About the role

The Impact and Learning team was created over the past year and aims to support Practical Action to both increase its impact as well as to gather evidence and learning about that impact. In particular the team will be supporting and building capacity of the field offices and projects to use the latest good practice to design new programmes, have clear process and impact monitoring, and have evaluations and reviews which help projects and countries listen, learn and adapt. Gender equity is key to see impact benefitting women as well as communities as a whole. Therefore, the role involves helping all Practical Action teams to understand gender transformation and apply our Gender Policy. It also involves ensuring that gender is strongly integrated into all aspects of programming.

The Impact and Gender Advisor will play two roles. As an Impact Advisor they will be responsible for engaging and building capacity of selected Regional and Country Offices, providing support through all aspects of the programming cycle. Although all the Impact Advisors in the team will include gender in their work, the second aspect of the role as global Gender Advisor, will involve taking the lead to run the Global Gender Group, run trainings on gender and promote cross-country learnings of how to embed gender transformation.

The Advisor will be part of the Impact and Learning team and report to the Head of that team. Critical to the success of the role will be the ability to be engage with a wide variety of staff across Practical Action at all levels as well as to provide practical capacity building to help staff apply good practice and learnings. Travel to Practical Action country programmes will be required in this role. The role offers an amazing opportunity for someone interested in impact and programme quality as well as gender and someone who likes to work as part of a small team but with wide-reaching connections and impact.

About you

You are confident, well organised, enthusiastic and like working as part of a team.

You enjoy building relationships and communicating with a wide range of people, whether that is in writing or verbally. You are confident working with a range of different people, including staff and partners from different Practical Action country offices.

You will have strong experience and understanding of programme quality as well as gender and be skilled in building capacity in adaptive and creative ways. At times, you may also be required to represent Practical Action externally.

Why join us?

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.

This is a global role, and therefore for this role has the possibility of being based in any of the countries where Practical Action operates and has an employing entity. This role is however being advertised in the UK, Nepal and Kenya.

The potholder will be required to have the relevant Right to Work for the country which they are applying and the terms of conditions of employment will be in accordance with that country.

Remote working / home working is possible with this role. 

About us

We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Additional information

Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

 Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.

• Please note that, should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

HOW TO APPLY

If you want to work for a charity with significant people ambitions, then we would like to hear from you.  Click on 'Apply on Website' and follow the links to submit a copy of your CV and a supporting statement that describes your suitability for the role.

Closing date for applications: 17th November 2020

Interview dates: 23rd – 27th November 2020

We are looking for an experienced adviser to join our existing team of advisers, caseworkers and financial capability workers to help people in Sefton who seek our help with the problems they face, particularly with universal credit, other welfare benefits and debt.

The post holder will be expected to work in outreach such as Job Centres, community venues, mental health settings as well as our own advice centres.

Location: Sefton

Contract type: Fixed term to 31st March 2022

Salary: £22,849

Hours: 35 hours per week

Pension: 7% Employer contribution

Annual leave: 28 days plus bank holidays

Closing date for applications: 12pm 6th November 2020

Interviews: 10th November 2020

Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours per week (Part Time considered)

At Citizens Advice Hounslow we are looking to appoint two Advisers or experienced trainee Advisers, with the ability to work remotely (via phone and/or digital channels) and the flexibility to work from our offices and outreach venues when viable.

Ideally you should have:

• at least one year full-time or part-time equivalent of recent and on-going experience of advice work at generalist level (not just triaging, but giving advice);
• a sound knowledge of key subjects such as welfare benefits and debt;
• the ability to work out benefit calculations and better-off calculations in a system where Universal Credit and legacy benefits operate alongside;
• good knowledge of the Universal Credit claiming system and its eligibility rules;
• the ability to meet deadlines and manage your workload in a pressured environment;
• the capacity to work unsupervised or with minimal supervision
• good communication and IT skills to deal efficiently with telephone queries, online information and case recording on a CRM.
• the willingness to take up research & campaign work in accordance with the aims and principles of Citizens Advice
• the willingness to carry out any other reasonable duties as and when required to meet service needs
• the flexibility to move around the borough and to work from our venues if required, should this become possible again.

