Charity Events Manager Jobs

Challenge Events Fundraiser 
30 hours per week 
Actual salary: £22,471 per year
Remote home working, hybrid or office based in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

About Us
The Fire Fighters Charity offers specialist, lifelong support for members of the UK fire services community empowering individuals to achieve mental, physical, and social wellbeing throughout their lives. 

We are looking for a Challenge Events Fundraiser to join our national Regional Fundraising Team.

Arrangement of hours can be flexible and agreed with the successful candidate.

About the role
As a Challenge Events Fundraiser, you will support the Regional Fundraising Team to build a successful programme of challenge events that will raise funds and positively promote the Charity. 

This role will focus on a portfolio of mass participation and challenge events, as well as supporting national campaigns and community events delivered by programme scheduling, resource management, event marketing, participant recruitment and stewardship, financial reporting, database management and event evaluation.

You will produce and maintain the events calendar, research and recommend new events and work with our Customer Care team to ensure support materials are provided as appropriate. You will ensure event performance; supporter engagement and income are recorded tracked and fed back to the Fundraising team.

You will ensure events are marketed and celebrated via established charity platforms, and participant numbers and income are increased through promotion to new and previous supporters. 

You will support participants through their journey, creating a memorable experience and positive impression of the charity, and will attend some events in person. 

Previous experience of event planning, participant recruitment and sponsor stewardship would be an asset to the successful candidate, who will also need experience of working with a CRM database and be competent at interpreting financial information and reports.

This role is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. 

About you
You will need a good understanding of the events fundraising sector, it’s relevant law, procedures and techniques. 

You will be able to demonstrate an ability to research, plan and support a programme of events on a national scale and prioritise your workload to meet deadlines and KPIs agreed with your line manager. 

The Charity is an Equal Opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. When recruiting our new team members, regardless of the role, we are looking for people who share our values to help us to achieve our strategic plan.

How to apply
Please submit a CV and covering letter via our online portal. If you require assistance, please contact us. 

We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to contact applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was not successful this time. 

Purpose of the role

West Kent Mind enriches lives through better mental health by offering support to get

well, stay well and thrive. We are an ambitious, award-winning organisation.

Our services are provided free of charge or at low cost to make them accessible to our

clients, and fundraising is essential to make sure West Kent Mind can continue

responding to the needs of our community.

This new role will play a key part in income generation through developing and delivering

community events and individual giving campaigns. This will include engaging our

supporters and sustaining positive relationships across the local community.

The Development Officer will also provide advice and guidance to community

fundraisers running their own events or participating in sponsored challenges.

We currently have 2 open vacancies in the Development Office.

 If you wish to apply for both positions, you may submit one application but clearly referring to this in your covering statement.

• If your application clearly demonstrates your suitability for both roles, there is no need to submit a second application.
• If you prefer to tailor your applications for each role, please submit a second supporting statement. You will not be penalised for reusing relevant examples from your first statement if they apply to both roles.
• Please clearly indicate which role(s) you are applying for.

Key objectives

 Assist in the planning and delivery of engaging fundraising events, both in-person

and online, managing logistics, promotion, and supporter engagement.

 Develop and implement fundraising campaigns, including appeals, individual

giving, online fundraising, and corporate initiatives.

 Build and maintain strong relationships with supporters, ensuring they feel valued

and connected to West Kent Mind.

 Track and report on donations, campaign performance, and supporter

engagement using our CRM system (we use Beacon).

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 Contribute to the development of the organisation’s fundraising strategy,

ensuring income targets are met.

Person Specification:

All experience may be paid or voluntary, full or part-time, in the UK or overseas.

Who you are

 You have experience in delivering creative, engaging events that appeal to a wide

audience.

 You are highly organised, with strong attention to detail and excellent

administrative skills.

 You know how to inspire and motivate people to support a cause.

 You are a compelling communicator, confident in person, in writing, and online.

 You are comfortable using online platforms such as JustGiving and event booking

tools.

 You are data-driven, using insights to refine strategies and demonstrate impact.

 You enjoy networking and relationship-building, particularly within the local

community.

 You have knowledge of fundraising approaches and are keen to develop this

further.

 You are a team player who can also work independently to manage multiple

projects and meet deadlines.

This might be through previous fundraising roles, project/event management,

communications, or voluntary experience.

