The Fundraising team over at TPP are delighted to be working with an environmental charity who don't just only campaign for the environment but also promote the health benefits of the countryside on mental health. They are currently looking to recruit an Individual Giving Officer into their London head office.

As the Individual Giving Officer, you will support on several campaigns working to maximise the acquisition of new supporters as well as developing existing ones. They are currently putting a lot of investment into their Individual Giving programme this means you will play a key role in the growth and launch of several new products. You will also manage the delivery of their key campaigns across cash appeals, lottery and growth within their digital activities. You will also lead on the management of third part agencies that support with creative and print. Another area of the role will be the analysis of campaign results that will support the Manager of the team in strategic decisions.

Job title: Individual Giving Officer
Cause: Environment
Location: London
Salary: £31,500

They are looking for candidates to have previous experience successfully delivery direct marketing activities within fundraising. You will have experience across a range of marketing channels including print, digital and social media. Having strong interpersonal skills will be key to this role along with prior experience managing third party suppliers' relationships. Being confident in analysing campaign results and briefing database teams on data selections will be needed.

If you are looking for an opportunity to have more involvement in influencing and shaping the programme and really making a mark on what the charities does, then this is the role for you.

Thrive Homes is looking to appoint an Executive Director - Finance, the role will be based in their office in Hemel Hempstead.

Client Details

Thrive is a professional landlord operating across the northern home counties - providing safe affordable homes for rent and sale through shared ownership. Their rental products range from social/affordable rent within the registered provider, Thrive Homes through to market rent within Thrive Living.

They are focused on delivering for their customers and ambitious in their goals. They have established a model that means they can manage properties alongside their own stock and have a growing market rent portfolio.

Description

Key responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with the rest of the Executive Team to contribute to the strategic leadership and management of the organisation, playing a crucial role in the continuing success of the organisation

• Leading, motivating and developing the Corporate Support functions including Finance, IT & Procurement

• Managing the finance function in order to deliver robust financial controls, improving performance and mitigating the risk for Thrive Homes, whilst ensuring there is an effective treasury strategy in place

• Develop and deliver an IT infrastructure service that will enable Thrive Homes to support its customers and staff

• Ensuring the organisation is resourced with the appropriate skills, capabilities, systems and processes to deliver the strategies that are put in place by the executive

Profile

You will be a CCAB or equivalent qualified accountant with a proven track record of achievement, with the ability to drive and manage a diverse workforce. The ideal candidate will have worked in social housing or other relevant industries, with experience managing a complex treasury and/or business planning functions. It is also important they previously held a senior management position with regular exposure to the Executive Team.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to join a high performing team and make a real impact on a growing organisation. We believe this to be one of the most exciting opportunities of its kind currently in the market.

Job Offer

c£110,000 plus bonus plus exceptional benefits

VSO is the world's leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact. Our extraordinary volunteers live and work in some of the world's poorest communities. Sharing their unique skills and experience to generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities they work in lift themselves out of poverty. We're not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.

The answers to poverty, inequality and discrimination are already out there. They are the Changemakers, and they are living in developing countries across the world. VSO provide the training. We unlock the potential in others - the people who have the power to transform their own lives. What's more, when they pass their training on, its impact will grow and grow. Together, they will change the world for the better.

VSO is at a crucial point in its development. It is shifting its approach to place volunteering for development at the heart of its programmes and to create clear pathways for change, relevant to global thematic areas of focus and products. To underpin this, there is a requirement for funding to increase and diversify in order to deliver ambitious growth plans. At the heart of our Public Fundraising Strategy is the delivery of the best supporter experience to engage our loyal supporters and reach out to new audiences and to motivate the public to engage with our vision and purpose: A fair world for everyone: Creating lasting change through volunteering.

If you're a passionate fundraiser, then VSO is somewhere you can shape fundraising strategy and plans within an ambitious, friendly and inspiring culture. We are looking for an experienced Senior Supporter Engagement Officer to contribute to the development and delivery of a rich donor acquisition programme, helping us understand and attract new, committed supporters who are inspired by VSO's work.

You will play a vital role in the Acquisition Team within VSO's Supporter Engagement Team. You will support the delivery of a long-term fundraising and brand engagement campaign, leading on digital fundraising and DRTV. You'll support the development of a new fundraising product as well as helping to recruit new donors to our existing regular giving product through new and existing channels. You'll also need to develop strong relationships with teams across VSO raising the profile of the Fundraising team and campaigns, including working with the retention team on supporter journeys to increase the lifetime value of each new supporter we acquire.

