National Events Manager

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Sense Full time

Sense has an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join us as our National Events Manager. You will be working flexibly between home and our head office in King's Cross, London.

We are looking for an experienced and proactive events manager to join our ambitious National Events team. This role will manage the recruitment, marketing and logistics of events within our National Events portfolio including a new Tower Run product as well as third party event, RideLondon, which has a participant target of 100 riders. This role will also lead on new product development, detecting potential gaps in our programme and trialling new products where appropriate. This role manages one direct line report and has strategic oversight of the events that they manage.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Successfully manage allocated events in the National Events portfolio, ensuring the events achieve their financial targets and generate net income and ensuring their continued success into the future.
  • Working with the Head of Events to set and regularly monitor income and expenditure budgets, putting mitigation plans in place when needed.
  • Lead on the product development of one to two new Sense-owned challenge products to re-engage warm supporters and engage cold audiences through smart data analysis and a good understanding of the challenge events market.
  • Line manage a National Events Fundraiser, ensuring that they are achieving their core objectives, reach the KPIs for their Events and supporting their professional development.
  • Lead on the development of the role's event marketing, promotional and communication plans, ensuring these are fully implemented and adhered to.
  • Play an active role in events strategy and planning meetings, contributing viable and carefully evaluated ideas and opportunities.
  • Recruit and steward event participants and support other colleagues with this, as required.

    Key skills and experience
    • Extensive experience of successful events fundraising
    • Experience of managing a variety of fundraising events with large volumes of participants
    • Demonstrable experience of budgeting and financial reporting.
    • Considerable involvement in strategic event planning.
    • Proven experience in evaluating current events and implementing these learnings in future project plans.
    • Experience in evaluating new event fundraising opportunities.
    • Excellent organisational and administrative skills with an ability to prioritise, plan and manage a complex and varied workload
    • Able to manage and analyse events and participant data via database management systems
    • Excellent networking and interpersonal skills with the maturity and ability to communicate with a wide range of supporters, colleagues, supplier etc.
    • A willingness to travel in the UK and to attend and assist at events during evenings and weekends, for both the national and community teams
    • Highly organised, efficient, methodical approach to work with strong organisational skills and attention to detail
    • Flexible enough to work on own initiative but also team focused
    • Supportive, reliable and enthusiastic team member

      For a full job description and person specification, please see the link on the left hand side of the page.

      About Sense

      For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

      Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

      To apply

      Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.

      Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

      No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

      Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.

      For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

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