About The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR)

We help charities and funders to be the best they can be – for the people and communities they exist to support. We do this by asking questions and helping our partners to answer them through action research – bringing together an organisation's data and experience with wider evidence. It’s high quality, rigorous research – with a practical application. Grounded in 20 years’ of working with organisations and partnerships across the UK.

Through our work we often produce useful ways of thinking about particular challenges. We publish these freely on our website for others to use. 

We value diversity, equality and inclusivity. Applications are actively encouraged from underrepresented backgrounds, including but not limited to gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation and religion.
 

Job description 

You will be a capable communicator who can help take IVAR’s profile to the next level; supporting us to bring our strategic priorities to life, and enabling us to share insights from the full breadth of our research portfolio with a wider audience of professionals from the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector; trusts and foundations; and public agencies. 

Main functions

• Work with researchers on the design and delivery of communications plans for specific projects
  • Manage the production of communication materials from brief to delivery using our external team of designers, web tech support, proofreaders and printers
  • Create new webpages (using templates; Wordpress site)
  • Write and distribute press releases 
  • Develop constructive and collaborative working relationships with IVAR’s staff and associates, trustees and funders enabling them to contribute actively and meaningfully to IVAR’s communications activities
• Support the delivery of IVAR’s strategic priorities
  • Contribute creativity and initiative to the question of how IVAR can use communications to meet its strategic priorities (find out more on page 4 of job application pack)
  • Contribute to the growth of our network
• Contribute to IVAR’s organisational communications planning and delivery
  • Work with the Head of Communications and research team to generate and plan content across IVAR’s channels: website; blog; social media (Twitter and LinkedIn); newsletter (Mailchimp)
  • Manage IVAR’s social media feeds (Twitter and LinkedIn)
  • General website updates, e.g. updating time sensitive information
  • Use audience insights and Google, Twitter and web analytics to gather data to report on the effectiveness of IVAR communications

Person specification

This post requires someone with the following: 

Interest

• A natural interest and understanding of the distinctive features and operating environment of the voluntary sector and/or funding environment
• A commitment to IVAR’s mission, values and ways of working – including a commitment to continuous learning
• Ability to think conceptually and creatively about the translation of research into useful and usable materials

Knowledge, skills and personal attributes

• First class communication skills; able to write, edit and present information clearly and engagingly with a keen eye for detail
• Experience in extracting key messages and meaning from longer format content and adapting content to a range of formats, e.g. newsletters, reports, web, Twitter
• Understanding and experience of the production process required for delivering communications across media from brief to completion (e.g. print, online, social media)
• Experience in digital communications
• A good team player, yet also able to work alone, take initiative and manage a diverse and fast-paced workload
• Understanding of data management, data protection and legal requirements
• Competent use of Word, Powerpoint, Excel
• Competent/confident to use Mailchimp/Wordpress content management systems
• Competent/confident to use Google/web/Twitter analytics

How to apply

You can find out more about the role and how to apply by downloading our job application pack. 

About us and the role

The Renewal Programme is a local Newham based charity that is passionate about investing in our community and supporting people to rise through dignity, inspiration, and empowerment. We are looking for someone with excellent knowledge of charity digital communications and marketing, who also brings an appetite for creativity and enthusiasm for developing and implementing strategies to grow our impact. You will lead on all the charity’s digital communications and marketing activities, in order to grow and deepen our digital and social media presence and engagement, and position the charity to increase fundraising capacity and online donations. In a nutshell your role will be to help us reach more people, raise more funds, and build stronger relationships with our various audiences.

Our ideal candidate for this role will be an individual with a passion for digital content and a good understanding and experience of how digital technologies can be used to transform charity impact and engagement. We are seeking someone who is ambitious and can be our champion for digital transformation. You will also have a flexible and pragmatic approach to your work in order to be able to support the needs of a relatively small local charity working to recover from the effects of covid-19.

You will need to demonstrate that you are professional, organised, efficient and able to manage your own time and workload to meet project targets. We can offer you a friendly team of experienced coordinators to work with and the support of a dynamic leadership team.