In return we offer a range of benefits:
* A friendly and supportive office environment
* Opportunities for flexible working and working from home
* Generous annual leave of 37days (inclusive of public holidays)
* Competitive pension (matched at 5%)
* Cycle-to-work scheme
* Lunch time activities
* Professional development
* Assistance programme

VSO believe progress is only possible by working together. Our selection process includes an assessment based on the ability to:
* be open minded and respectful
* be resilient and adaptive to new situations
* facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
* seek and share knowledge

VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this position, so please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before you apply

VSO reserves the right to close this job early

Using your experience as a Campaign Manager you will engage and influence a wide range of people, including stakeholders, you will work strategically on multiple projects which will run simultaneously and will be able to demonstrate substantial experience in running events. 

We are fast approaching our 75th Anniversary and one part of this role will be to create a social media strategy for the campaign. 

You will need the ability to engage and win people over and influence a wide range of people including senior stakeholders.

You will need advanced experience in campaign management and working on strategic projects and have the ability to set and meet deadlines.

You will have proven analytical skills and the ability to proble solve. 

Managing Editor 

Central London • £40,000 - £45,000 (commensurate with experience)+ Benefits

The Biochemical Society is one of the largest learned societies in the UK biosciences, dedicated to advancing the molecular biosciences that underpin and explain the essential processes of life.

We are seeking a hands-on, experienced editor to take charge of editorial development, encompassing content strategy and workflows, for a subset of the Portland Press portfolio. The successful candidate will have a relentless commitment to author service and article turn-around times as a key part of the role will be copyflow management (including via an external vendor supporting peer review) to ensure KPIs are met. Strategy to diversify the inbound content is also paramount, while ensuring support for and engagement with the current authorship and audience. The post holder will work with Editorial Boards to develop and implement content strategies, and will manage relationships with scientific Editors in order to drive submissions from around the world. Reporting to the Publisher, this role needs to deliver at pace, and presents an opportunity to drive growth and be part of the Biochemical Society at a time when we, as a learned society publisher, are transitioning publishing models towards open access.

Applicants would need to be qualified in the biosciences*, be skilled communicators and have relevant experience, ideally in STM publishing. The role involves some travel, including internationally.
*Masters or PhD level is preferred, but degree qualification is a minimum requirement.

Please send a CV and Cover Letter.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: 23rd February 2020

The Society takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.

Please note that due to limited resources it is not possible for the Society to acknowledge receipt of applications. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

“We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.”

Are you passionate about Film and TV Drama? Good with people? Can find new and exciting ways to engage and interact with our members? Excel at offering great customer service and a passion for helping people? We may have a role for you.

The Production Guild membership includes the best industry professionals working across production for some of the biggest names in the industry. Our members make films like 1917, Avengers End Game and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and TV shows like Avenue 5, Dracula and Pennyworth.

This is a new role to the Production Guild with the chance to shape how we offer services to our members. If you think you could lead a department to offer networking, training and opportunities to our membership we’d really like to hear from you.

Job Title: Membership Manager

Main Purpose of the job: To deliver exceptional customer service to Production Guild members. To ensure member services are relevant and effective and retain and grow membership.

Responsible to: Chief Operations Officer

Responsible for:                    Membership Coordinator and Head of Member Services

Based at:                                PG Offices, Building 6, Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Park, Watford

Salary: £45,603

The Production Guild of Great Britain represents the professional interests of film and television industry production practitioners both within the UK and overseas. The Production Guild is also one of the leading film and television industry bodies to provide recognised training courses and seminars to industry. PGGB also works closely with a wide range of other industry bodies and provides strong support to its membership, taking an active role in discussions around industry developments and keeping in regular contact with production companies, broadcasters and major US studios regarding the professional availability of its members.

Main tasks of the job:

• Provide excellent customer service to our members, acting as a key point of contact, answer enquiries, collate feedback and make suggestions for improvements to the membership offer.
• Manage the membership team, setting objectives and reviewing performance against those objectives.
• Maximise engagement with, deliver value to and retain PG members.
• Actively recruit new members by visiting productions offices, attending industry events, networking and proactively promoting the Production Guild and its membership opportunities to appropriate individuals and companies within the Film and TV drama industry.
• Oversee the administration of membership, including invoicing, answering queries and providing information to members as required.
• Work with the Marketing and Business Development Manager to ensure regular and effective communication with our members about developments in the industry and the work of the Production Guild.
• Oversee the development of members resources including best practice guides, ensuring guidance is current and relevant.
• Ensure the members sections of the website is customer focussed and accessible,
• Deliver a reliable and up to date database of productions and crew for PG members.
• Work with the PG team to create a relevant programme of events to engage, inform and educate our members.
• Contribute to event planning, ensuring that events are well attended and run to a high standard.

