job description and how to apply by downloading the job specification pack. 

Application deadline: 19th December 

Interviews: First round interview (online): 13th/14th January

Second round interview in person TBC: 20th/22nd January 

Applications without a covering letter will not be considered. No agencies please.   

Due to the volume of applications we cannot provide individual feedback. We really appreciate your interest. If you haven’t heard from us within four weeks of the deadline, it means we’ve moved forward with other candidates on this occasion. We encourage you to apply again in the future. Please note we may close recruitment early should the right candidate be identified. 

Working within the Visitor Services team, you will play key role in developing our education and events programme. Based at Deen City Farm, working within a beautiful setting, the role will be working to expand opportunities for children and adults within the local community. You will be a strong communicator, able to manage your time and priorities effectively, and will want to deliver impactful and inspiring programmes. 

BACKGROUND

Deen City Farm is a successful community resource comprising a city farm, riding school and garden project based in the London Borough of Merton. Our mission is to be an oasis providing urban communities with the opportunity to connect with animals and nature. Our founding charitable objectives include promoting education in agriculture, horticulture, home-crafts, country life and animal care and providing facilities for members of our local communities, in particular those considered the most vulnerable.

JOB PURPOSE

To work within the Visitor Services team to support the running and development of the education and events programme at Deen City Farm.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Full time 40 hours per week, permanent, usually Monday to Friday. Some evening, weekend and bank holiday work will be required.

• Develop and maintain professional links with schools, colleges and community groups.
• Develop an educational programme in line with the current curriculum. Creating an offering which covers appropriate themes in line with our charitable objectives.
• Ensure appropriate Safeguarding procedures are in place and followed.
• Lead on informal education opportunities including creating educational family trails and running school holiday activities.
• Coordinate school and community group visits onsite, ensuring that they are adequately staffed.
• Coordinate and run farm tours for school and community groups.
• Update and maintain the information panels around the farm, creating engaging and educational content.
• To work with the Farm’s management team in order to engage the local community with a diverse mix of events and activities, promoting year-round attendance to the farm.
• To provide educational advice and support to colleagues as and when required.
• Work with senior staff members to identify new sources of funding including grants, individual and corporate donors.
• Help plan and coordinate site-wide events in conjunction with the Visitor Services Manager, ensuring that our activity programme is engaging and educational.
• Comply and input into relevant Health & Safety Procedures and Risk Assessments.
• To ensure that the classroom and areas used for educational purposes areas are kept tidy, with equipment and materials safely stored and regular safety checks carried out.
• Attend regular team meetings to promote and encourage the on-going effective delivery of educational opportunities.
• Visit schools and educational events with our mobile farm.
• Oversee the administration or the education programme including preparing activity budgets.
• To collaborate with the Visitor Services Manger on reports to the General Manager and Board of Trustees as required.
• Work closely with other managers to maximise visitor enjoyment and increase awareness of the Farm’s charitable objectives.
• Any other duties that may arise which are appropriate to the role.

PERSONAL SPECIFICATION

Essential

• Educated to degree level or relevant experience.
• Relevant teaching/ coaching experience.
• Experience of working with young people.
• Experience of working with adults and children with physical and/or learning disabilities.
• Experience of delivering arts & crafts education.
• Experience with Health and Safety procedures, including risk assessments.
• Excellent literacy, numeracy and IT skills, with the ability to keep accurate records.
• Experience managing and motivating staff and volunteers.
• Knowledge of Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities legislation.
• Knowledge or willingness to learn about animal welfare and husbandry.
• Excellent communication
• A positive team player
• A creative, open and innovative approach to working with people, particularly those who experience disadvantage and inequality.
• Able to identify imaginative and productive ways of utilising assets with limited resources.
• Organised and efficient
• Comfortable working with and handling animals.
• Consent to an enhanced DBS

Desirable

• Teaching qualification.
• Additional practical/academic qualifications in a related subject
• Experience of working in a community farm.
• Experience working in a charity or community-based environment.
• Budget Management
• Experience of graphic design work.
• Knowledge of fundraising and income generation.
• Horticultural/food growing knowledge or experience.
• Qualified First aider
• Fire Marshall
• Full clean driving license

Community Events Coordinator

The Volunteering & Events team at KCLSU are looking for a Community Events Coordinator. To ensure that our students thrive and enjoy the best possible experience at King's College London, the focus of this role is to connect students through a diverse range of events across the academic year. 

Partnering with over 300 KCLSU student groups, this role is one of two Community Events Coordinators who deliver: 

• The KCLSU Community events programme; overseeing the successful delivery of Welcome & Social Connection Events (Freshers), Liberation Events and Faith & Culture Events. 
• The KCLSU Reach events programme, which offers bespoke activities for students identified as harder-to-reach, such as postgraduates, online learners, or those who study at our Denmark Hill campus. 
• KCLSU flagship events, such as the Welcome Fair and KCLSU Awards. 

To apply for this role, please complete an application form and include a personal statement detailing how you meet the person specification. 

To be eligible for this role, you must:

• Be eligible to work in the UK and provide proof of this (i.e. a passport or visa) when asked to by KCLSU. Please note that KCLSU is unable to offer visa sponsorship. 
• Have a National Insurance number, or be in the process of applying for one. 
• Not be a trustee of King's College London Students' Union. 

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Brief role description:

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, this role is responsible for what happens in our parks and open spaces on Saturday and Sunday mornings, for the community of volunteers who make this happen and for how we support participants and event teams with their requests and queries.

