Do you have experience of working with children and young people and do you understand the challenges they face?  Are you passionate about empowering young people to have their voices heard?

If so, you could be part of an exciting new project that brings positive change to young people’s health and social care services in Gloucestershire.

Healthwatch Gloucestershire is the county’s independent health and care champion. We exist to make sure that local health and social care services are shaped by the people who use them. We want to ensure that children and young people from across the county are listened to and heard by those responsible for health and social care services in Gloucestershire. 

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Youth Engagement Officer to lead our new Young Listeners project. You will recruit, train and support a team of 10 volunteer Young Listeners, to design the project and engage with other children and young people through a peer-to-peer approach. It will be a varied and interesting job and no two days will be the same.

We’re looking for an experienced and enthusiastic people-person, with a can-do attitude, who will enjoy being part of a small and dynamic team.  

In return we offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous contributory pension scheme, comfortable office accommodation in Quedgeley and flexible working practices.

If this sounds like you, please visit our website for more information.

Alternatively, if you are interested in working on this project as a consultant, please get in touch.

About the role

The Youth Engagement Officer is an exciting and important role to engage young people across Gloucestershire.  The role will lead an exciting new Healthwatch Gloucestershire Young Listeners project which aims to ensure the voice of children and young people in the county are listened to and heard by the people who buy, plan and run health and social care services in Gloucestershire .  A team of 10 young people will be recruited to become Young Listeners who will then go out and engage with and listen to other young people on a variety of topics.  The post holder will recruit, train and support the planning and delivery of activities to engage other young people in Gloucestershire.  The post holder will work with the wider Healthwatch Gloucestershire team to deliver the project.

Job Summary

You will be required to:

• Project manage the project
• Recruit, train and support a team of 10 Young Listeners
• Work with the EC Communication team to design materials – logos, leaflets and images – to promote the project
• Identify opportunities for Young Listeners to carry out engagement working with groups and organisations across Gloucestershire
• Work with the Young Listeners to design their own engagement activities and data collection methods
• Provide support to the Young Listeners to carry out a minimum of 100 listening’s
• Analysis the data to identify key messages and recommendations for commissioners and providers.
• Work with the Young Listeners to report on their findings, e.g. video, audio presentation.
• Produce final report
• Monitor the project and on a monthly basis provide an update including case studies as required

Z2K is an anti-poverty charity which combines direct casework and representation for Londoners experiencing, or at risk of, poverty with national campaigning for social security and housing systems that work for all. We work collaboratively as a team of eighteen paid staff and a wide range of volunteers who work across all our projects and support services.

Z2K are delighted to advertise the role of Casework Assistant to join our Casework Team. The role is offered as part of a partnership project with South West London Law Centres, a legal advice charity with offices across Wandsworth, Merton and Croydon.

About You

We are looking for a committed and proactive individual with knowledge and experience of providing benefits casework that meets quality standards and achieves performance targets. You will have gained experience of benefits advice and casework through paid or other voluntary experience.  You will demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, have a commitment to working with communities who are highly disadvantaged and a passion for helping people to overcome homelessness and poverty.  You will have the ability to interview, advise, and work with service users empathetically, and have a willingness to try new tasks and support the wider team with policy work and online communication such as blogs and case studies. From time to time you may be asked to work outside of usual working hours.

This post is a fixed term contract ending 30th June 2021 working full time. We are currently working remotely in line with government guidance. If guidance changes the role will be based in Westminster.

All applications must include reference to the essential requirements outlined in the personal specification.

Interviews will include a written test to check key competencies as well as an interview with a panel.

Deadline for application: 1st February 2021 by midday

Interview date: 10th February 2021

Unfortunately due to the volume of applications we receive, we will be unable to contact prospective applicants if they are not shortlisted for an interview. We will be contacting shortlisted applicants before the interview date. If you have not heard back by 14th February then please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), The Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K) complies fully with the code of practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly.

Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund

Do you have a passion for wildlife and the natural world? Can you inspire people to explore, learn about and care for their local wildlife through your writing? This could be the job for you...

