Job Purpose

• Lead on executing our communications strategy where is relates to speaking out on issues of inequality and need locally.
• Work closely with Corporate Partnerships Manager to increase awareness and understanding of the Charity and its objectives.
• To work with the Head of Community Programmes to continue to develop and put into practice Walton Charity’s evaluation framework.

Main duties and responsibilities

Strategy and Planning

• To contribute to the development of Walton Charity’s Communications strategy.
• Monitor regularly and evaluate occasionally the impact of our policy and communications work, working alongside the Corporate Partnerships Manager.

Shining a light on local need

• Conduct desk-based research into poverty and inequality locally.
• Conduct research on specific issues as requested (eg housing, loneliness and isolation, mental health etc.)
• Track policy developments, research, reports, announcements and debates that relate to key priority areas and make recommendations as to any potential communications opportunities that might arise from them.
• Be proactive about sharing the above information through a variety of communication channels (eg website, blogs, social media, events and meetings).
• Support Walton Charity to amplify the voices of local residents and organisations on issues of poverty and inequality.
• Work with other organisations to raise awareness on local need.

Content

• Maintain and develop relevant pages on the website ensuring that content is dynamic and engaging and up to date.
• Draft and prepare reports, publications, committee papers, press releases etc related to policy, research and evaluation.
• Write regular, concise and relevant research or policy updates in priority areas to keep staff and trustees informed.

Media

• Act as a spokesperson when necessary on issues of inequality in Elmbridge.
• Work with the Corporate Partnerships Manager to develop relationships with target media representatives.

Evaluation

• Work with Head of Community Programmes to develop and refine Walton Charity’s evaluation framework.
• Support colleagues to implement the evaluation framework, including analysing results and writing reports.
• Lead on developing the content and agenda for the annual  Impact Event.
• Write occasional reports for trustees and/or external audiences on our impact.
• Proactively and regularly interview beneficiaries to gain in-depth knowledge of our impact.

To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested appropriate.

Experience and abilities

Essential

• Experience of policy and/or campaigning, ideally within the charity sector.
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively and to represent the Charity in a positive way.
• Able to write engagingly for a variety of audiences.
• Confident using social media to communicate key messages.
• Ability to assimilate, understand and re-present large amounts of content quickly.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent team-working skills.
• Ability to think ahead, to plan, prioritise and schedule workload and activities

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of policy issues and research relating to poverty and inequality.
• Understanding of evaluation approaches and methods.
• Experience of working in the voluntary sector.
• Knowledge of the local area.

To apply

Please submit your CV and covering letter highlighting your skills and experience in relation to the role. The covering letter should not exceed 2 sides of A4.

Deadline: Sunday 1st March (midnight)

Interviews: Friday 13th March

HOUSING JUSTICE – MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER 

Housing Justice is looking for a talented and ambitious Marketing and Communications Manager to help us make even more of an impact on homelessness in the UK. Could that be you?

Who we are

Housing Justice is an exciting charity to work for. Our vision is of a society where everyone has access to a home that truly meets their needs – and today, the work we do is needed more than ever.

We mobilise church and community groups to take action to address homelessness and housing need, serving some of the most vulnerable people in our society. You could help us do even more.

You’ll be joining Housing Justice at an exciting time. We’re in a period of growth, delivering more projects for people experiencing homelessness and mobilising more churches and communities than ever before. Our expertise and quality services are being increasingly recognised by individual donors and grant givers.

But we need to do even more to tackle homelessness in our society – that’s why we need a talented and dedicated Marketing and Communications Manager to help us articulate what we do and why donors should support us.

Could that be you? Are you the standout candidate we’re looking for?

As Marketing and Communications Manager, you will play an integral role in increasing the reach of our organisation. As the charity’s fundraiser, you will be responsible for growing our unrestricted funding – helping us deliver more life-changing work for people facing homelessness across England and Wales.

The role is office based between The Oval and Vauxhall , but you can expect flexibility around working hours and location. You’ll also have the opportunity to combine office and home working. The role is for 21 hours per week, but when these hours are worked is negotiable.