Interviews to be held on: 5th or 6th November 2020  TBC

We offer a range of employee benefits, including generous annual leave, pension contribution, and training and opportunities to continue your professional development.

We consider applications from all applicants who meet the person specification irrespective of sex, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, age, or disability.

Are you looking to join a team which is passionate about supporting women who are survivors of domestic abuse and making sure they are heard?  We are Advance and have openings in our team in Brent and Ealing and would love you to come and work with us.

Role: Independent Domestic Abuse Adviser (IDVA)

Location: Brent or Ealing

Contract: Permanent and fixed term contracts

Hours:   35 hours per week Monday to Friday (10.00 – 18.00), with occasional evening work to 9pm as part of on-call rota

Salary: from £26,000 to £30,000 per annum depending on experience (salary towards the top of the range will be paid for those with considerable skills and experience in equivalent roles)

Benefits: 30 days holiday pa plus 8 bank holidays; an additional day’s leave for International Women’s Day; great support provision including clinical supervision and an Employee Assistance Programme and generous dependent’s leave; pension scheme; company mobile phone, In-house training, opportunities for progression, an incredibly supportive and passionate team!

What we do:

Advance is a well-respected, professional charity providing nationally accredited, quality marked services in Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Brent and Ealing. Working with partner agencies we respond to violence against women and girls through independent domestic violence advocacy.

The roles:

We deliver these services through our teams of skilled professionals and are looking to bring in additional expertise to strengthen the support we provide.  We have a strong presence in the diverse boroughs of Brent and Ealing and are key influencers in providing Domestic Abuse support, with the intention of ending VAWG within the community. As an experienced IDVA you will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process.  You will also be required to take part in an on call duty rota which will require some evening and weekend working.

What you will bring:

• A sound understanding of domestic abuse and its effects on women and children, as well as best practice within the domestic abuse sector.
• Substantial experience working as a domestic abuse advocate including working with complex and multiple needs
• Solid skills in risk management and safety planning, with the ability to remain calm in a crisis. 
• Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic violence and of working within safeguarding procedures

What we offer:

In addition to the great benefits listed above, you will have the opportunity to work in a flexible, supportive environment with a team of committed, inspiring women and we will support you as you to continue to build your skills and experience and grow your career.

Please find the job description attached.

We will be considering applications and arranging interviews on an ongoing basis.

To apply: Please send your CV with a supporting statement setting out how you meet the criteria for the role.

Please note that any offer of employment will be made subject to references and confirmation of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory enhanced DBS check and police vetting

PLEASE NOTE: This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010. 

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community, and with personal experience of the criminal justice system.

At Help for Heroes, we believe those who serve our country deserve support when they are wounded. Every day, men and women have to leave their career in the Armed Forces as a result of physical or psychological wounds; their lives changed forever. We help them, and those still serving, to recover and get on with their lives.

And who are we you’re wondering? We are experts and beginners. Generalists and specialists. Ordinary people with an extraordinary passion towards making a positive change to the lives of our veterans (and having fun while doing it).

As One Team we share a philosophy – I.C.A.R.E. It’s the way we walk and talk, the way we interact with others and how we approach everything we do. We are: Innovative – Collaborative – Authentic – Resourceful – Energetic. 

We have an incredible opportunity for two Veterans Clinical Advisors to join our team across two geographical areas. Please see below for more information on what just might be your future role.

About You

Are you a dynamic, positive, and determined Band 7 Registered Nurse (Adult) with management experience and experience or knowledge of working with the Armed Forces Community? Do you enjoy being agile and resourceful in supporting people to navigate their own healthcare pathways and appreciate the challenge of sourcing novel solutions and working collaboratively with others? Are you also empathetic and can quickly build rapport to understand our Veteran’s needs and expectations? And you would be happy to embrace a flexible work pattern and represent Help for Heroes at outreach and educational events? In that case – read on. This is the role for you.

