High Trees was born of the local community 23 years ago, through collective community action to save the old library based in Tulse Hill, turning it into a Community Development Trust. Today, High Trees has grown significantly and is a trusted community charity in Lambeth, delivering and leading on a range of integrated services to connect people and communities to strengthen skills and build stronger voices.

High Trees’ Communications Officer sits at the heart of our team, allowing us to reach new users, communicate our offer to the local community and demonstrate our impact to our funders and other key stakeholders. As a Communications Officer, you will sit within the Partnerships and Development team, coordinating our communications by creating and editing content and working closely with each service team to engage our different audiences. Responsible for implementing our comms plans, and being ambitious about the quality and potential reach of our work this is one of the key roles that allows us to communicate who we are, why we do the work we do and the impact it has.

Reporting to the Partnerships and Development Manager, your role will include ensuring the publication of new content to the highest quality standard. You will update and maintain our website on WordPress, grow our social media reach, and design engaging multimedia material that highlight our work and community. You will build relationships with each of our teams, assessing their needs and creating top-quality content for all our channels.

Your strengths will include an instinctively ability to modify tone and content for different audiences while keeping within the High Trees voice and our brand guidlines, the ability to design flyers, reports and other media, the ability to update our website content using WordPress, familiarity with all social media channels and an excellent attention to detail and the ability to proofread flawlessly.

You will have at least 1 years’ experience (perhaps significantly more) working in communications, perhaps in the VCS sector. You will have experience maintaining websites, developing materials for print and online distribution and creating a variety of written materials for different audiences.

If this sounds like you, please refer to our Job Pack below for more details on how to apply. We look forward to hearing from you.

Communications and Marketing Officer

21 hours a week, £28,325 pa (£16,995 pro rata)
£25,492 pa (£15,295 pro rata) during first six month probationary period.

The main purpose of this role will be to enable MindOut to communicate effectively with its beneficiaries, become the authoritative source of information relating to LGBTQ mental health in the UK and increase our capacity to attract potential donors. The main duties will include promoting the charity’s profile, developing social media campaigns and managing the website content. You will need experience of creating content for a range of channels and audiences.

Closing date: 12pm noon on Monday 18th July 2022
Interview date: 26th July 2022

Communications Manager

Hippodrome Produced Work

£28-30K + benefits

Birmingham Hippodrome B5 4TB

A great theatre needs great people.  We can only thrive by having the right team on board in a fast-paced, constantly changing, creative workplace.

About Us 

Birmingham Hippodrome is committed to placing inclusion at the heart of all we do, making it central to our decision making.

Since we opened our doors in 1899, we have existed to enrich the cultural life of our city. We believe arts and culture has the power to bring people, friends and families together, and as we continue to align ourselves to the future ambition of Birmingham, our vision is clear. We are creating a world-class cultural scene for our region with Birmingham Hippodrome centre stage.

As an independent charity, we are proud of our wide-ranging and varied programme of theatre, dance, festivals, education and community activities that help make life-long memories, create opportunities and increase access to the arts for our region’s diverse communities.

To achieve our vision, we need people on board who are passionate and committed to take us – and Birmingham – on the next phase of our exciting journey. 

About The Role

Reporting to the Head of Communications, this hands-on role will help build and shape the communications strategies for all Hippodrome produced work. This will involve leading on the implementation and delivery of communications plans for our productions and co-productions (both on and off site) as well as a range of other communications activities. You will also support advocacy activities and other internal departments when required. You will collaborate with colleagues to develop integrated external communications strategies and campaigns as well as ensure that messaging reaches the widest possible audience through print, broadcast, online and social media. You will build relationships with external supplier partners too and ensure work is compliant with regulations and policies. Important will be the ability to monitor and evaluate campaign effectiveness as well as produce insight to improve future performance.

For this high-profile role you must have worked in a marketing or communications environment, and have gained experience of delivering effective PR campaigns that deliver against objectives. Comfortable implementing integrated communications campaigns, you will have excellent media contacts at a local and regional level. Good at monitoring performance, you will be used to deploying insight to improve effectiveness too.

You will also possess strong written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to adapt communication styles for different audiences. Good at developing strong internal and external relationships, you will be at home pitching stories to the media and creating and delivering impactful PR campaigns.

