Ada is a ground-breaking college and charity focused on using tech as a tool for social mobility and addressing the diversity and gender gaps in the tech sector.
We have fantastic corporate partners such as Salesforce, King Games, Deloitte, Bank of America and IBM and you would be responsible for these relationships as well as many others. Ada works with partners in a variety of ways from hiring apprentices to volunteering to donating and as Director of External Relations you would be responsible for these partnerships from prospect stage through to stewardship.
We’ve had great success with fundraising, business development and broader stakeholder engagement since opening in September 2016. We are now at an exciting stage of growth as we opened a second campus in 2019 and will open a Manchester campus in 2020. We need your skills and ideas to meet our income targets, manage an increasing portfolio of high-profile relationships and to raise the profile of the college.
We want to shout about the work we are doing and we want you to help us. Your communication skills, your commitment to our mission and your mindset will be vital in helping us grow and will give you the chance to fundamentally impact the diversity and access gaps in the tech sector.
As Director of External Relations you will be responsible for both the high level strategy, including working with the Executive Leadership Team to implement and update the College’s Strategic Plan and, with your team, the daily implementation of:
- Ada’s fundraising activities including corporate philanthropy, major donors, trusts and foundations and implementing a wider individual giving programme.
- Business development for our higher and degree level digital apprenticeships
- Facilitating and managing the extensive volunteering by industry partners in Ada’s sixth form and apprenticeship programme
- Raising the profile of the college including marketing and communications as well as public speaking and network building
- Developing, managing and maintaining the College’s online presence including website development and management, PR, e-prospectuses, e-advertising, SEO/SEM, e-forums and similar channels
- Ensuring the deployment of brand guidelines, including visual identity, imagery and key messages
- Managing and developing all printed marketing and information materials and displays such as prospectuses, presentations, banners and publications
- Initiating, leading and managing all market, customer and competitor research on behalf of the College, including developing appropriate feedback channels
- Defining Ada’s alumni engagement and support strategy
The Director of External Relations also sits on Ada’s Executive Leadership Team and is part of the decision making and direction setting for the college as a whole
About You
Ada is looking for a talented external relations professional with experience of income generation, stakeholder management and communications, who is ready to take the next step in their career as a strategic leader. Working with senior colleagues you will build on the solid partnerships and funding to date and grow our communications activities so that our public profile is worthy of the great things we are doing. Are you:
- Experienced at building and maintaining strategic partnerships?
- A great communicator?
- Skilled at generating income through fundraising and/or business development?
- Passionate about tech and the opportunities tech can offer to transform lives?
- A leader with a track record of nurturing high performing teams?
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Income Generation
- Overall accountability for Ada’s Business Development and Fundraising targets
- Manage Ada’s existing relationships with business to maintain or increase their contribution to the college through volunteering, apprenticeship programmes and philanthropy
- Identify and cultivate new partners and stakeholders
- Steward existing major donors and expand Ada’s major giving programme
- Write and manage funding applications and impact reporting to corporate donors as well as trusts and foundations.
Profile Raising
- Define and implement a communications strategy that is integrated across all the distinct parts of the college including the Sixth Form recruitment needs, Apprenticeship recruitment and business development and our social missions.
- Raise the profile of the College through thought leadership, events, positive press interventions and network building
- Accountability for Ada’s external communications including social media, newsletters, press releases and website
- Representing the College at events and meetings, cultivating speaking opportunities and supporting other members of staff and senior leadership to have public engagements
- Collaborate with colleagues to design and deliver high impact events and activities that benefit our partners and raise the profile of the College and the opportunities for engagement
- Overseeing and regularly re-evaluating internal and external events including stakeholder receptions, exhibitions, conference appearances and similar
- Lead on the development of a strategy to build links with College alumni to secure publicity for and loyalty to the College
Volunteering
- Work with the College’s academic teams to articulate and define volunteering opportunities to share with industry partners.
