Daily rate: £200 – £250 (inclusive of VAT) 

About PBE  

We use economics to improve lives. Through analytical expertise and our close connection with the social sector, we help charities, funders, firms and policymakers tackle the causes and consequences of low wellbeing. 

Right now, around 3 million adults in the UK are living in wellbeing poverty. We want to change that.  

Our team of analysts, researchers and economists work on a wide range of issues related to low wellbeing, including mental health, education, employment, financial security, poverty, disability, inequality and civil society. Our current focus areas are loneliness, children and young people’s mental health and private rental housing. We have changed national government policies on charitable giving, data about charities and volunteering and the relationship between civil servants and charities. Our research and insights helped secure over £1 billion of government funding for children’s services, numeracy education and charities struggling with the cost of living. The government has committed an additional £250 million for children’s social care in 2025-26, partially due to our research into the state of children’s services funding. 

About the role 

From our ‘Labour and Civil Society Summit’ in Westminster with Sir Keir Starmer, to our ‘Diversity in charity leadership webinar’ with the Charity Commission, to our ‘Reversing the decline in children’s mental health’ event chaired by Channel 4’s Cathy Newman, PBE events are high profile, high impact and varied.  

We are looking for someone to support the delivery of our events and digital communications to cover a resource gap while we recruit a permanent Events Manager and at a time where we have lower than usual capacity in our communications team. 

Reporting to: Head of Communications and Director of Development 

Contract Type: Full-time / Part-time hours negotiable, depending on availability. Fixed term, from September to November 2025 

Main duties and responsibilities 

  • Responsibility for planning logistics for PBE’s public facing events including guestlist development, speaker invitations and stewardship, ticketing, internal briefings, contractors, venue liaison, event marketing and follow up. At present there is one online event confirmed for 2 September 2025 and another planned for October 2025. 
  • Active communications with speakers and attendees before and after events to ensure we delivery  
  • Working with PBE’s Development team to manage the design and delivery of in-person fundraising and stewardship events including two small private dinners planned for September and November 2025. 
  • Support communications team to create and deliver digital communications to promote and share our events and research projects. (Experience in Canva and WordPress is essential.) 
  • Manage data, reporting and gather insight to improve our events, including maintaining records of activity in our Salesforce CRM. (Experience in using Salesforce is essential.) 

About you 

Candidates should be able to point to a strong track-record of creating and delivering events and stakeholder engagement, with sufficient experience to lead and co-ordinate a diverse programme of in person and online events to reach policymakers and the wider social sector.  

Application process 

To apply: Please email your CV, availability and day rate to both: deniece.anderson-dow@pbe.co.uk and jake.eliot@pbe.co.uk. Please give an account of experience requirements outlined in the ‘duties and responsibilities’ section in the CV you submit.  

For questions about this freelance support opportunity, email Jake Eliot, Director of Research, Policy and Communications at the email address above. 

Deadline for Submitting CVs:  Thursday, 21 August 2025 (end of the day). 

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