Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a national charity to recruit for an Events Manager to lead their events programme - developing, promoting, and delivering a range of events that maximise income, drive supporter engagement and raise the charity’s profile.

As an Events Manager you will:

• Work closely with the organisation's senior stakeholders and the fundraising teams to develop a strategy for special events that drives major funded engagement, cultivates opportunities, and maximises income.

• Manage event committees, nurture relationships with key individuals and positively influence their engagement with and contributions to the charity's special events programme.

• Oversee the delivery of the sports & challenges programme, ensuring its development, promotion and delivering first class supporter care.

To be successful, you must have experience:

• Managing a range of successful events

• Delivering events that generate income

• Managing suppliers and event venues

• Working collaboratively with colleagues and teams, including Senior Leadership Teams and external committees, to deliver events to reach shared goals

• Developing events as a relationship building/stewardship tool

• Experience of managing staff and/or volunteers

• Experience of setting and managing budgets

• Understanding of Special Events Committees and networks

Salary: £40,000 per annum

Contract type:  Full-time, permanent

Location:  Leatherhead, Surrey

Closing date: ASAP

Recruitment process: CV and supporting statement to dagmara.depaula@harrishill.co.uk

If this sounds like you, then please do get in touch ASAP!

Unfortunately, due to resource capacity, we will only contact candidates that are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please note your application has been unsuccessful.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.