We are looking for a really capable team member, who will bring a range of skills, experience and drive to our small communications team – with a passion for news, stories and messages, a customer-focused outlook, and who is brimming with ideas for delivering stand-out digital communications, and supporting others to do so. It is an exciting role in an area of work where no two days are ever the same.

The successful candidate will play a key operational role in implementing the Diocese of Guildford’s Communications strategy, carrying out a wide variety of tasks and supporting the wider Diocesan strategy: ‘Transforming Church; Transforming Lives’. They will also provide the day-to-day running and management of the Diocese of Guildford’s website, social media and digital platforms, including generating, editing and uploading content whilst enhancing the digital presence and outreach. And lastly, they will provide critical communications guidance, training, digital advice and support to the parishes, chaplaincies and schools in support of their work in their parishes and across the Diocese.

This is an exciting time to join our diocese and our relatively new Communications Team. The way people engage and interact with church and faith has changed radically since March 2020 and a global pandemic – the first lockdown saw a rapid growth in digital awareness, use and reach for the Church of England and people exploring faith in a time of National crisis. Our online audiences are now bigger than our in-person congregations and our ability to use technology and go where our audiences are, has shown rapid and real improvements.

The full job description, person specification, further details about the diocese and information on how to apply for the role can be found in the application pack attached.

To apply

Complete an application form attached and send it to our 'recruitment' email address (at the end of the form) with a covering statement explaining why you are interested in the role and outlining why you are the best candidate, no later than the closing date: 30th April 2021. Full instructions are in the application pack or on our website if you follow the link through. We look forward to hearing from you!

The High Trees’ Partnership team currently leads on the development of three Lambeth-based partnerships programmes in the areas of social and economic exclusion, youth development and community space. The Place for All (PFA) partnership, being one of them, is a collective of three Lambeth charities, working together to provide a multifaceted service for socially and economically excluded residents in Lambeth whilst strengthening and creating models of good practice for the voluntary and community sector. The partnership is comprised of High Trees Community Development Trust, The Baytree Centre and IRMO (Indoamerican Refugee & Migrant Organisation).

As the Place For All Partnerships Officer, you will sit within High Trees’ Partnerships and Development team, and you will be working with its Partnerships and Development Manager to implement PFA’s strategy for the year. Based primarily at High Trees, who are the lead partner for the partnership, part of your role will see you work across all three organisations throughout the week.

You will be working with residents and communities on a diverse range of projects and services, acting as the lynch pin between PFA’s delivery teams. Along the way, you will ensure the people we serve play an active and meaningful role in service delivery and are supported to access the wide range of provision available through the PFA partnership. You will maintain a collaborative approach across all PFA delivery areas, leading the facilitation of workshops to ensure that our service users feed into service design. You will be at ease working with and conducting outreach with people from a range of different backgrounds, many of whom are from traditionally hard to reach groups, but also at building close and productive relationships with others in the local community sector, facilitating and supporting referrals across PFA.

You will be skilled at project delivery, whilst also possessing the administrative and organisational skills to ensure all work is clearly tracked, monitored and evaluated as per our funder’s requirements. You will work with the Partnerships and Development Manager on PFA communications – ensuring social media and copy publicity including production of articles and project updates is regularly provided for team specific and PFA-wide promotional material to allow the partnership to promote its services across the borough and beyond.
Your work across PFA will contribute to ensuring PFA’s innovative approach to community development meets its aims of providing the highest quality provision and continually striving to improve and expand its services as defined by the service users themselves.

An understanding and passion for community work and organising, strong relationship building skills and an ability build the voice and brand of PFA are essential to the role.

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter (each no more than 2 pages) outlining why you are suitable for the role. If you meet the Essential requirements from the Job Pack but not the Desirable requirements, you should still apply.

Closing date: All applications must be received by the 2nd May 2021.

Please note . Interviews will be held on a rolling basis, so we advise you to apply as soon as possbile ..

Contract: 1-year fixed term contract with possibility for extension.

It has been a testing year for everyone, including charity leaders, many of whom are facing increased demand with reduced resources in a tough influencing environment. We are looking for a head of advocacy who can think boldly and creatively to address these challenges.

ACEVO is the network for social sector CEOs, here to inspire and support our members throughout their careers, to help them create the biggest possible difference. We want someone whose advocacy and communications work is built on values of inclusion, collaboration and mobilisation.

