Contract: Full Time, 12 month FTC
Location: London
Salary: £32,000 - £35,493 per annum
Closing Date: 19th May 2026
Interviews will be held w/c: 1st June 2026
Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a
Special Events Officer to join our Mass Participation and Events Team based in London.
About Us
We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037
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Together with our partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year.
The Special Events Officer is a key member of the Special Events team, supporting the planning and delivery of a range of high-value special events that inspire, engage and thank our supporters. These events play a vital role in generating income, strengthening relationships, and stewarding some of Centrepoint’s most loyal and influential donors.
Working closely with the Senior Special Events Manager and Special Events Manager, the post holder will help to deliver both income-generating and engagement events, ensuring each project is delivered to the highest standard. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a strong interest in events and fundraising, who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is looking to build their career in the charity sector.
About You
- Experience supporting the delivery of successful events, ideally within a fundraising environment.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with confidence in working with internal teams, suppliers, and high-value supporters.
- A proactive team player, with a positive attitude and a keen eye for detail.
- A creative thinker with a passion for delivering high-quality experiences
What You’ll Be Doing
- Supporting the delivery of Centrepoint’s exciting special events portfolio, from planning to execution and post-event evaluation, leading on a range of stewardship events.
- Managing event logistics such as guest list coordination, supplier liaison, venue support, and on-the-day event delivery.
- Ensuring supporter communications and stewardship journeys are delivered to a high standard.
- Maintaining accurate data on our CRM system, supporting GDPR compliance and best practice in data management.
- Working collaboratively with teams across Fundraising to ensure our events reflect Centrepoint’s mission and values.
- Contributing ideas and insight to help develop the events programme and grow income over time.
Why join Centrepoint?
In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:
- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
- Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
- Private Medical insurance
- Income protection
- Employer pension contributions of 5%
- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
- An interest-free travel loan
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.
Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.
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