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Senior Events Manager

We are seeking a Senior Events Manager for the UK’s leading learning disability charity; their vision is for the UK to be the best place for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

Working for the charity is a unique experience – it is a truly joyful place that genuinely and absolutely embraces diversity in its workforce and oozes creativity and belief in people’s capability to achieve anything.

Having just had their most successful fundraising year, they now have an opportunity for an experienced Senior Events Manager to join the team on a full-time permanent contract.

The Senior Events Manager role is part of the Community and Events Fundraising Team, which works across England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the active fundraising income streams. More specifically this role forms part of the Events side of the team, which covers all Third Party, Owned and Special Events activity.

The Senior Events Manager role will be home based with regular travel and on occasion there will be the requirement for an overnight stay.

This role will give you the opportunity to manage, implement and optimise strategy and operational delivery of the charities fundraising events portfolio. This role encompasses third part events, challenge events, beneficiary events and special events making it a very varied and interesting role. You will be responsible for line managing three direct reports.

The charity values a diverse and inclusive workplace and intentionally plan for the success of their colleagues in everything they do. They welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join the team!

You will need:

• Previous experience of managing a fundraising events portfolio
• Demonstrable example of successfully securing income through fundraising events
• Experience of having previously line managed at least two team members
• Excellent internal and stakeholder management skills
• Proven experience of building long-lasting relationships with supporters
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Please see the Job Description for an extensive list of essential requirements for this role.

If you are passionate about making the UK the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives and are looking for a rewarding challenge where you have a team that are dedicated to supporting your personal progression, then this is the role for you!

This role will close on Sunday 20th Feb and interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams on 24th/25th Feb.

The charity is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles. To find out more about the scheme please visit the direct gov website.

Benefits:

As well as knowing that what you do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our clients’ employees.

• 32 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing to 35 days with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
• Service related sick pay when 6-month probation is completed
• Eligibility to join a Pension Plan where the organisation matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you will be auto-enrolled into NEST
• Membership of our client’s Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary, death in service, live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
• Loans for debt consolidation, bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through the YouRock program
• Access to award winning training and development

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