ACEVO’s vision for its advocacy work is to help shape the agenda on issues that matter to our members, and ensure their voices are heard by those who have the power to effect change.

You will help us:

• Support and enable our members to lead strong, sustainable organisations that meet the needs of their beneficiaries.
• Celebrate the dedication, professionalism and expertise of civil society leaders.
• Represent the experiences and needs of our membership to those with the ability to make positive changes for the sector.
• Stimulate debate that guides the improvement of sector standards and stronger leadership.
• Work with partner organisations to drive collective cross-sector change.
• Mobilise our members to work alongside us to achieve ambitious changes to policies that negatively impact civil society.
• Achieve political change by pursuing reforms which are both aspirational and practical.

You will head up ACEVO’s small but impactful advocacy team and set our advocacy, policy and external comms priorities in line with our organisational strategic objectives. You will oversee our output of policy positions, research, briefings, press statements and reports. You will work with the chief executive to set the tone and agree the messaging for our external communications.

You will be a key part of the senior management team, contributing to both the development of our strategy and effective delivery of our strategic objectives.

We welcome applications from people seeking flexible working. The current post-holder works 28 hours a week, but we welcome applications from those seeking a five-day week, or from job-share applicants. You will be home based but with frequent visits to London to meet up with the team and attend events (one to three times a week when Covid regulations allow).

We’re offering a salary of £50k (FTE), 28 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays) and good pension benefits. In our most recent staff survey, 100% of our team said they enjoy their job and would recommend ACEVO as a great place to work.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a Zoom-based interview between 10-12 May, with second interviews for finalists being held on 17-19 May.

Parks for London is evolving into a Centre for Excellence to support London’s parks and green spaces and we are looking for a dynamic and pro-active Communications Officer to join our small team. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and develop new approaches to championing green space, at a time when parks and green spaces are very much in the spotlight and to build on our existing work.

The role will involve leading the charity’s communications and engagement work. This will include developing an ambitious yet achievable communications and engagement strategy and refining and enhancing the charity’s brand.The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator, able to communicate effectively with a broad range of audiences including under-represented communities and have experience in preparing and delivering effective strategies to drive action.

We are a small charity and the successful candidate will therefore work with all team members and will need to be a team player, ready and willing to respond and adapt to opportunities.

About the job

ADVOCACY OFFICER – Job Description

(Muslim Women’s Network UK)

Summary

· Salary: £23, 324 – 35 hours / week

· Location: Birmingham

· Reporting to: Executive Director

About Us

Muslim Women’s Network UK (MWNUK) is a small charity (no.1155092) that works to improve social justice and equality for Muslim women and girls. We find out about the experiences of Muslim women and girls through research and helpline enquiries. We identify policy and practice gaps and use this information to inform decision makers in government and to inform our community campaigns. We also develop resources and train women so they are better aware of their rights.

Purpose of Role

The purpose of the role is to support MWNUK’s advocacy work to advance social justice and equality for Muslim women and girls so that policy and practice better meet their needs. The Advocacy Officer will therefore play a critical role in carrying out research and supporting the Executive Director and trustees with lobbying and policy work. The Officer will also work closely with the Executive Assistant and the MWN Hub Officer.

Responsibilities

Stakeholders and Partnerships

· Identify activists from different sectors who are knowledgeable on problems, issues and inequalities experienced by Muslim women and girls and set up an Advisory Group

· Facilitate the Advisory Group and regularly seeking their views for consultations and to guide research including decisions on which issues to prioritise

· Provide secretariat support for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Muslim Women

· Build relationships with stakeholders through regular communications

· Work with other civil society organisations to co-ordinate advocacy e.g. engaging with other stakeholders to support their advocacy campaigns and to inform them about our influencing work including seeking their support

· Manage relationships with decision makers such as politicians, senior government officials and other public servants

Research

· Map stakeholders e.g. those we need to influence, those who can help us influence decision makers and those who will be supportive of our advocacy work including those who can contribute with knowledge, expertise and evidence

· Engage MWNUK members via online research surveys and collect responses

· Co-ordinate the collection of responses to policy consultations from Advisory Group members and other stakeholders as directed by the Executive Director

· Organise focus groups and APPG meetings to gather, discuss and disseminate evidence

Monitoring

· Monitor government website to identify consultation inquiries relevant to MWNUK work that we should be responding to

· Monitor media for issues relevant to MWNUK research and advocacy work and alerting management

· Identify advocacy opportunities to promote our research and campaigns

Communications

· Support the Executive Director to develop an advocacy strategy

· Help to develop policy positions based on evidence / research

· Be able to put consultation responses in a report format

· Ensure our advocacy and relationships always remain non-partisan and cross party, in line with our charitable aims and objectives.