Duration: 35hrs per week

Job ref: NXRESET0220

About our work and values

Do you have passion for your work, a commitment to excellence and a desire to support some of the most vulnerable and excluded people in our communities? Could you support us to make positive lasting changes in people’s lives?

Providence Row works with more than a thousand homeless and vulnerably housed people a year in East London, offering an integrated service of crisis support, advice, recovery and learning and training programmes.  Our aim is to ensure that people who are so often excluded from mainstream services gain the support and opportunities they need to create a safe, healthy and sustainable life away from the streets. Central to our work are our core values of Compassion, Respect, Inclusiveness, Empowerment and Justice.  These inform the content, style and delivery of all our services.

We support clients in addressing their mental health, substance misuse needs and general wellbeing by building a positive relationship with the person, not just focusing on their problems, but by exploring their potential using a strength based approach. Providence Row works with people to improve their self-esteem and confidence, helping them rediscover their skills, get back into work and training and build stronger support networks.

Your contribution to our work and values

Passionate about providing quality support to some of the most vulnerable and excluded people in East London. You will have the drive and ambition to support your team to make positive lasting changes in people’s lives.

You will have experience in delivering a needle exchange service as well as an excellent knowledge of substance misuse support services.  Expert in engaging through a low threshold service and a strong understanding of how other factors such as rough sleeping and mental health issues can impact a person’s health and wellbeing. You will live out our values in your approach to your work.

For an application pack, please visit our website.

The deadline for applications is midnight on Monday, 9 March 2020.

Providence Row is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales; company number 07452798 registered charity number 1140192.

Duration: 35 hrs per week

Type:  Fixed term -12 months

Job ref: LTBSEC0220

About our work and values

Are you interested in supporting the growth of an awarding-winning social enterprise?  Do you have passion for your work, a commitment to excellence and a desire to support some of the most vulnerable and excluded people in our communities? Could you support us to make positive lasting changes in people’s lives?

Providence Row works with more than a thousand homeless and vulnerably housed people a year in East London, offering an integrated service of crisis support, advice, recovery and learning and training programmes.  Our aim is to ensure that people who are so often excluded from mainstream services gain the support and opportunities they need to create a safe, healthy and sustainable life away from the streets. Central to our work are our core values of Compassion, Respect, Inclusiveness, Empowerment and Justice.  These inform the content, style and delivery of all our services.

Rise Bakery is our award-winning social enterprise specialising in delicious brownies delivered straight to peoples’ doors as well as for wholesale corporate clients. Rise’s business helps to fund the bakery training scheme, training people affected by homelessness for 10 weeks at a time, covering basic bakery skills and building their confidence to help them onto the next step of their journey.  In 2020 we will be growing even further with the building of a new training bakery; meaning we can help more people and grow the business further.

Your contribution and values

With experience in Social Enterprise, catering and/or working in a professional kitchen you will have great organisational and time-management skills; oversee the running of Rise, our social enterprise, including logistics, product development, assisting with marketing, production, and customer service, the supervision of trainees and the production of Rise Bakery goods. 

You will be passionate about using food as a means to help people overcome exclusion, isolation and poor health. 

You will have the drive and ambition to support the development of our successful social enterprise to make positive lasting changes in people’s lives.

Worthstone

Worthstone provides financial advisers and wealth managers with a gateway into the world of impact investment. For the last ten years we have worked tirelessly to promote impact investment – an approach that helps channel investment into organisations which meet the greatest needs of society and the environment, changing people’s lives for the better, and it's working. Whilst we believe we have achieved a great deal, we have also learned a great deal, and continue to learn. We are now looking to recruit someone who can help Worthstone make an even bigger impact in this next growth phase. So, if you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference to society, and the planet, read on....

The role 

The Business Support Coordinator will be the key support and point of contact for the Founding Director, overseeing the daily business activities and creating long term strategies. This vital and varied role will provide support at all levels including business and office administration, client relationship management, conference management, marketing and communications. 

