Blind Veterans UK supports blind and vision-impaired men and women offering a range of services to enable them to retain their independence. We believe that no one who has served their country should battle blindness alone.

We have a new corporate strategy, Victory over Blindness 21, which aims to future proof the charity and provide the best possible support to blind veterans today and for decades to come.  With this comes a fantastic opportunity to join our dynamic Marketing and Communications team.

We are currently looking for an experienced public and media relations PR and Communications Executive to join our Marketing and Communications team to communicate the Blind Veterans UK brand and key messages, to increase awareness and understanding and to help achieve our marketing objectives.

As PR & Communications Executive, you will:

• Support the team to develop and implement the Communications strategy and PR plans.
• Research and write press releases and contribute to in-house newsletters and publications.
• Liaise with and answer questions from the media and other organisations.
• Create and respond to social media activity, in liaison with digital colleagues.
• Measure the impact of media and digital communications activity, producing reports as required.
• Attend PR events and co-ordinate press activity.

As the ideal candidate, you will be resourceful and proactive with the ability to influence, persuade and engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Experienced in PR and media relations you will be adept at dealing with sensitive issues and writing engaging press releases.

Our benefits package include:

• This is a homebased role
• Employee assistance programme
• Generous Group Personal Pension scheme (up to 10% of salary employer contribution)
• Professional Subscription
• Life Assurance
• Learning and development resources and courses

If you would like to apply, please email your up to date CV and a supporting statement of no more than 700 words to describe how your knowledge, skills, and experience make you an ideal candidate for the role to with the subject line “PR & Communications Executive”.

Please note CVs without a supporting statement, as detailed above, will not be accepted.

Closing Date: Tuesday 25 January 2022, 10am

Interviews:  w/c 31 January 2022 via MS Teams

Should we receive a high volume of interest, we may close applications for this vacancy before the deadline so you are advised to express your interest as soon as possible.
 

Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. It drives us. And it inspires our Communications team to find ever-more creative ways to promote our work and share how people can get involved in making a difference to children’s lives. Join us as a Social Media Coordinator and create work that means the world.

The aim of the NSPCC’s social media presence is to inform our audiences about child abuse in a way that is understandable, approachable, compelling and relevant. Our social platforms are an environment for us to engage and support our audiences; helping them to feel safe in speaking out and encouraging them to take action. 

This role sits within our award-winning Social Media team and offers a fantastic opportunity to take a leading role in managing the NSPCC's national social media calendar; creating and coordinating campaigns and always-on content to further our goals of reaching more people, deepening our engagement and ultimately protecting more children from abuse. You'll be part of a team that champions creative innovation in social media content which is educative, credible, impactful and stigma-breaking. 

Main responsibilities:

- Co-ordinate the NSPCC’s busy social media calendar including some basic content creation

- Co-ordinate and develop an ongoing schedule of new content for the NSPCC’s social media platforms

- Take responsibility to quickly brief in or produce new and relevant content to respond to trending topics and ad-hoc opportunities

- Oversee the alignment of the NSPCC social media calendar with the overall organisation-wide comms strategy

- Proofread content supplied by colleagues and ensuring all posts follow a consistent tone of voice

- Work closely with colleagues across the Comms Directorate to establish best practice in developing new content for NSPCC’s social media platforms

- Secure and brief talent for social media content to maximise reach with new audiences

We are looking for someone with:

- Exceptional organisation and planning skills

-  Excellent written communication skills and experience with copy-writing for social media platforms

- A track record of collaboration and the ability to negotiate with stakeholders to reach social-first solutions

-  Knowledge and experience in managing a social media calendar with success in creating and commissioning innovative and engaging social media content

- Some experience of creating and editing basic graphics, video and animation using software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Effects and/or photo editing software

Join us and you’ll become part of a team that cares about the work they do and the people they work with. You’ll discover opportunities to grow, along with challenges and a shared purpose that’ll bring the best out in you. And you’ll get to find your own way to make a difference that means more, and that impacts millions of young lives.

