Campaigns and Communications Manager – Maternity cover, Closing date: 27 July

Full-time, 5 days per week (4 days/week or other Flex proposals will be considered) 

EVAW is recruiting a Campaigns and Communications Manager – Maternity cover. The role is offered as a fixed-term contract with an ideal start date of 1 October. The job description and person specification can be downloaded here.

EVAW aims to be a values-centering employer, seeking out dedication, aptitude and ability to deliver strong campaigning work even when the usual levels of paid experience might not be there.  If you have strong knowledge and experience related to any of the significant parts of this job, but are not sure that your profile fits in a ‘traditional’ way please do consider making an application, or get in touch to discuss your background and we will try to give you a steer.

Please send your CV and a covering letter, addressing how you meet the requirements in the person specification, together with the equalities monitoring form, to us by 10am on Monday 27 July 2020. Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 3 August, most likely by Zoom.

Building For Cornwall’s Cultural Future – New Appeal, New Theatre, New Challenge

In Spring 2021, we will throw open our doors to showcase a totally transformed public space where everyone is welcome. A theatre our county truly deserves, the place our young people need, the place where everyone – regardless of background, interest or experience – can dream big again. And we all need that more than ever right now.

We are about to embark on a new appeal to help support the final act in delivering our Capital transformation and we need an engaging personality to lead and champion our community fundraising activity within Cornwall. Using the soon to be launched regional appeal, you will immediately drive community fundraising growth with your excellent communication, motivation and fundraising skills.

With experience of supporter stewardship, event conduct and volunteer management, the new Community Fundraising Manager will take a pivotal role in the delivery of the new appeal and re-opening of Hall For Cornwall in Spring 2021, before embarking on the new community fundraising strategy for the years ahead.

If you are ready for this new challenge, please send your CV, a covering letter outlining how your experience matches the job description and knowledge and skills needed. Please also download and send the Equal Opportunities monitoring form.

Location: Based at our Reading Education Centre. To be deployed to any TLG education centre nationally - primarily the South of the UK

Contract: Permanent

TLG is looking for a qualified teacher with a passion to turn around the lives of disaffected young people aged 12-16. Working across our growing network of 12 education centres (alternative provisions), and manage TLG centres for interim periods at a time, the Itinerant Centre Manager will be responsible for delivering exceptional educational programmes with imaginative curricula for disaffected young people, with proven skills and strategies to re-engage those on the verge of exclusion.

Working in partnership with a number of key stakeholders, and leading the local TLG team when on placement, the successful applicant will need to develop and maintain excellent relationships with schools, parents, referrers, and other agencies.

The successful candidate will have excellent team and communication skills and a successful track record in leadership and management, as well as a strong and vibrant Christian faith. TLG is committed to safeguarding our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS.

We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.

The date of initial video interviews and final interviews is to be confirmed.

During these extremely challenging times of Covid-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever for Kingston Voluntary Action as a leading voluntary and community sector support organisation to communicate quickly and effectively information and advice to other organisations in Kingston.

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced communications professional, who is passionate about the role of the local community and voluntary sector to join our team and ‘hit the ground running’ during these challenging times.

This is a senior role, for a proactive individual who will relish the task of taking full responsibility for designing and delivering a comprehensive communications offer for KVA, and the wider sector. You will be working with a small, dynamic team supporting voluntary and community organisations in Kingston during and post Covid-19 crisis.

Salary: £32,000 per annum, plus benefits
Location: London (Bethnal Green)
Hours: Full time (flexibility of working 4 days)
Contract: fixed term (until October 2021 with possibility of extension)

About the Young Foundation

Connected, thriving communities are the foundation of our society. They keep us safer, happier and healthier – more resilient and able to face shared challenges. Today, the Young Foundation’s mission is to enable the development of connected, more sustainable and stronger communities across the UK. We do this through amplifying the stories and lived experiences of people in our communities; using this to drive locally-led community action and enterprise. We use what we learn across different communities to spot national patterns of need and opportunity, then work with national partners to support new ideas to tackle those shared challenges. Bringing together our own – and other people’s – work, we are building a shared body of evidence, tools and insight about how communities are taking action on the issues that affect them.

