Royal British Legion
Event Manager
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Role: Events Manager – Event Planning & Delivery
Location: London Bridge (Hybrid 2 days per week)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £42,452 to £45,952 per annum (Inclusive of London Supplement)
As Events Manager overseeing Event Planning & Delivery, you’ll take the lead on a varied portfolio of fundraising events across the UK and continental Europe, with a particular focus on cycling. This is a role where you’ll own the detail from the outset, shaping event plans, managing logistics, coordinating suppliers and partners, overseeing budgets and making sure everything is in place for a successful delivery. You’ll lead on our owned events as well as working with external event organisers, with responsibility for everything from course design, venues and travel through to road closures, health and safety and commemorative elements. It’s a broad events role with plenty of scope to develop the portfolio, improve existing events and identify opportunities to increase participation and return.
Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.
Key Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of a varied portfolio of fundraising events across the UK and continental Europe.
- Shape event plans, manage logistics, coordinate suppliers and partners, oversee budgets, and ensure successful event delivery.
- Lead on owned events and work with external event organisers.
- Manage everything from course design, venues, and travel through to road closures, health and safety, and commemorative elements.
- Develop the portfolio, improve existing events, and identify opportunities to increase participation and return.
- Manage project plans, budgets, and KPIs.
- Oversee contracts and supplier performance.
- Recruit and coordinate volunteers.
- Lead the on-the-day delivery of events.
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Requirements:
- Experienced events professional comfortable managing multiple moving parts.
- Ability to make decisions when things don’t go exactly to plan.
- Strong project management and organisational skills.
- Commercial awareness and confidence to build relationships at all levels.
- Experience of large-scale cycling events, overseas delivery, or commemorative events would be particularly useful.
- Genuine responsibility for developing and delivering a programme of fundraising events.
Employee Benefits:
- 28 days’ paid holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with optional annual leave purchase scheme of up to 5 working days.
- Enhanced paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Generous pension scheme with employer contributions ranging from 6% to 14%, depending on length of service.
- Range of flexible working options may be available, depending on your role.
- Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential counselling, financial, and legal advice.
- Range of courses delivered by learning specialists to support your development goals and objectives.
- Opportunities to volunteer.
- Travel loans, Cycle to Work, and more!
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For more detailed information about the role, please see the Job Description attached to our direct advert. Our teams take a personalised approach to shortlisting, which is carried out without the use of AI and is based on the evidence provided in your application against the essential and desirable criteria in the Person Specification.
RBL’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
RBL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics.
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer interview schemes for candidates who declare an Armed Forces connection and/or a disability. However, candidates are only eligible for this scheme if their application clearly demonstrates that they meet all of the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification for the role.
We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role(s). Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
If you require the job advert or job description in an alternative format, please contact 0808 802 8080.
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