Events Assistant

Fixed-Term 12 Months, Full-Time

£18,870 - £19,918 New employees will start at the bottom of the salary band

Ref: 349-COR-4137835

To provide excellent administrative support for a series of fundraising events capable of achieving an ambitious annual fundraising target for MFT Charity. To support with data management, supporter care, planning and analysis of specified events, within agreed timescales. To support with providing excellent supporter care to event participants.

Main duties of the job:

To be part of a dynamic team, providing excellent administration for our innovative event portfolio. You will be solutions focused with great attention to detail and enjoy balancing multiple priorities. This a wonderful role which gives the successful candidate the opportunity to make an impact, working in events fundraising, within a supportive and forward thinking team.

You will:

• Provide administrative support for a series of events
• Support with research, event logistics, planning and analysis of an agreed number of events within MFT Charity’s event portfolio.
• Support to ensure that all events are delivered with excellent supporter care and event experience
• Keep clear and accurate administrative records for supporters the database.
• Support with logistics on the event days.
• Provide excellent supporter care to event participants.

Working for our organisation:

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.4bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating the most exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’re proud to be one of the major academic research centres and education providers in England and Research and Innovation is the heart of all we do, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We’re also excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable and tackling climate change.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Join us and you’ll work with some of the best people in the NHS, thriving in a Trust united in its values, purpose and commitment to our patients and a drive for continual innovation and improvement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters:

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.  If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

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Closing date: 22 May 2022.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a driven and dynamic Community & Events team. Offering either full time or part time hours with the flexibility of hybrid working, we are looking for a Community & Events Officer to play a key role within the team. Could you help families through one of the most challenging and emotional times of their life? One in seven babies is born premature or sick and needing care on a neonatal unit – this isn’t what most parents expect for their baby. Join the leading national charity dedicated to supporting babies, families and NHS staff at this critical time.

About us

Bliss is the UK’s leading national charity for babies born premature or sick. Our vision is that every baby born premature or sick in the UK has the best chance of survival and quality of life. 

We champion the rights of every baby born premature or sick to receive the best care. We achieve this by empowering families, influencing policy and practice, and enabling life changing research.

Role Summary

We are looking for someone with a passion and drive for charity events fundraising. As a part of our Community & Events team, you will be responsible for generating income through the project management of a range of third party (eg runs, cycles, walks) and Bliss owned events, as well as supporting individuals organising their own fundraising activities within their community.

You will ensure efficient event management and administration as well as providing excellent supporter care. You will contribute to a friendly and high performing fundraising team dedicated to meeting its targets and to providing the best possible care and support for all premature and sick babies and their families.

For more details please view the job description and person specification attached to this advert. 

Why work for Bliss?  

We are an equal opportunities employer and take pride in our collaborative and inclusive work culture. We understand that we all have different priorities at home and we, therefore, aim to offer a mix of financial and non-financial benefits. Our benefits include financial, health & wellbeing, lifestyle and career development options:  

•  25 days paid holiday (pro-rata for part-time employees) 
•  Flexible working practices 
•  Relaxed work life and dress code  
•  A contributory Bliss pension scheme 
•  Interest free annual season ticket loans  
•  Company and statutory sick pay scheme  
•  Compassionate leave  
•  Time off for volunteering  
•  Salary sacrifice schemes (bike to work, payroll giving)  
•  Access to 24x7 free Employee Assistance Programme  
•  Family friendly policies, including neonatal leave and pay  
•  Learning and development via peer to peer, blended, cascaded and self-directed learning  
•  Mentoring and coaching 

Bliss recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equity and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, including applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as well as from LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.     

We also recognise the value of flexible working, so will consider different types of flexibility (such as compressed hours, and a minimum requirement of 2 days working in the office for all staff), as well as the possibility of offering the role on a job share basis.  

How to apply 

Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents:

• CV 
•  Supporting statement of no more than 1,500 words, explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification 

This information is used when shortlisting candidates for interview.

