Senior Events Officer

Senior Events Officer
Location : Vauxhall, London
Salary: £31,500 per annum
We are looking for a Senior Events Officer. This is an exciting new opportunity to join our team.
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
What you will be doing?
The Forward Trust is predominately funded through Government contracts, but our Fundraising team plays a vital, and increasingly important, role in securing funding to support essential activities that go beyond these contracts. We raise £2.3 million per year from a diverse range of sources including events, trusts and foundations, corporate supporters, and individual donors.
Around a third of our workforce are in active recovery and/or have had experience of the criminal justice system. We also have the support of thousands of people who have benefited from our services. That means that we can easily evidence the long-lasting impact of our work.
Events have long been a core part of Forward Trust strategy. Although sitting within the Fundraising Team, this role will have an organisational-wide remit.
You will be delivering events which generate charitable income, steward our donors and supporters, and raise awareness of our work and our cause. Events include (but are not limited to) challenge events, community events, special events, campaign focused events, and major donor events.
What are we looking for?
As a Senior Events Officer, you will possess the following skills -
Experience of delivering a wide range of events (including income generating and at least one other)
Understanding of databases in relation to fundraising (experience of using Salesforce is desirable)
Understanding the principles of donor engagement, stewardship and cultivation
Experience of Microsoft Office packages
Good understanding of the use of social media to promote and recruit for events
Experience of sticking to budgets and tracking and reporting on income and expenditure for events
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to explain and summarise complex issues
Experience of working cross-department to organise and deliver events
Good organisational/planning skills to manage workload
What we offer
Training and development opportunities
Flexible working
Simply Health Cashback Scheme (Optional)
Season Ticket Loan Scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Crisis Loan Scheme
Electric Car Scheme
3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
Access to Blue Light Card
25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
Contributory Pension Scheme Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years service and up to 9% thereafter
Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the forward trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
Please note we have the right to close this vacancy early.

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