We are looking for an enthusiastic Communications Officer to join our Fundraising, Membership and Communications team. Help us promote Avon Wildlife Trust and the work we do with nature, wildlife, and people by working on our membership magazine, creating organisation-wide communications plans, and creating diverse, compelling content.

If you are an experienced communicator with the skills to bring nature to life in fun and creative ways, then we’d love to hear from you.

The Wildlife Trusts value diversity. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.

Closing date: 9am Wednesday 27th January 2021

First interviews for shortlisted candidates will be on Thursday 4th February 2021. Second interviews on Tuesday 9th February 2021.

No CVs or agencies please.

Charity No: 280422

Press & Communications Officer

We are seeking a Press and Communications Officer to generate and maximise positive media coverage of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, in order to further the aims and objectives of the campaign.

Press & Communications Officer Responsibilities:

To date the campaign has been entirely run by volunteers, but as it has grown and developed there has been an increasing need for staff support to ensure that we are as effective as possible and have the best possible chance of achieving our campaign objectives. The Press and Communications Officer will provide wide-ranging support to the campaign in ensuring effective media coverage and achieving maximum engagement with social media channels. This will include media liaison and monitoring for opportunities, interview booking as well as prepping and training spokespeople, sharing content on our social channels, as well as a proactive and innovative approach to getting our campaign in the news.

This role will work with two other paid roles, the Campaign Manager and Campaign Coordinator and be line-managed by the Campaign Manager. Support will also be provided by a large pool of volunteers with a range of responsibilities and expertise. We are really excited for the potential these new roles bring to take our campaign to the next level and amplify the voices of bereaved families to secure positive change.

Press & Communications Officer Requirements:

• An understanding of the role news coverage plays in winning campaigns
• Experience of providing media services to an organisation dealing with contested matters of public interest
• Ability to advise, support and lead staff in carrying out media activities
• Ability to formulate and implement media strategy solely and within teams
• Ability to craft compelling messages that influence news coverage
• Demonstrable and detailed knowledge of the workings and needs of media in the UK
• Ability to advocate for and represent the campaign in meetings and publicly, if required
• Ability to solve problems relating to the work of a press office
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of communicating clearly in face to face meetings and in difficult circumstances
• Experience of developing strong and enduring relationships with journalists
• Ability to manage the social media accounts of an organisation

About Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK:

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice is a newly formed not-for-profit organisation working to provide a voice for families bereaved by Covid-19. We have more than 2,000 members who are all personally bereaved and at the heart of everything we do. We’re campaigning for a statutory public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the pandemic so that families can get answers and lessons can be learnt to prevent further loss of life. Alongside our campaign to secure an inquiry, we are also campaigning for improved bereavement support for families and to ensure that those bereaved are protected from hardship.

As a group of volunteers we've already produced agenda-setting front page news stories, garnered support from hundreds of thousands of people, given oral testimony to influential parliamentary committees, held high-level political meetings and been discussed by the Prime Minister in Parliament. Now we’re recruiting paid staff to take the campaign to the next level.

Location: Anywhere in UK - Home Based

Job type: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract (12 months, possibility for extension subject to funding)

Salary: £28,000 per annum

Benefits: 3% employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and additional closure days in December

You may have experience of the following: Communications Officer, Media Manager, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Officer, Project Management, Charity, Third Sector, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, Press Officer, etc.

Ref: 96317

Do you want to work somewhere that no two days are the same?

Where you make a difference to people`s lives?
...and one that values yours?

Yes? Work for us - The WEA. Create real change, and be a part of something bigger.

We have a new and exciting role for a Media Communications Manager.

The Media Communications Manager will play a vital role in raising the visibility of WEA`s impact on its students and the communities they live in and our teaching expertise.

During this six month post you will:
1.Establish our PR activity, developing and delivering campaigns in house and, occasionally, with the assistance of an external PR company;
2.Monitor our press coverage, social media commentary and manage media enquiries and social media response, jumping on opportunities and managing risk;
3.Develop case studies for events, publications, news and media releases, as our student stories are incredibly powerful.

