Senior event manager jobs in Greater london

Internal title: Executive and Governance Administrator

Location: Home (most meetings are online and we are largely a remote working organisation, however travel will be expected to central events at  least 1-2 times a year which will be paid for by the charity)

Salary: £34,453 Full Time

Hours: 35 per week (full time)

Closing Date: Sunday 19 July - 23.30

Contract: Permanent

About the role

This is a key support role at the heart of Housing Justice, providing high-quality, proactive and highly organised executive support to the CEO and senior leadership team in a fast-moving national charity environment. The postholder plays a critical role in enabling the CEO and Directors to operate effectively, requiring excellent diary management, strong judgement, discretion, and the ability to manage competing priorities and anticipate organisational needs. The role also involves coordinating meetings end-to-end, ensuring they are well-structured and outcome-focused, including preparing agendas, capturing accurate notes, maintaining action logs, and proactively following up to ensure timely completion.

About you

We are looking for someone with:

· Significant experience supporting senior leaders in a PA, Executive Assistant, or equivalent role

· Experience managing complex diaries across multiple senior stakeholders

· Experience of agenda setting and action tracking for a variety of senior management and trustee meetings

· Experience working in a fast paced, often changing environment

About us

Housing Justice brings together communities and finds solutions to homelessness by building personal connections, a sense of belonging, and creating justice in the housing system. We train and support volunteers to offer various accommodation options while building a network of local support. This includes providing personalised assistance to help individuals access relevant local services and address their other needs. Through compassionate, courageous, and collaborative action, we implement innovative solutions to tackle housing injustice, enhance the quality of housing, and elevate the voices and experiences of groups affected by housing injustice to both local and national governments.

A Senior Sous Chef position is needed to assist the Executive head chef in the everyday running and organising of the kitchen and to line manage assistant chefs and kitchen porters. Menu planning, food ordering, stock control, and event delivery.

This role is a fixed-term contract for one year.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all the Lambeth Palace kitchen team are fully trained in the food safety management systems and procedures, implemented by the Executive Head Chef.
• Work under and closely with the Executive Head Chef to ensure that all statutory legislation is adhered to by ensuring that standards and controls for Health & Safety, food hygiene, risk assessments, COSHH, manual handling are carried out as per current legislation.
• To ensure that the agreed standards of food preparation and presentation are always supervised and adhered to.
• To maintain Lambeth Palace's five star 'Scores on the Doors' council rating.
• Maintain and develop a positive and collaborative relationship with all colleagues, giving direction when necessary.
• Ensure that kitchen timesheets are completed and submitted in a timely manner.
• Working within the HSE guidelines, the Senior Sous Chef will support the Executive Head Chef to ensure allergen training is provided to all hospitality staff.
• To ensure that food waste is minimised and Lambeth Palace's sustainability targets are met reducing our environmental impact.
• To deputise for the Executive Head Chef in their absence.
• Working with the Executive Head Chef on menu development, to plan nutritious and varied seasonal menus, taking into account special dietary requirements and the seasons of the Church.
• Ensure that kitchen stock levels are maintained, rotated where appropriate, and that any need for replenishment is identified.
• Maintain kitchen equipment inventories, and reporting shortages, damage or required replacements in a timely manner.
• To conduct daily briefings with any additional or agency kitchen staff, ensuring they understand what is required of them, as well as the desired quality and production output for the day.
• To work closely with the wider Lambeth Palace hospitality team to ensure that we remain competitive and in line with current trends.

Essential

Qualifications/Skills

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Food hygiene management experience (COSHH, HACCP).
• Allergen Training

Knowledge/Experience

• Considerable experience operating different sections within the kitchen including pastry & baking.
• Experience in delivering fine-dining and banqueting catering.

Skills & Abilities

• A 'can-do' attitude and an aptitude for solving problems as they arise.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Demonstrable experience cooking a mixture of 'high-end' à la carte food and home cooking, as required.
• Considerable experience with catering for events up to 500 guests.
• Experience of baking to a high standard.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Self-motivated with the ability to motivate others.
• A confident, helpful personality and professional representative for Lambeth Palace.
• A keen eye for detail and anticipating other people's needs.

