Challenge Events Team Manager

Challenge Events Team Manager (Third Party events) 
Fixed Term Contract until January 2026 
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 - £57,000

About us

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. 

Our new organisational strategy sets out how we’ll fight even harder to make every pound raised count for even more. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good. 

About the role

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Challenge Events Team Manager, to lead and inspire a team of twenty.

This role will have responsibility for the strategy, development and delivery of Macmillan’s Third Party Event portfolio including London Marathon, Edinburgh Marathon Festival and Hyrox, raising £14m+ to help support people living with cancer in the UK. 

Alongside a clear track record of delivering results and financial management, you will demonstrate strong leadership and the people skills needed to focus and co-ordinate the activities of a busy event team.

Your relationship management and negotiation skills will be key in delivering team strategy and finalising the 2026 event portfolio with a focus on optimising net fundraised income.

You’ll be rewarded by joining an engaging and high-performing team at one of the UK’s most loved charity brands, whilst 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 on our amazing runners, hikers and cyclists. 

About you

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Leadership and Team Management: Inspiring the team to high levels of performance and championing collaboration and inclusivity.
• Relationship Management and Innovation: Identifying new and developing existing partnerships to add long term value to the Challenge Events programme.
• Project / Event Delivery: Responsible for your teams planning, marketing, delivery and optimisations of an event 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: Experience of fundraising, events and relevant health & safety and best practice. 

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: Thursday 20th March at 23:59pm
First stage interview date: Thursday 27th March 
Second stage interview date: Tuesday 01st April 

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. 

Any offers on this role are made subject to a criminal records disclosure check or equivalent.

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.