What you will offer us:

 Strong project management and coordination skills, ensuring delivery against

targets and deadlines.

 Skilled in using data for reporting and improving supporter journeys.

 Proficient in CRM systems, together with the IT officer and Fundraising Manager

in refining databases for better insights.

 Engaging and adept at building relationships with supporters and stakeholders.

 Knowledgeable about fundraising approaches and eager to explore new

strategies.

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 Creative thinker who identifies opportunities and collaborates to bring ideas to

life.

 Effective at prioritising ideas and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

 Confident in networking and representing West Kent Mind professionally.

 Capable of managing the fundraising inbox efficiently.

 Able to engage and motivate volunteers and staff to achieve goals.

 Experienced in organising successful and enjoyable events.

Key responsibilities

 Deliver fundraising campaigns, ensuring compliance with regulations and GDPR.

 Create compelling fundraising materials, including newsletters, campaign

content, and social media posts.

 Monitor and evaluate campaign performance, reporting insights and

recommendations.

 Manage regular donor communications, keeping supporters informed and

engaged.

 Support the wider fundraising team in delivering high-quality events.

 Secure corporate sponsorships for fundraising events and maintain sponsor

relationships.

 Act as the main point of contact for community fundraisers, providing guidance

and encouragement.

 Develop and distribute fundraising toolkits and promotional materials.

 Represent West Kent Mind at events, networking opportunities, and community

meetings.

 Work with the marketing team to promote fundraising opportunities across

multiple channels.

 Identify new opportunities for participation in challenge events and supporter-led

fundraising.

 Ensure timely, personalised supporter communications, acknowledging and

thanking donors.

 Maintain accurate records in Beacon to track supporter engagement and income.

 Respond effectively to supporter enquiries and provide excellent donor

stewardship.

Adopting our fundraising culture

West Kent Mind operates and encourages a fundraising culture, this means that our

staff, volunteers and trustees are all fundraising advocates and contribute to an

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organisational fundraising ethos. We expect all colleagues to play their part in

generating income, this could be anything from being pro-active working with colleagues

to secure funding for your area of work, to writing a heartfelt thank you note to a donor,

or putting together a testimonial from a beneficiary to demonstrate funding impact for

a grant application. Securing income is vital to our survival and we expect everyone to

embrace our ethos. We don’t expect all our staff to be fundraising experts but we do

expect you to fully adopt our fundraising culture with energy and passion, and to use

your experience and skills to support colleagues to do the same.

Benefits

We’re a charity and we’re here to make a positive difference to lives and communities.

You’ll work with a passionate, knowledgeable and dedicated team with a big heart.

Holidays

It’s important to take time off. We give you 23 days a year, increasing by one day per

year of service up to 30 days, plus bank holidays.

To refresh and recuperate before the start of a new year, we also give you an extra three

days holiday between Christmas and New Year.

For part-timers this is all calculated pro-rata.

Learning

We’re committed to supporting our staff with learning and professional development,

so we offer opportunities for coaching, training and mentoring. Everyone, regardless of

role, is offered free Mental Health First Aid training.

Pension

If eligible you’ll be auto-enrolled into our pension scheme, and our contribution is based

on 3% of your salary.

Employee Assistance Programme

Everyone can access our Employee Assistance Programme. It’s confidential and includes

24/7 telephone advice, counselling and a suite of online tools to help you stay happy

and healthy.

The postholder will have the opportunity to lead on large, flagship campaigns including the One Million Step Challenge and Swim22, as well as driving innovation on smaller, newer products within our pipeline. Working alongside a skilled team of Event Managers, this role will help Diabetes UK deliver an exciting and competitive portfolio of events, that disrupts the sector and generates sustainable income for the organisation.

Leading on several events within our mass participation portfolio, you will excellently execute events from concept to completion. As an experienced events fundraiser, you’ll focus on creating amazing experiences for our supporters, and building loyalty that lasts beyond their activity.

The Christie Charity is a vibrant, fast moving, energetic organisation with a passionate team and a fantastic reputation.

Everything we do is geared to supporting the renowned Christie hospital to ensure cancer patients receive the highest level of treatment and care and have access to world leading research and technology ensuring they have the best possible experience and outcomes. We provide funding over and above what the NHS is able to provide.

