Events Coordinator

**NORTH WEST AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY**

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**JOB TITLE: Events Coordinator**

**BASE: Home based, with travel to Knowsley head office and the region when required**

**DEPARTMENT: Income & Engagement**

**REPORTING TO**: **Events Manager**

**Salary: £26,000**

**Overall purpose of the role**:
The North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) is looking for an events coordinator to help the charity deliver its ambitious plans and to provide excellent stewardship to NWAA participants in events across the region. The overall purpose of this role is to review, evaluate and develop opportunities and grow the events portfolio in order to have growth, retention and diversification in both new and existing NWAA supporters. Integral to this role will be working with colleagues across the organisation to deliver effective marketing and engagement in all that is done.

**Main duties and responsibilities**:

- Deliver the existing events portfolio, achieving agreed income targets and KPIs, identifying and procuring required resources in line with the agreed expenditure budget
- Fulfil all events collateral requests in a timely manner and develop effective stewardship, enrolement and administration processes to facilitate an excellent supporter experiences and maximise fundraising potential.
- Research and identify new fundraising events opportunities that meet the agreed NWAA criteria including runs, overseas challenges and treks
- Work with the Marketing and Communications team to produce effective marketing and advertising materials, utilising a range of platforms to achieve agreed participation and income targets across the events portfolio.
- Develop long-term support through regular inspiring communications using a variety of channels.
- Input into the wider Community and Events Team, including regular contribution to team meetings and planning process, ensuring colleagues are properly briefed to promote events in their areas.
- Ensure that administration and data capture processes are maintained accurately for all events
- Evaluate all events against agreed KPIs, providing reports as required and making suggestions for process improvement where necessary.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

**Essential**

**Desirable**

**Qualifications**
- 5 GCEs including Maths and English
- Events or Fundraising Qualification

**Experience**
- Events promotion in a fundraising setting
- Experience of achieving financial targets
- Data base management
- Communicating with the public through a wide variety of channels including written communication to inspire participation and fundraising
- Experience in a charity setting
- Working within the guidelines of the Institute of Fundraising code of practice and the Fundraising Regulator

**Skills**
- Project planning & implementation
- Communication skills, across a range of platforms
- IT literate
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Relationship building

**Personal Attributes / Abilities**
- Supportive Team Member
- Able to work autonomously
- Commercially aware
- Able to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisations

**Other**
- Driving licence and vehicle available for work

**The Charity offers the following benefits to all our eligible employees**:

- Cycle to work Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Cash Back Scheme which includes cash back for dental treatment and a range of medical treatments as well as staff discounts with a range of retailers
- 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance helpline
- Salary Sacrifice Scheme for pension contributions
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Holiday buy back scheme

**How to Apply**:
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £26,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: Hybrid remote in LIVERPOOL