If you are an experienced PR or Media Relations Manager with:
1. A track record of delivering results through integrated media and social media campaigns,
2. A flair for writing, and
3. A passion for education and its role in delivering social justice,
Then this is just the role for you!

If you love to get creative, enjoy networking, aren’t afraid of some hard work and enjoy celebrating the fruits of your labours with your colleagues, then please apply. We look forward to hearing from you.

Interviews for this role will be held on 3 February 2021.

The role: This role is crucial to help us realise our ambitions of supporting more young people with their social action projects and system change activities, packaging up and delivering training outside London and for scaling our impact and reach.

The Communications and Campaigns Manager is responsible for:

• Co-designing and delivering our communications strategy: working with the whole team (including with teenagers and young adults engaged with the charity) to develop and deliver a new and successful campaigns and communications strategy that promotes the organisation's work and also supports projects and income generation initiatives.
• Supporting business growth: meeting personal and organisational marketing and communications targets and business and income generation objectives.
• Reinforcing organisational culture: building and maintaining an empathic, positive and relational culture within the organisation with strong, clear, and consistent internal and external communications that reflect our values and the voices of our Young Partners ad team.
• Advancing our mission through communications: ensuring that the organisation's communications are of the highest quality and that they support and advance our charitable objectives.

Who we are looking for: We’re looking for a creative individual who is able to empathise with and support young people to influence change. An energetic and ambitious person who wants to contribute their time, passion and positive energy to our mission! Is this you?

• You are passionate about social justice, and utilising your creativity, communications, campaigning and marketing skills and experience to really make a difference
• You have excellent inter-personal skills, are values-led, with a high level of social and emotional intelligence.
• You are empathic, fair and kind, and can relate to and connect with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.
• You will relish the challenge and autonomy this role presents, and getting involved with all aspects of a young and growing charity.
• You are excited about coproduction and the opportunity to work alongside young people, sharing decisions and budgets. 
• You enjoy working as part of a team, and can get on board with ‘consent-based decision making’ in an organisation.
• You are ambitious, looking for somewhere you can grow and build your career, and you thrive working in fast paced environments where you can influence growth and innovation. 

How to Apply: Please read the Applicant Pack attached for a full role description and person specification and send a CV and cover letter (two pages maximum) telling us about yourself and what you could bring to Peer Power in this role. Please make it clear in your application how you meet the essential and desirable criteria, highlighting your areas of strength and areas of the role you would look to outsource.

Please indicate the date at which you are available to start and/or your notice period for your current role.

Deadline – Sunday, 14 February 2021 at midnight.

Possible Interview date (TBC): Tuesday, 23 February 2021

First Give inspires young people to make a difference to the causes they care about. We do this through working in partnership with secondary schools, providing a fully resourced scheme of work that guides an entire year group of students to engage with local charities and causes and then carry out social action (fundraising, raising awareness, campaigning, volunteering etc) in support of them. At the end of each programme, a celebratory School Final is held at each school, where teams representing each class deliver presentations about their projects. The class considered to have engaged the best with the programme secures a First Give grant of £1,000 for their chosen charity. By the end of the programme, however, the whole year group will have given back meaningfully to their local community.

We are at an exciting stage of our journey, looking to open up our delivery to more parts of England and Wales. We are seeking a Partnerships and Communications Administrator to support this element of our work.

The Partnerships and Communications Administrator will support with the design and implementation of the school sales and marketing strategy for First Give, working with a motivated team to achieve ambitious targets in order to engage schools to deliver the First Give programme across England and Wales. We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic candidate who is looking to expand their communication skills and support a complex sales project. You will be a good communicator with a positive, proactive attitude.

Reporting to: Head of Programmes

Location: Working from home for now, with travel to schools across England and Wales occasionally once restrictions allow it. If you are based outside of London, eventually regular travel to London for team meetings will be required. If you live in London, we can offer desk space in our office in North West London.

NB: Due to funding restrictions related to this position, we can only accept applicants who are based in England at this time.

Other requirements of the role: Must have access to a car and a full clean driving licence. A car allowance is provided

NB First Give is committed to the safety and welfare of children and young people. We follow Safer Recruitment Guidelines. Any offer of employment is subject to reference and DBS checks.