About the Role

In this role you will operate as the regional senior clinical subject matter expert (SME) and will act as an initial SME point of contact between the Wounded Injured and Sick (WIS) with resultant long-term health issues and the NHS, integrating Help for Heroes input to the clinical pathway within the Recovery Multidisciplinary Team (MDT). You will continuously engage with serving personnel, veterans, and their families, working with partner agencies, charities, and other organisations to offer clinical support and advice all the while providing line management, guidance, governance and support to your regional team.

About the Team

You will be a much-valued part of an expert, energetic and innovative Veterans Clinical Team across the UK. We are resourceful in finding ways to deliver what is right and fair for our veterans in the healthcare domain seeing the bigger picture, focusing on ideas that deliver the best results for our veterans and actively challenge, test, learn and adapt ideas, making them a reality. 

What we offer

To enable our employees to thrive in all aspects of their lives we proudly support flexible working practices. You can tailor your working day around your work and private commitments providing you maintain high class service to the team and our veterans at all times. And there is also a wide range of other benefits we offer like 26 days paid holiday, enhanced maternity pay, health cashback plan, and so many more.

Areas

• East
• West

Like what you see? Get in touch and apply now!

We look forward to hearing from you.

Adviser (Environment)

You will provide skilled professional guidance and technical support to our clients members on a range of environmental, land use, climate change and planning issues affecting farmers and growers across a region or regions.

Adviser (Environment) Responsibilities;

- Provide specialist, professional advice on statutory environmental and land use issues to members in a region, or regions.
- Represent our client, within national guidelines, on all statutory environmental planning and land use issues within a region or regions.
- Lead for region on all matters environmental.
- Maintain a detailed knowledge of environmental, planning and land use legislation, including conservation schemes relating to the opportunities, rights and obligations of their members.
- Interpret and communicate relevant national and local legislation, regulations, emerging climate change agenda and associated information to meetings of members and appropriate staff.
- Provide specific advice to members on rural development schemes, highways, water and land drainage, flood defences, land compensation, major environmental and land use schemes, laws (including Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control and environmental cross-compliance requirements) and designations. This would also include other appropriate specialist services, in conjunction with regional colleagues, Group Secretaries, Headquarters staff and, when appropriate, with selected local professionals.
- Maintain basic knowledge of land tenure legislation to assist other specialist colleagues in this area.
- Establish and lead practices and precedents, within national guidelines, that are favourable to the farming and growing community.
- Represent the interests of members, and of our client, at selected public or private hearings, and when appropriate, to Members of Parliament, Members of the European Parliament and other opinion formers or decision makers.
- Represent members and negotiate with government, agencies and non-statutory bodies within the region/s to develop favourable conditions for members in matters relating to the environment, transport, highways, rights of way and access, planning, water, land use, farm woodlands, health & safety, training & education and other related issues.

Adviser (Environment) Requirements:

- Educated to degree level or equivalent in a related discipline.
- Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of key land use and environmental issues.
- Demonstrate knowledge of land compensation, rights of way, conservation schemes and climate change.
- Have an excellent understanding of the farming industry and the associated environmental agenda.
- Experience of influencing with Government and non-statutory bodies.
- Relevant experience of representing farmers and growers on environmental issues.
- Experience of providing regulatory and technical advice.
- Experience of environmental and land legislation.
- Experience of researching, interpreting and communicating regulations and legislation.
- Ability to lead and manage colleagues in a project or team environment.
- Ability to work outside normal working hours.

Desirable Skills/Attributes:

- Demonstrate knowledge of rural development, land tenure legislation, farm assurance, health and safety, transport, highways and farm woodlands.
- Experience of working with various sector boards.
- Experience of managing projects or initiatives relevant to this role.
- Experience of town & country planning.
- Accomplished public speaker

About our client:

They’re the voice of British farming, and their members are at the heart of what they do. On their behalf they lobby government and other stakeholders, develop policy and provide a range of frontline services.

Why join their team?

Working for them means working alongside great people, who are recognised for their knowledge and expertise and who will invest in your development. Benefits include 25 days annual leave (plus statutory bank holidays), National Employment Savings Trust pension scheme, a performance related pay award scheme, a range of discounts through their benefits employee portal and subsidised staff restaurant.

