Challenge Events Team Manager - 12 month FTC

Challenge Events Team Manager Fixed Term Contract (12 months – Sabbatical cover)

Full time (34.5 hours), we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours

Location: split between home and our London Office. There is also the requirement to attend some event weekends across the UK.

Salary range: £52,400 - £58,400

We’re looking for an ambitious Challenge Events Team Manager with strong leadership, project and budget management skills.

About the role

We’re looking for a passionate and dedicated Challenge Events Team Manager to oversee the Macmillan Mighty Hikes series, a sector-leading mass-participation product raising over £13million to support people living with cancer.

You will have responsibility for the strategy and development of the product and account management of our event and media agencies, whilst leading a high performing team of eight.

You will need to demonstrate:

· A track record of meeting ambitious targets

· Strong leadership and project management to coordinate the activities of a fast-paced team

· Excellent financial and account management skills

All the above will be essential to meet your key objectives of delivering the 2026 series and planning for 2027, with a focus on optimising net fundraised income, whilst overseeing the management of high-value, complex marketing and stewardship campaigns.

You’ll be rewarded by joining a fun and high-performing team at one of the UK’s most loved charity brands. You will also be rewarded knowing your work is making a real difference to people living with cancer.

This role does require weekend work (although not at your desk) as you’ll be out and about meeting, cheering and thanking our amazing runners, hikers and cyclists. Any offers on this role are made subject to a criminal records disclosure check or equivalent.

About you

You should have demonstrable experience of:

· Leadership and Team Management: Inspiring the team to high levels of performance and championing collaboration and inclusivity.

· Relationship Management: Leading our relationships with key internal stakeholders, external agencies and suppliers to maximise opportunities for our sector-leading series.

· Project Delivery: Responsible for strategic planning, multi-channel marketing, delivery and optimisations of your fundraising product portfolio.

· Negotiation: Lead on negotiating complex supplier relationships to maximise long term value to Macmillan.

· Financial Management: Accountability for substantial income and expenditure budgets, responsible for reforecasting and reporting on performance to senior leadership.

· Market Knowledge: Understanding of fundraising, events and relevant health and safety and best practice.

About us

We help millions of people with cancer across the UK live life as fully as they can through physical, emotional and financial support.

Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to be their best self to work.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

· 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days

· Pension matched up to 7.5%

· 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications

· Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm

· Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process
Application deadline: 30th July 2025
First interview dates: W/C Monday 11th August 2025

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments. 

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.