Senior Events Officer

Senior Events Officer.

Salary: circa £35,000 per annum

Location: Glasgow

Contract: Permanent, Full-time - 35 hours per week

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Action for Children as a Senior Events Officer on a Permanent Contract. You will both lead and support the delivery of high value fundraising and stewardship events within the team's UK-wide portfolio and provide exemplary day to day support to some of Action for Children's closest and most important supporters. It is an exciting time to join the team as they continue to expand the high-value events portfolio, to help drive vital income growth.

There will be an expectation to travel per the requirements of this role to Manage events across the UK portfolio.

How you'll help to create brighter futures by

• Manage and deliver events within the team portfolio, ensuring they are delivered to a high standard, to budget and leading to successful outcomes being achieved.
• Build and manage day to day relationships with high value volunteer board and committee members.
• Take responsibility for accurate financial management of events, reporting and contingency planning.
• Prepare reports and evaluations, sharing recommendations and providing regular progress updates against objectives.
• Use creative, and engaging methods of written and verbal communications to successfully negotiate to achieve positive outcomes, ensuring clear fundraising messaging and alignment with brand and campaign messaging.
• Manage relationships with external suppliers and agencies to develop relationships, negotiate costs and contracts to support a strong ROI on events.

Let's talk about you

It's an exciting time to join the high value fundraising function at Action for Children, and we are looking for a collaborative, energised and forward-thinking individual to join our ambitious team of fundraising professionals.

• Essential experience of working on a range of successful fundraising, engagement, and stewardship events.
• Experience of developing positive working relationships with staff, supporters, donors, and volunteers.
• Experience of managing relationships and stewardship with high value fundraising committees or boards.
• Experience of developing compelling fundraising and/or engagement materials.
• Willingness to work flexible and unsocial hours including evenings/weekends as and when required.
• Be willing and able to travel throughout the UK as there may be a requirement to travel more broadly as the high value events portfolio grows.

Good to know

Closing Date: 22nd August 2025

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

For more information about the role, please review our full job description by clicking here.

If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact Scott Jones at [email protected] quoting reference 11745 and we'll be happy to give you any support you require.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.