Personal Attributes

• Able to work flexibly, particularly evenings and occasional weekends.
• A sympathy with and interest in the Archbishop of Canterbury's ministry.
• Ability to support a culture of pride, ownership and desire to exceed expectation.
• Ability to foster a culture of flexibility.
• Ability to respond quickly and positively to changing requirements whether within the department or outside in order to meet demands and guest service needs.
• Discreet with the awareness and emotional intelligence to adapt working style and approach in different situations.
• This post is subject to a basic DBS check.

Desirable

Skills/Aptitudes

• The post holder should have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office for day-to-day office administration.
• First Aid qualification

Closing date for applications is 01 July 2026, 23:55 pm

Location: Hybrid / The Grange, Saunderton, Princes Risborough

Hours: 35 hours per week

We are looking to recruit a Senior Trusts and Foundations Officer to join our Trusts and Foundations team and support the delivery of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People’s fundraising strategy. The Trusts and Foundations team is working towards an income target of £1.3m in 2026 to 2027, with planned growth to £2.1m by 2029 to 2030. 

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your fundraising career within a collaborative and ambitious team. You will contribute to securing income from charitable trusts and foundations, building funder relationships, and managing our small trust mailing. 

We are looking for individuals who demonstrate passion for our cause, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to write compellingly about the difference Hearing Dogs makes to the lives of deaf people. You will be confident communicating with a wide variety of people, including funders, volunteers, and senior colleagues, and will bring a proactive and positive approach to everything you do.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service Payment
• Annual leave enhancements recognising long service 
• Day off for your birthday 
• Defined contribution group personal pension plan 
• Enhanced sick pay 
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay 
• Eye care 
• Hearing tests 
• Learning and Development opportunities 
• Discounts on merchandise at Hearing Dog gift shops 
• Pet Dog Policy

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

Closing date: 16th July 2026.

Please note: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 due to its duties involving the protection of children and/or adults at risk. Applicants are therefore required to disclose all spent and unspent convictions, cautions, warnings, and reprimands, as well as any relevant non-conviction information. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check in accordance with the Police Act 1997 (Part V).

Fawcett is recruiting a Fundraising Manager to own day-to-day fundraising delivery and help strengthen how fundraising works across the organisation. This is a manager-level role with real responsibility: bringing structure, judgement and follow-through to live fundraising activity, leading trusts and foundations as a core technical area, and helping develop wider fundraising opportunities over time.

You would work closely with our Head of Income and Organisational Development, who leads the strategic side of this work, while this role acts as its operational counterpart. We are looking for someone with strong fundraising experience, especially in trusts and foundations, excellent bid and report writing skills, and the ability to operate autonomously in a small organisation.

We know that women and people from marginalised backgrounds are less likely to apply unless they meet every requirement. If this role feels like a strong match for your skills and approach, we would encourage you to apply.

We’re looking for an ambitious and commercially minded Senior Commercial Manager to lead income-generating events, partnerships and activations across some of London’s most exciting South Bank locations, including Oxo Tower Wharf, Gabriels Wharf, part of the south bank walkway and our corporate conference centre. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape a vibrant commercial offer, grow sustainable income, and lead a high-performing team delivering exceptional experiences for businesses, brands and visitors alike. This is a 12-month maternity cover role.

As our Senior Commercial Manager you will:

• Lead commercial events, partnerships and brand activations in a world-class riverside setting 
• Drive sustainable income growth while balancing commercial success with community impact 
• Manage and develop a talented events team in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment 

To be successful you will need to demonstrate the following: 

• Experience in sales, negotiation and building commercial relationships 
• Minimum 2-3 years’ experience of managing teams and embedding a performance culture 
• Customer facing commercial experience ideally in the hospitality/service/event management sector 
• Breadth of commercial knowledge events, conferencing, advertising, commercial brand activations 

About Coin Street Community Builders 

We provide the opportunities and spaces for people to lead their own change.  

Our activities are wide and far reaching. From giving families and children the best start in life through our childcare and family support, to creating and maintaining high quality spaces to live, work and play on the land that we own.  

We promote enterprise, creativity, and lifelong learning whether that is through providing employment, volunteering opportunities, nurturing enterprise, or delivering programmes and activities. We provide housing that supports our community; we champion co-operative housing and influence local and national housing policy.  

