Events Fundraiser

Charity People; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

38 days holiday

Onsite parking

Canteen

Time off in lieu

Training & development

Wellbeing initiatives

NHS Blue Light Care eligibility

Job summary

Charity People is seeking an Events Fundraiser to join the team in Blackpool. You will lead the planning and delivery of hospice events across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre, coordinating budgets, timelines and post-event evaluations.

The role requires strong organisational skills and experience in events or fundraising. You will ensure warm, welcoming on-the-day support and collaborate with Marketing to craft engaging event messaging across channels.

Qualifications

• Experience in events or fundraising roles.
• Ability to deliver large-scale, high-profile events from planning to completion.
• Experience producing marketing materials for events across channels.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the operational planning and delivery of hospice events across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.
• Provide on-the-day support to ensure events feel welcoming and well-managed.
• Work with Marketing to ensure consistent, Inspiring event messaging and post-event evaluations.

Skills

Event planning

Fundraising

Marketing campaigns

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Are you an events aficionado wanting to use your skills to support a charity which helps people across the Fylde coast live their lives to the full and live well to the very end?

Events Fundraiser
Salary: £30,000 - £32,000 depending on experience
Contract: Interim position until September 2028, full-time, 37 hours per week
Location: Blackpool, with the opportunity to work from home 1 day per week.
Benefits: Stand out holiday allowance of 38 days including bank holidays as well as a host of other great benefits including free onsite parking, subsidised onsite canteen, time off in lieu, access to training and development opportunities, investment in your wellbeing, and eligibility for NHS Blue Light Care.

Trinity and Brian House Hospice believe in focusing on the positives within palliative care, providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness to improve quality of life for them and their loved ones. They do this through recognising that each person has individual needs and caters to these needs through offering their services in the hospice, the hospital, at home, or residential care home.

About the Role

The Events Fundraiser will work with the Events Manager to develop, plan and deliver the hospice’s programme of events across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. You’ll lead on the operational planning and delivery of these events, including creating detailed project plans, budgets, timelines, promotional plans and post‑event evaluations.

You will provide exceptional stewardship to event participants from the moment they sign up until after the event. Along with the Marketing and Communications Team, you’ll ensure messaging across the event is consistent, inspiring and tailored. You will also provide on the day support, ensuring each event feels warm and welcoming to participants.

About You

This role will suit someone who is highly organised, collaborative, creative and innovative. You’ll have excellent attention to detail and time management skills and will thrive in a busy and fast-paced environment.

You will bring experience of:

• Working in an events or fundraising role
• Delivering large-scale, high-profile events from planning to completion
• Producing marketing campaign material for events across multiple channels for different audiences
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously and consistently meeting tight deadlines
• Providing excellent support and building relationships with attendees and other stakeholders

Deadline: 9am Friday 4th September
Interviews: Week commencing 14th September

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity,diversityand inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. Weevidenceour commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.