We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to be an essential part of our mass participant events team. This team is responsible for managing a Christie presence and participants at events including the Manchester to Blackpool bike ride and the Manchester Marathon. It regularly raises over £1.8m and has ambitions to reach £2m. We are looking for someone with prior experience in this area or strong transferable skills. The successful candidate will take the lead on our mass participant events, ensuring exceptional service is provided to maximise fundraising income.

The Charity team is responsible for raising millions of pounds each year to ensure Christie patients receive gold standard care and treatment. This includes everything from access to world first clinical trials and receiving radiotherapy in state-of-the-art treatment centres to young adults being cared for in a bespoke age-appropriate centre and being able to offer patients anxiety reducing complementary therapy, or even creative sessions in our art room.

Challenge Events Team Manager (Third Party events) 
Fixed Term Contract until January 2026 
Full time (34.5 hours)  we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location – Split between home and our London Office.There is also the requirement to attend some event weekends across the UK.
Salary Range - £52,400 - £57,000
 

About us

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. 

Our new organisational strategy sets out how we’ll fight even harder to make every pound raised count for even more. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good. 

About the role

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Challenge Events Team Manager, to lead and inspire a team of twenty.

This role will have responsibility for the strategy, development and delivery of Macmillan’s Third Party Event portfolio including London Marathon, Edinburgh Marathon Festival and Hyrox, raising £14m+ to help support people living with cancer in the UK. 

Alongside a clear track record of delivering results and financial management, you will demonstrate strong leadership and the people skills needed to focus and co-ordinate the activities of a busy event team.

Your relationship management and negotiation skills will be key in delivering team strategy and finalising the 2026 event portfolio with a focus on optimising net fundraised income.

You’ll be rewarded by joining an engaging and high-performing team at one of the UK’s most loved charity brands, whilst knowing your work is making a real difference to people living with cancer.

This role does require weekend work (although not at your desk) as you’ll be out and about meeting, cheering and thanking on our amazing runners, hikers and cyclists. 

About you

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Leadership and Team Management: Inspiring the team to high levels of performance and championing collaboration and inclusivity.
• Relationship Management and Innovation: Identifying new and developing existing partnerships to add long term value to the Challenge Events programme.
• Project / Event Delivery: Responsible for your teams planning, marketing, delivery and optimisations of an event portfolio.
• Negotiation: Lead on negotiating complex supplier relationships to maximise long term value to Macmillan.
• Financial Management: Accountability for substantial income and expenditure budgets, responsible for reforecasting and reporting on performance to senior leadership.
• Market Knowledge: Experience of fundraising, events and relevant health & safety and best practice. 

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days 
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
   

Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Thursday 20th March at 23:59pm
First stage interview dates: Thursday 27th March 
 

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
 

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan Talent Acquisition Team for advice and reasonable adjustments. (email address on main Macmillan website) 
 

Any offers on this role are made subject to a criminal records disclosure check or equivalent.
 

Join Our Team as a CRM Manager

Are you passionate about leveraging data to make a tangible difference in people's lives? At St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity, we're seeking a dynamic CRM Manager to enhance our supporter engagement and optimize our fundraising efforts. In this pivotal role, you'll manage and develop our Donorfy supporter database, providing technical expertise, guidance, and training on our CRM systems. Your analytical skills will drive insightful campaign selections and analyses, directly supporting our mission to combat homelessness. If you're ready to apply your CRM expertise to create meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you!​

Job Title: CRM Manager

Responsible to: Head of Individual Giving

Line Management: none

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time, but we are open to flexible working arrangements, part-time or compressed hours for the right candidate

Hours: 35 per week

Location: Runway East, 24-28 Bloomsbury Way, London. WC1A 2SN. Bloomsbury & Holborn Coworking & Private Offices (runwayea.st) 

We offer flexible and hybrid working, but office-based work will be expected regularly.

Salary: starting from £43,000 per annum

Benefits: includes 25 days holidays with length of service increments (plus bank and public holidays), contributory company pension, flexible working options, enhanced family friendly and sick leave policies and more…​

Main Purpose of Role

• To manage and develop the charity’s supporter database Donorfy ensuring the database is used to optimize fundraising activity
• Provide technical expertise, guidance and training on the charity’s CRM systems.
• To manage and deliver insightful, robust campaign selections and analysis to support fundraising activity, planning and monitoring.