We offer different ways to work flexibly, so please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.

If you want to be part of an organisation that will invest in you and give you the opportunity to develop, you can enjoy a new stage for your skills by visiting the recruitment page on our website and applying online.

Recognising under-representation in our workforce of Black, Asian and global majority people, and those with disabilities, we particularly welcome applicants from those backgrounds, identities and experiences.

Location: Bristol or London, UK, or in one of our global offices (Madagascar, Belize, Indonesia, Timor-Leste), or home-based within countries where Blue Ventures has administrative capacity (Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania)

Closing date for applications:  July 3, 2022

Start date: ASAP

Contract duration: Permanent, full-time

Remuneration: £38,000 - £43,000 gross per annum for the UK, or equivalent salary banding for other locations

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities

Blue Ventures is a marine conservation organization that puts people first. We support coastal fishers in remote and rural communities to rebuild fisheries, restore ocean life and build lasting pathways to prosperity. Our work began two decades ago in Madagascar’s remote coastal communities and is growing globally.  Across a dozen countries, we’re partnering with traditional fishers and community organizations to design, scale, strengthen and sustain fisheries management and conservation at the community level. We bring partners together in networks to advocate for reform, and share tools and best practices to support fishing communities across the globe.

Summary job description

We are currently recruiting a Communications Manager within our central digital communications team, working closely with our advocacy team. Reporting to the Head of Communications, this is a full-time role based in one of Blue Ventures’ offices, with international travel to work closely with field colleagues, partners, field teams, and communities.

The Communications Manager will play a vital role in building the visibility of Blue Ventures, our partners, and coalitions, and raising the voices of coastal communities to global audiences. This exciting role involves leading and drafting communications strategies and content around campaigns, news, and events, and delivering stories for a range of internal and external audiences about our work with communities and partners. You will work closely with our advocacy team and partners to craft content that supports our campaigns find creative ways to connect and raise the voices of stakeholders, capture the attention of national, regional, and international decision-makers, and reach a wide variety of audiences.

You will have a strong and proven track record of designing and delivering communication strategies using a range of approaches, and of producing communication materials that inform a range of audiences and influence policy outcomes. You will know how to translate and effectively communicate key issues that underpin and drive campaigns and have global experience in working on community-based conservation and rural development.

You will be able to plan, coordinate, and create strategic, successful, and impactful communications, campaigns, and media materials that capture the attention of key media and specific audiences. We’re looking for someone with a passion for producing engaging and memorable content that engages, inspires and mobilizes target groups across a range of platforms.

With a background in digital media, journalism, science communication, advocacy, campaigning, or media relations, you will be passionate about marine conservation, the environment, and using innovative storytelling to raise awareness of the oceans crisis. You will be ahead of the curve when it comes to media campaigning and online publishing, and knowledgeable about news and developments across our sector, including climate action, environmental and climate justice, and scalable solutions to the climate and ecological emergency.

You’ll be able to work independently and in teams and networks across different time zones to research and produce engaging and accurate content. You will have exceptional writing skills, and excellent grammar and punctuation. Your writing style will be compelling, and show empathy, humility, and sensitivity.

You will thrive in environments that are dynamic, fast-paced, collegiate, and ambitious, and have experience working with precision and pace while juggling multiple projects and solving complex problems.

The successful candidate will be a motivated, proactive, and highly organized individual. We are looking for someone who is open to new ideas and embraces innovation, and who can demonstrate experience in building effective working partnerships remotely.

For UK applicants, our UK hybrid working policy requires attendance in the office at least two days per week. This job also requires periodic overseas travel in remote field locations.

Job Summary.

Gaddum Advocacy promotes social inclusion, equality and social justice through the delivery, promotion and understanding of Advocacy. We hold the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark for our provision of excellent services. 

Our Independent Advocates work in partnership with the people they support to represent their views and wishes and uphold their rights.

Job Purpose.  

• To provide Independent Advocacy for eligible individuals under the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act and NHS regulations as necessary.

• To provide Independent Advocacy in a range of settings including mental health wards and rehabilitation facilities, hospitals, supported accommodation, care homes and private residences. 

• To promote social inclusion, equality and social justice through advocacy. 