From sports and dance to healthy eating and gardening, we offer a range of facilities and activities accessible to everyone to support health and wellbeing in our community.

Contract  

12-month fixed term contract, 35 hours per week (Monday-Friday) 

Salary  

£53,000 per annum 

Extras 

• Equivalent of 27 days annual leave (excluding Bank holidays), pro rata for part-time staff. 
• 8% contributory pension scheme (5% employer contribution and 3% employee contribution). 
• Health and wellbeing support, including online mental health therapy sessions.  
• Free gym membership at Colombo, annual flu jabs. 
• Commitment to training and development. 

To Apply  

To apply for the role, please click the following link to be redirected to our Recruitment Portal. 

Closing Date  

Please submit your application by midnight on Sunday, 21 June 2026

Successful candidates will be required to undertake a Standard DBS check.

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting a mission‑driven organisation that strengthens the social impact sector through global conferences, online events, and leadership programmes with the recruitment of an Event Manager.

This role is offered on a permanent and full-time basis, with a salary of £40,000–£45,000 per annum, depending on experience. The position is hybrid, with two days per week in a London co‑working space. Some international travel, with occasional evening and weekend work during peak event periods, will be required.

As the Event Manager, you will report to the Director of Programmes and play a central role in shaping and delivering the organisation’s global events portfolio. You will lead the end‑to‑end planning and delivery of events, and a range of leadership programmes and community initiatives. Sitting at the intersection of programme development, speaker engagement, and event operations, this role is key to translating programme strategy into exceptional event experiences.

You will manage the full programme development process, including coordinating the call for proposals, supporting the Advisory Panel review process, sourcing and engaging speakers, and overseeing all speaker communications and logistics. You will also lead on event delivery, managing relationships with venues, suppliers, production partners, and contractors, while ensuring a seamless experience for delegates, speakers, and partners across both in‑person and online events.

You will have an understanding of, or strong interest in, fundraising, philanthropy, and the wider social impact sector. To be successful in this role, you will be curious about emerging ideas, global trends, and the role events play in bringing people together to learn, collaborate, and drive change. You will bring strong experience managing complex conferences or events from concept through to delivery. You will have excellent project management and organisational skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities and deadlines. You will have experience coordinating speakers or contributors, managing suppliers and budgets, and overseeing event logistics. You will be a confident communicator, comfortable working with senior leaders and global audiences, and you will bring a proactive, collaborative, and solutions‑focused approach. You will have experience using event management platforms such as Cvent.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact George Cook at Prospectus.
 

Key responsibilities and duties

The Clinical Service Manager will be responsible for supporting the effective day-to-day management and development of The Maya Centre’s clinical services. Key duties will include:

• Providing clinical management across The Maya Centre’s therapeutic services and therapist teams.
• Managing the client journey from referral through to assessment and allocation.
• Overseeing referrals, triage, assessments and allocation processes for new clients.
• Acting, alongside the Clinical Director, as a senior clinical point of contact and providing case consultation where required.
• Supporting and managing therapists, including responding to clinical queries and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.
• Undertaking clinical risk assessment and risk management as required.
• Ensuring outcome measures, including CORE, are completed and used effectively across clinical services.
• Maintaining high standards of clinical governance, record keeping, monitoring and evaluation.
• Supporting the recruitment, induction and professional development of therapists.
• Working with the Clinical Director, CEO and wider team to develop and improve The Maya Centre’s service model.
• Building positive relationships with partner agencies, community organisations, health and social care providers, funders and other stakeholders.
• Supporting consultation events, stakeholder engagement and the promotion of The Maya Centre’s services.
• Contributing to reports for trustees, funders and other audiences.
• Attending relevant meetings, including clinical team meetings, supervisors’ meetings, management meetings and CPD sessions.
• Representing The Maya Centre externally at relevant inter-agency and clinical meetings where appropriate.
• Supporting fundraising, events and wider organisational activities when required.