About the role

We are looking for a Programme Manager to join our team. The role will involve managing current work and the development of new initiatives. The main programme you will be managing is Tower Hamlets Communities Driving Change. This programme supports local residents and stakeholders to design and deliver a range of projects to improve health and wellbeing in the north west of the borough. You will also support the Young Foundation team on other community-led change, community leadership and research projects.

You are an energetic and proactive person with experience of working alongside communities. You are highly organised and have experience managing a range of programmes to time and budget.

You will be responsible for:

• regular reporting to commissioners;
• budget management;
• communicating with commissioners, local steering groups and partners;
• leading our volunteer and apprenticeship programmes;
• overseeing the team which supports resident groups to lead the changes they want to see; and
• overseeing monitoring, evaluation and learning and collaborating with the external evaluator.

You will have excellent communication skills. Building new partnerships, bid-writing and pitching, and producing high quality outputs are core parts of the role. Alongside this, you have a solid understanding of community organising and inclusion practices. You are also experienced in training and mentoring junior staff and community volunteers. 

As a small and dynamic organisation we are looking for people who have an inquisitive mind-set. We share our learning across the organisation and work as one team with our colleagues. Exploring what local initiatives tell us about the bigger picture of communities and the potential for community-led change is core to our mission. 

How to apply

Please read the Programme Manager Job Description, and then complete the application form and return. Details can also be found on our website. CVs are not necessary.

The closing date for applications is 11:59 pm on Tuesday 14th July 2020.

The selection process will consist of a virtual interview and task. Shortlisted candidates will informed by Friday 17th July 2020

Interviews will take place remotely the following week.

We strongly encourage applications from candidates from a BAME background, particularly those who are local or connected to Tower Hamlets.

You must have the right to live and work in the UK. Non-­EU nationals who require a work permit in order to take up employment will not be considered.

The Young Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We regret that we will only be able to reply, and give feedback, to short-listed applicants.

We are looking for an expert in the art of digital communication who will broadcast our vision, mission and impact.

This is an exciting role that will enable OY to take its work to another level of activity. You will be responsible for ensuring excellent external communication and public relations and exceptional consistency in the values-driven communication internally and externally.

Program Overview

Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ASCEND), is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The objective of ASCEND is to achieve progress towards the 2020 NTD roadmap targets for the targeted NTDs across priority countries and to strengthen elements of the national health systems which are required for sustainable NTD control and elimination. The Programme focuses on five NTDs: lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, visceral leishmaniasis, and trachoma.
The Role
The HSS Manager is a hands-on technical and managerial role, based in the UK, with occasional travel to East and Southern Africa and South Asia. The HSS Manager will work alongside the Global HSS Lead and Regional HSS Lead to support HSS activities across twelve Ascend Lot 1 countries: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

The HSS Manager will also provide technical input across Abt Britain’s wider portfolio of activities, as required.

Some of the HSS Manager’s responsibilities on ASCEND are:

• Coordinating Abt’s HSS, governance and PEA inputs on Ascend and ensuring that HSS is mainstreamed across the Ascend Programme
• Coordinating all HSS inputs across the Ascend consortium and ensuring all are aligned with the HSS strategy. This includes workstreams for supply chain improvements, information management systems, health financing, management of secondments. These functions and workstreams are led by a variety of consultants, Country Leads, HQ team colleagues from other consortium members and short term technical assistant experts
• Supporting, coordinating, occasionally leading the design and delivery of activities to improve health financing. Coordinating closely with the CA PFM team working across Crown Agents’ PFM projects

Beyond Ascend, the HSS Manager will be also responsible for:

• Supporting business development, including providing technical content for proposals, interviewing candidates, engaging partners, and representing Abt at relevant external meetings and events 
• Providing technical assistance and strategic support across Abt’s wider portfolio of programmes, as required.

Key Requirements

• Relevant qualifications with experience of health systems reforms in low- and middle-income countries (including in East African or South Asian countries);
• Minimum six years of global/in-country experience in implementation of HSS programmes, in cross-cutting areas;
• Technical experience in following areas: public financial management, supply chain management, information systems human resources for health, domestic resource mobilisation and broader health financing;
• Demonstrated success in building, managing and maintaining effective working relations with key stakeholders and communicating programme impact;
• Demonstrated organisational skills with excellent writing and ICT skills;
• Previous programmatic work with DFID and/or FCO, either programme management, or technical work – other donor experience welcome.

The position of Communications Manager at Prospect Burma is an interesting and diverse role, of vital importance to ensuring the success of our small charity. This is an important time for Prospect Burma as we implement a new three-year strategy focussing on growth of our programmes, supported by income growth and enhancement of organisational systems.

The post-holder will take responsibility, under the Executive Director, for Prospect Burma’s entire communications offering, working with Fundraising and Programmes departments in the UK and Myanmar to deliver on our business plan. The successful candidate will have strong experience of providing high quality and effective material for both online and offline content, experience in social media and digital communication, and in developing organisational language and voice. In the coming years we are seeking to raise Prospect Burma’s profile to new audiences in the UK and Myanmar, and this role will be vital to ensuring success.

We are a small team of just five people in the UK office, and the successful candidate will enjoy the challenge of a varied workload and will be skilled in developing and implementing creative solutions.

Please download the full job description and application form for more details. Please note, all applications that do not include a completed application form will be rejected.

Key Relationships 

The Communications Manager will report to the Executive Director, and will work closely with the Programmes Funding Manager (London), Supporter Relations Officer (London) and the charity’s Myanmar-based team. The Communications Manager will be supported by an advisory sub-committee of Trustees. 

Principal responsibilities 

A. Language and Branding 

• Maintain and develop the charity’s brand, brand guidelines and standards of use

• Work with the management team to develop organisational language, in particular around new projects and organisational strategies 

• Be the gatekeeper of the brand, ensuring consistency throughout the organisation 

B. Audience Engagement 

• Undertake the production of written publications both internal and external including the Annual Report, newsletters and other publicity materials

• Maintain and develop the charity’s website and microsites to provide accurate and compelling information to a variety of audiences in the UK and Myanmar, and supporting the needs of the rest of the charity. Use Google Analytics to track the effectiveness of website content.

• Create engaging marketing campaigns for the charity’s programmes and events 

• Manage a range of digital campaign and fundraising platforms, including Google AdWords and JustGiving 

• Oversee the use of social media channels 

• Maintain effective internal communications between departments and between the staff and board of trustees 

• Oversee the creation and development of a series of short videos 

• Support the planning, organisation and implementation of supporter events 

C. Strategy, planning and innovation 

• Use current and innovative trends to maximise and grow reach and engagement on social media

• Develop and implement a communications strategy that supports the charity’s 3-year aims 

• Develop a public relations strategy that will raise the charity’s profile with a variety of stakeholders in Myanmar and the UK 

• Identify key communication requirements in Myanmar; recruit, train and manage a Myanmar-based Communications Officer to fulfil those requirements. 

D. Other responsibilities 

• Manage all aspects of communications in Myanmar

• Recruit and manage communications volunteers in the UK 

• Support alumni communications within the ARCH structure

• Maintain and update the communications operations manual on a regular basis and run communications training sessions for staff 

• Assist with correspondence and responding to enquiries where necessary. 

• Other such duties as shall reasonably be required as part of a small, collaborative staff team. 

• Some travel to Myanmar, when the Covid-19 pandemic is under control, may be required 

Person Specification 

Essential 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, exceptional attention to detail and competency in writing, oral presentation, and copy for print / online production 

• Proficient in the use of design-based IT packages such as InDesign

• Flexible, with a proven ability to plan, prioritise and organise events and tasks 

• Ability to take initiative, analyse and assess problems, and suggest creative or innovative solutions; ability to identify areas for improvement in own areas of responsibility

• Proficiency in IT skills, using Microsoft Office software suite, web based software, Mailchimp and social media channels 

• Competent in the management of websites using Wordpress, or similar CMS

• History of working for a small organisation and/or having the sole communications responsibility with an organisation 

• Experience of PR and policy 

• Confidence and ability to speak up when needed, with diplomacy and respect 

• Proactive and highly organised, with good time management and planning skills, and attention to detail. 

• Ability to manage a diverse range of projects, meet deadlines and work under pressure. 

• Excellent team-working skills and the willingness to work flexibly within a small team. 

Desirable 

• Knowledge of, and an interest in, Myanmar. 

