We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Digital Community Fundraising Assistant to join our newly created Digital Community Fundraising team. You will join us working 35 hours per week and in return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £24,538.69 per annum plus excellent benefits.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2021, we helped 137,000 cats and kittens. That's the equivalent of around 375 cats a day!

The Digital Community Fundraising team is a brand new team sitting in the Community & Events department within the wider Marketing and Income Generation directorate. Working collaboratively with other areas of the directorate, this new team will pave the way for digital community fundraising at Cats Protection. A very exciting opportunity for the right candidate to help shape the portfolio and team.

Responsibilities of our Digital Community Fundraising Assistant:

As Digital Community Fundraising Assistant you will be responsible supporting the delivery of the agreed community fundraising products and campaigns from conception to delivery, ensuring campaigns are delivered on time, to the agreed audience and within budget to the highest quality.

What we’re looking for in our Digital Community Fundraising Assistant:

• Proven experience of digital fundraising
• Proven administration experience
• Experience in a customer care/service environment
• An understanding of the principles of data protection

What we can offer you:

• salary of up to £24,538.69 per annum plus excellent benefits
• generous annual leave entitlement
• contribution pension scheme
• life assurance scheme
• range of health benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• and more

Join us as our Digital Community Fundraising Assistant and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly. Please note any applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.

Closing date:  27th May 2022

Virtual interview date: Week commencing 6th June

Cats Protection is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and protecting anyone that comes into contact with us from harm.  We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Job Description

Title: Administration Assistant

Reports to:  Administration and Services Lead

Based at: Home Worker – But able to travel locally or further for General meetings as required

Job Purpose: To provide direct support to all areas of the Charity Group and Patients

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide support within the Charity Group (UK & USA), tasks to include yet not limited to updating database with varying records, spreadsheet upkeep, placing orders and running reports
• Assist with Patient enquiries & Communications via telephone, email, online forums or social media with empathy, a listening ear, informative and supportive manner, whilst demonstrating confidentiality and sensitivity
• As required attend physical meetings to provide support such as World Heart Rhythm Week, Global AF Aware Week and Heart Rhythm Congress and any Patient support groups
• Using the central database to record all correspondence, ensuring permission is gained to follow GDPR.

• Frequently reviewing and assisting with update of content on Charity Websites and social media channels current and relevant Forums.

Person specification:

• Educated to GCSE level
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Competent in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
• Can undertake a wide variety of tasks and multi-task with ease.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Good attention to detail and accuracy
• Can work flexibly, and as part of a team.
• Professional & methodical and thorough approach to work
• Friendly and polite.
• Full clean driving license

36% of children from disadvantaged backgrounds leave primary school in England each year unable to read to the expected standard. Innovations for Learning (IFL) is a charity focused on using technology to close this literacy gap through a unique online reading support programme called TutorMate. Many children fall behind with reading simply because they lack the opportunity to practice. TutorMate addresses this problem by using a bespoke internet platform to pair volunteer tutors from corporate organisations with struggling pupils.

This role is an exciting opportunity for someone to contribute to the work of our fast-growing charity. You will work as part of the Tutor Support Team, ensuring that volunteers have everything that they need to make a success of their reading sessions with pupils.

Reporting to the Performance and Data Manager, you will work for 30 hours a week (Monday to Friday) and will need to be available for an 8:30 am start each morning. You will work remotely and will need to have access to a reliable internet connection.

This role is ideal for someone home-based who wishes to work part-time.

If you’d like to apply, please read the attached job description and send us your CV and a covering letter, which clearly outlines your suitability for this role and how you meet the role requirements in the job description.

We need someone Wales based, willing to work on their own initiative, who can be flexible to our needs and is an experienced administrator.

Day to day tasks will include fielding emails, maintaining external communications channels, minute taking, filing and some simple bookkeeping.

Administrator

We have an exciting opportunity for an experience Administrator to ensure the quality delivery of events and support the team to reach and maintain high levels of performance.