Benefits:

• 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays. First Give closes between Christmas and New Year and this time off is given to staff gratis. You will also be able to take your birthday off in addition to this.
• Pension of 5%
• Where appropriate, a work from home allowance will be provided
• Generous CPD budget
• Where appropriate, we will offer you a car allowance

This position is funded by The Rank Foundation. As part of the Foundation’s support, the successful candidate will also benefit from virtual (and hopefully later in 2021, in person) conferences and training opportunities throughout their contract, as well as gaining access to RankNet – a network of leaders in the charitable and social sector. This is an exciting benefit that presents additional development opportunities for the successful candidate.

Key Responsibilities:

Marketing and sales:

• Sell the First Give programme to secondary schools in England and Wales
• Implement sales strategies to market the First Give programme to secondary schools across England and Wales
• Support in the implementation of plans to re-engage schools who used to run the First Give programme
• Use Salesforce to collect data and report on how different projects and campaigns are performing
• Oversee invoicing and charity grant payment processes to ensure they operate smoothly and ensure partnerships with these stakeholders remain positive and productive
• Support the First Give team with other tasks as needed from time to time

External communications:

• Manage First Give’s social media channels
• Create case studies, good news stories and newsletters
• Ensure the consistency of First Give’s brand identity across various print and digital platforms
• Helping to manage First Give’s website and other digital assets

Person specification

Essential:

• Passionate about young people and their potential to drive social change
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organised and proactive, with good attention to detail
• Great at relationship building with a wide range of people and stakeholders
• Excellent presentation skills with an ability to deliver concise, engaging and persuasive presentations
• Experience in social media management, including the creation of assets and campaigns
• Proactive, independent worker able to work well alone and as part of a team

Desirable:

• Experience of working successfully within a remote decentralised team
• Experience of using Salesforce to track and analyse data (we will provide training on our Salesforce system if you don't have this, so please don't see it as a barrier to application)
• Experience of using analytics and tracking data behind campaigns to inform future planning

Role purpose:

This role will work closely with all parts of the operations, communications, international and fundraising teams to drive, develop and deliver great quality content (both from the field and in the UK) for use by our fundraising and communications team in the UK and around the world.

Working with the Brand & Content Manager and wider team, the successful candidate will help deliver projects to bring the brand alive and support our fundraising, communications, international and operations teams to work within brand guidelines.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a creative talent, with excellent attention to detail. With a focus on regularly producing high quality video edits, written content and editing and curating compelling photographs, you must be highly proficient in Adobe creative suite and be able to demonstrate excellent copywriting / scriptwriting skills. You will also be a great relationship manager – particularly working closely with our operations team and operations partners.

It is also a requirement of this role to have a working knowledge of Premier Pro, Indesign, Photoshop and After Effects. With a strong creative approach, you’ll be able to pick up new ideas and concepts. The role will work across all content disciplines with a particular focus on the brand and helping others to make content effectively within brand guidelines.

The successful candidate will have experience in practical photography and film. You will need to be able to confidently pick up a camera and capture ShelterBox footage as well as being a passionate and proficient editor. This role will be required to deploy in both major disasters and pro-active content trips in the field and the UK – gathering content themselves and supporting external freelancers – once the necessary pre-deployment training has been completed and our teams are safe to travel again.

You will be self-motivated, with a can-do approach and able to confidently manage multiple projects across a variety of teams. You will be flexible in supporting the wider team, thinking strategically, with an ability to focus on both long and short-term objectives.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

Brand

• Help support and train the wider organisation to effectively create content within ShelterBox brand guidelines.
• Support the delivery of an online brand hub and updated brand guidelines.
• Support the Brand & Content Manager and Head of Brand & Content to develop a purpose led brand.
• Support a small roster of freelance creatives to adhere to brand guidelines when developing materials and assets and to stay abreast of latest brand developments.
• Help drive brand storytelling across the organisation.

