Senior event manager jobs

Volunteer Centre Hackney is a thriving charity (annual income circa £1.1m, with 29 paid staff) providing volunteering infrastructure to the voluntary sector across the City of London and the London borough of Hackney. We support over 1500 residents a year to realise their skills and passions through volunteering and social action, and to share these for the benefit of others. We also provide volunteering resource, and advice and guidance on best practice in volunteer management, to hundreds of charities and community organisations.

Through our specialist programmes, our impact on the lives of residents is huge. We match volunteers to housebound residents to help them engage with communities and leave their homes; we provide long term personalised support to people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities to help them volunteer and find paid jobs; we support patients to deliver hundreds of their own activities and peer support groups at GP practices across City and Hackney; and in partnership with Public Health, we support over 250 Community Health Champions to share vital health messaging with their own diverse communities.  

This is a hands-on and strategic role for an experienced fundraiser who thrives in a small to medium sized charity environment. You will have autonomy to develop a whole new fundraising strategy, utilise diverse fundraising methods, and build and develop new project ideas and partnerships. You will lead on income generation primarily through sourcing and applying to trusts and foundations, and with the potential to build new corporate partnerships, community campaigns and individual giving. You will build authentic relationships with funders and supporters, and together with VCH colleagues, will identify new programme models as ways to generate income. You will contribute to the development and production of compelling stories, evidence and marketing and build and maintain the infrastructure needed to track and achieve progress against annual income targets.

Post holders need to have excellent communication skills, to represent the charity in writing and in person. You must be enthusiastic, self-motivating and confident to work primarily alone, but also able to engage and collaborate with staff from across the organisation to share information and impact evidence to support your role. If you are successful in securing funding there will be the potential to recruit additional support, and for you to become the Head of Fundraising of a small team.

We are recruiting for a Senior Programmes Coordinator.  The team at United Way UK is a passionate, friendly and collaborative group, committed to creating meaningful change in communities across the UK.

We value trust, strong teamwork, flexibility and reliability, and we work closely together to deliver programmes and partnerships that truly make a difference.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Programme Coordinator to join our small team. The role plays an important part in the planning and coordination of our core programmes and partnerships. The role is varied and would suit someone who is organised and confident in building relationships and working with a wide range of people. You will get to work with and present to corporate partners, charities and schools, travelling across the UK to ensure projects and events are delivered smoothly and professionally.

This role will help bring partners, charities and communities together to create practical, local impact across the UK.

What you will do:

• Help deliver programmes that create meaningful impact in communities across the UK.
• Work with charities, schools and corporate partners to coordinate volunteering projects, events and community activities.
• Support the growth and development of United Way UK’s core programmes, including Corporate Volunteering, Give Local, Reading Oasis and #DestinationDigital.
• Contribute to storytelling, impact reporting and communications that showcase the difference our programmes make.
• Be part of a small, collaborative team where your ideas, initiative and contribution will genuinely matter.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Coordinate programme and project activities, ensuring delivery runs smoothly and to a high standard.
• Build positive relationships with corporate partners, charities, schools and community organisations.
• Support volunteering events and programme activity across the UK, including regular travel.
• Maintain programme trackers, records and budget information accurately and efficiently.
• Help create content for reports, presentations, social media and partner communications.

 What You’ll Need

• A highly professional approach with flexibility, reliability and initiative
• Experience supporting programmes, projects or events, ideally within the charity, education, community or CSR sectors.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities at once.
• Confidence communicating with a wide range of people and building positive relationships.
• Good written communication skills, including drafting content for reports or communications.
• A proactive and hands-on approach, with the ability to work independently and as a strong team player
• Willingness to travel across the UK and attend meetings in London regularly.

Why Join Us

• We are a small, supportive and driven team committed to creating positive change across the UK.
• Work flexibly in a home-based role with regular travel and the opportunity to build relationships nationwide.
• Play a meaningful role in programmes that bring partners and communities together to create local impact.
• Work in a collaborative culture built on trust, strong teamwork, flexibility and shared values.

Role Responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details.

Advocacy Manager - International Finance

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Advocacy Manager - International Finance 

The Clean Air Fund is looking to recruit an Advocacy Manager- International Finance to join their team in Brussels, Johannesburg, London or Nairobi. This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation whose mission is to use philanthropic grants to catalyse a reduction in air pollution.   

A key area of our work is unlocking more international finance for air quality action. We are seeking a dynamic advocacy manager with expertise in international finance who can drive Clean Air Fund’s growing work in this area.

