Community Events Executive

British Antarctic Surve; Worthing; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme or NHS pension

Up to 35 days’ annual leave

On-site education support

Bupa access

Free parking

Corporate rate gym membership

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in Service

Job summary

Southern Hospice Group is seeking a Community Events Executive to lead and deliver hospice-led fundraising events across Worthing, Hove and Arundel. You will drive income generation, recruit participants and ensure supporter experiences are excellent.

You will combine strong event planning and project management with a patient, compassionate approach to fundraising, helping to strengthen relationships with our hospices and communities.

Job description

Location Worthing, Hove and Arundel Vacancy Type Full Time/Permanent Pay Range Grade 5 - £31,660 Pro rata for part time roles Contracted Hours 37.5 hours per week Application Deadline Saturday, September 12, 2026 Job Profile Job Profile document

Job Summary

About the role

We’re looking for a enthusiastic, organised and creative Community Events Executive to deliver our programme ofhospice-led fundraising eventsto generate sustainable income across our three hospices Chestnut Tree House, St Barnabas House and Martlets Hospice.

You'll be

You will play a key role in organising and delivering a range hospice-led events, helping to maximise income, recruit participants and provide excellent supporter experiences. You will combine strong event organisation and project management with a clear focus on fundraising, ensuring our events are delivered safely, professionally and cost-effectively whilst providing excellent stewardship to event participants to develop a stronger relationship with Southern Hospice Group.

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK.We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Chestnut Tree Houseis the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Bupa and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Your application and interview should give us an accurate and authentic picture of your skills and experiences. Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Before you submit an application, we will ask you to confirm the information you provide is true and accurate.Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

Some of our roles aresubject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it may be necessary for a disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.