Events Officer

Events Officer

Location: Vauxhall, London

Salary: £23,090 - £28,221 per annum

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle of crime or addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been helping 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

Whilst The Forward Trust is predominantly funded through Government contracts, our Fundraising Team is responsible for generating £2.5 million per year from a diverse range of charitable sources including Trusts and Foundations, Corporate supporters, Individual donors and Events.

Our secret weapon is our ability to place our service-users at the heart of everything we do, including fundraising and events. With around a third of our workforce in active recovery and/or having had experience of the criminal justice system, and access to our community of over 15,000 individuals who have benefitted from our support, we are able to provide living proof of our long-lasting impact and bring to life the difference that our supporters enable us to make in the world.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Fundraising Team to help grow, diversify and maximise income from our range of fundraising events and campaigns. As an integral part of the team, you will support the Senior Events Manager to scope, organise and run our expanding annual calendar of: Special events, Marketing events, Challenge events and Operational/Regional events, to secure funding for our life changing and life-saving services across prisons and communities in the UK.

This role will sit within the Fundraising Team but will also support the Communications team planning and executing events to not only to generate charitable income but also to raise awareness about our services and impact to a wider audience (e.g. commissioners, policy makers and practitioners) in line with our business plan for the next 3 years which identifies new opportunities in the fields of offender management, mental health, housing, and gambling addiction services.

What we are looking for

Accountabilities

• Support the Senior Events Manager in implementing an annual calendar of events - including scoping, organising and running challenge events and special events to budget and timescales.
• Support the Communications team in running brand awareness and stewardship events such as Parliamentary events, reunions, our annual staff awards and parliamentary events.
• Support the Senior Events Manager and Senior Events Officer on Special events and challenge events with tasks as required.
• Work with the Senior Event Manager to grow income from all fundraising events.
• Work with the communications team to effectively promote all events to target audiences on social media platforms.
• Work with the communications team to keep our events webpages up to date.
• Keep track of income and expenditure relating to events.
• Work with colleagues from across the organisation to ensure that events being planned by other teams are complimentary to the annual events programme and are being developed in line with changing organisational and service needs and with necessary levels of service-user involvement.
• Take responsibility for ensuring that data held on the customer relationship management system is up-to-date and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) across all areas of fundraising.
• Support the Senior Events Manager with corporate sponsorship proposals as/when required.
• Plan and manage your work-load effectively to meet your own and the Team’s overall targets.
• Attend team meetings, supervision and training sessions as required by the organisation.
• Keep up to date on all relevant matters and strive for continuous professional development.
• Represent the organisation at events and meetings, maintaining professional integrity.
• Take on other reasonable tasks and responsibilities as deemed appropriate by Line Manager.
• The individual will need to be flexible as there will be evening and weekend working required.

What we offer

• Training opportunities and career development
• Flexible working
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 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, then please click apply where you will be redirected to their website to complete your application.