Applications for Flexible/Job Sharing work will be taken into consideration 

For informal discussion about the role please contact us.

Closing date: Noon, Monday 11th July

Interview date: w/c Monday 20th July

The Peaceful Change initiative (PCi) is looking for a Strategic Communications Manager to take our communications to the next level and, in so doing, to support conflict prevention and management in North Africa, the Middle East, the Western Balkans and Ukraine.

PCi works to break cycles of violent conflict and build the mechanisms and relationships that support long-term peace. Having kept a deliberately low public communication approach for many years, this is a new role designed to help PCi raise our organisational profile through enhanced strategic communications, with a key focus on developing digital communications.

In this hands-on role you will be responsible for devising, developing and delivering PCi’s first communications and marketing plan. You will manage and evolve content for PCi’s social media channels, and produce written content. You will also advise and support colleagues in different countries to create content. You will steward and integrate the PCi brand and lead the budget for all marketing and communications. Your work will support:

• Our country teams to change narratives about conflict and to work with communities to build support for peacebuilding initiatives
• Our thought-leadership and policy advocacy with the UK and European governments, UN agencies and peer organisations.
• Our efforts to develop a trusted reputation amongst a diversity of European and North American donor governments and institutions.

PCi aims to be a diverse, inclusive and great place to work. We have a flexible working policy and offer 25 days annual leave (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays and a Christmas office closure. We are looking for a colleague who is motivated by our work and who brings the international organisational communications experience necessary to strategically develop our communications approach.

You should have strong digital communications experience. You should have experience in effectively monitoring the impact of international communications activities and adapting the design of new activities based on continuous learning. Our work is nuanced and often sensitive, so we are looking for a colleague with excellent judgment who can develop creative and agile solutions to communications challenges. If you think this describes you, we very much hope to hear from you!

To apply, please share a copy of your CV and a cover letter (no more than 1 page) describing how your experience meets our needs by Friday 15 July 2022. We will be reviewing applications and calling for interviews on a rolling basis.

This new role sits in the newly created Fundraising and External Affairs Directorate. The Fundraising and External Affairs function is responsible for all the charity’s external facing work including media, brand, digital, campaigns, income generation, policy and advocacy work.

With the ongoing worldwide refugee crisis, Refugee Council is needed more than ever and effectively communicating a positive narrative about refugees and the refugee council has never been more important.

The organisation is embarking on an exciting new phase with a new ambitious strategy, a new senior leadership team and a much higher media profile. We are ambitious about ensuring we are the main voice in the national media, public and political debate shaping a more compassionate narrative through powerful storytelling, compelling campaigning, and a highly effective media strategy.

Reporting directly to the Head of Communications and Campaigns, this critical new role will lead a team responsible for delivering first-class media relations to ensure the voices of refugees and refugee issues are front and centre to help influence for change and mobilise resources.

Therefore, we are looking for somebody who thrives in a fast-paced environment, has a proven track record in driving media coverage with demonstrable results, understands the UK media landscape, and is committed to influence decision makers to deliver lasting to change which will have a major and positive impact on the lives of refugees in the UK.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 3 July 2022.

Even though it's a high need area Coventry lacks a non-statutory advocacy service for people with learning disability and autism. As a member of our new team you will advocate for people a year who are ineligible for statutory Care Act advocacy and lack an individual who can advocate for them.

Working alongside our Help and Connect team, your work will be all about putting people in charge of their lives, getting around challenges and problems and finding a better life with informal support and friendship in the community. You’ll work with a varied bunch of people experiencing learning disability and autism. They will be living either with family or independently and not be eligible for any local government help because their level of need is seen to be low. 

Benefits include

• 25 days annual leave + 12 bank holidays (FTE)

• Flexible working

• Stakeholder pension scheme plus 8% employer contribution

• Employee Assistance Scheme

• A friendly workplace with a strong culture of helping people uncover their potential.

We are holding an informal Q&A session on zoom at 7pm on the 28th June so people can find out more. Details about how to attend can be found on the job application form.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative individual who wants to take the next step in their communications career. You will be excited by the prospect of helping to craft, edit and produce impactful content for social media, website, blogs and podcasts.

You will have had some experience already of working on communications for an organisation, a good understanding of environmental policy and politics issues, and an understanding of how to approach communicating with different audiences.