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience of delivering exceptional customer service
• Experience of management, including managing a team; developing strategy; budgetary responsibility and financial reporting
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal
• IT literate, including Microsoft Office

Desirable

• Experience of the film or TV drama production industry and knowledge of current issues
• Understanding of the Production Guild and its membership’s needs
• Experience of a membership body and delivering value to members
• Understanding of websites and how to deliver a positive customer experience

To apply, please send a letter, outlining how your skills and experience match the requirements for the position, and what attributes you would bring to the role, along with a current CV to COO, Kim Gladston.

Deadline for applications: 5pm, Monday 24th February. Interviews w/c 2nd March.

35 hours a week, including some evenings and weekends

Martin House is a well-established, leading regional charity providing care and support to children and young people with life-limiting illnesses and to their families. We care for children and young people across West, North and East Yorkshire at our hospice, based in Boston Spa, and also through our work in the community.

We are entering an exciting period of growth which has seen recent investment in the fundraising team. Many of the children and families that we care for live in West Yorkshire and we are expanding our existing fundraising activity in this region.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual who will be able to connect with these communities, assisting them to develop fundraising activities to support the hospice and raise our profile in the area. You will be responsible for developing, delivering and sustaining a network of individual supporters and supporter groups across West Yorkshire, in addition to securing and stewarding low level corporate partners.

We are looking for candidates with a proven track record of delivering against set targets, experience of recruiting and motivating volunteers, and someone who is a confident speaker who can present to a diverse range of audiences.  Working as part of a successful fundraising team, this role is key in the development of our fundraising activities across our region. 

Benefits include 40 days annual leave including statutory holidays, and recognition of NHS pension scheme for candidates who are currently in the scheme (alternative stakeholder pension also offered).

If you are interested in this position, please complete an Application Form, referring to the Job Description and Person Specification available on Martin House website.

• The closing date for applications is 12pm on Monday, 24th February 2020.
• Interviews will take place at Martin House on 6th March 2020. 

We try to keep our postage costs down so if you have not heard from us by 28th February, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Registered Charity No. 517919
Company Registration No. 2016332, England

Database Manager
Healthcare
Temp (3 months +)
37.5 Hours
Based on £40,000
London

Charity People are excited to be working with one of the UK's leading Healthcare charities in their search for a Database Manager to join their Data team.

This charity provides support to both patients and staff by funding patient services, therapy, emergency care, healthcare pack as well cutting-edge research. The charity has worked with partners for many years to undertake cutting-edge research that provided solutions to healthcare conditions and resulted to the development of innovative medical equipment. Their mission is to provide efficient and outstanding care to staff, patients and the local community.

The organisation is going through a period of growth and is looking for a Database Manager to support the foundations for the charity's work by managing the organisation's Customer Relations Management and other supplementary databases. As the Database Manager, you will be the first point of contact for internal queries; you will oversee data management and ensure that data practises follow internal policies and GDPR guidelines. You will also manage data migration & integration of systems and oversea data for Gift Aid claims. The Database Manager will also be responsible for managing relationships with stakeholders, business departments as well as other charity teams such as Fundraising and Marketing.

We are looking for confident, approachable and diligent applicants, able to work effectively with limited supervision and guidance. You will be highly organised, have a keen eye for detail and be comfortable working in a high-paced environment on a diverse set of tasks. You will also have the ability to work confidently and accurately with large volumes of data in order to make informed decisions and recommendations. Proficiency with CRM databases, specifically Raiser Edge is essential (minimum of 2 years recent experience).

If you would like to apply, please send you CV to Zelda Leader ASAP! [email protected]

We are looking for an individual with excellent networking and relationship-building skills to grow the Trust’s income to enable us to achieve our vision of restoring the abundance of wildlife throughout our area.

Head of Fundraising
Location: Bristol
Negotiable from £37,000 depending on skills and experience
This is a permanent role and open to applications on a part-time (job share) or full-time (37hrs/wk basis).