Content gathering and training

Day-to-day roles

• Act as the main point of contact for fundraising, communications and international teams looking for content. Advise and create content briefs to deliver across projects.
• Work closely with the operations team to highlight content gathering opportunities and ensure we are exploring all options for great storytelling across all our live deployments.
• Develop and deliver quality content training (online and in-person) for ShelterBox staff, ShelterBox Response Teams and partners (within GDPR, consent and ethical guidelines).
• Maintain regular verbal and written contact with teams in the field to ensure that they are optimising content gathering opportunities, to provide strategic or technical support and to maintain a strong working relationship with teams.
• Review and develop content gathering processes as part of post-deployment processes and apply a continual improvement approach to ensure we’re constantly optimising our ways of working in an iterative way.
• Identify opportunities for deploying with freelancers and complete preparation processes with support from Brand & Content Manager and operations.

Deployment and UK content gathering

• Gather case studies and interviews and shoot photography and video on deployment and in the UK.
• Deploy to gather content or train partners - dependent on funding and strategic need. At times this will involve taking freelancers on agreed trips. Note: Deploying in major disasters or to partner organisations may involve operating within ERA (enhanced risk assessment) areas so role will need to be HEAT (Hostile environment awareness training) trained.

Content production

• Deliver content projects from initial briefing through to final concept working with teams across the organisation.
• Support the team to provide content for digital channels – working to weekly/fortnightly editorial meeting outcomes.
• Use raw material gathered to produce engaging content with particular focus on video for digital.
• Produce and edit film, audio and photography. Write and edit copy with digital focus but also for fundraising and communications.
• Ensure all content follows the ShelterBox brand guidelines and tone of voice. This includes feeding back to teams and agencies on projects.
• Ensure all content follows sign-off processes.

Content administration

• Manage and update Assetbank (our photo library) – or any other content sharing platform.
• Act as the key point of communication with Assetbank – working with ShelterBox IT to make sure stakeholders are able to access content.
• Update key stakeholders with weekly/monthly content round ups to ensure people are using the most recent assets.
• Help to manage our ShelterBox studio and photography, film and audio equipment for staff and volunteers.

Planning and team working

• Be an integral part of project planning.
• Use audience insights to inform plans.
• Offer knowledge of best practice and innovations from other organisations and sectors.
• Support the measurement-based approach of the Brand & Content team by contributing to monthly reporting as well as spotting trends and opportunities.
• Help to develop and implement a content strategy.
• Any other specific projects given by the Brand & Content manager.

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. With nearly half a million members we are the largest charity dedicated to girls and young women in the UK, and one of the largest and leading youth charities. We are on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our 100,000 amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week. We have recently agreed our 2020+ strategy and begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people and volunteers at the heart of our organisation.

Girlguiding is recruiting a PR Manager to lead a bold and integrated PR and ambassadors programme to help us deliver Girlguiding’s new strategy. We want to help girls make their voices heard and appeal to more and a greater diversity of girls and potential volunteers so even more girls can benefit from our award-winning youth offer and the life changing opportunities guiding offers.

It’s a crucial time for girls and for Girlguiding as we recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. We have an important, positive story to tell about our role in communities and how we support girls’ and young women’s wellbeing, offering them ways to stay connected, learn and have fun in guiding even through the most challenging of times.

We’re looking for someone with extensive experience of developing and delivering high impact, creative PR strategies to engage target audiences. They should have an excellent news sense, be able to produce high-quality press materials and integrated campaign plans, and be able to train and coach other team members to do the same. They will need to have extensive knowledge of the UK media, strong social media know-how, and an ability to anticipate and identify PR opportunities and trends relevant to Girlguiding to help us meet strategic goals. They will have experience of crisis and reputational risk management and managing celebrity ambassadors.

The post requires working outside of 9-5 office hours, such as evenings and weekends, to be part of the press on-call rota and to travel to other locations as necessary, for which time off in lieu will be given.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change. While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are committed to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. Girlguiding is a COVID secure employer, providing support for all employees during the current pandemic. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.

We ask that you submit your CV, declaration form and supporting information as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close vacancies at any time, when we have received sufficient applications.

Interviews will be held remotely during the pandemic.