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Main Responsibilities

CRM Management

• Management and development of our Donorfy database in line with fundraising income and engagement plans.
• Provide user training and ongoing support to colleagues on how best to use the CRM
• Develop ways to integrate payment sources and platforms with the database andmanage new data sources and data exchange between systems.
• Maintain data quality through regular data cleansing processes.
• Manage the timely collection of Gift Aid income. Assist the team with maximising this income from supporters.
• Develop and maintain accurate documentation for all data processes.
• Manage & develop processes for our regular giving programme, alongside this develop regular reporting needed to deliver this activity.
• Support the Head of IG with the technical delivery of our BBC Radio 4 Christmas appeal, specifically liasing with BBC to make sure our platforms are compliant and integrated with our database.

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  Insight & reporting

• Deliver regular reporting to the team, measuring supporter engagement, retention and campaign performance.
• Deliver insightful and robust campaign selections and analysis to optimise fundraising campaigns.
• Liaise with the finance team on monthly income reconciliation.

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  General

• Maintain up to date knowledge of SMITFC’s work
• Ensure the CRM fulfils all charity collection requirements, ensuring regulatory compliance and adhering to charity GDPR policies.
• Manage the various agencies that we work with in order to develop, maintain and streamline our data and processes.

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  Person Specification

  Experience and Knowledge

• Significant experience developing and managing CRM Databases
• Experience of using a CRM system preferably Donorfy
• Experience with Data Protection/ GDPR policies and compliance, ICO, HMRC and other relevant regulatory guidelines.
• Proven experience and understanding of a fundraising programme similar to St Martins.
• Proven experience in creating data selections, imports and the creation of reports.
• Knowledge of supporter care requirements to maintain an efficient database.
• Experience of managing external suppliers within a technical environment.

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  Skills and Competencies

• Confident with data and its application in a fundraising/supporter context
• Excellent IT Skills including Microsoft Office 365
• Good communication skills, able to present complex data in an understandable way.
• Good analytical and reporting skills
• Good collaboration skills
• Ability to work accurately and methodically under pressure, and to meet deadlines

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How to apply 

If you are passionate about our work to address homelessness and would like to join the Charity as its CRM Manager, please complete the application form available on our online jobs board.

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Submit your CV and a supporting statement outlining:

• Why you are interested in this role
• Your relevant experience, particularly in database management and fundraising​

Application Timeline

We are accepting applications until Monday, 17th March, but we are reviewing applications on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

• First interviews: Planned for 19th and 20th March
• Second round (including a task): Scheduled for 26th and 27th March​

We are looking for someone to start as soon as possible and reserve the right to close applications early if we find the right candidate.

We are now looking to recruit a Release Manager at Battersea. This role will be responsible for managing the release processes for all systems, ensuring that new software and updates are delivered smoothly and efficiently. You will work closely with development, operations, and project management teams to coordinate releases, mitigate risks, and ensure that all changes are thoroughly tested and documented. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans

We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.

Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.

Diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.

We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.

More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.

Closing date: 24th March 2025
Interview date(s): TBC. Early applications are encouraged, as interviews may take place on a rolling basis ahead of the closing date.

To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Brand new role to develop fundraising in a local well-supported charity! Would you like to be a part-time Fundraising Manager in the Special Stars Team and help make a real difference to children and adults with disabilities?

Special Stars Foundation aims to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families across Hull and East Yorkshire by providing a diverse calendar of creative and social activities. Also, we offer a range of support, training and advice services for parent carers.

The charity is ready to move forwards, to expand its services with a proactive, professional internal team. We are therefore seeking an experienced Fundraising Manager who has fundraising knowledge along with the passion and dedication to be part of the management team and lead, with support from the CEO, on all our fundraising. We would also welcome applications from those with transferable skills wishing to start a career in fundraising.

Position: Fundraising Manager

Responsible to: CEO

Location: We have an office in Princes Quay, Hull where you will be based however flexible and remote working is offered. 

Hours: 32 hours per week (0.8FTE) 

Salary: £24,000 (£30,000 per annum FTE)

What we offer:

• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (FTE)

• Pension

• Flexible Working: we care about your wellbeing and encourage flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.

How to apply: If you do think this is the role for you then please submit your CV and covering letter via the Charity Jobs website. Please note this role is subject to an enhanced level DBS and flexible working may be considered. Click the Quick Apply button below.