This is an exciting time to be joining the Trust as we are developing ambitious plans to invest in our future: upgrading and expanding our facilities for education, community engagement and visitors; developing new headquarters for the Trust; and looking at how we can develop our nature reserves and the facilities within them to bring even more benefits for wildlife, provide new places and experiences for people to be inspired by wildlife, and provide sustainable revenue for our work to create wildlife-rich places and wildlife-rich lives

Main responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the Trust’s fundraising and income generation, developing prospect pipelines and growing income year on year from membership, major donors, legacies, corporate partnerships, grants and charitable trusts.
• Manage our engagement with our members, developing and implementing an ambitious membership growth strategy, incorporating supporter development, recruitment and retention.
• Manage marketing of the Trust’s fundraising, events, activities and services, working with our Communications Manager to effectively promote the Trust and ensure consistency of brand.
• Ensure all activity is compliant with Data Protection and Health and Safety legislation, with fundraising guidelines promoted by the Charity Commission, Institute of Fundraising and Fundraising Regulator, and with the Trust’s policies.
• Manage an integrated functional team across fundraising, membership and communications, contribute to the direction and development of the Trust and undertake other duties in line with the role as requested by the Chief Executive.

Avon Wildlife Trust is committed to enabling wildlife to survive and thrive across the region. More than 17,000 members, 3,500 volunteers and a dedicated staff team work together to make our local area wilder and make nature part of life, for everyone. We manage 30 local nature reserves and work with landowners to maintain and restore habitats for wildlife. Avon Wildlife Trust is an independent charity. We’d love you to join us.

Closing date: Friday 6 March 2020 (midday)
Successful candidates will be invited for a first interview on 12 March 2020.
Second interviews will take place on 20 March 2020.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website to download the job description and application form.

Avon Wildlife Trust has a positive approach to equality and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. 

Charity No: 280422 

No agencies please.

DIGITAL FUNDRAISING MANAGER

Are you an experienced digital fundraiser with a flair for communication?

Are you motivated by a love of humanity that knows no borders?

Choose Love/ Help Refugees is looking for a Digital Fundraising Manager to join our small and collaborative team in London. 

You will have substantial digital fundraising or digital marketing experience and be passionate about digital innovation, as well as about the rights of those who have been forced to flee their homes.  You love creative communications, data, and raising funds to support our incredible humanitarian partners. 

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an organisation that has had digital at its heart since the beginning. Started as little more than a hashtag to organise donations in response to the refugee crisis in 2015, in less than five years we have grown to be a movement that has worked with over 35,000 volunteers and provided aid to over a million people.

An incredible number of people have become part of the Help Refugees movement, but the scale of the refugee crisis is even bigger. The Digital Fundraising Manager will play a key role in taking our response to the next level, recruiting new online supporters and deepening the engagement of existing ones. 

You will work with the Director of Communications and Campaigns and others across the organisation to help develop and deliver our digital fundraising strategy, rolling it out across social, our websites, email and marrying up with offline events too.

ABOUT HELP REFUGEES

In August 2015, a group of friends started using the hashtag #helprefugees to organise a van full of donations. Within a week, we had raised £56,000 and were soon receiving 7,000 items every day. 

We are now one of the largest providers of grassroots humanitarian aid in Europe, and currently support over 120 projects across Europe, the Middle East and US-Mexican border.

Each of these projects is powered by ordinary people who are stepping up where governments are failing to provide even the most basic services. From those keeping rescue boats afloat, to the volunteers distributing tents and hot food, to the brave souls working under the desert sun to place water along the Mexican border.

We also support those working to build a brighter future — the teachers working with students to build prosthetic limbs, the therapists helping heal the invisible scars of war and the lawyers working to unite families. 

Our ‘Choose Love’ brand has been worn by Oprah, Julia Roberts, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and thousands more across the world. Our ‘buy nothing’ pop-up stores in London, New York and LA have raised more than four million and gained headlines in New York Times, The Guardian and CNN. Our founders have addressed audiences including Barack Obama, Sheryl Sandberg and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

ABOUT YOU

You choose love 

You are motivated by a love of humanity that knows no borders.

You are a doer 

You spot opportunities for impact and make things happen. You are comfortable working on scrappy passion projects and longer-term strategic campaigns. A good day is when you’ve done something to change the world. 

You are a creative communicator 

You know the world is changed by stories and you want to be at the heart of telling them. You can communicate complex ideas with clarity, powerful stories with passion and understand how to move people. 