In this role, you will lead and deliver high‑impact advocacy work, managing key outputs, including CAF’s flagship State of Global Air Quality Funding report, as well partnerships, grants, and projects that support CAF’s goals. You’ll have the opportunity to advise colleagues across the organisation on finance and be comfortable convening others to help come up with solutions. You will bring experience in engaging with major development finance actors and supporting senior leadership in their external engagement.

You’ll have the opportunity to take an entrepreneurial approach to the role, spotting opportunities to grow this work and travel internationally to key financing meetings. You’ll be a joining a friendly, and small but mighty advocacy team, within a collaborative, dynamic and growing organisation.

You don’t need to be an air pollution or philanthropy expert – if you are motivated by impact, comfortable working at pace, and want your work to help millions of people breathe cleaner air, we’d love to hear from you.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong technical knowledge of development finance
• Experience engaging with MDBs and bi-lateral donors on development finance, leading to increased finance for areas such as health, climate, or air quality 
• Development of policy positions 
• Managing production of high profile policy products, including writing and editing policy reports
• Managing report launch events, side-events and webinars at global fora
• Engagement with external stakeholders, including both political targets and civil society 
• Political analysis, including stakeholder and influence mapping
• Supporting the development of advocacy strategies 
• Strong project management of events, strategy delivery and product creation across internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to represent the Clean Air Fund in external forums and with external stakeholders
• Writing and delivering briefings and talking points for senior internal stakeholders
• Policy development and writing
• Ability to create trust with staff and diverse stakeholders, to build strong interpersonal relationships and to show success in building effective partnerships and networks. 
• Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a fast-paced workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
• Excellent project and task management and people development skills.
• Ability to work with senior internal and external stakeholders, providing concise briefings and building trusted relationships 

For more information on this role, as well as the full person specification please see the job description

• Closing date – Sunday 24th May
• Salary – in Belgium EUR 71,250, in South Africa ZAR 1,250,000, in Kenya KES  6,125,000, in UK GBP 63,500. 
• Type of employment - Full-time

At Clean Air Fund, we’re guided by purpose and grounded in evidence. Our culture combines clear structures and rigorous frameworks with space for fresh thinking and collaboration across diverse perspectives. We value curiosity, openness and a shared commitment to making a measurable difference.

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, returning parents, carers or any other aspect which makes them unique. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups  to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps we can take to ensure that the recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm. 

Job Title – Senior Fundraising / Corporate Partnerships Manager

Reports to – Chief Executive

Location – London - Clapham / Hybrid working (minimum 40% of working time in the office)

About Us

For over 30 years, The Money Charity has been the UK’s Financial Capability charity. We proactively provide education, information, advice and guidance to people of all ages, helping them to manage their money well and increase their Financial Wellbeing.

We believe that being on top of your money as a part of everyday life reduces stress and hardship, helps you achieve your goals and live a happier life as a result, so we empower people from all backgrounds across the UK to build the skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours to make the most of their money throughout their lives.

We also work to promote Financial Wellbeing in the UK by working with the financial services industry to improve practices and outcomes for their consumers, and influencing policy-makers, media, industry and public attitudes.

We are a small, passionate team with a big reach and an open mind, committed to quality accessibility and inclusiveness. We offer a flexible work environment that values creativity, personal growth and collaboration. For more information about us, please visit our website.

About The Role 

We’re looking for a dynamic and relationship-driven Senior Fundraising / Corporate Partnerships Manager to lead on, develop, grow and relationship manage our portfolio of corporate partners through business development, and relationship management. You will also support the Senior Management Team with their existing corporate partners, and their relationships. This is a key role in strengthening our income generation, expanding our reach, and creating partnerships that support financial wellbeing across the UK.

You’ll lead on securing new partnerships and managing existing ones - from banks and building societies to insurers, fintechs and professional services. You’ll develop creative propositions, deliver exceptional account management, and drive income that supports our mission.

Closing Date – 11:30pm, Monday 25 May 2026

Interviews – 1st round early June (virtually)

Please visit our website for the full job description including the key responsibilities, person specification and application details. Note that we are currently recruiting for two Senior Manager roles, and further information on the other role can be found on our website as well.

Do have experience delivering high profile, high exposure events successfully? Would you like to lead the strategic delivery of our conferences and events, maximising engagement opportunities and ensuring those affected by dementia are considered and represented appropriately?

About the role
We are recruiting for a Senior Conferences and Events Manager to join on a full-time, 35 hours per week, maternity cover contract for 12 months. This is a home-based role, with monthly travel required for conferences, events and in-person stakeholder or team meetings.

