Challenge Events Officer

Organisation: Muscular Dystrophy UK
Salary: £26,000 - £29,000 per year
Location: Head Office, 32 Ufford Street, London, SE1 8QD (min 2 days per week)
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 29 May 2025
Interview date: 4 June 2025
Job Description: Job description

Join an amazing charity that makes a difference for the 110,000 adults and children in the UK with a muscle-wasting condition. This is a role where you can really make a difference.
The Challenge Event Officer is an exciting role at MDUK, that will sit within the Services and Support Team. You will be responsible for providing effective support for the Events team to achieve agreed fundraising targets and objectives through the delivery of a series of high quality events.
• Providing key and intensive support to the Challenge Events Manager, concerning the planning and implementation of all aspects of our challenge and running events portfolio
• Developing relationships with participants, individuals and organisations to maximise fundraising targets and ensure long term charity involvement

About us:
Muscular Dystrophy UK is the charity bringing individuals, families and professionals together to fight muscle-wasting conditions. We bring together more than 60 rare and very rare progressive muscle-weakening and wasting conditions, affecting around 110,000 children and adults in the UK.
We share expert advice and support to live well now; fund groundbreaking research to understand the different conditions better and lead us to new treatments; work with the NHS towards universal access to specialist health; and together, campaign for people’s rights, better understanding, accessibility, and access to treatments.
Benefits:
We appreciate the range of skills and experience our staff have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We also offer a range of benefits including pension, life assurance, cycle scheme, health cash plan, financial wellbeing and an employee assistance programme.
Location: We operate a hybrid model (home and office, London SE1).
Closing date: Thursday 29 May
NB Interviews likely to be held on 4th and 5th of June
Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities
How to apply: Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities. Write a cover letter and attach your CV and send to jobs@musculardystrophyuk.org