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Are you a detail-driven finance professional with the skill for keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes? We’re looking for a Finance Manager to join our dynamic team and play a key role in ensuring the integrity and efficiency of our financial operations.
Reporting to the Head of Financial Operations, you’ll be at the heart of our finance department—overseeing everything from general ledger accuracy and treasury management to accounts payable/receivable and VAT returns. You’ll help maintain high standards of professional competence, support internal and external audits, and lead on monthly controls and reconciliations.
This role is not open to sponsorship.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Oversight of the integrity and accuracy of the general ledger
- Responsibility for the monthly control oversight, including internal controls, prompt reconciliations of control accounts, separation of duties, and compliance with proscribed systems of authorisation. This includes the management of existing finance processes and associated process maps and policies.
- Assist in the preparation of annual accounts, in compliance with the SORP and relevant GAAP. Liaison with external and internal auditors
- Lead in preparation of the daily cash flow forecast, and preparation of monthly reconciliations between forecast and actual
- Oversee the Purchase Ledger Manager including oversight of the purchase ledger function, ensuring the ledger is kept clean and at an acceptable level, and maintaining the sub ledgers within purchase ledger
- Oversight of the sales ledger function working with the Billings & Contracts Officer.
- Oversee the Fundraising Finance Lead role, ensuring accuracy of reconciliations between Fundraising and Finance
- Oversight of the Fixed Asset Register, ensuring its accuracy
- Submission of the quarterly VAT returns
- Management of the Charity’s Bank Accounts and Corporate Cards
- A leading role in ongoing development to the Finance systems to drive efficiencies
- Cover for the Head of Financial Operations when necessary
- Ad hoc projects as required by the Head of Financial Operations
Strictly no agencies, please.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits on our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Senior Stewardship Manager for Mighty Hikes
1 year fixed-term contract (career break cover)
34.5 hours per week
Location: Hybrid between home and our London, Shipley or Glasgow office
Salary: £42,800 – £47,800 per annum
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.
Each year we recruit thousands of people to take part in the Macmillan Mighty Hikes, a sector-leading series of hiking events across the UK that have raised over £70m for people living with cancer.
We’re looking for an experienced and results-driven stewardship manager with excellent project management skills to oversee the delivery and development of our multi-channel stewardship campaign, registration platform and website for the 2026 series.
Do you enjoy working with multiple stakeholders to progress new initiatives? Are you committed to driving value and optimising performance? Do you like analysing data and insights to find answers? If you answered yes to any of these, this could be the role for you!
About the role
This role is responsible for leading our Programme Manager and Officer to plan, build and optimise our multi-channel stewardship journey – covering email, outbound calling, SMS and direct mail. You will also work in close collaboration with our Product and Digital teams to manage and develop our website and registration platform.
A typical week in this role might involve:
- Overseeing the delivery of project plan tasks across different stakeholders, to make sure everyone is meeting set KPIs and working to deadline
- Managing our relationship with our registration platform provider, using data and insight to identify improvement
- Working with creative agencies to brief and produce assets, using audience insights, that will inspire people to fundraise for their Mighty Hike
- Managing expenditure budgets to ensure spend is tracking accurately against different suppliers
- Using JustGiving data to report on fundraising performance and identify opportunities to drive growth and test new activations
- Leading on meetings with internal and external stakeholders to present the Mighty Hikes and inspire high levels of engagement and support
This role does require weekend work (although not at your desk) as you’ll be out and about cheering on our participants. A full UK driver’s license is preferred and a willingness to drive a van is a bonus. You will be compensated for your weekend work with days in lieu.
All candidates are subject to a criminal record check for this role. This cost will be covered by Macmillan and all enhancements must be declared prior to the check.
About you
We are looking for an experienced stewardship manager with a passion for project management, strong account management skills and understanding of digital optimisation.
- Stewardship skills: experience delivering multi-channel stewardship campaigns with personalisation based on customer segments
- Digital skills: experience with website management and a strong understanding of digital optimisation and SEO
- Financial skills: proven track-record of hitting financial targets and managing expenditure budgets
- Results-focussed: ability to analyse data to report on performance and make decisions for optimisation
- Project management and leadership: experience in leading individuals or teams to deliver a project, setting clear goals and delegating tasks effectively
- Communication: an ability to communicate clearly with a range of different people, with confidence to influence and negotiate to drive projects forwards, as needed
- Relationship management: an ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and external partners, which enable productive collaboration on projects
Please note, the internal job title for this role is Senior Challenge Events Programme Manager.
About our benefits
- 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
- Pension matched up to 7.5%
- 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
- Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
- Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Thursday 4 September 2025 at 23:59.
1st interviews w/c 15 September 2025.
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
So that we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team for advice and reasonable adjustments.
We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
Registered Charity
More than 1000
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Work for the Association of British Neurologists in an exciting opportunity to make your mark on an influential and nationally recognised organisation that is changing the way it delivers its communications.
The ABN is the professional body for neurologists in the United Kingdom. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with neurological disorders by advancing the knowledge and practice of neurology in the British Isles. The ABN is a dynamic membership society with over 2000 members, working hard to raise the voice of neurology at a national level.