Recruitment Timeline 

We are recruiting on an immediate basis and early applications will be prioritised. The final date for applications is 9am on Monday 23rd May 2022.

Interviews will take place via video call.

It is Bliss’ policy not to contact applicants who have not been invited for an interview so if you have not heard from us three weeks after the closing deadline, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful. 

NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community, and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate.

NHS Providers has all trusts in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £104bn of annual expenditure and employing 1.2 million staff.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast paced and high performing team responsible for the delivery of our Digital Boards programme. The programme aims to increase NHS trust board leaders’ understanding of the changes being brought about by digital in health and care, and to increase the confidence and capability of boards to harness the opportunities digital provides. It seeks to share good practice and peer learning on digital transformation through a comprehensive set of resources, events, and board development sessions.

As senior programme coordinator you will lead on the production and planning of all face to face and virtual events and oversee the programme’s administration processes. The postholder will be an effective communicator and have experience of delivering events and liaising with senior executives, customers, or clients.

Job purpose

• To support the overall marketing efforts of Debt Free London.
• To support and continue to build brand continuity and brand voice amongst our partners and within Debt Free London.
• To use our data insights to help promote our service and share our learning.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: Midday on 31 May 2022.

Right to Succeed is a fast-growing national charity, working to deliver place-based and educational change in the most disadvantaged communities. Together, alongside their local and national partners, Right to Succeed delivers coordinated, impactful programmes aimed at improving outcomes for vulnerable children and young people, their families and wider communities. 

We are looking for an Impact Communications Manager to improve how Right to Succeed monitors and communicates the impact our programmes achieve and the value we bring to communities. This is an unusual role, which sits in the External Communications team and works closely with the Data and Insights team.

The ideal candidate will be able to understand complex concepts and communicate them clearly to a variety of specialist and non-specialist audiences.  They will have a passion for communicating positive stories. This is a fixed-term role to deliver a two-part project: reviewing our existing programmes to identify and evidence impact, and developing processes that enable us to build this into future programmes.

To apply for this position, please send a CV and supporting statement to apply via our advert on CharityJob by midnight on Monday 6th June 2022. Please note, we are scheduling interviews as applications are received, therefore an early application is recommended.

Your supporting statement must not exceed 2 pages and should cover your motivation for applying for the role and how your skills and experience meet the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification. 

Hybrid working: part London Office (EC1V) part home work

Salary: £27,975-£32,775 per annum inclusive

Hours: 35 hours

The role has an open-ended closing date and interviews will be scheduled as and when applications are received. This is a permanent position.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised individual to join JDRF as Special Events Fundraiser as part of the Special Events Team.

The Special Events team delivers a range of events, including gala dinners, receptions and cultivation events. You will take responsibility for operational management and delivery of a number of these events. In addition you will support committee-led and third-party Special Events as well as collaborating with internal teams on delivering events, including the bi-annual Patrons’ Club Reception.

Relationship building (both externally and internally) is a key part of the role and an integral part of working for JDRF so you will have excellent interpersonal and stewardship skills.

As a highly creative and confident fundraiser, you will be given the scope to develop existing events as well as creating new and innovative events to increase fundraising as well as raising awareness of JDRF.

You’ll have previous experience of:

• Supporting and/or managing successful Special Events
• Developing event plans and materials
• Building relationships with high level supporters, senior volunteer committees and external suppliers
• Achieving budgets

You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at JDRF, always striving to make a difference to people living with type 1.

As an employer we offer:

• Flexible working and will consider compressed hours
• Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days and bank holidays
• Health cash plan
• Season ticket and cycle loan
• Pension scheme

JDRF is the world’s leading charitable research funder into type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We are dedicated to our 400,000 strong type 1 community in the UK and work closely with our international affiliates across the world, including the US, Canada and Australia.

‘JDRF is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age.’ 

We have an exciting new opportunity for an Events Fundraiser to support the Hospice’s Programme of fundraising and supporter engagement events to raise vital income for Willen Hospice.