· Represent MWNUK at external meetings including delivering presentations at workshops and events when required

· Help to plan and deliver campaigns

· Identify opportunities for partnerships and for influencing

· Work closely with the Executive Director, Executive Assistant and MWN Hub Officer

Management

· Supervise and support Interns or volunteers (in the office) who can assist with advocacy work (as required).

Personal Specification

Essential

· Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of issues faced by Muslim women in Britain

· Demonstrable knowledge and experience of the UK parliamentary system

· Demonstrable experience of developing and implementing advocacy strategies

· Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering campaign work

· Demonstrable knowledge and experience using research and case studies to influence policy

· Excellent IT competency (Word, Excel, Internet, Outlook, Powerpoint)

Desirable

· Educated to degree level

· Knowledge and experience of supporting local and national advocacy initiatives of others.

· Experience of delivering public presentations to influence, inform and challenge a variety of stakeholders

· Be organised, be able to prioritise and meet deadlines and work under pressure

Skills and Abilities

· Strong project planning skills with proven ability to organise and prioritise tasks and to manage own time efficiently and use initiative

· Excellent analytical, research and problem solving skills

· Excellent written report writing skills

· Excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills; including facilitation, public speaking and presentation delivery

· Be able to work collaboratively both internally and externally with an energetic, solution-orientated approach to work

· Ability to represent the organisation in a variety of fora in the UK

· Willing and able to work flexibly and be willing to travel outside of Birmingham when required to attend meetings and events

Please submit a CV and Cover Letter by midday on Thursday 29th April.

Contract length: 12 months

Application deadline: 29/04/2021

Expected start date: 01/06/2021

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: £23,324.00 per year

This role

We are seeking a full-time member of staff to support the advocacy team, to deliver an effective and high-quality advocacy service. The advocacy team provides statutory advocacy services to clients across the North East under the Mental Health Act (IMHA), the Mental Capacity Act (IMCA) the Care Act and the Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR) role under Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS).

As a Senior Advocate you will line-manage 3-5 advocates oversee their support and development and will share responsibility for allocating clients to the team. You will work closely with our Advocacy Managers to support the development and improvement of our services.

You will also be expected to manage a caseload, which includes picking up referrals, arranging and attending client meetings and meetings with other professionals, ascertaining, and representing the client’s wishes.

Main responsibilities:

1. Provide appropriate line management, support and challenge to members of the advocacy team including detailed case support to advocates in your team.
2. Oversee the training and development of your team.
3. Monitor service capacity and manage the allocation of referrals to advocates on a weekly basis.
4. Ensure, through regular monitoring and feedback, the quality and accuracy of case notes, reports and record keeping from advocates in your team.
5. Respond to relevant queries from referrers, service users and members of the public.
6. Maintain a focus on the delivery of a high-quality advocacy service. Monitor key statistical and qualitative data to ensure the service is reaching agreed targets.
7. Carry a case load of advocacy referrals (within roughly 50% of your full-time role) in accordance with statutory service criteria (IMHA, IMCA, CAA, RPR), Your Voice Counts engagement protocols and quality standards.
8. Promote and publicise the advocacy service in creative ways to ensure it reaches people who may require the service. Promote the service to other stakeholders such as partner organisations and professionals.
9. Keep abreast of developments in relevant legislation and good practice guidance.
10. Assist the Advocacy Managers and Senior Management Team to determine any future development of the service and take lead responsibility for specific areas of work as required.

Person specification:

Just as our values are key to our ways of working, attitude is key to our staff team.  We work in challenging, changing circumstances with a very vulnerable client group. We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, an ability to develop team working, and who is empathetic and supportive but not afraid to challenge when challenge is needed.  We are looking for someone who has good attention to detail and understands the importance of effective systems and processes.  We’re looking for someone who has a demonstrable belief in the rights of people who use our services.