Strong candidates will bring experience in business support, operations and administration, as well as being tech savvy with good “front of house” communication skills. Alongside a desire to work in the impact investment market, a proactive, solutions-focused “can do” attitude is essential to flourish in our small team!

Responsibilities will include 

• Managing the office environment and smooth running of the daily business activities
• As lead contact for key accounts (financial advisers and asset managers), dealing with all enquiries both internally, and externally with our stakeholders (network of partners, customers and suppliers) at all levels from CEO to interns
• Supporting with organisation of meetings and events incl. venue finding, issuing invitations, distributing agendas, welcoming attendees, taking and sending minutes
• Ensuring timely and accurate data entry, administration and reporting
• Proactively managing and improving business administrative processes
• Preparing reports and presentations, managing timelines, proofreading, formatting etc. including Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Supporting the client onboarding process including; researching target clients, organising screenshares, updating the online client management system, and generating CRM reports
• Working with the team to plan, organise and deliver the annual flagship Impact Investment Academy conference (150-200 delegates), acting as conference facilitator 
• Implementing post event surveys and analysis (SurveyMonkey & Mailmerge)
• Updating and publishing communications content including website, e-newsletter and social media platforms (Twitter/LinkedIn)
• Maintaining an up-to-date and fully functioning company website in collaboration with web developer and designer.

Skills and experience

• Relevant experience in business support, administration, operations/office management 
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office applications, Word, Excel and PowerPoint and online platforms such as, SurveyMonkey, Eventbrite, Mailchimp, Wrike and payment platforms 
• Proficient with CRM databases, social media and updating websites
• Excellent communication skills and confidence in stakeholder relationship building and management
• Well educated with excellent written English and grammar and the ability to write engaging content and proof-read reports
• Experience of working towards targets and goals
• Excellent project management and administration skills
• Excellent problem-solving, prioritisation and time management skills
• Preferable - experience of conference or events management
• Preferable – experience of working in financial services or a related sector.

Person specification 

• Passionate about the role financial services can play in contributing to a world that benefits all people and planet, and basic understanding of the impact investment market
• Business focused, with an ability to understand, prioritise and balance day-to-day with long-term goals and deliverables
• Comfortable working in a dynamic ‘start-up’ like environment. Flexible, effective and resourceful in a varied role
• Comfortable interacting with a wide range of participants (CEO to interns) and organisations 
• Collaborative and able to thrive within a very small team, working independently as required demonstrating good initiative and self-motivation
• A highly organised and efficient multi-tasker, ability to work to tight deadlines with a keen eye for detail and high standards
• Have the right to work in the UK.

Reports to: Founding Director, Worthstone

Salary and benefits

• £30-35,000 depending on experience
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays 
• 37.5 hours per week – flexible working within business hours and a weekly work from home day
• Workplace pension scheme
• Support with external training to help you reach your full potential
• A working environment in which there is scope for you to shape the role to your own strengths

How to Apply

Please send your CV with a covering letter to Lara Francis (HR & Accounts) outlining your relevant experience and how you meet the role criteria. 

Worthstone Limited is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. You and any job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (Protected Characteristics). A copy of this policy is available on request.

Communications Coordinator (London)

Full time at 35 hours, (London)
Salary: £28,000 – £32,000 (Dependent on Experience)
Fixed Term – One Year

GamCare is the UK’s leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling problems.

We are now hiring a Communications Coordinator to provide strategic support to our Head of Marketing and Communications. This is a fixed-term position for one year, with strong possibility of an extension.

It is an exciting time to join GamCare, as we are growing rapidly and developing a broader range of services to support those affected by gambling related harms, reduce risk for vulnerable groups, and raise standards across the gambling industry.

The role will provide support with creating content for the GamCare website and blog, as well as editorial content, press releases and content for GamCare’s social media channels. There will also be a particular focus on creating digital communications, including short videos and/or animations, as well as horizon scanning for new ways that GamCare can continue to minimise gambling-related harms and provide best in class services to our beneficiaries.