Position: Events Administrator

Location: Huddersfield/hybrid working

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £20,105

Duration: Permanent

Benefits: Include 25 days’ holiday, rising to 29 after service increments plus 8 bank holiday, Personal Pension Scheme, Healthcare Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, Staff Awards Scheme, Company Sick Pay Scheme, flexible working patterns

The Role

As Events Administrator, you will organise the logistics and administration of delivering training events. Working closely with the Events Officer, Events Manager and members of other teams, you will:

• Organise travel and overnight accommodation
• Handle and answer incoming calls and emails about training events and conferences. 
• Support the team to review and update all working processes and procedures for continual improvement.
• Collate data and maintain data systems
• Provide administrative support for the monitoring of organisational and contractual targets.
• Process invoices and purchase orders
• Support the department in conducting post event training course evaluations and assessing impact of delivery, reporting feedback to line managers.
• Front of house duties – including meeting and greeting visitors as required.
• Co-ordinate training events, including booking venues and refreshments, appointing Associate Trainers and liaising with customers, internal and external colleagues.
• Prepare and dispatch course/event materials, documents and certificates
• Host online training events alongside the Associate Trainer.
• Maintain the training database and financial records of the delivery.

About You

As Events Administrator, you will be well organised and a good communication both in person and on email.

You will have experience of:

• Working in an administrative work in a service / customer focussed environment
• Building relationships internally and externally
• Working as part of a team
• Data collation, input, recording and processing

To apply you will be asked to submit your CV along with a covering letter detailing how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role.

About the Organisation

The organisation is a national charity and membership association specifically for nurseries. They work in partnership with nurseries, local authorities, national government and a range of partners to develop an environment in which early learning and care can flourish.

The organisation is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and is actively opposed to discrimination in society.

You may also have experience as a Admin, Administration, Administrator, Events Admin, Events Administration, Events Administrator, Training Admin, Training Administration, Training Administrator, Customer Service Admin, Customer Service Administration, Customer Service Administrator, Support Admin, Support Administration, Support Administrator.

At Cycling UK, we imagine a country where everyone is able to cycle. Where the streets are free of congestion and the air is clean to breathe. 

As the UK’s cycling charity, we inspire more people to ride, making our streets safer for cyclists and opening up traffic free routes to reach our vision of millions more people cycling across the UK. 

The Scotland Cycle Repair Scheme is a fantastic initiative which works with organisations across Scotland to enable those most in need to access a cycle repair. The project supports more adults and children to either continue or return to cycling, especially those least able to afford cycle repairs, an outcome which will further our vision to get a million more people cycling!

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly organised individual with strong attention to detail, and robust IT skills to enable success for this high-profile programme across Scotland. We need an excellent team worker with strong communication skills to work collaboratively with our managers and head of development Scotland to deliver this project successfully.

We are seeking proactive candidates with good knowledge and experience of Microsoft excel and who have the ability to manage large data sets comfortably.

Tell us why you are the person to drive success in this role.

Civitas Recruitment are delighted to be working with a fantastic charity that improves the lives of everyone affected by epilepsy. The charity provides support and expert advice and helps raise awareness so that people living with the condition are treated with fairness and respect. A fantastic opportunity exists for a HR Administrator to join the team. As HR Administrator, you will maintain all personnel records and information in the strictest confidence and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation. The postholder will check information on staff attendance, notifying and monitoring of Sickness Absence Review and keeping records on staff probationary periods. This is a full time, permanent role based in the Leeds office however flexible working options may be considered as well as a hybrid working model.

Who are we looking for?

Ideal candidates will have formal HR training and/or qualification or will be working towards a qualification (e.g., CIPD). Candidates will have at least one year’s previous experience working in a similar HR administrator role or evidence that demonstrates a capability to undertake this type of work. You will have demonstrative experience of negotiation skills and the ability to handle the requirements of different teams positively and efficiently. You will be highly organised with the ability to work without close supervision and within a team. Previous experience of using HR software packages for maintaining individual HR records would be an advantage however it is not essential for the role. This is a great opportunity for candidates that are interested in building a career within HR. Please note candidates do not need charity experience for this role.

