The role

Salary: £31,500 - £35,000 per annum, depending on experience

Hours: Part-time (21 hrs per week)

Place of work: Remote/Hybrid/Flexible, with a requirement to attend the office in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, approximately twice a month and 4 times a year for our mandatory All Staff Together days in the office.

Join Our Team!

An exciting part-time opportunity has arisen for an experienced Events Fundraiser to help grow our third-party challenge events portfolio.

If you have events fundraising experience, a knack for planning and executing exceptional supporter experiences, are highly organised and comfortable overseeing multiple third-party event cycles simultaneously… Then we want to hear from you!

You would be joining a small but dedicated team, harnessing your passion for designing and delivering exceptional, engaging events (whether virtually or in-person).

About you

The role involves all aspects of managing a portfolio of our third-party events, from initial set-up, marketing, stewardship, event logistics to event evaluation.  As such, we’re looking for an experienced events fundraiser, with a flair for project management, keen eye for detail and a passion for facilitating opportunities for our supporters to reach and achieve their goals.

You’ll be a confident communicator with strong marketing experience, great at building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Combined with excellent organisation and time management skills and the ability to manage competing priorities whilst keeping to deadlines, you’ll bring your knowledge, creativity and new ideas to help continue improve the experiences of our third-party event participants.

You will be comfortable using data and insight to monitor event performance, identifying potential opportunities and areas of growth or decline, making recommendations for change where necessary.

A full description of the role and responsibilities can be found within the job pack.

What you can expect from us

Crohn’s & Colitis UK is a truly flexible employer. Getting the right person for the role is what is important.

We value equality and want to make sure we get the best person for the job every time so want to hear from people of all backgrounds and with a range of experiences.

We value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

Benefits

If your successful, your will be joining a dynamic organisation with an amazing culture. We offer competitive that include:

• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing one day per year up to 30 days
• Pension scheme
• Flexible working options
• Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Wellbeing programme
• Interest free loan for season tickets
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking and secure bike locks
• Training and development financial support and/or study leave
• Performance review and development scheme

Our location

We are based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, so we are easily accessible by road and rail. But one thing we have learned from the pandemic, is that we are able to work very effectively from home. In this role, there is plenty of scope for doing that, although there will be times when you will need to be at face-to-face meetings and the charity meets four times a year in the office at our mandatory 'All Staff Together' days. It is possible therefore you could live almost anywhere in the country. If you want to be considered for the role but are worried about location, talk to us – it may work!

How to apply

Closing date: Monday 9 September 2024, 9am.

Please provide an up-to-date CV and supporting statement to jobs@crohnsandcolitis.org.uk, giving evidence and examples of how you meet the criteria of the person specification and what you feel you would bring to this role, so you'll need to refer to the Recruitment Pack. Failure to provide a supporting statement will result in your application not being considered.

If you have any queries about this role, would like to have a conversation before formally applying, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact Claire Milloy at claire.milloy@crohnsandcolitis.org.uk.

We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to the applicant residing in the UK and a valid right to work in the UK being provided.

Also, please complete our Equal opportunities monitoring form

More details on this role can be found at Careers: Work for Crohn’s & Colitis UK (crohnsandcolitis.org.uk)

We will not be accepting any contact from Recruitment Agencies or Media Sales