Are you an experienced medical writer looking for a rewarding opportunity?

Are you committed to providing high quality health information and want to make a difference to people affected by lymphoma? If so, we are looking for an experienced medical writing professional to join our small and friendly Publications team.

Senior Medical Writer
Location: Home-based, flexible
Hours: Part time, 25-30 hours per week
Salary: c£30,000 per annum, pro-rata

This is an exciting and varied role where you will use your experience to scope and produce new information about lymphoma that is evidence-based, reliable, and to a high editorial standard. Working closely with the Publications Manager you have a key role in driving forward improvement in our medically-based information including web, print and multimedia materials.

To be successful you will need to be:

• Highly organised and analytical, as you make the complex subject of lymphoma, its diagnosis and treatment, accessible to anyone affected by lymphoma.
• Adaptable, as you will provide medical expertise within the organisation.
• Focused, with excellent IT and digital skills.
• Collaborative and innovative, as you will research and keep up-to-date with current and emerging trends in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma.

Lymphoma Action is a national charity that provides information and support to people affected by lymphoma – the fifth most common cancer in the UK. We have a great working culture that focuses on what we are here to do but also on being creative, supportive and having the right environment to be effective.

Closing date: Tuesday 4 January 2022
Interviews: will be held via video conference on Wednesday 12 January 2022
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview via email on 6 January. Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 12 January 2022.

We reserve the right to review applications and schedule interviews on an on-going basis, so early applications are encouraged.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website where you can download the relevant information and complete your application. 

CVs will only be accepted if accompanied by a completed Job Application Form.

As an inclusive organisation committed to equal opportunities, we welcome applications from all sections of society. We also encourage applications that will help increase the diversity of our workforce, welcoming applications from those with disabilities and from minority groups and from different backgrounds and experiences.

Applicants are also asked to complete an Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, which will be kept separately to the Application Form.

Lymphoma Action, is a registered charity in England and Wales (1068395) and in Scotland (SC045850).

No agencies please.

VIY Programme Director (West Midlands/Midlands)

About Volunteer It Yourself (VIY)

VIY combines volunteering and DIY by challenging young people aged 14-24 to learn trade and building skills, on the job, by helping to refurbish and transform youth and community facilities in need of essential improvements (e.g. youth clubs, community centres, sports clubs, and arts, music and cultural venues).

The majority of young people who take part and benefit are disengaged or excluded from mainstream education and training, at risk of disengagement, and/or unemployed.

VIY participants are mentored by professional tradespeople and gain vocational skills accreditations as well as access to further training, work placement and apprenticeship opportunities with local providers and employers beyond the project.

VIY launched in 2011 and, to date, over 650 youth and community buildings across England and Wales have been repaired/refurbished, involving 12,000 young people and 1,100 trade skills mentors, with 4,500 young people gaining a City & Guilds accreditation.

VIY is scaling rapidly, reaching and benefitting even more young people and communities with the support of our partners, including Travis Perkins, Dulux, Local Authorities, City Councils, GLA, Sport England, Postcode Lottery, Youth Futures Foundation and other grant funders and commissioners. As such, we are now looking for a driven and ambitious Programme Director to join the Senior Leadership team at this exciting stage.

VIY is fast moving and challenging and this role will require energy, determination and flexibility.

Job purpose

Sport England has invested in VIY to refurbish 225 community spaces used for the provision of sport and physical activity.  We are looking for a Programme Director to take on overall responsibility for leading the Sport Programme delivery team.  The Programme Director will manage the team responsible for all sports-related projects, ensuring that each project, and the programme overall, is delivered to a high standard and that company-wide delivery-based KPIs are met.

Whilst primarily responsible for the sports programme of work, the Programme Director may be asked to manage at various points non-sport related work, in recognition of our expanding portfolio of clients and sectors.

The West Midlands is a priority area for us, with the potential for significant growth with new and existing partners.  We are therefore looking for an individual who is based within the West Midlands, or is able to easily (and regularly) travel across the region.  The Programme Director will be VIY’s senior-lead in the region, and with the Senior Leadership team, will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities,  growing and deepening partnerships across the region.

The right candidate will be an organised and passionate person with a proactive, hands-on attitude and the ability to cultivate relationships, motivate and influence people both internally and externally and generate new business/develop new partnerships, whilst supporting and managing the programme delivery team. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to be at the forefront of a rapidly growing and dynamic organisation, changing the lives of young people and positively impacting on communities.

The role

Reports to: Head of Programmes

Location: West Midlands/ Midlands

Responsibilities:

• National responsibility for the Sport England programme of work, managing a team to ensure the portfolio of projects are collectively on track to deliver the programmes KPIs

• Work as part of the Senior Leadership Team to identify and develop new business opportunities and partnerships across the West Midlands

• Line- manage a national team of Programme Managers, providing appropriate operational support as required and supporting with the escalation of any issues.