First-round interviews will take place in the week commencing 31st March; final interviews are due to take place in the week commencing 7th April.

Closing date: Midday Tuesday 25th March 2025

The role will cover:

• being part of our management team, working with two other managers in different departments and the CEO.
• leading the planning, development and delivery of new fundraising income streams e.g. local corporate, trust funding, community, that will resonate with stakeholders. 
• leading in implementing the operational plan for our fundraising income. 
• engaging with people organising their own fundraising activities for the charity.
• engaging with supporters taking part in third-party activities and events to raise money for the charity.

Our ideal candidate will be someone:

• with a successful track record of building relationships and generating income from local fundraising opportunities.
• with strong communication skills who can inspire others to support and continue to support.
• who is solution focused and creative.
• who can manage their time and workload in a busy office setting as well as when working independently.
• who can deliver a fundraising portfolio within an overall charity target, demonstrating an understanding of how to mitigate risk and maximise return on investment.

Our commitment to inclusion and accessibility:

At Special Stars Foundation one of our key focuses is around equality and making sure our services are accessible and inclusive to everyone with a disability. We have the same goal for people working with us. Special Stars Foundation is committed to recognising and valuing individual differences and the contributions of all people.

Should you require any assistance or adjustments to support your application or interview process, such as additional time for tasks, meeting the panellists beforehand, information in another format or a different interview format (online/offline/in person), please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our CEO Louise Miles

Privacy and Safeguarding:

At Special Stars Foundation we take our commitment to safeguarding seriously and work to protect and promote the rights of the people who we support. Safeguarding is at the forefront of each activity we carry out. In line with our approach, this role is subject to an enhanced DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).

The Friends of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (UK Charity No 1016883)  is a voluntary organisation and registered charity which supports the work of the hospital for the benefit of patients, their families and staff.

In this part-time position (4 days a week) the Charity Manager represents the public face of the Friends, promoting its ideals and activities by liaising and communicating with Friends members, hospital staff and members of the public. The successful candidate is likely to have experience of the charity or not-for-profit sector and excellent all-round administrative, communication and management skills.

Based in one of the UK’s leading NHS hospitals, this post offers rewarding work for a cheerful, friendly and tolerant person dedicated to the ideals of service and support in a healing environment.

Working for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity offers you a challenging and rewarding career, as well as the chance to change the lives of those living with cancer.

As Events Executive you will support the Events Manager (Cultivation) with a range of events, used to engage and steward existing supporters and attract new donors. You will support the Senior Events Manager to deliver the Ever After Garden, our illuminated in memory rose garden that takes place each winter, and work with the Individual Giving team to deliver their annual Celebrate a Life events at both our Sutton and Chelsea hospitals.

This is an opportune time to join The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity as we embark on our exciting new event strategy to fund the world-leading work of The Royal Marsden. We are a high-performing team, and this role presents an exciting opportunity to play a vital part in helping us to realise our ambition whilst developing your career within an ambitious organisation. 

Job Title: Senior Communications & Engagement Manager

Responsible to: Director of Communications, Engagement and Fundraising

Salary: £48,000 - £50,000

Location: USPG, 5 Trinity Street, London, SE1 1DB
 

Hours of work: Full time 5 days per week (35 hours per week) with a minimum of 2 days per week in the London office.

Occasional work outside normal working hours with time off in lieu.

The package also includes

· 8% employer pension contribution

· 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and additional discretionary leave during the Christmas week

· Season Ticket Loan

About Us

USPG is the Anglican mission agency that partners churches and communities worldwide

in God’s mission to enliven faith, strengthen relationships, unlock potential and champion

justice. You can find out more about our work by visiting our website.

About the Role

The role sits within the Communications, Engagement and Fundraising directorate. We are looking for an experienced communications professional (with events experience) to join our team, to help us oversee, lead and manage the organisation’s communication resources, website, and marketing activity to raise the profile of USPG.

Working with the Director of Communications, Engagement & Fundraising, the Senior Communications & Engagement Manager will deliver the organisational communications strategy. This will include communications and marketing leadership, media engagement, events management, and oversight of all digital and print communications. They will also have a remit to develop new communications to engage with new and global church audiences.

You will manage a team of two communication officers to complete all planned communications activities but also work across teams to coordinate story content that will feed key communication channels and platforms.

