Member Events & Partnerships Manager

This is an exciting time for the organisation, and we are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and proactive Member Events & Partnerships Manager to join at this critical stage of the charity’s development.

Position: Member Events & Partnerships Manager

Location: Warwick office based (as the official place of work) with flexible/ hybrid options

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum dependant on experience

Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week)

Benefits: Pension: 10% employer contribution, Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays, pay it Forward Days, Employee Benefits Package and Health Service Discounts, Reward Gateway’, Free access to Health Service Discounts (employee benefit provider) ‘Well Being Timeout’ scheme for all staff.

Closing Date: Midnight 12th June 2022

The Role:

This is an incredibly exciting and pivotal role within the Charity. You will have the opportunity to shape, and the responsibility to deliver and monitor a portfolio of member events and training. In this role you will need to regularly respond to the needs and feedback from members source high quality content, speakers, commercial supporters, and sponsors.

Key Responsibilities

The main duties and responsibilities of the role holder are as outlined below:

Planning and delivery of the Charity’s ‘flagship’ national member conference

Work with colleagues across the organisation and build good rapport

Nurture and develop the Charity’s longstanding partnerships across sectors

Develop and account manage new event partners, sponsors, and exhibitor relationships

Generate and implement a Business Development and income generation plan linked to the Charity’s events

Work with colleagues in Communications and Digital to ensure that events are properly advertised

Share event feedback and evaluation with the Head of Membership, Senior Leadership Team

Leading on defining the events and training, sponsorship, and engagement plans & priorities

Act as a member of the Membership management team, deputising for the Head of Membership

Provide line management of the Events & Training Officer

Maintain and develops a clear programme of member events and training activities.

About you:

To be successful in the role as Member Events & Partnerships Manager you will need to have previous experience within a similar role

You will have:

Highly organised with excellent attention to detail; able to set, track and complete objectives for self and others.

Competent in planning, delivering, managing, and evaluating complex events and conference.

Understand the needs of different member cohorts/audiences and design tailored events and training opportunities

A recognised qualification in Events Management (Desirable)

Demonstrable experience of delivering conferences and events to audiences of 300+ delegates

Experience of working in a member facing role within a membership organisation.

Experience of stakeholder engagement. The ability to build rapport and demonstrate credibility and authenticity with internal and external stakeholders across all levels.

Experience of cost control and budget management relating to events.

Event sales and business development experience

Experience of identifying commercial opportunities

Experience of sponsor liaison and managing these relationships

Excellent organisational, influencing and negotiating skills

Experience of project management and event booking systems

A team player who is also a self-starter and happy to work independently to develop and deliver objectives

About the Organisation

A national, independent charity caring for the NHS. Working together with the network of 238 NHS charities based in hospitals, ambulance trusts, mental health trusts, community health trusts, and health boards across the UK to help the NHS go further for everyone.

We would love to hear from you if you believe you are the right person for this exciting position.

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