- Manage the volunteering process so that all interaction between industry and learners is successfully tracked and safeguarding procedures maintained at all times
- Working with the Assistant Principal, recruit one on one coaches from Industry partners and individuals for every Ada sixth form student annually.
- Organise events bringing together Ada’s academic teams and industry to ensure our curriculum and teaching staff remain abreast of industry needs and trends
Other Duties
- Recruit, support and develop additional team members as the volume of partnerships, donors and communications activities grow
- Oversee the implementation of Ada’s alumni engagement and support strategy linking it through to wider stakeholder engagement
- Undertake appropriate professional development to maintain awareness of evolving trends and opportunities for partnerships
- Play an active role in contributing to Ada’s Executive Leadership Team
- Undertaking other duties commensurate with the role as directed by the CEO or as delegated by the Chair of the Board.
The right candidate will play a pivotal role in driving the College’s future success and will join at an exciting time in our evolution. We are looking for someone who is engaging, proactive, influential and aligned to our values; someone who will lead change management and who will support and motivate colleagues to be as efficient as possible with their budget, operations and team to drive high performance.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
- Qualified to degree level in a relevant discipline or significant compensatory experience
- Institute of Fundraising and/or digital marketing qualification (desirable not essential)
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Essential Experience:
- Proven success in forming, growing and maintaining productive stakeholder relationships
- Experience of managing multi-faceted partnerships
- Ability to act entrepreneurially and creatively to cultivate new partnerships that are aligned to the College’s goals and activities
- A track record of fundraising or eliciting pro bono support
- Demonstrable written and verbal communications skills
- Substantial experience of leading and managing a team to deliver high-quality results to deadlines and with conflicting priorities
- Strong commitment to Ada’s vision and mission; and a strong belief in your capacity to make a positive impact towards them
Desirable:
- Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility and its role in business strategy
- A proven track record of achieving funding through grant applications and individual giving
- Experience of undertaking high-quality research to identify prospective supporters
- Experience working in a technology-related field or a passion for technology
- Event management to a high standard
- Experience of managing outsourced activities and selecting and managing creative suppliers
- Familiarity with apprenticeships and the apprenticeship market or the education sector
- Demonstrable track record of senior leadership in an organisation
- Experience of marketing planning, positioning strategy and brand management
- Some knowledge of GDPR laws and compliance
- Ability to provide advice to senior colleagues on organisation reputational risk and ensure robust crisis management procedures are in place for reputational issues
- Effective database management
- Alumni engagement or programme management
Personal Qualities, Aptitudes and Skills:
- Exceptional relationship building and relationship management skills
- Exemplary communication skills, including a very high standard of written communication skills and the ability to speak confidently to a range of audiences.
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to assess, prioritise and manage a varied and demanding workload;
- Commercially minded and strategic
- Sound judgement and discretion
- Ability to drive and embed lasting change.
Leadership and Management – the ability to demonstrate:
- An effective leadership style, aligned to Ada’s values, that inspires confidence in those you lead and encourages others to participate in going above and beyond.
- Versatility to adapt your leadership style in circumstances where an alternative approach is needed.
- Strong organisational skills which include the ability to delegate, prioritise and use effective time management.
- Resilience and motivation to stay positive and focus on key priorities during times of challenge.
- Effective line management of a range of people – coaching and motivating them to achieve excellent results in their roles.
- A willingness to work flexibly and if necessary outside of normal working hours.
Safeguarding
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check when appointed to the post.
The postholder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom they come into contact, is to adhere to and ensure compliance with the College’s Safeguarding Policy at all times.
Remuneration and Benefits
Salary: £50-£60k
Selection process: Application; I/Vs with CEO, ELT and Board members.
Hours: Full Time
Holidays: 25 days pro-rata
DBS: All employees undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Pension: Workplace Pension Scheme
Interested parties who seek further information on the role or Ada, are invited to submit a CV, in the first instance, and request a phone call with a member of ELT before submitting a formal application.
Closing date: Monday 16 March, 2020
Start date: June 2020
The job description is designed to outline a range of main duties that may be encountered. It is not designed to be an exhaustive listing of tasks and can be varied in consultation with the post holder in order to reflect changes in the role or needs of the organisation.
