Challenge Events Manager

The Passage; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as a Challenge Events Manager, where you will lead the fundraising strategy for challenge events, engage supporters, and manage various events. This role offers growth potential and the chance to make a significant impact on fundraising efforts.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering high quality events.
• Ability to monitor trends and conduct competitor research.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute fundraising strategy for challenge events.
• Manage annual events and support event participants.
• Recruit new supporters and nurture relationships.

Skills

Event Management

Fundraising

Community Engagement

Job description

As the new Challenge Events Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing The Passage's Challenge Events Fundraising strategy, designed to inspire and engage both existing and new supporters, ultimately building a stable and sustainable income pipeline.

Over the past year, we have seen significant growth in the number of people wanting to sign up to challenge events and raise money for The Passage and we have ambitious plans as part of our new three-year strategy. This is a new role and an exciting opportunity that will take the lead on our third party and bespoke challenge events. You will bring enthusiasm and experience that aim to raise The Passage’s profile and reach as well as significant income. You’ll manage annual events, test new event concepts and support our growing network of event participants. This is a varied role with lots of potential for growth and development. You will proactively monitor trends and conduct competitor research and analysis to ensure that our event’s portfolio is competitive and attractive to supporters.

You’ll work closely with our Head of Supporter Engagement and Corporate Partnerships team to build and expand our events programme, whilst stewarding existing supporters and engaging new audiences. A key focus of this role is to provide excellent stewardship to boost engagement and optimise fundraising. You will be responsible for overseeing the planning and creation of engaging content for emails to build a strong sense of community. Additionally, you will be responsible for recruiting new supporters, nurturing relationships and providing exceptional stewardship to ensure long-term, reliable support.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to be at the forefront of Challenge Events fundraising, shaping and delivering supporter journeys, developing relationships and organising events as part of a close, collaborative and supportive team. You will be calm when working under pressure, with experience of delivering high quality events.