Senior Events Manager
Job Title: Senior Event Manager
Directorate : Engagement and Fundraising
Team/Department (if specific): Volunteer Board Fundraising
Salary: £34,582 -£38,425 , plus £3,366 inner London weighting
Vacancy Type : Permanent
Location : London (Combination of home based with at least one day a week
in the London office. Please note during event delivery period it will be
necessary to be in the London office/at the venue. This includes pre -event,
during delivery and post -event.)
Date Written/ Amended: 21 /07 /202 6
Context and Background
At the NSPCC, we believe every childhood is worth fighting for. With over 100 years of
experience, and the collective strength of our staff, volunteers, supporters, and
partners, we're working to end child abuse and neglect for good.
Over 90 percent of the NSPCC's income comes from voluntary donations, so we
reply on the incredible generosity and commitment of all our supporters, large and
small.
You'll work as part of one of many teams, which focus on engaging our supporters
and ensuring they continue to give their support. You will do this by leading value fundraising events and managing relationships with volunteer committees.
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The varied role sits within the Volunteer Board Fundraising team which leads income
generation through regional and national volunteer boards, volunteer -led fundraising
initiatives and delivery of special events through our high value event committees.
The se activities play a vital role in maximising sustainable income, engaging senior
volunteers, and supporting long -term supporter relationships.
Job purpose• To contribute to the Engagement and Fundraising directorate’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 Engagement and Fundraising 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 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
• 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 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 successfully manage and deliver large -scale events and special projects within
the portfolio of events, overseeing all event logistics and relationship management
• To lead on specific fundraising projects and large development of Executives through your projects
-scale events, and support
• Contribute to and deliver particular aspects of the department’s annual business
plan and budget. To support project groups for the Volunteer Board Fundraising
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 represent the NSPCC’s values in everything you do
Responsibilities for all Staff within Engagement and Fundraising
• 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 NSP and to ensure currency of changing GDPR regulations.
C C data protection 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.
• A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children adults at risk .
, young people and
• 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. 2. 3. 4. Extensive experience and technical knowledge of event and project
management, specifically with a track record of successfully delivering and
growing large scale events
Excellent ability to establish, develop and maintain relationships with a wide
variety of stakeholders, including senior level individuals to achieve desired
outcomes
Proven ability to develop individuals, team building skills, working well with
others as part of a team, giving support and recognising expertise in others
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. 6. 7. 8. 9. Excellent ability to successfully negotiate with others
Excellent communication skills to present information in a clear, persuasive
and inspiring way for a range of audiences
Well-developed ability to take ownership of budgets and a proven track record
of meeting income targets and keeping within financial limits
Proven track record of applying creativity/innovation to events to achieve
desired outcomes and/or significantly grow event income
Experience of success in a customer focussed environment, such as
fundraising, sales or marketing10. 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 children and adults.
our
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 th e organisation .
• C ommitted 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
app lying 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.