Events & Community Executive

Salary: £33,969 – 37,095 per annum.

Working hours: 35 hours per week.

Contract: permanent.

Team: Events & Community team, within the Public Fundraising department.

Location: We have flexible working arrangements, so you can choose to be office based, remote or hybrid, although the Events team tend to work together once a week when possible at our office in Holborn, London. You’d also be needed to travel for events, team building and strategy days on an ad-hoc basis.

It’s been a successful couple of years for PCR’s Events & Community team with good results across the portfolio, raising over £1.4m (against a target of £800k) in 2023-24. Now’s an exciting time as we’ve recently expanded the team, whilst refreshing our structure and roles to make priorities clear and ensure the whole team can do their best work – contributing to PCR’s lifesaving mission, developing in their careers and enjoying their jobs within our ambitious and supportive team.

We are now recruiting for a new Events & Community Executive to join the frontline of our fundraising stewardship, so strong relationship-building skills and a love of creating great supporter experiences are essential. A big part of this role is project managing PCR’s fundraising activities, including virtual and third-party challenges. This requires a proactive approach, an eagerness to learn and a readiness to get stuck in with a positive attitude, as well as some experience of leading a project yourself in the past. You will work closely with the Virtual & Challenge Events Manager, existing Events & Community Officer/ Executives, and the whole team – sharing best practice, learnings and supporting each other to reach and exceed our shared goals.

This role will focus on virtual & challenge events activities but will get exposure to the full range of our events & community fundraising portfolio for your development and interest – and you will receive the training and support needed to succeed!

• Lead the delivery of the fundraising activities you are working on, keeping an eye on objectives, budgets and the bigger picture to ensure that opportunities to improve and maximise fundraising are seized.
•  Create and follow action plans for your projects, taking responsibility for processes and delivery of tasks on time.
• Maintain strong working relationships with suppliers and third-party organisations.
• Ensure all fundraising activities promote PCR’s brand and have a strong connection to people with prostate cancer.
• With the support of the team, analyse results based on KPIs & feedback, and proactively suggest changes & improvements.

• Lead on delivering PCR’s supporter journeys for your projects, providing a high level of stewardship with an understanding of the connection between engagement and the income & awareness raised for PCR.
• Lead on relationship management as required for the fundraising activities you are working on.
• Carry out regular stewardship tasks including content delivery, the management of stewardship tools (e.g. Mailchimp, GivePanel & Kudosity) and responding to supporter queries via all channels. Plenty of training on tools will be provided!
• Collaborate with the team on the upkeep of supporter journeys, using feedback & data to spot opportunities for constant improvement of fundraisers’ experience with PCR and motivating them to raise more and remain loyal supporters.

• Work with the Events team managers and external marketing consultants to create effective marketing plans and lead on their implementation, making best efforts to hit acquisition targets for the fundraising activities you are working on.
• Create & deliver marketing plans and assets which are tailored by a good understanding of our existing & target audiences.
• With the support of team managers, track and analyse marketing performance to proactively suggest improvements.

• Always have an eye on new opportunities and ideas to inject into your projects, taking a test & learn approach.
•  Contribute to team strategy and budgeting work, working with Events team managers to create exciting plans.
• Lead on relevant projects to improve the Events team’s infrastructure, stewardship, content, processes & compliance.
• Be proactive in your personal development and look for opportunities to learn – with lots of support from your manager!

• Actively contribute to meetings, sharing new ideas and learnings that might be useful for the wider team.
• Work with the team to embed our agile ways of working, where we all take collective responsibility for the team’s goals.
• Plan with the team to be flexible in busy times, working together to meet planning and stewardship requirements, and sometimes getting involved with other projects and tasks across the Public Fundraising team.
•  Attendance will be required at some weekend and evening events, for which TOIL will be given.

Our ideal candidate would be a keen learner and a great team player, with:

• Great project management skills gained from prior experience of owning & leading a project yourself, and an eagerness to develop into a more autonomous project manager.
• A willingness to get stuck in, a proactive attitude and lots of initiative.
• An understanding of the importance of good supporter/customer care, and how to provide this in a fundraising context.
• A good understanding of and interest in events & community/ peer-to-peer fundraising activities.
• A results-driven attitude and strong sense of personality accountability.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills, including written and on the phone/ in-person.
• Excellent organisation skills and an ability to identify the best use of time to complete day-to-day tasks.
• Very good attention to detail, IT skills and ability to use a CRM database.
• A belief in PCR’s work, goals and our values: innovation, collaboration, accountability & championing the patient voice.

Please send your CV & supporting statement (max 1 side of A4, outlining why you want role & why you think you’d be a good fit with examples of previous experience) to [email protected]. Deadline 23:59 5th January. Successful applicants will be invited to interview in January.