The Events Fundraiser will work with the Events Team to ensure all events are planned, delivered and anlaysed to a sector leading standard, achieving maximum profile and income, whilst providing high quality donor services.

To be successful, you will ideally have previous experience of Event Planning, and will be highly organized, proactive and motivated to inspire the community to participate in our Fundraising Events. You will be a flexible team player who is available to work some evenings and weekends when our events are live. You will have excellent supporter facing skills, have an outgoing, friendly personality and a passion for fun and success.

You will need to be physically fit and able to safely move and handle event equipment, some of which is heavy. You will also need a driving licence (category B+E), access to a vehicle and be over 25 (an insurance requirement to drive the Hospice van).

You will be supported in your role to develop your skills by an experienced team who are passionate about what they do.

The role will be based at Willen Hospice in Milton Keynes and in return for your skills, you can expect to join a caring team with generous annual leave entitlement starting at 35 days pro rata (inclusive of statutory and bank holidays), free onsite parking, NHS or employer enhanced auto-enrolment pension scheme, enhanced maternity, adoption and sick pay provision and excellent catering facilities at the Hospice.

Overview of the role

Our long term vision is for cervical cancer to be eradicated and until then that no woman that is diagnosed goes without the support she needs. The charity has set out an ambitious five year vision, and this will require significant growth in income to allow us to significantly extend our information and support programmes.

The Trusts and Statutory Manager will build on recent success; manage the overall growth of trusts, foundations and statutory funding in order to help Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust secure the income needed to achieve sustainable growth. There will be an increased focus on the Statutory income stream over the coming years. The post holder will be responsible for working with teams across the organization to develop new projects and evaluating existing projects.

You will be building relationships with funders, writing applications, networking and providing first class stewardship to a range of funders. You will need a track record of raising significant funds from trusts, have excellent communication skills and an ability to assess impact, costs and added value.

This post requires someone who has extensive experience in generating income from Trust/ Statutory funders. This role is integral to the development of the charity and so is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, resourceful, ambitious and hardworking individual.

Overall purpose of the role

To develop and implement a strategy to grow sustainable income from trust, foundation and statutory funders. This includes identifying, researching and cultivating new sources of income whilst also developing and maintaining strong relationships with current donors.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Developing and implementing a strategy for maximising income from Trusts, Foundation and Statutory funders
• Being the key contact for all Trust, Foundation and Statutory fundraising activities
• Research and qualify a robust pipeline of potential funders in order to achieve sustainable growth, ensuring that prospects are matched to projects appropriately; with a particular focus on securing multi-year /  high value (£50k+) grants, as well as increasing our pipeline of medium size funders
• Work alongside the Head of Fundraising and the Chief Executive to develop and manage key supporter relationships, sharing information and leads; build new donor relationships and maintain current relationships through appropriate means e.g. reporting, meetings, networking and communications.
• Plan and deliver an application and reporting calendar for funders of all sizes; implementing bespoke approaches, cultivation and stewardship in order to maximize income and engagement
• Develop effective working relationships with senior management, trustees and senior level volunteers in order to maximise their contribution to the success of the trusts and statutory programme
• Work with colleagues across the organisation to develop a range of projects (for core and new work) into fundable and compelling applications ensuring they meet funder requirements and are backed up with clear and detailed budgets.

• Establish processes with delivery colleagues to monitor and evaluate activity and ensure funder reports are delivered within deadlines, and in line with grant and funder requirements
• Research and monitor new developments/funding opportunities, and sector trends

• Monitor and report against operational plans, income and expenditure budgets and other KPIs to ensure objectives are achieved and exceeded; proposing plans for remedial action if income and expenditure projections are not on track
• Ensure that all funds received are accurately allocated as unrestricted or restricted grants
• Take responsibility for ensuring that full records of all Trusts, Foundations and Statutory activity (including research, asks, mailings, updates, communications and income), are maintained on the charity’s database and other internal systems
• Work alongside the Head of Fundraising to contribute to overall fundraising strategy. Support and contribute to cross-team projects, leading on projects as required
• To attend and contribute to team meetings and work closely with colleagues in order to understand their funding needs.
• Where appropriate represent the charity at external events
• Occasionally be asked to work outside of office hours or travel outside of London

The job description gives an outline of key duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list. The post holder may be asked from time to time to take on other responsibilities as reasonably requested by their manager

We have an exciting new role for a skilled Relationship Manager to join our supportive and rapidly growing team.