As Senior Conference and Events Manager you will be responsible on the strategic delivery of an annual portfolio of conferences and events, which range from Society owned conferences and events, to external public and professional events and conferences. You will work to maximise engagement and influencing opportunities for our research and influencing stakeholders, including a national conference, research events and roundtables.

In this role you will oversee and line manage the Conferences and Events team, in addition to overseeing business and financial planning and monitoring. You will be responsible for budget management of the events programmes, including setting, managing, reporting on and reforecasting the team budget.

By working collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholders you will ensure the voice of those affected by dementia is considered appropriately in the events we deliver and attend. You will plan the involvement of lived experience across all events, including co-producing all or parts of the conferences and events we deliver. In addition to this, you will build in meaningful equality, diversity and inclusion into our conferences and events programme, ensuring that our events are inclusive to all attendees, and representative of a diverse range of voices.

Interviews for this role have been provisionally scheduled to take place via MS Teams on Wednesday 10th June.

About you
Joining us, you’ll have experience of working at a senior level in an events role and experience managing budgets effectively and using project management skills to remain organised. You’ll also have experience of successful management in conference production, organising successful large-scale events and conferences – in person, hybrid and virtually.

Due to the nature of this role, you’ll need to have good interpersonal and communication skills and the experience required to manage, motivate and inspire staff and volunteers to create a high performing team. You’ll have experience of leading a team to achieve success, including developing and working to briefs, workload planning and managing a team to deliver high standards with agreed timeframes.

Crucially, you’ll have experience building relationships with senior stakeholders, third party event partners and agencies with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively.

What you’ll focus on:

- Delivering a portfolio of events for our research and influencing stakeholders, including a national conference, research events and roundtables.
- Supporting the creation of strategies for improving events activity and maximising opportunities.
- Managing the budget of the events programmes, including setting, managing, reporting on and reforecasting the team budget.
- Line managing the Conferences and Events team and temporary staff and volunteers as necessary.
- Ensuring the voice of those affected by dementia is considered appropriately in the events we deliver and attend. Planning the involvement of lived experience across all events, including co-producing all or parts of the conferences and events we deliver.
- Effectively evaluating all activity, measuring the impact of projects against set objectives and outcomes in line with our strategy, and ensuring continuous improvement.
- Working collaboratively with brand, marketing and communications colleagues to create robust communications plans for events that ensure the right promotion prior to, during and after events.

About Alzheimer's Society - who are we and what’s our mission?
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.  

At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground-breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.  

Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for. 

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as part of a minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.     

Our hiring process
We want you to bring your whole self to the process. Applications are anonymised until interview stage, and we’re happy to support any adjustments. Share your feedback via our candidate survey when applying to help us improve. We may close early if we receive high interest (with 48 hours’ notice). Some roles may require a DBS check as part of our safer recruitment commitment. Thinking about using AI during the recruitment process? We know this can be helpful in many ways but remember to include your personal and authentic self too. Your voice and experience are what really set you apart. 

Giving back to you
At Alzheimer’s Society, we value our people and take a total reward approach to pay and benefits. You’ll enjoy a generous double-matched pension scheme, 27 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays and wellbeing days), and access to a free Health Shield Cash Plan, 24/7 EAP, Thrive mental wellbeing support, and virtual GP services. Our Society Plus platform offers exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, and recognition schemes, while our flexible working, family-friendly policies, and life assurance provide peace of mind and work/life balance. We also offer a free Will-writing service and long service awards to recognise your ongoing commitment.

Are you an experienced accountant who is passionate about dogs?
We’re searching for a Financial Accounting Manager to take the lead on all things accounting: from ongoing accuracy on the general ledger to year-end accounts.

What does this role do?
As Financial Accounting Manager, you will:

• Be responsible for end-of-year accounts, working closely with colleagues and auditors to ensure all accounts are completed accurately and compliance is maintained,
• Maintain ongoing accuracy in the general ledger for UK entities, reviewing transactions and control accounts to identify and rectify errors,
• Ensure tax compliance, from reviewing returns to ensuring compliance in line with changes to tax legislation and guidance,
• Manage and coach the Assistant Financial Accountants, providing strong leadership, performance management and professional development,

Interviews for this role are provisionally scheduled for 1st June 2026, and will take place on Teams. This role is available as a fixed term, family leave cover until August 2027.

