Senior Executive - Challenge Events (Acquisition)

Job Advert – Senior Executive, Challenge Events

Role Overview

Are you an experienced events fundraiser looking for an exciting opportunity to lead on a portfolio of third-party events and partnerships?

We are currently hiring a Senior Executive to manage some of GOSH Charity’s biggest event partnerships, lead the team’s acquisition activity and play a pivotal role in driving growth within third-party challenge events.

You will use your keen marketing and stewardship skills to support the recruitment of thousands of event participants and deliver a sector-leading supporter experience.

About You

This role will lead on recruitment, stewardship and deliver of a range of high value event partnerships, such as the Royal Parks Half Marathon, and will be responsible for maintaining excellent relationships to retain top-tier partnerships and deliver growth in net income.

We are looking for someone with:

- Proven experience working in a fundraising event environment
- Experience of marketing events and working collaboratively with digital marketing teams to recruit mass participation event supporters
- Experience of delivering best-in-class supporter journeys
- Event delivery experience
- Excellent relationship management skills, adept at pitching, securing and delivering high value event partnerships

About The team

This role reports to the Senior Fundraising Manager – Challenge Events and sits within the wider Mass Participation Team.

The Mass Participation Team comprises third-party challenge events, owned events and products (including new product development and streaming activity) and virtual events and is responsible for generating over £6mil income per year.

What we can offer you

- 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- A flexible approach to working arrangements.
- Access to our enhanced pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.

Please refer to the full job description below for more information.

How to apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application and should refer to the ‘Gosh Charity Pack’ on the Careers Page of our website before you apply.

Closing Date: 02/04/2024

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis, and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

About The Charity

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 750 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill
children starts with you.

Along with being awarded the ‘Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023’, we were delighted to be recently awarded the Charity Times Fundraising Team of the Year 2023. 

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, disabled people or those with long-term conditions, LGBTQ+ communities, and those from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Further information on our EDI strategy can be found here.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact us via email.

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

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