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As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

Communications Executive
Location: Blended (2 days in the London office)
Salary: £25,000 + 
Hours: 9am – 5:30pm
Start: ASAP
Report to: Head of Marketing

About us

At Charity Digital our mission is simple, we want to help other charities increase their impact by empowering them to be more digital. And we do this through 3 key verticals. 

1. Providing access to the software products charities need, at dramatically reduced prices.
2. Publishing content (articles, podcasts, videos, webinars etc.) that educate charity professionals and volunteers on how to make better use of digital tools and technologies.
3. Running physical and virtual events that upskill charity professionals and volunteers, and inspires them to share those skills and make changes in their organisation.

Over the last 3 years, we have made strides in developing the value we offer charities and their employees. Following our rebranded from tech-trust to Charity Digital and our website overhaul we’ve seen exponential growth - doubling our user base, launching our #BeMoreDigital conference and virtual events days, and granting the sector access to almost £100 Million of software savings.

The Role

As a Communications Executive, you'll contribute to and develop integrated marketing campaigns to promote charity digital’s rich content, product, and event offers. You’ll get an opportunity to work in multiple areas of the marketing mix, building lots of different marketing skills along the way. It's a varied role with the main focus areas (among others) being: Social media marketing, email marketing, video, podcast, and webinar production/editing.

Key Responsibilities:
As Communications Executive, you will:

• Be responsible for delivering on the organisation's communication strategy with a keen focus on social media and email marketing
• Have a fingerprint on all the different aspects of marketing within the organisation, supporting the many teams and functions within emails, social and content creation
• Support the growth marketing executive to schedule social media posts, communicate with our audience, and execute the social media strategy.
• Manage the email calendar and develop the email marketing strategy to effectively communicate with target audiences
• Work with the content and events team to produce virtual events, webinars, podcasts, and videos.
• Work closely with in-house or external creative agencies to design marketing materials, infographics, reports, and videos
• Organise and attend events such as conferences, seminars, receptions, and exhibitions
• Be closely tied to the performance of our marketing, constantly checking Google Analytics, and producing reports.
• Maintain and update calendars, processes, and customer databases

This position will enable you to:

• Hone multiple marketing skills that make you an effective t-marketer.
• Be well versed in email and social media marketing
• Develop and implement a marketing strategy (often as part of a wider sales and marketing programme)
• Ideate, produce, edit, and promote multiple forms of content, including articles, webinars, podcasts, videos and events.
• Evaluate and review marketing campaigns, advertising, and SEO to make sure the correct mediums are being used and campaigns are effective
• Track marketing performance and return on investment and prepare weekly or monthly reports for management

Knowledge, experience, and skills

• Strong experience in email marketing and social media marketing
• Familiarity with all social media platforms and email marketing tools
• Strong data skillset and use of analytics tools
• Highly creative and intuitive
• Able to function in both a team environment and alone
• Good organisation and time management 
• Can demonstrate working to and exceeding goals, deadlines, and targets

Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion
We have much to learn about attracting and recognising more leaders who are people of colour and committed to making our organisation more diverse. It’s really important to us that this is represented on the Charity Digital team. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, as these groups are underrepresented throughout the charity sector.

The Connect Fund is looking for a new Programme and Communications Officer to join the team and support its mission of strengthening the social investment market in England to better meet the needs of charities and social enterprises. The Programme and Communication Officer will be a highly organised individual who will oversee the programme administration as well as convening our Learning Community and disseminating its findings and recommendations.

The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent charitable foundation seeking a just and peaceful society which recognises the equal value of all people.  Largely working in partnerships with others, we use all our resources – our grants, our people and our name - to bring about structural change, thus increasing social justice and equality.

Barrow Cadbury Trust delivers the Connect Fund on behalf of our partners, Access – the Foundation for Social Investment. The Connect Fund has been established to strengthen the social investment market in England to better meet the needs of charities and social enterprises.

