This exciting role is responsible for supporting the delivery of the Whizz Kidz third-party events portfolio, including the London Marathon and Great North Run, and supporting our community fundraisers to raise vital funds.

You will support our events from set up and planning, recruiting and stewarding supporters whilst maintaining an excellent level of supporter care. We are seeing a growth in the number of fundraisers so it is an exciting time to join Team Whizz Kidz.

Key accountabilities

·       Being the first point of contact for enquiries from events participants and community fundraisers.

·       Able to build and develop relationships with fundraisers

·       Responsible for general administrative duties such as coding income, thanking supporters and managing and maintaining accurate records on Microsoft Dynamics

·       Support on event days with logistics and set up

·       Support with volunteer recruitment for the London Marathon

·       Produce tailored materials, e.g. fundraising packs and newsletters to motivate and support event participants.

·       Work in partnership with our Whizz Kidz running coach to ensure content is received on time and to an agreed standard.

·       Work and maintain third-party event platforms

·       Responsible for some of Get Involved section of the website, ensuring it regularly updated and optimised

·       Maintain webforms to ensure relevant data is captured at the point of sign up

·       Support on event marketing campaigns with the Events Fundraising Manager

·       Develop and deliver motivating stewardship journeys

·       Build strong working relationships with other members of the Events and Community team and the wider Fundraising team and support other team members when required.

·       Work across internal teams to market places, ensure our participants our supported in the most appropriate way and spot cross-selling opportunities.

·       Keeping up-to-date with current trends in the UK events market and charity sector

Person specification

·       Knowledge of events fundraising (preferably third party) and fundraising practices 

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills -with the ability to authentically communicate to support fundraisers, convey the work of the Whizz Kidz and show impact of support

·       Ability to build and develop strong relationships, internally and externally, to be able to maximise opportunities

·       Ability to manage deadlines and effectively balance a varied and ever-changing workload whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail 

·       Use initiative to drive things forward, solve problem and seek opportunities to grow income and brand awareness

·       Basic understanding of fundraising compliance and law

Experience

·       Experience of event fundraising within the charity sector

·       Experience of delivering excellent supporter care and stewardship to maximise opportunities and promote brand loyalty

·       Experience of using and maintaining a database

·       Demonstrable track record of building strong relationship management with multiple fundraisers, with different motivations, value and support needs