The successful candidate will also represent GamCare at a wide range of external events across Great Britain, raising awareness of the charity and our full range of services.

Our ideal candidate is a self-starter, with a passion for delivering innovative, quality communications. We value team members who can provide a solutions-focussed outlook and can manage their time effectively. You will be a team player with excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, and first-class attention to detail. This role provides an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to develop and refine their skills and experience in this field.

To apply, please go onto the GamCare website and complete an application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Survey.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and put the following subject in your email:

Job application: <name of vacancy>

Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

Previous applicants need not apply.

For further information please contact Catherine Sweet, Head of Marketing and Communications. Application forms forwarded to this email will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications is Sunday 01 March at 11.59pm.

Interviews are expected to take place in London between 05 – 12 March 2020.

Looking to work in one of the top university communities in the world? Then come join us at an 145-year-old institution working to make sure 30,000 students from around the world have the best experience possible. The main tasks within this role are to upkeep and update current website content, create and publish new content and style and help develop the website for a better user experience. The post holder will be responsible for training others to manage the content with their sections on the sure, supporting offline events and campaigns with online content and promotion and ensuring pages follow out templates and are engaging, accessible and on brand.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of writing and editing copy for a variety of online channels and to a range of audiences
• Experience using Google Analytics and Content Management Systems
• Intermediate knowledge of Search Engine Optimisation
• An Understanding of CSS/HTML/Javascript/Jquery
• Ability and willingness to support colleagues and be a hard working team player

KCLSU is a fun, social and flexible work environment which offers multiple opportunities for development as well as great staff benefits such as weekly yoga and spin classes, free fruit and soft drinks, travel and computer loans and much more.

Application Process

If this is you, please download and complete an application form and equal opportunities monitoring form from our website and follow the application instructions.

Applications close: 1st March 2020

Interview date: 10th March

Please do not send CVs as these will not be considered.

Please DO NOT send in PDF applications.

At KCLSU Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we endeavour to ensure equal treatment of all candidates. We welcome a diverse range of applicants and are open to discussing flexibility with the right candidate. Reasonable adjustments will be made for candidates with disabilities at all stages of the recruitment and selection process, and to ensure that a successful candidate with a disability can undertake the post.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this role you must:

• Be eligible to work in the UK, and provide proof of this (i.e. a passport/visa) when asked by KCLSU

• Have a National Insurance number, or be in the process of applying for one

• Not be a trustee of King’s College London Students’ Union

This is an opportunity based within a progressive local council in London. As part of the communication team you will work to deliver the communications strategies, transforming the way the organisation co-ordinates and prepare the content for newsletters and other media outlets.

Key responsibilities

• Research and identify citizen groups and businesses to recruit as partners and ambassadors
• Write, produce and schedule engaging materials of communications content, including digital press releases, social media and managing issues with relevant stakeholders.
• Work with multiple departments within the organisation to deliver cross-organisational communication plans.

Successful candidate will need to have these key qualities

• Demonstrate experience of managing a diverse workload, being able to prioritise tasks and work well under pressure.
• Experience of developing engaging written and visual content for a range of channels including digital and printed materials in a timely manner.
• The ability to work and develop relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders and to display high levels of customer service.
• Proven ability to write content for various audiences including social media, strong organisation and administrative skills with great attention to detail.
• Experience of working within a communications team.

If you have experience in youth marketing it might be of particular interest for our client.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply today as this role is moving quite quickly.  Our client is a very flexible employer.

YMCA England & Wales is looking for a Communications Officer to support the organisation’s communications work with a particular focus on its internal and federation wide audiences.

Working in a vibrant Communications Team the purpose of this role is to support a wide variety of communications and engagement activities with a particular focus on internal staff and across the YMCA federation. This will comprise the production and delivery of YMCA England & Wales’ internal communications including its regular newsletters, the day-to-day content management of its intranet, and supporting wider communication activities.

The successful candidate should have experience of working in a complex communications environment; knowledge of internal and external communication audiences; excellent written and oral communications skills; and possess a particular attention to detail.

