The role

This is a brilliant opportunity to inspire our amazing supporters to fundraise for Breast Cancer Now. Your focus will be to develop marketing plans and campaigns for products across the Community & Events portfolio; from third party events such as the London Marathon and Great North Run to our £1,000 Challenge community fundraising product and fundraising volunteer recruitment campaign, amongst others!

You’ll help to create engaging and compelling campaigns and communications to reach both new and existing supporters through digital and integrated campaigns. Working alongside the Community & Events Marketing Officer that you’ll line manage. You’ll be planning, delivering and evaluating multiple campaigns at any one time; this variety and pace will enable you to gain great experience.

It's an exciting time to join Breast Cancer Now, the charity is growing and the Community & Events programme continues to see strong performance. Reporting into the Head of Central Community Fundraising & Marketing, you’ll be joining a collaborative and supportive team with great camaraderie where you’ll have the opportunity to develop in your role.

This role is offered on a 12-month fixed-term contract.  

About you

With strong marketing experience, you’ll be able to skilfully plan and deliver campaigns across both on and offline channels to reach targets. You’ll have experience in helping to develop engaging direct response campaigns and your excellent copywriting skills means you’ll be able to develop key materials for different channels and audiences.

Previous project management experience means you’ll be able to plan, manage and oversee multiple campaigns whilst confidently working with various stakeholders and teams to deliver quality activity on time. With a robust understanding of KPIs, you’ll be able to optimise and evaluate campaigns, applying learnings to improve the performance of future activity.

Together, these skills mean you’ll be able to manage, support and develop the Community & Events Officer in their role.

Whilst it’s a bonus if you’re worked in Community & Events fundraising before, we would welcome applicants from other fundraising disciplines or relevant sectors too.

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity.

We believe that by 2050, everyone diagnosed with breast cancer will live – and be supported to live well. But to create that future, we need to act now. That’s why the brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support people, whenever they need it. And dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care, for anyone affected by breast cancer.

You can find out more at breastcancernow.org/here

Primary location of role and hybrid working

This role is primarily based in our London office. However, in line with our hybrid working practice, full-time staff members may choose to work up to three days per week from home. However, to support Breast Cancer Now’s commitment to a meaningful and positive induction process, staff members will be asked to consider coming into the office more frequently each week with their manager, team and line report, during their initial period of employment.

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role. In support of your application, you will be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. When doing so please ensure you refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as possible with examples to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.

If you have any questions regarding this role please email Recruitment@breastcancernow.org in the first instance.

We will be assessing applications on a rolling basis and may shortlist and invite candidates to interview before the closing date, therefore, this role may close before the advertised closing date.

Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce.

Closing date 9am on Thursday 8 December 2022

First Interview date Monday 12, Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 December 2022

Second Interview date Friday 16 December 2022