Position: Senior Campaigns Officer
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Flexible (currently home-based)
Salary: £33,885 - £39,276 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band F, Level 1
Department: Campaigns and External Relations

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

We’re recruiting a Senior Campaigns Officer to help us make positive change for people affected by MS.

Shaping compelling campaigns that mobilise communities of supporters to rally behind our movement is a big part of our new strategy – and we have bold plans to drive this work forward.

This is an exciting, challenging opportunity which is ideal for a confident, motivated and ambitious individual with a track record for delivering effective campaigns.

Working with the Campaigns Manager, you will develop and implement our key national campaigns, aimed at effecting meaningful change – whether that is policy change, practice change or even changing perceptions of the MS Society and the way supporters engage with us.

Your role will be vital in coordinating a diverse range of campaigning activities, as well as growing and nurturing our campaigns community and working directly with people with MS to build their capacity to campaign both locally and nationally.

You will be joining the MS Society at an exciting stage of our development and this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive, dynamic and friendly team.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

Part of this exciting transformation will include an office move from our current National Centre in Cricklewood, NW London to a different location in London. We are currently defining where and what type of accommodation this will be and we really want our staff to be involved in that decision.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 1st February 2021

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity.

No agencies please.

We are currently seeking an experienced and enthusiastic individual to cover the maternity leave of our Marketing & Database Manager- a key management role within our Income Generation & Communications department. We’re proud of the quality and reach of our marketing and communications activity and, despite being a small team, we make a big impact and have experience of creating innovative, award-winning campaigns. This is an exciting opportunity for a talented and creative individual to maintain this momentum and ultimately help our charity reach more people.

This is a 12 month opportunity, covering a period of maternity leave, from April 2021.

The Role

This is a busy role managing multiple areas of work:

• Developing and delivering the hospice’s integrated communications strategy.
• Providing marketing support for fundraising and hospice service promotion activities.
• Managing the supporter database and administration support for the income generation team.

The majority of your time will be spent sourcing news and stories from the hospice and transforming them into engaging content, planning and managing print production, liaising with the media and developing digital communications. You will also oversee the management of our substantial supporter database, including leading on the further development of data insight and reporting which will be crucial to our future success.

You’ll work closely with the members of the Income Generation & Communications department and the rest of the organisation to develop and deliver cross-channel marketing campaigns, helping to achieve our £4 million annual fundraising target, raising awareness of the care and support we provide to patients and driving engagement with key stakeholders.

What you need:

First and foremost you need to be an excellent communicator and relationship-builder, highly organised and passionate about the work of Bolton Hospice and the difference you can make. We are looking for a skilled marketing & communications professional with experience of database management. Experience of working for a charity would be an advantage, as would line management experience.

Why Bolton Hospice?

You will be working within a friendly and committed team in modern, open plan offices (with some home working considered). Working across the whole organisation and reporting directly to senior management, you’ll have ownership of the Marketing & Database functions and the autonomy to use your skills to make a real impact. We offer our employees an attractive benefits package, including generous annual leave (starting at 35 days a year including bank holidays), a contributory stakeholder pension scheme, life assurance, membership of a healthcare cash plan and excellent training opportunities.

Bolton Hospice welcomes applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, marital status or sexual orientation.  Any appointment will be made on merit alone. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.  Bolton Hospice has a No Smoking Policy.

UK Office, London (Victoria) or home based

The Vacancy

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

You’ll play a key role maintaining a high media profile, raising public awareness and knowledge of Parkinson’s, and promoting Parkinson’s UK and the work we do. You will have responsibility for developing a team of talented and enthusiastic press officers. Leading by example, you’ll empower them to deliver bold and creative media coverage. 

You’ll be a first point of contact for many of our colleagues across the organisation, spotting newsworthy opportunities and helping to make them happen.

