Fundraising Events Manager (3408)

Do you want to help create a better world for animals?

At the RSPCA, we believe animal welfare is everyone's welfare. Join us in creating a better world for every animal. We can do it if we work together — everyone for every animal. Choose a career with us and make a difference.

We are looking for a new team member to join us as an Events Manager – Fundraising within our Events / Engagement & Income Generation team.

Working hours: 35 hours / Monday – Friday
Location: Horsham, West Sussex or London
Hybrid role: Flexibility around you and the needs of the operation.

It's important to us that you feel part of our team from the start. We like to keep in touch with regular check-ins and team meetings. There's always a teammate around for support or a quick chat.

We're looking for an experienced and creative Events Manager – Fundraising to lead the development and delivery of a portfolio of fundraising and engagement events that generate income, grow our supporter base and help more people connect with the RSPCA and our work.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who combines strong event management and project management skills with commercial awareness,stewardship,  creativity and a genuine passion for making a difference.

You'll take responsibility for developing and delivering effective fundraising events, from initial ideas and feasibility through to planning, marketing, delivery and evaluation. You'll manage budgets, income targets, suppliers and risk, while ensuring our supporters and volunteers receive an excellent experience throughout their journey with us.

You'll also lead and develop a small team, working collaboratively with colleagues across fundraising, marketing, digital, data and insight, as well as RSPCA branches, animal centres and community groups.

Our recruitment journey – key dates for you to note

Here's what the process looks like, no surprises, just a friendly guide:

1. Application
   You'll be asked to answer 3 questions to give us a sense of your experience, skills, and potential. Don't worry if you don't tick every box - what really matters is what you can bring to the role and the team.
2. Panel Interview
   If your application is successful, you'll be invited to a panel interview with the Hiring Manager. This is a chance to:
• Share more about what you've done and what you're proud of
• Ask questions about the role, the team, and the impact you could make. Interviews are a two-way conversation, and we recognise that any career move needs to feel right for you as well as for us.
• Show off your skills and behaviours in a relaxed, supportive setting

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know - we're happy to support you.

We think this role is going to be popular and are expecting to attract high interest, so we strongly encourage early applications to avoid missing out. The deadline for applications will be 31st August.

Here at the RSPCA, no two days are the same. As an Events Manager – Fundraising, you could be developing an exciting new fundraising event one day and reviewing the performance of an existing event the next.

You might start your day reviewing income and expenditure against your event budgets and KPIs, identifying opportunities or putting contingency plans in place to make sure targets stay on track. You could then meet with colleagues in marketing, digital or data and insight to develop a campaign to increase event participation, or work with an external supplier to finalise plans for an upcoming event.

You'll spend time building relationships with RSPCA branches, animal centres, community groups and other teams across the organisation, ensuring everyone has what they need to deliver successful events.

You'll also oversee event management plans, including risk assessments, health and safety, contingency and major incident planning, while ensuring our activity meets relevant legislation and fundraising standards & importantly, you'll support and develop your team, helping them to deliver great experiences for our supporters and volunteers while achieving ambitious fundraising results.

For a full insight into the role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description.

We're looking for someone with recent and relevant experience in fundraising events, challenge or activity event promotion, charity events, sales or marketing.

You'll bring:

• A proven track record of planning and managing successful and profitable fundraising events
• Experience developing and implementing event strategies that grow income and supporter engagement
• Strong project management, organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Experience managing external suppliers, agencies and contractors, including negotiating and managing contracts and service level agreements
• Experience working collaboratively across teams and with external partners, branches, community groups or similar networks
• Experience of using online fundraising and donation platforms such as JustGiving
• The confidence to present, facilitate workshops and deliver training or guidance to others
• Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• A methodical approach, with the ability to work independently and make sound decisions
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills

Successful candidates for certain RSPCA roles will need to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK as we are unable to sponsor visas.

We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible

Our vision is a world where all animals are respected and treated with kindness and compassion. Our purpose is to inspire everyone to create a better world for animals. We are building the future of a diverse Society, and our priority is to support animal welfare by finding people from all backgrounds who are committed  to our purpose.  For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA. Your transferable skills & lived experiences could make you a valuable addition to our RSPCA Family! 

We're here to support you and encourage you to let us know if you need any adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please feel free to contact us at resourcingteam@rspca.org.uk or 0300 123 0685 so we can ensure the process works for you.