Venue Co-ordination Manager

Local Hospice Lottery; Felsted; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Hybrid working

Health Cash Plan

Pension scheme

Flexible working

Birthday leave

Virtual GP

Job summary

Local Hospice Lottery is seeking a Venue Co-ordination Manager to lead the venue acquisition and management function across the UK. The role focuses on driving performance, coaching a team, and delivering a strong venues pipeline for fundraising activities.

You will oversee day-to-day operations, optimise processes, and collaborate with fundraising sales managers and the head of fundraising operations to support income targets. This role offers hybrid/homet based work with some travel.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and drive improvements.
• Experience coaching and developing a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Venue Co-ordination function.
• Set and monitor KPIs, allocate workloads and manage performance.
• Ensure venue acquisition, relationship management and administration are consistently high.
• Streamline processes to increase efficiency and reduce duplication.

Skills

Leadership

Relationship-building

Communication

Prioritisation

Tools

Performance metrics

Job description

Venue Co-ordination Manager

Full Time - 37.5 hours per week

£35,279 per annum (WTE)

Permanent

Hybrid/Home/Field Based with occasional travel

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Venue Co-ordination team as a Venue Co-ordination Manager.

The Venue Co-ordination Manager is responsible for leading and managing the Venue Co-ordination function, ensuring the effective identification, acquisition, booking and ongoing management of fundraising venues across the UK. The role plays a key part in supporting Local Hospice Lottery to achieve agreed sales and income targets for its partner hospices.

The successful candidate will have overall responsibility for the day-to-day performance of the Venue Co-ordination Team, including setting and monitoring KPIs, allocating workloads, managing performance and capacity, providing coaching and development, and ensuring consistently high standards of venue acquisition, relationship management and administration.

A key focus of the role is to continually review, streamline and improve venue co-ordination processes, increasing efficiency, reducing duplication, improving venue utilisation and delivering a consistent service to fundraising teams.

Working closely with Fundraising Sales Managers, the Fundraising Administration Manager and the Head of Fundraising Operations, you will ensure fundraising teams have access to a strong and sustainable pipeline of venues to support fundraising activity across the UK.

What we're looking for

We are seeking a motivated and organised individual with excellent leadership, communication and relationship-building skills. The successful candidate will be able to manage competing priorities, drive continuous improvement and support the ongoing development of the Venue Co-ordination Team.

Why Join Us?

• Make a genuine difference by supporting hospices and local communities across Great Britain
• Proudly raising vital funds for hospices since 1996
• Be part of a friendly, collaborative and supportive team
• Great Place to Work® certified for three consecutive years
• Disability Co nfident Employer
• Menopause Aware Employer
• Opportunities for learning, development and career progression

Employee Benefits

• 25 days' annual leave, rising to 30 days after five years' service, plus bank holidays
• Paid birthday leave
• Health Cash Plan, helping employees claim money back towards dental treatment, eye care, specialist consultations, diagnostic tests and scans, physiotherapy, complementary therapies and alternative therapies, including reflexology, reiki and Indian head massage
• Access to a 24/7 Virtual GP service
• Competitive pension scheme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Hybrid working
• Access to Mintago salary sacrifice benefits, including Cycle to Work, Childcare schemes and employee retail discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training, learning and development opportunities

Closing Date: Thursday 12th November