Job Description

Permanent Contract

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

Hybrid

- Split between home and our London Office - 1 day per week in office

Salary -

42.5k - 46.5k

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.

About the role

You will contribute to growth in Macmillan's income by leading on the delivery of high quality, impactful fundraising events for audiences supported by Macmillan's Corporate Partnerships and Philanthropy division (CPP). The events will also offer cultivation and engagement opportunities, helping to strengthen donor pipelines.



The role sits within the wider high value events team, whose portfolio spans events that engage key Macmillan audiences including philanthropists, partners, colleagues, volunteers, healthcare professionals, people living with cancer and policy makers, to inspire and deepen connections to Macmillan.



Your key responsibilities will include:


Leading the end-to-end planning, project management and production of events, ensuring they are produced to the highest standards and meet agreed income targets and other KPI's Managing relationships with HVE volunteer committees to help deliver events and working collaboratively with peers across Philanthropy and Corporate teams to maximise these relationships in helping build donor pipelines Ensuring events are designed to be meaningful and relevant to supporters, on brand and in line with Macmillan's strategic objectives Devising and delivering marketing, communications and messaging plans tailored for each event Managing event budgets, maintaining records of income and expenditure, reporting on performance and ensuring appropriate use of databases. Liaising with key internal and external suppliers, ensuring best practice, maximising efficiency and minimising expenditure Identifying and managing sponsorship opportunities with internal and external stakeholders to secure additional income for Macmillan. Ensuring events meet health and safety requirements and are compliant with other internal Macmillan processes Producing evaluation reports to demonstrate impact of events, ensuring recommendations are fed into future planning and identifying growth opportunities Building and maintaining sound knowledge of any relevant legislation including Data Protection laws and Gift Aid Managing direct reports and volunteers to ensure the successful delivery of our events programme.

The role will require working from our London office for a day a week and includes some travel to attend events across the UK. You will also be expected to work outside of general office hours (evening and weekends) when required.

About you:

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:


Experience of delivering complex fundraising events. Project management experience. Budget management experience. Experience of event creativity and design theming from concept to production An understanding of health, safety and legal requirements of events. Strong organisational and time management skills. Excellent written communication skills and attention to detail. Well-developed organisation and prioritisation skills Experience of working with high net worth individuals and committees is desirable. A proactive, solutions-focused attitude.

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

Application deadline: May 30th

First interview dates: W/C June 2nd



To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.



So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments.