And Events Officer Jobs in London, Greater London
This role is responsible for supporting a range of communications activities that build public will for a future without the need for food banks. This role will help deliver a variety of creative communications outputs that builds traction, provokes conversations, wins hearts and minds, and keeps hunger and food bank use at the forefront of the national agenda.
Role responsibilities
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Support on the delivery of a range of creative communications activities that build cause awareness, tackle misconceptions of poverty and shift behaviours among key audiences from a wide range of diverse groups. This could include coordinating interactive or immersive experiences, thought-provoking events, stunts or high-profile opportunities.
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Work within the Strategic Communications directorate and beyond to support the delivery of strategic communications opportunities that build understanding and public will for the policy and societal changes needed to end the need for food banks.
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Provide logistical and organisational support to the Activations team, and wider teams, to enable the smooth coordination of activations and events.
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Work collaboratively with a variety of teams, stakeholders and external partners and agencies to support in the delivery of high-impact activations and events.
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Support colleagues from the Trussell Trust on a variety of communications needs, including copywriting support and coordination of PR opportunities.
Person Specification
Technical skills and minimum knowledge:
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Creative thinker able to help deliver innovative and behaviour-changing ideas that grab the attention of various audiences, build cause/brand awareness and inspire action.
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Confident written and verbal communications skills with experience of copywriting for a range of channels.
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Ability to understand and use inclusive language and other best practice around communication that engages a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds.
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Some experience working with the media or coordinating PR opportunities.
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Experience of working collaboratively, with various teams, stakeholders and external partners or agencies.
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Experience of supporting on the delivery of high profile, creative events or activations.
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Knowledge of key communication channels including media, social media and digital.
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Strong organisational, logistical and time management skills with an ability to multi-task and a keen eye for detail.
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Passion and interest in keeping up to date with sector news – across campaigning and activism, entertainment, advocacy, talent and cultural landscapes.
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A natural curiosity to be always learning about our evolving industry - reading, watching, listening to stay abreast of cultural trends that can inform and impact our work with an eye for new engagement or activation opportunities.
Behaviours and competencies:
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Demonstrate a commitment to the values of the Trussell Trust.
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Demonstrate empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised, or socially-excluded backgrounds.
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Commitment to occasional need to work outside of normal working hours and to travel throughout the UK.
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Passionate about the work of the Trussell Trust and able to represent it and its values effectively.
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Demonstrates creativity, innovation, resourcefulness, flexibility and perseverance.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Can you inspire people to fundraise and support children with life-limiting conditions and complex disabilities? Have you a proven track record of building sustainable, long-term relationships? Do you enjoy a challenge and want to build new partnerships that will allow our charity to increase its reach and impact across Britain and Ireland?
Lifelites is a unique charity that has been providing innovative assistive and sensory equipment, specialist training and technical support to the children’s palliative care sector for 25 years.
Our inclusive technology empowers over 12,500 children to play, create and communicate, helping families build joyful memories and experience moments of fun and connectivity.
We are looking for an experienced relationship fundraiser to join our small team and help us engage with, and fundraise from, membership organisations, special interest groups and community groups across Britain and Ireland.
The role may be either fully remote or Hybrid with a London Office location depending on the location of the candidate
This is an amazing opportunity to join an established charity looking to grow and diversify both its fundraising and service provision over the next 5 years.
Whether you are looking for a new challenge or are ready for the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you.
Applications close: Monday 8th April 2024 at 5pm
Interviews: Monday 15th April 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Events Officer
Location: Vauxhall, London
Salary: £23,090 - £28,221 per annum
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle of crime or addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been helping people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends, and a sense of community.
What you will be doing
Whilst The Forward Trust is predominantly funded through Government contracts, our Fundraising Team is responsible for generating £2.5 million per year from a diverse range of charitable sources including Trusts and Foundations, Corporate supporters, Individual donors and Events.
Our secret weapon is our ability to place our service-users at the heart of everything we do, including fundraising and events. With around a third of our workforce in active recovery and/or having had experience of the criminal justice system, and access to our community of over 15,000 individuals who have benefitted from our support, we are able to provide living proof of our long-lasting impact and bring to life the difference that our supporters enable us to make in the world.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Fundraising Team to help grow, diversify and maximise income from our range of fundraising events and campaigns. As an integral part of the team, you will support the Senior Events Manager to scope, organise and run our expanding annual calendar of: Special events, Marketing events, Challenge events and Operational/Regional events, to secure funding for our life changing and life-saving services across prisons and communities in the UK.
This role will sit within the Fundraising Team but will also support the Communications team planning and executing events to not only to generate charitable income but also to raise awareness about our services and impact to a wider audience (e.g. commissioners, policy makers and practitioners) in line with our business plan for the next 3 years which identifies new opportunities in the fields of offender management, mental health, housing, and gambling addiction services.
What we are looking for
Accountabilities
- Support the Senior Events Manager in implementing an annual calendar of events – includingscoping, organising and running challenge events and special events to budget and timescales.
- Support the Communications team in running brand awareness and stewardship events such as Parliamentary events, reunions, our annual staff awards and parliamentary events.
- Support the Senior Events Manager and Senior Events Officer on Special events and challengeevents with tasks as required.
- Work with the Senior Event Manager to grow income from all fundraising events.
- Work with the communications team to effectively promote all events to target audiences onsocial media platforms.
- Work with the communications team to keep our events webpages up to date.
- Keep track of income and expenditure relating to events.
- Work with colleagues from across the organisation to ensure that events being planned by otherteams are complimentary to the annual events programme and are being developed in line withchanging organisational and service needs and with necessary levels of service-user involvement.