Equal opportunities
Ada. National College for Digital Skills recognises that equality of opportunity and the recognition and promotion of diversity are integral to its strengths. The following principles apply in respect of the College’s commitment to equality and diversity:
- To provide and promote equality of opportunity in all areas of its work and activity;
- To recognise and develop the diversity of skills and talent within its current and potential community;
- To ensure that all employees and prospective employees of the College are treated solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential without receiving any unjustified discrimination or unfavourable treatment on grounds such as age, disability, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender reassignment, trans status, socio- economic status or any other irrelevant distinction;
- To provide and promote a positive working, learning, and social environment which is free from prejudice, discrimination and any forms of harassment, bullying or victimisation; and
- To promote good relations between individuals from different groups.
Applicants with disabilities
Ada. National College for Digital Skills is keen to increase the number of disabled people it employs. We therefore encourage applications from individuals with a disability who are able to carry out the duties of the post. If you have special needs in relation to your application please contact our HR Department.
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Lottery Marketing Officer
Salary: £21,385 - £25,159
Full time, 35 hours per week
Place of Work: Head Office, Knowsley
The North West Air Ambulance Charity provides rapid pre-hospital care needed to make a life changing difference. We provide emergency medical treatment when time is critical.
This is an exciting time for North West Air Ambulance Charity. We’re in a strong financial position, which has enabled us to implement new and innovative ways of working and increase our impact on patient outcomes.
The job:
This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented Lottery / marketing professional looking for a role which is vital to NWAA’s Lottery, which raises in excess of £4m per year net.
The post holder will be joining the team at an exciting time of growth and will be responsible for sustaining and developing a varied Lottery programme of door-to-door, telephone and website player recruitment to ensure all activity is effective, efficient and compliant with relevant legislation. The role will have responsibility for maintaining target levels of recruitment, retention and engagement and maximising ROI across our Lottery income stream.
The Lottery Promotions Officer will work closely with the Head of Marketing and Communications to help raise the profile of the Charity and the Lottery and successfully develop the North West Air Ambulance Charity brand.
The Ideal Candidate:
You will have relevant experience in a Lottery fundraising environment or growing business from a customer base with excellent account management skills. You will be able to analyse data to influence future strategy. Excellent organisational skills are essential to manage a complex workload and meet deadlines as well as some creativity when planning campaigns.
The Charity offers the following benefits to all our eligible employees:
- Cycle to work Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Cash Back Scheme, which includes cash back for dental treatment and a range of medical treatments, as well as staff discounts with a range of retailers
- 24-hour confidential Employee Assistance helpline
- Salary Sacrifice Scheme for pension contributions
Closing date: 9 March 2020
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website.
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Our members and supporters are at the heart of our Party. They are our movement - our voters, canvassers, donors, social media influencers, champions, activists, officers, volunteers, representatives and candidates. We are committed to ensuring our members and supporters feel engaged with and valued by the Party, whether they are individual activists, donors, or part of our regional branch network.
The Women’s Equality Party is seeking an ambitious Membership Manager to oversee and deliver the membership and supporter journey to engage and retain our existing members and supporter base, including supporting our branches, and grow our movement by driving acquisition of new members.
You will have excellent relationship and data management skills, along with demonstrable experience of managing a membership or loyalty scheme. Experience of supporting local groups would also be an advantage.
This role presents an exciting and unique opportunity for the post-holder to make it their own. The Party’s central office is a small, dynamic team and as well as two direct reports, you will work closely with our communications and campaigns staff.
We are looking for someone passionate about equality, self-driven and innovative with a commitment to ensuring the success of our movement. We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:
- Practical and thorough knowledge and understanding of managing a membership scheme, with experience of leading a membership or loyalty scheme.
- Experience of building and developing relationships with a range of stakeholders and a demonstrable ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a range of groups and individuals.
- Experience of delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns and the ability to use digital marketing tools.