• Work with the Senior Leadership Team and Programme Managers to identify and develop a pipeline of strong, impactful projects 

• Maintain close communication with Programme/Project Managers to ensure clear understanding of the progress and status of every project and that each project is delivered to the highest of standards

• Manage and support the team with the regular programme measurement and evaluation requirements

• Manage national and regional relationships with a number of key programme partners and stakeholders, for example Travis Perkins, Toolstation, Rugby Football Union, Sport England, Dulux

• Lead on the production of reports for clients, as required

• Responsible for programme budgeting

Full job desciption is attached to this advert.

Marketing Officer Beneficiary Products

We’re looking for an experienced and driven individual to join the Mass Engagement team.

Position: Internal title - Beneficiary Experience Officer (Marketing)

Location: Homebased, U.K nationwide

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa £26,000 per annum (inner London weighting £3,299 per annum or outer London weighting £1,755 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 5th December 2021

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

An experienced campaign manager and copy-writer, you will support both the Experience and Growth and Acquisition teams to develop and deliver marketing approaches and journey communications, primarily for beneficiary and health/social care professional audiences. As a team, the charity’s aim is to ensure that these audiences are aware of the support they can access from the Stroke Association and to build meaningful connections with them for long-term engagement.

About You

Working closely with the Customer Care and Support team, you will review and build on recent successful tests to signpost our offer to people affected by stroke, using data and insight to reach out to them with the most relevant offers.

You will have experience working in a marketing environment and have key strengths in the following areas:

• Grammatical skills, ideally with experience of copywriting and/or reviewing compelling copy
• Understanding the key principles of marketing, ideally using mail or digital media to reach audiences
• Project management, with a keen eye for detail and deadlines
• Understanding excellent customer experience and customer journeys

To fulfil the role, you must abode and have the right to work in the U.K.

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state reference number CE71 when applying for the role.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Beneficiary, Beneficiary Support Officer, Customer Care, Beneficiary Support, Beneficiary Care, Customer Support, Beneficiary Engagement, Data and Insight Officer, Insight Officer, Direct Marketing Officer, Marketing, Data and Marketing, Monitoring, Insight and Impact Officer, Communications, Marketing and Communications, Customer Experience Officer, Direct Marketing Officer, Marketing Executive, Communications Executive, Direct Marketing Executive, Stroke, Charity, Campaign Manager.

We are looking for a proactive, organised and efficient individual with an understanding of events work, to take on the role of Mass Events Executive at The Prince’s Trust.

We can be flexible on your location but please note, if you are based outside London there is an expectation of travel to London approximately twice a month, plus travel to Events as required

You will have strong project management skills, a track record of supporting the delivery of successful events or equivalent relevant experience, and a proven capability to build and nurture strong relationships internally and externally.  You will have experience of working with databases, digital platforms and systems – ideally for managing event registration and communications, and reporting on key event metrics and fundraising.

Your attention to detail, personal initiative, and drive to achieve excellent results will help us support for more young people. Our mass participation fundraising events, such as Palace to Palace and The Brilliant Breakfast, can attract thousands of participants, so this role needs a systematic thinker, to help us with the processes and compliance needed to engage members of the public, at scale.

This role is perfect for you if you have started your Events career and you are looking for an exciting next challenge.

Duties and Responsibilities

Administration:

• To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems.
• To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service users.
• To keep accurate records of financial transitions in line with BSWA’s procedures.
• To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date.
• To monitor and evaluate the refuge service via various methods including feedback from service users and by producing statistical information.
• To keep inventories of all refuge contents.
• To contribute where appropriate to the preparation of returns for funders.

Support Work:

• To produce and regularly review Individual Support Plans (ISP) for each service user, in conjunction with the service user.
• To recognise women and children’s individual needs and refer to specialist agencies where necessary as part of their ISP.
• To identify the needs of women and children leaving BSWA refuge after being offered permanent accommodation.
• To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate.
• To ensure the primary needs of residents are met. This includes medical, financial, housing, legal and education rights.
•  To organise activities and celebrations in the refuge for women and children which raise self-esteem, bring people together and broaden awareness.
• To assist women in making claims for any welfare benefits that they may be entitled to.
• To ensure that appropriate applications are made for re-housing.
• To accompany women as appropriate and agreed by your line manager, to case conferences and meetings that may affect their own and/or their children’s welfare.
• To make representations, as appropriate and agreed by your line manager, to external bodies in support of women and children.
• To keep the refuge ‘welcome pack’ up-to-date.
• Devise and implement appropriate methods of communication with women and children living in refuge, in agreement with your line manager.

Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the refuge, staff, volunteers and service users by:

1. maintaining BSWA communication records
2. following safety procedures
3. carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager
4. attending team and project meetings

• To attend in-house training.
• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager.
• To participate in multi-agency work and to develop a professional working relationship with external agencies.
• To contribute towards your project’s quarterly Management Committee report.
• To be involved in the Annual Review process.

