Event Coordinator, Non-Profit & Social Impact

Position: Challenge Event Coordinator
Location: Greater London

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides life-saving emergency relief and longer-term medical care to some of the most vulnerable and excluded communities around the world. As an independent medical humanitarian organisation, we deliver care based only on need, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or political affiliation.

MSF relies on donations from private individuals and organisations for the majority of its income. This private funding gives MSF the freedom to respond where needs are greatest and to speak out publicly, free from any political interference.

MSF has around 63,000 local and international staff working in over 70 countries, in some of the most challenging places in the world. Our medical humanitarian projects are supported by offices in 44 countries, including the UK and Ireland. These teams recruit staff, organise fundraising, and raise awareness on the humanitarian crises our colleagues are witnessing, as well as running different and diverse support activities.

MSF offices are spread across Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australasia.

At MSF UK/IE, we support MSF's operations by building relationships with our supporters, increasing awareness of our work, raising funds, providing specialist medical expertise, ensuring MSF staff have access to relevant higher education programmes, catalysing change on medical humanitarian issues, and recruiting field staff. MSF UK/IE personnel are dynamic, hard-working, enthusiastic and committed to MSF's values and aims. In addition MSF continues to build upon its presence in Ireland to become a widely recognised, accepted and respected humanitarian organisation among Irish audiences, and within the Irish humanitarian and political sector.

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Position Join Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) as a Challenge Event Coordinator and play a vital role in our fundraising team.

This position is central to managing our portfolio challenge events, directly generating essential revenue to fund MSF's medical humanitarian operations worldwide. We are looking for a highly organized and results-driven professional capable of managing complex logistics, motivating participants, and hitting ambitious fundraising targets. If you are committed to independent humanitarian action and excel at high-impact service delivery, apply now to help us save lives.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Mon Fri

Duration:
Permanent

Location:
London - hybrid, 2 days per week in London office

Salary:£35,375.80 per annum

Job Purpose:

The Challenge Events Fundraising Coordinator supports individuals and organisations raising funds for MSF, ensuring the safe processing and acknowledgement of donations and the administrative processing tasks related to community fundraising, ensuring supporters have the best possible experience with MSF when raising funds for our work.

The Challenge Events Coordinator plays a pivotal role in delivering and growing the third-party challenge events portfolio, including flagship events such as the London Marathon and Royal Parks Half Marathon. You will project managethe events calendar from planning to recruiting, stewarding, and supporting participants,ensuring they have an exceptional experience throughout their fundraising journey. A key focus will be providing outstanding supporter care while building lasting relationships to maximise engagement and income.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact, supporting vital work that transforms lives, while contributing to the growth and success of the organisation’s challenge events programme.

The Challenge Event Coordinator will also work collaboratively within the team, supporting day-to-day operations of the wider

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