This is a part-time fixed term contract up until 31st March 2024 with a salary of £31,147–37,232 p.a pro-rata for 21 hours a week, open to flexible working over 3-5 days + a contributory pension scheme. Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK where we will need to see original documents and the satisfactory completion of a probationary period. Before you apply have a look at Barrow Cadbury Trust’s short animation about our values and the way we work.

Closing date for applications is 8am on Monday 14 February.  Interviews for short listed candidates will be held on Monday 21 February at our office at Kean House, 6 Kean Street, London, WC2B 4AS.

Job Purpose

To use skills, knowledge and experience developed across a wide variety of communications specialisms, including PR, B2B and B2C marketing, advertising, internal communications, issues management, brand, digital communications, media relations and stakeholder engagement to plan and deliver activity that supports the development of positive relationships with key groups such as our service users, supporters, volunteers, staff, and donors.
 

Key Tasks

1. To research, plan, manage, deliver, and evaluate communications and marketing campaigns to raise awareness, engagement, and funds, both internally and externally.
2. Ensure all activities are managed in line with budgets, negotiating costs at each stage to achieve maximum effective use of resources.
3. To develop, write and upload content for all of North Yorkshire Hospice Care corporate communication channels including websites, blogs and social media, stakeholder newsletters and publications.
4. To field and respond to queries from journalists, bloggers and PR/ advertising agencies and other media organisations and individuals seeking to work with North Yorkshire Hospice Care; and to research, write and produce media releases and successfully sell these in to relevant media channels.
5. To use digital tools effectively to support the organisation’s engagement goals and strategy.
6. To use design skills to produce appealing, high quality material in-house to support organisational aims, as well as working with third party designers to produce effective and eye-catching materials.
7. Take or commission photos, footage, and audio to support campaigns and activities.
8. To build relationships with stakeholders to identify real life stories that can be used for communications activities in a sensitive and ethical way that is in line with our values.
9. To support members of North Yorkshire Hospice Care team involved in media work and provide communication support to other departments and to external organisations, as necessary. Work collaboratively across departments with a co-creational approach to planning and implementing projects.
10. To ensure that all campaigns, content, and material meet brand guidelines, the law and ethical best practice and to provide support to encourage other teams to meet such guidelines.
11. To work with and support volunteers according to Hospice policies and procedures, to help them make a full contribution to the organisation and the Communications team.
12. To maintain awareness of the activities of competitors and other relevant organisations by attending relevant groups, reading and research.
13.  To deliver and develop the organisation’s community engagement programme.
14. To embed the values of the organisation into your working practices evidencing this regularly and ensuring this remains a priority.

To carry out all duties in accordance with the law, recognised professional guidelines, the Hospice philosophy, and the Hospice policy on equality of opportunity and diversity and collective responsibility.

The above is indicative of the current responsibilities of the post which may change from time to time in consultation with the post holder in line with the service need.

We are a registered charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for the people of Cambridgeshire. We awarded over £3.8m grants in 2020/21 but we need support to do more. 

We work with many partners to:

• Actively inspire philanthropy & increase permanent resources for Cambridgeshire
• Invest in important community programmes through grants
• Provide leadership on critical community issues

Over the past 18 months we have taken a leading role in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. CCF created the Cambridgeshire Coronavirus Community Fund, which raised and dispersed over £1.3m to projects tackling the impacts of the pandemic.

And that's on top of our normal work. We are an accredited member of the UK Community Foundation Network and have been supporting Cambridgeshire and Peterborough since 2004.Our unique approach is based upon empowering communities to identify how to enact positive change from the ground up. Last year we awarded almost £3.8 million to support our local communities and address need across our county. 

THE ROLE

The postholder will develop promotional campaigns, content, press coverage, social media content, digital communications, and marketing resources, working closely with the CEO, HoP and Grants team. This will inspire greater support for CCF and its work through a targeted programme of supporter engagement, stakeholder communications and brand building.

