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.

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

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.

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is a leading independent funder supporting exceptional organisations which are building a more inclusive, creative and sustainable society in the UK. In 2019 they gave over £35m in grants to charities and social enterprises working in the arts, children and young people, sustainable food, environment and social change. They also operate a social investment fund for organisations that can deliver a social benefit along with financial return.

We are delighted to be working with the Foundation to recruit the newly developed role of Communications Manager.

This role is a part of an ambitious new strategy to be launched later in 2020 and will be responsible for developing and delivering a communications plan to help Esmée Fairbairn to:
- support organisations with brilliant ideas who are working to secure a fairer future for the next generation and strengthen the bonds in communities in the UK, and
- work itself to remove barriers and secure progress in protecting the natural world, using Esmée's voice to quietly influence policy and effect change.

As part of the communications and learning team, this role will be the Foundation's eyes and ears, as well as its voice. The Communications Manager will work with staff, other funders and investors, and the organisation's Esmée funds using a range of communications tools and approaches in order to add value to, and support its strategy.

Esmée is looking for someone with direct experience of using communications or campaigning to make a change in the sectors it supports. It is particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have been involved in influencing local or national government policy, corporate practice or behaviour change.

If you are a passionate and level-headed communications professional with a track record in making a difference for the environment or social justice, Esmée would love to hear how you could support its work.

If you are interested in applying but haven't considered working in grant-making before, please do apply. We are open both to supporting learning on the job and to rearranging tasks within the team to suit the skillsets of the best applicant. We are happy to talk flexible working and we are open to job share applications for this role.

What the job involves

This is an exciting opportunity to join our established External Relations team. As the Media and Communications Manager, you will support the Head of External Relations, deputising as appropriate, in leading the team to convey the key messages about prostate cancer and Prostate Cancer UK’s core objectives persuasively and coherently to the media, public and supporters.

You will raise the profile of the cause and the charity, managing the activity of the charity’s Media Relations Office and protecting the organisation’s principles and reputation. The impactful media moments that you deliver inspire action from a range of audiences to drive positive change as we strive to stop prostate cancer being a killer.

What we want from you

You will be an expert in leading communications projects to inspire action and drive change, as well as hold a track record of generating media coverage to deliver messages to a range of audiences. You also have specialist knowledge and/or qualification in media relations, have a can-do attitude coupled with excellent organisational skills and line management experience, who helps others achieve their full potential and embodies our ‘Men, we are with you’ philosophy.

Why work for us?

We’re here to stop prostate cancer killing men and damaging bodies and lives. We unite the brightest minds in science and healthcare and the most passionate and caring people to help men live long and live well. As the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer continues to rise, we continue to make advances in research to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment and support so that we can build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer.

The support we’ll provide

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will help you learn, develop your skills and expertise, and achieve your highest aspirations. We provide everything you’d expect from a professional organisation – competitive benefits package, contributory pension scheme, life insurance and a season ticket loan – but much more besides. Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

As Strategic Communications Manager at St John Ambulance, you will play a key role in supporting the realisation of the vision of our Charity. You will be responsible for understanding and interpreting the environment in which we operate, focusing on the health, charity and youth sectors.

About the Role

As Strategic Communications Manager at St John Ambulance, you will play a key role in supporting the realisation of the vision of our Charity. You will be responsible for understanding and interpreting the environment in which we operate, focusing on the health, charity and youth sectors.

As Strategic Communications Manager, you will be integral to the creation of relevant and powerful narratives and messages enabling the repositioning of St John correctly and allowing us not only to be responsive to major social, political, economic and environmental changes, but to be an influencer, add commentary and be an advocate of positive change.

