Challenges Lead

Salary: £34,847 (£4000 London Weighting - if applicable) per annum

Location: UK - These office locations include; London (Whitechapel/Waterloo), Leicester, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford and Glasgow.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Our client is actively recruiting for the position of ‘Challenges Lead’ to be based from anywhere in the UK that Islamic Relief has an office. They are a faith-based humanitarian relief and development organisation working to save and transform the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people. Established in 1984, with an active presence in over 45 countries, they strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters. Their focus is strengthening effective funding, mobilising for change through advocacy and awareness-raising, and strengthening programme development and delivery.

JOB PURPOSE:

• To coordinate the development and delivery of Fundraising Challenges Events, nationally and internationally, with the objective of engaging the community on a grass-roots level in line with their fundraising strategy.
• To work closely with the Community Fundraising team to promote the mass participation of events that will lead to participation and fundraising.
• To deliver stewardship journeys for participants and supporters.
• To successfully project manage multiple national fundraising initiatives.

The successful candidate must have:

• Proven experience in challenges coordination and/or management.
• Significant experience of fundraising through organising and delivering challenges, and/or mass participation activities.
• Experience of the development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of plans and budgets.
• Experience of delivering exceptional donor/customer care.
• Experience in supporter stewardship.
• Experience of using a range of effective communication channels to promote fundraising activities.
• Experience in negotiating and managing contracts with vendors and suppliers.
• Experience of managing own workload effectively, planning and organising work to meet deadlines.
• Experience of working effectively without close supervision dealing with problems as they arise.
• Experience and comfortability of working within a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with and supervising volunteers.
• A thorough understanding of the different types of fundraising challenges.
• Good understanding of charity law, policy and regulatory environment within the charity sector.
• Knowledge of the Fundraising Regulators code of practice.
• Able to work flexible hours (including unsociable hours and weekends).
• Proficient use of Asana, Trello or other project management tools.
• Excellent event/challenge management skills – from conception, promotion to production and delivery.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to produce correspondence to a high standard.
• Creative thinking skills.
• Able to exercise diplomacy where required.
• Excellent communication skills – written, oral and listening with the ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with a diverse range of individuals who may be supporters, participants, donors or volunteers.
• Strong project management and team coordination skills, including the ability to use planning tools.
• Strong networking skills.
• Proven organisational skills with the ability to work on multiple activities at one time.
• Excellent administration skills – able to keep thorough, accurate and up to date records.
• Competent user of Raisers Edge, Microsoft D365 or other relationship management databases.
• Understanding and experience of health and safety regulations and risk assessments in relation to organising events and challenges.
• Educated to ‘A’ level or equivalent.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office software in particular, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.

If you are talented, reliable, service-minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to their mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing their online application form.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on an ongoing basis until a suitable appointment is made. They therefore may close the advert sooner than the advertised date. Any employment with them will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK-based roles, they are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. They are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship. They are an equal opportunities employer.

You may also have experience in the following: Fundraising Events Manager, Challenge Events Manager, Mass Participation Events Manager, Community Fundraising Officer, Community Fundraising Manager, Events, Fundraising Coordinator, Fundraising Challenges Coordinator, Charity Events Manager, Charity Challenge Events Officer, Supporter Engagement Officer, Donor Stewardship Officer, Fundraising Project Manager, Volunteer Engagement Coordinator, Events Project Manager (Charity/Nonprofit), Fundraising Campaigns Officer.