This post is a new role and will build on a strengthening profile for CCF, with a focus on target segments of corporates, High Net Worth individual donors, trusts and community fundraising.

• A new role to develop and implement CCF’s marketing & communications strategy
• Develop effective communications and marketing activities to promote CCF and engage with a wide range of stakeholders and new donors
• Build on CCF’s current profile to significantly grow profile and reach a broader audience and supporters
• Support the CEO and HoP to develop a donor pipeline by researching new opportunities and markets including private donors, corporate, professional advisor firms
• Create impactful marketing campaigns and resources to enable reach to these targets
• Support the Grants & Operations Manager to continuously improve CCF’s donor communications and to demonstrate impact
• Lead on specific marketing, communication, and events projects as and when required

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create and add content to, curate and manage CCF’s website (a new one is under development and will require content creation and updating) to ensure that it is impactful, up-to-date, relevant, informative, accessible and user friendly
• Create marketing resources and content to help grow income streams with current donors, new donors, and securing legacies from current and potential donors
• Maximise the impact of CCF’s work and develop its brand through the planning, development, and delivery of internal and external communications through channels including website, newsletters, digital marketing, social media, and publications
• Ensure CCF branding is impactful, effective and is reflected consistently in all formats of communication throughout CCF
• Prepare and disseminate press releases to promote CCF and funded projects
• Support the CEO in developing CCF’s fundraising resources and community fundraising campaigns in partnership with local media
• Create content and lead the strategic use of social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and others) and support colleagues in their use
• Support the Marketing & Communications Committee, HoP and colleagues in the creation of successful events, leading on promotion, organisation and marketing
• Work with the grants team to develop fund reports, case studies and e-bulletins which are targeted to potential grant applicants and other stakeholder groups
• Work with the Grants & Operations Manager to promote CCF’s impact through impact reports, case studies, local media interaction, partnerships, and social media
• Support colleagues in enabling their own communication activities with blogs, social media support, copy writing and design
• Lead on promotion of the Friends of CCF scheme to recruit new Friends
   

General

• Work in accordance with the values, policies, and procedures of CCF.
• Work withing CCF’s performance management approach including setting & reviewing progress against objectives, training and other personal development as required.
• Assist the CEO in maintaining a strong relationship with the Board of Trustees, attending relevant board and Committee meetings.
• Promote equal opportunities (in terms of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and other forms of discrimination) throughout all aspects of CCF’s work.
• The post will require occasional travel across Cambridgeshire and occasionally other UK locations.
• The post holder will need to be flexible and adaptable and undertake such duties as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the CEO.
• Undertake any other duties which may, from time to time, be necessary to further the work of CCF

Attitudes, values and personal qualities

• Commitment to the mission and values of CCF and its role in promoting effective philanthropy, providing a service for major donors, and improving the lives of people and communities in Cambridgeshire - tackling inequality and overcoming disadvantage
• Passion for charity marketing & communications to raise awareness with donors, the community, and stakeholders
• Positive, resilient, and supportive of others
• Commitment to the principles of equal opportunities and respecting diversity

Essential experience

• At least two years’ experience of a marketing or communications role, whether through employment or voluntary work.
• Experience of creating content for various channels including website, social media, and marketing materials
• Experience of copy writing and digital marketing
• Experience of website content managements systems, ideally WordPress
• Hands-on provision of marketing, communications, and PR activities
• Experience of organising and promoting events

Desirable experience

• Experience of community fundraising and appeals
• Knowledge of voluntary and community sector
• Experience of marketing to the corporate sector, local government, or high net worth individuals
• Experience of design, development of brand reach and impact

Qualifications & skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills and personal integrity
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Excellent IT skills, including website development, CMS, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, customer relationship management systems and communications tools.
• Experience of using social media in a professional/organisational environment.
• Good lateral thinking skills and an ability to develop creative strategies to engage donors and prospective donors in our word
• Ability to carry out research and present timely and relevant information
• Ability to develop a new role, organise time and work priorities, self-motivated, self-administrating and using initiative
• Ability to develop effective working with the CEO, colleagues, and wider stakeholders
• Ability to work as a member of a team, including a shared responsibility for motivating self and others

Other

• Prepared to work in a blended way of home working with a base in our office in Cambridge. Also, to be able to travel around Cambridgeshire as occasionally required.
• In order to access the office, which is on Marshall’s airport site, all staff must complete DBS and security checks in order to obtain a security pass.