- Extensive experience of using CRM/stakeholder management systems and interrogating data and reporting.
- Ability to analyse data and develop information into reports for wider dissemination or presentation.
- Knowledge of GDPR, political party regulations and other legislation concerning membership, or demonstrable ability to quickly acquire this.
- Highly organised with excellent prioritisation skills and the ability to work to competing deadlines.
- Ability to work flexibly, responding to changing priorities and demands.
- Excellent communication skills including oral, copywriting and editing.
- Strong understanding of and commitment to the Women’s Equality Party’s aims and mission.
- Prior line management experience.
- Experience of supporting and developing branches or local groups.
- Ability to travel throughout the UK and work away from London from time to time, including occasional overnight stays
- Willingness to undertake training and to develop new skills in response to the organisation’s changing needs.
The Women’s Equality Party values equality and diversity, and welcomes applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
To apply for this role, please submit to us:
- an up-to-date CV,
- a supporting statement addressing the requirements of the person specification (maximum two sides),
- an equal opportunities monitoring form (optional)
Please email applications no later than 23.59pm on Sunday 1st March Interviews will be held the week commencing 9th March.
Further details can be found on our website.
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Wessex Cancer Trust is a vibrant charity, supporting people affected by cancer across Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight. Although the charity is approaching its 40th year, the culture is driven by the need to evolve and grow, ever changing and improving – helping more people in more ways.
In 2014, just over 98,600 people in Wessex were living with or beyond cancer. This number is estimated to increase significantly in the next 20 years. This is partly because of the ageing population and increasing incidence, but also because of increasing survival from cancer. By 2030, it is estimated there will be around 164,700 people in Wessex living with and beyond cancer, a potential increase of approximately 67% (Public Health England, Cancer in Wessex 2017)
Wessex Cancer Trust has recently launched a new strategy to allow us to assist a growing number of people affected by cancer in the coming years and to do this we must continue to increase income for the trusts work.
This exciting new part time role (24 hours per week) will work closely with the Director of Development to shape the commercial strategy. In this operational role you will have day-to-day management responsibility for leading on commercial opportunities including securing sponsorship and project funding, developing new commercial income streams and supporting the fundraising and retail team to maximise sales opportunities.
You will be an entrepreneurial and proactive person who enjoys the diverse workload and has significant sales and commercial experience. If you are tenacious and target driven with excellent networking skills and strong financial acumen, then this could be the role for you.
We offer a vibrant working environment, free parking, flexible hours, a friendly and open team atmosphere, and the opportunity to support local people with cancer. To apply please send a cover letter outlining your suitability along with an updated CV. Interviews will be given on a rolling basis.
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TPP is currently working with a professional medical membership organisation. They are seeking to hire a Digital Officer for a 12 month duration.
This is a hybrid digital role and you will perform a variety of tasks, duties and responsibilities around implementing our client's digital marketing strategy, maximising visits from existing and new website users, engaging with our client's members and increasing loyalty amongst their membership base.
The role holder will also be responsible for working on digital production projects including building landing pages and being involved in building new digital products (apps/tablet/mobile etc) and ensuring that our client's brand is strengthened demonstrating commitment to new technology.
Your duties and responsibilities will include :
- To add new content onto our client's websites and app within the agreed service level.
- To review existing content on the site and remove and amend where appropriate.
- To develop and test new online tools, services and functions (web/mobile/tablet/app) using Agile methodology to support the digital strategy and overall marketing strategy.
- To create new e-learning modules.
- To create and send email campaigns including the selection of data, campaign build, testing, transmission and post-campaign analysis.
- To track, analyse and report on all online activity.
- To manage projects to achieve the above in line with the our client's project management methodology.
Your experience will include :
- Extremely IT literate with a natural flair for digital technology.
- Experience of content management systems, website development, email marketing, google analytics and other digital technologies.
- Proven experience in digital marketing including web, email, search, mobile and analytics.
- Strong interpersonal skills and comfortable in dealing with both staff and customers at all levels.
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Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.