If the above role description sounds of interest and you feel like you meet the criteria; please apply immediately or for further information, please contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for a full JD and informal discussion. Early applications are encouraged as we will be reviewing on a rolling basis.

Introduction to Solutions for the Planet (S4TP) - Our award-winning Big Ideas Programme is an annual education programme that focuses on sustainability and combines STEM learning and STEM activities with enterprise and employability skills.  The programme starts with a Big Ideas Day where teams of 11-to-14-year-olds learn about sustainability and how science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) skills and careers can help solve sustainability issues. The teams then enter the Big Ideas Competition and develop their solutions to compete with other teams from schools across the UK. If the teams get through the Regional Finals, which are held at universities local to their school, they then present their idea at the National Final that takes place at the Palace of Westminster.

The Big Ideas Programme promotes the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and supports the Government-adopted Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance.  The programme involves employees from our Business Partners who spend time mentoring young people so they can develop business plans for their Big Ideas. For businesses, this provides an off-the-shelf employee volunteering scheme that offers management development, employee engagement and a great opportunity to demonstrate corporate social responsibility. 

Over the last nine years we have grown our impact from 600 to 4000 young people each year.  Working with 30 plus secondary schools. We are looking for an individual who will be as driven by our mission flourish and grow in the role as part of the Solutions for the Planet core team.

This is an exciting time to be joining S4TP, at a time of significant growth and development, and the candidates will require a “can-do” and “muck-in” attitude.

Our Mission: To bring businesses and young people together to share knowledge and skills to shape a more sustainable future.

Our Values:

1. Sustainability and Responsibility
2. Transparency and Integrity
3. Creativity and Innovation
4. Partnership and Collaboration

Role responsibilities

Programme administration:

• Collect and process programme information from participants (teachers/businesses).
• Send mentor assignment/teacher/mentor introduction emails out.
• Create and manage a system for collecting key data throughout the programme
• Provide a weekly report on progress to the Programme Manager and team.
• Coordinate the CREST Awards application and dissemination for students.

Event support

• Send out training invite emails to mentors and teachers
• Send out post-training emails to mentors and teachers
• Set up and manage pre and post-event email automation
• Provide basic technical support on virtual events e.g. MS Teams.
• Create master PowerPoints for Regional Final events including Big Ideas presentations.
• Anonymise and save student submissions into appropriate folders in Office 365.
• Support Programme Manager with events administration (itineraries/risk assessments/invoices etc).
• Collate feedback from judges’ comments after submissions/Regional Finals/ National Final.
• Proof student team feedback before sending it out to teachers.
• Book travel and accommodation

Website support

• Approve relevant users on our website.
• Troubleshoot any issues on the website
• Monitor Survey Monkey/Google Forms and update which students/teachers/mentors have sent in permissions/completed surveys or evaluations.
• Adding Big Ideas to our website.
• Post blogs and news on the website.
• Ad hoc proofing or documents.
• Other administrative tasks that come up throughout the year.

Business administration:

• Send invoices via QuickBooks.
• Process team expenses via QuickBooks.

Person Specification 

Skills & Knowledge 

Essential

• Maintaining and improving management systems
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with a wide range of people
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Ability to manage own workload, multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines
• Ability to deal with complexity and manage uncertainty
• Demonstrates a can-do attitude, willing to go the extra mile
• Meticulous attention to detail e.g. can spot errors and thinks systematically

Desirable

• Familiarity with QuickBooks or similar accountancy package.

Qualifications:

Essential

• Educated to a minimum of A-Levels or equivalent 

Competencies and Behaviours:

Essential

• Solutions-orientated - ability to work on own initiative to find creative solutions
• Flexible - the ability to work some early mornings/evenings and attend National Final.
• Team Player - the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Responsive to emerging needs and priorities
• Clear DBS check
• A commitment to fairness and equal opportunity

Experience of:

Essential:

• Using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Microsoft Forms), file management.
• Developing new ways of working in a small organisation/team
• Using a project management software e.g. Microsoft Planner, Monday or Asana

Desirable

• Using Google Forms, WordPress, Zoom, SurveyMonkey, Mailchimp.
• Basic familiarity with social media platforms particularly Twitter and LinkedIn

Other:

• Willingness to learn and develop personal skills
• Working without direct supervision
• Commitment and loyalty to S4TP’s mission
• Ambition and drive to help the organisation develop
• Open to new software that would help us automate or simplify repetitive tasks (such as Trello, Zapier, Mailchimp etc).

