Make a difference every day with PDSA
About Us
Join us to help keep even more people and pets together when times are tough. For over a century, PDSA have provided vital veterinary care for the pets of people in financial hardship.
We’re now on a journey to expand our reach to support even more people and their beloved pets. To achieve this ambitious goal, we need passionate and driven individuals who are ready to embrace change and help shape a future-focused PDSA. Together, we'll build a stronger organisation to ensure our services help those who need us most for the next hundred years.
If you're ready to make a real difference and be part of a team that's creating positive change, we want you to join us. Let's build a brighter future for pets and their owners, together.
About you
This is an exciting opportunity to join PDSA in a brand‑new role as Events Manager. You will lead the development and delivery of internal and external events, including PDSA’s prestigious Animal Awards programme, helping to build our reputation, grow support and increase income. You’ll manage the full end‑to‑end process from nominations and stakeholder engagement to presentations, while supporting a wide range of events, from large conferences to smaller bespoke activities. You’ll also help shape and implement a strategic events framework that delivers strong value, consistency and alignment across the charity.
A key part of your role will be to build, manage and steward strong relationships with external stakeholders, nominators, medal recipients, speakers and partners to grow the nominations pipeline and maximise organisational impact. You’ll work closely with internal teams, including the People Team and Director General’s Office, to support logistics and delivery across PDSA’s corporate events portfolio, such as the Leadership Conference and Long Service Awards. You’ll also contribute to developing a robust events framework that ensures all activity is strategically aligned and delivers strong return on investment.
We’re looking for someone with proven experience delivering successful in‑person and online events within a large or complex organisation. You’ll bring excellent communication and relationship‑building skills, strong attention to detail, creative problem‑solving abilities and confidence using relevant databases. Experience in the charity or non‑profit sector is desirable but not essential. This role will involve UK‑wide travel to attend events and monthly directorate meetings.
Rewards, support and benefits
We’re really passionate about being a great place to work, somewhere people feel proud of what they do, connected to a meaningful purpose, and able to make a genuine difference every day. Our teams are collaborative and supportive, and we encourage everyone to bring their ideas, individuality and passion for pets to work with them.
As well as a rewarding role and a positive, people-focused culture, we also offer a wide range of benefits, including:
* Flexible working options to support your work–life balance and individual circumstances.
* 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays, with option to buy or sell an extra five days.
* Three paid special days off: Volunteering Day, Celebration Day and Wellbeing Day annually.
* Generous pension options, with PDSA contributions starting at 5% and rising to 10%.
* Life assurance providing four times your annual salary for added peace of mind.
* AXA Health Employee Assistance Programme, with 24/7 wellbeing support
* Retail, holiday and lifestyle discounts available through our staff Fetch benefits platform.
* Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave to support you and your family.
* 15% discount on PDSA Pet Insurance plus access to staff veterinary services.
To apply for this role, click Apply Now at the top of the page, create a candidate account and complete our simple application form.
PDSA is committed to embedding a culture of diversity and inclusion within our teams that reflect the communities we serve. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and opportunities for flexible working arrangements to support team members from different backgrounds.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss via email or telephone reasonable adjustments that you may require throughout the recruitment process.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, adults at risk and all our colleagues and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect.
To support this commitment, our recruitment & selection processes are robust and rigorous. All appointments will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks.