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Events Manager

Absolutely Recruitment
Posted 24 days ago, valid for 6 days
Location

Cobham, Surrey KT113QJ, England

Salary

£40,000 - £4 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Events Manager position offers a salary of £40,000 per annum in a full-time hybrid permanent role based in Leatherhead.
  • The role requires experience in managing a variety of successful events, preferably in a fundraising environment.
  • Key responsibilities include developing and delivering events that maximize income and engage supporters, while working closely with senior stakeholders and fundraising teams.
  • The ideal candidate should possess strong communication skills, experience in budget management, and the ability to lead and build relationships with committees and volunteers.
  • A full driver's license and willingness to travel across the UK is essential, along with a project management or events-related qualification being desirable.

Events Manager Salary: £40,000 per annumFull time hybrid permanent role -4 days in office (with days off in lieu for flexible working)

Based in Leatherhead

As Events Manager you will be responsible for leading the events programme - developing, promoting, and delivering a range of events that maximise income, drives supporter engagement and raises the organisation's profile.

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

You will manage event committees, nurture relationships with key individuals and positively influence their engagement with and contributions to the organisation's special events programme.

The Events Manager will oversee the delivery of the sports & challenges programme, ensuring its development, promotion and delivering first class supporter care.

The Events Manager will live the charity’s values and will effectively communicate with committees and other supporters to ensure the best possible outcome at all events.

Person Specification

  • Must have experience managing a range of successful events.
  • Professional event management role in a fundraising environment and evaluating events/event programmes to improve performance is desirable
  • Demonstrable experience of 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 relationship building/ stewardship tool
  • Experience of managing staff and/or volunteers
  • Experience of setting and managing budget
  • Clear and creative written communicator
  • Strong MS Office knowledge and CRM database skills
  • Strong sense of urgency, shifting between a variety of tasks quickly with lively enthusiasm
  • Leads through building strong relationships and persuading others •
  • Comfortable in delegation of both authority and details
  • Leads through building strong relationships and persuading others
  • Genuine interest in the organisation, its management & its supporters
  • Able and willing to work some unsocial hours as required
  • Full driver’s licence and willing to travel, regionally and throughout the UK is essential
  • Project management or events related qualification desirable
  • Degree or equivalent desirable

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