The person we’re looking for will:

• Have strong interpersonal skills, with an ability to develop team working and be able to motivate, support and drive high performance in your team.

• Have a strong focus on collaborative working within a dynamic team and a commitment to helping everyone improve.
• Be well-organised with an ability to handle a busy workload and prioritise effectively.
• Have excellent IT skills, including use of databases and data collection, and be able to build and run effective systems and processes.
• Be an excellent communicator, with an ability to adapt your approach in order to engage with a wide range of stakeholders including people who use our services and professionals.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to communicate effectively with vulnerable people who often have significant communication barriers.
• Have a commitment to equal opportunities and confidentiality.
• Approach issues objectively and diplomatically.
• Hold an Independent Advocacy Qualification, including the IMHA, IMCA and/or Care Act modules (desirable – we will consider applications from people willing to undertake this qualification as a condition of employment).

Use of your own vehicle will greatly assist you in this role, but it is not essential.

Healthwatch Brent

Healthwatch Brent is one of 152 local Healthwatch organisations established throughout England on 1 April 2013 under the provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. It has a dual role to champion the rights of health and social care users and to hold the system to account for how well it engages with the public.

Healthwatch’s remit covers all publicly funded health and social care services for adults and children.

The Advocacy Project has been awarded the contract to be Healthwatch Brent’s provider from 1 April 2021. We will build on the important work that’s been done to date, while bringing new insights from the voices of seldom heard and hard to hear groups. You’ll have an opportunity to develop the service in line with our ambitious vision, making sure all views in Brent, including the most marginalised, are at the heart of health and care and shape the services they need.

About the role

You will be responsible for a variety of internal and external communications for Healthwatch Brent, producing impactful communications across all social media platforms including Healthwatch Brent’s website, Twitter and Facebook. You will craft communications which influence and raise awareness of Healthwatch Brent’s activities.

A key aspect of this role is to promote Healthwatch in order to encourage a wide variety of local residents to get involved and have their say. You will lead the community engagement function of Healthwatch Brent by increasing the membership of our grassroots steering group, creating opportunities to reach out and engage with local people, particularly hard to reach and seldom heard groups. You will keep abreast of best practice in engaging with communities using creative and innovative engagement techniques, making sure these are integrated across the service.

Your role will involve finding innovative ways to present the intelligence the team gathers to key audiences ranging from face-to-face conversations with partners and funders through to producing imaginative materials. This includes producing accessible reports and presentations to make sure we can maximise the impact of our intelligence gathering.

You will be a skilled communicator, comfortable networking and engaging with a diverse range of local residents and members of the public.

Working as part of a small team, you will be involved in many aspects of the organisation. You’ll need to be flexible, with a ‘can do’ attitude to meet the constantly evolving needs of the service as it develops in the new phase of its journey under the leadership of The Advocacy Project.

Key responsibilities

• Create copy and produce materials, delivering this information to specific, targeted audiences, using the most appropriate channels.
• Create engaging and up-to-date digital media content across all social media channels, including web content, Twitter and Facebook.
• Design reports, presentations and stationary templates for the Healthwatch service, making sure all materials keep to the Healthwatch brand guidelines.
• Create regular newsletters and e-bulletins, circulating these to key stakeholders to support engagement.
• Develop effective relationships with groups and organisations to promote the Healthwatch service and share platforms to capture the views and experiences of local people.
• Make sure audience specific community engagement techniques are integrated into the local Healthwatch service as a whole.
• Keep abreast of good engagement practice and actively seek out innovative ways to capture and express people’s views/experiences.
• Take a lead role in making sure Healthwatch Brent involves people from all sections of the community, including seldom heard communities, and there is diverse representation on the grassroots steering group.
• Carry out any other tasks needed for the service to run smoothly, as directed by the Healthwatch Manager.
• Keep up to date with best practice from Healthwatch England, by reading, attending courses and networking.
• Answer and respond appropriately to calls about the service, collaborating with the team to give signposting support via phone and email.

General responsibilities

• Participate in team meetings and training.
• Participate in personal, team and organisational development.
• Keep to all policies, including health & safety, and risk regulations.
• Promote equality and diversity in all aspects of work and challenge discrimination.
• Work to The Advocacy Project’s mission, vision, and values and also those of Healthwatch Brent.
• Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, in line with the changing local and national landscape and carry out other projects and tasks as needed.