This role oversees all aspects of delivering and supporting parkrun events across the world, collaborating with global colleagues to ensure that parkrun events continue to be delivered in line with our principles of simple, scalable, sustainable and our promise that they will be free, for everyone, forever. 

This role will also have oversight of the effective delivery of our volunteer strategy and will ensure that our volunteer community and ambassador networks global continue to grow, diversify and thrive.

Also overseeing the Support team who manage event risk assessments and respond to range queries, the successful candidate will be responsive to the learnings from the Support team and translate them into new policy or practice.

Finally, as a member of the SLT this role will help shape and deliver parkrun’s global strategy, championing event delivery and leading cross functional projects. 

Main responsibilities:

• Sets overall global strategy for event delivery, ensuring that parkrun events are not only safe and accessible, but the barriers to event delivery are minimised and the parkrun event delivery model remains simple, scalable, and sustainable.  This includes:

  • Working with the divisional event delivery leads to ensure best practice is developed, balancing local context and global direction

  • Ensuring that divisional event delivery teams are appropriately recording, classifying, actioning, and monitoring event-related incidents

  • Responsibility for operational of the critical incident line, staff and volunteer rostering and training

  • Monitoring critical medical incidents and maximising the safety of participants through proactively reviewing practices and policies

  • Responsibility for creating and maintaining global event delivery guidance, policies and procedures, as well as ensuring that guidance is shared appropriately and that event team adherence is monitored.

• Working with the Global Volunteering Lead to: 

  • To oversee the implementation of parkrun’s global volunteering strategy, and to ensure that volunteering is valued, celebrated and supported as a form of participation

  • Provide internal thought leadership to drive the delivery of a cohesive approach and voice for volunteering activities across our global organisation 

  • Drive forward effective digital and in-person volunteer engagement and high quality support, training and development

  • Oversee volunteer associated policies and procedures

  • Engage with external stakeholders in the volunteering space to ensure parkrun offers best practice in volunteer engagement.

• Working with the Global Head of Support to:

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive support strategy that enhances our relationship with our community

  • Oversee the event risk assessment process

  • Continuously assess and enhance support processes to meet evolving needs of the parkrun community

  • Collaborate across the organisation to ensure seamless integration of support services into the overall parkrun ecosystem

  • Monitor performance metrics and identify areas for improvement.

Desirable Experience:

• Track record of setting an operational strategy, aligning teams to organisational goals and delivering measurable results

• Skilled in leading and motivating international teams remotely, with a strong appreciation for cultural diversity and inclusive collaboration

• Working in an organisation with a strong volunteering ethos and experience of volunteer management 

• Managing delivery of community events at scale

• Experience of customer service or support desk models and delivery, incident management and complaints 

• Leveraging technology to find efficiencies in operational processes

• Demonstrated strength in influencing and uniting others around shared goals, fostering collaboration and commitment across teams and cultures without direct line management

• A deep understanding of parkrun’s operating model.

Relevant skills and behaviours:

• A purpose-driven leader who aligns with parkrun values

• Strong and effective relationship builder and communicator - able to collaborate with our communities and colleagues across the globe

• Forward thinking and willing to lean into big challenges - balancing the global growth of parkrun with the resulting pressure on the operating model

• Able to embed an innovation as usual mindset and find efficiencies in the event delivery model without losing impact

• A creative thinking who is prepared to explore new initiative and event formats as we continue to scale

• A natural collaborator who can work effectively across teams including with Safeguarding, People and Culture, Health & Inclusion,  Digital and Commercial

• A considered yet decisive individual who is authentic yet inspiring and can see the detail and the big picture.

Expectations of a line managers at parkrun:

• Will have regular 1:1s with direct reports. 

• Will set objectives for direct reports / team. 

• Will provide regular feedback and developmental guidance. 

• Will plan teams’ workload and availability.

• Will play a role in recruitment and selection and work with the People & Culture team to understand the roles required. 

• Will cascade messages to the team as appropriate. 

• Will be able to assign responsibilities and authority to the right employees, taking their interests, ambitions, development and competency into account.

• Will deliver any disciplinary sanctions in line with our policies and processes. 

• Will provide support for team members and promote health and wellbeing at work.

Harris Hill is delighted to be working with Hospice of the Good Shepherd to recruit its new Chief Executive Officer.

Hospice of the Good Shepherd provides care and support free of charge to the people of Chester, West Cheshire and Deeside who are affected by life limiting illnesses, and we ensure everyone we support has the best possible quality of life. We help our patients to live as well as possible and to make every moment count.

As Chief Executive, you will:

• Bring inspirational leadership and drive to the Hospice.
• Give direction, maintain financial stability and develop the operational management of the Hospice.
• Have a passion for end-of-life care, with the energy and talent to motivate our highly committed teams as we forge a path to a future where we tailor our services ever more closely to the needs and wants of our local communities.

If you are inspired and excited by what Hospice of the Good Shepherd does, we’d love to hear from you.

Job title: Chief Executive Officer

Salary: £84,500 - £89,000 p.a. FTE

Contract: Permanent / Full-time (37.5 hours p/w) or Part-time (30 hours p/w)

Location: Hospice of the Good Shepherd, Gordon Lane, Backford, Chester. CH2 4DG

How to apply:

Please review the Recruitment Pack for further information about Hospice of the Good Shepherd, the CEO position and for details on how to apply.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 5th January 2026

Both Hospice of the Good Shepherd and Harris Hill operate an equal opportunity policy and commit to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.