This role is 25 hours per week and for an initial fixed term period of 12 months. Please see the full job description and person specification attached and do note an enhanced DBS check will be required.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Application Details : please note there is no closing date for this role, but early applications are encouraged as we will invite interviews and begin the selection process on a rolling basis, with the aim to have this position filled as soon as an appropriate candidate is identified.

Please apply by attaching an up to date CV detailing relevant education and employment experience and a covering letter demonstrating how your skills meet the Job Description and Person Specification (no more than 2 pages). Please ensure that your application contains details of 2 referees, one of which must be your current or most recent employer.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Newham Community Renewal Programme is committed to recruiting high quality candidates whose skills and experience are most suited to the job regardless of sex, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion (or beliefs), marital status, sexual orientation, disability, age or political affiliation.

Membership Communications Officer (permanent)
£25,498 - £28,611 (dependent on experience)
London based, but currently working remotely
5 or 4 days a week

The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) is the largest UK professional membership organisation working at the heart of sexual and reproductive health, supporting healthcare professionals to deliver high quality care.

We’re recruiting a Membership Communications Officer to help support our digital communications and provide wider marketing support across teams. It’s an exciting time at the FSRH, as we roll-out our 2020-25 strategic plan which outlines our focus for the next five years. 

What will the role involve?

Working as part of a small, dynamic and busy team, you will help develop and improve our newsletters and digital communications and support our social media activities.

You will tailor our communications for our range of members – from doctors to nurses, midwives and consultants. You’ll also be involved in supporting marketing activities for our events, webinars and qualifications, and the work of our International Affairs committee. 

You’ll have experience of working pro-actively to develop and manage a communications calendar and will be able to work across teams to make suggestions, delivering communications solutions aimed at supporting teams with their strategic objectives. 

The role is 4 or 5 days a week (we can be flexible on days) on a permanent basis. The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday, 19 October 2020. Interviews are likely to take place on w/c 2 or 9 November. 

The Women’s Equality Party is seeking a talented communications professional with some experience in research, policy development or public affairs. We want to get everyone talking and thinking about women’s equality and we need someone with the creativity and drive to make that happen. Whether you are an all-round communications superstar, or an expert in either press, public affairs or political messaging - we want you to help us.

As well as delivering an impactful communications strategy, you will be helping us develop innovative policies and shape messages that reach people and tell a compelling story. Ideally, you will have made a solid start in a communications role and have thorough knowledge of the media and a strong track record of implementing a media strategy. You’ll be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the political landscape and how to influence it. You will have an avid interest in current affairs, an unwavering commitment to women’s equality and intersectionality and the ability to produce accurate and persuasive copy under pressure.

The role

• Responsible for the day-to-day presentation of the party’s values, policies and campaigns in the media

• Crafting messages and creating opportunities and capacity to deliver them

• Building and maintaining strong media, stakeholder and influencer networks

• Making sure the party is switched on to the news cycle and policy/political developments and is ready to seize opportunities

• Supporting engagement with and development of our policies

• Connecting brand and messaging to members and voters to achieve change

The Person 

You will have:

• Excellent political knowledge and judgement 
• Experience in a press or communications role, or as a journalist
• Experience delivering a media strategy
• Experience of writing press releases, articles, blogs and briefs
• Experience in creating and breaking stories and spotting opportunities to make a splash in a fast-moving media environment
• Experience providing intelligent strategic counsel and leading and mentoring colleagues
• Experience researching, developing or advocating for policy 
• Outstanding people skills; ability to connect quickly and effectively with people inside and outside the Party to achieve maximum results and win over support
• Self-motivating; able to prioritise workload and manage multiple projects to meet deadlines; capacity to recalibrate at short notice
• Commitment to equal opportunities and the aims and values of the Women’s Equality Party
• Willingness to undertake training and to develop new skills in response to the organisation’s changing needs
• Team worker, able to delegate and take control, as well as listen to and value others’ contributions.

To apply for this role, please visit our website:. The closing date is 18th October 2020

Please note that applications will not be considered unless a Statement of Interest addressing the person specification is submitted.