About the role
Working within a small team, you will be an imporant part of communications & marketing for a membership association supporting the vital work of neurologists across the UK. This varied and rewarding role is ideal for someone looking to gain hands-on experience, work in a small team and have the ability to shape the direction of communications strategy. This is an exciting time to join the ABN as we undertake a digital transformation project with a growing team. We offer a collaborative and friendly working environment, with lots of opportunity for professional development. The successful candidate will work closely with the Engagement Manager and wider ABN team. The position is offered on a fixed term basis for 12 months.
About you
We are looking for somebody with the following skills:
Essential
- Excellent & versatile written communication
- Experience of drafting accurate and purposeful copy for marketing and communications materials
- Good knowledge of social media platforms & strategies
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to work independently within a small agile team
- Excellent prioritisation skills
- Experience of creating high-quality design and graphic assets
- Quick learner with a desire to expand knowledge
Desirable
- Experience of Canva/Adobe Photoshop
- Experience of video editing, esp. for social media
- Experience of managing social media accounts
- Knowledge of membership associations or the charity sector
- Interest in health, science, or the medical charity sector
Benefits
- 28 days annual leave + 8 public holidays (pro-rata)
- Generous pension contributions: you put in 1%, we’ll put in 10%
- Professional development programme including regular 1:1s, appraisals and training opportunities
- Hybrid working and flexible hours
- Time off in lieu for ABN event attendance
- Generous health plan with Simply Health
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
About the Role
Join MAP and help deliver exceptional care for our supporters.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. We deliver life-saving medical care and strengthen health systems for those worst affected by conflict, occupation, and displacement in the occupied Palestinian territory and Lebanon. We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Supporter Care Manager to lead our Supporter Care team. You’ll oversee our supporter care operations, ensuring every donor, fundraiser, and campaigner receives outstanding, empathetic service. You’ll also champion the voice of our supporters across MAP, ensuring their experiences shape our work.
What you’ll do:
- Lead and inspire our Supporter Care team (3 direct reports), fostering a supportive, high-performing environment.
- Oversee income and data processing, enquiry handling, and complaint management.
- Drive continuous improvements in systems, processes, and supporter experience.
- Monitor KPIs, report on performance, and implement service enhancements.
- Ensure compliance with GDPR, the Fundraising Code, and other relevant regulations.
- Collaborate with teams across MAP to deliver supporter-focused solutions.
About You
What we’re looking for:
- Proven experience leadership in a customer or supporter care function, ideally in a charity setting.
- Strong people management skills, with the ability to coach, motivate, and develop teams.
- Excellent communication skills and a genuine passion for delivering exceptional supporter experiences.
- Experience improving processes and meeting/exceeding service level agreements.
- Good understanding of compliance in a supporter care context (GDPR, the Fundraising Code, Direct Debits, Gift Aid).
- CRM experience (Microsoft Dynamics desirable).
Why work with us?
At MAP, you’ll join a locally-led, values-driven organisation making a tangible difference for the health and dignity of Palestinians. We offer a supportive team culture, opportunities for development, and the chance to play a key role in strengthening relationships with tens of thousands of people committed to our mission.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Supporter Experience and Relationship Management
- Lead MAP’s Supporter Care team to deliver a high-quality, empathetic and efficient
service that underpins all income generating and engagement activities.
- Ensure consistent, engaging and supporter-centric communications across all channels
(written, verbal and digital), supporting the team to continually improve interactions with
supporters.
- Be responsible for translating complex organisational and campaign information into
clear and actionable briefs, messaging, scripts and training resources for the team.
- Be an internal advocate for MAP’s supporters, ensuring their voices and experiences are
heard across MAP’s teams.
Team Leadership and Development
- Inspire, coach and develop the Supporter Care team – creating a psychologically safe
environment where the team can do their best work, learn and collaborate.
- Line manage the Supporter Care and Database Assistants – set clear objectives and
provide ongoing feedback, ensuring professional growth, satisfaction in their roles and
supporting their wellbeing.
- Proactively manage workloads, resources, and wellbeing within the team to deliver highquality service across varying activity and enquiry levels.
- Support the team in handling complex enquiries and complaints, leading by example in
delivering exceptional supporter care and acting as the first point of escalation.
Processes, reporting and systems improvement
- Be responsible for the delivery and continuous improvement of supporter care
operations, ensuring KPIs and SLAs are met and ensuring that MAP has great
interactions with every supporter who emails, calls or writes to us.
- Regularly review, monitor and report on KPIs, including the speed and quality of
interactions. Identify trends, opportunities and risks and be responsible for
implementing timely and appropriate adjustments where necessary.
- Be responsible for submitting complaint and feedback reports and information for
quarterly reporting to the SMT and board.
- Presenting quarterly reports more widely across MAP and proactively share feedback,
complaints and compliments with relevant colleagues.
- Adopt a culture of continuous improvement, leading and supporting the team to
develop processes to better meet SLAs and supporter needs.