Person specification:

Essential

• Full membership, registration and accreditation with UKCP, BPS, BPC and/or BACP.
• A minimum of three years’ post-qualification clinical experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development in line with relevant professional body requirements.
• Experience of working clinically with clients who have experienced childhood trauma.
• Experience of culturally sensitive clinical practice.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice.
• Good knowledge and experience of a broad range of psychological therapies.
• A minimum of two years’ experience of clinical service management.
• Experience of management within an organisational context.
• Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with community organisations, health and social care providers, partner agencies and funders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of collecting and measuring clinical outcomes, including CORE.
• Good IT, numeracy and data skills, with the ability to collate and present information clearly.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
• A strong commitment to anti-discriminatory, trauma-informed and intersectional practice.

Desirable

• Qualifications or training in therapeutic modalities beyond psychodynamic or analytic approaches.
• Experience and knowledge of using CORENET.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Please note that this post is open to female applicants only, as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

We want our organisation to reflect the diversity of the women we serve, and we particularly welcome applications from women with lived experience of the issues we work with, and from women from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic or Refugee communities

Policy and Public Affairs Manager

Location: Remote, with some travel to Cannock, London and other locations as required
Reports to: Charity Director
Team: Charitable Service

At Newlife, we’re entering an exciting new chapter - we’re on a mission to empower disabled children and their families, to live life to the fullest and champion the joy of childhood.

So we’re investing in our people and building the team we need to deliver our new strategic ambitions. 

Newlife is looking for an experienced and values-driven Policy and Public Affairs Manager to lead our policy, influencing, public affairs and campaigning work. This is an exciting opportunity to shape national conversations and drive meaningful change for disabled children and their families across education, health and social care systems.

In this role, you will ensure that lived experience is at the heart of Newlife’s influencing work, developing evidence-based policy positions, building strategic relationships and delivering campaigns that challenge barriers, raise awareness and improve outcomes for families.

About the role

As Policy and Public Affairs Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across Newlife’s policy, campaigns, public affairs and lived experience activity. You will identify opportunities to influence policy and practice, develop compelling cases for change, and represent Newlife with decision-makers, sector partners and external stakeholders.

You will also oversee the delivery and development of the APPG for Access to Disability Equipment, working with parliamentarians, government departments and sector organisations to increase awareness of the issues affecting disabled children and families.

Key responsibilities

o Lead the development and delivery of Newlife’s policy, public affairs, campaigning and influencing strategy.

o Develop evidence-based policy positions informed by research, service insight and lived experience.

o Ensure the voices of disabled children and families shape Newlife’s policy, campaigning and influencing work.

o Oversee the APPG for Access to Disability Equipment and build relationships with parliamentarians, policymakers and sector partners.

o Lead campaigns and influencing activity that raise awareness, challenge barriers and support policy change.

o Build strategic partnerships and coalitions to strengthen Newlife’s influence and collective impact.

o Represent Newlife externally at parliamentary events, conferences, roundtables and sector forums.

o Provide effective leadership for policy, campaigns and lived experience activity, including line management of the Lived Experience Coordinator.

o Contribute to organisational strategy, planning and growth as a member of the Charity Leadership Team.

About you

We are looking for someone with significant experience in policy development, public affairs, campaigning or influencing, ideally within the charity, public or not-for-profit sector. You will bring strong knowledge of policy and influencing processes, excellent communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and decision-makers.

You will be confident developing policy briefings, consultation responses, reports and position papers, and able to use evidence, research and lived experience to influence change. You will also be a collaborative leader with a strong commitment to inclusion, equity and the rights of disabled children and their families.

Essential experience and skills

o Experience of developing and delivering policy and influencing strategies.

o Experience of building relationships with parliamentarians, policymakers, government departments or national stakeholders.

o Experience of managing campaigns, consultations or public affairs activity.

o Experience of partnership and coalition working.

o Experience of using research, evidence and lived experience to influence change.

o Strong understanding of education, health, social care and disability policy.

o Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

o Strong leadership, people management, strategic thinking and analytical skills.

o Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.

For the full person specification, please refer to the attachement below 

Why join Newlife?

This is a unique opportunity to play a leading role in strengthening Newlife’s voice and influence, helping to create systemic change for disabled children and their families. You will work with passionate colleagues, families, professionals and partners to shape policy, improve practice and ensure lived experience drives meaningful action.

If you are a strategic, compassionate and influential leader who wants to make a lasting difference, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits

In return, you will receive 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous in-store discount, a cash health plan, discounts on restaurants, travel and insurance, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme through Retail Trust.