We treat everyone equally.

Communications and campaigns assistant

Based: EJF office in Bath or London

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Salary range: 20,000-25,000 (dependent upon experience)

Benefits:

Private healthcare package

Generous pension rising with each year of service

Generous annual leave allowance increasing for each year of service, plus 1 personal day per year

Cycle-to-work scheme

Life insurance

Home working 2 days per week (after completion of 6 month trial period) Initially during Covid-19 remote working

Position overview

This is a varied role for someone with a passion for environmental justice, superb written and oral communications skills, and the dedication and tenacity to get the best outcomes possible for our campaigns. Working within the communications team but across all EJF’s campaigns, the Communications and Campaigns Assistant would be involved in a wide variety of tasks, including but not limited to:

• Independent research, copywriting and content creation for social media, newsletter, and website 

• Media coverage monitoring

• Updating CRM (contact database)

• Researching new leads for media stories and films

• Mapping target audiences and political landscapes

• Contacting organisations and influential and high-profile individuals to support EJF’s campaigns 

• Assisting with fundraising, including liaising with companies, drafting copy and managing contacts

• Proof reading reports and communications materials

• Event planning and management

Essential skills and attributes:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent organisational skills

• Creativity and ideas for new ways to engage the public with our messaging

• Ability to adapt writing style to attract and engage a range of different audiences

• Ability to work independently 

• Attention to detail and factual accuracy

• Good data management skills

• Reliable, determined, and self-motivated, able to work effectively with a small, dynamic team.

Desirable skills and attributes:

• Experience using Adobe creative suites

• Proficiency in other languages, especially German

• Experience with social media advertising tools and analysis 

Applications: please send your CV and cover letter explaining why you are the right person for this job and where you saw this ad. Previous applicants need not apply.

Closing date for applications: We are looking to recruit for this post as soon as possible so we will review applications as they come in, with a final deadline of 6 Feb 2022.

Hammersmith United Charities (HUC) provides grants to community organisations in eight wards in Hammersmith to tackle poverty and disadvantage and enable local people to live fulfilling lives. 

HUC has a rich history going back more than 400 years and we have ambitious plans going forward. You will play a key role in HUC's development, supporting the grants programme, enabling us to communicate effectively with our different stakeholders while, at the same time, amplifying the voice of the local groups we support.

You will need to be comfortable with administrative duties, with being creative and excited by the opportunity to make an impact with your work. There is the opportunity for you to shape and develop this role and also for you to grow it.

This role requires you to be based in the HUC office in Hammersmith most of the time. Hammersmith is a diverse and exciting borough. We welcome job applications from the local community in Hammersmith and from people living outside of it.

To apply, please read the attached job description and then complete the application form found in the attachments on this website. There is also the opportunity to have an informal zoom or telephone call to discuss the role. Details about how to organise this are in the attached job description.

Are you experienced in communications?

Are you interested in NHS and social care services?

Do you care about improving services for people in Surrey?

We're looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic person who can confidently lead our internal and external communications, help us raise awareness of our services and communicate our impact to stakeholders, the media and the public.

As our Communications & Involvement Officer you will;

• Oversee the delivery of our external and internal communications strategy.
• Raise awareness of the impact of our work.
• Build relationships with stakeholders, communities and groups across Surrey.
• Manage our branding, reports, website, email and social media content.
• Be the main point of contact for media enquiries, comments and interviews.
• Promote Healthwatch Surrey in health and care settings, local places and publications.
• Lead on our influencing work in one geographic area of Surrey.
• Help manage our Comms & Marketing Apprentice.

