Job Description

Permanent appointment

Full time (34.5 hours)

Location - Hybrid split between home and our London Office

35,200 - 39,200 per annum

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.

About the role

You will lead on the delivery of a portfolio of virtual and DIY fundraising events, including our Facebook Challenges and growing Swim It campaign, with the objective of raising over 6m for people living with cancer.



You will be responsible for recruitment through paid and organic marketing and providing a sector-leading stewardship journey to ensure our supporters feel engaged and inspired from the moment they sign-up, working collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders to achieve this. You will also be responsible for line management of 1 direct report, supporting them to inspire a high level of performance.




This role does require weekend work (although not at your desk) as you'll be out and about cheering on our participants. You will be compensated for your weekend work with days in lieu.

Please note, the internal job title for this role is Challenge Events Programme Manager.

About you:

Experience of delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns or management of complex projects, in line with agreed budgets and schedules Demonstrable experience of delivering mass-scale stewardship campaigns Experience of using data or insight to understand performance, make decisions and inform plans A proactive approach to resolving project blockers, conflict or underperformance An ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and external partners, which enable productive collaboration on projects Familiarity with leading individuals or groups to deliver a project, campaign or collective goal.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options 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 is 23:59 on Thursday 8 May 2025



Interviews will be held w/c 12 May 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.