Events officer - Sleep Out in London

Contract & Location: Full-time, London (9‑month contract)

Salary: £29,849‑£35,493 per annum

Closing Date: Monday 29th June 2026

Interviews will be held w/c Monday 6th July

About Us: Centrepoint, the UK's leading youth homelessness charity, helps vulnerable young people by providing practical and emotional support to find a job and live independently. We provide accommodation, health support and life skills to homeless young people, aiming to get them back into education, training and employment. Our goal is to end youth homelessness by 2037. Together with partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year.

The Events Officer plays a vital role in delivering our flagship fundraising event, Sleep Out. Following new investment from Nationwide Building Society, we are developing and delivering a new strategy and anticipate significant growth.

About You:

• Proven experience working in a supporter or customer‑facing role.
• Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills, confident in communicating with varied audiences.
• Excellent copy‑writing skills for supporter communications and an interest in marketing.
• Strong organisation and multi‑tasking skills, ensuring Sleep Out events run smoothly.
• Proactive and ambitious, always looking for creative ways of working.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Support the successful delivery and growth of our public Sleep Out events in London and Manchester and our ‘Host Your Own Sleep Out’ product.
• Engage and steward all Sleep Out event participants, supporting them with fundraising, answering queries and building strong relationships.
• Support the implementation of marketing plans that recruit participants.
• Support the Event Manager in managing the partnership with NBS to maximise the impact of the partnership and strive for long‑term growth.
• Responsible for administrative processes for the Sleep Out team, including donor and financial records, monitoring and creating resources and materials.

Benefits:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days.
• Healthcare cash plan covering a wide range of medical treatment, including dental, optical, complementary and alternative therapies.
• Private medical insurance.
• Income protection.
• Employer pension contributions of 5%.
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme.
• Interest‑free travel loan.

Centrepoint challenges discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness. We are committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint, ensuring all colleagues feel included and valued for the rich diversity within the organisation. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion or none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part‑time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter that causes a person to be treated with injustice. Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, ensuring all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.