Bespoke Events Fundraising Manager

This is an amazing opportunity to join our ambitious Bespoke Events team on a fixed term contract until February 2026. We are recruiting for a Bespoke Events Fundraising Manager to deliver an incredible supporter experience for our participants and raise £9M in the 25/26 financial year.

This role is a key managerial position within the Bespoke Events team, playing an integral part in the delivery of our ambitious targets. You will develop and strategically project manage our Trek26 series to drive strong recruitment and enhance supporter experience, maximising income and exceeding targets.

Directly line managing 4 remote working team members, you’ll ensure we provide an excellent supporter experience through the delivery of their events within the Trek26 series. You will oversee and support the team in delivering inspiring and engaging and supporter focused stewardship journeys, while overseeing a multichannel marketing campaign and maintaining exceptional external stakeholder relationships.

About you

Joining us, you will be target driven with experience of events fundraising, project management and managing teams. You will have good budget and financial management skills, these are essential to ensure the team are meeting or exceeding targets as well as flexing and adapting in response to event performance and external factors.

You’ll have excellent communication skills and have experience in building and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers. You’ll have brilliant influencing and negotiating skills to secure and maintain great events partnerships for the Society. Crucially, you will be an experienced project manager, able to bring people together, look for opportunities to drive efficiencies and maximise income from the programme.

What you’ll focus on:

You’ll support the Trek26 team through the remainder of delivery of the 2025 events season, as well as evaluations and preparation for the 2026 series of events. You will also work on season other key projects including:

• Q2 reforecast
• 26/27 high level budgeting
• Building on Trek26 growth through 2026 and 2027 series planning
• Reviewing our corporate sponsorship with a view to building a strategy for future growth plans

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