Come Join Us!!!

Exeter Community Initiatives is looking for a conscientious and pro-active Lead Administrator to act as the main point of contact for their project Exeter Connect - a city-wide Voluntary & Community Sector Support Service. This is an exciting, varied and responsible role, in which the right candidate will support systems and processes for collection, collation and input of data, supporting the manager to ensure an efficient and high quality service is delivered by the team.

It is essential that candidates have good working knowledge of Microsoft applications, particularly Excel and experience of using business analytics and CRM systems is desirable.

We are offering the possibility for remote working although in-person attendance will be required at times.

Responsibilities 

• Act as the lead administrative point of contact for all VCS project work, associated staff and volunteers 

• Lead on the development and implementation of administrative processes to ensure the efficiency and quality of the service delivered by the team

• Maintain up to date databases and performance logs 

• Prepare reports on behalf of ECI community projects and partner organisations 

• Administrate marketing, PR and communications including producing marketing materials, preparing and sending regular communication and website maintenance

• Organise and support training and other events

• Any other duties that arise as the service develops

As the HR Administrator, you take pride in excellence and efficiency, and you understand that these things are best used to serve others. Your eye for detail and love for people means that you apply your skills in administration to making the lives of the people you work with easier. Working with databases, systems and processes are all in your repertoire of skills and you have the ability to deliver clear and concise documentation and correspondence.

Working closely with the People Strategy working group, you will collaborate on bringing change and addressing areas of improvement, implementing new systems and staff benefits. Whether through researching or reviewing data, you seek to understand the changes to be made and the most effective way of making them, administrating change projects as well as the everyday tasks with care.

Job Description:

The post will include but is not limited to:

• Bringing efficient administrative support to the HR department and delivering HR services to the highest possible standard to members of the Mercy UK team.

• Working innovatively under the direction of the Administration Manager to rollout new policies, process and areas of improvement.

• Ensuring that our recruitment processes are effective and run smoothly, creating an outstanding first impression, raising our employer profile and attracting the best possible talent.

• Assisting in delivering excellent end-to-end recruitment, on boarding and induction processes to ensure an outstanding employee experience from beginning to end.

• Playing an active role in the People Strategy working groups and implementing new and improved systems that benefit the staff team. 

• Carrying out information gathering and research tasks as directed, and producing reports to demonstrate results, key learnings and recommendations.

• Educating and empowering new starters through your enthusiastic and informative induction training, enculturing new team members to our core values or key policies and our ethical working practices. 

• Ensuring the efficient filing and security of employee personal, sensitive and confidential information, upholding discretion at all times and ensuring that employee data is processed in line with relevant regulatory requirements.

• Keeping record, note-taking and minuting as requested and offering administrative support to HR meetings and training

• Assisting with the efficient delivery of our payroll and pension processes

• Providing cover and assistance for the smooth running of Mercy UK, adding your administrative skills, where needed.

• Presenting the vision and mission of Mercy UK and being willing to deliver training to Christian audiences of all denominations and backgrounds as well as bringing an example of healthy Christian leadership in line with Mercy UK’s statement of faith and lifestyle policies. 

• Remaining discerning, innovative and open to change, offering your skills and support across the charity, as needed.

• Undertake continued training, be an active participant and show commitment to personal and spiritual development.

• Adhere to ethical practice, strict confidentiality, disclosure and safeguarding policies and use discretion at all times.

Please note: This position carries an Occupational Requirement (OR) on the grounds of religion and belief in keeping with current guidance. The post holder must be able to demonstrate a Christian belief and value system, in line with Mercy UK’s core objectives and values.

