Head of Events and Partners

The King’s Fund

Location: All Locations
Salary: £65,586 - £80,661
Closing Date: 09 November 2020
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Job Description

Help us to shape health and social care policy, practice and understanding 

The King's Fund is a leading charity that helps to shape policy and transform services to improve health and social care in England.

Head of Events and Partners

Salary: £65,586 -£80,661 per annum

Full Time 35 hours per week

Fixed-term contract for 12 months

Central London

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly respected and innovative organisation at the forefront of health and social care policy and practice.  

You will lead a small team to deliver our conference and events programme, and our corporate partners scheme, in support of The Kings Funds mission of improving health and social care in England. 

You will lead our events and partners team to achieve balanced and diverse annual events programmes, an effective portfolio of corporate partnerships, meeting challenging income targets, while supporting the Fund to have impact in its chosen priorities.  

To be successful, the postholder will need excellent team leadership and management skills, project management and organisational skills (including financial management), proven success in securing new income through business development and the ability to create strong networks across the Fund and with others.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the postholder will initially be working remotely. IT equipment to allow remote working will be provided by The Kings Fund. 

Here at the Fund, we actively encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds, including those from an ethnic minority background, people with disabilities and those who have caring responsibilities. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge as we recognise that diversity makes us stronger. If you are successful, youll be joining an organisation committed to improvement and progress with a wide-ranging and active diversity and inclusion programme which includes reverse mentoring, research on race inequalities in the NHS and participation in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index.

For further information and an application form, please visit our website at

www.kingsfund.org.uk/jobs 

Applications must be submitted using The Kings Fund application form.

We welcome applications to undertake this role on a secondment basis.  Please specify in your supporting statement if this is your intention.

No agencies please.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Monday 9 November at 9.30am.  Late applications will not be considered.

We regret that we cannot respond individually to all applicants due to the high number of applications we receive.  If you have not been contacted within 3 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted for interview.  Please note that we are unable to offer feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.  

Interviews will be held on 20 November (role available to commence from January 2021).

The Kings Fund is committed to equal opportunities in all its activities and appointments will be determined solely on merit. Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community, including those from minority ethnic groups and those with disabilities.


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