Challenge Events Team Manager (DIY & Virtual Events)

Challenge Events Team Manager (DIY and Virtual Events)
Fixed Term Contract (12 months) 
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 
Salary Range: £52,400 - £57,000

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.

About the role:

Interested in joining the Challenge Events Team at Macmillan? We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Challenge Events Team Manager, to head up a high performing team of seven. Reporting to the Head of Challenge Events you will have responsibility for the strategy, development and delivery of Macmillan’s DIY and Virtual Event portfolio including Swim It, Facebook Challenges, Supporter-led activity and other virtual events, raising £7m+ to help support people living with cancer in the UK. 

This role also line manages the Challenge Events Support Manager, who is responsible for team wide merchandise, fulfilment and other centralised processes.

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

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

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 and Innovation: Identifying new and developing existing events and fundraising products to add long term value to the Challenge Events programme.
• Project Delivery: Responsible for your teams planning, 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 & 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: Thurs 12th June
First interview dates: Thurs 26th June (TBC)

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.