About the Role

As a Team Administrator in Health and Volunteering Operations, you will provide invaluable administrative support to the Leadership Team in a diverse range of settings. From meeting note taking to support the delivery of projects, you will enjoy a varied and busy portfolio of work which will often require working on your own initiative to see things through to delivery. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring the leadership team are well supported and their time is utilised effectively. You’ll be a self-starter and capable of working under pressure with multiple tasks on the go.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You

To be successful in the role you will have previous experience working in an administrative position with both customers and clients. You will be comfortable using Microsoft applications and have the ability to handle queries from both employees and volunteers.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive:

• Competitive salary & pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Interview Date: 07/06/2022

Application Review Date: 28/05/2022

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong passion for administration and a keen interest in influencing the processes that enable great supporter care within a rapidly growing National Charity. We’re looking for a high capacity candidate with a proactive instinct and excellent communication skills. The Supporter Care Administrator will be someone that is comfortable with multiple demands and responsibilities, thriving in a fast-paced fundraising environment.

The role will play a vital part in our Supporter Development team - a highly relational team with a heart to enable thousands more young people’s lives to be transformed in the years ahead through growing the number of Hope Givers – our regular monthly donors. Joining the team at an exciting time of growth and development, the candidate will lead on the administration of data and financial records relating to our 1000s of supporters and churches that we interact with.

We’re looking for someone who will use their natural administrative gifting to support the team and contribute to a brilliant supporter care culture – ensuring that supporters feel valued and part of the TLG vision. If this sounds like you and you share our passion to see UK churches transforming the lives of struggling children, then we would love to hear from you.

We are looking to recruit an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. TLG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff including volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake a DBS check.

We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve

Recruitment for this role will take place on an ongoing basis - therefore, applications may be reviewed at regular intervals prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date if a suitable applicant applies.

Why work for us?

CARE International UK is developing its new strategic plan and IT plays a major part in this. The new IT Strategy is being developed with focus on supporting other teams to improve efficiency and performance and ensure cross-team coordination on IT.

At CARE International UK we affirm the dignity, potential and contribution of participants, donors, partners and staff. Our actions are consistent with our mission. We are honest and transparent in what we do and say and accept responsibility for our collective and individual actions. We work together effectively to serve the larger community. We constantly challenge ourselves to the highest levels of learning and performance to achieve greater impact.

About you

The post holder is expected to have these skills and experience in the following:

Solutions

• Acting as CARE UK internally/externally hosted database and SharePoint Intranet administrator, meet with business teams to define needs, implementing those needs, and working with the internal IT dept.
• Manage data manipulation by using e.g., stored procedures, transactions, triggers etc. to provide information to help management decision.

Managing implementations

• Implement business need by identifying the correct delivery method.
• Take leadership role in Project Managing the upgrade or implementation of all relevant business solutions, be a focal point for delivery across the organization.

Database Management

• DBA Support - administration, maintenance, and technical support of CIUK’s database systems and BI Tools .
• Technical Application 3rd line support – providing technical expertise to Care’s IT Helpdesk/Support Engineers relating to in-house built applications.
• General administration of CARE databases including but not limited to backups, maintenance, security and necessary upgrades when required or needed.

For more information, please read the Candidate Brief.

About the role

The post holder has responsibility for maintaining the relevant CIUK’s Business Applications and Information Systems and working with different departments in identifying IT issues to support CIUK’s existing business processes and operations.  The post holder also needs to be an expert in this field.

About CARE

CARE International is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities. We fight poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places.  We save lives in disasters and conflicts. We stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

CARE International UK is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to dismantling harmful and oppressive structures of power and accordingly centre gender equity in our work to save lives, fight poverty and achieve social justice. The post holder agrees to promote and uphold these principles.

CARE International UK operates fair, transparent and non-discriminatory recruitment practices and actively encourages applications from candidates from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from candidates from Black and minoritised communities, LGBT+ candidates and disabled candidates.

