Seasonal Face to Face Fundraising Festivals and Events Manager
Seasonal Face to Face Fundraising Festivals and Events Manager
Company Description
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES UK
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides life-saving emergency relief and longer-term medical care to some of the most vulnerable and excluded communities around the world. As an independent medical humanitarian organisation, we deliver care based only on need, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or political affiliation. MSF relies on donations from private individuals and organisations for the majority of its income. This private funding gives MSF the freedom to respond where needs are greatest and to speak out publicly, free from any political interference.
MSF has around 67,000 local and international staff working in over 70 countries, in some of the most challenging places in the world. Our medical humanitarian projects are supported by offices in 44 countries, including the UK and Ireland. These teams recruit staff, organise fundraising, and raise awareness on the humanitarian crises our colleagues are witnessing, as well as running different and diverse support activities. MSF offices are spread across Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australasia.
At MSF UK/IE, we support MSF's operations by building relationships with our supporters, increasing awareness of our work, raising funds, providing specialist medical expertise, ensuring MSF staff have access to relevant higher education programmes, catalysing change on medical humanitarian issues, and recruiting field staff.
MSF UK/IE personnel are dynamic, hard-working, enthusiastic and committed to MSF's values and aims. In addition MSF continues to build upon its presence in Ireland to become a widely recognised, accepted and respected humanitarian organisation among Irish audiences, and within the Irish humanitarian and political sector.
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Position
This is an agency worker assignment. MSF UK is the client, and the employer is the recruitment agency.
Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week) on a flexible working schedule. | This role is not limited to Monday–Friday and will require regular weekend work. Variable days over festival season including overnights and weekends.
Duration: 6 months from May to October 2026
Location: London and on-site at festivals across the UK
Salary: Hourly rate, paid weekly in arrears: £24.71 per hour
Dimensions:
The Seasonal Festivals & Events Manager shares responsibility for delivery, performance and people, safety and safeguarding oversight of the Festivals and Events programme. The role shares with the Permanent Festivals and Events Manager, the management and support of Coordinators, agency workers, Team Leaders and Fundraisers who may be MSF UK staff or agency workers, during live delivery and contributes directly to income generation and supporter quality.
At a festival, the manager will supervise between 3 and 6 staff/agency workers.
The role operates across multiple Festivals and Events, often concurrently, and requires a high level of visibility and on-site presence. While overall programme ownership remains with the permanent Manager and the F2F Programme Lead, this role carries clear accountability for people management and delivery during live activity throughout the assignment period.
Please download the full job and person specification below for further details.
Requirements
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
- Demonstrable experience delivering or managing face‑to‑face fundraising activity, ideally within Festivals and Events or other large‑scale, public‑facing environments
- Expert knowledge of F2F Fundraising techniques and best practice
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to build relationships, rapport with supporters and work within a team environment
- Experience overseeing live delivery and operational coordination for events, with an understanding of the logistical and people‑management challenges associated with high‑footfall environments.
- Demonstrated track record of achieving fundraising or performance targets and maintaining delivery standards under pressure.
- Strong understanding of people, safety and safeguarding principles and common risks within face‑to‑face fundraising, with confidence acting as a senior escalation point.
- Experience upholding Codes of Conduct, behavioural standards and professional expectations across teams.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to represent MSF’s work clearly and confidently to the public and provide clear guidance and feedback to staff/agency workers.
- IT‑literate, with experience using fundraising platforms and reporting tools, and competence in standard Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to work independently while contributing effectively as part of a wider management team.
- Flexible and resilient approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities during intensive delivery periods.
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
- Willingness and ability to travel extensively across the UK and work evenings and weekends during the festival season.
- Strong commitment to the aims, values and principles of Médecins Sans Frontières.
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Commitment to the aims and values of Médecins Sans Frontières
- Ability and flexibility to travel in London and the UK and to work over weekends
- Good knowledge and understanding of most common safeguarding needs and risks of a F2F team.
- Full UK driving licence is preferrable
Other information
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply on our website by submitting a copy of your CV together with a letter of motivation by the closing date.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
We encourage early applications as we reserve the right to close applications before the advertised closing date, or if a suitable candidate is found.
We encourage early applications as we reserve the right to close applications before the advertised closing date, or if a suitable candidate is found.
Recruitment timetable:
- Closing date for applications: 8 May 2026, 12pm (BST)
- First round interviews: TBC
- Projected Start Date: TBC
Accessibility
We are committed to removing barriers for people with specific accessibility needs. If you need an adjustment to the recruitment process to be considered for the role, please let us know by contacting recruitment.UK@london.msf.org
Examples of adjustments we can make:
- offering you an alternative if you are unable to use our online application system
- providing necessary information, such as the job description or assessment materials, in an alternate format
- allowing you to have someone with you during an interview for example, a Sign Language interpreter.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We are a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive organisation. MSF UK thrives when everyone feels comfortable bringing their best self to work. We celebrate difference, whilst striving to create an environment where colleagues feel respected and valued for their unique potential. We are committed to our values on equity, diversity, and inclusion. Please read our Equality & Diversity policy for more information.
MSF UK is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from all sections of our diverse community.
Safeguarding
MSF UK/IE is dedicated to safeguarding everyone who comes into contact with the organisation, for whatever reason and however brief. All posts are subject to safer recruitment process which include robust reference requests, scrutiny of employment history and where applicable criminal record and barring checks.
Our safeguarding commitment is underpinned by policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the organisation. On joining MSF UK/IE you will be required to attend safeguarding training to ensure responsibility for and maintaining safe working practice and to safeguard our teams, beneficiaries, and communities.
Right to work in the UK
Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Employment sponsorship will NOT be offered by MSF UK for this role
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We look forward to receiving your application!