Premises and Equipment:

·To take referrals and welcome women and children into the refuge.

• To ensure that the appropriate agreements related to tenancies are completed.
• To ensure that the appropriate agreements related to support are completed.
• To ensure that the refuge revenue is collected by completing housing benefit forms and all personal contributions are collected on a weekly basis, in advance.
• To report to your line manager any difficulties in relation to the collection of rent and other charges.
• To ensure that any house rules are read and understood by new tenants and that all residents comply with them.

Training:

• To identify and attend training relevant to the post in agreement with your line manager.

• To work alongside colleagues to organise in-house training and information sessions on a range of issues for service users.
• To raise awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and of the BSWA services.

General:

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women, young people and children using the service and in all matters relating to the organisation.
• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation, adhering to BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice.
• To maintain an awareness of the issues surrounding domestic violence on a national and local level with a particular reference to those of relevance to refuge work.
• To adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, and Adult Safeguarding procedures throughout.
• To ensure the efficient use of resources at all times.
• To support volunteers in the delivery of BSWA services.
• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA.
• To participate in the development and annual appraisal of a personal individual development plan with the line manager.
• To participate in 24 hour on call cover and provide emergency cover.
• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise incidentally, develop, or be assigned commensurate with the post.

Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

Work with us

The Vegan Society is an anagram of The Nicest Voyage. Quite fitting, we think, as for many people veganism is a journey – and a pretty remarkable one at that. Regardless of where you are on your vegan journey, our staff are on hand to make it easier, healthier and more fun. If you think you’d be great at helping others with this, read on, as this may be right up your street.

The Vegan Society makes veganism more accessible and an easily adopted approach by supporting individuals, policy and decision makers, caterers, manufacturers, health care professionals and the media.

Who we’re looking for

Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce damage to our environment? Do you want to encourage people to enjoy healthy vegan food that looks good and tastes great? We’re looking for an enthusiastic Senior B2B Marketing Officer who can help to support both individual behaviour change and system change.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The Vegan Society as an organisation values equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that tackles any structural discrimination or prejudice. We are actively trying to increase diversity in our organisation and encourage applications from all sections of the community. We will offer an automatic interview to all candidates who meet our essential criteria and who identify as from an under-represented race or ethnicity or as deaf, neurodiverse, or living with disability.

The role

The Senior B2B Marketing Officer role will be responsible for the development of our business to client marketing activities. They will lead on various areas including the sales strategy for the Vegan Trademark. This will include sourcing and managing relationships between various third-party stakeholders, developing and delivering the strategy for how the Vegan Trademark markets outside of the UK and managing a team of two.

This role requires a candidate with experience of business-to-business marketing with a strong focus on sales and conversion, as well as knowledge of brand expansion.

The role is suitable for someone with 3+ years of Sales & Marketing or B2B & Client Relations experience, as well as other essential criteria listed below.

As Senior B2B Marketing Officer you will:

• Own the marketing lead target for incoming clients to the Vegan Trademark.
• Create and manage the strategy for marketing activities to gain leads through B2B marketing.
• Manage the B2B function so that long-term campaigns are managed and monitored.
• Create B2B social channel strategies for non-UK audiences (LinkedIn) and work with the B2B team on developing the established UK strategy.
• Work with the B2B Marketing Officer on producing strong sales content for a variety of digital channels and audiences.
• Own the competitor matrix for the Vegan Trademark to maximise knowledge of the external market and deliver international brand marketing activities.
• Manage the reporting and impact of B2B activities.
• Work alongside the rest of the BD department to gain insightful client feedback to directly impact the development of the marketing strategy for the Vegan Trademark.
• Manage and support the B2B Marketing Officer in their role in delivering leads, providing engaging B2B content and establishing a clear strategy for supporting incoming clients as well as established, renewing clients.
• Manage and support the Marketing Assistant.
• Work alongside the International Sales Manager to expand marketing communications outside of the UK.
• Attends trade and consumer shows when appropriate.
• Deliver talks, workshops or presentations relating to the Trademark and/or VEG 1.
• Work with the Fundraising Manager to identify potential relationships and opportunities that will increase the brand awareness of the Trademark and/or VEG 1 products.

To be considered as our Senior B2B Marketing Officer you must have:

• Marketing, Sales or Business-related degree/qualification (or 3+ years’ workplace experience in Sales & Marketing or B2B & Client Relations
• Speaks German or French to a professional or fluent level.
• Experience creating strategic documents and identifying complimentary activities.
• Experience of delivering marketing strategy for sales and brand development.
• Experience utilising B2B social platforms and their related adverts managers.
• Experience in collating, reviewing and monitoring brand competitors.
• A proven track record of generating new leads through marketing activities.
• The ability to produce concise reports and impact briefings.
• A good understanding of business operations for a Trademark/certification scheme: production processes, administration, marketing, PR, promotion and sales.
• Understanding of corporate identity and branding needs.#

What we offer

• A fun and supportive team
• A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment
• Flexible working hours
• Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Childcare vouchers scheme
• Animal companion compassionate leave
• Ethical pension scheme (5-7% employer contribution)
• Death in service benefit
• 28 Days leave + 8 Bank Holidays (25 days annual leave & 3 closure days)

Additional information

This is full time role (37.5 hours per week) role with a salary of £25,863-£32,718 per annum

This is a predominantly home-based position, but the successful candidate must be willing to travel to our head office in Birmingham when required.

