Events Fundraising Officer

Company: Barnardo's
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Location: Greater London
Job Description:

Overview

We are seeking to appoint an Events fundraiser to join our Challenge and Virtual Events Team as our Events Fundraising Officer. Our Challenge Events programme is well established at Barnardo’s and offers running, trekking and cycling events. We are looking for someone with a passion for events and a thirst for learning to help us deliver our third-party events calendar, including the Great North Run, Cardiff Half Marathon and London Landmarks. You will also help to shape our corporate challenge event programme and bespoke and owned portfolio of partnered events.

Responsibilities

  • Have experience in marketing and recruiting fundraisers.
  • Be passionate about delivering high-level stewardship to event participants.
  • Have strong project management skills to aid event delivery.
  • Have experience in managing multiple activities and deadlines, and working to agreed targets.
  • Have the ability to build strong internal and external relationships to achieve mutual goals.

What we are looking for

It is an exciting time for the Challenge and Virtual Events team at Barnardo’s following growth across our third-party Challenge Events, the innovation and development of new partnerships and bespoke events. As a directorate, we are audience-led making sure insight guides our decisions and activity over the coming years. So, if you’ve got a passion for Events fundraising, innovation and delivering outstanding stewardship – we would love to hear from you!

Important notice for applicants

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Benefits

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo’s values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo’s and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. More details on Barnardo’s pay framework can be found upon application.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.

Benefits & Hybrid Working

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Barnardo’s is committed to equality of opportunity and flexible working arrangements. Annual Leave is 26 days for full-time colleagues, increasing with years of service, pro rata for part-time staff. Other benefits include: buy up to 5 extra days leave, family-friendly leave options, sick pay from day 1, Group Personal Pension with matched contributions, death in service cover, cycle-to-work scheme, interest-free season ticket loans, staff discounts, health plan options, employee assistance program, and access to learning and development offers. Details and eligibility apply.

About Barnardo’s

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

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Posted: March 27th, 2026