You are curious 

You know good ideas can come from anywhere and are constantly looking at the world around you for inspiration. 

You are a team player

You work best when part of a small, collaborative team. You are happy to muck in when needed and the words ‘not my job’ have never crossed your lips.

You are entrepreneurial

You think beyond the limits of your current role. You take risks, celebrate failure and never stop generating ideas.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You’ll be responsible for:

• Helping develop and deliver Help Refugees’ digital fundraising strategy.

• Inspiring Help Refugees’ growing community of supporters by creating compelling fundraising campaigns and delivering them across email, social media, website, and marrying up with offline.

• Tracking and analysing donor data and digital analytics to inform your work and the efforts of the organisation.

• Overseeing social media advertising. We’re lucky enough to get pro bono support from Google and facebook. We want you to use it most effectively to enable people to connect with us, grow the movement, and increase donations.

• Keeping up-to-date with the latest digital fundraising and marketing trends, techniques and technology.

• Supporting the leadership team on fundraising from high-level individual givers and foundations.

• Occasional management of contractors and project teams.

• Working with communications and campaigns colleagues to integrate digital fundraising and advocacy/ campaigning.

Essential Requirements 

• Track record of success in digital fundraising or marketing with at least three years’ experience 

• Demonstrable experience of understanding donor behaviour and inspiring people to give 

• Confident and sophisticated communicator with strong writing skills

• Experience managing or working with a medium to large community of online givers (+50,000)

• Demonstrable experience in using data and analytics to segment audiences and target content that has resulted in more support 

Desirable:

• Experience with online fundraising in the model of new movement organisations (Avaaz, Sum of Us, 38 Degrees) 

• Experience using ActionKit or a similar platform

• Experience working in the field of humanitarian aid, refugees or migration

• Experience with mobile technology, online giving platforms and website design 

• Track record of using social media platforms to fundraise 

THE DEAL 

The role will be managed by the Director of Communications and Campaigns. 

The role is based out of the Help Refugees office in Somerset House, London. Part-time and/or remote working will be considered if you can be in London weekly. 

The role may involve some infrequent travel.

The role will be offered as a permanent role with a six-month probation period, starting as soon as possible.

Salary is in line with other non-governmental organisations.

HOW TO APPLY 

Please apply with a cover letter (of no more than two pages) outlining your suitability for the role and a copy for your CV. 

We reserve the right to review and interview before the closing date.

Application deadline: 9am, Wednesday 26 February.

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be partnering with a great campaigning charity focused on creating a strong, responsible investment system which is geared towards sustainability and advancement of savers, communities and the environment. The organisation works with some of the largest FTSE 100 companies as well as smaller institutions including asset management firms both within the UK and globally to try and influence investment portfolios on a range of issues including; health, workforce issues and climate change. An opportunity exists to join this fantastic charity as a member of the senior leadership team as the new Director of Fundraising and Communications. The Director of Fundraising and Communications role will oversee the communications team however a large section of the role will be to develop and grow the fundraising function.

Who we are looking for?

Ideal candidates will have extensive experience of developing and implementing a fundraising/business development strategy working at a senior level within an organisation. You will be a natural communicator being able to inspire and influence internal and external stakeholders. Working across a range of fundraising streams, you will also have the necessary expertise to prioritise and raise income. As there will be an existing team to oversee, you will ideally also have experience of developing high performing teams in a supportive environment. Some experience and working knowledge of developing a broad communications strategy overseeing elements of PR, Marketing and Digital is also desirable. Finally, we are seeking those with a genuine passion for the third sector who can inspire our potential donors and supporters helping to impact on a range of societal issues

Please apply directly or contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for an initial discussion and full JD. Applications are being considered on a rolling basis so early interest is encouraged.

TPP Recruitment are proud to be supporting an amazing disability charity who provide support and advice across the UK at all ages. They are currently on the hunt for an Individual Giving Officer to join their very successful Fundraising team who have had a phenomenal last two years, with many more to come.

Working as part of this very successful team the Individual Giving Officer will be play a vital part in the development and delivery of the fundraising programme across both acquisition and retention. The programme currently consists of cash appeals, newsletters, raffles and stewardship communications using direct mail, email, mobile and digital. There is also the opportunity to test and implement new ideas all supporting in delivering against ambitious targets. You will work along side your Manager in the management of supplier relationships across creative agencies, copywriters and print suppliers. The role will also give you the opportunity to engage a number of people across the organisation, working with them to gather information and case studies to develop compelling supporter communications.

