Event & Engagement Coordinator
Remote based in North West England. Please note, the role requires working one day a week in Manchester.
Fixed term contract: initially 12 months with potential to extend.
Job Purpose:
To plan, coordinate, and deliver a range of local events across North West England, ensuring each event is well-organised, inclusive, and engaging for local communities. The Local Event Coordinator will collaborate closely with partners, local authorities, suppliers, volunteers, and members to deliver high-quality, unique and memorable experiences.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan and manage logistics for a variety of local member events, making sure all events are accessible and attractive to both existing and potential members.
- Liaise with relevant external and internal contacts such as venues, suppliers, CSSC’s ticketing platform, Head Office departments, and volunteers.
- Complete all relevant compliance work such as risk assessments and public liability checks.
- Develop and manage event budgets, ensuring value for money and accurate financial tracking.
- Promote events via social media, email campaigns, posters, and local press in collaboration with marketing teams.
- Manage and grow the North West’s CSSC TikTok presence, including content planning, filming, editing, posting, and community engagement.
- Demonstrate strong working knowledge of TikTok trends, algorithms, analytics, and best practices.
- Create engaging, on-brand short-form video content tailored to target audiences.
- Monitor performance metrics and use insights to optimise content strategy and increase reach and engagement.
- Stay up to date with emerging social media trends, tools, and platform updates.
- Show a genuine interest in communications, digital marketing, and social media strategy.
- Oversee event setup and breakdown where applicable, managing on-site logistics and resolving any issues on the day.
- Recruit and coordinate volunteers to assist with events.
- Evaluate event success through feedback, data collection, and post-event reporting.
Key Skills & Experience:
Essential:
- Proven experience in planning and delivering events.
- Strong organisational and time-management skills.
- Ability to manage budgets and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Flexibility to work evenings and weekends when required.
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region.
- Ability to analyse member insights to inform event planning for CSSC members and to attract potential new members.
- Work collaboratively with the Regional Team to develop and implement strategies aimed at supporting membership growth and ensure positive member experiences.
- Build a rapport with CSSC volunteers and understand skillsets in order to correctly identify support necessary for events.
- Confident in using IT systems and ticketing platforms to effectively promote events across appropriate channels.
- Supporting Regional Hub Manager with member and volunteer engagement events
- Experience with processes
Desirable:
- Experience working with community groups, charities, membership organisations or not for profits.
- Knowledge of health and safety and safeguarding procedures.
- Familiarity with marketing or PR for events.
- First Aid or event safety training.
- Previous experience with ticketing platforms or willingness to learn.
- Understanding of how comms and events align with one another.
- Data literacy or willingness to understand some basic data analytics
We are a not-for-profit, membership, organisation for over 124,000 colleagues from the civil service and public sector.
Together for Short Lives is looking for a driven and creative Business Development Manager to develop and secure high‑value corporate partnerships that will help transform the lives of seriously ill children and their families. You’ll lead our business development strategy, build a strong pipeline of opportunities, and develop lasting relationships with prospective and existing supporters.
If you’re collaborative, tenacious and passionate about making a real impact in children’s palliative care, we’d love to hear from you.
Full‑time 1 year FTC | Hybrid (UK‑wide with travel to our Bristol Office) | £42,000
Purpose of role
The Business Development Manager will lead our efforts to secure high-profile, high-value partnerships with corporate organisations that will generate vital income for children's palliative care. Securing new partnerships and growing our income requires exceptional collaboration skills; a driven, tenacious and resourceful nature; innovation and creativity; and a passionate determination to make a difference to the lives of children and families across the UK.
The main objectives are as follows:
- Secure new corporate partnerships raising funds to support Together for Short Lives’ direct work, and our National Fundraising Scheme (raising funds on behalf of the UK’s children’s hospices).
- Develop and deliver a business development strategy, including prospect research, managing a robust pipeline of opportunities, and developing a diverse range of business development products.
- Manage and develop relationships with a portfolio of individual contacts and organisations, including prospective and existing supporters.
We exist to ensure every seriously ill child and their family gets the high-quality children’s palliative and end of life care



Chief Executive Officer at Newcastle University Students' Union
Salary: £86,892 – £97,973 per annum. In line with NUSU's Pay Policy, new starters are typically placed at the bottom of the scale, with annual increments applied thereafter.
Hours: Full-time
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract: Permanent
About Newcastle University Students' Union
Atkinson HR are pleased to be supporting Newcastle University Students' Union (NUSU) in the search for their next CEO. NUSU is a dynamic, student-led organisation at the heart of one of the UK's leading research universities. They exist to represent, support, and enrich the lives of students, providing outstanding services, championing student welfare, and creating a vibrant community in which every student can thrive.
This is a genuinely exciting moment to join NUSU.
About the Role
As Chief Executive Officer, you will provide overall leadership and management of NUSU, setting and delivering the organisation's strategic direction in close partnership with elected Student Officers and the Board of Trustees.
You will empower student leaders to fulfil their democratic mandate, lead a high-performing Senior Leadership Team, and ensure that everything you do is anchored in the needs and aspirations of the student membership. Maintaining a collaborative and constructive relationship with Newcastle University will be central to your success.
NUSU operates a diverse range of services, including a well-established commercial offer that plays an important role in supporting the organisation’s wider aims. You will provide strategic oversight of this activity, ensuring it remains sustainable, values-driven, and responsive to student needs.
We are looking for an innovative and forward-thinking leader who is open to new ideas and approaches. You will be an engaging and approachable people-person, able to build strong relationships, inspire confidence, and create an environment where colleagues and student leaders feel empowered to contribute and thrive.
You will hold overall accountability for the financial performance, legal compliance, and reputation of the organisation, ensuring NUSU remains sustainable, credible, and responsive to the evolving demands of the higher education sector,
About You
NUSU are looking for a strategic and inspirational leader with a genuine passion for student experience and higher education. You will bring a proven track record of leading complex organisations, managing diverse teams, and driving meaningful change, alongside the emotional intelligence to work effectively with a democratically elected student leadership.
You will be financially astute, commercially aware, and confident navigating governance and compliance responsibilities. Equally, you will be a skilled relationship builder with the ability to work in genuine partnership with the University, external stakeholders, and the wider Students' Union sector.
A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion is non-negotiable. You will champion a culture in which every student and staff member feels valued, heard, and able to contribute.
How to Apply
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For an informal conversation about the role and application process, please contact Atkinson HR via. the information in the candidate pack.
Key Dates
Closing date: Midday, 5th May 2026
Longlist Interviews (Remote): Tuesday 19th May 2026
Final Stage Interviews (In-person, Newcastle upon Tyne): Tuesday 2nd June 2026