About You  

You are a confident, passionate, organised and creative senior manager with the proven ability to motivate and inspire your team and USPG supporters. You will bring energy and passion to this role and have the responsibility for delivering on time communications activity across the organisation. Your experience will bring our vital work to life in an inspiring way to help grow awareness and strengthen our organisational brand.

You will have experience of implementing communication plans, writing briefs, managing our digital communications channels, and reporting on all media engagement. You will be motivated to put your stamp on USPG communications, bringing freshness of ideas, whilst maintaining operational efficiency, quarterly reporting and inspirational leadership.

It is an exciting time to be joining us as we will be rolling out our new strategy for 2025-2028. You will have the opportunity to shape our direction over the coming years as we seek to amplify our voice to rethink mission, energise church and champion justice.

How to apply

Please visit our website for more information and to complete the application form and equal opportunities form.

Interviews on 2 April 2025.

About Planet Patrol:

Our vision is a world where all beings can enjoy our waterways, free from pollution. We are a global community dedicated to placing people-powered environmental data at the heart of decision-making. Through our unique anywhere, anytime, anybody approach to citizen science, we gather critical evidence of water and litter pollution to drive solutions that protect both environmental and human health. Our data and citizen science methods have been featured in academic journals (Stanton, et al., 2022) and media investigations (Channel 4 and ITV), enhancing public and scientific knowledge of litter pollution.

We are now at a pivotal moment of growth and evolution. This means you must thrive in a start-up environment and have a can-do attitude to problem solving. You’ll be one of only a handful of employees and a team of excellent freelancers. This is a great opportunity to really shape the organisation and our impact. Whilst this role is fixed term, we hope to secure enough funding to make the role permanent. 

Partnership Manager

Role details: Remote with travel expected at least once per week.

Salary: £35,000 FTE

Hours per week: 30 hours (4 days per week)

Terms: One year fixed term contract with the potential to become permanent based on funding.

Overview:

Join Planet Patrol as our Partnership Manager, responsible for cultivating key relationships, driving business development, and securing funding through innovative partnership strategies.

Planet Patrol is seeking a Partnership Manager who is great at growing existing relationships and spotting new opportunities too! You’ll manage and develop our key partnerships with some big brands. Critically, you’ll also be the first point of contact for new partner enquiries. Whilst the majority of your time will be spent working with brands, you’ll need to lead on a handful of grant applications too. This means that you’ll have a varied and fast paced role that has huge potential for growth. You won’t be put off by a funding target, in fact you thrive in the sales environment and love the adrenaline high when you secure funding. We need someone that is persuasive, resilient and most importantly passionate about what we do. If this sounds like you, get in touch!
 

Key responsibilities:

● Relationship Management: Cultivate and sustain strong relationships with current partners and identify potential new ones to achieve mutual goals.

● Account Management: Oversee the smooth operation of each partnership by developing strategic plans, addressing challenges, and ensuring continued alignment.

● Business Development: Proactively identify opportunities for expanding existing partnerships and forging new ones. Attend in-person meetings, key Planet Patrol events and networking events to strengthen our market presence.

● Performance Management: Track and evaluate partnership outcomes, using insights to make data-driven adjustments that optimise success. Experience in content creation and editing tools is desirable.

● Enquiry Management: Serve as the first point of contact for all partner-related enquiries, streamlining communications for maximum efficiency and impact.

● New Business: Research, negotiate, and finalise new partnership agreements and grant funding applications. Identify and collaborate on drafting persuasive and impactful funding proposals.

Role requirements:

● A minimum 2 years managing partnerships and delivering strategic outcomes in a fast-paced, start-up environment.

● Experience in grant funding and crafting compelling funding proposals is highly desirable.

● A demonstrated ability in securing and managing partnerships valued at approximately £100,000.

● A natural networker, you’ll be great at building relationships.

● Passionate about the environment and the importance of data.

● Experience in account management and stakeholder engagement.

● A commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

● Be able to communicate effectively with partners and other departments.

● Be able to identify problems and come up with solutions.

● Legal right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.

What We Offer:

Planet Patrol values collaboration, innovation, and a healthy work-life balance. That’s why we’re proud to be a 4-day week employer. We offer a flexible, remote working environment, paired with regular opportunities to connect as a team. We’re a vibrant, mission-driven non-profit that supports professional growth, alongside wellbeing. We offer a generous annual leave package, your birthdays off and encourage you to get out into nature whenever possible.