The application deadline is 9am on Friday 10th December 2021.

Interview’s will be held w/c 10th January 2022

Find out more about what it is like to work for The Vegan Society by reading our recruitment pack.

An exciting opportunity has become available for two, temporary, part time Children and Young People’s Officers to provide bereavement support, information, and guidance to our bereaved community. The post holders will be expected to manage a range of children’s bereavement services in the Birmingham Area, ensuring the highest standards of bereavement support are available to Birmingham families, with specific emphasis in Children and Young people in our most deprived areas.

This post is funded by a specific grant managed by Birmingham City Council Public Health team

The candidates must be able to work 2 to 3 days per week, at least one late shift (until 8pm) per week, and the occasional Saturday morning shift. It will also be expected that the successful candidates will attend at least 15 hours Continuous Professional Development Training per year, with training often held on a Saturday.

The newly formed Delivery Partners and Volunteers Team for the West Midlands are looking for an organised and enthusiastic candidate to become our new part-time Youth Development Lead.

The successful candidate will provide quality support to volunteers across the West Midlands and will be responsible for recruiting and onboarding new volunteers. Holding a firm understanding of Prince’s Trust programmes, they will effectively mange the provision of volunteers according to service delivery needs. Delivering excellent support, the candidate will ensure quality volunteering experiences are had at The Prince’s Trust. Comfortable supporting and delivering volunteer training, the candidate will work with volunteers virtually and face-to-face. A successful candidate will organise and manage events for partners and volunteers, again in virtual and face-to-face capacities.

The role is suited to a candidate who enjoys working with people and building strong relationships. From time to time, the candidate may be asked to use their relationship management skills to indirectly manage the educational offer provided by the Trust, working alongside partners in schools and colleges. Face to face delivery with young people may be very occasionally required.

If you are up for a challenge and would like to be part of a great team, we would love to hear from you! Your application will be a CV and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement must provide evidence of how you have acquired and applied each of the essential skills, knowledge, and experience criteria and if possible, each of the desirable skills, knowledge, and experience criteria, outlined in the job description, in current and previous roles, or other scenarios.

We are accepting applications from candidates who are interested in part-time work as this position will be 17.5 hours per week on a permanent contract.

We have roles available in 9 regions across the UK (see below). Roles will be home-based with some travel required within each region. 

Northeast 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
Yorkshire and Humberside 36.25 (5 Days) 1 role
Northwest 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
Wales 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
East Midlands 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
West Midlands 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
Eastern 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
South and Central 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
West and Southwest 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
 

Are you passionate about helping people? Do you have experience of using a case management approach to supporting people in traumatic situations? Do you have an understanding of the effects of traumatic bereavement or serious and life changing injury and a willingness to learn more in this area? Can you demonstrate experience of delivering support in a people centred service? Are you empathetic and an excellent communicator? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re recruiting for a number of Local Caseworker roles to sit within our growing National Road Victim Service (NRVS) team. We are looking for experienced support professionals to establish local face-to-face delivery in locations across the UK. Local Caseworkers will provide case manage provision of immediate and early intervention care to victims of road death and serious and life changing injury.

The role will be subject to the latest covid-19 guidance. You will provide support to service users over the phone, through virtual meetings and written communications and face-to-face as required. The successful candidate will be required to go through an enhanced DBS vetting process due to the sensitive nature of the service delivered.

Who we are

Brake is the national, acclaimed charity tackling the daily, horrific carnage of deaths, injuries, and air pollution on roads. Traffic is the biggest killer of young people worldwide, poisoning our lungs and contributing hugely to the climate emergency. Brake’s vision is that people get around in safe and healthy ways. Our values require us to be evidence-based, aim high, and work collaboratively. We have a 25-year reputation for shouting out for positive change, advising government, encouraging action in communities, and delivering the UK’s National Road Victim Service (NRVS) for bereaved and injured families.

NRVS is the specialist, accredited, UK-wide national service for road victims, delivering day-one onwards case-managed care for anybody who has been bereaved or seriously injured in a road crash or supporting a road crash victim.

Who you are

You will have a background in providing support to a vulnerable client group through both face to face and virtual settings. You will have knowledge, experience and understanding of working with people who have experienced sudden loss and traumatic bereavement and experience of using a case management approach to supporting people in traumatic situations. You understand the importance and application of risk management and safeguarding procedures and are familiar with the Criminal Justice system and Coroners Court. You will live within one of the regions listed above and will have access to your own transport to travel across the region as required.