- Maintain a working knowledge of MAP’s CRM (Microsoft Dynamics) and be able to
troubleshoot non-technical issues and provide a high level of support and training to the team. Cross-organisational collaboration
- Work collaboratively to develop and deliver the supporter care programme, ensuring it is
relevant, supporter-led and inspiring – with a key focus on deepening engagement with the cause, providing ease of interaction and supporter complaint management.
- Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders to deliver cross-organisational objectives and supporter-focused solutions within agreed timelines.
- Collaborate on the development of FAQs and supporter messaging, highlighting supporter queries and concerns and collaborating with colleagues to develop appropriate and accurate responses.
- Manage relationships with relevant external stakeholders including MAPs fulfilment house, donation platform provider
Compliance and risk management
- Ensure MAP’s supporter care activities, and those of third-party suppliers, fully comply with relevant legislation and standards, including GDPR/ Data Protection, PECR, PCIDSS, Gift Aid and Fundraising Codes of Practice and Direct Debit Regulations.
- Act as MAP’s operational lead for compliance in supporter care, keeping up to date with regulatory developments, sector initiatives and best practice.
- Be responsible for MAPs adherence to BACs guidelines including paperless Direct Debits.
- Maintain robust processes for risk identification and escalation, safeguarding MAP’s reputation and supporter trust.
General responsibilities
- Support the delivery of MAP’s Fundraising Operations programme as required.
- Support the mission, ethos and values of MAP.
- Support and promote diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- Abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices.
- Treat with confidentiality any personal, private or sensitive information about individual organisations, clients, or staff and MAP data.
- Stay up to date with fundraising and customer/supporter services approaches, techniques and best practice.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Proven experience in a supporter or customer care leadership/supervisor role, with significant experience of delivering and improving customer service, including managing and prioritising conflicting strategic priorities.
- Strong leadership skills with experience of line management, coaching and developing team members.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a high level of empathy and understanding. Plus the ability to adapt your communication style to different internal and external audiences.
- Strong organisation and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise and delegate effectively.
- Experience with setting and monitoring Service Level Agreements – both for internal teams and individuals as well as with external service providers.
- Experience in improving team processes and implementing service enhancements which improve experience and the meeting/exceeding of SLAs
- Good understanding of GDPR/Data Protection, safeguarding and the Fundraising Code of Practice in a supporter care context.
- Proficient in the use of CRM systems and supporter databases (experience with Microsoft Dynamics is Desirable).
Desirable
- Experience working in a charity with a humanitarian, medical or campaigning focus.
- Knowledge of payment processing and regular giving administration.
- Experience of managing third party suppliers to deliver on Service Level Agreements.
- Intermediate level experience of MS Excel.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- A passion for excellent customer service and a drive to improve supporter experience.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and collaborate effectively –including relationship building, influencing, negotiating and engaging.
- A successful team leader who is able to manage and develop individuals so that they work together as a team to deliver on shared objectives.
- An ability to apply awareness of diversity issues to all areas of work.
- Ability to work independently and manage a team with minimal supervision – with a willingness to take a proactive approach in managing workload, taking accountability for tasks and balancing workload and wellbeing within your team.
- Ability to communicate complex information with confidence and clarity.
- Commitment to MAPs anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities.
- Commitment to the aims, values and ethos of MAP – MAPs values are Solidarity, Integrity, Impact and Dignity.
- Ability to work weekends and evenings on occasion in the case of emergencies.
Note: we encourage all interested applicants to apply, even if they don’t meet all criteria within
the person specification
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Senior Marketing Manager for Mighty Hikes
1 year fixed-term contract (secondment cover)
34.5 hours per week
Location: Hybrid between home and our London, Shipley or Glasgow office
Salary: £42,800 – £47,800 per annum
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.
Each year we recruit thousands of people to take part in the Macmillan Mighty Hikes, a sector-leading series of hiking events across the UK that have raised over £70m for people living with cancer.
We’re looking for an experienced marketing manager with a passion for project management to oversee the development and delivery of our multi-channel marketing campaign, supported by our media agency.
Do you enjoy working with multiple stakeholders to develop exciting new initiatives? Are you committed to driving value and optimising performance? Do you like analysing data and insights to find answers? If you answered yes to any of these, this could be the role for you!
About the role:
This role is responsible for the development and delivery of our multi-channel media campaign in collaboration with our media agency Zenith, the conception of our creative campaign and management of internal stakeholders to maximise promotional opportunities.
A typical week in this role might involve:
- Overseeing the delivery of project plan tasks across different stakeholders, to make sure everyone is meeting set KPIs and working to deadline
- Managing our relationship with the media agency, monitoring channel performance to make optimisations
- Working with creative agencies to brief and produce assets, using audience insights, that will inspire people to sign up for a Mighty Hike
- Managing expenditure budgets to ensure spend is tracking accurately against different media plans and suppliers
- Using data to report on performance and identify opportunities to drive growth and test new activations
- Leading on meetings with internal and external stakeholders to present the Mighty Hikes and inspire high levels of engagement and support
This role does require weekend work (although not at your desk) as you’ll be out and about cheering on our participants. A full UK driver’s license is preferred and a willingness to drive a van is a bonus. You will be compensated for your weekend work with days in lieu.