Location: Petersfield, Hampshire

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £34,869

You may have experience of the following: Environmental Advisor, Environmental Science, Environmental Officer, Environmental Coordinator, Agricultural Advisor, Farmers, Farming, Defra, Policy Research, Policy Coordination, Town Planning, Town & Country Planning, etc..

Ref: 94744

Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 50 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

We are currently recruiting for two Advisers to work remotely in the Berkshire area, in a fixed term position. 

The Role:

The scope of this role is to provide a high quality professional support service to victims of human trafficking and modern slavery as part of the Victims of Slavery Support Service team, ensuring a seamless service to all clients. This includes the provision of support, advice and guidance in addition to providing assistance with the completion of any relevant support applications. There is a requirement that the post-holder will meet the changing local business needs and will re-prioritise work as necessary. The post-holder will work consistently to support the continuous local development of the service; they will ensure that all advisory processes and procedures are followed efficiently, consistently and with professionalism at all times. The post-holder is expected to contribute to the overall success of the Organisation in accordance with Migrant Help's aims, objectives, vision and values. 

The Requirements:

The successful post holder ideally will have experience (but not essential) working with clients who present complex needs, including mental health, substance mis-use and people in highly sensitive and emotionally challenging situations. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of providing information and advice within frontline operations, ideally having previously worked with, vulnerable individuals with complex needs, victims of trafficking and/or asylum seekers and refugees.

We are seeking a person who has the ability to manage a complex caseload, work under pressure whilst empathically working with people facing transition and uncertainty. Excellent listening, communication and IT skills in word processing, databases and spreadsheets is essential. The ideal candidate will exercise the ability to negotiate and liaise with other agencies on behalf of clients and have the ability to absorb complex written information and explain it to the client including the use of an interpreter.

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process.

• this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Reference and Identity checks including Right to Work in the UK

Job title:  I&A Adviser

Hours: 37.5 hours per week           

Responsible to: Ask Us Anything Manager     

Contract: 12 months from start date (extension subject to funding)

How to apply: CV and covering letter by 12noon Monday 26th October

Interviews: TBC

Role Purpose:

The role will provide information and advice, including casework, in a wide field of subjects, including welfare benefits, housing, health, community care, and local services, to older adults (65+) across the London Borough of Merton as part of the Warm & Well Programme. Despite the rapidly evolving situation due to Covid-19 we anticipate that the role will deliver support face to face at our centre, in client’s homes, on the phone and by email. Travel within the London Borough of Merton will be an essential part of the role and access to own transport highly preferable.

Summary of Duties:

1. To explore the needs of older people holistically, identifying options and follow up actions
2. To respond to enquiries, providing high quality information and advice to older adults across multiple channels including face to face, clinics, home visits and telephone
3. To perform benefit checks using our benefits calculation programme
4. To support clients with forms and applications for benefits and other relevant matters such as accessible transport schemes e.g. Blue Badge, Taxicard, Dial-a-Ride
5. To act as the client’s representative where required
6. To complete case records and follow up actions on our confidential database
7. To collect and report monitoring information
8. To work with the Ask Us Anything Manager to support and train volunteers
9. To liaise with external partner agencies in order to promote, develop and deliver the service
10. To deliver outreach work and support events as required
11. To conduct work in line with all internal policies necessary to deliver a good quality service, including confidentiality, conflict of interest, and referral procedures

Person specification

Experience

1. At least 2 years’ experience of providing information and advice to the general public. Experience of face to face service delivery is desireable
2. Experience of researching information from written and digital sources
3. Experience of working with statutory (NHS, Local Authority, DWP etc.) & voluntary sector organisations
4. Experience of working in a team

Knowledge

1. Strong knowledge in at least one of the following: housing, health, community care, money and benefits. Knowledge of local services in Merton is useful but not essential
2. Understanding of the challenges faced by older people in accessing advice and information (sensory, cognitive, mobility etc.)
3. Willingness to undertake and update knowledge and skills with training