• An understanding of individual donor fundraising and stewardship 

• Event management skills 

• Experience in writing press releases and securing media coverage for campaigns 

• Experience of recruiting and managing staff and volunteers. 

• Creating and editing video content

Partnerships Manager

Reporting to CEO

Full time, fixed term, 12-month contract

Salary: approximately ~£30,000-£35,000 depending on experience

Rolling applications, with a view to recruit ASAP. London based

We’re hiring an experienced partnerships manager to develop and oversee key relationships for Make My Money Matter. The candidate will identify and recruit high profile partners from across business, NGOs, local authorities, universities, and global networks to join our mission to ensure the trillions of pounds in UK pensions is invested to build a better world.

This will require an ability to understand our campaign, quickly build relationships with priority partners, and establish a movement of organisations committed to aligning their investments with their values. We are hugely ambitious, and want to sign up thousands of organisations to be part of this campaign. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and is excited to join a new initiative working to transform the financial system.

About Us

Spearheaded by film maker, SDG advocate and co-founder of Comic Relief, Richard Curtis, Make My Money Matter is a brand new, people-powered campaign fighting for a world where we all know where our money goes, and where we can demand it’s invested to build a better future.

Starting with pensions, we’re going to help people understand the impacts of their money, and we’re going to enable them to demand it does better. We’re going to connect this call with decision makers in the private and the public sector. And together, we’ll ensure that the financial system transforms to put people and planet on a par with profit.

Doing this, we’ll help move trillions of pounds – away from the destructive, harmful investments of the past, and into those which help build a future we can all be proud of.

Our campaign includes three core workstreams:

1. Public Campaign: We’re going to tell the story of how we can create a better future for people and planet, and of how our money can do good while it grows – without compromising on returns. We’re going to show people what their money does now, and give them a call to action to demand it does better in the future.
2. High Profile Partnerships: We’re convening businesses, NGOs, universities, local authorities, and public figures, and helping them work with their pension fund to make positive, progressive changes that ensures their money aligns with their values.
3. Policy and Advocacy: We’re working with a core set of partners, including advocacy groups, government agencies, and the finance industry, to create a unifying call for high priority, high impact policy reforms that can transform the system from within. We’ll advocate for this manifesto at key national and global moments, including the 2021 UK G7 and COP26.

About the role:

We are recruiting a Partnerships Manager on an initial fixed term, one-year contract. This role will report to the CEO, with responsibility for driving engagement with our partners – key networks, corporates, local authorities, NGOs, universities, and high profile individuals – in order to better align their staff pension fund with their mission and values. We are at the early stages of this process, and want an individual who can develop and implement strategies that help us identify and recruit new partners, and ultimately reach global scale.

This is an opportunity to join a high profile, brand new start up committed to changing the world as one our first full time team members.

Who we’re looking for:

This will be a diverse role requiring someone who is as skilled at engaging with businesses and NGOs, as they are at developing strategies to achieve impact at scale through collaboration with these organisations. We are seeking someone who can talk the language of business, sustainability, and impact, can engage with a range of stakeholders, and is confident pitching complex ideas to C-Suite leaders of high profile organisations

The ideal candidate will be a personable self-starter with experience of developing effective partnerships across a range of organisations, and experienced in promoting positive change. They will need to be able to think strategically and identify new opportunities for collaboration and impact. They will be a flexible and enthusiastic team player with a track record of problem solving, creativity and delivering in a fast-moving and/or start up environment. They will be able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of how to build powerful coalitions for action across varied organisations, and ideally will have experience working on finance, climate, social justice or development issues.

As Partnerships Manager, you’ll be responsible for:

• Developing and managing MMMM’s strategy for engaging with organisations and networks to sign up to the campaign, in the UK, and over time, internationally.
• Identifying key opportunities for recruiting potential partners to the campaign.
• Creative promotion of activity from partner organisations by showcasing best practice.
• Identifying, and where appropriate managing, relationships with key stakeholders.
• Providing updates and insights into trends and opportunities for policy and regulatory reform.
• Supporting the identification of, and preparation for, key advocacy and campaign moments.

• Managing partnership activities, including workshops, events, surveys, media activity.
• Monitoring and evaluating the delivery of the strategy and workplan.