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Senior Corporate Partnerships Account Manager

Charity People is delighted to be partnering with a leading London-based youth charity dedicated to helping young people thrive. Through a powerful network of community organisations, programmes and partnerships, they create opportunities for young people to build confidence, develop skills, and shape their futures.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic Fundraising and Communications team in a Senior Corporate Partnerships Account Manager role. You'll take ownership of a varied portfolio of corporate partners, delivering high-quality stewardship, driving income growth, and creating meaningful engagement that supports life-changing work with young people.

The charity has a long-standing reputation for championing young people and the organisations that support them. With an ambitious income strategy and a collaborative culture, they are building impactful partnerships that combine funding, volunteering, and skills-sharing.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to take real ownership of the corporate partnerships account management programme-building on strong foundations from recent years and playing a key role in shaping its future direction and success.

You'll be part of a values-driven team committed to inclusion, innovation, and delivering exceptional supporter experiences-working with partners who genuinely want to make a difference.

Senior Corporate Partnerships Account Manager

Salary: £43,495
Location: London / Hybrid (minimum 2 days in the office)
Contract: Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours, flexible working considered)

Benefits include:

• Generous holiday allowance - 39 days paid annual holiday each year.
• Employer 4% pension contribution.
• Additional leave granted to support voluntary activity.
• Free access for you and your family to the Employee Assistance Programme.
• Free access to the 'Headspace' app for you and your family.
• Free Health Care Cash Plan.
• Charity mentoring network access
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Flexible and supportive working culture

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Partnerships, you will lead the management of a diverse portfolio of corporate partners, spanning high-value strategic relationships and employee engagement-led partnerships.

This is a hands-on role, where you'll deliver against ambitious income targets while ensuring excellent stewardship and engagement across corporate partners, challenge event participants, and individual supporters.

You'll bring a proactive and solutions-focused approach to partnership management, confidently navigating challenges, spotting opportunities, and driving partnerships forward in a way that creates long-term value.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing and growing a portfolio of corporate partnerships, delivering tailored stewardship plans and achieving income targets
• Leading on renewals and identifying opportunities to deepen and expand existing partnerships
• Forecasting and managing partnership income and expenditure, identifying risks and opportunities
• Designing and delivering engaging communications, including reports, newsletters, and donor journeys
• Planning and delivering corporate volunteering opportunities and partner engagement activities
• Supporting fundraising campaigns, events, and initiatives
• Producing income reports across fundraising platforms and maintaining accurate CRM records

About you

You'll be a confident and experienced corporate fundraiser with a track record of managing and growing corporate partnerships. You'll bring a strategic mindset, strong communication skills, and a passion for building meaningful relationships that deliver real impact.

You'll also be someone who thrives on ownership, and excited to shape and evolve an account management programme, who brings resilience and a solutions-focused mindset to navigating both challenges and opportunities.

We're particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Experience managing five- and six-figure corporate partnerships
• Strong relationship management and stewardship skills, with evidence of income growth
• A proactive approach, with the ability to overcome challenges and maintain momentum
• A solutions-focused mindset, with the confidence to identify opportunities and drive partnerships forward
• Ability to identify and develop new opportunities within existing partnerships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including reporting and presentations
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Good understanding of fundraising best practice and corporate partnership trends

Application Process

If this role inspires you to make your next career move, please get in touch with Kevin Croasdale at Charity People to find out more about how to apply.

Closing Date: 9:00am, Monday 22nd June
Interviews: Monday 29th June

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

The Talent Set are delighted to partner with Barnardo’s on a Senior In Memory and Legacy Marketing Executive role. This fixed-term position focuses on In Memory fundraising, legacy marketing and the Free Wills programme, owning supporter journeys and delivering multi-channel campaigns end to end to help grow income.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the In Memory fundraising programme, supporting supporter acquisition and stewardship activity
• Develop supporter journeys that improve engagement, care and retention across relevant channels
• Plan and deliver end-to-end campaigns (briefing, data selections, creative development, production management and evaluation)
• Manage campaign logistics across print and digital, collaborating with agencies and suppliers
• Use campaign performance data and insight to refine future planning and audience targeting
• Lead and develop the Free Wills programme with participating legal firms, supporting marketing activity through direct mail, telemarketing and digital channels
• Contribute to shaping a legacy events programme, supporting ongoing development and rollout