Through establishing excellent working relationships with stakeholders and networking this in a proactive and largely external-facing role responsible for intelligence gathering and identifying opportunities for St John to further our people, client, stakeholder and supporter engagement in our vision and services.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You

To be successful in the role Strategic Communications Manager at SJA, you will have previous experience working in a communication focused role and expertise in devising impactful and innovative communications strategies. You will be able to demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills and have a track record in advising at a senior level on complex, high profile issues management and crisis situations.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive:

• Competitive salary & pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Interview Date: 4th March 2020

Application Review Date: 12th February 2020

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

Communications Manager (Conferences and Events)

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Planning and Communications Manager, Conferences & Events
Location: London
Contract type: Full Time, Fixed Term
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £31,982 to £34,925 depending on skills and experience, plus London allowance of £3,600

Closing date: 2 March 2020
Interview date: w/c 9 March 2020

About the role:

The Planning and Communications Manager plays a pivotal role in delivery of the strategic objectives of the Conference and Events function, whilst working with the team to lead on the operational processes which underpin the delivery of a top-class portfolio of events, including Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference (ASAC20). The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for event project plans, including communication management and stewardship journeys; digital marketing; delegate and data management; budget management, evaluation and reporting.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of high performing function in the growing Marketing and Communications Directorate. Reporting to the Head of Conferences and Events, the post holder will support in the delivery of ASAC20 and other key events, which support the Society’s strategic ambitions, stimulate the dialogue about dementia and engagement in our work and mission.

About you:

We are looking for someone with experience of successful strategic management in all the operational aspects of event project planning for a varied portfolio of Conferences and Events, preferably with experience of working within the third sector.

This role also calls for someone with experience of relationship building and senior stakeholder management to deliver projects; excellent analytical, budgeting and reporting skills; running successful digital event campaigns and proven project management skills across multiple projects/events running simultaneously.

The post holder will have experience of delegate management, speaker management, event registration systems (eg; Cvent and Crowdcompass), finance and accounting functions and programme updates. They will have managed email marketing campaigns including copywriting and design and delivered HTML and web copy using digital marketing tools, such as DotDigital.

We are looking for a motivated self-starter and problem-solver who seeks out opportunities of benefit to the Society and our mission to improve the quality of life for people with dementia and those who care for them.

You may have experience of the following: Communications Manager, Comms Manager, Conferences, Events, Events Manager, PR, Marketing Manager, Communications Officer, Marketing, Health, Social Care, Third Sector, Charity, NFP, Not for Profit, Health and Social Care, Mental Health etc.

Research Communications Manager

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Research Communications Manager
Location: London
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £41,585 to £46,725 depending on skills and experience + London allowance of £3,600

Closing date: 27 February 2020
Interview date: w/c 9 March 2020

About the role:

The Research Communications Manager will lead on developing and delivering a communications strategy to promote the research activity of Alzheimer’s Society to a wide range of lay and professional audiences including people affected by dementia. Leading a busy research communications team, you will use your understanding of biomedical science and a keen eye for a good story to develop a sustained presence of strong research content across all our communications channels. You will develop and maintain key messages and communications plans to ensure that research is well represented in the organisational strategic communications. Many of our research programmes are delivered in partnership, and a key part of the role is to be able to work collaboratively both internally and externally to ensure joint communications deliver a strong message for Alzheimer’s Society.

Dementia remains a very popular topic in the press. You will play a key role in maintaining the Society’s reputation as an expert voice when it comes to dementia research. You will ensure the research communications team is trained and able to support research media work by developing and signing off press statements for national circulation and writing articles for trade press. With media training you will act as a spokesperson on research topics in print and broadcast interviews.

About you:

We’re looking for someone uniquely skilled in understanding complex science and working across wide a wide range of stakeholders to deliver impactful communications for our different audiences. You will be experienced in leading and supporting others to bring the best out of a high-performing team.

You may have experience of the following: Research Communications Manager, Communications Manager, Biomedical Sciences, Dementia, Strategic Communication, Senior Communications Officer, Charity, Third Sector, Not for Profit, etc.

Communications Manager – Membership
Hours: 35 per week
Location: London NW3
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: Up to £33,000
Closing date: 26th February 2020 (12:00 BST)
Interviews: TBC

ABOUT US

Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting is the world’s only movement for every girl and any girl because we believe that each of them deserves to be the best they can be. Free to make what they want from the Movement, girls learn by doing, make friends and have fun. In safe, local spaces, girls develop the skills and attitudes to change themselves, their communities and our world.

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) keeps the global Movement thriving, united and growing.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is an exciting opportunity to provide the full spectrum of communications services and support within a large complex international Membership Organisation.