Please submit your CV and covering letter, highlighting your suitability for the role, via Charity Jobs. Applications close midnight Sunday 16 March. First stage interviews will be held on Thursday 20 March.

Position: Events Fundraiser (Third Party Events)
Hours: Full-time (35 hours a week)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Office-based from one of our national offices (London, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh or Scotland) with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: Starting from £26,384 per annum, plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 1*, Charity
*you’ll start at our entry point salary of £26,384 per annum, increasing to £28,033 after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £29,682 after a further 6 months.

About us

We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.

About this job

We’re looking for an Events Fundraiser to join our Community, Events, and Retail Fundraising team, supporting the delivery of our third party events activities.

You’ll plan, develop, and promote a well-established portfolio of third party challenge events, working to achieve set income targets, while ensuring an outstanding supporter experience for our event participants.

When submitting your application, please ensure you state the location of the national office you would like to be based at.

Closing date for applications: 09:00 on Monday 24 March 2025

Interested?

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Equal Opportunities 
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.

We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application. 

Disability Confident Employer 
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.

You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.

If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.

More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to): 

Encouraging work life balance

• 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
• More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
• Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us) 
• Flexible working options 

Caring for you and your family 

• Generous sick pay entitlement
• More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment 
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year 
• Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis 
• Enhanced leave for new parents 
• Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
• Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
• 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time 
• 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Death in service scheme
• New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
  • In the event of miscarriage or still birth 
  • To support fertility treatments
  • For antenatal appointments for both parents

Thinking about your finances 

• Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
• Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
• New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing

Enriching your life at work

• Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
• Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
• New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely 
• Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups) 
• Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support 
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community) 
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal

Safeguarding 
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.

This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.

We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.

We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.

Your right to work in the UK 
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.

You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.

No agencies please.

We're thrilled to be partnering with Keswick Ministries to help find their new Events Manager. Keswick Ministries exists to inspire and equip Christians to love and live for Christ in today’s world. At the heart of their work is the Keswick Convention, a vibrant gathering that has brought together 12,000 believers, including 2,500 children and youth, every summer since 1875. With powerful Bible teaching, passionate worship, and a call to serve, it unites generations and denominations. They are in an exciting season, nearing completion of the Derwent Project, giving them a year-round base for Bible teaching, training, and resources. Through events, digital tools, and the Keswick Fellowship, they’re equipping Christians for ‘whole of life’ discipleship.

We're looking for an experienced and passionate Events Manager to join Keswick Ministries growing team, In this exciting role, you'll take the lead in coordinating and delivering events at The Pencil Factory. You'll work closely with the Site Team to ensure everything runs smoothly, from planning timelines and managing suppliers to overseeing budgets and ensuring the venue is ready. On event days, you'll troubleshoot, coordinate staff, and ensure a seamless experience. If you're organised, proactive, and love making events happen, we’d love to hear from you.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Previous experience working in event management and customer service
• Excellent organisational and planning skills and the ability to handle deadlines against changing / conflicting priorities
• Ability to work well within a busy, multi-disciplinary team and office environment, liaising effectively at all levels
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and oral. An ability to communicate in a way that is gospel focused and grace-driven, whilst delivering business needs.

This is an amazing opportunity for a Christian to join a Jesus-centred charity in the stunning Lake District. If you’re passionate about playing a part in inspiring and equipping others to live for Christ, this could be the role for you! Check out the candidate pack for more details.

For more information, please contact Nick Thomas, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion*, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law.

*In accordance with the Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9, it is a genuine occupational requirement that the post holder is a practicing Christian and in agreement with the Keswick Ministries statement of beliefs and values.

Location: Hybrid/Keswick – 3 days on-site with additional on-site presence whenever events are in progress

Relocation Allowance: Up to £8,000

Closing date for applications: Sunday 30th March

Charisma vetting interviews must be completed by: 2nd April

Interviews in person with Keswick Ministries: w/c 7th April

A note from Charisma

Don’t feel like you meet all of the requirements?  We’d still love to chat, we’re a people first recruitment partner.  We specialise in charity recruitment with over 23 years’ experience working as a consultancy who support inspiring professionals find the perfect roles in transformational organisations