Sporting Events Officer - FTC

Alzheimer; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Sick pay

Pension

Cycle to work scheme

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Alzheimer's Research UK in Cambridge is seeking a Sporting Events Officer on a fixed-term, full-time basis to drive sporting event fundraising and manage key partnerships with third-party events. You will work with the Sporting Events Manager to grow income and oversee volunteers, ensuring excellent supporter relations.

Role requires attending events across the UK, including some evenings and weekends, with travel to venues and partner events.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the events fundraising market, ideally sporting events.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding financial and non-financial targets.
• Experience of fundraising in a sporting context (personal or professional).
• Experience of working with digital technologies and online communities (CRM or databases).
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to manage a busy and varied workload.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Attention to detail and enthusiastic supporter engagement.
• Willingness to travel independently to events across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Support the Sporting Events Manager in delivering the strategy to increase income from sporting events.
• Develop and manage the portfolio of third-party events and internally developed products.
• Successfully account manage third-party event suppliers.
• Expand and improve the event portfolio and stay abreast of industry trends.
• Manage supporter care processes and event budgets/targets.
• Provide excellent customer service and maintain detailed activity records.

Skills

Event fundraising

Targets

CRM

Communication

Organisation

Attention to detail

Travel flexibility

Job description

Location Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6AD (Agile; approximately 2 days a week from our office)

This is a Fixed Term , , Full Time vacancy.

The Sporting Events Team at Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) is responsible for securing income from individuals and groups fundraising through sporting events, and effectively account managing relationships to maximise income.

The Sporting Events Officer role will play a significant part in contributing to a high-performing fundraising team. You will work closely with the Sporting Events Manager and Senior Sporting Events Manager to drive the continued growth of the charity’s sporting event fundraising income. You will also be required to show excellent organisation and relationship-building skills to support partnerships with third party events, internally developed products and related marketing providers, to drive towards agreed targets

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Account management and strategic support

• Support the Sporting Events Manager (SEM) / Senior Sporting Events Manager (SSEM) in delivering the Sporting Events strategy for ARUK to increase income within this stream.
• Support the SEM to develop and manage the portfolio of third-party sporting events and internally developed products for ARUK.
• Successful account management of third-party event suppliers as agreed with SEM/SSEM
• Seek opportunities to expand and improve event portfolio, keeping abreast of industry trends and competitor activity.
• To maximise income through developing and managing an agreed portfolio of events, focusing on supporter care processes and the retention of supporters. The role will include targets related to specific events.
• Work with SEM to develop budgets and targets for key areas of work.
• Provide excellent customer service to existing fundraising supporters (including maintaining a polite, enthusiastic manner with prompt responses to enquiries), to acknowledge support and increase long-term loyalty.
• Keeping an accurate record of fundraising outcomes, for reporting both internally and externally.
• Keep up to date with fundraising legislation and codes of practice to be able to provide relevant advice to fundraisers.
• To support the SEM in overseeing appropriate staff and volunteer representation at third party events. This will include attending events across the UK in person.
• Ensure volunteers and fundraisers have all necessary materials for fundraising initiatives.
• Work with supporters across several digital channels ensuring we are communicating with them in the channel most relevant to them. To include building and managing online social groups.

Event/Project Management

• To plan, manage and deliver successful events through relationship management of suppliers and logistics companies, in addition to volunteers.
• To work with the events team to organise pre-/post-event receptions as appropriate.
• To work in collaboration with the Digital and Communications departments to ensure that a programme of PR and communication is in place that promotes and supports the planned activities.
• To develop and deliver process enhancements with the SEM to allow the team to maintain high performance as the number of supporters grows.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Ensure that sporting event activity is monitored and evaluated, clearly communicating progress to SEM/SSEM.
• Utilise event analytics to highlight risks, success and inform marketing strategy.
• Manage relevant information on the charity’s database, keeping detailed, up-to-date records of activity and income.
• Track and record contact with third party event providers and fundraisers for reporting purposes

Other duties

• To work with the SEM in developing an event marketing strategy and ensuring its delivery.
• To liaise with venues and contractors regarding event requirements to ensure excellent service and a successful event.
• To act as the first point of contact in the Fundraising team for all enquiries relating to sporting events assigned to this post at any given time.
• To be flexible regarding working hours where requested (some evening and weekend work will be necessary to support events).
• Keep up to date with dementia news and research developments to communicate to supporters.
• Stay abreast of competitor activity.
• Any other ad hoc duties as directed by SEM/SSEM.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Knowledge of the events fundraising market, ideally sporting events
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding financial and non-financial targets
• Experience of fundraising in a sporting context (personal or professional)
• Experience of working with digital technologies and online communities
• Use of CRM or database systems
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• An ability to manage a busy and varied workload
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Contagious enthusiasm to inspire supporters
• Flexibility to work unsociable hours, including weekends and willingness to travel independently

The Charity

Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.

There has never been a more important and exciting time in dementia research. With promising new drugs in clinical trialsthat slow the progression of the diseases that cause it, and revolutionary new ways to diagnose them on the horizon, we are now at a tipping point. Working with the smartest minds globally and across the UK, with industry and academia, Alzheimer’s Research UK is uniquely placed to invest in the very best research identifying barriers to a cure and knocking them down so that there are more and better treatments for everyone with dementia. For the first time in history, we can see a future where people with dementia can get a swift and accurate diagnosis, and effective treatments that could slow or even stop their disease. We stand for everyone affected by dementia. We stand for a cure.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.

It is important to offer a range of benefits which are designed to meet both the organisational and individual needs, are market competitive and designed to attract and retain employees.

• Holiday entitlement
• Sick pay
• Pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Family friendly policies

Alzheimer's Research UK is a registered charity, numbers 1077089 and SC042474.
3 Riverside, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6AD