All candidates are subject to a criminal record check for this role. This cost will be covered by Macmillan and all enhancements must be declared prior to the check.
About you:
We are looking for an experienced marketing manager with a passion for project management, strong account management skills and a creative eye.
- Marketing skills: experience delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns across paid, owned and earned with a particular focus on digital channels
- Results-focussed: ability to analyse data to report on performance and make decisions for optimisation
- Project management and leadership: experience in leading individuals or teams to deliver a project, setting clear goals and delegating tasks effectively
- Financial skills: proven track-record of hitting financial targets and managing expenditure budgets
- Creativity: has a passion for social first creative and delivering engaging content across different mediums
- Communication: an ability to communicate clearly with a range of different people, with confidence to influence and negotiate to drive projects forwards, as needed
- Relationship management: an ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and external partners, which enable productive collaboration on projects
Please note, the internal job title for this role is Senior Challenge Events Programme Manager.
About our benefits
- 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
- Pension matched up to 7.5%
- 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
- Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
- Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Thursday 4 September 2025 at 23:59.
1st interviews w/c 15 September 2025.
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
So that we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team for advice and reasonable adjustments.
We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
Registered Charity
More than 1000
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About Child’s i Foundation
Child’s i Foundation is a small but mighty social impact organisation that started in Uganda and now has a growing global footprint. We work with communities, caregivers, and individuals with lived experience to co-create and scale sustainable alternatives to institutional care. We address the root causes of family separation and demonstrate that every child belongs in a safe and loving family, not in an orphanage.
Purpose of the Role
The Business Development Lead will play a critical role in driving the financial sustainability of Child’s i Foundation. This person will lead efforts to secure new income, grow existing partnerships, and strengthen supporter engagement. This role combines strategy and execution and is ideal for someone with a passion for social justice, a flair for building relationships, and experience in both fundraising and donor communications. The role will report into our Chief Executive Officer.
Key Responsibilities
Business Development & Income Generation
- Develop and execute the fundraising and income generation strategy across diverse streams including:
- Trusts and Foundations
- Corporate Partnerships
- Major Donors
- Regular Giving
- Campaigns and Events (UK & Uganda)
- Track investment in partnership with Finance Manager
- Identify and cultivate new funding opportunities aligned with Child's i mission, values and strategic objectives.
- Lead proposal writing, donor reporting and relationship management for high-value funders and partners.
- Work closely with the CEO and Board to unlock networks and steward strategic relationships
Supporter Engagement & Communications
- Oversee supporter care and stewardship, ensuring timely acknowledgements and meaningful engagement.
- Manage and work with the comms team to develop content for digital fundraising platforms (website, social media, and email).
- Guide the comms team to develop compelling supporter journeys and storytelling that reflect the voices of communities we work with.
- Oversee the development of newsletters and donor communications that build long-term loyalty.
Operational Fundraising Management
- Oversee donation processing, database management, and tracking of fundraising KPIs.
- Coordinate with UK and Uganda teams to align messaging, campaigns, and compliance.
- Provide strategic oversight of volunteer-led and community fundraising initiatives.
Team Collaboration & Leadership
- Line manage junior fundraising support if applicable.
- Work collaboratively with programme, comms, finance, and impact teams to ensure donor requirements are met and learning is shared.
- Contribute to organisational learning on ethical fundraising, locally-led development, and shifting power to communities.
Person Specification
Essential
- Proven experience in business development and fundraising (minimum 3 years), ideally in the social impact or NGO sector.
- Track record of securing income from trusts, foundations, or major donors.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives.
- Strong relationship-building skills, from individual supporters to institutional donors.
- Organised, proactive, and adaptable, able to juggle multiple priorities in a small, fast-moving team.
- Commitment to Child’s i’s values and vision, and to ethical fundraising grounded in dignity and equity.
Desirable
- Experience working in East Africa or with Global South-led organisations.
- Familiarity and confidence with use of CRM systems. We use Beacon.
- Understanding of child protection, care reform, or community development sectors.
What We Offer
- A chance to make a tangible difference in the lives of children and families.
- Flexible and supportive working environment.
- Opportunity to be part of a globally respected, locally rooted team shaping the future of child care in Africa and beyond
- 25 days of holiday entitlement
- Contributory Pension
Normal office hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm (with one hour for lunch), but flexibility will be required
We are open to part-time working requests.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Context and Background
The NSPCC's mission is to end cruelty to children. In order to carry out its charitable work, the NSPCC relies on the fundraising support of people across the UK for 85% of its annual income. Within Fundraising, our aim is to provide maximum resources for the NSPCC and children by working together to create the best possible donor experience by building long-term relationships to create a supporter experience which is different, better and more rewarding than that of supporting any other charity.