You will need excellent interpersonal skills as you will regularly liaise with our senior staff on content and you will work with project leaders to assist them in communicating their work.

Your excellent drafting, proofing and editing skills will be needed to make sure we always put out compelling content to the highest standard. Your attention to detail and sound judgement will be vital in maintaining Green Alliance’s brand integrity and your good analytical ability will help us evaluate and report effectively on the outcome of our communications across all media to inform future strategy.

You will have the opportunity to use your interest in new ideas and insights around communications and your creative instincts to promote our work to a growing audience.

Green Alliance is a charity, independent think tank and advocate, committed to achieving a greener future. We believe that ambitious political leadership is the route to change at the speed and scale necessary.

We play a central role in shaping the natural environment, low carbon and resource policy agendas in the UK and are known for our cross party influence and the clarity of our insights.

The high quality of our work, our experienced team and our collaborative approach have enabled us to develop excellent relationships at the highest levels, with political parties, businesses, NGOs and academia.

We aim to create a supportive and collaborative culture that allows people to reach their full potential, and to provide an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued and everyone is able to thrive.

Green Alliance welcomes applications from all members of the community. We strive to be an equal opportunities employer. We will accommodate special requirements wherever possible. We are committed to building a diverse team and strongly encourage applications from under-represented groups in the charity and environment sectors such as people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, people with experience in the care system, non-graduates and first in family graduates.

Please see job pack for details on how to apply.

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

Deadline for applications: 10am, 4 July 2022

Supervising Advocate

Hybrid working: with travel around Surrey and the South East

Job reference: 79

Contract type: Permanent

Full time: 37 hours, 5 days per week working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Salary: £25,054 to £29,475 per annum (dependent on experience)

Benefits:

- 25 days annual leave

- Cash Wellbeing Healthcare Plan Cover

- Death in service benefit

- Option to buy up to 5 days annual leave

- Discretionary shut down days at Christmas

- 1 Community Leave Day per annum

- Bike to work scheme

We are looking for a Supervising Advocate to support the Community Manager and team working on our Advocacy contract. Our ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience of effectively supervising and supporting advocates in relation to their practice and role to ensure they are working safely and following security protocols.

You will have worked in advocacy, information and advice or similar role before, ideally in a health, social care or voluntary setting and knowledgeable experience of working with vulnerable adults. Supervising Advocates will complete bi-monthly supervisions of advocates and review case recording in line with contracts therefore it is essential that you have the ability to work accurately with attention to detail.

In this role you will be supporting Advocates working with a wide range of vulnerable adults often with profound and multiple needs. The successful candidate therefore will need a good working knowledge of public and voluntary organisations to enable them to work in partnership with clients and professionals, gaining an understanding of their issues by listening, exploring options and taking action as directed by them.

You will need to have a flexible attitude and must be comfortable completing reports, reviewing case studies and checking invoices as well as handling highly sensitive information whilst able to work well independently and confidently on behalf of others. Strong communication skills and time management skills will be required and you will need to be computer literate.

Because of the nature and location of the role, applicants must live within the area; have a full driver’s licence and access to their own transport. Travel expenses will only be paid once in the Surrey area border.

This role involves

· Effectively supervise and support advocates in relation to their practice and role

· Complete bi- monthly supervisions of advocates.

· Review case recording for quality advocacy work and in line with contracts

· Complete file reviews as required

· Review and check monthly advocate reports for accuracy and quality

· Review and check PR finance timesheets for invoicing purposes

· Review monthly CLEAR stats reports and amend incorrect entries

· Identify any performance issues and raise this with the Community Manager

· Review case studies for content, style and accuracy and they evidence contractual outcomes

· Allocate referrals to advocates as required

· Ensure advocates are working safely and following security protocols

· Manage a reduced client caseload.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

· Knowledge and experience in the delivery of advocacy services

· Ability to form positive boundaries working relationships with a wide range of clients

· Ability to support clients who may have a range of particular communication and other needs

· Ability to manage a complex caseload covering a wide range of subjects

· Ability to research options to ensure clients can make an informed choice

· Excellent communications skills, able to communicate sensitively and empathetically

· Ability to communicate effectively with professionals and other organisations

· Manage risk to self and others

· Good personal planning and organisational skills.