Ideally you’ll have experience and understanding of:

• Leading the development of complex partnerships.
• Working with a wide range of organisations, from a variety of sectors.
• Working on initiatives related to sustainable finance, climate, development or public policy.
• Managing relationship with senior stakeholders.
• The links between policy, partnerships, campaigning and media.
• Using evidence and insight to promote change.

You’ll also be:

• Committed to Make My Money Matter’s aims.
• Good at working in a team, willing to get stuck in, positive and proactive.
• Able to work well in entrepreneurial settings, often independently, and with tight deadlines.
• Authorised to work in the UK.

In return, we offer

• Competitive salary and pension contributions, generous holiday entitlement.
• Flexible working.
• A fantastic opportunity to make an impact in the world.
• Working with a highly-visible, mission-driven organisation.
• A supportive, inclusive environment, and an amazing, vibrant team.

How to apply

Please submit your CV and a one page cover setting out what you offer for this post, with “Partnerships Manager Application” in the subject line. Please include current employment status and likely notice period. Please note that due to the high number of applicants, we are only able to respond to candidates who we wish to interview.

Diversity and inclusion

We strive to create a fair and healthy environment where all colleagues feel challenged, valued and supported. We aim to cultivate a culture of collaboration and respect, where our people are highly engaged, and individual contributions are celebrated. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

IMIX wants to change the conversation about migration and refugees to create a more welcoming society. We do this by supporting organisations up and down the country, and in Northern France, which are focused on supporting refugees and migrants.

We’re looking for a strategic communications expert to join the team and lead our framing and messaging work. Your main priority will be supporting people with lived experience and frontline groups working with people seeking asylum to change the narrative around ‘migrant crossings’. The project is ambitious and much needed. You’ll have the support of a small but supportive and dynamic team.  You will need to:

• be a natural and experienced storyteller across all media platforms. 
• understand the power of verbal, written and visual narratives to accelerate change.
• be creative, passionate, motivated and enthusiastic.
• appreciate the importance of measuring impact. You know how to build strategies that bring about behaviour change

We’re particularly keen to hear from people with lived experience of migration.

Communications Manager

This role is a fantastic opportunity to join a national charity supporting adults with learning disabilities during a time of change. We’re looking for an experienced Communications Manager who thrives on devising complex communications strategies for projects involving multiple stakeholders. You’ll have a proven track record in distilling critical issues, developing tailored messaging and executing a communications strategy from planning through to delivery.

Reporting directly to the Head of Communications, you will take a leading role on project teams, advising and executing on communications strategy and plans. You will have broad experience of working across the communications function and will be a confident and professional communicator, with strong analytical and writing skills. You will enjoy developing effective working relationships across the organisation, as well as working collaboratively with the wider Communications and Marketing team to ensure a joined-up approach across all activity.

A strong project manager you will be responsible for managing a busy workload, including sensitive change communications, and for developing and delivering a range of communication materials to tight deadlines. With proven negotiating and influencing skills you will be confident working independently and in managing a range of internal and external enquiries.

If you are looking for a new challenge and a communications role where you can make a positive impact, please get in touch with us..

Salary: £30,114 per annum

Hours: Full Time, Fixed Term 1 year, 35 hours

Location: Emersons Green, Bristol

What we Offer

Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out; but also, an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance.

Educated to degree standard or with an equivalent professional qualification you will have at least 3 years’ experience of working in a communications team at managerial level, preferably in the social care or not-for profit sector

Closing date: Monday 3rd August 2020

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Communications Manager, Marketing Communications Manager, Marketing Manager, Communications Executive, Digital Communications, Charity, NFP, Not for Profit, Social Care etc.

We are seeking a Carers Service Manager to cover maternity leave for up to one year.  This exciting opportunity will provide the right candidate with a chance to develop their leadership and management skills in a well-established carers charity in Central London.  The successful candidate will have previous experience of managing teams in a social care setting and will have extensive knowledge of the Social Care Act 2014 and experience in carrying out carer's assessments.

