Challenge Events Manager (Virtual & DIY Events)

Macmillan Cancer Support; Greater London, Baildon, Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension matched

Learning and development offers

Flexible working patterns

Life insurance

Job summary

Macmillan Cancer Support is seeking an experienced Challenge Events Manager to deliver our Virtual and DIY fundraising portfolio. The role focuses on growing participation, fundraising income and supporter engagement through targeted campaigns and compelling products.

You will collaborate with Digital, Content and Supporter Care teams, manage budgets, and represent Macmillan at events, including some weekend work. Hybrid working with occasional travel across London, Shipley and Glasgow offices.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Experience delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns.
• Uses data and insights to evaluate and improve activity.
• Strong relationship management across teams and partners.
• Experience budgeting and tracking performance against targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery and optimisation of virtual and DIY fundraising products.
• Manage multi-channel marketing and stewardship campaigns.
• Monitor campaign performance using data to identify opportunities.
• Manage budgets and support forecasting and reporting.
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders, agencies and suppliers.
• Provide line management support to team members where applicable.
• Represent Macmillan at events, including weekend work.
• Ensure all activity complies with policies and procedures.

Skills

Project management

Multi-channel marketing

Performance data

Relationship management

Budget management

Stakeholder communications

Line management

Job description

Challenge Events Manager (Virtual & DIY Events)

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)

Full time (34.5 hours), we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours

Location: Hybrid, Split between home and our London Office / Shipley Office / Glasgow office. This role is contracted to attend the office 1 day per week. We offer flexibility, as team days and event working can count towards your office attendance requirement.

About us

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We’re going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

Our organisational strategy sets out how we’ll fight even harder to make every pound raised count for even more. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good.

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced and proactive Challenge Events Manager to deliver part of our Virtual and DIY fundraising portfolio. This role will play a key part in driving participation, fundraising income and supporter engagement through the delivery of marketing campaigns, stewardship journeys and product excellence.

Working closely with colleagues across Digital, Content, Social, Email, Compliance and Supporter Care teams, you’ll help deliver high-performing fundraising products that provide an exceptional supporter experience while contributing to Macmillan’s income and strategic objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery and optimisation of virtual and DIY fundraising products, ensuring activity is delivered effectively, on time and contributes to participant and income targets.
• Manage and deliver multi-channel marketing and stewardship campaigns, ensuring supporters receive engaging and effective communications throughout their fundraising journey.
• Monitor campaign and product performance, using data and insight to identify opportunities for optimisation and improve results.
• Manage allocated budgets, track performance against KPIs and support forecasting and financial reporting activities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, agencies and suppliers to ensure successful campaign delivery.
• Provide line management support to team members where applicable, helping to set objectives, manage workloads and support development.
• Represent Macmillan at events as required, including occasional weekend working and the management of staff and volunteers
• Ensure all activity is delivered in line with organisational policies, procedures and compliance requirements.

About you

The skills and experience we are looking for in the role are:

• Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Demonstrable experience delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns and supporter stewardship programmes.
• Experience using performance data and insight to evaluate activity, identify opportunities and drive improvements.
• Strong relationship management skills with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Experience managing budgets and monitoring performance against agreed targets.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage a range of audiences effectively.
• Experience of line management or supporting the development of colleagues is desirable.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days.
• Pension matched up to 7.5%.
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications.
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm.
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more.

Recruitment Process

Interview date: W/C 2nd November 2026

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.