· Good IT skills

· An effective team player

· Flexible positive approach including ability to travel around the Suffolk contracts area.

How to apply

We’re keen to get someone started in this role. If you think this sounds like the ideal job for you, please apply as soon as possible as we may close this job advert early if we receive a high number of applications.

Please submit your CV and cover letter (cover letter no longer than 1 side of A4) before the application deadline. In your cover letter please include your reasons for applying for the role, how you meet the person specification criteria, if you hold a current driving licence and have access to your own vehicle and your notice period.

Please submit your CV and cover letter quoting reference 79.

Closing date: 7th July 2022

Interviews: TBC

We are looking to recruit people who share our core values and can demonstrate that they apply and live those values in their daily working practice.

For an informal discussion please contact Jayne Degiorgio, Head of Service.

A DBS check will be required for this post.

POhWER is an equal opportunities employer, holder of the Investors in People Silver award and a member of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER scheme. We are a member of the Positive about Disability scheme and disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Communications Manager: Fundraising and Donor Retention

Reference: CARO207122

Closing date: Sunday, 3 July 2022

Job Type: Administrative Professional & Managerial

Department: Campaign and Alumni Relations Office

Salary: £31406 to £40927 per annum (pro-rata if applicable) depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.

Can you create communications which inspire donations to support our life-changing education and research?

"One of my favourite aspects of the role is feel good factor that I get at the end of each day. I enjoy leading the planning, production and evaluation of supporter communications for a wide variety of impactful causes that positively transform people’s lives and the wider world. From overseeing supporter communications strategies to getting hands-on with the generation of creative assets, there is plenty to keep me busy all the while knowing that my work makes a tangible difference.”

The Campaign and Alumni Relations Office generates donations, volunteering and advocacy support for the University. We are looking for a Communications Manager who will partner with colleagues to plan donor journeys which inspire donors to give, give regularly and leave a gift in their Will. You will lead the development of fundraising and donor retention communications projects: creating written and visual content for both print and online channels. The funds you raise will support a wide range of vital work: examples include social mobility, cancer research and ending modern slavery.

We are committed to equality of opportunity in employment and seek to provide and sustain a positive working environment for all our employees by welcoming applications from everyone and promoting equal opportunities. We value the varied perspectives and experiences that a diverse team can bring. The University of Nottingham has a diverse student and alumni community and we aspire to reflect that within the CARO team and the alumni/volunteers/advocates/donors we work with.

You will have:

• A good understanding of the conceptual frameworks that underpin the planning, delivery and evaluation of integrated marketing communications.
• Strong content creation skills – both written and visual – across offline and online channels and platforms (print/CMS / social media).
• An ability to engage with a wide variety of people.
• Proven skills to plan and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

The role has line management responsibility for one direct report.

This is a permanent post (blending time working on our Nottingham campuses with home working). Hours of work are full-time (36.25 hours), however applications are also welcome from candidates wishing to work part-time (minimum 21.75 hours per week). Please specify in your application if you wish to work part time and the number of preferred hours. Arrangements for job share would be considered.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Alan Kennedy,  Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Our University is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe. For more information on the support we offer our international colleagues, see our Moving to Nottingham pages

For successful international applicants, we provide financial support for your visa and the immigration health surcharge, plus an interest-free loan to help cover the cost of immigration-related expenses for any dependants accompanying you to the UK. For more information please see our webpage on Financial support for visas and the immigration health surcharge.

Advocate - Relevant Person’s Paid Representative

Hybrid working: with travel around Nottinghamshire

Job reference: 80

Contract type: Permanent

Full time and part time positions available: up to 37 hours, 5 days per week working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Salary: £18,720 to £20,000 FTE per annum (dependent on experience)

Benefits:

- 25 days annual leave

- Cash Wellbeing Healthcare Plan Cover

- Death in service benefit

- Option to buy up to 5 days annual leave

- Discretionary shut down days at Christmas

- 1 Community Leave Day per annum

- Bike to work scheme

We have a number of Relevant Person’s Paid Representative positions in our Nottingham team working on our Advocacy contract on either a full-time or part-time basis.