Salary: £31,000

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Job Type: 12 months maternity contract

Location: Homeworking and City of Westminster and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London

Application deadline: 21st July 2020

Interviews: w/b 3rd August 2020

Duties will include

• Ensure the smooth running of the Carers Hub and any other services in allocated boroughs, including planning, assigning and overseeing work to ensure contract targets are met
• Line manage front-line staff of 4 Caseworkers (3 in Westminster, 1 in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
• Coordinate a regular programme of training for carers.
• Work with the Communications and Marketing Officer to devise excellent and relevant content for carers' events 
• Lead on actively developing strong relationships with local organisations and external stakeholders
• Lead on relationships with sub-contracted and partner organisations 
• Lead on delivering training about carers to professionals as required, including giving presentations, in partnership with carers.
• Ensure that carers’ rights, needs and views are included in all relevant local strategies and initiatives.
• Facilitate the coproduction of activities with carers through a variety of methods.
• Manage a demanding level of administrative work to a high standard
• Undertake a limited amount of direct work with carers – carry out detailed carers assessment and support plans that address carers’ needs in line with the Care Act 2014.
• Carry out casework with carers, including liaising with other agencies such as Local Authorities, NHS bodies and other voluntary organisations.

Person Specification 

Please write a covering letter detailing how you meet the criteria below – give examples of your work.  Candidates who do not provide a covering letter covering these points may not be shortlisted.

1. At least three years’ experience or working in the voluntary or charity sector.
2. Experience of public-facing service or project management in a similar field of work.
3. At least two years’ experience of line-managing teams of frontline staff.
4. Experience of building external partnership relationships through outreach, networking and influencing.
5. Substantial experience of working with a diverse range of clients with differing levels of needs.
6. Substantial experience of managing own caseload including maintaining detailed case notes.
7. Ability to balance a range of tasks with competing demands.
8. Ability to build, coach and manage effective teams.
9. Excellent IT skills, including use of Microsoft programmes and working with databases to run reports.
10. Ability to manage a high level of written and administrative work, including report-writing for a range of audiences.
11. Presentation skills.       
12. Knowledge of issues affecting unpaid carers.
13. Knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Care Act 2014, GDPR and Safeguarding.
14. Flexible, positive approach to work in a small team.
15. Passionate about providing high quality services to carers.
16. Proactive working style, attention to detail.
17. Commitment to equality and diversity.

We want to hear from all interested candidates, and to be considered for the position we strongly recommend submitting a detailed covering letter along with your CV, outlining why you're right for the role.

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Digital Campaign Manager

Reporting to Campaign Director

Full time, fixed term, 12-month contract

Salary: approximately ~£30,000-£35,000 depending on experience

Rolling applications, with a view to recruit ASAP. London based

We’re hiring an expert digital campaigner to develop and deliver powerful on and offline campaign activities for Make My Money Matter. The job requires developing and  implementing effective tactics and strategies that build our communication channels, engage and mobilise our members, and activate people into meaningful advocacy actions in support of our mission. We are hugely ambitious about increasing our digital reach, impact and engagement, and want a creative campaigner to help drive this expansion. We want someone who is passionate about Make My Money Matter’s mission and is excited to join a new campaign working to transform the financial system.

About Us

Spearheaded by film maker, SDG advocate and co-founder of Comic Relief, Richard Curtis, Make My Money Matter is a brand new, people-powered campaign fighting for a world where we all know where our money goes, and where we can demand it’s invested to build a better future.

Starting with pensions, we’re going to help people understand the impacts of their money, and we’re going to enable them to demand it does better. We’re going to connect this call with decision makers in the private and the public sector. And together, we’ll ensure that the financial system transforms to put people and planet on a par with profit.

Doing this, we’ll help move trillions of pounds – away from the destructive, harmful investments of the past, and into those which help build a future we can all be proud of.

Our campaign includes three core workstreams:

1. Public Campaign: We’re going to tell the story of how we can create a better future for people and planet, and of how our money can do good while it grows – without compromising on returns. We’re going to show people what their money does now, and give them a call to action to demand it does better in the future
2. High Profile Partnerships: We’re convening NGOs, businesses, universities, local authorities, and public figures, and helping them work with their pension fund to make positive, progressive changes that ensures their money aligns with their values
3. Policy and Advocacy: We’re working with a core set of partners, including advocacy groups, government agencies, and the finance industry, to create a unifying call for high priority, high impact policy reforms that can transform the system from within. We’ll advocate for this manifesto at key national and global moments, including COP26 and 2021 G7.

