The Army Benevolent Fund (ABF) is the Army’s national charity, supporting soldiers, veterans, and their immediate families in times of need. The Charity operates a regional structure across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with its central office in London.
This Events Executive role is a rewarding, but very challenging, opportunity to work as part of a two-person team, in our North-West Office near Preston, in support of this wonderful charity.
The role involves planning and delivering fundraising events; development of our supporter base; engagement with stakeholders; providing support to the local network of volunteers as well as ensuring that our databases are up-to-date with accurate information. This means that no day is ever like another and will involve flexible working hours and some weekend work (for which we have a Time off In Lieu (TOIL) scheme in place.
The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, be well organised, and have an easy yet confident manner. They will be happy working as part of a very small team (and often alone in the office or on location) but also with interacting and building relationships with local corporate entities, civic administrations, high net worth individuals, local trusts, and charitable organisations, as well as with the local Army and Army Cadet Force units and the North Wests veteran community. They will have a strong administrative foundation and will be responsible for the data entry on our different databases.
This is a full-time post for 35 hours per week, on an initial two-year fixed term contract based at the Charity’s new Northwest Office in Weeton Barracks, on the Fylde. The starting salary is £32,500. After a probationary period of 6 months, the successful candidate will benefit from the Charity’s full range of employment benefits including an income protection scheme and an employer contribution pension.
Please see the job description for further information regarding the job and person specification, and primary roles. If you have any questions or would like to have an initial chat about the role, please contact the Regional Director – North-West, Stephanie Johnson at sjohnson@armybenevolentfund.org.
If you have the relevant experience for this role, coupled with a determination to succeed in this varied and challenging position, please apply by sending your CV and supporting statement to our HR Team – hr@armybenevolentfund.org
Job Description Events Executive North-West
If you have any questions or would like to have an initial chat about the role, please contact hr@armybenevolentfund.org
If you have the relevant experience for this role, please apply by sending your CV and supporting statement to hr@armybenevolentfund.org
Closing date: Fri 31 Jan 25
Interview date: Wed 12 Feb 25