The ideal candidates will be supporting a wide range of vulnerable adults often with profound and multiple needs, so experience of this type of work, along with a good working knowledge of public and voluntary organisations is essential.

You will have strong experience working with vulnerable adults who are affected by significant health and social care issues who find it difficult to speak up for themselves; and experience providing persuasive verbal and written representations.

We are looking for a confident positive team player, able to work in partnership with clients and professionals, gaining an understanding of their issues by listening, exploring options and taking action as directed by them. Our ideal candidate will have worked in advocacy, information and advice or similar role before, ideally in a health, social care or voluntary setting and will have experience of working with vulnerable adults.

You will need to have a flexible attitude and must be comfortable handling highly sensitive information whilst able to work well independently and confidently on behalf of others. Strong communication skills and time management skills will be required and you will need to be computer literate.

Because of the nature and location of the role, applicants must live within the area; have a full driver’s licence and access to their own transport. Travel expenses will only be paid once in the Nottingham area border

As a minimum you should have:

• Experience of working with vulnerable adults
• Experience of working with people with a range of impairments or disturbances of the mind or brain such as, but not limited to:
• Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
• Learning disability
• Mental health
• Acquired brain injury
• Serious physical illness
• Substance misuse
• Ability to form positive boundaried working relationships with a wide range of clients with a range of communication and other needs
• Ability to work with people who have complex needs, including challenging behaviour
• Ability to manage a complex caseload
• Excellent communications skills, able to communicate sensitively and empathetically
• Good personal planning and organisational skills
• Good IT skills
• An effective team player
• Flexible positive approach Willingness to travel as required by the role or POhWER.
• Willingness to undertake relevant training and a commitment to managing your own continued professional develop through a variety of means

Ideally you will also have:

• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and other relevant legislation such as The Mental Health Act 2007, The Care Act 2014 and The Human Rights Act 1998
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Adults procedures
• Experience of working within the voluntary and or health and social care sectors
• Experience of working within an advocacy organisation
• Knowledge of Health & Social Care services
• Experience of 24hr care homes residential and nursing
• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and DoLS amendments 2009
• Knowledge of the Human Rights Act (i.e. Articles 5 & 8)
• Knowledge of the Care Act 2014
• Up-to-date knowledge of relevant case law
• Qualifications:

o 301-304 NAQ Core Units

How to apply

We’re keen to get Advocate’s started in this role. If you think this sounds like the ideal job for you, please apply as soon as possible as we may close this job advert early if we receive a high number of applications.

Please submit your CV and cover letter (cover letter no longer than 1 side of A4) before the application deadline. In your cover letter please include what hours of work you are interested in, your reasons for applying for the role, how you meet the person specification criteria, if you hold a current driving licence and have access to your own vehicle and your notice period.

Please submit your CV and cover letter quoting reference 80.

Closing date: 8th July 2022

Interviews: TBC

For an informal discussion please contact Katrina Wand, Community Manager.

We are looking to recruit people who share our core values and can demonstrate that they apply and live those values in their daily working practice.

A DBS check will be required for this post.

POhWER is an equal opportunities employer, holder of the Investors in People Silver award and a member of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER scheme. We are a member of the Positive about Disability scheme and disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

We seek a senior Marketing and Communications leader to create, steer and deliver our strategy.

The role is responsible for leading on the development and delivery of an impactful inclusive marketing and communications, strategy. They will help to further develop our standing as a leading race equality and anti-racism charity in the sport and physical activity sectors.

It is key to executing our policy and advocacy work and communicating and collaborating effectively with a variety of stakeholders including community groups, sports organisations, partners, government agencies, and the media.

Summary 

We’re looking for a talented and enthusiastic Senior Communications Officer to join our global communications team. 

The world needs to cut global carbon emissions by half in less than 10 years. At Climate Group, we’re already having a major impact. Working in partnership with businesses and governments, we’ve helped to shift the equivalent electricity demand of a large European country to go renewable.

Businesses have a big role to play in this. Improving energy efficiency across business operations and moving to 100% renewable electricity is essential to combatting climate change. This is an exciting opportunity to join our global team in driving the communications for some of our flagship initiatives for business within our energy and built environment systems. 

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About Climate Group 

Climate Group drives climate action, fast. Our goal is a world of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with greater prosperity for all. 