In this role, you will be the only dedicated communications resource for our Members, responsible for delivering communications to and for 150 Member Organisations worldwide.

This role will also be expected to provide communications expertise and advice to other functional areas and to act as guardian of the WAGGGS brand.

ABOUT YOU

As the successful candidate, you will demonstrate top-notch social media, wider digital and communications skills to maintain our social media outlets on a daily basis and have superb written skills to produce regular communications to Members.

You will have a good track record of preparing communications to support senior stakeholders and working in a membership driven organisation.

You will be adept at working closely with colleagues across the wider organisation to successfully deliver on internal communications priorities.

You will have experience in developing communications plans for large themed days such as World Thinking Day and International Women’s Day.

HOW TO APPLY

If you are interested in this position, please download the recruitment pack and submit your covering letter and CV via our recruitment portal.

We reserve the right to change the closing date depending on the number of responses received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered in the selection process.

If you have a disability and can demonstrate that closing this post early would impact on your ability to submit an application in time, please contact our Human Resources team to request arrangements for an application to be submitted within the original time frame.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly and have a preferred supplier list in place. We will be in touch if we need you.

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Other organisations may call this role Digital Communications Manager, Marketing Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Marketing Communications Manager, or Marcoms Manager.

Are you a marketing and comms specialist who can write a release that will generate column inches from a broadsheet in the morning and put together a blog post and a pithy tweet to inspire supporters in the afternoon? 

This is an incredible role at a small, world-leading hospital charity where your work will be a part of their essential work that saves lives every day. You will manage one member of staff (Digital and Marketing Officer)

You will need to a be an all-rounder who can own their own marketing budget and enjoy taking on the range of marketing and comms responsibilities.  You will support the incredible work of the small fundraising team (who raise £1.3M)

Your main responsibilities will be to look after: 

The overall marketing strategy 
Building and maintaining relationships with the press and feeding them compelling press releases
Producing publications including regular newsletters 
Developing messages for the fundraising team 
Promoting fundraising events 
Managing the charity’s social media presence 
Managing the charity’s website 
 

This is an existing role and a well-respected organisation. Lots of good work has been done but there is plenty of room for you to develop it. 

For a confidential discussion about the role call please get in touch. Don't worry if you haven’t updated your CV recently, I don't need one at this stage. 

One year fixed term contract (maternity cover)

About us
Humane Society International/UK is the UK affiliate of one the largest animal protection organisations in the world, working for a better future for animals and people through advocacy, education, and hands-on programmes. HSI UK is a leading force for animal protection, we are an effective voice for animals large and small, with active campaigns in wildlife protection and ending the fur trade, alternatives to animal experiments, and reducing the number of animals suffering on farms. We also support HSI’s team of animal advocates around the world who work across a wide range of issues, including ending the dog meat trade, stopping culling of street dogs, tackling wildlife trade and providing animal rescue and emergency aid in disaster situations. A small but effective team, HSI UK has big ambitions to create further positive change for animals both here in the UK and around the world.

The Role
Gaining media, social media and celebrity support for our UK and international campaigns is a key way of raising awareness for our life-saving work. With an expanding portfolio of campaigns, we are seeking a talented individual to join our small London team in order to support our Director of International Media. 
This important role is pivotal to helping HSI/UK grow its media and celebrity profile in the UK. Working under our Director of International Media, you will liaise closely with our UK campaigns team and our US-based PR and social media team to achieve great media exposure for our work, regularly pitching stories and managing relationships with journalists.. You will promote our campaigns to celebrities in order to grow our list of VIP supporters in the UK and you will take a lead role in organising events and photoshoots. You will also manage HSI UK’s Facebook and Instagram pages. 

Criteria
To be considered for this role, you will have strong written and verbal communications skills with the ability to produce engaging content that reflects our tone of voice and key messages. Good interpersonal skills, and ability to tailor communications effectively for a range of audiences, will be essential in this collaborative role. You will have understanding of how to prepare and pitch a good story, and a portfolio of stories to demonstrate your abilities. You will have excellent organisational skills, and the experience and attention to detail needed for successful event planning and management. You will have a strong understanding of using social media and experience in managing accounts for a business or charity. An enthusiastic attitude and proactive approach are essential. You'll be a high-performer, with a demonstrable commitment to and basic knowledge of animal protection. 

To apply please submit a CV and covering letter by the 29 February.

We are looking for an experienced Digital Communications Officer to join our growing team for our small charity. Ideally passionate to support our cause and make a difference for future families.

MAMA Academy is a national UK charity helping to prevent stillbirths by empowering expectant parents with safer pregnancy information and equips healthcare professional with various resources to help save babies lives. We also raise awareness of stillbirth prevention initiatives and present at various midwifery conferences across the country.

Requirements:

Location: Home-based, occasional meetings in Surrey and a quarterly meeting in London

Hours of work: Full time, 35 hours per week

Salary: c. £20,000 depending on experience

As a successful applicant, you will:

• Be confident to lead the delivery of the social media strategy to raise MAMA Academy’s profile and activities through a social media content calendar and understand analytics platforms.

• Possess excellent knowledge of social content, SEO and have a passion for keeping up to date with the latest developments in a rapidly changing digital landscape.

• Be creative with proven skills using Adobe CC.

• Have experience in instigating and running social media campaigns.

• Be experienced with Wordpress and working together with developers on website designs and functions.

• Be willing to bring innovative ideas and approaches to the organisation.

• Be based at home and able to travel around the UK and attend a quarterly meeting in London.

• Have a keen interest in the charity’s mission.

Job Purpose:

To deliver the MAMA Academy digital strategy, run campaigns including our popular #CarryTheirNames campaign, assist in managing relevant volunteers and to track and monitor analytics to alter the strategy where needed.

Main duties:

• Be responsible for managing and maintaining all social media output, supporting strategic planning of social media activities in line with the organisational strategy.

• Manage and maintain all MAMA Academy social media output across all social channels.

• Ensure all output is planned ahead, maintaining an up to date content calendar.

• Ensure that MAMA Academy’s online presence provides an up-to-date picture of our work and positions MAMA Academy as a proactive and compassionate organisation that wants to engage with its supporters.

• Develop engaging posts and graphics for social channels.

• Ensure consistency of messaging and brand tone of voice.

• Use Social Media management tools to manage engagement and output, as well as using reporting tools to regularly report, analyse and derive insights to develop social media activity and inform future decision making.

• Explore and trial potential avenues to expand the online reach of MAMA Academy.

• Use online reach to support fundraising.

• Manage monthly Facebook ad.

• Manage social media and social media campaign volunteers.

• Keep MAMA Academy’s website up to date and liaise with our developer on new template designs.

• Support in applying for a Google Ads grant and later creating and testing ads.

• Create bi monthly email campaigns for our supporters and track the performance.

• Carry out and manage changes to printed materials when required.

• Comply with current legislation and MAMA Academy’s internal policies as appropriate.

• Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the Chief Executive, and to attend a quarterly meeting in London.

Essential:

• Analytics and reporting

• Strategy planning

• Campaign management

• Photoshop and Illustrator (After Effects desirable)

• Wordpress administration

• Knowledge of SEO

• The ability to communicate sensitively and a passion for MAMA Academy’s work

About MAMA Academy

MAMA Academy has been helping to save babies lives since 2012. Sadly, the UK has one of the highest stillbirth rates in the developed world with the majority of deaths potentially preventable. Our vision is for there to be no more preventable stillbirths in the UK.

Since MAMA Academy was launched, the number of stillbirths began a significant decline for the first time in 20 years. We remain committed to seeing a continuous decline in stillbirth and neonatal death rates by empowering maternity professionals and informing expectant parents about stillbirth prevention methods to help more babies arrive safely.

Benefits:

• Work from home opportunities
• Flexible working hours

Deadline to apply:

Please email us your CV with accompanying cover letter.

Interviews will start to take place w/c 10th February 2020

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £20,000.00 /year

The post-holder will act as the principal Senior Communications Officer for External Communications for the Northern Estate Programme and ensure the delivery of an external communications strategy and plans to ensure that the Programme communicates effectively with all its stakeholders.

