Community Manager

This exciting Community Manager role encompasses all aspects of events planning, from the logistics and high-profile partnership engagement through to ensuring the event runs smoothly in person across the globe. A key element of this role is recruiting donors and participants to be part of Virgin Unite’s Constellation Community -- so those with experience in fundraising and business development are encouraged to apply!  You will be an experienced events manager and logistician who wants to bring people together in service of Virgin Unite’s mission. 

You'll be part of our purpose focused team here at Virgin Unite, the corporate foundation of the Virgin Group and the Branson family.


Our Virgin Family

Join the Virgin Group – a diverse collective driving change, enhancing customer experience, and having a blast. We're daring, disrupting industries from finance to space, united as part of the Virgin Family.

Virgin Unite, Virgin Group's charitable foundation, inspires action. We fuel radical collaboration to challenge the unacceptable. Our overheads, covered by Richard Branson and the Virgin Group, ensure 100% of donations fuel our initiatives.

Our mission:

To create a thriving world through entrepreneurial initiatives. Our work revolves around:

• Incubating bold collectives
• Backing entrepreneurial solutions
• Convening purposeful communities
• Challenging unacceptable issues
  

Tell me more

• Execute all elements (from concept to logistics) of domestic and international complex trips and events for high profile people

• Engage high net worth individuals and partner organizations to participate in curated gatherings and trips that raise funds for Virgin Unite and its partner organizations
• Curate founder speaking engagements with organizations in the Virgin Unite’s Constellation community
• Develop and maintain relationships with high net worth donors to cultivate donations to Virgin Unite projects. 
  

What you’ll need

• Strong event management and trip planning skills
• Critical thinker with ability to identify risks and problem solve.
• Strong business development and fundraising skills required
• A successful track record of directing and delivering projects at a senior and confidential level.
• Proven ability to engage multiple stakeholders in complex program of works, demands and requirements.
• Process and systems-thinker; loves creating order out of chaos and driving forward deliverables with multiple teams.
• Awareness of brand and ability to construct messages and materials that inspire member behaviour to meet set objectives.
• Strong relationship builder with influencers, senior officials, and executives.

The extra details

Role type: Permanent
Location: New York or London based & your home space, with up to 25% domestic and global travel
Salary: Competitive
Working hours: Full time - We embrace flexible working. Let us know what hours empower you to be at your best both professionally and personally, we’ll try to find a perfect match for you and us.
Benefits: Dive into a fast-paced, evolving workspace, where your hard work and dedication is rewarded. Fancy unlimited holidays and weekly yoga? That's the Virgin way. We stand up for inclusion, wellbeing, and purposeful points strategies. Further benefits include flexible working, healthcare, dental schemes, pension contributions and an employee rewards scheme.
Closing date: 7th January 2024

Some of the attributes that define a Virgin person just can’t be quantified in words. We pride ourselves on welcoming people from all walks of life, with all sorts of skill sets. Most recently, we successfully campaigned to add ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ as a skill on LinkedIn. Any uniqueness is a strength and will be considered an asset to our workforce. If there is something you would like us to consider, to tailor the hiring process to the way you work best, please don’t hesitate to let us know. 

Excited to make each day rewarding? We'd love to learn more about you!