You will manage and help grow our group of commissioners and delivery partners, communicating the vital importance of improved numeracy for their staff, their business, their customers, or for the adults they support. You will build strong, mutually beneficial relationships, acting as a link with our delivery team, to support partners to implement and manage our programmes to improve number confidence and skills, as well as spotting opportunities to establish innovative new partnerships.

As Relationship Manager, you will play an important role in realising our vision by building long-term partnerships that provide sustainable impact for the organisation.

We are looking for someone who is flexible, a self-starter and able to use their own initiative to both strengthen relationships and establish new links. It’s not imperative that you come from the charity sector as long as you can show us that you have relevant transferable skills and an understanding of what it takes to be successful in this role. We welcome applications from people who may have struggled with maths and numbers and have a personal understanding of the experiences of our beneficiaries. This is a fantastic opportunity within a small but ambitious and dynamic organisation making a real difference to people’s lives and livelihoods.

To apply please submit a CV with covering letter of no more than two pages to Emily Kramers by 9am on 23rd May 2022. Please include in your covering letter an outline of your suitability for the role with reference to the essential skills and experience criteria mentioned in the job description. Applications without a cover letter will not be accepted.

This is a big moment for NHS Providers’ communications and marketing team.

We are looking for a number of new, talented colleagues to help us on the next steps of our journey. We’re so pleased you’re interested to learn more.

Our team is at the very heart of NHS Providers’ activities. We play a critical role in our organisation’s success – in setting out the concerns and challenges our members face; in highlighting and celebrating their achievements; and in helping our members to understand and access support which helps them deliver better care for patients across the NHS. 

That task has never been more important than during the pandemic, which has seen NHS trusts and foundation trusts facing extraordinary pressures. They have risen magnificently to these challenges. But there are more trying times ahead.

The continuing impact of COVID-19, the need to address the backlog of care, and the unprecedented demand for services come at a time of constrained capacity, a challenging financial picture and workforce shortages. Never have we needed brilliant communicators more, to join us in making the case for the NHS, and to support the work of our members.

You’ll be joining a fast-moving and creative team, with opportunities to develop and progress, and a high degree of licence and autonomy. You’ll be empowered to bring your energy and passion to have the greatest impact and ensure we go from strength to strength.

About this role

The role of senior digital manager is new role that we are creating to lead the delivery of a crucial phase of progress and transformation in our digital communications and engagement development – a key pillar of our communication and marketing strategy.

You will take a strategic lead in overseeing our increasingly important work in digital communications – with particular focus on our website, social media and wider membership communications activities. You will ensure we are on the cutting edge, providing responsive solutions for our staff and members, and pushing our creative boundaries so we engage fully, using high quality digital content which reflects us and our members.

A substantial part of the responsibility in the first 18 months will be leading the scoping, commissioning, creation and delivery of a new corporate website. This will entail working across the organisation and beyond to implement a best-in-class website which provides a streamlined, easier user experience (particularly for members), generating bespoke, automated content that better serves their needs.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking to further their communications experience and expertise in a high-profile national organisation. The role is busy and varied and you will input to work across the team’s remit including media relations, publishing, marketing, branding, member communications and events.

This is an exciting opportunity to harness support for RSPCA Brighton Branch into a new and innovative fundraising programme.

We are looking for an innovative, energetic and passionate fundraiser who is brimming with ideas to take the Branch into the future.

We need someone with a proven ability to make money and generate support who is highly organised and motivated to work towards a sustainable future for the Branch.

We have ambitious plans to grow and develop the Branch both around our shelter and within the community to create a better future for animal welfare. This role will be at the heart of that plan, generating the income to make a real difference to the animals within the Branch area.

