Events Administrator Organisation Angling Trust & Fish Legal Salary £23,920 per year Location Ilkeston (Derbyshire) Contract type Permanent (Full time) Closing date 15 May 2024 Job Description We’re looking for a confident events administrator to join our Competitions team at the Angling Trust. Your mission will be to support our gold standard domestic, national, and international competitions and events.You’ll work closely with our Head of Competitions and Senior Competitions Administrator, handling a full range of administrative tasks for customers, members, and colleagues.This is a permanent, full-time role that suits a motivated events administrator who’d like to work alongside a very passionate and supportive team—although our day-to-day can sometimes be demanding, we’re flexible and family-friendly.What you’ll be doing• Supporting the planning, preparation, and delivery of our domestic, national, and international competitions and events with the goal of achieving excellence in competition delivery as well as growth in our programme and memberships• Financial recording, monitoring, and reporting of competitions and events as well as regularly liaising with our finance team, using our iCompleat system to process purchase orders or payments / refunds, and supporting the preparation of annual competitions budgets• Attending competitions or events as required as well as providing administrative support to colleagues, volunteers, committees, and national teams• Proactively handling day-to-day correspondence and telephone enquiries, supporting the administration of the competitions webpages and CRM system, and collaborating with your team to produce social media content and press releasesWho you are• You’re an enthusiastic events administrator with a very high standard of customer care and a proven ability to build strong, positive internal and external relationships• You’re self-motivated and can work independently within a small team—you’ll be happy to manage a varied workload and ready to pivot with changing priorities• Numeracy and organisation are some of your strengths and you’re tech savvy, so you know your way around platforms such as Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint• You’re self-assured, capable, diligent, and detail-oriented with a proactive attitude—and willing to own your continuous professional developmentWhat will make you stand out• An interest in angling—particularly competition angling• Familiarity with CRM systems, Wordpress, or updating webpages• Experience working with volunteersWhat’s in it for you• Salary of £23,920 per annum, plus contributory pension• Hybrid (remote, field, office—as required) with a desk in our Ilkeston (Derbyshire) office• Flexible working across 37.5 hours per week (some evening or weekend work)• 25 days holiday (plus public holidays) later rising every year up to 28 days• Laptop and telephone as well as any mileage, expenses, and TOILWho we areThe Angling Trust is the national governing body in England representing fishing—one of the country’s largest participation sports. We are a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to fight for fish, fishing, and the environment—creating opportunities for all within society to experience fishing in a healthy aquatic world.We collaborate with Fish Legal, a separate membership association that uses the law to protect the rights of its members throughout the UK whilst fighting pollution and damage or other threats to the water environment.This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a team responsible for the development and administration of domestic, national, and international competitions and events—supporting competitions committees and the England national teams, liaising with competitions volunteers across game, coarse, and sea angling, as well as managing the marketing and communications of competitions. How to apply Want to join us? We believe a diversity of backgrounds, experience, and opinions builds the strongest team, so we encourage those from under-represented groups to apply—we are members of the Sporting Equals Charter and we’re actively participating in the Sport England sponsored Inclusive Employers development programme. Email our HR Manager, Mattelynn Romano, at people@anglingtrust.net to apply directly or to arrange an informal chat about the role. When applying, please submit your detailed CV and an informal covering letter with a bit more about how you will add to the mix of our Competitions team with your skillset, perspective, background, or thinking style—and how you might be just what we’ve been looking for! If you don't tick every box, but you feel this role is for you—we’d still love to hear from you. Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK as well as a driving licence and access to your own vehicle. 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