Strategic Client & Charity Events Lead

Superbia Group; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Superbia Group is seeking an Events Manager to lead client events for our advisory business, deliver flagship charity events such as the Furnley House Foundation Summer Ball and Leicester Community Champion Awards, and support quarterly initiatives across our business units.

You’ll collaborate with advisers, senior colleagues and Foundation board members to design engaging events, manage budgets, venues, AV and virtual platforms, ensure health and safety, and help shape an scalable events

Qualifications

• Proven experience planning and delivering client-facing events, both in person and virtual.
• Experience organising charity or fundraising events.
• Confidence using virtual event platforms such as Zoom and Teams.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage several events and deadlines at once.
• Strong relationship-building skills, with the confidence to work with senior colleagues, clients and charity partners.
• Budget management and supplier negotiation experience.
• Desirable: experience of events in financial services or a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver a varied programme of client events, from in-person seminars, workshops and hospitality to webinars and virtual sessions.
• Plan and deliver charity and fundraising events for the Furnley House Foundation, from large-scale fundraisers to community and colleague-led activities.
• Work closely with advisers, senior colleagues and Foundation board members to understand their goals and design events that engage attendees and deliver results.
• Manage the full event lifecycle, including concept, planning, invitations, logistics, on-the-day delivery and follow-up.
• Source and manage venues, caterers, AV and other suppliers, negotiating contracts and securing donated or discounted support for charity events where possible.
• Run virtual events smoothly, managing platforms, speaker preparation, registrations and technical rehearsals.
• Manage event budgets, track spend and monitor fundraising totals against targets.
• Encourage and support colleagues, clients and partners to get involved in Foundation events and fundraising challenges.
• Promotion and post-event content, including sharing the impact of our fundraising.
• Make sure events meet health and safety requirements, including risk assessments, and follow relevant regulatory / compliance and charity fundraising guidelines.
• Measure the success of each event, including attendance, feedback, funds raised and business outcomes, and use the insights to improve future events.
• Help build an events strategy that can scale across the business as we grow.

Skills

Event planning

Client relationships

Virtual event platforms

Budget management

Logistics coordination

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Event promotion

Tools

Zoom

Teams

Job description

Superbia Group is seeking an Events Manager to lead client events for our advisory business, deliver flagship charity events such as the Furnley House Foundation Summer Ball and Leicester Community Champion Awards, and support quarterly initiatives across our business units.

You’ll collaborate with advisers, senior colleagues and Foundation board members to design engaging events, manage budgets, venues, AV and virtual platforms, ensure health and safety, and help shape an scalable events