Alzheimer’s Research UK is looking for a social media expert to play an important role in delivering the charity’s social media strategy. This role will lead on planning, producing and delivering regular, high-quality, creative content, ensuring followers receive an engaging and memorable experience when interacting with us.
This creative role offers a successful candidate the opportunity to help shape Alzheimer’s Research UK’s social media output and will be encouraged to be innovative and input into a wide range of exciting projects. Sitting within the Brand department, the Social Media Officer will be an integral part of a team working on challenging and rewarding projects, including award-winning brand campaigns which have a real impact on the overall success of the organisation.
Main duties and responsibilities of the role:
- Proactively create and deliver regular, inspiring content that grabs attention, engages users and attracts new followers to our cause.
- Create a personalised and positive experience across our social channels to help foster an emotional connection with our supporters and build an active and responsive online community.
- Be a source of ideas and innovative approaches on how to use social to communicate stories from across a wide range of areas which are sometimes complex or sensitive.
- Regularly review performance, generating actionable reports which inform future activity and demonstrate impact to colleagues.
What we are looking for:
- Education to A-level or equivalent level of experience
- Experience of working in a social media, with focus on content planning and delivery and user engagement (including platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn).
- Have an expert understanding of social media, social platforms, techniques and trends
- Experienced at creating to a brand style / tone of voice.
- Excellent eye for exciting content opportunities
- Understanding of social media analytics and reporting
- Excellent organisational skills; the ability forward plan and work across many tasks to multiple deadlines.
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, gathering information and creating content collaboratively.
- Have a creative flair and the ability to adapt approach depending on requirements.
Location: Granta Park, near Cambridge.
Salary: Circa £27,000 per annum, plus benefits
Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.
The closing date for applications is the 15th March 2020, with interviews likely to be held on the 26th March 2020. However, we would encourage applicants to submit their application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Should we wish to contact you to arrange an earlier interview this will be arranged based on the availability of the candidate and the panel. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend on a certain date.
In order to be considered, please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies Page. You will be able to attach a CV and covering letter to your application, track your application and view other vacancies that may be of interest.
To view further details about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit the Alzheimer’s Research UK website.
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About MHFA England
MHFA England is a social enterprise and the leading provider of mental health skills and awareness training courses in England. Our vision is to improve the health of the nation, through normalising society’s attitudes and behaviours around mental health, by developing the skills we need to look after our own and others’ wellbeing. Learn about our social mission and our history by read our 'what we do section' on our website.
We are a friendly, dynamic, fast-paced organisation and we strive to be an exemplary health and wellbeing employer. We are embarking on an exciting journey of growth and if you are looking for the next step in your career, this a great time for you to join us.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for a highly organised individual, who is able to work well as part of a team in order to deliver work both efficiently and accurately. You will play an important role within the Client Delivery team by ensuring high level administrative support from updating in-house systems and maintaining client delivery processes to assist the team in developing long term relationships with our clients.
Your role will involve liaising with colleagues across the organisation and external providers to ensure all enquiries are responded to in a timely manner. You will ensure high level customer service by ensuring that all booking and client information is updated on our system as well as creating daily and weekly reports. You will support the Client Development Managers with managing and responding to the client delivery inbox, tracking of training materials, keeping the system up to date with bookings and general administration support.
The post holder will be collaborative, have great attention to detail, be proactive, hands-on and have good communications skills.
What can we offer you?
You’ll enjoy 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, along with a winter and summer office closure in addition to your annual leave. We provide a pension contribution for you which is matched up to 5%. We’ll support your development and growth and help you develop your experience and skills to achieve your personal and the businesses goals.
Interested? How to apply
For the full job description and person specification please see the attached documents. Go to our website for further information.
To apply please submit a covering letter and CV demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role. The closing date for applications is Sunday 8th March 2020. Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 16th March 2020.
Mental Health First Aid England is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or those who are pregnant or on maternity leave. We are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented within the organisation, these include but are not limited to those from the LGBT+ community, people with disabilities, and those from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background.
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