Events Manager

Connaught Care Collection; Chichester; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay enhancements for Bank Holidays

Free on-site meals

Free uniform

Free DBS check

Annual Pay Reviews

Continuous training and progression

Job summary

Connaught Care Collection is seeking a visionary Events Manager to lead and embed extraordinary experiences across our care homes in the UK. You’ll design in-home events, manage budgets, and collaborate with coordinators to deliver meaningful, dementia-friendly programming that enhances wellbeing and community.

With a passion for celebrating older adults, you’ll build partnerships with entertainers, schools, charities, and local groups.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing events at scale, ideally across multiple sites or within hospitality, care, or lifestyle sectors.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills—able to inspire, coordinate, and bring people together.
• A warm, people-first approach with high emotional intelligence.
• Operational savvy and creative thinking in equal measure.
• Passion for working with older adults and understanding of their diverse needs, including dementia-friendly practice.
• A genuine love of celebration, connection, and making people feel special.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead an in-home events plan that balances creativity, inclusion, and emotional efficiency
• Oversee the design and delivery of vibrant, engaging events across your home, in collaboration with your team of Events Coordinators
• Personalise event programming around residents’ life stories, interests, and wellbeing needs
• Build strong relationships with external entertainers, schools, charities, and community partners
• Champion intergenerational and inclusive events that bring our homes to life
• Manage event budgets, resources, calendars, and promotional materials with finesse
• Track engagement, feedback, and ROI to drive continuous improvement

Skills

Event management

Leadership

Communication

Emotional intelligence

Hospitality industry

Older adults

Creativity

Operations

Job description

Waterhaven Place Care Home, Sandpiper Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 2NZ

Some people see an event. You see purpose, belonging, and the joy of being part of something bigger.

We’re looking for a visionary and organised EventsManager to lead, elevate, and embed extraordinary experiences across our homes at Connaught Care—a luxury, all-inclusive care home group that’s rewriting what later life can feel like.

With six beautifully designed homes already open and six more on the way, Connaught blends elegant hospitality with exceptional care. Our promise is simple: to help every resident Live a Life More Extraordinary—and your events will be at the very heart of that promise.

This isn’t about entertainment for the sake of filling time. It’s about meaningfully enriching lives, bringing communities together, and delivering emotionally intelligent and personalised moments that residents will remember—and families will talk about.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Develop and lead an in-home events plan that balances creativity, inclusion, and emotional efficiency

Oversee the design and delivery of vibrant, engaging events across your home, in collaboration with your team of Events Coordinators

Personalise event programming around residents’ life stories, interests, and wellbeing needs

Build strong relationships with external entertainers, schools, charities, and community partners

Champion intergenerational and inclusive events that bring our homes to life

Manage event budgets, resources, calendars, and promotional materials with finesse

Track engagement, feedback, and ROI to drive continuous improvement

What You’ll Bring:

Proven experience managing events at scale, ideally across multiple sites or within hospitality, care, or lifestyle sectors

Exceptional communication and leadership skills—able to inspire, coordinate, and bring people together

A warm, people-first approach with high emotional intelligence

Operational savvy and creative thinking in equal measure

Passion for working with older adults and understanding of their diverse needs, including dementia-friendly practice

A genuine love of celebration, connection, and making people feel special

Why Connaught?

We don’t believe events are a “nice to have”—we believe they’re essential to wellbeing. At Connaught, you’ll have the freedom to innovate, the support to succeed, and a team that shares your belief that life in care should be rich in joy, laughter, meaning and community.

This is more than a job—it’s a chance to build a culture of celebration, one unforgettable moment at a time.

If you’re equal parts creative and organised, strategically sharp—and believe that joy is just as important as care—we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits Include:

• Pay enhancements for Bank Holidays
• Free on-site meals
• Free uniform
• Free DBS check
• Annual Pay Reviews
• Continuous training and progression opportunities
• Annual Health Checks for all staff
• Salary sacrifice schemes including Pension, Childcare, Grocery, EV, and more.
• A personalised financial well-being platform
• Access to a 24/7 GP
• An enhanced EAP with up to 10 free counselling sessions
• Life insurance of up to 4X your salary
• Access to digital cognitive behavioural therapy
• Personalised Life and Leadership coaching
• YuLife rewards - get rewarded to meditate, do puzzles, and exercise
• An extra day of annual leave for birthdays
• The option to purchase up to five additional days of annual leave through our salary sacrifice scheme

....and more!

***All applicants must be able to demonstrate their right to live and work in the UK***

***We cannot sponsor***

Due to the nature of the role, this position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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Location

Waterhaven Place Care Home, Sandpiper Road, Chichester, West Sussex

Reference

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