Challenge Events Officer

Challenge Events Officer
Permanent
Full time (34.5 hours), we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location Split between home and our London Office
Salary Range £28,800 - £31,800

About us
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

About the role
In this role you will lead on the marketing, stewardship and event day logistics for a programme of challenge events, with the primary focus of maximising fundraising income and recruiting participants to Team Macmillan.

As a Challenge Events Officer you will have an opportunity to join Macmillan’s Challenge Events Team that raised over £30million in 2024. You will manage a range of third party challenge events products such as The Leeds Marathon and Great North Swim, by coordinating marketing campaigns, event planning, relationship/ stakeholder management, budget management and ensuring excellent quality of stewardship at all times.

This role does require weekend work (although not at your desk) as you will be out and about cheering on our participants. You will be compensated for your weekend work with days in lieu.

About you
 The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Project management experience, overseeing multiple projects at once
• Experience of drafting and sending stewardship emails
• Understanding of marketing processes and best practice
• Good relationship and budget management skills
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office suite
• Full UK driver’s license is preferred and a willingness to drive a van is a bonus.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days 
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Tuesday 11th March 2025

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.