Fundraising Project Lead — London Marathon

The Air Ambulance Service; Newbold on Avon; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced annual leave

Annual leave purchase

Life assurance

Blue Light Card

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

The Air Ambulance Service is seeking a Project Manager to lead our London Marathon fundraising programme and drive income for a vital charity. You will own end-to-end planning, governance and reporting, coordinating with fundraising colleagues to align with wider objectives and deliver an exceptional supporter experience.

You will manage plans, budgets and risk registers, using data to optimise performance and steward participants.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management, ideally within fundraising, events or the charity sector.
• Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects from inception to evaluation.
• Demonstrable success in delivering income-generating activities and meeting financial targets.
• Excellent organisational, planning and prioritisation skills.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience using data and insight to improve performance and supporter engagement.
• Experience of working on a challenge event portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end planning, delivery and evaluation of the charity's London Marathon fundraising programme.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines, budgets, risk registers and reporting mechanisms.
• Ensure effective governance and project management processes are in place to deliver programme objectives.
• Maximise fundraising income from London Marathon participants through effective supporter journeys, communications and stewardship.
• Work closely with fundraising colleagues to ensure the marathon programme complements and strengthens wider fundraising objectives.
• Create and deliver a high-quality supporter experience that inspires, motivates and retains participants as supporters.
• Compliance responsibilities across Health & Safety, Safeguarding, Data Protection, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Quality.

Skills

Project management

Fundraising

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Data analysis

Events

Relationship building

Job description

The Air Ambulance Service is seeking a Project Manager to lead our London Marathon fundraising programme and drive income for a vital charity. You will own end-to-end planning, governance and reporting, coordinating with fundraising colleagues to align with wider objectives and deliver an exceptional supporter experience.

You will manage plans, budgets and risk registers, using data to optimise performance and steward participants.