Challenge and Virtual Events Manager in Ilford

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Make a Real Difference in a Child's Life

At Barnardo's, we believe in children - no matter who they are or what they've been through. We work to build stronger families, safer childhoods, and positive futures.

As the Challenge Events Manager, you'll play a vital role in implementing and delivering Barnardo's established Challenge Events programme, with a focus on growing our income and deepening our relationships with our supporters to build lifetime connections.

Key responsibilities:

• Leading the delivery of Barnardo's Challenge Events programme to deliver and grow agreed income targets.
• Managing 2 Events Fundraising Officers and, with the support of the Senior Event Manager, manage a budget of approximately £500k, with an income target of £1 million.
• Collaborating across the Fundraising and Marketing team and across departments to integrate Challenge Events into our communications and supporter journeys.
• Working closely with colleagues within our Relationship Fundraising team to deliver bespoke opportunities to add value to corporate partnerships.
• Managing relationships with internal teams, external agencies and event partners to deliver high-quality events, acquisition campaigns and supporter experiences.
• Monitoring trends in the Challenge Events landscape and using data and insights to inform growth plans and innovation.
• Championing Challenge Events across the charity, building awareness and engagement internally.

We're looking for someone with:

• Proven events experience working across a portfolio of third party and bespoke Challenge Events.
• Strong planning skills, with a track record of delivering and exceeding targets, and utilising KPIs to measure and improve effectiveness.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build strong internal and external relationships to achieve mutual goals.
• Experience reviewing budgets and working with external agencies and suppliers.
• A collaborative and proactive approach to leadership and team development.
• Passion for Barnardo's mission and a commitment to delivering exceptional supporter experiences.

Join us in growing our exciting events programme at Barnardo's and help us change childhoods and change lives.

What You'll Get in Return:

• 25 days annual leave (rising with service) plus bank holidays.
• Access to the Barnardo's pension scheme.
• Flexible working and hybrid/remote options.
• Wellbeing initiatives and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Regular supervision and career development opportunities.
• The chance to make a lasting difference in children's lives.

Pay & Reward Framework:

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits:

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata.
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme.
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options.
• Service related sick pay from day 1.
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution.
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension.
• Cycle2work scheme.
• Interest free season ticket loans.
• Discounts and cashback from high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal.
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores.
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support.
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer.

About Barnardo's:

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.