Reporting to the Head of Communications, they will have an in-depth knowledge of writing copy for a variety of audiences. They will also have experience in developing a wide range of targeted communication materials, including utilising case studies and developing content.

YMCA is the largest and oldest youth charity in the world, helping more than 58 million people across 119 countries. Across England and Wales, YMCAs operate in more than 740 different communities and support almost 230,000 young people with accommodation, training and education, health and wellbeing, support and advice and family work. YMCA England & Wales is the national council of YMCAs in England and Wales.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 8 March 2020. Interviews are scheduled to take place on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 March 2020.

If you think you have the energy, enthusiasm and determination for excellence then we want to hear from you.

We offer a range of staff benefits including company pension, life assurance and a health care cash plan scheme.  We also offer annual season ticket and gym membership loans.

Please note that should you be successful in your application you will be required to complete a safeguarding self-declaration form, undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and have two professional reference checks.

If you don't hear anything within 4 weeks, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion and your details will be kept on file for 6 months.

About Tempo

Tempo is a rapidly-growing social enterprise with huge ambition. Our work builds strong, resilient communities and gives people the tools to make real, lasting changes in their lives.

Tempo works to enable more people to volunteer in their communities, because giving your time and feeling valued improves health, happiness and future prospects. We do this with Time Credits, one of the world’s largest time-based community currencies. People earn Time Credits when they give their time and spend them on a wide range of activities they choose. Over 56,000 people have earned over 900,000 Time Credits so far, and we partner with over 1500 community organisations, public services and businesses.

Tempo are on a journey to becoming a nationwide organisation, enabling people from any community to get involved in Time Credits, share their talents and access new opportunities. We’ve just reached an epic milestone of 1 million Time Credits earned since Tempo started out in the Welsh Valleys in 2008.  By 2023, we aim to have reached 250,000 people across England and Wales and see 2.5m Time Credits earned and spent.

About You

We are looking for a key individual to join us on our journey and grow our impact and reach.  This is an exciting and challenging role for a professional with significant experience in both marketing strategy and implementation and with the drive to shape the future of Tempo’s communications.

The ideal candidate must have the ability to creatively develop and deliver innovative and effective marketing and campaign strategies. A team player, you are comfortable working on a social media account or writing copy, alongside contributing to strategic discussions and developing campaigns. You need to be organised, able to work under pressure, pro-active, a self-starter, and have a track record of achievement within a similar role.

You will drive and coordinate communications across the organisation in order to raise our profile with key audiences and support the organisational scaling strategy. You will work closely with others to develop our communications and marketing strategy and content; manage key communications channels including our website, newsletters and social media; and coordinate with network teams to generate content and quality assure communications across the organisation.

You will be able to communicate effectively about the work of Tempo, build relationships quickly and work collaboratively with a range of team members to achieve a goal. You are target driven, with the ability to stay on top of a varied and demanding workload.

You are passionate about developing communities and about creating positive, lasting societal change. This role would suit someone looking to move from corporate communications and marketing into the charity sector or someone already working in the sector and seeking a new challenge.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is seeking a Communications Officer to join our growing team. The successful candidate will bring talent, enthusiasm, and relevant knowledge and experience to integrate high-impact communications across the entire global organisation. This new role sits in our growing global communications team, working with, and reporting to, the Communications Manager. We are a high-performing team of five tasked with increasing the reach and impact of BHRRC’s research and analysis, as well as supporting the efforts of our partners on the ground that are fighting to achieve justice for victims of abuse.

About us

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is a high-impact, global organization that works to advance respect for human rights in business and hold companies accountable for abuse. We do this by empowering human rights advocates in civil society, business and governments to stimulate bold leadership for human rights in business; building corporate accountability to strengthen due diligence, and effective remedy for abuse; and increasing transparency of the advances, challenges, and abuse of human rights in business. We generate and share information that is relevant, reliable and up to date, and we work with advocates around the world to use this information to drive positive change that puts human rights at the heart of business.

