Challenge & Sports Events Manager

Challenge/Sports Events Manager | Health Charity | Permanent Opportunity | £38,000 – £41,000 | London | Hybrid
Your new company
Your new company is a thriving children’s charity based in central London dedicated toward raising and investing money into health-based research. The mission of the charity is to improve survival rates and quality of survival in patients through fundraising initiatives and events.

Your new role
Your new role will be to manage the active challenge events team, delivering a year-round portfolio of events and providing an excellent supporter experience to participants. This will include:
Oversee the wider active challenge team to deliver the portfolio of events
Project manage the annual active challenge which the team participate in
Manage relationships with a variety of key stakeholders internally and externally
Maintain a high standard of relationship fundraising and partnerships to maximise ROI
Keep up to date with trends and activity across the wider sector
Effectively line manage the sports events team including carrying out regular one to ones and half yearly performance appraisals
Recruit and induct new starters into the charity and contribute to a positive working environment and culture
Direct the community fundraising team to deliver the departmental strategy
Manage the team’s annual budget and create yearly budgets and reforecasts when necessary

What you’ll need to succeed
To be successful in applying for this role, you will need to have previous experience managing similar active challenge projects and events. You will need to have experience of marketing fundraising campaigns and managing multiple projects at the same time. It is also desirable for an applicant to have previous line and budget management experience, with an understanding of the UK fundraising sector.

What you need to do now
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