Key tasks

Reporting into a regional manager, you will be supporting service users who have suffered traumatic bereavement or serious and life changing injury by a road crash. You will be required to do so in a highly sensitive and empathetic manner, providing emotional support alongside complex practical information and advocacy requiring high level diplomacy skills. You will use a clinically and trauma informed casework methodology approach to support provision, using risk and needs assessments, with support plans working in partnership with both statutory and non-statutory support services.

Key tasks will include:

• Enable service users to cope with immediate practical challenges that may otherwise feel “too much to bear,” through a multi-agency approach to risk and needs planning.
• Support service users with their immediate wellbeing needs and address any safeguarding issues.
• Be informed and help service users discuss, in a safe environment, the emotional and physical symptoms that they are suffering; or are common to suffer and that they may suffer later.
• Develop a user-centred support plan, to help the service user cope with their emotional and physical symptoms.
• Develop and agree, with consent, a safe exit strategy via a continued pathway of further support that the service user accesses, if appropriate.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with other local specialist support services in the region both statutory and non-statutory.
• Participate additionally in team training, supervisory and development sessions, contributing to the professional development of yourself and the service through heuristic learnings.

You bring

Essential Qualities

• Knowledge, experience and understanding of working with people who have experienced sudden loss and traumatic bereavement.
• Experience of using a case management approach to supporting people in traumatic situations.
• An understanding of the importance of working within standardised protocols and procedures.
• Experience of risk management and safeguarding procedures in a one-to-one support setting.
• An understanding of the effects of traumatic bereavement or serious and life changing injury and a willingness to learn more in this area.
• Demonstratable experience of delivering support in a people centred service.
• An understanding of the Criminal Justice system and Coroners Court.
• Experience and knowledge of working with and supporting people through the criminal justice and coronial process.
• Experience of consulting with other professionals within an advocacy setting.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, alongside effective communication skills, both verbally and in written form.
• The ability to deal sensitively and accurately with complex and emotionally charged situations.
• The ability to demonstrate empathy and control of own emotions and well-being, whilst supporting people/families who are suffering the effects of traumatic bereavement or serious and life changing injury.
• Proficiency in all standard office IT systems including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Flexibility to work within the needs of the service requirements.
• A team player; you are outcomes focussed and work with others to get there.

Desirable

• A professional qualification or evidence of training in psychological trauma.
• Experience of working with those affected by road traffic collisions.
• Completion of safeguarding and/or risk management training.

About the team and how we work

• You will be joining a skilled, dedicated and friendly team, with a visionary, dynamic and expert chief executive committed to growing the charity’s impact, and a knowledgeable and engaged Board of Trustees.
• Our team works remotely and encourages use of sustainable transport.
• We are open to secondments and candidates wanting to work flexibly or part time.
• Brake actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We employ based on skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
• Employees are subject to driver licence checks. If you drive, please note we do not accept applications from serious traffic offenders due to the nature of our work.

Work with us

The Vegan Society is an anagram of The Nicest Voyage. Quite fitting, we think, as for many people veganism is a journey – and a pretty remarkable one at that. Regardless of where you are on your vegan journey, our staff are on hand to make it easier, healthier and more fun. If you think you’d be great at helping others with this, read on, as this may be right up your street.

The Vegan Society makes veganism more accessible and an easily adopted approach by supporting individuals, policy and decision makers, caterers, manufacturers, health care professionals and the media.

Who we’re looking for

Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce damage to our environment? Do you want to encourage people to enjoy healthy vegan food that looks good and tastes great? We’re looking for an enthusiastic Marketing Assistant who can help to support both individual behaviour change and system change.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The Vegan Society as an organisation values equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that tackles any structural discrimination or prejudice. We are actively trying to increase diversity in our organisation and encourage applications from all sections of the community. We will offer an automatic interview to all candidates who meet our essential criteria and who identify as from an under-represented race or ethnicity or as deaf, neurodiverse, or living with disability.

The role

The Marketing Assistant role will be responsible for supporting B2B & B2C marketing activities for the Vegan Trademark and VEG 1. This includes a mix of online advertising activities, content creation & moderation for our social media channels, attending events, talking with Trademark holders, and general support to driving business growth.

This role requires a candidate with experience in marketing, graphic, and content design. The position is suitable for someone with 1+ year of Marketing or Design experience, as well as other essential criteria listed below.

