Head of Events (voluntary role) in London

Ideal time commitment: approx. 10-15 hours per month; flexible. This is likely to increase on the approach to an event.

Location: remote/home based, in-person attendance at events is desirable.

Supported/supervised by: the Events Trustee, also working closely with volunteers across the Events team.

Bi Pride UK’s mission is to create spaces where people who experience attraction beyond gender can be freely visible and celebrate themselves and their identities. It’s not enough to be ‘welcome’ at a Pride. We make up a very large proportion of the queer community – the 2021 Census actually shows we’re half of the community – and we deserve to be visible and celebrated in our own right.

There are many ways to make this happen, and we work in many ways to bring this change about:

• Outreach work with other Prides, LGBTQ+ organisations and bi organisations.
• Organising a high-profile annual Bi Pride event.
• Building a strong online and virtual community.

The role:

The Events team at Bi Pride UK is one of the core operational teams within the charity. The team handles programming, production and execution of our events, including our annual flagship Bi Pride event, which holds the record for the largest Bi Pride event in the world. This role will sit at the head of our Events team, supervising managers across the team and taking responsibility for the operational direction of our events.

The Head of Events is a crucial element of delivering our flagship event, so this is an exciting opportunity to take on a new challenge of building and supporting a team which delivers a vital part of our charity’s strategic work. The Head of Events will supervise four events managers who each oversee a different area of the event, and will lead the whole Events team in their team meetings and decisions regarding the production of our events.

Key tasks of this role include:

• Reporting to the Events Trustee, as well as working closely with volunteers across the team and charity, to deliver events that meet the charity’s vision.
• Setting achievable strategic targets and workflows for the team as part of our three year strategy, and supporting volunteers to meet these targets.
• Overseeing the team’s finances, including setting budgets, tracking sub-team spending, and supporting the Fundraising team with information for grant applications.
• Supervising a team of year-round volunteers and supporting “on-the-day” event volunteers.
• Working with the Access & Inclusion team and the Accessibility Consultant to implement their recommendations.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers for various elements of our events.
• Fostering robust collaboration with key teams and volunteers throughout the organisation.
• Working with the Volunteer Management team to recruit appropriate numbers of volunteers.
• Contributing to due diligence reports and taking oversight of contributor contract completion for all areas of the event.
• Overseeing and supporting all key areas of event delivery.

Our team volunteers remotely from anywhere in the UK, with some travel required occasionally (primarily for our flagship Pride event in London in August). All reasonable expenses incurred are reimbursed, including travel, lunch at away days and other all day events, and some childcare costs if required.

The successful candidate will lead monthly Events team meetings on Wednesday evenings via conference call, which will become fortnightly on the approach to an event.

Interest and passion for tackling discrimination against and improving the visibility of people in the UK attracted to more than one gender.

Applying:

The position is open to anyone over the age of 18. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, especially minority groups such as applicants of colour, trans and non-binary applicants and disabled and/or neurodivergent applicants.