Person specification

Essential

• Experience of creating engaging digital content and writing copy for a variety of media and audiences.
• Experience of website and/or social media development or management.
• Experience of successfully leading or supporting the design and delivery of outreach events.
• Knowledge and practical experience of community involvement methods and techniques.
• Experience of networking and partnership building with the ability to work effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders ranging from local residents, colleagues, partners, trustees and commissioners.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and the ability to tailor engagement to meet the needs of the audience using face to face, print and digital methods.
• Knowledge and experience of producing accessible and engaging reports and /or presentations using digital tools.
• Understanding of the NHS and /or social care.
• Ability to manage multiple projects effectively and meet deadlines.
• Experience of working with diverse communities, particularly in Brent, and tackling discrimination and inequality.
• Good understanding of health inequalities and the role Healthwatch can play in helping local people to address these.
• Excellent organisational skills, ability to take initiative and plan your own workload.
• Commitment to working within The Advocacy Project and Healthwatch Brent code of conduct, equality and safeguarding policies.
• Willingness to attend further training as appropriate and to adopt new procedures.
• Willingness to promote Healthwatch Brent and The Advocacy Project in line with our mission, vision and values.

Desirable

• Ability to take creative approaches to engagement, including digital and non-digital approaches to reach those who may be excluded from some methods.
• Evidence of ongoing personal development and training related to the role.
• Previous experience of working within a Healthwatch service.

Benefits of working for us

We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.

Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.

All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.

We are a Disability Confident Committed and Mindful Employer.

A crucial leadership role within Crisis, we are recruiting someone who is highly skilled and motivated to help us achieve big things over the next 12 months. 

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
Crisis has grown in terms of income, brand health, staff numbers, and impact in recent years, as we have responded to the growth in homelessness. The pandemic has brought into sharp relief the unacceptable realities of those living without a home during lockdown, but also a renewed effort to end homelessness in many parts of the UK. 
 

About the role
We are looking for a marketing and communications specialist who can lead important change programmes across a variety of fields. With the right person in this role we can seize opportunities to help more people in our front-line services, achieve more social change externally, and build more rewarding relationships with our amazing supporters. 

About you
The role demands someone who is experienced and comfortable leading change programmes in digital transformation, in the use data for insight and decision-making, in becoming sector leaders in supporter engagement, and in much else besides. We also insist that the post-holder is an active advocate for helping us become a more representative, diverse organisation. 

If this is you, please apply for the role, and for further information, including a chance to discuss the job, please get in touch, contact details can be found on our website.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
•  Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy 
•  Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5% 
•  25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Wednesday 5th May 2021

Interviews will take place week commencing 17th May with the candidate ideally starting on Monday 21st June 2021. 

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds.  We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

The Regional Marketing and Communications Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by driving the awareness and saliency of the Guide Dogs brand in the North West region by leading the development and activation of central, regional and local integrated communications & digital plans.

The role communicates the strategy and work of Guide Dogs, engaging key audiences both externally and internally (including service users, volunteers, staff, and supporters) to strengthen the brand.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, and provide help to those with sight loss, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Proven experience of creation and implementation of communications and digital campaigns and projects to meet business objectives, with experience of targeting different audiences through media channels.
• Up to date with best practice and innovation in brand marketing, communications and digital
• Strong digital skills including a good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, Word and PowerPoint.

Desirable

• Experience of working in the third sector.
• Previous brand management experience.
• Previous experience of being a key spokesperson for a large organisation, both with the media and with other organisations.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system does have a time limit, we would advise you to complete your answers and copy and paste into the online form once finalised. Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Remember to refer to the attached job description and candidate pack for more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

This role

This is an existing role at Your Voice Counts that sits in the advocacy team.  We are seeking both permanent, full-time and sessional, part-time team members.

As an Independent Advocate, you will provide statutory advocacy services to clients across the North East under the Mental Health Act (IMHA), the Mental Capacity Act (IMCA) the Care Act and will act as Relevant Persons Representative (RPR) under Depravation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS).  YVC also provide a case advocacy service for those with a Learning Disability living in South Tyneside, and you may receive referrals to provide specific non statutory advocacy within this area.  You will pick up referrals, arrange and attend client meetings and meetings with other professionals, ascertain and represent the client’s wishes.  You will also work closely with other members of the advocacy team to ensure a high-quality advocacy service.

