Events & stewardship assistant

Closing date for applications: 12th May at 11.59pm

Salary: c. £28,000 per annum

We are currently looking for an events and stewardship assistant to join our Development department on a full time permanent basis. 

The Southbank Centre is Europe’s largest arts centre and one of the UK’s top five visitor attractions, occupying an 11-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames.

The Development team is responsible for securing significant revenue income from a variety of public, private and commercial funding sources to support the ambitions of Southbank Centre, in close collaboration with all internal departments and external partners.

The Events Assistant will focus on delivering a programme of engaging events for supporters and prospects which engage them more closely with our charitable programme.

Working across the team but based within Philanthropy function the specific objectives for this role are:

• To deliver an excellent standard of donor care by efficiently handling stewardship events and ticket requests, underpinning the long-term sustained support of our donors
• To help us reach new supporters and retain existing ones by managing donor and prospect events of exceptional quality and which tell the Southbank Centre story
• To help us communicate with supporters in timely and compelling ways about events and our wider charitable programme by handling invitations, RSVPs and e-comms

We welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse background or those who are D/deaf or disabled. If you wish to discuss reasonable adjustments such as a BSL interpreter for your interview please indicate this on your application form. Interviews will take place at The Southbank Centre. If you would like to speak to someone about any adjustments or concerns you can also email hrteam@southbankcentre.co.uk and we will be in touch with you to make the necessary arrangements. 

By attracting people to work for us from a broad range of backgrounds with diverse attitudes, opinions and beliefs we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. The Southbank Centre is a warm and welcoming place to work, with great aspirations and ambitions to create great and accessible work for all. We pride ourselves in building a supportive environment to enable the development of our staff. 

If you feel you have just some of the required skills and experience but meet the person specification, we would still encourage you to apply; we are very open to continuing the training and development of individuals who are self motivated to acquire new skills and knowledge relevant to the role.

Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.