What you'll do:

• Support the development, implementation and evaluation of proactive and reactive media relations strategies across the charity’s portfolio of activities 
• Lead by example, delivering bold and creative media coverage across national, regional, online and consumer media using case studies and celebrities as appropriate 
• Work with colleagues across the charity to ensure that a wide range of spokespeople are prepared and trained for planned and reactive media interviews 
• Manage and develop the team of press officers, providing the guidance, expertise and opportunities to maximise their skills

What you'll bring:

• Significant experience of planning, delivering and evaluating successful media campaigns, ensuring that they run to time, to budget and can demonstrate their impact.
• Experience of managing colleagues both within your team and the wider organisation to deliver the best possible results 
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills enabling you to influence and engage internal and external stakeholders
• Established media contacts across regional, online, national and consumer outlets

Closing date: 24 January

Interviews to be held: 2-3 February 

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we're unlikely to be fully reopening our London office during 2021. Therefore, the role will involve a mixture of office and home working until we’ve re-opened our London office. We will continue to review the situation inline with government guidelines.

What's it like to work for us?

We aim to find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's - and you could help us achieve this.

We offer a variety of paid job roles and volunteer opportunities both at our UK office in London and across the UK.

This role can be based at any of our 9 offices; Croydon, Central London, Brent, Oxford, Coventry, Birmingham, Rotherham, Liverpool or Newcastle.

About us
Crisis is the UK’s national homelessness charity. We work side-by-side with people to help them rebuild their lives. Through decades of experience of working with people who are homeless, we know what’s needed to leave homelessness behind for good. We use this experience to shape the services we provide and the changes we campaign for. 

The News and Media team play a central role in building Crisis’ public profile, awareness of our year-round services and securing the changes we need to ensure everyone has a safe and stable place to call home. We tell compelling stories of people who’ve experienced homelessness, support our fundraising efforts on a national and regional level and highlight our work at Christmas and throughout the year in new and creative ways. 

About the role
As Crisis’ Senior Media Officer specialising in services, engagement and fundraising, you will play a key role helping us plan and deliver creative media campaigns that bring our work to life, demonstrating how we end peoples’ homelessness for good through education, training and support with housing, employment and health. You will also help raise the profile of our range of fundraising events, campaigns and corporate partnerships with key target audiences.  

Your role will be stimulating and varied. You’ll work with our frontline staff to identify people facing homelessness who want to share their stories and empower them to do so. You’ll also work alongside our Artist Liaison Manager to devise creative ways for our high-profile supporters and ambassadors to engage with the cause publicly and play a crucial role in some of our biggest organisational campaigns, like our annual Christmas campaign. You will also help make the most of reactive opportunities that come through to our press office and help build relationships with key journalists. 

About you
You’ll be a skilled communicator with experience of working within a busy press office environment/PR agency or as a journalist. 
You’ll have a track record of delivering high-profile, integrated media strategies that secure quality coverage in national, regional and consumer outlets. 
A passion for writing, and experience of working with and interviewing case studies, will mean you know how to tell a compelling story that will capture the attention of journalists and build public support for our goal of ending homelessness for good.

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% 
- 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 27th January 2021 
Interviews will be held from w/c 8th February

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.

Position: Senior Policy Officer (Welfare & Employment)
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Location: Flexible
Salary: £33,886 - £39,276 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band F, Level 1
Department: Policy and Evidence

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

This is an exciting opportunity to help the MS Society secure tangible changes for people with MS. Reporting to the Policy Manager (Welfare and Technology), you will lead on high profile policy issues across welfare and employment that affect people with MS.

You will ensure that our policy work is built around strong evidence and is informed by and developed with people affected by MS and relevant professionals.

Working closely with colleagues in External Relations, Communications & Campaigns you will play a key role in building effective campaigns and influencing programmes around key issues facing people with the condition.

You’ll have experience of working in a lobbying or campaigning role or a busy political environment and a proven track record of influencing others, ideally in a welfare and/or employment policy/practice context.

You’ll have a detailed understanding of the policy making processes that surround welfare, excellent analytical skills and the ability to present complex information at senior levels.

You will be joining the Society at an exciting stage of its development and this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive and friendly team.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

Part of this exciting transformation will include an office move from our current National Centre in Cricklewood, NW London to a different location in London. We are currently defining where and what type of accommodation this will be and we really want our staff to be involved in that decision.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 1st February 2021

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity.

No agencies please.