CARE International UK is a disability confident employer. As part of our commitment to disability inclusion we guarantee interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role. To be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme please complete the relevant section in the online application form. If at any stage of the recruitment process you require reasonable adjustments, including a copy of the recruitment pack in large print or an alternative format, please contact hr team.

Safeguarding

CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or a child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. Recruitment to all jobs in CARE International UK includes, in particular, criminal record checks and the collection of relevant references. Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do.

To Apply:

To apply, please click on the apply button to be redirected to our website for the application form. Also, download and read the Business Systems Administrator Pack,  including the Job Description and Person Specification for more details on the role. Applications are completed online. If you require a copy of the recruitment pack in large print or an alternative format please contact hrteam. Please note, Curriculum Vitae’s (CVs) will not be accepted..

Closing date for applications: 23:59 Wednesday 25th May 2022

Interview date: w/c Monday 6th June 2022

Global Partners Digital (GPD) is a social purpose company dedicated to fostering a digital environment underpinned by human rights. We do this by making policy spaces and processes more open, inclusive and transparent, and by facilitating strategic, informed and coordinated engagement in these processes by public interest actors.

A core component of our work is our role as the Support Unit of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), an intergovernmental coalition of 34 member states who collectively advocate for the promotion of human rights online. We are currently seeking a highly motivated Project Assistant to join our team and contribute to the work of the FOC.

Roles and Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be a focused and committed individual joining a dedicated team that is passionate about human rights. You will be expected to demonstrate initiative, strong coordination skills, and the ability to collaborate well with your colleagues and partners globally*. Initially this role will provide support to both the FOC Support Unit and to the wider GPD team.

Reporting to the FOC Programme Lead, you’ll provide support to the FOC Support Unit to enable the Coalition to effectively achieve its goals and objectives, as well as to the wider GPD team. 

Responsibilities include:

• Provide ad hoc administrative and logistical support to the GPD Core Function;

• Provide effective administrative support for the everyday running of the FOC Project, including:

  • Assist in the preparation of documents such as team agendas, meeting notes and reports

  • Maintain and support an effective file storage and data management system

  • Provide support to the FOC team in the management of budgets, including maintaining up to date records and arranging the payment of expenditure

  • Assist in drafting of financial and narrative reporting to project funders;

• Assist in the organisation of meetings, either online or in-person, including arranging invitations, room bookings, travel itineraries and accommodation, if necessary;

• Support effective communication across FOC stakeholders and networks;

• Support the maintenance and updating of the FOC's website, including the storage of documents online;

• Support the implementation of the FOC communications strategy, including:

  • Contribute to the development of FOC external communications outputs

  • Support the running and monitoring of FOC's social media channels.

*The role may involve some travel to locations overseas.

Requirements

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience in a professional environment;

• An undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant field, including but not limited to international relations, human rights, communications and media;

• Self-motivated and organised, able to work independently to meet deadlines;

• Strong coordination and communication skills;

• Ability to build collaborative and positive relationships with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders;

• Demonstrated experience organising events;

• A commitment to continuous learning and improvement;

• An interest in international affairs, human rights and internet-related and digital issues;

• Fluent written and spoken English.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Practical experience assisting with the implementation of government-funded projects;

• Practical experience of working in an international or national bureaucracy, including international organisations and government administrations;

• Practical experience of working with civil society, governments and the private sector, particularly from the global South;

• Practical experience of working on human rights and internet-related and digital issues;

• Fluency in a language other than English.

Benefits

• Flexible working

• Company pension

• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days pro rata, plus bank holidays and extra time over the Christmas period

• Dental plan

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave package

• Professional development and wellbeing funds

• Employee loans

Equal Opportunities

GPD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all our employees. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply and consider candidates for all positions without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, gender, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status. 

Terms and Conditions

• Working days: Full time

• Start date: ASAP

• Contract Type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract (with possibility for extension)

• Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 (dependent on experience, pro rata)

• Reporting to: FOC Programme Lead

• UK based (with permission to live and work in the UK) 

• Remote working or co-working based

Closing date: 5th June 2022

First round interviews: week commencing 13th June 2022