The Women’s Equality Party values equality and diversity, and welcomes applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity status. In relation to this post we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and from candidates with disabilities as these communities are under-represented within the organisation at this level.

NAPAC exists to support survivors of childhood abuse. The damage caused by abuse in childhood doesn’t always end in childhood.  Many adults with a history of childhood abuse can continue to suffer – from post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, depression and other issues. They can suffer from low self-esteem and be prone to self-harm or suicide.  It doesn’t have to be this way – this the chance for you to change someone’s life for the better.

We are seeking a creative and resilient Temporary Communications Officer to join our friendly team in London. The Temporary Communications Officer is a new role to support NAPAC’s internal and external communications and engagement activities. They will lead the day to day management of NAPAC’s social media and be a key contributor to developing materials for use online and in print. Overall, they will have a commitment to excellent in everything NAPAC does for survivors and their supporters.

Salary: £25,200 pa, pro rata, with hourly rate and contract arrangements possible

Hours:  21 per week (0.6 FT) minimum, worked flexibly across the week

Contract: ten weeks (with possibility of extension)

Closing date for applications: Thursday 8 October 2020  

Application is by completion of the formal NAPAC application form only - CVs and work samples will not be accepted

Interview Date: Week beginning 12 October 2020 in London

The job description and application form can be downloaded from our website.

Day rate: £150 - 200 PAYE
Organisation: Local Authority
Contract length: 3 months
Start date: ASAP
Location: London

Your new role
This role requires you to have broad communications experience - at officer level to help the council with some COVID-19 work but mostly to back fill on other campaigns. The campaigns will include a wide range of projects such as electoral, education and Send, general health communications, registrars, housing, transformation etc.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience working in Local Government as a Communications Officer
• Good writing skills required - absolutely essential
• Project management
• Campaign planning
• Social media expertise
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels

What you need to do now
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£180 - 200 per day
3 month contract
London Borough
Remote working
Immediate start

Your new role
For this role you will work on the council's online information channels to ensure they are up to date, relevant and accessible to colleagues and the public. The information channels include the intranet, social media, website and other digital communications facilities. You will review, edit and approve content submitted for publishing along with managing and delivering new online solutions. You will use a range of tools including content management systems and develop prototypes for new web content.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience working in Local Government in a communications position
• Experience of designing and editing web content on high profile websites and intranets.
• Understanding and experience of website usability and accessibility best practice.
• Relevant technical expertise and skills, including the use of Content Management Systems, HTML/CSS, photo and video editing tools, Adobe Acrobat.
• Excellent writing and editorial skills.
• Experience of using website analytics to understand customer behaviour.
• Ability to accurately summarise and convey complex information to a diverse audience
• Experience of project management to deliver successful digital solutions.

What you need to do now
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If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking to a new position, feel free to contact me for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Your new company
You will be working for a social welfare charity based all over the country but this position is based in London.

Your new role
You will be working with the Strategic communications team to enhance and protect this charity's reputation and stature within the sector. Your main role will be to proactively and reactively gain positive Press and PR coverage for the charities through building relationship with key journalists and media outlets. This role is an integrated communications position and you will also be expected to help to develop and maintain a strong presence through over digital channels and social media.

What you'll need to succeed

• At least two years of experience of working in a PR agency, in-house communications, or Press Office function
• Enthusiasm for current news issues and the media, with a positive self-starter attitude to building relationships in the media and with excellent written skills and the ability to influence and convince others
• Highly organised - with an ability to think on your feet and work at pace - while being a supportive team player who shows interest in others and develops a range of contacts outside your own team to get the job done
• Ideally experience within the third sector or wider public sector
• An understanding of complex organisations and managing senior stakeholders

What you'll get in return
- Generous annual leave and company pension scheme - Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals - Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave - Season ticket and cycle to work loans - Paid volunteering leave

A competitive salary and the opportunity to work with a well known brand and organisation that supports under privileged communities

What you need to do now
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If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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This is an exciting position for an exceptional communicator with digital skills who wants to take a leading role in a high-impact civil liberties campaign group. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to boost the digital channels of one of the UK’s leading rights NGOs. We’re looking for someone with a vision to take our digital campaigns to the next level.

