Business Development & Events Manager

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Job title:             Business Development & Events Manager

Reference:         LR152

Contract:            18 months fixed term contract, full time, 35 hours per week

Location:            London based with hybrid working (min 2 days per week in the office)

Salary:                Up to £45,000 per annum (depending on experience)

‘Do you have the skills and experience to drive growth through strategic events and relationship management?’

We’re looking for a talented Business Development & Events Manager to join our Business Development team at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

What you’ll do

At CAF, every one of us contributes to our impact, and as our Business Development & Events Manager you too will play an integral part in what we do.

Main purpose of job:

As a key member of the Business Development team, you will proactively support the growth of philanthropy services across CAF’s HNWI Audience prioritising advisor, client and public relations engagement through the active development and ongoing management of events that collaborate across the private client, marketing, external affairs and client relations teams. This role will focus on identifying and progressing new opportunities for growth through active management of flagship events, membership packages and sponsorship opportunities, whilst working across teams to support events internally, driving new leads.

As our Business Development & Events Manager you will:

  • Develop and manage the implementation of an ambitious events programme for CAF’s Private Client, Marketing External Affairs & Client Relations teams for high-net-worth individuals, including our market leading UK Donor Advised Fund and our US/UK dual qualified product
  • Achieve ambitious sales objectives and KPIs by driving new referrals through significantly increased introducer, client and public relations engagement activities
  • Proactively secure new meetings, presentations and events for key SMEs for CAF’s HNWI Audience to promote our philanthropy services
  • Attend meetings, events and other activity to promote CAF’s client services, with a focus on the private client community
  • Work with CAF’s Marketing team to leverage campaigns, e-news content collateral and research that generate leads and wider engagement, whilst increasing our understanding of our HNWI audience

 

Who you’ll be

This role is for you if you have experience of working in business development and relationship management, professional adviser engagement and events, membership and networking organisations, or have relevant transferable skills and are keen to make a difference to society. We are looking for:

  • Understanding of business development, sales, prospecting
  • Experience of managing an organisational wide events programme
  • Experience of delivering against contracted assets & leveraging opportunities
  • Experience with B2B business development and sales
  • Implementation of a business strategy
  • Understanding of charitable or financial services sectors

What’s in it for you

At CAF you will receive:

  • Permanent hybrid ways of working where roles allow
  • Six weeks holiday plus bank holidays
  • A wide range of development opportunities to support personal and professional growth
  • Pension scheme with better-than-market employer contribution options
  • Social impact benefit schemes

For all our employer benefits and to gain an insight into our culture and values, please visit cafonline.org/careers.

Who we are

At Charities Aid Foundation we accelerate social progress by providing essential connections between donors, charities and communities.

We safeguard and deliver vital donations, offer expert advisory services and financial products to donors and charities, and provide tailored charity banking through our award-winning bank CAF Bank.

Our purpose is to enable a better landscape for giving and a fair and sustainable future for all.

Diversity and inclusion

We know that the more diverse and inclusive our organisation becomes, the more creative, effective and impactful we will be. Our aim is for our workforce to represent the society we serve, and we have embarked upon an ambitious pathway to achieve this.

We want to attract, retain and develop the best of talent at all levels, and provide a leading and great place to work, where every voice matters.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 13 March 2026.

Please complete the form below, attach your CV and Cover letter, then click ‘Submit Application’ if applying via our website or send your CV to recruitment@cafonline.org quoting reference number LR152.

Please contact our Recruitment team at recruitment@cafonline.org or 03000 123 566 to find out more about the role.

We welcome applications from everyone who feels they meet the criteria, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital, veteran or parental status.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please indicate on the application form if you would like to be considered as part of the Disability Confident Scheme.

To apply for this role you must be able to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact our Recruitment team at recruitment@cafonline.org or 03000 123 566 to request assistance or reasonable adjustments.

Job Reference: LR152

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