Could this be you?
To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be a fully qualified accountant who has been responsible for managing the year-end process in a large group, who understands complex VAT environments and maintaining an accounting system. You’ll work pro-actively and flexibly to meet multiple competing deadlines, while leading and coaching a small team. You’ll be an excellent communicator, with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders across the charity and communicate complex financial information to non-financial colleagues. A commitment to the work we do is essential.

About Dogs Trust
We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button. Our application process requires you submit a personal statement explaining your interest and suitability for the role.
 
Dogs are incredibly diverse, much like the humans that love them! At Dogs Trust we value diversity, and we're committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce helps us to achieve our mission. Our colleague networks give our people a voice, acting as vehicles for real and meaningful change within Dogs Trust. We truly want to see every candidate shine throughout the entire job application process, interview stages, and during their time with us. If there's anything on your mind or any adjustments you may need, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're here to support you every step of the way.

Relationship Manager (North and Scotland)

Full-time (37 hours) | permanent

c£36,000 depending on experience | Home-based | Hybrid

At the Bone Cancer Research Trust, we exist because families refused to accept a world where primary bone cancer had no hope, no answers and almost no research. Today, we’re the UK’s leading bone cancer charity and every supporter you engage helps push vital research forward and provides comfort to families who need us.

About the role

As Relationship Manager, you’ll build genuine, lasting connections with our Special Funds - our named funds created in honour or memory of someone affected by primary bone cancer, community supporters and local businesses. Your relationship-led approach will help create the family feel connections we’re known for, inspiring long-term support and raising vital income for people affected by primary bone cancer

You will:

• Grow and manage Special Funds, our named funds created in honour or memory of someone affected by primary bone cancer.
• Build strong, meaningful relationships with all our supporters, ensuring every person feels valued and connected.
• Secure and steward regional corporate partnerships
• Meet a regional income target of approx. £300,000
• Represent BCRT in your region, strengthening awareness and community connections at meetings and events.

About you:

• A natural relationship builder with 3+ years’ fundraising experience and a genuine passion for supporter care.
• Compassionate and professional, especially when working with families personally affected by primary bone cancer.
• Organised, proactive and confident working independently, able to balance a varied workload.
• A clear and engaging communicator, bringing warmth and positivity to every interaction.
• Able to travel across the region (car required).

Why you’ll love working with us

You’ll join a small team that works collaboratively and keeps our community at the centre of everything we do. We’re supportive, friendly and you’ll have the flexibility to manage your work while seeing the direct impact of the relationships you build.

What we offer

· Flexible approach to working hours

· 30 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays

· Private Health Insurance (following successful probation)

· 6% employer pension contributions

· Life Assurance of 4x annual salary

If you’re passionate about safer communities and want a role where your work has a direct and lasting impact, this could be the perfect opportunity. As Crimestoppers’ Regional Manager for the South of England (Devon & Cornwall, Avon & Somerset), you’ll play a pivotal part in helping protect the public, empowering local people, and supporting the agencies working to prevent and solve crime.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Regional Manager to represent Crimestoppers across the area. You’ll work closely with law enforcement and community partners to design and deliver meaningful crime‑prevention campaigns, while also coordinating cross‑border and national initiatives with organisations such as ROCUs and the NCA. You’ll empower local volunteer committees to thrive, act as a spokespeople for Crimestoppers in local and regional media, and drive funding opportunities that help expand our impact.

This role variety, and the chance to genuinely make a difference. We’re seeking someone with strong project and budget management skills, confidence under pressure, and the ability to build strategic relationships. Experience in or significant knowledge of the voluntary sector, media campaigning, or policing practice would be an advantage. If you’re committed to community safety and excited by the challenge of influencing real change, we’d love to hear from you.

The Senior Evidence & Evaluation Manager will sit within the Impact & Evidence directorate at the heart of Youth Futures Foundation.

Working with three Heads of Evaluation, the Deputy Director and the Director, you will help ensure our evaluations are designed to generate credible evidence of what works.

You will:

• lead the design, commissioning and management of impact evaluations, including RCTs and QEDs. This will include feasibility or developmental work where interventions are not yet ready for full impact evaluation.

• work closely with independent evaluators and delivery partners and colleagues in our Programmes & Grants and Policy & Communications directorates to assess the evaluability of interventions, and lead the design and delivery of large-scale, complex impact evaluations.

• contribute to strengthening our ‘evaluation architecture’, leading projects that enhance data infrastructure and access to administrative datasets, and set standards for methodological rigour in the sector.

In addition, you will lead other aspects of the team’s commissioning. This may include developing policies and processes, supporting the Heads of Evaluation to strengthen commissioning practice.

