Application Guide

How to Apply for Events Officer

at Marie Curie

🏢 About Marie Curie

Marie Curie is a UK charity providing expert care, guidance, and support to people living with any terminal illness, and their families. What makes it unique is its holistic approach combining frontline nursing care with emotional support and advocacy, creating meaningful impact during life's most challenging moments. Working here offers the chance to contribute directly to a compassionate mission while developing professionally in a values-driven environment.

About This Role

As a remote, part-time Events Officer at Marie Curie, you'll manage key fundraising products from planning through delivery, ensuring they drive income and supporter engagement. This role is impactful because you'll directly contribute to funding vital end-of-life care services by developing strategies that maximize participation and fundraising. You'll serve as the main point of contact for your products, coordinating across teams to deliver successful fundraising initiatives.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might start with reviewing performance data for your fundraising products, then joining a remote planning meeting with marketing and volunteer teams to coordinate upcoming campaigns. You'd spend time analyzing audience insights to refine strategies, update budgets and forecasts, and respond to stakeholder inquiries about product guidelines. The day would balance strategic planning with hands-on coordination to ensure fundraising targets are met.

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🎯 Who Marie Curie Is Looking For

  • Has 2+ years experience managing fundraising products or events for charities, with specific examples of growing participation or income
  • Demonstrates strong remote project management skills, able to juggle multiple product timelines and deadlines independently
  • Is confident working with charity fundraising budgets, forecasting income, and creating performance reports that show ROI
  • Possesses excellent stakeholder-management skills, particularly in remote settings, with experience guiding cross-functional teams

📝 Tips for Applying to Marie Curie

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Quantify your fundraising achievements: Instead of 'managed events,' say 'increased event participation by 30% and raised £50,000 annually'

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Highlight remote work experience: Emphasize how you've successfully managed projects or stakeholders remotely, as this is a fully remote role

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Connect to Marie Curie's mission: Show understanding of end-of-life care challenges and how fundraising directly supports this work

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Address part-time flexibility: Demonstrate how you'll manage key responsibilities within part-time hours, perhaps with examples of efficient remote work

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Show product lifecycle experience: Detail your involvement in fundraising products from planning through delivery, not just execution

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Specific examples of managing fundraising products or events from planning to delivery, with measurable outcomes', 'Experience using audience/market insights to grow participation and maximize fundraising income', 'Ability to work effectively in remote settings while managing multiple stakeholders and deadlines', "Understanding of Marie Curie's mission and how your skills would contribute to supporting end-of-life care"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Marie Curie's current fundraising products and campaigns (like the Great Daffodil Appeal or Blooming Great Tea Party)
  • → The charity's latest annual report and financial statements to understand fundraising priorities and performance
  • → Recent news about Marie Curie's work in end-of-life care and policy advocacy
  • → The charity's values and how they manifest in their fundraising approach

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk us through how you would develop a product strategy for a new Marie Curie fundraising event, considering audience insights and income targets
2 Describe a time you had to manage multiple fundraising deadlines simultaneously, and how you prioritized and communicated with stakeholders
3 How would you use performance data to improve a fundraising product's results at Marie Curie?
4 Tell us about a challenging stakeholder situation in a remote setting and how you resolved it while maintaining clear guidance
5 What unique challenges do you foresee in fundraising for end-of-life care, and how would you address them in this role?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Generic application materials that don't specifically address fundraising product management or Marie Curie's mission
  • Focusing only on event execution without demonstrating strategic planning or performance analysis skills
  • Failing to address how you'll manage part-time remote work effectively, particularly around stakeholder communication

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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