[Hiring] Development Coordinator @World Bicycle Relief

Role Description

The Development Coordinator is central to driving and expanding World Bicycle Relief's development and advocacy work in the UK through the delivery of events and communications, helping mobilize more people through the Power of Bicycles.

Working closely with the UK team, Global Events Manager, leadership team, and other colleagues, the role provides high-level coordination and administrative support across strategic priorities and external engagement, principally events and communications supporting WBR’s developing influencing and advocacy strategy in the UK.

The role will support high-profile activities including WBR's presence at Skoll World Forum, London Climate Action Week, and events around the G20 summit in the UK. It will also help identify opportunities with external partners, undertake market analysis, build a network of contacts, and ensure compelling information about WBR's work is shared effectively.

Job Responsibilities

• Events Coordination and Delivery:
  • Provide end-to-end operational support for specific UK events, including liaising with venues, partners, and suppliers.
  • Obtain quotes; coordinate travel and logistics; work with production teams.
  • Prepare materials; produce risk assessments; create event documentation such as briefs, schedules, and post-event evaluations.
  • Represent WBR UK at events, including acting as an Event Day Lead.
  • Recruit and manage volunteers supporting events and prepare and maintain related volunteer documentation and records.
• Communications, Advocacy, and Partnerships:
  • Draft communications and materials to support advocacy and partnerships, working with internal and external suppliers as required.
  • Maintain a database of UK journalists, agencies, and other organizations relevant to WBR’s advocacy and partnerships work, and liaise with them as needed.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key organizations and individuals in the UK influencing and advocacy space, including funding partners.
  • Support opportunities for collaboration, events, and external engagement.
• Research and Stakeholder Analysis:
  • Undertake market and stakeholder analysis to build business intelligence across influencing and fundraising.
  • Identify relevant trends, organizations, networks, events, and opportunities that can inform WBR’s events, communications, advocacy, and partnership activity in the UK.
• Reporting, Data, and Administrative Support:
  • Support the creation of reports, trackers, and dashboards across the events portfolio using the CRM, ensuring high-quality data management.
  • Provide oversight and follow-up of communications channels, including email inboxes, voice mailboxes, incoming mail, and packages.

Qualifications

• 1 to 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience coordinating and delivering events, ideally involving external stakeholders, senior audiences, or high-profile partners.
• Experience working across communications, events, partnerships, or advocacy/influencing activity.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders and partners, with the confidence to engage with a wide range of organizations and individuals.
• Experience identifying and developing opportunities for collaboration, events, and external engagement.
• Experience undertaking research and market or sector analysis to identify relevant trends, organizations, networks, events, and opportunities.
• Experience producing or coordinating high-quality communications and engagement materials and adapting messages for different audiences and channels.
• Strong project management, organization, and attention to detail, with experience working across multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Experience working with senior colleagues and external stakeholders, including preparing briefings, agendas, background information, and follow-up communications.
• Ability to represent an organization externally and communicate its purpose, evidence, and impact clearly and compellingly.

Preferred

• Experience in the charity, international development, sustainability, or a related sector.
• Experience working with high-profile events, senior audiences, advocacy organizations, funders, or external partners.
• Experience developing and maintaining networks of contacts and using relationships to create opportunities and amplify organizational messages.

Work Location

Remote, United Kingdom