Challenge Events Manager

ABOUT COPPAFEEL!

CoppaFeel! is the first breast cancer charity in the UK to create awareness amongst young people that checking their chest regularly could save their life. Our mission is to ensure all breast cancers are diagnosed early and correctly and we are about more than discovering a cancer diagnosis, we are about empowering ourselves to be proactive about our own health and body, as well as our outlook on life. It is about knowing your boobs and pecs and being confident that if you do find something, you know what to do.

ABOUT THE ROLE

CoppaFeel! is looking for a dynamic Challenge Events Manager to grow and manage our portfolio of challenge events. You will play a key role in our small but mighty fundraising team, working alongside the Senior Challenge Programme Manager and Events Executive to expand CoppaFeel!’s challenge event programme and grow our income in line with our 3 year fundraising growth strategy.

You will be responsible for the recruitment of challenge event participants through paid and organic marketing, identifying new events that will appeal to our audiences, and developing stewardship journeys that inspire our supporters to go above and beyond in their fundraising for CoppaFeel!. You will also be responsible for the event delivery of our third-party challenge events and have the opportunity to work on our sector-leading ‘CoppaTrek! with Gi’ events.

This role does require some evening and weekend work - although not behind the laptop! Instead you’ll be out and about cheering on our challenge eventers whilst wearing a boob-suit and waving poms poms, or you’ll be lacing up your walking boots and walking alongside our trekkers on a CoppaTrek!, all of which you will be compensated for, with days off in lieu.

You will need to have experience of managing challenge events and raising significant income. This is a face-paced role that requires excellent attention to detail and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving, with the ability to generate ideas and solutions.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Demonstrate experience of day-to-day project management of Mass Participation and Challenge Events.
• Experience of stewarding donors or customers, both in person and on the telephone and email; including high value donors and celebrity ambassadors.
• Experience using both paid and organic social media to market challenge events and reach new audiences.
• Demonstrate knowledge of setting up cheer points at mass events and giving first class support to volunteers.
• Experience of income generation and fundraising.