The work will be varied, and you will interact with many different people (please see the job description for more details).

You will need to be interested in the NHS and social care (ideally with some experience/understanding of the sector); interested in communications and marketing; confident to be the face of Healthwatch Surrey in meetings and at events. You will need to be proactive, responsive and able to prioritise/manage your own workload.

You will be part of a team who are all passionate about hearing from local people, and that has a real say in developing health and social care services, liaising with senior professionals and clinicians to help deliver change for local people.

In return we can offer flexible working, a fun, supportive, well-organised team and a Guildford office location combined with home working. We offer 25 days leave increasing after 3 years of service. We provide ongoing training and development and, most importantly, give you an opportunity to help improve health and social care services for local people.

The role is 37.5 hours full-time and permanent. However, we also welcome applicants who may wish to work around 30 hours per week. The role will require some travel across Surrey to attend meetings and events. This can involve transporting promotional and engagement materials. You will need to be able to organise transport to do this.

How to Apply:

Please visit our website for more information.

ONLY applications that include a cover letter which demonstrates how you meet the person specification will be considered for the post.

Deadline for applications: Monday 31st January 2022 (5pm)

Please note: depending on the volume of applications we receive for this post we may not be able to respond individually to all applications. Successful candidates will be notified by 2nd February 2022. Candidates will need to be available to attend interview w/c 7th February 2022.

Amnesty International UK (AIUK) has a simple aim: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they are denied. Do you want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to help change the world? You could be our new Supporter Communications Officer.

About the role

The Supporter Communications Team help us achieve our goal by responding to correspondence from Amnesty supporters, activists and the general public, on a wide range of human rights topics. You will be accountable for maintaining supporter records ensuring that information held is both accurate, up-to-date and GDPR compliant. You will also be required to process income, therefore an understanding of key financial processes including direct debits and gift aid is essential. 

You must have an appreciation for the importance of Supporter Communications and strong communication skills via telephone, e-mail, post or social media, while adhering to fundraising regulations, legal charity guidelines and internal AIUK policies.

This role will also work with various other teams within Amnesty International UK, this role also supports our Community Organising Team to work with our activists and group structures.  More details can be found by downloading the job description from our careers portal.

The role may be for you if:

• You’re skilled in Customer Service, Communications and Database/Customer Relationship Management
• You can communicate at an excellent level via phone, post, email and social media, provide excellent and efficient customer service, and work independently using own initiative whilst collaborating with colleagues
• You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture.
• You also have a good knowledge of Human Rights cases and law.

Our Commitment to you

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism are at the core of our values. We want to be an organisation that tackles structural inequality and prejudice as well as be an actively anti-racist organisation. This means taking a meaningful and equitable approach to supporting and developing you and others during your time with us.

New colleagues receive 27 days leave annually (29 after five years), as well as bank holidays (pro rated for part time). 2-5% employee pension contributions are matched at 6-9% and we offer 6 months full pay for family leave. We offer flexible working such as compressed work patterns and job shares. See more details of our benefits here.
 

Apply for this role

We welcome applications from everyone and particularly encourage applications from people from an ethnic minority background, and people with a disability to help us achieve a balanced representation in our workforce, especially at senior grades.

To reduce bias in our shortlisting process, AIUK operates an anonymised application process. If for any reason you prefer to apply in a different format, or require adjustments in the process, please get in touch. We are a disability confident organisation. More details of inclusion in the AIUK recruitment process can be found here.

The vacancy may be closed early if it receives an overwhelming amount of applications.

Suffolk Community Foundation is Suffolk's leading funder to local charities and community groups and is seeking an exceptional individual to join the team. 

If you are newly graduated or looking for the next exciting step in your career, we are looking to appoint a talented and committed individual to join us. This is a unique opportunity to gain a breadth of experience that will expose you to every corner of Suffolk’s vibrant charity, business, public-sector and community life. Your primary focus will be to support our digital content and social media presence, including keeping all channels updated and focused.  In this fast-evolving area of communication, you will also continue to seek out new social media avenues and ways of connecting with key stakeholders.

