Challenge Event Co-ordinator

JR United Kingdom; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A charity recruitment agency seeks a Challenge Event Co-ordinator to lead major fundraising events. Responsibilities include managing marathon events and administering fundraising platforms, ensuring a seamless experience for participants. Applicants should possess fundraising experience and strong organizational skills to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in sporting or challenge event fundraising.
• Proactive communicator engaging with supporters.
• Familiar with platforms like JustGiving and Enthuse.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support key sporting challenge events.
• Provide event support and supervise cheer points.
• Collaborate across departments for event experience.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management skills

Communication

Donor management

Fundraising platforms familiarity

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Posted:

26.06.2025

Expiry Date:

10.08.2025

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Job Description:

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a wonderful charity to recruit for the Challenge Event Co-ordinator in order to help the charity meet its strategic plans and objectives.

As a Challenge Event Co-ordinator you will:

• Manage and support key sporting challenge events such as the London, Dublin, and Berlin Marathons
• Administer and monitor fundraising platforms including Let’s Do This, RealBuzz, Run For Charity, and Discover Adventure
• Provide on the day event support, including managing cheer points and assisting supporters and volunteers
• Collaborate with teams across PR, Marketing, Community Fundraising, and Research to deliver seamless event experiences
• Help grow a national network of Centres of Excellence through your fundraising efforts#
• Manage event consoles and platforms for all Challenge Events, ensuring participants are signed up and places confirmed within a timely manner.

To be successful, you must have experience:

• Experienced in sporting or challenge event fundraising, donor management and stewardship with excellent organisational and time management skills
• A proactive communicator, able to engage sensitively with supporters
• Familiar with fundraising platforms (JustGiving, Enthuse) and CRM/databases
• Positive, can do attitude and comfortable working under pressure to meet deadlines

If this sounds like you, then please do get in touch ASAP!

Unfortunately, due to resource capacity, we will only contact candidates that are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please note your application has been unsuccessful.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.