- Take responsibility for ensuring that data held on the customer relationship management systemis up-to-date and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) across allareas of fundraising.
- Support the Senior Events Manager with corporate sponsorship proposals as/when required.
- Plan and manage your work-load effectively to meet your own and the Team’s overall targets.
- Attend team meetings, supervision and training sessions as required by the organisation.
- Keep up to date on all relevant matters and strive for continuous professional development.
- Represent the organisation at events and meetings, maintaining professional integrity.
- Take on other reasonable tasks and responsibilities as deemed appropriate by Line Manager.
- The individual will need to be flexible as there will be evening and weekend working required.
What we offer
- Training opportunities and career development
- Flexible working
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
- Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for The Forward Trust, then please proceed through the following link where you will be redirected to their website to complete your application.
Your new company
A prestigious London Local Authority with a large regional jurisdiction over both the City of London and the county of Greater London are looking to recruit an immediate Learning and Engagement Officer within the authorities popular Art Gallery.
Your new role / purpose of the post
To deliver a successful and newly established creative learning and participation offer for the Authorities Art Gallery.
To ensure engagement with a wide range of audiences and make a positive contribution to the knowledge of the City's history and assets, particularly amongst families and young people, driving audiences at weekends and at times when the City is less busy.
To support the Events Manager to develop new creative and engaging opportunities for participation in a high profile program and deliver high-quality engagement experiences.
Key skills and experience required
- Support the Events Manager to develop and create an exciting, ambitious and original creative learning programme, with the objective to maximise opportunities for engagement with a wide range of audiences, especially young people and families.
- Deliver a year-round programme of creative learning opportunities which culminate in showcase opportunities in the regular annual events calendar and/or as part of a major event, ensuring the projects are of the highest quality and have maximum impact.
- Focus activity at weekends and during school holidays when the City is less busy and the target audiences specified above may be better engaged.
- Support the Event Manager to deliver specific participation and engagement opportunities linked to specific events or shows, with many of these occurring at weekends and on Bank Holidays.
- Work with the Head of Gallery and Amphitheatre to develop and create a creative learning offer for the Gallery, connecting with the wider Programme and delivering against Gallery specific themes (eg exhibitions and the collection); drive event audience footfall into the venue through an attractive and engaging participation package, focused on young people and families.
- Review and revise the Galleries schools programme to ensure the offer is aligned to the wider Programme and that exhibitions and the Gallery's collection are reflected in wider education work as well as at the Gallery. Working with the Events Manager, procure workshop leaders for gallery schools' activity.
- Actively contribute to the development and creation of creative learning projects, workshops and programmes for both current and prospective audiences in line with the strategic vision, including developing budgets, project plans and key aims and objectives.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver paid-for learning and engagement sessions across the City's heritage assets, driving revenues. Similarly, explore revenue opportunities for delivering a financial return across the remit of this role.
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders from the local community including, but not limited to, London community groups, formal and informal education sector organisations, arts and non-arts organisations, and City businesses.
- Coordinate and implement a varied creative learning programme, including but not restricted to:
- Engaging with artists and facilitators to deliver work.
- Planning and delivering high-quality arts and education-based workshops and events, noting that this will include the procurement of workshop leaders as appropriate.
- Coordinating production, technical, infrastructure and materials requirements, drawing on the Events Officer roles and freelance technical and production teams where necessary.
- Completing risk assessments and necessary paperwork to ensure compliance.
- Fielding all enquiries regarding the creative learning programme and managing the booking process for any activity.
- Managing a database of participants and ensuring regular communication to retain engagement.
- Ensure the creative learning offer meets all legal and regulatory controls and measures, particularly in relevance to working with young people.
- Act as the Safeguarding Lead
- Identify and execute marketing activity for the creative learning programme, working closely with the Content Team to design and produce required marketing assets.
- Champion creativity, the arts and culture in communities and engage participants within the overarching context of the Programme.
What you'll need to succeed
- A track record of excellence in developing and delivering creative participatory programmes.
- Experience of working with or engaging young people and families in programmes/projects in either an arts, museum, heritage, school or equivalent setting.
- Knowledge of the National Curriculum and the latest initiatives in heritage education.
- Good experience gained in a cultural role, planning and coordinating projects, including compliance with organisational and regulatory requirements.
- Experience of successfully managing relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, e.g. local authorities, suppliers, artists, facilitators and corporate and community partners.
- Experienced with Microsoft Office
- Proven ability to work well as part of a team and on one's own with minimum supervision, using initiative with accuracy.
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to compose a wide range of documents and correspondence in the organisation and delivery of participation projects. (A)
- Excellent oral communication skills, with the ability to discuss details and requirements for projects with a broad range of stakeholders and deliver creative sessions for a broad range of audiences.
- Excellent administrative, organisational and time management skills, including the ability to work under pressure to tight timescales whilst running a variety of tasks simultaneously to meet key objectives in the organisation, administration and delivery of events.
- A flexible, enthusiastic, adaptable and creative approach to work.
- A demonstrable interest in the cultural, creative industries and the heritage sector and a passion for engaging a wide range of people in creative learning opportunities.
What you'll get in return
The chance to work in a interesting and unique role delivering learning to young audiences
Hybrid working - 2 or 3 days in the office per week, the rest working from home. 35 hours p/w (Mon-Fri)
*1 Saturday in 4 will be required to be worked; for a regular family event, TOIL - time in lieu offered in return.
What you need to do now
If you are you a confident communicator with a passion for working with young people and interpreting learning to a varied audience in a exhibition setting?Perhaps you have worked in education or in a heritage setting and are available for a new challenge?
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