Senior Events Coordinator (Third Party)
Grow Parkinson’s UK’s third party events, building strong supporter relationships and delivering experiences that raise funds, reach and community.
About the role
This exciting opportunity will be supporting the Third Party Events Manager with the ongoing development of our third party running and challenge events. You’ll be forming strong relationships with our supporters and delivering event experiences from concept to completion.
This role has lots of potential for growth and development. You’ll work closely with the Events Management team to expand and develop our third party events programme, steward existing supporters and engage new audiences that aim to raise the charity’s profile and reach as well as significant income.
Please note, this role is being advertised as a fixed term contract, ending in December 2027.
What you'll do
Support the Third Party Events Manager to manage and develop the 3rd party events strategy and budgets, and identifying continuous improvement opportunities
Plan, manage, deliver and develop 3rd party events in order to achieve agreed income, expenditure and audience targets
Create and manage event budgets ensuring that income, expenditure and KPI’s are met
Work with the Events Managers to create and develop stewardship communications across a range of channels
Lead the strategic plan and development of the Team Parkinson’s social media platforms to create a friendly, engaging and ‘community feel’ environment
What you'll bring
Experience of successfully delivering a variety of fundraising events including recruitment of participants and volunteers
Experience of drawing up budgets and managing income (min £350,000) and expenditure (min £85,000)
Understanding of data and insight that is needed to test, optimise and evaluate the running events portfolio
Excellent communication and written skills
Experience of project management including liaising with and influencing senior internal and external stakeholders
Please apply by sending us your CV and a detailed cover letter explaining how you meet the criteria in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.
Applications close on Sunday 20 September.
Interviews for this role will be held on Wednesday 30 September, in person at our London Office.
- Department
- Events
- Locations
- Parkinson's UK
- Yearly salary
- £42,159.79
- Contract Type
- Fixed-term contract
- Employment Type
- Full time
- Working location
- Hybrid
- In-person attendance
- Minimum 3 days per week in person working
Written submissions and use of AI
At Parkinson’s UK, we want to connect with the real you. While we welcome the use of generative AI tools to help polish your grammar or structure your thoughts in your CV and supporting statement, please ensure the final submission is written in your own authentic voice. We are looking for your unique, lived experiences, personal impact, and genuine passion.
We would ask that you're transparent about your use of AI throughout your application process.