Main responsibilities:

1. Act on referrals received in accordance with statutory timescales, YVC engagement protocols and quality standards.
2. Complete and submit reports that will be of a professional standard, in line with internal and external best practice guidelines.
3. Maintain accurate records, including client management system data input, timesheet information and other key information types.
4. Promote and raise awareness of Your Voice Counts advocacy services to professionals, potential clients and the general public.
5. Work with the wider advocacy team to effectively coordinate all advocacy services, including allocating referrals, managing caseloads, providing peer and group supervision, and other activities.
6. Respond to relevant queries from referrers, service users and members of the public.
7. Develop and maintain contacts with advocacy networks at a local, regional, and national level, and represent the service at relevant meetings, conferences and working groups.
8. Keep abreast of developments in relevant legislation and good practice guidance.
9. Work in accordance with Your Voice Counts’ models of non-instructed and instructed advocacy and with commitment to the ethos and principles of independent advocacy.
10. Be an active participant in the wider YVC team and seek to work with all YVC colleagues to deliver our strategy, maintain quality and embed the values of the organisation.

Person specification:

Just as our values are key to our ways of working, attitude is key to our staff team.  We work in challenging, changing circumstances with a very vulnerable client group.  We are looking for someone who is both empathetic but not afraid to challenge on behalf of their client.  We are looking for someone who is non-judgemental and able to work collaboratively within the team and with external partners.  We’re looking for someone who has a demonstrable belief in the rights of people who use our services.

Whilst an advocacy qualification is not essential, preference will be given to those who hold the Advocacy qualification and IMCA, IMHA and/or Care act specialist units.

The person we’re looking for will:

• Be able to communicate effectively with vulnerable people who often have significant communication barriers;
• Have experience of working with people with a learning disability, dementia, mental health problems, and/or those with acquired brain injury;
• Hold or be working towards or be willing to work towards an Independent Advocacy Qualification, including the IMHA, IMCA and/or Care Act modules;
• Be well-organised with an ability to handle a busy workload and prioritise effectively;
• Be skilled at negotiating, with strong interpersonal skills;
• Be able to write clear and succinct professional reports;
• Have excellent IT skills, including familiarity with using a contact management system;
• Be able to thrive under pressure and bring people together.

Use of your own car will greatly assist you in this role, but it is not essential.

The Jobs: Senior Communications Officer and Communications Officer

Our goal at Kent Wildlife Trust is to ensure that 25% of the population of Kent is engaged with our work tackling the climate and nature crises. Both these roles are pivotal to that goal, working across a range of communications and marketing activities to promote our brand and ensure that as many people as possible are committed to a wilder Kent.  Working on ground breaking projects such as our bison release and wilder carbon, your responsibilities will span digital and traditional media to help our campaigns to reach audiences including businesses, policy makers, farmers and the wider public.  You will write and schedule social media posts and press releases, support the production of our membership magazine, deal with media enquiries and support the development of specific campaigns to promote Kent Wildlife Trust’s goals. This is an opportunity to have a positive and lasting impact on our environment and if you think you have the skills to succeed, we would be delighted to talk to you.  Please carefully consider the skills, qualities and experiences required for both roles and let us know which you are applying for on the application form.  You are equally very welcome to apply for both! 

You: 

In the Senior role you will be an experienced communications and marketing professional looking to take the next step in your career.  You will be an excellent writer, comfortable operating across multiple social media channels, have experience maintaining websites and with email marketing and be confident dealing with journalists.  You may currently be in the corporate or the charitable sector and you will bring fresh ideas to effect behaviour change to achieve positive environmental impacts. Ideally you will have a sound understanding of the conservation and environmental sectors, but for the right candidate this is not essential.  For the Communications Officer role you may be taking your first career steps into the Marketing and Communications sector but be able to show us passion for conservation, creativity, accuracy and experience of working with online communications and printed materials and publications.