Big Brother Watch is a leading voice in the UK protecting privacy and has a strong track record of successful campaigns that defend civil liberties in the UK. We are seeking to significantly grow our reach, fundraising and campaigns through digital channels. The central objective of the role is to grow our public support and manage supporter engagement, by producing original, persuasive digital content and deploying it across multiple channels.

About you

Whether you’re a professional digital marketer with several years experience, or a highly digitally capable self-starter with excellent demonstrable campaign experience – if you’re passionate and committed to Big Brother Watch’s mission (this is important), we’d like to hear from you.

We are looking for a passionate all-rounder who understands the importance of excellent online communications in both a campaigning and fundraising context. The Digital Communications Officer will manage and have responsibility for all Big Brother Watch’s digital channels including websites, email and social media platforms.

The successful candidate will have experience working across a range of digital channels, including social media and video, website CMS, and email marketing platforms such as MailChimp. We are looking for someone who is able to produce creative graphics maintaining our brand identity; who is self-motivated, able to work by themselves as well as collaborate on campaigns with colleagues. You will be flexible, diligent, able to work under pressure and manage a busy and sometimes competing workload.

Big Brother Watch

Big Brother Watch is a UK civil liberties campaign group fighting for a free future. We’re determined to reclaim our privacy and defend freedoms at this time of enormous technological change. And we fight to win.

We’re a fiercely independent, diverse, non-partisan and non-profit group of campaigners and researchers who work to roll back the surveillance state and protect rights in parliament, the media or the courts if we have to. We publish unique investigations and pursue powerful public campaigns to pursue real change. We work relentlessly to inform and empower the public to collectively reclaim privacy, defend our civil liberties and protect freedoms for the future.

We’re a small, dedicated and highly effective team of five staff and five volunteers.

The Foundation is seeking an experienced communications professional with a track record of success in developing and managing relationships with journalists as well as a general communications background, encompassing fundraising and alumni communications.

The post will raise the profile of the Foundation, engage new audiences through proactive media and respond to relevant issues as they arise in the media. The candidate will have excellent writing skills, be a confident communicator and an organised self-starter who can work to their own initiative.

The Communications and Marketing Officer will play a key role in helping to build, promote and retain the Foundation’s public profile with a diverse range of audiences, helping us to sustain the ongoing interest in the Charity, most recently highlighted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the start of lockdown, the Foundation’s reputation has increased thanks to the success of pubic facing fundraising campaigns and the ability of the charity to diversify its remit. 

The successful candidate will help to develop the Foundation’s communications strategy, whilst taking responsibility for managing and developing the tools and content to deliver this on a day to day basis.

The Communications Officer will write and distribute a range of content across the marketing mix including the Charity’s website, social media and in print. This includes writing copy and creating regular e-bulletins, updating social media channels, creating content to share the impact of our work, as well as helping to promote outreach and other events and activities.

This role will require excellent communication skills, great teamwork, organisational skills and the ability to communicate effectively in writing with a wide range of audiences including alumni, supporters, major donors, funders, national and regional media and the Foundation’s diverse range of partners.

If you're interested in becoming a part of our wonderful team, please send your CV and Supporting Statement to Phoebe at the email address listed. 

We are seeking a communications and public relations officer to work alongside our Senior Researcher to develop and implement the charity’s communication strategy. The post will raise the profile of the Trust, engage new audiences and respond to relevant issues as they arise in the media. The candidate will have excellent writing skills, be a confident communicator and an organised self-starter.

Please note: we will only consider candidates who have detailed in their cover letter that they meet the requirements listed in the ad, and have demonstrated that they clearly understand and align with the values the organisation promotes.

Family Education Trust is a national educational trust which has no political or religious affiliations, and is funded entirely by voluntary donations. Our vision is to promote the welfare of children and young people by researching the causes and consequences of family breakdown. We aim to do this by providing resources, materials and factsheets to parents, educators and policy-makers. We also influence public policy debate through contributions to consultations.