The Special Events team focuses on fundraising events as a key part of audience-led fundraising. This department is responsible for supporting volunteer committees in putting on high level fundraising events. Execution needs to be flawless. Attention to detail is paramount, as are the diplomatic skills to help volunteers achieve success. About the team and how this roles fits into the team and department
Job purpose
· To contribute to the Income Generation department’s purpose of maximising income from potential and current supporters through project managing specific events (including securing sponsorship), and providing committee support
· To support in the delivery of the agreed departmental strategy, goals and fundraising budget
· To work effectively with other departments in Income Generation and other functions within the NSPCC to maximise income for children
· To keywork supporters and build excellent relationships with key stakeholders who take responsibility for delivering income through high level fundraising and corporate events
· To ensure our events are delivered to a consistently high standard, and bring in new, innovative ideas so we remain competitive in the sector
Key relationships - Internal
· Reports to Fundraising Manager / Head of Special Events
· Line management responsibility of one Special Events Executive
· Pro-actively works with colleagues in other NSPCC divisions to further relationships and identify and develop opportunities for growth
· Works with a range of NSPCC supporters and potential supporters and/or a range of suppliers that support fundraising relationships and activity
Key relationships - External
· Recruiting, managing and building relationships with chairs, committee members and other senior volunteers
· Procuring and managing relationships with Special Event suppliers
Main duties and responsibilities
· To lead and scope out new events and opportunities
· To successfully manage and deliver large-scale events and special projects within the portfolio of events, overseeing all event logistics and relationship management and development of Special Events Managers when working on shared projects
· To lead on specific fundraising projects and large-scale events, and support development of Executives through your projects
· Contribute to and deliver particular aspects of the department’s annual business plan and budget. To support project groups for the Special Events team to improve processes and identify new opportunities
· To manage and develop relationships with senior volunteers and potential supporters through effective and regular communication
· To proactively seek out opportunities to add value to the team and wider organisation
· To develop and create engaging materials for events and stakeholders
· To act as experts in our field by offering support and expertise both internally and externally
· To work cross-departmentally to ensure that fundraising activities are managed and developed in a way that maximises income for the NSPCC through streamlined processes
· To manage, negotiate and review relationships with external suppliers to ensure the most cost effective outcome
· To line manage a Special Events Executive, provide training, mentoring, coaching and development of that individual
· To represent the NSPCC’s values in everything you do
Responsibilities for all Staff within the Income Generation Directorate
· A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people
· To update databases and supporter information systems on a regular basis in line with Data Protection legislation and NSPCC policy and procedures.
· To actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy, discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to the Directorate and wider NSPCC activities.
· To adhere to all the NSPCC’s service standards, policies and procedures.
· To evidence an understanding of and commitment to the demonstration of the NSPCC’s values.
· To maintain an awareness of and comply with NSPPC data protection regulations and to ensure currency of changing GDPR regulations.
· To be responsible for personal learning and development, to support the learning and development of others and the whole organisation.
· To work in a manner that facilitates and encourages inclusion.
· To be pro-active in identifying ways to improve personal and team performance
· To maintain an awareness of own and others’ Health and Safety and comply with the
· NSPCC’s Health and Safety policy and procedures.
· To take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with NSPCC work to end cruelty to children, including securing updates on project and service developments and general NSPCC news.
Person specification
1. Extensive experience and technical knowledge of event and project management, specifically with a track record of successfully delivering and growing large scale events
2. Excellent ability to establish, develop and maintain relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, including senior level individuals to achieve desired outcomes
3. Experience of line managing or mentoring direct reports e.g. assistants or interns. Proven ability to develop individuals, team building skills, working well with others as part of a team, giving support and recognising expertise in others
4. Well-developed organisational skills with experience in planning, monitoring, implementing and leading major projects to agreed deadlines, with the ability to organise and plan own work and the work of others to deliver objectives on time
5. Excellent ability to successfully negotiate with others
6. Excellent communication skills to present information in a clear, persuasive and inspiring way for a range of audiences
7. Well-developed ability to take ownership of budgets and a proven track record of meeting income targets and keeping within financial limits
8. Proven track record of applying creativity/innovation to events to achieve desired outcomes and/or significantly grow event income
9. Experience of success in a customer focussed environment, such as fundraising, sales or marketing
10. Experience of using Windows-based software packages, including word processing, spread sheets, electronic mail and the internet
Safer Recruitment
As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk.
Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.
The recruitment and selection of our people will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.
Our principles:
Always seek to recruit the best candidate for the role based on merit including their skills, experience, motivation and competencies. Our robust recruitment and selection process should ensure the identification of the person best suited to the role and the organisation.
• Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity and will interview all applicants (internal and external) who self-declare at application as having a disability and who meet the minimum requirements in the person specification of the vacancy they are applying for.
• We will make reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process in order to enable successful candidates who declare disabilities to start working or volunteering their time with us.
• Any current member of staff or volunteer who wishes to apply for vacancies and is suitably qualified will be considered and addressed fairly and objectively based on their merit.
• As an organisation committed to safeguarding, we will ensure all under 18’s joining the organisation will have ongoing risk assessments to ensure their role and activities are safe and appropriate.
• All documentation relating to candidates will be treated confidentially in accordance with the GDPR legislation.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About the Role
Sense is recruiting for a Supporter Services Assistant to join our fantastic Engagement Team in Kings Cross, London on a hybrid basis.
