Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a wonderful charity to recruit for a Senior Special Events Manager to cover a busy period of 12 months.

As Senior Special Events Manager, you’ll oversee a portfolio of prestigious events, working closely with volunteer committees, corporate partners and internal stakeholders. You’ll bring creative flair, strategic thinking, and flawless attention to detail to ensure every event exceeds expectations and meets ambitious income goals.

You’ll also lead on identifying new opportunities for growth, drive innovation within the events programme, and manage a Special Events Executive, offering mentorship and development as part of your leadership.

As Senior Special Events Manager you will:

• Project manage and deliver large scale, high-value fundraising events from concept to execution

• Build and nurture relationships with senior volunteers, supporters, and corporate partners

• Develop compelling event concepts, sponsorship proposals, and supporter materials

• Lead on budget management, ensuring events are delivered on time and within financial targets

• Mentor and manage a Special Events Executive, fostering professional growth and team collaboration

• Continuously improve event strategies and processes to maximise impact and income

To be successful, you must have/be:

• Extensive experience managing complex, large scale events

• Exceptional relationship builder, able to engage and influence senior stakeholders and volunteers

• Proven success in meeting income targets and managing six-figure budgets

• Creative thinker who brings innovation to event formats and audience engagement

• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with experience developing team members

• Highly organised and detail oriented, with excellent communication and negotiation skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and working with CRM or supporter databases

Salary: £37,948- £41,791 per annum inc. LW

Location: London, hybrid working

Contract: 12 months fixed-term contract

Closing date: 3rd September at 8am

Interview: TBC

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.

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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.