Challenges Lead

Islamic Relief; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A humanitarian relief organization based in the UK is seeking a Fundraising Coordinator to manage national fundraising events. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills and significant fundraising experience. Responsibilities include coordinating events, promoting participation, and ensuring exceptional donor care. Applicants should demonstrate excellent organizational skills and proficiency in project management tools such as Asana or Trello.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in challenges coordination and/or management.
• Significant experience of fundraising through organising and delivering challenges.
• Experience in supporter stewardship and exceptional donor care.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the development and delivery of Fundraising Challenges Events.
• Work closely with the Community Fundraising team.
• Manage multiple national fundraising initiatives.

Skills

Challenges coordination

Fundraising experience

Excellent communication skills

Project management

Organization skills

Negotiation skills

Detail-oriented

Creativity

Networking skills

Education

'A' Level or equivalent

Tools

Asana

Trello

Raisers Edge

Microsoft D365

Microsoft Office

Job description

Responsibilities

• To coordinate the development and delivery of Fundraising Challenges Events, nationally and internationally, with the objective of engaging the community on a grass‑roots level in line with the IRUK fundraising strategy
• To work closely with the Community Fundraising team to promote the mass participation of events that will lead to participation and fundraising
• To deliver stewardship journeys for participants and supporters
• To successfully project manage multiple national fundraising initiatives.

Safeguarding and Code of Conduct

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation. All employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Qualifications and Experience

• Proven experience in challenges coordination and/or management
• Significant experience of fundraising through organising and delivering challenges, and/or mass participation activities
• Experience of the development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of plans and budgets
• Experience of delivering exceptional donor/customer care
• Experience in supporter stewardship
• Experience of using a range of effective communication channels to promote fundraising activities
• Experience in negotiating and managing contracts with vendors and suppliers
• Experience of managing own workload effectively, planning and organising work to meet deadlines
• Experience of working effectively without close supervision dealing with problems as they arise
• Experience and comfortability of working within a fast‑paced environment
• Experience working with and supervising volunteers
• A thorough understanding of the different types of fundraising challenges
• Good understanding of charity law, policy and regulatory environment within the charity sector
• Knowledge of the Fundraising Regulators code of practice
• Able to work flexible hours (including unsociable hours and weekends)
• Proficient use of Asana, Trello or other project management tools
• Excellent event/challenge management skills - from conception, promotion to production and delivery
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to produce correspondence to a high standard
• Creative thinking skills
• Able to exercise diplomacy where required
• Excellent communication skills - written, oral and listening with the ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with a diverse range of individuals who may be supporters, participants, donors or volunteers
• Strong project management and team coordination skills, including the ability to use planning tools
• Strong networking skills
• Proven organisational skills with the ability to work on multiple activities at one time
• Excellent administration skills - able to keep thorough, accurate and up to date records
• Competent user of Raisers Edge, Microsoft D365 or other relationship management databases
• Understanding and experience of health and safety regulations and risk assessments in relation to organising events and challenges
• Educated to 'A' level or equivalent
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office software in particular, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook

If you are talented, reliable, service‑minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW's mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is a faith‑based humanitarian relief and development organisation working to save and transform the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable people. Established in 1984, with an active presence in over 45 countries, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters. IRUK's focus is strengthening effective funding, mobilising for change through advocacy and awareness‑raising, and strengthening programme development and delivery. IRUK works with various partners and institutions, from governments, non‑governmental organisations and local authorities to grassroots communities.