About the Role

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) is seeking an experienced, passionate and highly organised Groups and Events Coordinator to coordinate the planning and delivery of groups, activities and events, to meet the needs of babies, children, young people and their families. This is a part-time position for 30 hours per week, including some evening and weekend work.

A current, valid driving license and use of own car is essential for this role.

Responsibilities include:

Utilising a variety of administrative IT programmes (including Excel, PowerPoint, Canva, SystmOne, Word & emails) to organise, book and confirm attendance at events.
Liaising with a wide range of people including care & facilities staff, external organisations, senior leadership as well as the families and young people.
Undertaking risk assessments to ensure the safety of those at events.
Liaising with external organisations to enhance the charitable offers that create a natural network of support to underpin the events.
Supporting the wider team to deliver events at the hospice setting and at external venues, including undertaking risk assessments, liaising with catering and facilities teams, creating flyers and text for advertising and liaising with marketing and communication team.

For further information about this role, please see the attached job description.

Interviews will take place w/c 9th February 2026.

About the Candidate

All applicants must have:

A current, valid driving license and use of own car is essential for this role
Great organisation and communication skills
Skill in planning and delivering groups and events
Experience in working with babies, children, young people, and families (minimum two years)
NVQ, BTEC or CACHE at level 3, in children’s Health and Social Care, or Care Learning and Development, or equivalent relevant experience
Experience of co-ordinating a team of staff and volunteers

For further details, please see the person specification included in the attached job description.

About Us

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.

In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission. Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in care, fundraising, retail, facilities, IT, finance, marketing and communications and human resources. We employ around 400 employees and have more than 1,800 volunteers across the organisation, including 51 shops and a retail distribution centre.

We offer a comprehensive range of benefits:

Free onsite parking
Employee health cash plan & wellbeing support schemes
NHS pension - continuation if already contributing
Employer pension scheme (up to 7% employer contribution) inc. life assurance cover
Enhanced holiday plus holiday purchase scheme
Flexible/hybrid working
Role specific training and development opportunities
Enhanced maternity & paternity pay

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our HR department at [email protected] who will put you in contact with the Hospice team.

EACH has a legal responsibility to ensure that its employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verification that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.

Please visit our website www.each.org.uk for more information.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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