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Your new companyOperating for over 60 years, my client are a leading national charity with a rich history of providing support to older people. Due to local expansion in Surrey, we are seeking a Community Events and Engagement Executive to help raise the charity's profile in the local area. Your new roleAs Community Events and Engagement Executive, you will hold a varied role helping to raise brand awareness in the local area. You will be responsible for all external events in the local communities of the Dorking and Oxted areas, proactively reaching out to relevant organisations to arrange the charity's attendance at local events and community activities, to promote visibility of the charity's work. You will help to coordinate event marketing, and contribute to campaigns to build awareness of the charity and its services, including creating compelling press releases, news stories, and other PR activities. You will take an active role in reaching out within local communities to establish ways to grow local visibility and get involved in community events and activities - including public speaking. As a small team, your responsibilities will be varied across community relations; seeking and creating PR opportunities, including news stories, ensuring volunteering enquiries are followed up and fulfilled, fundraising, and event coordination. This will require travel across the Surrey region, and occasional weekend work (time off during the week in lieu). What you'll need to succeedYou could have a background in Events or PR, Fundraising, or perhaps even Business Development. We are seeking someone with the confidence and willingness to pick up the phone and engage with relevant people within local communities, as well as organising and attending events, speaking to members of the public and proactively building awareness of the charity's good work and services. You will have strong copywriting skills, and whilst you don't need an existing media network, you will need to be willing to write news stories and make approaches to local media to gain coverage for the charity in the local press. An ideal background would be a mix of events, PR and communications, but with core requirements in event organisation, written skills and people-facing/customer service, the charity is open to different backgrounds if you possess the core attributes required to be effective in the role. What you'll get in returnYou will receive a full-time annual salary of £30,000 - £34,000 plus benefits including pension scheme, life assurance, Blue Light Card, and 28 days' holiday, rising to 33 in your second year. You will be based out of locations in either Dorking, Oxted or Farnham (depending on what is most convenient for you), but you must have your own transport and be able to commute to all 3 locations regularly. This role could be considered on a part-time basis, but occasional weekend work will be required. What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
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