Events Assistant - TEMPORARY

Our client a major international development charity is seeking an Events Assistant to come in from mid-September to support with there biggest fundraising event on the calendar, this is a great opportunity to work with a fantastic team at a busy time.

You will have previous experience supporting at an administrative level in a charity events team, with good knowledge of spreadsheets, CRM databases and MS Office packages.

Reporting to the Community Fundraising Manager, you will be required to work at a fast pass supporting on a variety of tasks but will include the following: to ensure ticket sales are accurately recorded on the database and are sent out; that the marketing plan is fulfilled, including doing mail merges; liaising with the venue and external suppliers on logistics; producing signage; preparing kit for the event; updating the online auction site.

Personal Specification:

• Strong organisational skills
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Able to prioritise workload and meet tight deadlines
• Educated to 'A' level or equivalent
• Good standard of written English
• Good standard of Maths
• Experience of working with a broad range of people
• Experience of working on events
• Experience in the NFP sector