This role can be based at our Birmingham, Leeds or London hub. We currently operate a hybrid model of two-days per week in the office and three-days from home.

For more information on this role, please download our job recruitment pack.

Due to receiving high volumes of interest in our opportunities, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised deadline. To ensure your application is considered, please submit it as soon as possible.

We are recruiting for a Senior Philanthropy Manager to join our team in London; the scope on this job involves….

Job Title: Senior Philanthropy Manager

Location: Hybrid working - this role is external facing and the postholder will be required to attend meetings, events and networking opportunities in London and other locations as required
Salary: £54,897.50 per annum
Contract type: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5

At a pivotal moment in addressing domestic abuse Refuge is entering a new strategic phase focused on building strength, independence and long‑term impact. We are seeking a bold, visionary Senior Philanthropy Manager who will help drive a growth in philanthropic income and lead a new way of working with philanthropic supporters. This newly created, externally facing role offers a rare opportunity to shape the future of Refuge’s philanthropy—securing transformational six‑ and seven‑figure investments, shaping a new offering for philanthropic funders and driving sustainable growth at scale.

You will design and lead a compelling core philanthropy offering, steward and grow a small portfolio of Refuge’s highest value supporters and build a dynamic pipeline of major donors and trusts and foundations. Working closely with the Head of Philanthropy, CEO, Board, you will redefine how Refuge engages philanthropists—bringing clarity, confidence and ambition to how we partner with supporters to fuel survivor safety, resilience and long‑term prevention. This is a role for someone that thrives on building networks and has a strong track record of growing pipelines, including through working with existing supporters and senior volunteers.

This is a standout opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to create and implement new avenues for philanthropic impact and drive significant income growth for Refuge’s work. The postholder will combine influence, creativity and purpose—playing a decisive role in strengthening an organisation survivors rely on, while helping to shape a defining philanthropic vision.

Closing date: 9.00am on 5 June 2026

Interview date:
Stage one: 18 June 2026 (virtual)
Stage two: AM, 25 June 2026 (in person at our Head Office, in Vauxhall, London) 

Benefits

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

About The Connection at St Martin’s

We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.

London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and creative communications generalist who enjoys working across a wide range of activities and can bring our mission to life through powerful storytelling and effective communications.

In this role, you will ensure that the charity’s mission, values and key messages are reflected clearly and consistently across all communications. You will be confident working with the press and welcoming high-profile visitors, helping to raise the profile of our work and the people we support.

As a small charity, we value creativity and initiative. You will enjoy finding innovative ways to maximise impact, using a mix of media, digital channels and partnerships to share our story and reach new audiences.

Working closely with colleagues across the organisation – including the people who use our services – you will help ensure our communications are authentic, inclusive and grounded in real experiences.

You will also collaborate closely with colleagues in the Fundraising team to develop and deliver a series of innovative fundraising and awareness-raising campaigns, helping to engage supporters, grow income and increase understanding of our work.

Our strategy focuses on developing services in new ways, involving clients in every aspect of our work and strengthening collaboration across the sector. The Communications Manager will play a key role in helping the organisation communicate more effectively, building communications confidence across the team, and supporting the growth of our fundraising activity.

This role is a 12 month FTC.

Salary: £44,181 - £50,461 (scale points 29 – 35)
Closing Date: Sunday 31st May
Interview Date: Tuesday 9th June

 

Our Benefits

· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays

· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget

· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy

· Enhanced family friendly policies

· Day off for moving house

· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)

· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Season Ticket Loan

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)

We are a London Living Wage employer

Chopwell Regeneration Group is looking for an ambitious, values-driven and highly capable Senior Programmes Manager to help lead the next stage of our growth.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a successful and widely respected community organisation and play a central role in delivering programmes that improve wellbeing, skills, employability and opportunity for local people. Working closely with our Board, staff team, volunteers, partners and funders, you will provide strategic leadership, manage staff, lead impactful projects, and ensure our work continues to place Chopwell residents at the heart of everything we do. If you are an experienced leader who believes in the power of communities to shape their own future, we would love to hear from you.

About Chopwell Regeneration Group (CRG)

CRG is a trusted, community-led charity working at the heart of Chopwell to improve wellbeing, opportunity and quality of life.

Founded in 2017 by local residents, CRG has grown into a locally valued and widely respected organisation delivering community-led regeneration that works. We have a strong track record of partnership, collaborating with organisations across health, education and employment sectors.