Responsibilities

The Communications Officer will work with our Global Team and key partners, providing support and advice on their strategic communications. This role will have a focus on integrating high-impact communications into BHRRC’s analysis, research and thought leadership.

Responsibilities:

Develop quality communications products: Work with our Global Team and partners to design and disseminate briefings, blogs, infographics, videos and other communications that increase the reach and impact of research and analysis.

Integrate a proactive and strategic approach into research and publications:Spot opportunities for high-impact communications strategies and work with our Global Team to deliver them.

Drive an integrated approach: Work with our Global Team, partners and contractors to ensure communications products and strategies are well planned and executed, and keep oversight of delivery timelines to flag issues to managers.

Produce compelling, objective content:Write and edit channel-appropriate content for our audiences. Support the Global Team to produce high-quality and newsworthy reports, op-eds and blogs.

Contribute to organisational, issue and regional communications strategies:Support the Communications Manager to implement our communications strategy. Keep our planning calendar up to date and help ensure key deadlines are met.

Support social media and email presence: Work with our Communications Team to maintain and enhance our social media presence - through major platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and emerging channels - including creating and publishing content. Support creation and distribution of email newsletters.

Support press outreach: Work with our Communications Team and external consultants to frame and pitch research and stories to journalists.

Support the Communications Team: Provide on-call cover for the team - including occasional infrequent out of hours work - and share admin jobs.

Line management: The Communications Officer may be asked to manage up to two interns.

Travel: There may be occasional international travel for information gathering, communications and/or representation.

Key competencies and attributes

Experience: At least 3 years’ experience planning and delivering top class communications, including experience in at least one of the following:

• Working with researchers to frame and communicate complex research
• Delivering high-impact digital communications, either with consultants or directly
• Working in a busy press office or as a journalist

Communications: Excellent understanding of how strategic communications can work with research and advocacy approaches to achieve change. Proven ability to communicate complex and sensitive information, including tailoring content to different audiences, contexts and channels. Outstanding written English and good oral communications ability.

Production: Experience producing simple graphics or video products.Experience producing and/or commissioning graphic design, video editing, typesetting or infographics. Basic web and CMS skills.

Relationship building: Track record of developing strategic relationships to enhance communications or advocacy efforts, e.g. civil society partners, consultants, journalists, policymakers. Experience building relationships with grassroots organisations desirable.

Project Management: Track record of leading and/or implementing complex projects including planning, execution, and evaluation of lessons learned. Experience planning communications in a busy international organisation desirable.

Knowledge of human rights issues: Familiarity with social justice or human rights issues and a willingness to keep up to date. Experience communicating business and human rights issues desirable.

Strategic Thinking: Track record of helping to develop successful communications strategies to effect change.Sharp news sense and editorial judgement. Ability to conceive and craft news stories an asset.

Social media and digital marketing: Knowledge of and experience using key digital channels including social media, email newsletters and search. Knowledge of search optimisation, paid social campaigns or email automation flows a plus. Ability to target content and monitor reach and impact.

Supporting staff: Enthusiasm for supporting colleagues with communications. Experience supporting staff either through training, coaching or assisting with particular projects an asset.

Team player: Experience of, and commitment to, working in high-performing teams that are highly collaborative and focused on outcomes. Experience of working with colleagues remotely, and in multicultural and diverse working environments desirable.

Languages: Must be fluent in English. Additionally, French, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, or Russian language skills would also be an asset.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is a diverse, global team. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background and we acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in progressive movements. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Latinx and other minorities, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGTBQ+.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Sported team as our Marketing Coordinator. Sported passionately believes in the role of sport to transform the lives of young people. Particularly, those living in deprived areas. We have been highly influential in building the credibility and effectiveness of sport for change and have the UK’s largest network of grass roots clubsWe are looking for a highly motivated and self-driven team player with excellent organisational and communications skills, ready to take on this new UK wide role at our London office.

You will be responsible for leading, shaping and delivering Sported’s external communications activities. In this varied role, you will work across the different functions of the organisation and with our UK field team. Your main responsibilities will focus on providing social media, marketing and brand support to promote the charity’s work and to support interactions with members and volunteers.