The successful applicant will play vital part in the Engagement Department and the charity as a whole – it makes sure that supporters have an outstanding experience of supporting Sense and know how much they are valued. Your daily task’s are varied with a mixture of in-and-outbound calling, combined with essential administrative tasks like income processing or capturing important information about Sense’s supporters and their motivations to support the charity.
The main duties and responsibilities include:
- Accurately processing fundraising income, including cheques and cash, vouchers (CAF, KKL) direct debits, payroll giving and from online donation platforms (Just Giving, Virgin Money Giving, Facebook) within agreed timescales and in line with provided procedures.
- Create or amend supporter records on Sense’s Raisers Edge database, ensuring that all interactions between charity and supporter etc are recorded accurately and in line with best practice GDPR.
- Identifying opportunities for supporters to further engage with Sense and promoting them as appropriate to help deliver Fundraising department targets (such as sharing a supporter story with our Comms team).
- Work with other fundraising teams to ensure relationships with supporters are managed effectively, both by responding to enquiries promptly and by working to the agreed supporter communications plan. There is also the expectation to attend other teams’ meetings i.e. Community, Events, Philanthropy to understand what activity is happening across the charity.
To succeed in this role, you will have:
- Previous experience of working in a customer or supporter service environment
- Administrative experience in a busy office environment
- Experience of using Raiser’s Edge or similar Customer Relationship Management database
- Outstanding customer service, an excellent telephone manner and ability to understand team needs to prioritise workloads effectively.
- Excellent attention to detail, especially when entering data.
- Good working knowledge of MS office, including Word, Excel and Outlook.
For a full job description and person specification please see the link below.
About Sense
We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a disability confident leader.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.
To apply
Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependant on the nature of the role.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.
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Our client's vision is to serve as artistically adventurous and culturally inclusive arts museums for the UK and the world. Our client's Future Fund will raise an endowment of £150million by 2030 and has already raised £43million from the recent 25th anniversary. To deliver this campaign requires great collaboration and brilliant development professionals, including this Senior Strategic Projects Manager.
This role is offered on a maternity cover for c. 10-12 months with a start date no later than October 2025.
The Senior Strategic Projects Manager will implement successful strategies for strategic fundraising projects and campaigns. Reporting to the Director of Development and working with the Major Gifts, Individual Giving and Corporate Partnerships teams, you will be responsible for supporting solicitation campaigns of principal gifts and ensuring delivery of first-class stewardship of donors. The Senior Manager will also evaluate project strategy, approach and outcomes and facilitate relationships with senior colleagues and key volunteers to access new prospect networks.
The selected candidate will have a personal track record in fundraising and ideally working with senior colleagues to secure significant gifts of £500,000 or more. You will have demonstrable success in stewardship and a successful track record of developing and maintaining a network of contacts. Ideally, the best person for this job will have proven experience of managing complex and nuanced donor relationships which require a bespoke approach and a high level of judgment.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Ryan Burdock.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
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Database Officer (6-month FTC)
Salary: £31,904
Contract: 6-month FTC (with possibility to go permanent)
Location: London hybrid
Closing date: Friday 29th Aug
Benefits: 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (FTE), topped up 5% pension
Are you a detail-driven data professional looking to make a meaningful impact in the charity sector? We’re delighted to be working with an amazing health charity as they look for a Database Officer to join their Data Team on a 6-month FTC, with a view to extend.
This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in managing and optimising database systems that underpin all aspects of the charity’s work —You’ll be responsible for bulk data imports, maintaining process documentation, and providing user support and training across the organisation. You will also work closely with colleagues to ensure data quality, compliance, and efficiency, helping to drive meaningful engagement with supporters and beneficiaries.
If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy solving problems with precision and care, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
To be a successful Database Officer, you will need:
- Proven experience working with Raiser’s Edge, including bulk data imports and record management
- Strong Excel skills and familiarity with data management tools and techniques
- A good understanding of GDPR and data compliance
If you’d like an informal chat about the role, please call and ask to speak to Jake.
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment is a specialist charity recruitment agency. We use our deep sector knowledge and experience to match candidates with the most suitable roles. Our relationship-led approach means we work ethically and supportively to help people find their perfect role in the not-for-profit sector.
We’re committed to improving equality across the sector — you can read more about our diversity pledge on our website.
Please note, if enough applications are received, the charity reserves the right to close the application period early.
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Furnishing Futures is an innovative charity creating fully furnished, healing homes for survivors of domestic abuse who have been rehoused in empty social housing. We do this by partnering with the interiors industry, which donates high quality furniture and homeware that could otherwise end up in landfill.
We are looking for a dynamic Events and Retail Manager. You’ll be working closely with our CEO and Head of Partnerships and Fundraising to develop and deliver a varied and inclusive events programme and run our sales space, The Atrium, adjacent to our warehouse in East London E10. Our events will center around our key programming pillars; sustainability, design, wellbeing, women’s empowerment, social housing and social justice.
If you're passionate about our work, solution-focused and organised, with experience in events and sales we'd love to hear from you. We particularly welcome applications from people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.