In 2022 we opened The Bank, a multi-award winning community hub. It hosts a popular café, an affordable community market, a training kitchen, rental offices and business support, and a wide programme of learning, wellbeing, employability and social activities. 

In 2024 we opened our second building The Regeneration Shop - a volunteer-led repair and reuse space providing opportunities for residents to develop practical skills, reduce waste and build confidence. We are currently in the process of acquiring a new and bigger building for our Shop, to expand our repair activity and its associated social and commercial impact.

We have a team of 11 staff and every year work with over 200 volunteers.

Alongside our venues, we deliver a range of projects across Chopwell. This includes our food sustainability initiative Can Chopwell Feed Itself? and Brightening Up Chopwell bringing people together to improve shared public spaces and strengthen community pride.

Our Values and How We Work

We are an organisation that:

● Is committed to a thriving, sustainable future for Chopwell.

● Listens to our community- local consultation and lived experience shapes our work.

● Is ambitious for our community, driven to achieve impacts, and willing to innovate.

● Cares deeply about people, and supports our staff and residents to develop, grow and thrive.

● Values working in partnership with organisations locally, regionally and nationally.  

● Is guided by an active, experienced Board with a high level of expertise, including members with strong local knowledge and lived experience.

● Has a committed, skilled and hardworking staff team who bring energy and heart to their work.

 

Job Description: Senior Programmes Manager

Hours: 30 - 37.5 per week* (subject to agreement)

Holiday:  6 weeks pro rata (includes bank holidays)

Pay: £39,000 - £48,000 per year pro rata (depending on skills and experience)

Place of work:   The Bank, 19-21 Derwent Street, Chopwell, NE17 7HU

Reporting to: CRG Board of Trustees

Contract term: 12 month fixed term contract (expected to renew subject to funding)

The Senior Programmes Manager will work closely with our Senior Finance & Commercial Manager to provide leadership for Chopwell Regeneration Group (CRG), reporting to the Board of Trustees.  They will lead on strategy, planning and delivery for all programmes, working with board, staff and volunteers, and external partners to ensure activities are achievable, properly resourced, financially sustainable, impactful and effectively evaluated.

Key areas of responsibility:

● Strategic planning and delivery of social, cultural, education and training programmes that meet CRG’s objectives, including improved mental health and wellbeing, skills development and employability for Chopwell residents.

● Leading the growth of our public programmes that deliver wide-ranging educational and wellbeing benefits for the people of Chopwell, from social prescribing activity to business support. This includes planning annual programme aims and outcomes, developing partnerships, and ensuring delivery is financially sustainable and properly resourced.

● Leadership and management of staff including line management responsibility.

● Managing the volunteer programme in line with best practice and working with the staff team to recruit, communicate with and support volunteers.

● Developing and managing successful and innovative partnerships across a range of sectors and growing partnerships locally, regionally and nationally.

● Ensuring there is sufficient staff capacity to deliver programmes effectively, and advocating for and working with the Board to identify funding and support for additional resources.

● Identifying new funding opportunities and working with CRG Board to secure grant funding for programmes in line with strategic objectives.

● Managing budgets for all programmes and ensuring financial targets are met. 

● Evaluating outcomes across all programmes including collecting data, generating case studies and impact reports for Trustees, funders and a range of stakeholders.

● Ensuring programmes are delivered in accordance with current legislation, contractual/accrediting body requirements and CRG’s policies and procedures including Safeguarding, Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Data Protection. 

● Working with the staff team to generate news articles, photos, printed material and social media content to promote CRG’s programmes.

● Representing CRG at relevant events, networks and forums to build networks and raise CRG’s profile across a range of sectors.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Needed

We are looking for a Senior Programmes Manager who can provide strategic leadership, strengthen our delivery and help ensure that Chopwell residents remain at the centre of everything we do. The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

Essential Criteria

Leadership & People Management

● Leadership and management experience

● Ability to influence, motivate and inspire others

● Experience of people management and supporting staff/volunteers

● Confidence in advocating for community needs and priorities

Community-Led Practice

● Proven ability to work with communities, service users or audiences to shape programmes or services

● Commitment to inclusive, participatory and community-led approaches

● Ability to build trust and work effectively with people from diverse backgrounds

Partnership & Collaboration

● Strong collaboration and partnership-building skills

● Ability to work confidently with partners across sectors

● Excellent communication and advocacy skills with a range of stakeholders

● Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Programme and Operational Management

● Experience of developing, managing and delivering successful community programmes

● Ability to manage operational delivery, budgets and impact targets

● Experience of safeguarding, health and safety, GDPR or relevant compliance frameworks.

● Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities

 

Strategy, Funding and Evaluation

● Experience of identifying opportunities, developing projects or securing funding.

● Ability to monitor outcomes and evaluate impact.

● Experience of writing reports, case studies or funding updates.

Personal Qualities

● Creative thinking and problem-solving

● Self-motivated, resilient and adaptable

● Committed to the aims of Chopwell Regeneration Group

 

Desirable Criteria

● Experience of leadership and management in the voluntary, charity or community sector.

● Experience of managing grant-funded programmes.

● Good knowledge of safeguarding, health and safety, GDPR or relevant compliance frameworks.

● Experience of social prescribing, employability, education or wellbeing programmes.

● Experience of communications, PR or social media content creation.

● Understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing communities like Chopwell.

● Lived experience of the communities CRG serves.

Additional Information

● We would ideally like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible, but can be flexible.

● Flexible working arrangements are available and can be discussed at interview. Please note the majority of your working week will be expected to be on site. Also, occasional weekend and evening working will be required. This includes quarterly public meetings and trustee meetings every two months (minimum).

● Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

● CRG is a Disability Confident employer. Any applicant with a disability who meets the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.  Please include information in your application if you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme.

● Any applicant living in an NE17 postcode who meets the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

 

Deadline for applications: 11.59pm on Sunday 24 May 2026

Interviews: During week commencing Monday 1 June

About the role

We’re looking for a highly motivated Legacy Stewardship Manager to play a crucial role in growing and protecting our future income by delivering outstanding experiences for our legacy supporters. 

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises funds to save the lives of people with cancer, everywhere. We ensure our nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments, which are used across the UK and around the world.  

We are a very ambitious organisation which has gone through transformational growth over the past five years. 

The opportunity 

This is a fantastic time to join our ambitious Legacy team as we seek to develop and grow our successful programme.

As Legacy Stewardship Manager, you’ll lead the development and delivery of a best‑in‑class stewardship programme, combining personalised one‑to‑one relationships with high‑quality multi‑channel communications. Your work will deepen engagement, build long-term loyalty, and help inspire future gifts that will help support breakthroughs in cancer research for generations to come. 

What you’ll do 

• Develop and deliver a high-quality, multichannel Gifts in Wills stewardship programme 

• Build meaningful, long-lasting relationships with legacy supporters through personalised stewardship 

• Work in collaboration with colleagues in the Philanthropy team to realise opportunities for raising awareness of gifts in Wills with our major donors 

• Build close relationships with other fundraising teams to identify and reach new supporters, to engage and inspire with the impact of gifts in Wills, providing appropriate messaging.   

• Support the delivery of bespoke events and recognition opportunities for pledgers and legators 

About you 

You’ll be an experienced, confident relationship manager with a strong background in charity fundraising—ideally in legacies or supporter stewardship. You’ll bring: 

• Proven success delivering stewardship programmes and one‑to‑one supporter relationships 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a talent for warm, compelling copy

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities with care and attention 

• Sensitivity, empathy and confidence when communicating with supporters, including bereaved donors 

Why join us? 

We’re a values-driven charity committed to saving lives by funding world-leading research, treatment, and care at The Royal Marsden. You’ll be part of a collaborative, ambitious, and supportive team, with plenty of opportunities for learning and development. 

What we offer 

• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays

• Generous pension scheme with up to 6% employer contribution 

• Flexible working options 

• Life insurance, employee assistance programme, and more 

• Bright, modern offices in Chelsea and Sutton with subsidised canteens 

Inclusion matters 

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and walks of life. 

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you. 

The Senior Supporter Engagement Manager will lead the strategic development of personalised, data‑driven supporter experiences that deepen engagement and maximise long‑term value. This role oversees the design and optimisation of multi‑channel supporter journeys, with a key focus on the creation and delivery of the email, SMS and What’s App communications, as well as our loyalty‑focused communications such as Cure Magazine, supporter newsletters and seasonal loyalty comm such as Christmas Cards. You’ll be a resident expert in marketing personalisation and data automation through martech tools.

Acting as the organisation’s expert in supporter experience design, the postholder ensures that every interaction — from the point that a supporter hits our database to long‑term stewardship — is timely, relevant, and insight‑led. You will use a mix of influence, coaching and collaboration skills to work across the organisation – working closely with Fundraising, Digital, Data, Business Intelligence, Insight, Policy and Campaigning, Volunteering, Info Services and Brand teams to embed a culture of continuous improvement and supporter‑centric thinking.

