The Air Ambulance Service provides two very important functions, Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) and The Children’s Air Ambulance (TCAA) which provides paediatric transfers across the UK. Our objective is to save lives, utilising specialist pilots, doctors, and paramedics and with our work centered on saving lives, improving clinical outcomes and being able to react quickly and efficiently to emergencies. We are at the forefront of innovative clinical care, and we challenge boundaries. Every day our charity is tasked with a unique set of missions which we respond to with our fantastic services, all of which are funded entirely by voluntary donations, trading and fundraising activities we undertake. This ethos remains at our core; we are here to work alongside and help the NHS without using their available funds. The impact we make with our services is to keep people alive, keep families together, to let children grow into adults and to enable the NHS to carry out more work than they would have been able to without our support. Job Title: Events and Community Projects Executive Location: Rugby - Hybrid (40% office based) Full Time: 37.5 Hours Annual Salary: £29,078 Interview Date: 5th or 6th June. You will be required to attend our Head Office in Rugby for the interview. PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS A FIXED TERM ROLE THAT ENDS ON 31st JULY 2026 Job Purpose An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our fundraising team and deliver projects for our events and community fundraising teams. You’ll be working to grow our events portfolio by supporting the recruitment and stewardship of participants to challenge events and delivery of high-quality supporter events. You’ll also be supporting our community fundraising team by delivering projects which support the growth of income streams and volunteer numbers. This requires a proactive approach, an eagerness to learn and a readiness to get stuck in with a positive attitude, as well as some experience of leading a projects or events yourself in the past. You will work closely with the Challenge & Events Manager, Community Fundraising Manager, and the whole team. Key Responsibilities • Lead the delivery of the fundraising activities you are working on, keeping an eye on objectives, budgets and the bigger picture to ensure that opportunities to improve and maximise fundraising are seized. • Create and follow action plans for your projects, taking responsibility for processes and delivery of tasks on time. • Maintain strong working realationships with internal colleagues. • Maintain strong working relationships with suppliers and third-party organisations. Community Fundraising specific • Deliver projects that support the growth of income across the community fundraising income streams including community and regional corporate, supporter-led and volunteer led fundraising and community partnerships. • Alongside the volunteering team work on projects to enable a proactive appraoch to volunteer recruitment and drive volunteer retention through supporting the team to provide consistently great volunteer expereinces. • Development of resources required to enable the growth of both of the above. Events Specific • Deliver marketing and comms plans for events recruiting participants or attendees. • Supporting with the delivery of events. • Carry out regular stewardship tasks. • Collaborate with the team on the upkeep of supporter journeys. Compliance Responsibilities As a manager, in addition to specific compliance requirements within your area of expertise, you also hold responsibility in your team for: • Health & Safety and Environment. • Safeguarding • Data Protection • Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion • Quality You are expected and encouraged to raise and escalate appropriately any potential breaches or areas for improvement regarding the above. Person Specification Our ideal candidate would be a keen learner and a great team player, with: • Some project management skills gained from prior experience of owning & leading a project or event yourself • A willingness to get stuck in, a proactive attitude and lots of initiative. • An understanding of the importance of good supporter/customer care, and how to provide this in a fundraising context. • A good understanding of and interest in events & community fundraising activities. • A results-driven attitude and strong sense of personal accountability. • Excellent communication and relationship building skills, including written and on the phone/ in-person. • Very good attention to detail, IT skills and ability to use a CRM database. • Organised with the ability to prioritise and manage task lists with an attention to detail to ensure nothing is missed. • Numerical skills and ability to use excel spreadsheets for tracking, reporting, and analysing figures. • Demonstrable evidence of behaviour in line with the core values of TAAS throughout career to date. • Collaborative approach to achieving departmental and wider organisational objectives. • Passion for the work that TAAS does. • A flexible approach to allow adaptability to the changing needs of the organisation. The role is subject to a Basic DBS check. Environment TAAS is an inclusive working environment where Equality, Diversity and Human Rights are guiding principles, individuals are respected and a value of having a diverse workforce is recognised. The recruitment, employment and development of people are based on qualifications, experience and competency to do the job, eliminating personal bias or prejudice. As an organisation, TAAS are committed to ensuring the safety and welfare of children and vulnerable adults involved in any of our activities. Our commitment applies to all acting on our behalf, i.e., employees, contractors, volunteers, supporters, patient, donors and visitors, meaning that all have a responsibility towards safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom they have contact with. Any new staff starting with the organisation will need to be committed to Safeguarding, complete relevant Safeguarding training and report any concerns they may have. TAAS operate a safer recruitment process, as part of our Safeguarding policy, which includes identifying and rejecting anyone who may be a risk to vulnerable people. Please note that we reserve the right to close this before the stated date, should the hiring manager deem there to be enough suitable applicants.