Person Specification

• Proven experience in legacy and/or In Memory fundraising or closely related supporter fundraising activity
• Strong direct marketing experience, including managing campaigns from planning through to evaluation
• Confidence delivering campaigns across multiple channels (e.g., mail, digital, telephony)
• Strong data and insight capability, using results to improve performance and future plans
• Skilled stakeholder manager with the ability to work effectively with internal and external partners
• Understanding of supporter stewardship and supporter care, with a respectful and compassionate approach
• Experience coordinating print/digital production and working with agencies and suppliers

What’s on Offer
Contract: Fixed Term Contract until February 2027

Salary: £29,000 - £37,000 pro rata

Working Pattern: Flexible working- Hybrid or Remote

How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the 'apply now' button (please do not apply via email). We aim to get back to all successful candidates within 48 working hours.

Commitment to Diversity
The Talent Set are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or age. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.

If this role matches your experience and ambitions, apply today with a CV that clearly shows relevant campaign delivery and results.

External Communications Manager

Salary: £40,000–£42,000 FTE
Hours: 30 hours per week
Location: Remote, with regular travel to FitzRoy services, team and stakeholder meetings as agreed. The role requires attendance in London once per month and applicants must be able to commute to services in Norfolk, Nottingham and Hampshire.
Reports to: Head of Communications
Directorate: Business Development and Partnerships

FitzRoy is a national charity supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs to live lives rooted in choice, meaning and happiness.

We are strengthening our external voice and looking for a confident, perceptive and warm communicator to help more people understand FitzRoy’s expertise and impact and increase our influence.

This is a moment of change for social care. We want to play a more active role in shaping its future, ensuring the people at the heart of it are seen, heard and involved in the decisions that matter.

About the role

As External Communications Manager, you will help build FitzRoy’s profile and reputation by identifying the stories, insight and opportunities that show what good support looks like in real life.

You will work closely with the Head of Communications, fundraising, business development and operational colleagues to turn external communications priorities into practical plans, content and opportunities.

This is a delivery role with real influence. You will be expected to bring ideas, advise colleagues, shape practical plans and turn opportunities into action.

What you will do

You will:

• develop proactive external communications activity that raises awareness of FitzRoy’s work, expertise and impact
• spot opportunities for FitzRoy to contribute constructively to sector conversations
• identify realistic opportunities for media, sector press, partner or local coverage
• gather stories, photos, video and quotes that help people understand what good support looks like in real life
• use social media, website content, audience insight and analytics to strengthen FitzRoy’s external profile

About you

You may come from charity communications, PR, journalism, public affairs, stakeholder communications or another external communications background.

You do not need to have worked in social care before, but you will need to be interested in people, willing to learn quickly and able to handle stories about people’s lives with care, respect and good judgement.

We are looking for someone who is:

• an excellent writer and editor
• confident developing clear, accessible content for different audiences
• warm, curious and able to build rapport quickly
• able to spot strong stories, ideas and opportunities
• confident creating social media and website content shaped by audience insight
• comfortable working independently and managing competing priorities
• able to think strategically about audiences and influence, while being practical about what can be delivered in a small team
• confident gathering content including photos, videos and quotes
• willing and able to travel to FitzRoy services and meetings as needed

A full clean driving licence and access to a car for work travel are required, as some services are not easily accessible by public transport.

Working at FitzRoy

You will join a small, friendly communications team with big ambitions. This role will suit someone who enjoys a mix of planning, writing, relationship-building, story-gathering and hands-on delivery.

You will help us show the difference good support makes – and help ensure the voices, experiences and achievements of people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs are seen and heard.

How to apply

To apply, please submit your application and a covering letter.

We do not expect your covering letter to address every point in the person specification. We would like you to tell us:

• what interests you about this role and FitzRoy
• three things you would bring to the role
• a piece of communications work you are proud of and why
• how you approach using social media, website content and audience insight to build external profile
• how you would approach telling stories about people’s lives with care, respect and good judgement

If you are using AI tools to write your application, please use them with caution. We are looking for your own voice and writing style.

