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About the Role
Cancer Research UK's Philanthropy team seeks a Philanthropy Events Executive to support the delivery of engagement and high-value fundraising events. This role is crucial in helping the team achieve its ambitious fundraising targets and provide an exceptional guest experience.
Responsibilities
- Support Event Managers with project management and delivery of large events by taking ownership of key tasks and providing administrative support.
- Project-manage smaller events, such as business breakfasts and networking events, and provide on-the-day support.
- Manage event guest lists and liaise with key stakeholders to ensure clear communication of mailing and response processes.
- Liaise with editorial and design teams to coordinate and, in some instances, create and design high-quality event invitations and materials.
- Conduct venue and event speaker research, developing methods for centralizing and updating this information.
- Create and manage innovative event income streams through raffles, auctions, and fundraising games, maximizing on-the-night fundraising opportunities.
- Manage contact with partners and committee members for key events and relationships, handling queries, updates, and requests for support, ensuring high standards of stewardship.
- Collaborate with internal teams to deliver communications tasks, including coordinating print and digital mailings, mail merging, proofreading, and coordinating internal sign-offs.
- Handle financial administration for the events portfolio, including post-event thank you strategies and banking, working with the procurement team to set up suppliers, raise purchase orders, process invoices, and maintain accurate expenditure records.
- Work with internal teams to improve and develop administrative event processes across the directorate.
Requirements
- Experience supporting the delivery of complex events or projects in fast-paced environments.
- Strong prioritization and organization skills with experience delivering multiple tasks concurrently while managing time effectively and meeting deadlines.
- Good interpersonal skills with clear verbal and written communication abilities.
- Ability to build relationships and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Demonstrable copywriting and proofreading skills.
- Ability to solve problems pragmatically, troubleshoot effectively, adapt quickly, and maintain composure in dynamic situations.
- Must be eligible to work in the UK.
Skills
- Event delivery
- Project management
- Administrative support
- Guest list management
- Stakeholder liaison
- Invitation and materials design coordination
- Venue research
- Speaker research
- Income stream creation
- Raffle and auction management
- Partner and committee member management
- Stewardship
- Communications coordination
- Financial administration
- Supplier setup
- Purchase order processing
- Invoice processing
- Record maintenance
- Process improvement
- Prioritization
- Organization
- Time management
- Interpersonal skills
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Relationship building
- Collaboration
- Copywriting
- Proofreading
- Problem-solving
- Troubleshooting
- Adaptability
- Composure
Location
- Stratford, London
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Office-based with flexibility
Experience Level
- Not specified
Education Level
- Not specified
Salary/Compensations
- £28,000 - £30,000
Benefits
- Benefits package
- Wide range of career and personal development opportunities
- High-quality tools
- Policies and processes enabling work-life balance
- Time off in lieu (TOIL) for occasional travel outside of standard hours
About the Company
- Cancer Research UK exists to beat cancer.
- The Philanthropy Directorate is one of the largest and most successful fundraising teams in the UK, focusing on the £400m ‘More Research, Less Cancer’ (MRLC) campaign.
- The events team brings in almost £2m pounds a year for the cause through delivering relationship-building events for high-value audiences.
- Events include identification, cultivation, stewardship, and fundraising events, such as unique money-can’t-buy experiences, science talks, dinners, and drinks receptions tailored to philanthropists, trusts, foundations, and corporate partners.
- The organization values are: Bold (Act with ambition, courage and determination), Credible (Act with rigour and professionalism), Human (Act to have a positive impact on people), and Together (Act inclusively and collaboratively).
Equal Opportunity
- Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do.
- We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
- We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work.
- Please inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.
- Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18.