Registered Charity
1 - 5
It is our mission to create a future where furniture poverty no longer exists and no useable furniture ends up in landfill
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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ID: 1543 Assistant Director Services and Innovation
Service: Gloucestershire Hub (and surrounding areas) Central Region
Salary: Grade 5 Point 39 – 46: £47,264 - £54,728 FTE per annum (£28,358.40 - £32,836.80 per annum, pro rata)
- Additionally, £480 home-based allowance FTE per annum
Location: Home based with travel to various locations in Gloucestershire and surrounds (the post holder is also expected to regularly spend time at our delivery sites within Stroud and the Cotswold’s).
Hours: 3 days – part time (22.2 hours per week)
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details
Contract: Permanent Contract
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the
importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic leader to provide high-level leadership across Family Action’s services in Gloucestershire and surrounding areas, ensuring the safe, high-quality, and financially sustainable delivery of children, youth, and family services.
You will bring significant experience in managing services for children, young people, and families with complex needs. You will have a strong track record of leading and developing multidisciplinary teams, while driving continuous improvement and service excellence.
As a system leader and convenor, you will build and maintain strategic relationships across local authorities, health, and the voluntary and community sector. You will play a key role in driving Family Hub transformation, promoting innovation, and contributing to the ongoing growth and strategic development of Family Action’s work in the region.
Family Action are forward looking, ambitious and have a commitment to continuous improvement and development. We are a people-focused, can-do organisation that strives for excellence in all we do, and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and have the necessary skills we want we look forward to hearing from you.
At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.
Responsibilities:
Leadership, Performance and Strategic Delivery
· Lead strategic partnerships
· oversee service performance and safeguarding, and drive innovation across Family Hubs and related services.
Line Management
· Manage recruitment, development, and performance of staff, supporting a high-performing and learning-focused culture.
Financial Responsibility
· Oversee budgets, manage financial risks, and contribute to sustainable service development.
Internal/External Relationships
· Represent Family Action externally and build strong partnerships to support integrated service delivery.
Quality Assurance
· Ensure high-quality, safe, and compliant services through effective monitoring and continuous improvement.
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
· Proven experience leading services for children, young people, and families with complex needs.
· Strong track record in stakeholder engagement and cross-sector partnership working.
· Ability to manage teams, budgets, and service performance to a high standard.
· Knowledge of safeguarding, regulatory frameworks, and quality assurance processes.
· Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, with an understanding of structural disadvantage.
· Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
· complete an application form on the Family Action portal
· Closing Date: Sunday 7th September 2025 at 23:59
Interviews - week commencing 15th September and 22nd September - dates to be confirmed.
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: Gabriel Hall (full email address in advert document)
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
For this vacancy, we are also applying positive action to improve the representation of people of colour in senior operational management roles at Family Action. As such, the guaranteed interview scheme is extended to applicants of colour who meet the minimum criteria.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
Registered Charity
501 - 1000
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.
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Marketing Manager
2 Fixed Term Contracts (12 months & 6 months)
Full time (34.5 hours) we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location: split between home and our London Office, typically one day per week but we are open to a conversation about this
Salary range (London/Hybrid): £43,000-£48,000 per annum
Are you an experienced marketer or project manager, looking for a new challenge? Do you want to continue developing your skills in digital giving? Do you want to continue to grow as a marketing professional, working on large-scale, sector-leading fundraising campaigns? Do you want to work in an inclusive and collaborative team, where you can focus on wellbeing and development? If so, this role could be for you.
About the role
We're looking for a Marketing Manager to join our fundraising marketing team to deliver sector-leading fundraising campaigns. Working collaboratively with the wider fundraising marketing team, this person plays a key role in the planning and delivery of multi-channel marketing campaigns, which successfully drive multiple millions of pounds of income. Your work will be instrumental in raising money to ensure we can provide vital physical, emotional and financial support for people living with cancer.
As a team, we are responsible for the marketing and project management of several large-scale fundraising campaigns, including Macmillan’s Coffee Morning, Brave the Shave, Longest Day Golf Challenge, Go Sober and the Macmillan Lottery. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering large-scale projects, to ensure the team achieves its ambitious fundraising objectives. The role is a great opportunity to continue to develop as a marketing professional in a large charity context.
A typical week in this role might involve:
- Delivering key campaign actions, like brief writing, artwork review and approval, results reporting and optimisation
- Holding a weekly catch up with a Marketing Assistant or Marketing Executive to ensure they are delivering their key campaign actions to agreed schedules. This could include answering questions, helping resolve issues or helping them to understand or develop a marketing skill
- Leading a weekly call with an external agency partner, to agree key actions and keep a project on track
- Reviewing campaign performance, reporting internally and identifying optimisations
- Preparing for and attending monthly development meetings with your line manager
- Writing an objective for a Marketing Assistant working on your campaign, or providing feedback to support their upcoming review
About you
We are looking for someone who has a foundation in the skills outlined in the section of the job description labelled ‘To do this role, you will have...’.