As Marketing Assistant you will:

• Develop marketing materials as needed to support the Senior B2B Marketing Officer and B2B Marketing Officer.
• Create content for a variety of channels.
• Assist the B2B Marketing Officer with social media platform growth.
• Support with Vegan Trademark B2B social media channels with moderation.
• Assist in the collation and design of newsletter-style updates to Trademark holders and VEG1 wholesalers.
• Support the Senior B2B Marketing Officer with material creation for international development
• Collaborate with the Senior B2B Marketing Officer to deliver Trademark holder support from a variety of countries.
• Monitor various inbox’s relating to marketing, responding to requests and enquires efficiently.
• Maintain awareness days tracker and work alongside the Brand Marketing Officers to deliver engaging content at relevant times.
• Document the Trademark B2C activity and communications in our CRM.
• Support the VEG 1 Marketing Officer on projects such as product launches.
• Work collaboratively with the Events Officer to support with Trademark and VEG1 events or contributions to The Vegan Society events and tradeshows.
• Attend trade and consumer shows as required

To be considered as our Marketing Assistant you must have:

• Relevant Business/Marketing qualification or 1-year equivalent work experience in a marketing or design role.
• Proficiency in the Abode editing suite including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, to create artwork for print and online
• Experience of delivering marketing activities for sales teams for UK and international markets.
• Experience creating content and scheduling for social media.
• Excellent written, verbal and numerical skills including writing for various audiences and following tone of voice guidelines
• Good knowledge of the wider vegan movement and issues relating to veganism
• Understanding of a variety of marketing functions: social media, PR, sales, corporate identity, positioning and branding.
• Good understanding of the importance of customer service and proven experience of delivering effective customer service.
• Understanding of B2B & B2C customer needs.

What we offer

• A fun and supportive team
• A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment
• Flexible working hours
• Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Childcare vouchers scheme
• Animal companion compassionate leave
• Ethical pension scheme (5-7% employer contribution)
• Death in service benefit
• 28 Days leave + 8 Bank Holidays (25 days annual leave & 3 closure days)

Additional information

This is full time role (37.5 hours per week) role with a salary of £22,074 - £24,372 per annum

This is a predominantly home-based position, but the successful candidate must be willing to travel to our head office in Birmingham when required.

The application deadline is 9am on Friday 10th December 2021.

Interview’s will be held w/c 10th January 2021.

Find out more about what it is like to work for The Vegan Society by reading our recruitment pack.

RSPB England has an exciting opportunity for a Youth Project Officer to lead the development and delivery of an exciting part of our Naturally Connected Communities Project (Birmingham), a Green Recovery Challenge funded initiative.

The programme will be delivered in partnership with the Prince’s Trust to engage diverse communities of young people with nature who are not currently in Employment Education or Training (NEET).

As Youth Project Officer you will plan, promote, and deliver two ‘Get Started’ in Conservation programmes based primarily at our Sandwell Valley nature reserve in Birmingham.

Youth Project Officer/Outdoor Instructor - The Prince's Trust - 'Get Started'. (Part-Time)
Reference: NOV20219463
Location: Sandwell Valley Nature Reserve & Birmingham Office
Salary: £22,986.00 - £25,500.00 Pro Rata
Benefits: Pension, 26 days Annual Leave (pro-rata), Life Assurance
Contract Duration:8 Months

About The Prince's Trust

The Prince's Trust is a youth charity that helps young people aged 11 to 30 get into jobs, education, and training. ‘Get Started’ goes far beyond teaching young people new skills. Throughout every programme the Prince’s Trust weave a real and meaningful group challenge – one that young people are unlikely to achieve without their support. At the end of the programme, young people will have had a taste of what success feels like. From this point onwards the aim is to harness that feeling of success and continue to provide ongoing support to enable young people to move onto a positive outcome.

There are over 30 different themes of ‘Get Started’ programme and through our recent partnership working we have developed a ‘Get Started’ programme themed around conservation which is aimed at giving young people a taster of several different aspects of the conservation sector - from hands-on conservation work to discovering nature and the challenges it faces, along with confidence building activities based around bushcraft and survival in the outdoors. We have already delivered one very successful ‘Get Started’ programme on our nature reserve in the New Forest and are now planning to deliver two more at our Sandwell Valley nature reserve in Birmingham.

What’s the role about

You will lead on the delivery of two Prince’s Trust ‘Get Started’ programmes at our Sandwell Valley RSPB nature reserve. Each programme lasts five days with an additional one day taster day the week before the programme and a reunion/celebration day within two weeks after the programme ends. The programmes will be delivered at the end of March and July 2022.

What we need from you

You will be responsible for working with the Prince’s Trust, supporting them in the recruitment and promotion of the project. You will manage all aspects of the project from planning through to delivery, as well as monitoring, evaluating, and reporting impact. You will liaise with both the reserve staff and the Prince’s Trust team ensuring everything is planned to create a seamless project that delivers all required outcomes.

This role is a real opportunity to inspire young people to want to take action to help nature so it’s important for you to have a good understanding of the challenges nature faces and can ensure our conservation message runs as the golden thread throughout the programme.

The role will also require you to have skills and knowledge in delivering bushcraft and survival to young people such as shelter building, fire making as well as outdoor cooking.

