37.5 hours per week
Salary - £27,788 per annum
Closing date: 15 May 2026
Every year thousands of people take on challenge events to raise money for our hospice. We want your energy, your ideas and your ambition to grow our programme of challenge events, help us take the next step and create new unmissable challenges in Leicester.
And it’s not just local, this exciting role offers the chance to plan and organise international events, with recent overseas challenges taking LOROS as far as Peru or the Sahara! You’ll feel a real affinity with our event supporters and understand what makes them tick, creating events which motivate them to sign up and get them fundraising for an amazing cause.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to become part of the ambitious Events Team at LOROS. As Challenge Events Fundraising Coordinator, you encourage participation in predominantly third-party challenge events, such as The London Marathon, Skydives, International Treks, The Run Leicester Festival and other exciting UK-based challenges.
Managing our portfolio of challenge events, you will have experience of fundraising as part of a charity challenge, either professionally or in your own time, and will empathise with supporters such that you can support them on their challenge journey to help them reach their fundraising goals. You will work closely with external stakeholders to facilitate challenge events, ensuring they meet our own high standards for events.
To be successful, you will have excellent organisational skills, a great eye for detail, initiative, and be an excellent communicator, both written and oral. You will be confident in speaking and presenting to groups and must be able to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.
The ideal applicant will be passionate, persuasive and be able to motivate people to take up a challenge they may never have considered before. The successful applicant with have a great work ethic and be willing and able to work long hours over weekend and evenings during busy event periods.
How to apply
For an electronic version of the application pack see below. Email completed application forms to HR@loros.co.uk
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