Job role:

In this exciting and varied role, within our growing Mass Engagement department you will be part of the core team responsible for delivering the charities challenge events portfolio to maximise support and increase income.

You’ll manage a range of events from marathons and treks to bespoke fundraising challenges, ensuring participants feel valued, motivated, and connected to the cause.

You will be organised and a strong project manager, confident in solving problems, securing financial targets and take a creative and collaborative approach to deliver outstanding events.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver mass fundraising events, with end-to-end coordination of various in person and virtual events, ensuring supporters are at the heart of all activity, including budgeting, planning, supplier co-ordination, risk management and on the day delivery.
• Help to identify new event opportunities in collaboration with the Mass Participation Event Manager.
• Meet Income & KPI targets along with maintaining costs within agreed budgets.
• Build collaborative relationships with the wider Mass Engagement, Service Delivery & Marcomms Teams to ensure successful marketing, recruitment, and development of the stewardship journey for our supporters.
• Lead on marketing plans for challenge events to ensure maximum return in collaboration with the Marketing, Brand & Comms team.
• Use data and insight to evaluate event performance, inform decision making and continuously improve participant experience.
• Post-event management including follow up, debrief, results analysis and thanking of participants.
• Event attendance and taking the lead to co-ordinate on the day with support from additional members of staff.
• Manage and record income & expenditure accurately contributing to management reports, data analysis and future planning of the events programme.
• Develop effective relationships with third party event providers to build our profile and identify suitable events to meet our income, event and donor development plans.
• Identify optimisations that will help to streamline and improve our processes for events and supporters.
• Keep abreast of income and data trends across the sector to help inform future activities and events fundraising in line with fundraising regulation.
• Develop and deliver opportunities for corporate engagement and sponsorship.

Skills & Experience:

Essential

• A strong understanding of event fundraising and delivery
• Experience managing multiple projects with multiple stakeholders, stretching KPIs and competing priorities
• Able to use data, insight and market trends to make recommendations
• Collaborative, able to work effectively across functions and support our collective success
• Proven experience of budgeting and project planning, setting up and leading project teams where necessary to meet deadlines.
• Ability to manage a busy workload and meet deadlines whilst maintaining high standards and attention to detail
• Understanding of effective stewardship tactics to maximise income and deepen engagement with participants
• Experience of working across functions with a wide range of people managing both internal and external stakeholders at all levels

Desirable

• Experience of working with and managing volunteers
• Proven ability to assess and manage risk in both marketing/financial terms and reputational risk.
• Understanding of relevant marketing tactics and channels, particularly digital
• Knowledge of health and safety and risk management in event delivery & fundraising compliance.
• Familiarity with digital fundraising platforms and MS Dynamics

To play a key role in the Production Management team at Southbank Centre, working closely with the Director of Technical Production, Head of Production, the Production Management team and wider department and colleagues throughout the organisation to ensure the effective use of systems and resources to deliver the technical elements of a varied programme, primarily in commercial events, but also contemporary and classical music, literature talks, theatre and dance, to the highest standards.

Please download the attached Job Description for a full overview of this role's responsibilities.

The annual salary stated is based on the Full-Time Equivalent (40 hours per week). If the job is part-time, the weekly hours will be stated within the advert.

The deadline for applications is 23:59 on the closing date for the job posting.

We endeavour to keep job adverts open for at least two weeks for prospective applicants to apply. However, if we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible to ensure consideration for shortlisting.

Please note, applications sent via Email or 3rd party agencies will not be considered.

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Key Responsibilities

• To ensure a smooth and professional presentation of technical requirements of each event wherever SC activities are taking place.
• To ensure that allocated Production activities are fully and properly staffed – using resident staff, specialist contractors and freelancers as appropriate.
• To manage budgets as required; to evaluate and cost the technical requirements of events and to ensure that resources are used efficiently and that recharges are made. 
• To keep up to date with technical advancements contribute suggestions so that the capital investment programme appropriately reflects the production needs of the centre. 
• To be responsible for the management of Health & Safety issues within SC’s policies and to ensure that safe working practices are used at all times, including undertaking risk assessment and ensuring that all necessary risk assessments are provided by third parties where necessary.