Flexible hours/days, and working from home arrangement a possibility.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implementing communication strategy and messaging across multiple channels. 
• Building and maintaining relationships with key media outlets and journalists.
• Developing ideas and creative ways of telling stories about our Trust and our impact. 
• Developing communication materials (press releases, speaking points, messaging, statements) alongside Senior Researcher and Trustees. 
• Engaging new and existing audiences with relevant content for print and digital platforms.
• Liaising with key spokespeople, consultants and researchers within the Trust, like-minded charities and other stakeholders.
• General admin duties to contribute to the day-to-day running of the charity.

Requirements:

• A qualification in marketing or communications, or similar.
• Knowledge of the political landscape relating to family issues.
• Proven track record in media relations. 
• Fluent language skills in English, both in writing and verbally.
• Ability to communicate calmly, thoughtfully and concisely.
• Must align with the core aims of the Trust and have a lifestyle that reflects the values.

Please include in your cover letter how you meet each of these requirements.

Contract: 2 Years Fixed Term (extension subject to funding)

Location: Cardiff or London (currently remote)

Are you a skilled communicator with a passion for crafting digital content that sparks conversation? Are you someone who can plan, deliver and evaluate a range of communications projects?

We are looking to recruit a Digital and Creative Communications Officer with significant experience across all aspects of digital communications, with a keen eye for storytelling. 

This post requires an individual looking for a challenging new role, who is ready to take on this exciting and varied opportunity supporting a busy and ambitious team. In this role you will create, curate and disseminate digital content across a wide range of online channels including social media, website, newsletters, publications and others. You will monitor, record and evaluate the performance and reach of our content across all digital channels and work with the Communications Team to develop new and creative ideas to enhance the impact of our work in humanitarian research and innovation. You will support on digital development projects and be a digital advocate for the charity sharing best practice through workshops and training.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of three years’ experience working in a digital communications role with considerable experience in implementing digital strategies and tactics that can effectively grow brand awareness, drive traffic to the website and increase stakeholder engagement, ideally within the third/charity sector.  

You will be given a high degree of autonomy in your work and it is essential that you feel confident working both independently and within a team. Being able to build successful relationships across the organisation will also be vital, along with strong communications skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.

We’re a global charity, working to find solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We fund and support work that goes on to shape the way in which people across the world are supported during a crisis.

We are based in the UK, but our roles have a global reach; as an established and respected part of the humanitarian community, we work closely and meaningfully with our fellow networks and actors to make change happen.

If you are passionate about using your digital and communications skills to support the humanitarian community and those affected by crises, and you want to be part of an organisation that creates positive change in the humanitarian sector, then join us and we’ll give you every opportunity to succeed.  

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We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable people in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children and vulnerable people are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure. 

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality and are committed to improving employment opportunities for minority groups. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled candidates, as BAME and people with disabilities are currently under-represented throughout our work. We also welcome applications from LGB and Trans, and non-binary candidates.

Please note: Due to COVID-19 we are all currently working remotely, so this role will initially be home-based. When deemed safe and appropriate to do so, there will be some UK travel involved in this role, mainly to Cardiff or London. There is the potential for international travel to support key events and activities.

Closing date: Sunday, 11 October 2020   Interview dates: 20 & 21 October 2020

Help us to engage the public with the wonders of engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone.

In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

Joining a busy communications and engagement team you will contribute to the successful delivery of the Academy’s public engagement activities, including the Ingenious public engagement awards scheme and initiatives to promote engineering careers, such as This is Engineering. You will help to raise the profile of our public engagement activities through communications including e-newsletters, case studies and press releases. 

You will support the successful delivery of the Ingenious scheme through efficient application and selection processes, help to build and maintain engagement with a community of engineers and public engagement professionals and collect evaluation data to assess the impact of our funding.

In return, we offer an excellent package of benefits including a non-contributory pension scheme, BUPA cash plan, private medical insurance, subsidised restaurant, regular social activities, health and wellbeing programmes, as well as significant investment in your personal and professional development.

We support flexible working and would be happy to discuss working patterns with candidates.

To find out more and to apply, please visit our website.

Closing date: Midday on Monday 12 October 2020.

Interview date: w/c 26 October 2020 (via video conference, e.g. Zoom).