You will be able to work independently and as part of a team and you will have some leadership experience as well as excellent communication skills. It is important to be able to build strong working relationships both internally and externally.

What we need from you:

Essential skills, knowledge, and experience

• Experience of delivering outdoor nature-based activities such as BioBlitz/Pond dipping
• Experience in delivering bushcraft and survival sessions such as fire making, shelter building and outdoor cooking
• Experience of engaging with young people from a variety of diverse background ages 16 – 30
• Skilled in being able to communicate clearly and confidently with young people
• Project planning and delivery experience, including monitoring, evaluating, and reporting against the effectiveness and impact of projects and/or activities
• Proficiency in MS Office systems

Desirable skills, knowledge, and experience

• Knowledge of the conservation sector along with the challenges nature faces
• Knowledge of reviewing techniques and ability to draw learning outcomes from a variety of sessions
• Experience of building and maintaining positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

It would be beneficial for the successful candidate to be based in the West Midlands area as we are not able to cover costs of travel, however, it is not essential. During the delivery of this programme, you will be required to be based at our Sandwell Valley nature reserve along with the occasional need for face-to-face meetings during the planning and evaluation phases. Outside of those times, there is an option to work remotely from home or be dual located, working between home and the RSPB’s central Birmingham office as the business need requires, or fully based in the Birmingham office if preferred.

Closing date: 23:59, 08 December 2021

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position on Wednesday 15th of December on Microsoft Teams.

We are actively recruiting for this role and reserve the right to close this advert at any time.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your online application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to making our organisation diverse and inclusive, and as such are keen to encourage applications from people from black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, as well as those with disabilities.

No agencies please.

*** 12 Month Fixed Term Contract ***

About Us

The Canal & River Trust is the charity helping making life better by water for millions of people each year. It takes an extraordinary team to bring our waterways to life and that’s where you come in, if you have experience as an acquisition manager, digital marketer, digital marketing executive or similar we would love to hear from you.

A fantastic opportunity has become available for an experienced digital marketer to join the dynamic digital marketing team at the Canal & River Trust on a 12 month home-based working contract.

Managing both our in-house Digital Advertising Assistant and our partner agency, this Digital Marketing Specialist role is responsible for delivering a wide range of digital marketing support for the Canal & River Trust.  

Responsible for data science, tracking (GTM/UTM/GA) google grants (PPC) and digital acquisition media, your role requires a detailed understanding of the analytical side to marketing and a proven track record in delivering high calibre, results-focused digital marketing. You will have advanced experience of:

• Successful acquisition media buying against targets.
• Strong analytical skills to optimise and evaluate campaigns.
• A detailed knowledge of audience targeting and segmentation methods.
• Excellent agency management experience to ensure projects are delivered both on brief, budget and time.

You will be good at building relationships with multiple stakeholders, be able to manage and set defined key deliverables and be able to report back to stakeholders both with results and with optimisation recommendations.

Location

The role will be based working from home, with the allocation of a nearby Hub for collaborative working in Birmingham, Hatton or Milton Keynes. 

About the role

As the successful candidate, you will be highly self-motivated and demonstrate the difference your work makes to the Trust’s vision and outcomes. You will be an excellent communicator and goal setter who is good at managing stakeholders. You won’t be afraid to take on new challenges, look for creative solutions to problems and will look for innovative ways to achieve targets and improve digital marketing performance.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and motivate our in-house Digital Advertising Assistant with best practise advertising to support our regions and specialist departments.
• Manage our retainer, contract, and scope of work with our partner digital agency across Acquisition, Google Grants (PPC), Data science and end to end digital marketing campaigns.
• Work closely with our agency and web development team to implement tracking, GTM tags, lead generation forms, goals and on page CRO testing
• Manage certain aspects of the Trust’s Marketing Automation platform (Marketo) to create segments that help us execute paid for advertising opportunities across digital platforms
• Lead the Trusts website ‘pop up’ and ‘CTA’ framework and manage the development of any other new digital marketing incentives or value exchange products that help the Trust in meeting digital objectives.
• Present digital marketing reports and insights to a very high and professional standard across PowerPoint, excel, Data studio and word.
• Support the campaigns and fundraising teams with wider digital marketing work, including – but not limited to agency brief response reviews and media reviews.
• Working in a fast-paced and reactive environment, you will be expected to take on additional roles, responsibilities and in some cases team members if and when required, in line with any changes in organisational needs.

Skills and experience

• Strong hands on digital marketing experience.
• Advanced experience of media buying and acquisition with a proven track record of managing advertising across a variety of platforms and buying models.
• Demonstrable experience of budget forecasting, tracking to targets and management of annual spend goals.
• Proven experience of managing agencies, multiple briefs, and multiple stakeholders.
• Advanced experience of digital tracking (UTM, GTM, GA, GLCID).
• Advanced experience using Facebook and twitter ads managers and google ads.
• Strong stakeholder and project management skills.
• Experience of benchmarking and key deliverable setting.
• A solid understanding of relevant data protection advertising legislation.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• A good combination of creative and analytical skills.
• Line management experience.
• Advanced decision-making skills.
• Experience using project management tools such as basecamp and Teams.

