Sporting Events Executive

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Base pay range

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Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Hybrid working with regular travel to our London Bridge Office

What the job involves

Our Events and Community Fundraising team raises funds for Prostate Cancer UK through a programme of owned products, activities and events, in addition to third‑party challenges. Alongside our two owned events, March for Men and the Grand Depart Classic, we also recruit teams in events such as the TCS London Marathon, Great North Run and the London Landmarks Half Marathon.

In this role, you’ll project manage a number of third‑party events which take place across the UK, including our teams at the London Landmarks Half Marathon and the Royal Parks Half Marathon. You’ll also be tasked with identifying new opportunities across the UK in the charity events market.

Your responsibilities will span the full event cycle; from setting budgets and developing marketing plans, to building supporter communications, managing event logistics, providing on‑the‑day support, and overseeing remittance and thanking — ensuring we maximise income and deliver exceptional supporter experiences.

Alongside this, you’ll work with other teams within Prostate Cancer UK to support the full calendar of events and take the lead with supporting our volunteers at our events. Working with our Communications teams, you’ll ensure that we make the most of every opportunity, from promoting the events to warm and new audiences, identifying and building relationships with the strongest case studies, to ensuring a high proportion of event participants continue to support us long after they cross the finish line.

What we want from you

We’re looking for a dedicated person to join our established, experienced and high‑performing Events and Community Fundraising team, that has ambitious plans to grow income to £16M+ by 2030. As a team, we work hard to combine our strengths and motivate each other and share a passion for success.

You’ll have experience working in a sporting events team with a background of assisting or leading with the delivery of large‑scale events, covering aspects such as marketing, communications and event delivery. Ideally with a fundraising background to enable you to hit the ground running. You’ll also have excellent communication skills and can motivate and inspire for our cause. Strong organisational skills will be combined with the ability to prioritise a busy workload and work to tight deadlines.

You’ll have the energy and passion to provide crucial input to this sector‑leading team. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to grow, develop and gain valuable skills and experience in a fundraising role within a progressive and innovative organisation. You’ll be part of a passionate team to stop men dying from prostate cancer.

Why work with us?

Every man needs to know about the most common cancer in men – prostate cancer. It’s a real and present danger that takes over 12,000 of our dads, grandads, brothers and friends each year.

Prostate Cancer UK is the largest men’s health charity in the UK. We have a simple ambition – to stop prostate cancer damaging lives. We invest millions in research to revolutionise testing, treatment and care.

Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we give men and their families the power to navigate prostate cancer.

What we offer

Join our team and be part of an award‑winning charity. We’ll support you to develop your skills and expertise.

We offer a competitive benefits package, including:

• Generous leave entitlements that increase with service
• One ‘development day’ a month to use for training or personal development
• Enhanced contributory pension scheme
• Life insurance and group income protection
• Health Cash Plan
• Life and wellbeing advice and support via our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted gym membership and high‑street shopping discounts
• Loans for season tickets or cycles

This role is in salary Band 2B. We will appoint at a salary between £28,000 - £34,500 per year. We aim to pay the median salary for the sector and after 12 months’ successful service all colleagues are moved to the midpoint of the pay band. Those appointed below the midpoint will have their salary increased at that time. The midpoint salary for this role is £32,900.

We operate national salaries that account for our contractual base being our London office. We also pay a working from home allowance at the HMRC tax free rate of £312 per year.

We are committed to paying at least the London Living Wage for all roles.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

At Prostate Cancer UK we’re committed to righting health inequalities across the UK, starting with those faced by Black men. This includes ground‑breaking research into Black men's risk and working with communities directly to overcome barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.

We’ve also signed Business in the Communities Race at Work Charter, as a dedication to our Black health equity work and wider EDI priorities. As a signatory, we’re responsible and accountable for driving positive change.

Our people networks

• Pride – A safe space where LGBTQ+ colleagues — and our allies — can share their diverse lived experiences, celebrate LGBTQ+ culture and history, and create new ideas about how our organisation can be more inclusive and representative of LGBTQ+ people
• Mind & Body – Here to increase awareness, promote wellbeing and support colleagues affected by neurodiversity, mental health problems, disability and long‑term illness
• Culture Club – Here to increase awareness and celebrate the different cultures and beliefs that we have in the organisation, so that we all have our cultures felt and feel welcomed

How and where we work

Our hybrid working approach is based on guiding principles and combines choice around where you work effectively most of the time with clear expectations on connection time, usually at our London Bridge office (SE1 2QN).

We are all expected to be in the office at least four days a month (pro‑rata for part‑time colleagues) to work with and alongside colleagues in our immediate team and beyond to build connections and strong working relationships.

We trust our colleagues to work in this way with the flexibility to juggle personal commitments with work. We aim to balance the needs of individuals, teams and the charity.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and will make reasonable adjustments for colleagues with a disability, neurodiversity or long‑term physical or mental health condition.

For this role we expect the successful candidate to be coming into the London office one day per week, including every other Wednesday. There will be some additional in‑person attendance for training and induction in your first few months to enable you to get to know your new role and colleagues.

Next steps

For more information on the role, please download our job description (job profile document) and read through ‘How to apply’ section (below), sharing the key points to refer to in your application and to apply, go to: https://prostatecanceruk.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/vacancy

The closing date is Sunday 16th November 2025. Applications must be submitted by 23:45 UK time.

Interviews: By arrangement. Currently scheduled for the week of Monday 24th November 2025.

To complete your application, you’ll be asked to upload your CV and complete the supporting information section through our application portal. Please fill in parts one and two of our application for your personal statement, both have an 8000‑character limit. You may wish to use a method such as the ‘STAR’ technique or similar. When completing the statements please ensure you clearly provide a full and relevant example of how the criteria apply.

Got a question? Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements or any other questions – we’re here to help: hr@prostatecanceruk.org

We look forward to receiving your application!

Prostate Cancer UK registration

Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Customer Service, Project Management, and Marketing

Industries

Non‑profit Organizations, Fundraising, and Public Relations and Communications Services