Skills

1. Strong communication skills with an ability to relate to people at all levels and from a variety of cultural backgrounds
2. Strong communication skills suitable for dealing sensitively with clients who may be vulnerable and distressed
3. Ability to work competently across organisational boundaries
4. Ability to organise your own work to ensure that priorities and deadlines are met
5. Strong numeracy skills
6. Ability to write clear, concise, and comprehensive case notes and letters
7. Excellent IT skills particularly Microsoft word, email, Internet, and management database, such as Charity Log
8. Proven ability to function well, and contribute to, teamwork
9. A knowledge of, and commitment to, equal opportunities
10. A sound understanding of the need for confidentiality in the role, and an ability to work to defined policies and procedures
11. An understanding, and commitment to, the needs and dignity of older people and the contribution they make to society

Other requirements

1. An enhanced criminal records bureau check will be required in this post
2. An ability to undertake home visits for housebound and older people requiring travel across the borough
3. Due to the nature of the role, a driver with own car or other transport is essential

Hours: 30 hours per week
Responsible to: Advice Project Manager
Applications closing date: 27th October 2020 (9.00 am)
Reserved interview date: 3rd November 2020

Citizens Advice Mid-North Yorkshire is looking for two enthusiastic energy advisers to join our advice team and make a real difference to their community. The roles are based in either our Northallerton or Selby offices with home working flexibility.

The roles will involve providing energy advice to address fuel poverty, delivering budgeting support and help to switch suppliers, advising on ways to be energy efficient, keep homes warm and save money.

Experience of giving advice is desirable and energy advice experience will be an advantage but is not essential as training will be provided. The successful applicant will have strong IT skills as these roles will use phone, email, webchat, video calls and accurate case recording to deliver the service.

We are looking for excellent admin skills, strong organisational abilities and a good telephone manner. The ability to communicate well is essential.

Frontline Services Day Adviser

Full time at 35 hours

Home based, UK 

Salary: £21,000 - £25,000 Dependent on experience

Permanent

GamCare is the UK’s leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling-related harms.

GamCare operate the National Gambling HelpLine to provide information, advice and support for anyone affected by problem gambling as well as providing free treatment across England, Scotland and Wales.

GamCare is now looking to recruit Frontline Service Adviser on a full-time basis to work across our support services.

Advisers Key Responsibilities include:

• Providing empathic advice and support to callers via our Freephone HelpLine and web chat NetLine;
• Identifying appropriate clinical and non-clinical support including referral and signposting to other services;
• Undertaking Brief and Extended Brief Interventions;
• Ensuring safeguarding issues are managed effectively;
• Maintaining caller and call records on our database;
• Moderating our online Forum and Chatrooms.

We operate the National Gambling HelpLine 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We are looking for people to work flexibly across several shifts, including weekend and evening work on a regular basis between 8am and midnight.

You should have previous experience in working in a helpline or clinical/addiction setting. You should have excellent ICT skills. Training, supervision and a full CPD-programme is offered to staff.

The role is home-based; however, you will occasionally be required to attend training and update sessions in our offices in London. You will need to have a modern ICT set-up at home and you will need to ensure that you have a confidential space within your home to work from, a home working risk assessment will be carried out by your line manager. 

You will form part of an enthusiastic team working and committed to supporting those affected by problem gambling across Great Britain.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

To apply, please go onto the GamCare website and complete an application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Survey.

If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and put the following subject in your email:

Job application: <name of vacancy>

Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

To discuss the role further please email Fiona Macleod Senior Service Manager. Application forms forwarded to this email will not be accepted.

Previous applicants need not apply. Please note we do not accept CVs

GamCare is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR. For further information on GamCare’s recruitment privacy notice please refer to our website.

Closing date for applications is 09 November 2020.

Interviews will be held via video conference

As an Employment Advisor, you will sit within the Employment and Welfare team, leading on the direct delivery of our Employment Support service by recruiting participants through outreach and then supporting them to secure or progress in employment.