Kent Wildlife Trust is the leading wildlife charity for Kent and Medway, supported by its members and staffed by committed professionals.  Join our team and help us create a Wilder Kent! In return we will inspire you, listen to you, value you, treat you equally and fairly, look after your health and wellbeing and encourage flexibility from day one, enabling you to draw on these benefits to be a better, happier and more productive you.

The Communications Officer helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by developing and implementing integrated communications campaigns which promote, protect, and raise Guide Dogs’ profile amongst key target audiences. In addition, working with Guide Dogs’ brand purpose, contribute to brand awareness and growth.

The role is a wide-ranging and creative and will be required to work closely alongside key stakeholders including a diverse Communications team which has a broad remit consisting of internal communications, national PR and media relations, ambassador and celebrity management, and stakeholder engagement.

This role can be based from London or our Reading Hub with some travel required between both locations.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, and provide help to those with sight loss, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Experience of working within a busy press office and as part of an integrated communications team.
• A track record of identifying, developing, and securing high quality media opportunities which meet strategic objectives and KPIs.
• Experience of bringing our Brand and services to life by telling people’s real-life stories in an engaging, inspiring, and respectful way.
• Ability to build a rapport and strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Interest and/or experience working in the charity or public sector.
• Experience of working as part of a geographically dispersed organisation.
• Experience of developing and implementing multi-channel, integrated communications plans with measurable KPIs.
• Experience with developing engaging, creative content for owned digital channels.

Desirable

• Relevant professional qualification.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system does have a time limit, we would advise you to complete your answers and copy and paste into the online form once finalised. Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Remember to refer to the attached job description and candidate pack for more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

Prince’s Trust International has been supporting young people worldwide since 2015. We were founded by HRH The Prince of Wales to tackle the global crisis of youth unemployment. 

We are a dynamic organisation going through a period of growth as we continue to expand our work globally. Our communications strategy seeks to expand our brand awareness and promote our work across the world.  

Specifically, we are working to increase our communications output both globally and regionally. This is a new role within the team and will work with the Head of Marketing and Communications to develop global and regional strategies, executing key media campaigns and building issue-based narratives. The organisation has an exciting year ahead with a number of key global events; research and awards activities for the post holder to be involved with.

We are looking for an experienced International Communications Manager with an entrepreneurial spirit who would like the opportunity to build and develop strategies with an organisation at an exciting growth stage. The role will primarily focus on our Press Communications activity internationally (50%), as well as supporting with the management of Ambassadors (20%) and responsibilities for external stakeholder communications (30%).

Experience of international media and developing, executing, and reporting on campaigns is essential. Knowledge of different cultures and of young people is also beneficial, as well as an excellent eye for detail for developing key external communications activities.

The role will be based in London, UK but may be initially be home-based due to the current pandemic.

PTI is committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse communities and is committed to increasing representation of staff of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds across all roles and at all levels.

Our mission is to empower young people to learn, work and thrive. We provide opportunities to develop the skills and confidence to succeed and deliver tangible employment outcomes. We blend our expertise with a global network of local partners across 13 countries and develop programmes and interventions that help young people to build their own futures. 

Do you want to deliver events that help people vindicate their rights and hold power to account?  Public Law Project is looking for an Events Officer to join our award-winning team.  You’ll work collaboratively across an organisation with a team of lawyers and researchers committed to positive impact and change. Your events will train lawyers, advisers and civil society to use the law effectively for their clients. Your events will develop and inform our network, increase our profile and help raise essential funds.

PLP is a fast-paced environment, and we are constantly evolving to respond to the extraordinary challenges posed by constitutional change, political volatility and problems in the justice system. You’ll have outstanding organisation and communication skills and be confident in managing and facilitating people. You’ll be very proficient across Microsoft Office, common web and social media tools and either experience of and/or the ability to learn to use online events delivery tools including Zoom / webinar products and a Learning Management System (LMS).

You will have an  interest in social justice/ public law, and you will be able to clearly evidence your experience, ability and commitment as the right candidate to join our team.

PLP is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident Employer. We value diversity, we have a diverse team particularly among women and the LGBT+ community, and, we acknowledge that we currently have an underrepresentation from Black and Asian and Minority Ethnic people compared to our beneficiaries and within the London-charity sector.  We are continuously taking actions to improve the diversity of our team.  We welcome all applicants and are actively encouraging applicants particularly from Black, Asian and minority ethnic people and disabled people.

Please apply via our website.