We are looking for a candidate that can succeed working in a fast-paced environment. This role will require someone who is agile and flexible in their approach to work, is solutions-led and a big team player.

Qualifications & Education:

• Candidate should ideally be educated to degree level, or hold strong equivalent experience. 
• Institute of Marketing Diploma (Desirable).

To Apply:click on the "Apply for this job" button and follow the process - complete the application form & upload current CV.

We are currently conducting our interview processes virtually as we continue to respect and follow necessary social distancing guidance to protect our team and our candidates. You may be invited to a face to face further stage interview which will always be conducted following strict social distancing guidelines. 

What We Offer

In addition to your annual salary of c. £30,000, we also offer a generous holiday entitlement, and a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme. Further details can be found via our 'apply' portal. 

We are striving to represent the diverse communities that we are a part of. All applicants will be treated on the basis of their merits, skills and abilities and solely by being assessed against the requirements for the job.

Find out more about the work we do on our website.

At the forefront of the organisation, you will be responsible for maintaining partnerships, supporting tutors/coaches and delivering our programmes from volunteer recruitment and workshop delivery all the way through to evaluation. This is an “in-at-the-deep-end” role and you will flourish in a small dynamic team with real influence.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Create a thriving community of social mobility advocates among university students and young professionals:

• Meeting recruitment targets for tutors/coaches across the region each term.
• Training volunteers in tutoring/coaching and our pedagogy.

Oversee multiple in-school and online programmes (university student led and peer to peer):

• Setting timelines for programme start and finish dates
• Communicating with school staff weekly to provide feedback after sessions
• Visiting schools to oversee quality.
• Managing and running online sessions.

Programme Design and Delivery:

• Contributing to the design of current workshops and creating new workshops when needed
• Running in-school or online workshops for groups of pupils (KS2-5) and facilitating university trips at the start and end of our programmes

Line managing a team of Head Coaches:

• Delivering training for Head Coaches
• Holding 1-1 appraisals to monitor performance and set actions

Embodying our values (humility, high expectations, service, responsibility and resilience) and demonstrating commitment to our mission.

Essential characteristics and experience:

• Passion for social mobility: we have big aims and are looking for those who share our desire to make education fairer in the UK so a person’s background does not determine their future.
• Relationship building and facilitating: this a public-facing role so you will love delivering workshops to groups as well as communicating our mission to a wide range of stakeholders (businesses, senior members of MATs, universities etc.
• Organisation: working in a fast paced young organisation you’ll be able to work between different programmes and workstreams.
• Independence: this role requires you to work independently/alone from time to time in the office and/or from home
• Resourcefulness: we’re a small, dedicated team - you must be a self-starter prepared for practical roles with lots of responsibility. A willingness to stay solution-focused with last minute challenges is a must!
• Flexibility: the role will occasionally involve working evenings & weekends

Benefits:

• An opportunity to contribute to a young, exciting charity with scope to input widely and take on new roles.
• Starting Salary: £22k per annum
• Annual Leave: 28 days pro rata
• Office space: working from home or can be based in our Birmingham, Exeter or London offices.
• Training: we are a reflective organisation and keen to support your professional development.

Key Information:

• Length: permanent.
• Hours: Full Time
• Responsible for: Individual Programmes
• Start Date: ASAP

How to Apply and Next Steps:

• Email Robin your CV and a cover letter of no more than 350 words by Monday 22nd November. In the subject line, please mention you are applying for the South West Programme Officer role.
• Interviews will take place throughout the recruitment period so please do apply early

Closing date:  Midday 3rd December 2021
Salary: HCP Corporate Pay Band F £26370 – £31,021
Location: John Taylor Hospice & Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice

“Happy to talk about Flexible Working”

The Hospice Charity Partnership, formed from Birmingham St Mary’s and John Taylor Hospices, is looking for a Grants and Trusts Officer to join its Income Generation Team.

The Grants and Trusts Officer will lead on the submission, administration and management of a portfolio of Hospice Charity Partnership (incorporating Birmingham St Mary’s and John Taylor Hospice) trust and grant applications in order to achieve agreed financial targets and deliver a significant source of income for clinical service projects, capital projects and unrestricted core funds.

Supporting the Grants and Trusts Manager with administrative tasks and identifying new funding opportunities through various funding streams and directories.

Calm, methodical and with attention to detail you will be focussed and have the capacity to work to strict deadlines in order to maximise the potential of the charity to secure funding and grants from a variety of funders. Building good relationships with regular and repeat funders as well as new partners in Grants funding, you must be able to portray a friendly and amicable disposition.

If this sounds like the role for you then we’d love to receive your application.