Event & Engagement Coordinator
Remotely based in North West England with one day a week based in Manchester office. 9‑month fixed‑term contract / placement.
Job Purpose:
To plan, coordinate, and deliver a range of local events across North West England, ensuring each event is well-organised, inclusive, and engaging for local communities. The Local Event & Engagement Coordinator will collaborate closely with partners, local authorities, suppliers, volunteers, and members to deliver high-quality, unique and memorable experiences.
Key Responsibilities:
· Event Coordination
Plan and manage logistics for a variety of local member events, making sure all events are accessible and attractive to both existing and potential members.
· Liaise with relevant external and internal contacts such as venues, suppliers, CSSC’s ticketing platform, Head Office departments, and volunteers.
· Complete all relevant compliance work such as risk assessments and public liability checks.
· Develop and manage event budgets, ensuring value for money and accurate financial tracking.
· Oversee event setup and breakdown where applicable, managing on-site logistics and resolving any issues on the day.
· Recruit and coordinate volunteers to assist with events.
· Evaluate event success through feedback, data collection, and post-event reporting.
· Digital Engagement
Promote events via social media, email campaigns, posters, and local press in collaboration with marketing teams.
· Manage and grow the North West’s CSSC TikTok presence, including content planning, filming, editing, posting, and community engagement.
· Create engaging, on-brand short-form video content tailored to target audiences.
· Monitor performance metrics and use insights to optimise content strategy and increase reach and engagement.
· Stay up to date with emerging social media trends, tools, and platform updates.
Key Skills & Experience:
Essential:
· Proven experience in planning and delivering events.
· Strong organisational and time-management skills.
· Ability to manage budgets and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
· Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
· Flexibility to work evenings and weekends when required.
· Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region.
· Ability to analyse member insights to inform event planning and attract potential new members.
· Ability to work collaboratively with regional teams to support membership growth and positive member experiences.
· Ability to build rapport with volunteers and identify the support needed for successful event delivery.
· Confidence in using IT systems and ticketing platforms to promote events across appropriate channels.
Desirable:
· Experience working with community groups, charities, membership organisations or not for profits.
· Knowledge of health and safety and safeguarding procedures.
· Familiarity with marketing or PR for events.
· First Aid or event safety training.
· Previous experience with ticketing platforms or willingness to learn.
· Understanding of how comms and events align with one another.
· Data literacy or willingness to understand some basic data analytics
Who are we looking for?
· Energetic and positive, bringing enthusiasm to everything you do.
· Excited by change, seeing new opportunities and possibilities.
· Keen to succeed with a strong development mindset.
· Passionate about delivering great events and experiences.
· Open to feedback, always looking for ways to improve.
Non Charity Employer
51 - 100
We are a not-for-profit, membership, organisation for over 124,000 colleagues from the civil service and public sector.
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Community and Events Fundraiser - Events Fundraiser
My Name’5 Doddie Foundation
At My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, we want to change the world. We believe motor neuron disease is not incurable. It’s just underfunded.
Building a community is at the heart of everything we do. Every conversation and every person has the potential to be a part of that community and bring us closer to a world free of MND
As our Events Fundraiser you will be crucial to achieving this. We’re looking for a passionate fundraiser who can turn local energy, events, and ideas into real impact.
You will be a crucial part of a dynamic team, working closely with our Senior Planning and Supporter Income Manager within the fundraising team. You will be a first point of contact for mass participation fundraising enquiries, build meaningful and lasting relationships and actively seek fundraising opportunities.
Our ideal candidate will have experience in relationship building with some fundraising, volunteering or events experience. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and be dedicated to improving people’s lives.
Job Description
The post holder will be the first point of contact and lead for third party mass participation activities and work within the fundraising team on other events as needed to assist in the delivery of our events programme. The broad responsibilities will be:
- Plan and oversee our growing third-party mass participation programme, alongside the Senior Manager
- Own the stewardship plans for everyone joining Team Doddie in one of these events, to make sure they love every minute of their challenge
- Build and maintaining strong fundraising relationships
- Work with our mass participation participants to help them achieve their fundraising targets.
- Help with the delivery and development of an exciting and busy events programme.
Key Responsibilities
Supporter-facing
- Providing outstanding supporter care as the key contact for fundraising event enquiries at the Foundation.
- Building strong networks and relationships with supporters to increase long term repeat support.
- Ensuring Foundation stewardship processes are followed throughout the supporter journey.