About the role:

We are recruiting an exceptional Digital Campaign Manager on an initial fixed term, one-year contract. This role will report into the Campaigns Director, with responsibility for driving our offline community mobilisation and member engagement. This individual will develop strategies to attract, recruit and engage our supporter base, and amplify our advocacy efforts through on and offline mobilization.

This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to join a high profile, brand new start up committed to changing the world as one our first full time team members.

Who we’re looking for:

This will be a diverse role requiring someone who is as adept in crafting and delivering effective online campaigns which mobilise the public to action as they are in developing strategies to influence political leaders and cross sector partners. We need someone who understands the links between policy, advocacy, campaigns and media, and knows which supporting tactics to deploy and when.

We’re seeking a personable self-starter with experience in creative communications, digital marketing and campaigns. S/he will be a flexible and enthusiastic team player with a track record of problem solving, creativity and delivering in a fast-moving and/or start up environment. They will be able to demonstrate excellent understanding of digital techniques to mobilize and motivate supporters, and ideally will have experience working on climate, finance or development issues.

As Digital Campaigns Manager, you’ll be responsible for:

• Devising, developing and delivering impactful, creative online and off-line campaigns which promote Make My Money Matter’s policy and advocacy messages to a diverse audience
• Helping to create engaging content and materials (member emails, action pages, blogs, social content) that encourage people to get involved and take action, grow our membership, and improve engagement rates
• Leading on the development and management of MMMM’s supporter engagement strategy, ensuring a growth in the quality and quantity of our supporters
• Engaging MMMM members and activists to lobby key decision makers (in business, government and the finance industry) and to support our core policy and advocacy targets
• Developing and implementing strategies for MMMM’s online content on social media platforms (principally Facebook and Twitter) 
• Managing the campaign website, digital tools and social media channels
• Supporting the design and delivery of stunts, events and other public facing activities
• Engaging with relevant coalitions and networks, ensuring both the effectiveness of coalition work and that MMMM’s positions are well represented
• Monitoring delivery of the digital campaign, learn from best practice and evidence and adapt our approach where necessary to achieve objectives
• Managing partnerships with selected digital agencies as required

Ideally you’ll have experience and understanding of:

• Working within the field of digital communications, marketing or campaigning 
• Managing digital campaigns and of working with digital advocacy platforms
• Developing innovative public mobilisation campaigns
• Writing and editing skills and experience of campaign and digital testing
• Email marketing and social media best practices
• Managing projects and organising public events and stunts
• Working with prominent individuals, i.e. influential media/political figures  
• Building partnerships and establishing and maintaining strong networks
• Organizational and prioritisation skills with strong attention to detail 
• Working on initiatives related to sustainable finance, climate, development or public policy
• The links between policy, partnerships, campaigning and media
• Using evidence and insight to promote change

You’ll also be:

• Committed to Make My Money Matter’s aims
• Good at working in a team, willing to get stuck in, positive and proactive.
• Able to work well in entrepreneurial settings, often independently, and with tight deadlines
• Authorised to work in the UK

In return, we offer

• Competitive salary and pension contributions, generous holiday entitlement
• Flexible working
• A fantastic opportunity to make an impact in the world
• Working with a highly-visible, mission-driven organisation
• A supportive, inclusive environment, and an amazing, vibrant team

How to apply

Please submit your CV and one page cover letter  with “Digital Campaigns Manager Application” in the subject line. Please include current employment status and likely notice period. Please note that due to the high number of applicants, we are only able to respond to candidates who we wish to interview.

Diversity and inclusion

We strive to create a fair and healthy environment where all colleagues feel challenged, valued and supported. We aim to cultivate a culture of collaboration and respect, where our people are highly engaged, and individual contributions are celebrated. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds

IMMIGRATION POLICY MANAGER

Job Title: Immigration Policy Manager

Reports to: Executive Director             

Salary and benefits: £34,000 pro rata 4 days a week (equals £28k take home salary can be extended to 5 days subject to funding), plus a 6% pension contribution and a generous training and development budget.

