Audience Events Officer

Closing date: Monday 14 April 2025

Location: Flexible location: Andover, Home-based or Hybrid.

Salary: £33,000 - £35,000 pro-rata - Part time, 18 hours per week

Use your event planning and engagement skills to help us Beat Macular Disease!

Are you somebody who would love to show you care by using your event planning and audience engagement skills to help us Beat Macular Disease?

Macular disease is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK, with around 300 people diagnosed every day. The Macular Society is the only charity determined to beat the fear and isolation of macular disease with world class research, and the best advice and support.

To support people affected by macular disease now, the Macular Society provides a range of support, information and services. Our research programme is focused on finding new treatments and a cure to Beat Macular Disease forever.

The role

We are looking for a highly organised events planner with a talent for managing every detail from start to finish and who can continue the success of our annual online conference, dedicated to helping people understand more about macular disease. 

You will play a key role in our friendly and dynamic team, ensuring the successful planning and delivery of all elements of our annual conference. You will collaborate with internal teams to create engaging session content and speakers to drive engagement, participation and registrations.

You will be responsible for managing budgets, overseeing marketing and promotion, and compiling post-campaign analysis to evaluate success and inform future strategies. 

There will be other opportunities to support with engaging audiences including supporting our webinars and podcasts.

As part of our application process we will invite those selected for interview to complete a task related to the role.

In return, we provide a great working culture – we do something worthwhile and are proud to work together to Beat Macular Disease – as recognised by our inclusion in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 list. 

We offer flexible working options, 26 days annual leave, rising to 27 after one years’ service, the ability to buy or sell annual leave, supportive family policies, and 6% pension contribution. To read about our benefits in more detail, see link below.

Macular Society are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability in the covering letter/application email
• Where the minimum (essential) criteria have been met, we will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and welcome applications from all parts of the community, in particular people with lived experience of sight loss.

For a full job description and person specification, please see below.

To apply:  please email your CV with a covering letter to recruitment@macularsociety.org 

Please address any questions by email to sue.s@macularsociety.org

Closing date: 14 April 2025

Interviews: 25 April 2025