Our new fundraising manager will be highly organised, able to inspire and motivate and ambitious to innovate and grow, with an entrepreneurial talent to seek out new opportunities.

This is a new role and the successful candidate will be able to both take management responsibilities for events and new ideas as well as be working at ground level working alongside volunteers. 

This is a hands on role for someone not afraid to get stuck in to make a difference.

Job Description

We are looking for a dedicated Events and Community Manager who can take ideas and turn them into exciting and successful fundraising events. Someone who is pro-active in their approach to development and thrives off building great relationships with people. The Events & Community team are looking to recruit an Events & Community Manager to join us and lead the team in delivering a growing events and community portfolio.  

The role will be a key player in the planning and delivery of all events and activities, as well as leading the team in providing great supporter experiences. We are a small but ambitious fundraising team and have a track record in developing our staff and finding new opportunities for them to grow. The role will have autonomy and freedom to be creative and implement new and exciting fundraising initiatives.

You will work closely with the Deputy Fundraising Director, Events & Community Officer and Events and Community Assistant.

Salary: £38,000

Department: Events & Community

Reporting to: Deputy Fundraising Director

Location: Hybrid with time in the office required around events. Office is in Holborn, London.

About Prostate Cancer Research 

We support bold science, backed by patients, to keep our research both cutting-edge and relevant. Patients give feedback directly to scientists so that they can understand, learn and modify their research so that what they do in a lab will make a difference to patients. 

In May 2020 when the pandemic hit, patients were relieved that PCR didn’t skip a beat. We didn’t allow our research to stop or slow down – in fact, we actively went out in search of new innovative projects to support. 

We fill the gaps. When we first wanted to expand our projects we analysed the entire prostate cancer research system. We found out that there are some areas of research that desperately need more investment, where a lack of knowledge is preventing the situation for patients from improving fast enough. We actively invest to fill those gaps. 

So far, our scientists have discovered a potential way to make radiotherapy work more effectively and with fewer side effects. They invented a new technique to discover networks of on/off signals for cancer, which we hope to use to develop more treatments. They started investigating how fat fuels prostate cancer, and using AI to predict whether or not a cancer needs treatment. We ran national campaigns to empower patients to ask questions and get the right treatment for them, and to talk about and get support for the side effects of treatment. 

We do all of this in honour of the men and families who have already been through things no family should have to go through, and to create a future where no one needs to fear a prostate cancer diagnosis. 

Fundraising focus 

Over the last few years, we have successfully diversified our income streams, improving our capability of raising restricted funds for specific projects through focusing on trusts & foundations, statutory, corporates, and major donors, while at the same time ensuring we have flexible and sustainable unrestricted funding through our events & community, legacies, and individual giving.

The target now, as part of PCR’s Fundraising Strategy for 2021-26, is to grow our income year on year to £9.8 million by 2026. 

We’re going full steam ahead with our fundraising strategy for 2021-26. We’re ready for this challenge and we need a dedicated colleague to help achieve this goal. 

Key Responsibilities are detailed on the attached Job Description

Skills and Competencies

We are looking for a keen learner, effective implementer and creative person to become an integral part of our Events & Community Team and create and deliver exciting fundraising activities and build long lasting relationships with external suppliers and supporters. The candidate would ideally have the following:
 

• A successful track record in the organisation and delivery of different types of events.
• Experience of planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating events in line with strategic objectives.
• Excellent networking and relationship management skills.
• Excellent communication skills including face to face, written and phone.
• A pro-active attitude to all areas of work.
• Ability to motivate and inspire colleagues and supporters.
• Great attention to detail.
• Excellent IT Skills and experience of using a CRM database.
• A pro- active and keen willingness to learn.
• A strong belief in the work we do.

We are looking for someone who has a proven track record of experience delivering change within the NHS, as well as a wealth of experience in working successfully with community-based stakeholders. You should be passionate about wanting to change health inequalities, be resilient, enjoy stakeholder engagement at every level, and have a positive, can-do attitude.