The main duties

• Developing and ensuring the successful delivery of all aspects of an integrated communications strategy and plans for the Northern Estate Programme
• Manage the communications interdependencies within the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme and other departments across both houses and specific high profile external stakeholders.
• To develop and ensure the successful delivery of all aspects of an integrated communications strategy and supporting plans for the Northern Estate Programme.
• To manage the communications interdependencies with the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme and other Parliament programmes and projects.
• To direct the communications activities of the Northern Estate Programme.
• To identify opportunities to positively promote and raise awareness and understanding of the Programme.
• To manage the reputational risks of the Programme.
• To work closely and collaboratively with the communications leads of both Houses to ensure key messages are aligned and communicated in a co-ordinated and strategic manner.
• To direct the communications around decant and business change to external stakeholders, ensuring buy-in and support for the Programme.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with Parliament's press lobby and wider media through ongoing engagement and building on successful approaches.
• To contribute to the implementation of a digital strategy for the Northern Estate Programme in conjunction with the R&R programme.
• Take part in the Communications team's out-of-hours media service including anticipating potential reputational risk and taking appropriate steps to mitigate that risk where necessary.
• To manage FOI inquiries on the NEP, including liaising with key team members.
• To adapt complex technical information (engineering, architecture, construction, financial, project management) with the support of expert colleagues and present it in a form which is readily accessible to stakeholders.
• Support the drafting of papers for Boards, Commissions and Committees.

• Ensure that accurate, trusted and high-quality information is provided to internal and external stakeholders in a timely way.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the below: -

• Demonstrable experience of working in an environment that is politically sensitive and or on a major programme.
• Demonstrable experience in working with a wide range of communication techniques to ensure messaging is effectively delivered to key stakeholders.
• Experience of working within a construction environment or on property / estates.
• Understanding of UK Parliament and associated stakeholders.
• Ability to manage interdependencies between projects and programmes and accurate and effective reporting to enable decision making at senior levels. Takes responsibility for monitoring and achieving own objectives in line with the values and objectives of the organisation and the programme
• Ability to advise on new ways of delivering key messaging. Seeks to improve efficiency of reporting and planning management processes. Actively looks for ways to improve effectiveness and efficiency. Takes responsibility for own action and embraces change
• Ability to work within a complex multi-functional environment. Builds good relationships and cooperates with others. Removes barriers to effective working relationships. Builds collaborative relationships outside the team to achieve common goals. Works effectively with people at all levels. Demonstrable commitment to a work environment of mutual trust and respect, where diversity and inclusion is valued.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to communicate at all levels.
• Adapts style of communication to meet the needs of the audience. Generates discussion and checks for understanding. Recognises diverse groups and communicates appropriately.
• Experience of planning large / complex programmes of estate works taking account of interdependencies and assumptions.
• Experience in an environment that is politically sensitive and or on a major project.
• Demonstrable experience in working with a wide range of communication techniques to ensure messaging is effectively delivered to key stakeholders and experience or working within a construction environment or on property/estates

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Prospectus is pleased to be working with a leading Academic Health Sciences Centre that is a pioneer in health research and provides high quality teaching and education. They are seeking a new Fundraising Marketing and Communications Manager.

As the Fundraising Marketing and Communications Manager, you will manage marketing and communications activity to support fundraising to increase level of awareness, grow the number of supporters and increase engagement in fundraising. You will develop and lead the delivery of fundraising marketing plans and provide marketing expertise along with supporting the development and implementation of a new brand tone and style for the organisation's fundraising and marketing activities. Together with supporting content production, you will also develop videos, photography and manage suppliers to ensure they deliver outstanding results.

To be considered for this post, you will be a proven marketing and communications professional with a solid understanding of fundraising organisations and activities. You will have exceptional project management skills, coupled with substantial knowledge of the NHS healthcare sector and/or the charity sector. You will have significant experience of implementing marketing, communications and PR activities and possess exceptional personal communications skills, along with experience of successfully managing complex relationships.

This is an incredible opportunity to support an ambitious fundraising team, who work alongside outstanding clinical teams, and through fundraising activities and income make a significant contribution to the growth of vital healthcare services for the next generation.

If you are interested in finding out more information about this new opportunity, please register your interest below and submit your CV by clicking 'apply now'.