Job title: Individual Giving Officer
Location: London
Salary: £29,500
Contract type: Permanent

The ideal candidate for this role will have proven hands on experience managing the day to day delivery of several successful direct marketing campaigns. You will be confident in data selection as well as analysis campaign finding and reporting back to senior members of the team, including opportunity that arise. Experience in briefing and managing the relationships with outside agencies/suppliers is key to the successful delivery of this role. They are also looking for someone who can bring creative ideas to the table, new approaches and ways to run their campaigns.

If you are looking for an opportunity to have greater involvement in influencing and shaping the programme and really making a mark, then this is the role for you.

Every six minutes in the UK someone loses their sight. By 2050 an estimated four million people will be living with sight loss. Many people believe this is unpreventable and irreversible. However, pioneering research using the latest technologies and innovations is already achieving results; and giving hope to the two million people living with sight loss in the UK today.

Our vision is for a future everyone can see.

The role of the Individual Giving Officer is to increase giving through direct and digital marketing by managing the supporter experience, donor journeys and stewardship programmes of Fight for Sight’s database

The Individual Giving Officer will work with the Individual Giving Manager to deliver the annual individual giving marketing strategy which consists of acquisition and retention campaigns across multiple channels including digital, SMS and offline. The Individual Giving Officer will strive to deliver first class supporter journeys for donors to ensure they all receive timely communications.

You will help to deliver an exciting new programme of cultivation and stewardship for Fight for Sight’s valued donor base to support the charity's intention to achieve an ambitious step change in income generation to support its work.This shall involve project management of the delivery of the integrated and multi-channel annual giving program that utilises direct marketing; telemarketing, digital and SMS channels – in order to increase new income; the donor base; and the lifetime value of our supporters.

The Individual giving Officer shall also support the rest of the wider Fundraising team and other organisation teams at events and providing cover when necessary

How to apply;

To apply, please send a CV (including current salary level) and a supporting statement of no more than two pages explaining your interest in this post and how you meet the points in the person specification above. Please also give details of two referees who we will contact once a formal offer of employment has been made.

Applications should be submitted by 9am on Monday 2 March 2020

First round interviews will be held on W/C 16 March 2020

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Angela Reinfor Fight For Sight

For more information about Fight for Sight please visit our website

Fight for Sight is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunities

About the Venue

Tucked away in a tranquil Mayfair street just yards from the hustle and bustle of Piccadilly, you will find the Royal Institution, a unique venue in one of Central London’s most prestigious locations.

The home of science and innovation for over 200 years, the Royal Institution is a place that was created to find solutions and answers. Only one question remains: do you have the skills knowledge and experience to lead our commercial offer?

In our welcoming Grade I listed Mayfair venue, discoveries were made that literally changed the world. Today it offers the perfect location for private and corporate events. Our historic Georgian rooms with fine portraits and original features blend seamlessly with more our contemporary spaces, all equipped with a wide variety of AV technology to suit needs.

About the role

Our wonderful Head of Commercial Events is going on maternity leave and we are looking for someone to join the team at the Ri and lead our commercial venue team, responsible for a team of three and working closely with our in-house catering partner Searcys.  The team’s main objective is to generate income (currently £1.4m) from events and conference hire at 21 Albemarle Street, the profits from which are used support the Ri’s charitable activities.  This post will play a crucial role in leading the team to achieve quarterly sales targets.

We are looking for someone to start in the role towards the beginning of April 2020 and it is envisaged that the role will continue to June 2021.

About you

Do you have a passion for events and have a strong track record in sales and in event delivery and logistics?

The ideal candidate will be proactive, hardworking and able to work under their own initiative.  With a strong commercial mind, they must be able to identify opportunities for revenue growth and then strategically plan to deliver on these opportunities.

 In this multifaceted role (involving sales strategy, financial planning and forecasting, marketing and communications and operational delivery) the successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent communication, people management experience, customer service skills and display a high level of organisational and project management ability.

Interested?

Please review the full job description and person specification, and click the apply button below to submit your CV. Please also unclude a cover letter of no more than 500 words explaining why you want the job and how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification.

Closing date is 9.00am on Monday 2 March.

For this busines critical role we reserve the right to close the application process once we have recieved sufficient interest. We would therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Interviews are scheduled to take place during w/c 9 March.

We would ideally like someone in post by early April to ensure sufficient time for handover.