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrable, extensive experience in one of the following artforms: theatre, dance, corporate events, classical or contemporary music, as well as a good working knowledge of the others. 
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary live arts environment with a demonstrable record in the delivery of events at the highest technical standards.
• Working knowledge of the usage, operation and safe handling of the equipment of the disciplines covered by the Production Department including without limitation stage, lighting, sound, AV and temporary installations for a broad range of events: orchestral, contemporary music, conferences, talks, film screenings, dance and performance.
• Obtains project management skills and can demonstrate experience of managing and organising the work of a team. 
• A demonstrable working knowledge of Safe Working Practices, Health & Safety and contractual requirements and is able to carry out risk assessments.

Special Events Manager – Volunteering

Contract type: 12 Months Fixed term – 35 hours per week

Location: London, UK
UK hybrid working – a minimum of 40 % of working time is spent face-to-face (London office, external meetings or travel). 60/40 hybrid working at WaterAid means roughly three days wherever you work best and two days together in person.

Salary: £47,423 per year with excellent benefits.

Change starts with water. Change starts with you.

Every day, millions of people live without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid exists to change that – for everyone, everywhere. Join us, and your energy will help unlock people’s potential and create a fairer future.

About WaterAid

We’re a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen.

About the team

The Community, Events and Education team manages and delivers a diverse portfolio of fundraising and engagement activity ranging from challenge events, our partnership with Glastonbury festival to community fundraising, our volunteer Speaker Network and education engagement. The team delivers far more than income by deepening the engagement of new and existing supporters, raising awareness of WaterAid’s work.

The Special Events team is responsible for the management and delivery of unique festivals partnerships and special events.

About the role

As our Special Events Manager – Volunteering you will lead volunteer management across all of WaterAid’s festival and special events activity and manage teams of staff and volunteers onsite at some of the UKs biggest and most loved public events.

In this role, you will:

• Recruit, train and manage over 700 volunteers across festivals
• Develop and deliver volunteer training, safeguarding and wellbeing processes.
• Support the special events team with operational plans, including volunteer schedules, logistics and volunteer welfare.
• Lead teams onsite at festival events as required including Glastonbury festival, and other WaterAid events.
• Champion WaterAid’s commitment to equity, inclusion and safeguarding.

Requirements

To be successful, you will need:

• Proven experience of recruiting, developing, motivating, and managing large teams of volunteers at mass public events.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of safeguarding and welfare practices for volunteers and experience in delivering these in a live events environment.
• Proven experience of leading, managing and supporting volunteers and staff.
• Ability to manage cross-team projects and establish excellent stakeholder relationships at peer and senior levels to deliver against shared objectives.

Closing date: Applications close 12:00 PM UK time on Monday 6th July. Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 13th July.

How to apply: Click Apply to complete the pre-screening questions and upload your CV and cover letter

Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in my application?

At WaterAid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.

Pre‑employment screening

To apply for this role, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to local law and WaterAid’s Safer Recruitment policy. All UK based roles require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Benefits

• 36 days’ holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days’ annual leave
• Employer pension contribution up to 10 %
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Season ticket loan
• Free annual eye tests
• ‘Give as you Earn’ charitable giving scheme
• Enhanced parental leave (maternity, adoption/surrogacy, shared parental and paternity)
• Sabbaticals
• One paid volunteer day each year

As part of our annual leave policy, all employees receive three additional days of annual leave on top of their standard allocation of 25 days. These days are designated to cover the period when our UK office closes between Christmas and New Year, allowing all UK WaterAiders to take a well-deserved break.

These days are automatically scheduled and cannot be changed or moved. Annual leave is accrued based on your start date. If sufficient leave has not been accrued by the time of the closure, the 3 days will be taken as unpaid leave or pro-rated, depending on your circumstances.

Our People Promise

We will work with passion and focus to make sure everyone everywhere has clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.

Equal Opportunities

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions, ways of life and status. This includes, but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, caste, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability status, neurodiversity, age, marital and family status, sexual orientation and gender identity, health status, place of residence, economic and social situation.

Safeguarding

We are committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero- tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and to any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding and criminal records checks).

Together, we’ll change the world through water.

Join us and be part of the change!