As our digital content and social media assistant a typical day will look something like this:

• Keep content on our website fresh and engaging.
• Create inspiring digital content that continues to strengthen our digital footprint on all key social media channels.
• Create dynamic written, graphic, and video content.
• Support the creation of new ideas and concepts.
• Identify new opportunities to engage with key stakeholders online.
• Be fully immersed in the wider digital space and be a confident digital networker
• Support the business with other day to day administrative tasks.

You will

• have empathy for people, and a passion for Suffolk, with a strong desire to alleviate deprivation and need.
• possess strong creative flair with a practical hands-on approach.
• be a committed team player that enjoys communicating at all levels.
• thrive when managing a range of projects and tasks.
• have exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a keen eye to detail.
• be highly organised.
• demonstrate excellent knowledge of Microsoft and design packages.
• be flexible, self-motivated, and happy to work in the office or remotely.
• hold a clean driving licence.

Apply today and join our team.

Terms of employment:

Full-time: 35 hours per week
Salary: £18,000 - £22,000 per year
Annual Leave: 25 days increasing by 1 day for each year of service up to a maximum of 30 days.
Contributory Pension scheme

About the role

As Communications Assistant, you will support the Development team across all their communications and administrative needs, so that the organisation can deliver on its 2020-2024 Strategy objectives. Your main job responsibilities will be centered on organising and managing the admin that supports our work, including managing our social media, providing statistics for weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting, updating our website with press releases, blog posts and new legal resources, and attending events.

You will be an enthusiastic team player as a lot of your tasks will involve and require input from other team members, including the Fundraising and Communications Officer, from scheduling meetings to the coordination of the production of case studies, writing social media content and press releases.

Main Responsibilities

Managing Social Media

• Create and upload social media content to various platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
• Oversee the growth of our Instagram page
• Create and/or support the creation of infographics and video content
• Engage with the work of other freedom of expression organisations over social media to cement our position as an expert voice in the sector

Gathering Data

• Regularly collect and assess data and analytics across a variety of digital platforms
• Based on your analysis of that data, make recommendations for expanding or improving both public image and online presence
• Update our CRM system (Odoo) and mailing lists when relevant

Content Writing

• Produce and/or coordinate the production of clear, concise and professional press releases, articles, blog posts and email campaigns
• Coordinate the production of case studies

Managing and Maintaining Website

• Regularly update our website, add blog posts and ensure all pages are fully up to date, including relevant tags
• Work closely with the Legal team so that the Legal Resources page has new content on a regular basis
• Support the Training Manager with the dissemination of all Project communication materials

Communications Materials

• Coordinate and assist with the production of newsletters, blog posts and podcasts
• Assist with the development, design and publication of our publications (i.e. Annual Report, Journalists Impact Survey, etc.)
• Assist the team with presentations, proof-reading, editing videos and making sure external materials are in keeping with our brand guidelines
• Support our image bank, to ensure it has the best available images for communications purposes

Other

• Identify and carry out any other duties which fall within the scope, spirit and purpose of the post as requested 

Person Specification Essential

• Educated to atleast degree level
• Excellent written and spoken English, good editorial skills and the ability to communicate with diverse communities
• Competent IT user including Microsoft Office Packages, internet and email
• Experience with databases/CRM systems
• Ability to use CMS and Google Analytics
• Calm, cool and collected
• Excellent eye for detail • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to multitask
• Excellent team player with the ability to work creatively and flexibly in a small team, supporting other colleagues, and with a strong commitment to learning and improvement
• Proven ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Proven experience of working with, and relating to, a diverse range of people and a pleasant, diplomatic manner and disposition in interacting with colleagues at all levels, as well as with Media Defence partners
• Passion and commitment to the mission and vision of Media Defence
• Right to work in the UK

Desirable

• Experience of, and an interest in, working for a ‘not for profit’ and in a human rights environment would be an advantage

Equality and diversity are fundamental to our mission. We are committed to the recruitment and retention of individuals from diverse backgrounds and who reflect the diverse communities in which we operate.