The ultimate measure of success in this role is supporting key stakeholders produce consistent, effective material which conveys our key messages, plus using social media to increase awareness of our activity and the impact we have.

Communications Content Producer
Central London
Salary: £28,000-£30,000
Closing 28th February

Charity People are thrilled to be working with Guy's and St Thomas Charity to recruit 2 new Content Producers to work with their Communications and Marketing fundraising team. As part of King's Health Partners, an academic health sciences centre, they are pioneers in health research, and provide high quality teaching and education. This partnership helps them to provide the latest treatments alongside the best possible care.

The Trust is made up of two of London's best known teaching hospitals - St Thomas' Hospital and Guy's Hospital and is among the UK's busiest and most successful foundation trusts, with a long history of clinical excellence and high quality care. It also includes Evelina London Children's Hospital and both adult and children's community services in Lambeth and Southwark.

This is a fantastic opportunity to help this wonderful charity meet their ambitious fundraising targets through creating inspiring marketing materials for supporters of the charity, such as blogs, case studies, emails, website pages, social media posts and other content to support fundraising marketing and communications activities.

You will work with teams to identify stories, which can be used across teams for acquisition marketing and engagement. You will also be coordinating exciting video production and photography, identifying and producing motivating copy to support the organisation's campaigns, as well as leading on the image library.

The ideal person will have previous experience in producing interesting and creative copy, photographs and videos to meet communications or marketing objectives and a comprehensive understanding of social media and email copy writing. You will also be highly creative, proactive and organised, with the ability to work well within a team.

We are looking for someone who may have worked as a Communications Officer or Marketing Executive with outstanding writing ability.

Charity People are handling all applications for this role. All applications must go to Ben Garner at Charity People on [email protected]

The role

We are looking for a friendly, hands-on, confident and technically capable person with a ‘can-do approach’ to support our activities. 

The Administration and Communications Officer will play a key role ensuring the smooth running of the Parent-Infant Foundation, providing a professional administrative service to all staff as well as assisting with event management and external communications functions.  The successful candidate, in addition to sharing our commitment to healthy parent-infant relationships, will have experience of office administration, excellent digital communication and organisational skills with a strong attention to detail.  This will be a varied role, working with all members of our small team, and so we are looking for someone who is dynamic, intuitive and flexible who has experience of improving efficiencies and isn’t afraid to suggest new ways of doing things. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career with an organisation that is making a positive impact on babies and young children across the UK. 

About us

The Parent-Infant Foundation is a national charity that bridges the gap between frontline delivery, local commissioning and national decision-making when it comes to parent-infant relationships in families with the most complex and persistent difficulties. Our mission is to support the growth and quality of specialised parent-infant relationship teams across the UK. 

About the team

As an organisation we are a small team of eight that work flexibly and from home and our small London-based office, meeting up at least monthly as a team and connecting daily through other channels. We care about each other and the work that we do and strive to reach our mission of increasing the support for parent-infant relationships across the UK.  We are a great charity to work for, offering 25 days per year (pro rata) annual leave, 5% employer pension contributions and good general support.

We are keen to hear from you if you have admin and communications experience.  Please read the job description and person specification before applying and ensure you can meet the essential criteria.

Your application should consist of the following:

• A CV of no more than two pages long explaining your employment and education history
• A separate covering letter (no more than two pages) which provides examples of how you meet the essential criteria outlined within the job description.
• The closing date is 5pm on Monday 9th March 2020.  Interviews will be held in central London on Friday 3rd April 2020.

Notes to candidates

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

1. We reserve the right to close the application period early if we receive high numbers of applicants. 

2. Interviews: all shortlisted candidates will hear within a week of the closing date and will be invited to attend a face-to-face interview.

3. Unsuccessful applications: if you have not been contacted within 1 week of the closing date, we regret that you will not have been offered an interview on this occasion.

4. Successful appointment to this post will be subject to satisfactory references, and applicants must already be eligible to work in the UK.