Unless specified, this does not have to be experience in a charity context – we are just looking for someone with this experience and a willingness to learn about our charity context and in a way which aligns to Macmillan’s values. If you meet these criteria, we would love to hear from you!
- Marketing skills: Experience of delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns (specifically in digital giving) or management of complex projects, in line with agreed budgets and schedules
- Results-focus: Experience of using data or insight to understand performance, make decisions and inform marketing plans
- Analytical/Solution-focused: A proactive approach to resolving project blockers, conflict or underperformance
- Leadership: Familiarity with leading individuals or groups to deliver a project, campaign or collective goal
- Communication: An ability to communicate clearly with a range of different people, with confidence to influence and negotiate to drive projects forwards, as needed
- Relationship management: An ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and external partners, which enable productive collaboration on projects
Recruitment process
The application closing date Thursday 28th August at 11:59pm, with virtual first interviews planned to take place 2nd and 3rd September.
The process following shortlisting will be:
- 60 minute interview
So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team for advice and reasonable adjustments.
We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
Registered Charity
More than 1000
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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AREA EVENTS MANAGER
Salary: £26,000 - £30,000 per annum
Reports to: Divisional Events Manager (Division 3)
Department: Marketing, Fundraising and Engagement
Location: Home-based covering Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, West Midlands (successful candidate should ideally be based within this area)
Employment type: Permanent
Working hours: 35 hours per week
Closing date: Sunday 31 August 2025, 23:55
Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we we're looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.
Do you want to create moments of joy and hope, raise vital funds, celebrate and educate by producing top class events for the UK's largest charity?
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as an Event Manager and become part of an ambitious, bold and fun team working together to bring forward the day that cancer is cured.
You will organise and deliver a variety of Cancer Research UK events, including our flagship outdoor mass participation events Race for Life 5km, 10km and Pretty Muddy. You may also deliver Shine Night Walk, indoor staff and supporter conference and engagement events, as well as virtual online events.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.
What will I be doing?
You will plan and deliver Cancer Research UK events. Your main delivery will be outdoor mass participation events alongside some staff and supporter conferences and engagement events, as well as virtual online events.
Example of some events you might deliver:
Cancer Research UK's flagship Race for Life 3k, 5k, 10k, Pretty Muddy and Shine Night Walk
Flame of Hope - annual volunteer award ceremony for up to 100 people
Inspire - intimate supporter engagement event for up to 40 people
Annual CRUK departmental conferences.
One week you might be delivering Race for Life for 1,000 participants in a public park, followed the next week by drafting plans for an intimate hotel-based event to thank our loyal volunteers for all they do for CRUK.
What does planning and delivering our events involve?
Following processes, guidelines and deadlines - you are given a guide or process to follow when producing Cancer Research UK Events
Venue Research - find and assess suitability of new venues for mass participation outdoor events and indoor events
Venue - build strong relationships, negotiate event approval and costs
Suppliers - research, negotiate, book, plan, brief and ensure high standards are met. Suppliers include PA, first aid, caterers, florists, traffic management and stewards.
Event Documentation - following event guidelines, design and review event courses and sites (Race for Life and Shine Night Walk events), carry out health and safety checks and complete documentation such as risk assessments, running orders, course map, site map, volunteer plans and briefing documents
Project Plan - produce and oversee project plans, working closely and effectively with all event stakeholders
Budget - plan event budgets, negotiate best costs and be responsible for your event spend
Volunteers - build relationships with longstanding volunteers and recruit new volunteers. Manage volunteer welfare and experience on event day
Event Staff - brief staff on their role and manage them throughout the event offering feedback and coaching
Supporter experience - ensure that events are fun and enjoyable by booking entertainment and overseeing the supporter experience
Event day - lead and manage your event team (staff, volunteers, suppliers) to set up the event site and course, oversee welfare of supporters and team and deal with issues that may arise to ensure smooth operation of the event
After the event - gather feedback and complete post-event administrative tasks
Other departments - develop relationships and work with several departments across Cancer Research UK. Work with colleagues from other teams to deliver the events they require.
What skills are you looking for?
Passion for events
Drive to help beat cancer sooner
People person - excellent at building relationships with different people
Organised - manage workload effectively, meeting deadlines, can juggle more than one task
Can do attitude - proactive, you can make things happen
Resilient- calm under pressure, able to adapt to change
A great problem solver - can think on feet
You get stuck in - happy to work hard to achieve a positive outcome
Willing to learn
Able to work on own - motivated
Able to lead and enthuse a group of people
Can take charge - able to make decisions
Happy to work approximately 10 weekends outside in all weathers
Able to do a physical role - walking courses, moving some event equipment
Ability to work at a desk on a computer using Microsoft.
What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.
We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.
Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview.
Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
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Harris Hill is looking for an Events Support Assistant, 3 days a week from Tuesday 9 September until Friday 10 October.
The role is office based, so you'll need to be able to get to their offices in central London.
You will be required to support with:
Basic administrative tasks around the events.
Database management
Conference prep e.g. counting publications and packing up boxes (no heavy lifting required).
General support as required to the team.
If you are interested in finding out more, please get in touch.