This is an exciting time to join our Patient Projects team as we launch our Empowering People with Prostate Cancer (EPPC) project which aims to better educate and empower people living with prostate cancer.

This project, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, aims to provide people living with prostate cancer with the information and support they need, at diagnosis, when considering further treatment options, thereby reducing treatment regret, and ensuring better quality of life outcomes. Central to this project is the creation of a new patient information and empowerment website, The Infopool.

This role will be instrumental in the development and delivery of this project, helping ensure the project achieves its ambitious outcomes. You will be instrumental in delivering on the EPPC project and expanding the Patient Project Department into new and more ambitious areas.

This project is part time, 3.5 days per week, and can be either fully remote working or flexible hybrid (our office is in Holborn). Some travel will be involved in this role.

Key Responsibilities 

• Build new and manage existing relationships with clinical stakeholders, including HCPs, NHS system managers, Cancer Alliances, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver a programme of outreach to healthcare professionals, ensuring the adoption of project resources and other organisational resources across target institutions.
• Develop a pilot project for a community-based approach to information prescribing, building new relationships with key stakeholders focused on most effectively reaching those with low health and digital literacy.
• Maintain a tracking and reporting system to ensure the project exceeds its targets and funding requirements are met.
• Support the Head of Patient Projects to define the project’s annual operational plan.
• Contribute to external events as a representative of PCR including attending national conferences, such as BAUN and BAUS.
• Help develop a system of Infopool champions in hospital-based and peer-led support groups to help advance the project’s objectives.
• Input into new project development as well as funding proposals, bids, and pitches to help expand the breadth and depth of the project and ensure the development of new projects for the department.
• Think strategically about opportunities to connect this project and its users with other priorities of the department and organisation.
• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the Head of Patient Projects in line with the responsibilities of the post and the aims of the department.

Skills and Competencies 

The candidate must have the following:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field and continuing professional development in a relevant field. 
• Creativity, critical thinking, and multiple years of strong project/ programme management skills and experience.
• An awareness of health inequalities and a desire to make a difference.
• Experience working with government departments and the NHS.
• Knowledge of the UK’s health and care research landscape.
• An ability to manage multiple stakeholders, competing expectations and priorities in a sensible way that ensures delivery and success.
• Demonstrable experience of building strong working relationships with people at all levels across stakeholder organisations.
• An entrepreneurial, pro-active mindset with maturity and emotional intelligence.
• An ability to communicate clearly and effectively both internally and with a range of partners across healthcare and beyond. This includes patients, academia, industry, the NHS, and government.
• An ability to work autonomously, prioritise, organise, identify, manage, and mitigate risks, and plan own workload and deliver results consistently.
• Good IT skills, particularly in the use of MS Office, Teams, Zoom and web applications.
• An ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines, or where deliverables can change at short notice.
• A strong belief in the work we do.

We currently have an opportunity within our Events and Venue Hire Team for an Event Manager to join us in a full time position. This position will be supporting the operational delivery of private and corporate events at Kew Gardens. The events range from weddings to corporate dinners and conferences.

The role will involve responding to client enquiries and conducting venue site visits for clients and supplier to plan all the small details of the event in the lead up to the event, followed by managing on the day event logistics to ensure everything runs smoothly. You will deliver an excellent standard of customer service for the client and ensure high standards are maintained in all aspects of the planning and delivery of Kew’s Venue Hire events.

This role will be responsible for the line management of our team of zero-hour event assistants throughout the calendar year and line management of a summer seasonal contract between April – October each year.

Previous experience of the operational delivery of events in a venue environment is essential for this role, including the ability to work to tight deadlines, manage multiple clients and meet targets. Excellent communication and attention to details are a must. Experience in line management of a direct report is preferrable.

You will be required to work weekends and evenings on a very regular basis.

This role is based at Kew with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements. 

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.

We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.

No agencies please.

Closing Date 05/06/2022

Interviews will be conducted week commencing 20th June 2022.