Events Manager

The Brain Tumour Charity; Fleet; Hybrid; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A health-focused charity in Fleet seeks an experienced Event Manager to lead their fundraising events portfolio. You will manage a team, plan and implement events, and ensure target achievement while fostering innovation. This role offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working model, promoting a passionate and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of leading fundraising events portfolio.
• Experience in team management and inspiring growth.
• Skills in managing budgets and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, and implement events for fundraising.
• Lead a team of events fundraisers.
• Ensure achievement of income targets and participant stewardship.

Skills

Fundraising challenge event management

Team leadership

Innovative thinking

Budget management

CRM platform experience

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

The Brain Tumour Charity is leading the way in research, support, and advocacy for everyone affect by brain tumours. Our mission is simple but urgent: to accelerate a cure for brain tumours and improve life for everyone affected by this devastating disease.

Our events team are bold & innovative working across a wide portfolio of fundraising and engagement events including our annual flagship fundraising walk, The Twilight Walk, an exciting challenge event portfolio and a growing special events programme. It’s an exciting time to join the Events Fundraising Team. We have a new five-year strategy and are a team with big ambitions! As the Event Manager [Challenge and Third-Party Events], you will play a huge part in making these ambitions a reality and paving the way for our future.

You will be responsible for planning, developing, marketing, and implementing the challenge and third-party events portfolio, ensuring outstanding stewardship of participants, providing on the day leadership and full post-event review against objectives. Success will be measured primarily by achieving income targets within the planned expenditure, but also number of attendees, publicity, retention of supporters, receipt of positive feedback and return on investment with a community-first led approach. You will manage and develop an amazing team of events fundraisers, and work with the Head of Events to support of the broader team, offering guidance, and role modelling.

In addition to supporting the existing portfolio, you will also be responsible for assessing current trends and developing new events concepts that help us to maximise income and deliver on our ambition and strategic goals.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced events fundraiser, with expertise in challenge events, to shape the next stage of our programme and work within a team of passionate and dedicated individuals.

Location: While contracted to our office in Fleet, Hampshire, our team supports a blend of office and home working provided you have adequate broadband and IT capability, with an average of 2-3 days in the office each week.

Working hours: This role is 37.5 hours per week, with some out of hours working.

Benchmarked salary: c.£44,450 (dependent on level)

Essential Skills And Experience

• You have in-depth knowledge and experience of leading a fundraising challenge event portfolio [1-3 years plus at management level]
• You have the skills and confidence to manage a high-performing team and inspire continued growth and development.
• You are innovative & bold in exploring new ways to acquire & engage supporters & grow income.
• You keep abreast of the wider fundraising environment, with a particular focus on the trends, challenges and opportunities facing fundraising events.
• You have experience in you will be experienced in working with marketing teams internally and externally to develop and deliver campaigns to meet desired objectives.
• You are skilled & confident in managing budgets & financial reporting.
• You are good at juggling a myriad of competing priorities and are efficient, effective, and work well under pressure to meet deadlines. You can work autonomously and in a strategic way that will enable the growth of the events portfolio and income stream, but equally enjoy being a collaborative and hand-on member of a team and wider fundraising community.
• You have experience and are at home working with CRM platforms (ideally Salesforce) and have an overview understanding of data processing laws and GDPR regulations.
• You have boundless energy, creativity and a “can do” approach, to inspire and motivate.
• Happy to work out-of-hours and weekends, as required by the event calendar (TOIL provided for all out-of-hours work)
• The Brain Tumour Charity is moving at a fast pace, so we are looking for someone that has an enthusiasm and passion for our work and a conviction to deliver positive outcomes for those affected by this devastating disease.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience in developing and delivering new event concepts from inception to delivery.
• Work with the Head of Events and as part of the events management team to develop and operationalise the five-year strategy for growth and income targets and build, train and develop our high-performing team.
• Develop and grow our charity-led, third-party, and independent event portfolio, working with internal and external stakeholders to identify and deliver a sector leading programme.
• Develop, plan, and implement the strategy and operational plans for the challenge events portfolio, including managing the budgets and KPIs for each event.
• Develop and implement marketing, PR, and social media plans to promote and maximise uptake and income for the event challenge portfolio, working in collaboration with the Marketing and Communications team and relevant agencies.
• Create and implement a high-quality stewardship plans and journeys which engage, motivate, retain, and grow our supporter pool.
• Keep stakeholders informed, both internal and external, with key event information in a timely manner and ensure that high quality supporter relationship management for all attendees.
• Work collaboratively with the cross-charity fundraising teams, particularly the Community, Community Experience and Corporate teams to maximise on opportunities and income streams.
• Use initiative to spot opportunities that will help grow the portfolio of events and develop ideas in consultation with appropriate teams, as well as identify ways to be more efficient and effective in our ways of working and stewarding.
• Building and raising the profile of the Charity externally, becoming the face of the challenge events portfolio within the wide brain tumour community and industry.
• Liaise with the Young Ambassadors and Involvement Network to create and develop a community-led approach with our communications and stewardship.
• Responsible for the management of a small team. This includes performing 1:1’s, quarterly performance reviews and training.
• Please note that the responsibilities listed are not exhaustive and this job description may be subject to change as the role evolves over time.
  
  

You’ll be joining a collaborative, bold and innovative team of individuals who put our community first and are connected by a passion to make a real difference.

Our amazing benefits:

The Brain Tumour Charity is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all aspects of our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals belonging to minority ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented communities.

We strive to create a workplace that celebrates diversity and provides equal opportunities for all candidates and we encourage all individuals to apply even if they don’t meet all the criteria.

Whilst we'd love to have you on board, we want to be upfront as we’d hate to waste your time applying for a role where we can’t take you on. At the moment, we're unable to offer visa sponsorship for any of our positions. We're currently seeking candidates who are already authorised to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship, who can remain on a permanent basis.

Please apply by clicking the red ‘join our team’ button, attaching your CV and a covering letter explaining why you want the role, what you would bring to the team and how your skillset and experience will enable us to make a real impact for those affected by brain tumours. We'd like to encourage you not to use AI to write your cover letter as we want to get to know you, the real you!

We are keen to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive so if you’d find it beneficial to submit your application in a different format, please drop us a line at [e-mail].

Advert close date: 24th August 2025

First interview date and location: 2nd September over Teams

Second interview date and location: 11th September at our office in Fleet

The post holder will also;

• Contribute to achieving the objectives of The Brain Tumour Charity
• Live and breathe our values by being bold, collaborative and innovative, with a community-first approach to everything you do
• Undertake any additional and ad hoc tasks as required
• Participate in team meetings and other meetings as required
• Monitor and evaluate activities and provide written reports
• Represent The Charity at external events in a professional manner
• Work within an equal opportunities framework
• Adhere to all The Charity’s policies, procedures and working
• Ensure all records are held in compliance with GDPR, The Fundraising Regulator Code of Practice and The Brain Tumour Charity policies.
  
  

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