Most importantly you’ll be passionate about giving supporters a fantastic experience so that they stay longer, do more and feel like a valued part of getting to a cure for dementia.

 

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Supporter Journey Development & Design

· Lead the end‑to‑end design of supporter journeys working collaboratively across all the organisation, taking an audience led approach in achieving our income, engagement and influence objectives, joining the dots and identifying opportunities for cross sell, upsell and integration of offers throughout a supporter's relationship with us.

· Oversea the mapping and optimisation of lifecycle journeys, ensuring they are insight‑driven, segmented, and aligned with organisational goals towards a cure.

Responsible for ensuring your teams are expert in our martech, and use testing frameworks (A/B, multivariate), data and performance insights to optimise journeys performance.

· Lead for automation of journeys within our martech, balancing efficiencies on resource with excellent supporter experiences.

· Lead for data, compliance and technical troubleshooting.

 

Data Selections & Audience Targeting

· Responsible for making audience targeting decisions ensuring accurate, timely, and insight‑led targeting for all fundraising and engagement activity.

· Working collaboratively with the BI team to ensure the development and application of data modelling and propensity models to predict supporter behaviour models that support tailored communications and efficient campaign delivery.

· Work closely with Data and Analytics teams to maintain data quality and optimise selection processes, and work with insight and BI to translate performance outputs into actionable recommendations for optimising our supporter journey performance.

· Ensure robust documentation, governance, and continuous improvement of data targeting and selection workflows

· Work collaboratively with the digital analytics team to ensure a strong connection between web and paid digital activity to avoid siloes across the stages of a supporter's experience with ARUK.

 

Supporter Loyalty & Stewardship Communications

· Lead the creation of loyalty‑focused communications that build long‑term relationships and increase lifetime value and deliver on our supporter experience principles – including communications such as Cure Magazine and E-newsletter.

· Work collaborative with Senior Supporter Relations Manager to develop stewardship frameworks that recognise and thank supporters at key moments – including the coordination of an ARUK approach supporter Christmas and Seasonal greetings.

· Ensure collaboration within these organisational supporter loyalty communications is effective leading for RACI and levels of approval.

· Lead for your team adhering to GDPR-aligned audience management and safe data activation.

 

Leadership & Collaboration

· Manage and develop a multi‑disciplinary team across your key responsibilities, fostering a culture of audience led, testing, continuous improvement and joined up thinking, planning and delivery.

· Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across fundraising, digital, brand, data, insight, info services, policy and campaigning, and research teams to ensure alignment and shared priorities.

· Responsible for keeping up to date on latest thinking, tools and technology for delivering effective Supporter Experiences, working closely with our Salesforce Technical Product Owner. And represent the charity in conferences, networking and influencing within the sector.

 

Knowledge, skills and experience needed:

· Extensive experience in supporter or customer journey design, CRM‑driven marketing personalisation and data automation

· Strong understanding of email marketing and supporter journey platforms and infrastructure, automation tools, and CRM systems.

· Familiarity of audience targeting segmentation and data selections.

· Familiarity with propensity modelling, predictive analytics, or working alongside data science teams.

· Proven ability to lead teams and manage complex, cross‑functional projects.

· Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate insight into action.

· Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills.

· Demonstrable experience of leading supporter engagement programmes across multi-channel campaigns and activity.

· Demonstrable experience of working with external partners, including creative agencies, platform providers, research agencies, print and production houses.

· Demonstrable budget development and management experience.

· Deeply supporter‑centric, with a passion for creating meaningful experiences and supporter communications.

· Ability to distil complex data into simplified actionable insights that build the programme.

· Curious, analytical, and comfortable working with data and making driven decision‑making.

· Creative thinker who enjoys solving complex problems, particularly solving problems in collaboration with stakeholders.

· Collaborative, confident, and able to influence at all levels, particularly at a senior level across the organisation.

· Experience of coaching internal stakeholders, with strong workshop facilitation experience.

· Committed to continuous learning and innovation.

Additional Information:

Ways of working:

As part of our Agile ways of working, you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.

Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals.  This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.

Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD. 

Salary: Circa £56,000 per annum, plus benefits. 

Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.

The closing date for applications is the 31st May 2026, with interviews being arrange once shortlisting has been completed. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.  We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, particularly from those in the global majority, those with disabilities, men and those from the LGBTQIA+ community. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.

As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer and ensuring fairness and consistency in our selection process, we will handle your CV and application with the utmost confidentiality. Should you require any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via our website. 

How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.

About Alzheimer’s Research UK: Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure.  Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.