Location: Nationwide (home-based)

Deadline for applications: 9am on 22nd July 2020

Interview dates: 27th and 28th July 2020

Start date: ASAP 

Duration: 18 months

Role

The Immigration Policy Manager will work with the Executive Director and policy team to build relationships with organisations in the immigration sector, improve these organisations’ capacity to respond to the challenges brought by the introduction of technology into immigration policy, and deliver impactful campaigns with ORG’s Campaigns Manager.

The Immigration Policy Manager will bring an enthusiasm for understanding the intersection of digital into other policy areas such as migration and a drive for bringing together coalitions of organisations to work together to bring about real change in policy.

Open Rights Group are recruiting a Policy Manager that will help with a new and exciting project to use collaborative advocacy and campaign approaches to equip and empower UK migration-sector civil society organisations (CSOs) to tackle issues of big data decision-making and digital technology within their work.

About Open Rights Group 

Open Rights Group is the UK’s premier digital rights organisation. We are at the forefront of campaigning to maintain, protect, promote, and advance our civil liberties in the digital age. 

We have three main areas of work: digital privacy, free speech online and government mass surveillance. We challenge threats to privacy by both the government through the surveillance of our personal communications and private companies, who use personal data to increase profits. We challenge threats to free speech through the criminalisation of online speech, online censorship and restrictive copyright laws.

Founded in 2005, we have over 3,200 paying members and a grassroots movement of more than 40,000 supporters and 9 local groups across the UK. Open Rights Group’s main office is based in London, UK and we have a small office in Edinburgh. 

How to Apply

To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter (no longer than 2 sides of A4), setting out how you are suited to the role by 9 am on 22nd July 2020. Please ensure your email has the subject heading ‘Immigration Policy Manager’, and that all attachments are sent in PDF format. 

Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held online. Please hold 27th and 28th July 2020 free for interviews.

Key Responsibilities 

Research

• Conduct research into the needs and capacity of immigration sector organisations on digital policy;
• Compile and analyse data related to Open Rights Group’s work;
• Ensuring Open Rights Group’s policy work fits within the wider policy landscape and that the policy team remains up to date with relevant research and policy developments in the project.

Engagement

• Organise roundtables with immigration sector and other partner organisations.
• Host events at Parliament with support of Chief Operations Officer and immigration sector NGOs.

Producing policy materials

• Draft reports, briefing papers, formal correspondence, presentations, and other documents articulating Open Rights Group’s policy positions in relation to data in the immigration sector;
• Coordinate team members’ input into public-facing documents, and obtain sign off for these documents from the relevant members of the team;
• Coordinate collaborative policymaking between Open Rights Group and immigration sector organisations.

Advocacy

• Work with the Chief Operations Officer and partner organisations to campaign on shared policy positions;
• Engage MPs and policymakers directly to bring about policy change.

Engagement with key stakeholders

• Build on Open Rights Group’s existing and develop new relationships in the immigration sector;
• Develop Open Rights Group’s relationships with allies across Government, legislative bodies, international organisations, and NGOs;
• Feed into Open Rights Group’s media engagement around key campaign issues.

Key Contacts

The Immigration Policy Manager will be directly managed by the Executive Director. They will work closely with colleagues across the broader team to maintain alignment of Open Rights Group’s legal and policy goals, and collaborate within the team to effectively disseminate Open Rights Group’s policy messages.

Length and Salary

The Immigrations Policy Manager will be employed on an 18 month contract. The annual salary is £34,000 per annum pro rata for 4 days a week less any required deductions for income tax and national insurance. The position will be home-based. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK. Open Rights Group is an equal opportunity employer. 

Person Specification

CRITERIA 

ESSENTIAL:

• At least 3 years experience in a policy and advocacy role.
• Familiarity with international and domestic policy matters relating to digital and human rights. 
• Research skills. 
• Policy analysis skills. 
• Events organising skills. 
• Ability to work with and manage relationships with partner organisations. 
• Ability to speak publicly, including with the media and at conferences and meetings. 
• A high degree of self-motivation. 
• An interest in and aptitude for political and parliamentary engagement. 
• Creativity and energy in approaching a workload consisting of large long-term projects. 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. 

DESIRABLE:

• Experience in immigration sector. 
• Knowledge of digital rights or relevant experience in digital policy. 
• Legal research skills. 
• Project management experience.