Grade 3: Starting salary from £23,000

Closing date for applications: Sunday 23rd February 2025

Interviews: Tuesday 11th March 2025 or Wednesday 12th March 2025

Derby County Community Trust has a clear mission.  We harness the power of Derby County Football Club to improve lives and communities through sport, physical activity, health and education.  We help more than 25,000 people per year and our work is recognised and respected at regional and national levels.  Since 2008 we have been encouraging participation and achievement in sport, improving health and wellbeing, providing and enhancing education and promoting equality and diversity.

We care about our community; we care about our people.  We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, enthusiastic self-starter to join our team in the newly created role of Events & Partnerships Officer.

Our values underpin everything we deliver as a charity you will be responsible for modelling these values through yourself and your work.  Alignment to our values is key to being successful in this role, along with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with our partners, stakeholders and event participants.

You will assist and support the Events & Partnerships Manager and wider Business Development department in all aspects of corporate partnership deliverables and event management.  You’ll be at the forefront of our key events calendar, from assisting in the organisation of our events, to providing practical support, supervising our army of volunteers and providing outstanding customer service to those who participate in or attend our events.

As a number of our events and activities take place in the evenings and over weekends, the ability to work unsociable hours is absolutely key.

In return we can offer:

• Workplace pension scheme
• Cash Health Plan including 24 hour EAP, GP service, health related discounts and a discount shopping scheme
• Life Assurance scheme (minimum 3x salary benefits)
• Annual leave of 20 days per year (excluding bank holidays), increasing each year to a maximum of 25 days per year
• Christmas Shutdown (in addition to annual leave)
• Training & Development opportunities
• Complimentary season tickets for Derby County Football Club (x2 tickets)
• 20% discount in DCFC Megastore

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Emma Pilgrim, Events & Fundraising Manager ([email protected])

To apply please complete the Derby County Community Trust Application Form which can be downloaded from https://www.derbycountycommunitytrust.com/about/careers (outlining which role you are interested in) and return, along with a completed Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form, to [email protected]

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Derby County Community Trust believe our workforce should be as diverse as the communities we serve.  We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity & inclusion throughout our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. 

Safeguarding

Derby County Community Trust have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children, young people, and adults at risk to keep them safe and is committed to working in a way that protects them.  The Trust expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As part of the Trust’s commitment to providing a safe environment for children and young people, applicants should be aware that they will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Criminal Record Check (CRC) as part of the recruitment process. 

Derby County Community Trust’s Job Applicant Privacy Policy can be found at www.derbycountycommunitytrust.com/about/careers.

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