We focus on systems with the highest emissions and where our networks have the greatest opportunity to support positive change. We do this by building large and influential networks and holding organisations accountable. 

We share what we achieve together to show more organisations what they could do. We are an international non-profit organisation, founded in 2004, with offices in London, Beijing Amsterdam, New Delhi and New York.  
 

About the role 

The Senior Communications Officer will play a key role in developing and implementing a communications strategy that supports the growth of our global initiatives on renewable energy (RE100) and energy efficiency (EP100). 

As an adaptable self-starter, you’ll be proactive and entrepreneurial in all you do. You’ll work well independently with minimal input from your line manager, and with others as needed. You will work to the highest quality, ensuring actions are completed on time and to a high standard, and will be experienced working in an integrated matrix structure. 

Your core responsibilities will include: 

• Support our cross-channel communications strategy for Climate Group’s flagship RE100 initiative, pushing corporates to commit to 100% renewable electricity.
• ​Lead on the communications for EP100, our initiative dedicated to pushing for greater energy efficiency across business operations. 
• Provide high quality written communications such as press releases, briefings, speeches, articles, and comment to support our wider communications on behalf of the senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Work with the Senior Communications Manager to develop media coverage that raises the reputation and brand of initiatives in our key international markets.
• Proactively pitching communications initiatives to programme leads to support their wider goals and build up our international profile in these areas.
• Work as a key partner to initiative teams, feeding into grant applications to help build the capacity for high profile, strategic communications activities that can position Climate Group as leading the agenda in these areas.
• Ensuring the RE100 microsite is kept up to date, including blog posting, page updates and working closely with Climate Group’s marketing team
• Support to the global communications team
• Playing a full team role in the promotion of Climate Group as a whole.
• Being a team brand advocate to the rest of the organisation, advising on key messaging, tone of voice, guidelines and other communications policies. 
• Providing ad-hoc support to the wider team, e.g., helping on global events such as Climate Week NYC where required.
• Building excellent working relationships with senior external stakeholders from business, government and the climate sector to inform our communications and storytelling. 

Other 

• Working flexible hours when required to support events and announcements across international time zones. 

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About you

Essential:   

• Experience of a sector or issues aligned with our work (e.g., climate, energy, or transport, etc) or a demonstrable desire to master issues and build knowledge in these areas.  
• ​Communications experience with evidence of developing / executing strategy as part of a global / matrix team.
• Excellent experience of handling media, selling-in stories and being part of a wider effort to raise an organisation’s profile.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills including proofreading, experience in producing high quality press releases, quotes and briefings with high attention to detail.
• Strong communications project management skills.
• Strong organisational skills, with ability to multi-task in order to meet strict timelines.
• Proactive and able to work independently to deliver tasks and achieve project objectives.   

Desirable: 

• ​Understanding and support of the wider concept of working with business and government to tackle climate change. 
• Experience of working in a membership organisation.
• Demonstrable experience of working with / for a major business.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced global environment.
• Comfortable delivering an administrative workload alongside more strategic activities. 
• A good understanding of and experience leading communications activities on social media, especially Twitter and LinkedIn, with an understanding of how to grow engagement over time. 

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Location

You will be based in our London head office. We’re operating on a flexible and hybrid way of working in our new office based in Tower Hill (SE1 2NQ), 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home. Occasional international travel will be required.
 

Terms & Conditions 

This is a full-time, permanent position. We offer a salary of £28,800 - £35,200 per annum (pro rata), based on experience. 

In addition to the salary, the role holder will benefit from: 

• 25 days’ holiday pro rata, plus public holidays 
• ​10% non-contributory pension scheme following three months’ service 
• ​Private healthcare and Cash Plan on completion of probation 
• ​Life Assurance 
• ​Wellbeing allowance 
• ​Season ticket loan 
• ​Bike loan 
• ​Volunteering day on completion of probation 

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How to apply 

Use the ‘Apply’ button to apply for this vacancy. 

 Applications for this position should come in the form of a CV and one page cover letter. The application process is open until July 8, 2022.   

The requisite eligibility criteria, or work visa to work in the UK are a requirement for this position and no relocation and/or sponsorship costs will be borne by Climate Group.