- Attending events to represent My Name’5 Doddie Foundation when appropriate.
- Deliver various event projects across the UK including but not limited to our presence at Great North Run, Edinburgh Marathon, Leeds Marathon and Loch Ness Marathon.
Operational
- Manage and maintain all mass participation registration platforms.
- Working with the Senior Planning and Supporter Income Manager to organise and deliver our presence at various non-mass participation events e.g. Melrose 7s
- Help with the creation of marketing plans for our events programme.
- Work with the Fundraising Administrator to create and send fundraising packs in a timely manner.
- Maintaining the Foundation’s supporter database and keeping their details up to date.
- Maintaining the fundraising calendar of activities and tasks.
- Create detailed event plans and conduct risk assessments.
- Set up and de-rig event equipment.
Supporter and Internal Comms
- Work with Communications team to co-ordinate regular social media activity and PR stories.
- Actively seek new third-party event opportunities for the Foundation.
- Work with our third-party suppliers and maintain good relationships with them.
- Ensure the CRM system is updated to maximise learning and supporter experience.
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in fundraising and/or event delivery.
- Experience using fundraising platforms e.g JustGiving, Enthuse, Give As You Live.
- Driver’s licence and access to a car.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficient in use of Office 365 including Excel and Word.
- Experience using customer/donor databases.
- Experience in a customer service role.
- Excellent inter-personal and communications skills.
- Experience working in a busy, diverse team.
- Effective at building relationships with people
- Natural problem solver with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Ability to manage time effectively.
- Comfortable to work with minimal supervision, but as part of a team.
- Professional and hard-working team member with a positive and collaborative work ethic.
- Desire to learn and develop a career in fundraising.
Salary – £27k-£32k
Duration – Full-time – 2 years fixed term
Annual Leave – 25 days (plus 8 days bank holiday)
Working Hours – 37.5 hours per week. Some weekend work will be required.
Location – Flexible. Hybrid if near to Edinburgh, but home-based also considered
About My Name’5 Doddie Foundation
Our vision is a world free of MND. We will leave no stone unturned in the relentless pursuit of this goal as we fund, guide and enable the smartest, most efficient MND research to catalyse a cure for motor neuron disease.
Since we were founded in 2017, we have committed over £23.5 million to world class MND research, funding dozens of research projects across our four funding programmes. This is only possibly through the generosity and determination of our supporters.
Registered Charity
6 - 10
We are My Name'5 Doddie Foundation and we're absolutely committed to our goal: A World Free of MND
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Community Fundraising Assistant - North
Are you ready to take on a new challenge with a leading charity making a real difference in brain tumour research?
Brain Tumour Research is an exciting, innovative, and ambitious charity. We are passionate about finding a cure for brain tumours through the establishment of dedicated Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence around the UK.
After a successful 2025, we’re building on our momentum and looking ahead with ambition. As our work continues to expand, so does our impact. We are now looking for passionate people to join us on the next stage of our journey!
It is a fantastic time to be joining us and we are keen to share this with likeminded and talented individuals. We currently have an opening for a Community Fundraising Assistant - North, to join our Community and Digital Fundraising team.
- Do you want to make a difference in one of the most innovative and exciting medical research fundraising charities in the UK?
- Are you able to provide friendly and professional support to fundraisers and supporters?
- Do you have experience in supporting events or community activities?
- Do you live in either Scotland, North East England, North West England or the East Midlands?
Have you answered Yes to these questions?
Does this sound like the opportunity to really take the next step in your career?
Excited to learn more about this position? Then please take a read through our recruitment pack which is included within this advert.
If you have the skills and ambition that we are looking for we are excited to receive your application. We are really looking forward to welcoming a new member to our team!
We are asking for a CV as the first step but applicants may be asked to provide a targeted covering letter as part of the selection process. Interviews will be conducted during the application window as appropriate, and will consist of a first interview via MS Teams, progressing, if successful to a face to face second interview, held at our offices in Milton Keynes.
We reserve the right to close the application window early and advise candidates to apply in good time to avoid disappointment.
We are looking for people who share our passion for finding a cure for brain tumours and who have the skills and experience to make a difference. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, and ages. We believe that diversity enriches our organisation and helps us achieve our mission. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment where everyone can be themselves and contribute to our vision.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
To find a cure for all types of brain tumours To increase the UK investment in brain tumour research
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.