Reporting to the Employment and Welfare Advice Manager, you will be responsible for the outreach and recruitment to our targeted employment services, carrying out in depth assessments and creating action plans for each of our participants. You will manage a caseload of individuals seeking employment support, delivering tailored support in the form of IAG, employment coaching and personal development. You will be responsible for ensuring our clients are successful in entering and sustaining meaningful employment. You will also develop key relationships with local partners to enable you to access employment and volunteering opportunities for the people you are supporting.

You will have at least 1 years’ experience working in a similar post supporting disadvantaged groups back to work and/or training and education. You will have experience of working in an evidenced based practice, working to set targets. You will be equipped with influencing and persuasion skills. A solid understanding of the benefits system, with the aptitude of keeping up to date with any key changes, allowing you to help and guide participants through their employment transition.

The ISM is looking for a skilled caseworker with an interest in helping musicians tackle the many issues which they face in their working lives. The ISM has an excellent reputation for its services and advice and as a result it has doubled in size over the past 10 years and now has close on 10,500 members who come from every part of the music world.
 
The ISM is looking for a caseworker to advise our members in connection with the different types of issues which come up in the life of a musician from contractual problems, grievances, redundancy, termination of employment to  changes in terms of conditions and unpaid fees. This is a very busy team dealing with many enquiries and therefore you will need to be a hard worker happy to go the extra mile to help our members fight their corner. You will be expected to deliver quick and accurate advice to our members via phone, e-mails and digital meetings.

A team player, you will have excellent written and interpersonal skills with great attention to detail and strong emotional intelligence.
 
You will be joining a professional staff team who are normally based in Bayswater, London but are currently working from home, where the emphasis is on good communication and team work.

To apply please send a full CV and covering letter saying why you are right the person for the job and join us in supporting the music sector at a critical time.
 

Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing & Hounslow Mind provides mental health services in the boroughs. We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and hardworking individual to join our Youth Services Team.

To apply please follow the steps in "How to Apply" above.

The Role

The Mental Health Adviser will be a part of our Youth Services team and will work to deliver a range of mental health services for young people and the adults who support them.  This will involve delivery of resilience programmes, 1:1 support, co-produced peer support activities and youth ambassador initiatives for students (mainly aged 10 – 18 but sometimes up to 25), as well as awareness-raising and training services for parents and the school workforce.  These services will primarily be delivered in schools and colleges but may also extend to other youth settings.

The aim of the service is to deliver services that meet identified needs and gaps within schools and to promote a culture that is supportive of mental health and wellbeing for all school stakeholders, within the model of a whole school approach.

This is a fixed term contract for 35 hours per week until end of March 2021 (contract renewal dependent on performance and funding).

Post is subject to an enhanced DBS check

Please apply by sending your completed application form. 

Deadline: 11th December 2020 but please note we will be interviewing suitable candidates as we receive applications and if find the ideal candidate the job posting will be closed earlier.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Media Relations Adviser to join International Alert as we embark on the implementation of a new organisational resilience plan with a strong focus on influencing. We are looking for a talented individual who can further Alert’s profile and reach by generating impactful media coverage through strong contacts with UK, European and international media.

With a proven ability to translate complex narratives into powerful stories, you will be able to shape and lead our media strategy and ensure that coverage contributes to Alert's influencing objectives. As a confident planner and a creative thinker, you will nurture existing and develop new relationships with the media and stakeholders alike, and you will be the key point of contact for press. You will also be responsible for working with programme and country teams to develop and implement media planning and generate media coverage in their regions.

This is an opportunity to work for an innovative charity with amazing stories to tell.

Strong contacts with UK and Global media and experience of working in an international organisation would be distinct advantages as will fluency in both English and French.

Kindly note the above include some of the requirements for the job. For the full job requirements, please read the job description.

How to apply

To apply, please click the button below and submit a copy of your CV and an expression of interest (1-2 pages) outlining how you believe your skills, experience and knowledge meet the person specification.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 8 November 2020 at 11:45pm (UK time).

We reserve the right to bring the deadline for this vacancy forward, as we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. Early applications are encouraged. Please note: Due to COVID-19, all interviews for this position will be carried out remotely unless otherwise advised.

International Alert endeavours to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, but this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful.

Alert prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcome applications from those who identify under one of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.