Closing date: 31 January 2022. Interviews will take place w/c 7 and 14 February 2022

We are looking for an enthusiastic part-time Communications Assistant to support the Communications Manager in developing and delivering engaging content aimed at growing our reach, aiding awareness raising and supporting fundraising.

In particular, the right candidate will have a passion for everything digital, from social media to e-newsletters, website editing and making the most of Google Grants via analytics too. Skills in SEO or an interest in learning in this area would also be welcomed.

If you have demonstrable experience in creating engaging content, preferably for a not-for-profit organisation, and you are bursting with ideas to help engage our supporters and beyond, this could be the perfect role for you.

To apply, please send a copy of your CV together with a covering letter illustrating how you meet the requirements of the job description. 

Applications will close on 10 February and interviews will be held on either 24 or 25 February.

About you 

Our ideal candidate is a strong communicator with experience in online community management,  content development including copywriting for different audiences, and supporting a small team to thrive through organised communications coordination. 

Ideally, you will: 

-  Have prior experience of working collaboratively within a communications team focused on social impact 

- Be a confident writer,  including for web, e-marketing, and social media channels

- Bring demonstrable experience in online community management

- Be a self-starter with an excellent ability to thrive in a fast paced entrepreneurial environment

The role 

Key components of the role include: 

1.  Content development - work hand in hand with subject specialists to produce engaging written content for owned channel engagement and partner activation, in support of brand and advocacy goals and consistent with brand and messaging.

2. Content oversight - provide high quality creative briefs to graphic designer(s)/agency to develop visual content for online channels, in support of brand and advocacy goals and consistent with brand and messaging.

3. Editorial planning - develop and project manage delivery of the organisation’s editorial calendar, to drive an ongoing drumbeat of content across channels and in support of key advocacy moments. 

4. Social media activation - lead on day to day management of UnitedGMH social media channels, with a focus on Twitter and LinkedIn, in support of the organisation’s brand and advocacy goals. 

5. Community management - use online communications tools, including e-marketing (MailChimp); social media; and dedicated events to promote multi-directional engagement between members of the Global Mental Health Action Network - including UnitedGMH.

6. E-marketing - use MailChimp to deliver e-newsletter communications to the UnitedGMH mailing list, with clear calls to action at strategic moments.

7. Events - support the organisation of high profile communications activities around key events and global moments (for example World Mental Health Day) and lead the organisational implementation and marketing of the monthly webinar series.

8. Website - support the revamp of the new UnitedGMH website and ensure that website content is regularly refreshed in line with brand and advocacy goals, drafting new content as needed. 

9. Monitoring, evaluation and reporting - support the communications team by collecting and presenting relevant data on a regular basis.

10. Team organisation - support the communications team through project management, meeting management, supplier invoices, keeping media lists and CRM up-to-date, and the development of a daily news summary. 

Requirements 

• A keen interest in, and basic knowledge of, campaigning in a global context

• Strong relationship management skills

• Understanding, and experience in use, of online channels (incl. Web, social media and e-marketing) for communications and campaigns

• Strong research, copywriting and proofreading skills, adapted to key audiences (partners, press etc.) 

• Comfortable juggling and delivering on multiple pieces of work against tight timeframes 

• Highly organised individual with experience of team administration support 

• A “doer”- ability to anticipate requirements and act to provide workable solutions with limited budget 

• A good knowledge of Microsoft Office products (e.g. Word, Excel), Zoom, and Google Workspace - with basic understanding of CRM, e-marketing software e.g. MailChimp and website CMS

• A strong desire to learn 

Desirable 

• An understanding of, and passion for, improving global mental health 

• Experience working in an advocacy / NGO environment

• Working knowledge of French, Spanish or another UN language