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Events Assistant (Marketing & Fundraising)

Employer
Perennial
Location
Leatherhead, Surrey
Salary
£22,000 per annum depending on skills and experience
Closing date
21 Aug 2022

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Function
Marketing
Sector
Environment / Conservation
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent

Events Assistant (Marketing and Fundraising)
Leatherhead, Surrey

The Organisation

Perennial is a charity dedicated to helping people in horticulture. Together with our network of partners, we provide free support, information, advice, financial assistance and services for horticulturalists and their loved ones experiencing illness, disability, bereavement, family breakdown and financial difficulties.

We have a real focus on improving the health and well-being outcomes of people working in horticulture and have an ambitious preventative strategy to create better futures for people working in horticulture.

We are now looking for an Events Assistant to join our team on a full-time basis and provide excellent support to our Events Manager.

The Benefits

- £22,000 per annum depending on skills and experience
- 25 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays (pro rata) increasing with long service
- Pension
- Sickness pay
- Buy extra leave
- Time off for dependents

This is an exceptional opportunity for an enthusiastic individual with great admin skills and a strong customer focus to diversify their skill-set and career in an exciting events role with our incredible charity.

Having recently won a people’s choice award at RHS Chelsea, you can rest assured that you will be joining a prestigious, people-focused environment where you will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience.

So, if you’re looking for the opportunity to achieve your professional goals, whilst taking on a highly rewarding and engaging role, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

The Role

As an Events Assistant, you will provide our Events Manager with exceptional organisational and customer service support as we deliver our annual schedule of high profile events, dinners and garden tours.

Specifically, you will manage communications with guests, taking responsibility for the mailing lists for guests, participants and donors, as well as effectively responding, logging and managing enquiries and responses.

Alongside communications, you will manage our CRM database ThankQ and use our Gamma system to set up events log guest names and other information against sales.

About You

To be considered as an Events Assistant, you will need:

- Proven experience of managing large workload and prioritising tasks
- Proven experience in administration and organisational skills
- Ability to organise own time effectively
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience of dealing with the general public in a responsive and friendly manner
- High level of attention to detail
- A full, valid driving licence

Ideally, you will have experience of working with the ThankQ CRM database and of working in an event or fundraising role.

This role will close on the 5th of September with interview provisionally booked for the 12th of September. This role may be closed early if we have sufficient applicants.

Other organisations might call this role Events Administrator, Events Co-ordinator, Assist Events Manager, Events Customer Service Officer or Events and Marketing Assistant.

Webrecruit and Perennial are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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