Virtual Events Executive

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with London based health charity to find their new Virtual Events Executive.

The Charity offer a flexible working pattern, with hybrid working and an expectation of being in their London offices 1-2 days a week.

As Virtual Events executive you will coordinate a portfolio of virtual events expected to raise over £3.5 million per year. These events include a number of month-long challenges, where we recruit supporters to a Facebook group, offer a free incentive and ask them to complete a challenge over a month period (walk 1km a day, walk 100km with your dog, walk 30 miles etc.) and fundraise for the organisation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Use project management tools and techniques to plan, organise and deliver the virtual events portfolio
• Use insight and analysis to feed into the development of budgets and plans
• Proactively seek out opportunities to grow our virtual events portfolio, monitoring the market and sector trends, and making recommendations to the Virtual Events Manager and Senior Challenge Events Manager
• Responsible for delivering marketing plans with a focus on digital activity, and coordinating with internal teams to ensure effective and efficient delivery
• Coordinating the production of marketing collateral for virtual events including copywriting, compiling design briefs and liaising with internal teams and external suppliers
• Work closely with teams across Fundraising, Marketing & Communications to drive income, collaboration and high levels of engagement around the virtual events portfolio
• Use insight from previous campaigns and sector benchmarks to deliver stewardship plans that maximise remittance rates and average gifts

Person Specification:

• Experience of coordinating fundraising events or campaigns
• Experience of working with external agencies on events or campaigns
• Understanding of effective marketing channels and techniques for driving participation in challenge events, particularly via digital channels
• Understanding of effective stewardship techniques used for increasing remittance rates and maximising average gifts
• Understanding of how to use insight, data and market trends to identify opportunities and make recommendations
• Experience of using a relationship database to support, inform and report on fundraising activity
• IT literate with intermediate level Microsoft Office 365 applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.