We are a leading family support charity, dedicated to working with families with young children who are experiencing difficulties in 3 boroughs – Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham. We offer a unique service, training volunteers and matching them to families to provide weekly practical and emotional support in their homes. Our approach is flexible to take account of family and volunteers’ different needs, with the aim of encouraging families’ strengths, increasing their confidence and improving their wellbeing and life outcomes.

We are excited to recruit a full-time experienced Coordinator in a new, dual role. If you are passionate about making a difference for children and families, then you’ll certainly enjoy bringing your skills to part of a small, friendly, enthusiastic staff team, assessing the needs of families; matching them with appropriate volunteers; training and supervising volunteers; liaising with referrers and local partners; and exploring funding opportunities and reporting to funders. You will manage your own caseload of families with a variety of needs, whilst also playing a vital role in strengthening our communications, promoting and sharing the transformational work of Home-Start to our varied audiences.

Essential requirements:

• Knowledge and understanding of the needs of children and families, and experience of supporting families
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively via different mediums
• Good knowledge and experience of social media platforms (Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn)
• Experience of planning, implementing and evaluating projects
• Knowledge of safeguarding, and the ability to support, motivate and supervise volunteers
• A positive team player with commitment to anti-discriminatory practice, and the ability to work using your own initiative

This is a new role with a contract for 12 months, however there is a possibility for extension.

Communications Assistant
Salary: £23,350 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Based: The Lodge, Littlemore, Oxford, however, will initially be remote working.

We are seeking an ambitious, innovative and adaptable communicator to raise the profile of the Trust and inspire people to take positive action for wildlife. You will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to produce and deliver excellent written, designed and multimedia content, and support the delivery of engaging campaigns.

The ideal candidate will be a talented communicator with an eye for detail and a desire to learn new skills. You should feel comfortable using analytics to assess the impact of communications and adapt them accordingly. An excellent writer and editor with strong people skills and lots of initiative, you’ll also have a good eye for design.

The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust is a membership-based voluntary organisation, managing over 80 nature reserves, influencing land management and educating and encouraging all sectors of the community to care for local wildlife.

The closing time and date for applications is 11.59pm on Monday 22nd March 2021.
Interviews will be held via Zoom on Thursday 1 April 2021.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

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

Please note that CVs will not be accepted.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

No agencies please.

This is a full time post in the Communications Team at University Hospitals Birmingham Charity (‘UHB Charity’), the official NHS Charity for the four hospitals of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital.

UHB Charity is dedicated to improving the experience of patients, their families and the staff who care for them.

The Charity raises funds to support patients of the four hospitals by providing new and innovative equipment, funding research and supporting patient and family welfare projects.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in particular has a world class reputation, and specialises in cancer treatment, organ transplantations and trauma care. It is also home of the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, where the UK’s military patients are treated.

Heartlands Hospital has a specialist neo-natal unit and very busy children’s and maternity units.

Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital serve the towns of Sutton Coldfield and Solihull.

The post offers flexible working from home and the opportunity for office working at any of our four hospital sites as suits the job holder and line manager.

The Communications Assistant will work closely with other members of the hospital charity, in particular the Communications Manager and Charity Chief Executive, to efficiently promote the activities of the hospital charity to a wide audience.

This role would suit someone looking to develop their skills in media, communication plans and creative content.

You'll be pitching stories to TV, radio, press and magazine contacts and supporting those stories on social media, planning innovative and exciting social media campaigns, writing features, promoting our wide range of fundraising events and appeals and telling stories about people who do extraordinary and heart-warming things to help support patients at Birmingham’s busiest hospitals. 

As well as generating positive media coverage, the successful candidate will update the Charity’s websites and social media pages, attend Charity events and help compile the Charity’s quarterly newsletters.

Communications Assistant

If you have excellent communications skills that you would like to put to the test working in a fast paced marketing and communications team within the charity sector, this could be the role for you. Our client's mission is to transform the lives of adults with physical disabilities through partnership with their specially trained assistance dogs.

To help them create these amazing partnerships, they need amazing people. Our client has an exciting opportunity for a Communications Assistant to support the Marketing Communications Team in the delivery of compelling and innovative marketing, communications and PR to significantly contribute to increasing the awareness, support and income for the charity.

Responsibilities:

This role is responsible for supporting the Marketing Communications Team to deliver all marketing, communications and PR plans to a high standard and maintain the charity's brand at all times.

You will support the team with compiling stories in order to publicise the work of the charity and research print media to identify those that will take editorial and supply approved well-written copy. This role supports the Senior Communications Officer to plan, organise and conduct interviews with clients, volunteers and supporters to support media/campaign content development putting you at the heart of what they do and giving you a first-hand insight into the lives they transform.

By building strong relationships with individuals and teams across the charity, you will provide relevant content for a variety of audiences and channels that will maximise funding opportunities. You will support the team with fielding and responding to inquiries from stakeholders including journalists, politicians and service users. You will uphold the accuracy, tone of voice, brand and purpose of all promotional copy and imagery in support to the Marketing Communications Team.

Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of writing for a variety of channels
• Understanding and experience of working with both print and broadcast media
• Ability to plan, prioritise and manage tasks, managing several tasks at a time
• Understanding and some knowledge of Adobe Suite and Photoshop

You’ll be professional, proactive and self-motivated and strive to deliver high quality work to the best of your ability. Ideally you will have some experience of campaign creation/development.

This is an incredible role at a leading assistance dog charity where your role will be a part of their essential work that transforms lives every day.

This position is based at their rural training centre in Heyshott (Nr Midhurst), West Sussex. All their office based teams are temporarily working remotely.

Please apply online with a CV together with a cover letter that demonstrates your suitability for the role.

They are a disability confident committed employer and welcome diversity, promote equality and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Closing Date: Midnight 28 March 2021
1st Interview: Week commencing 12 April 2021 (location TBC/remote video call)
2nd Interview: week commencing 19 April 2021 (location TBC/remote video call)

Location: Heyshott, West Sussex

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5 per week

Salary: £17,666 to £19,628 per annum depending on experience

Benefits: They offer a comprehensive benefits package including a generous annual leave allowance, access to an employee assistance programme, wellbeing portal and discounts on goods and retail vouchers and cash back on purchases from eating out, entertainment, supermarkets, clothing and travel.

You may have experience of the following: PR, Public Relations Officer, Communications Manager, Public Relations, Marketing Communications, Campaign Manager, Communications Assistant, Content Assistant, Marketing Assistant, Marketing Executive, Marketing Officer, Project Management, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 97205

An excellent opportunity has arisen to work for a large national fundraising Charity within the Health sector, based in Central London, as a Communications Assistant with the Marketing team. (Home working initially)

Client Details

Our client, is a large National fundraising Charity within the Health sector and are looking for a Communications Assistant on a Permanent basis. Based in Central London (eventually) this is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to progress their career to the next level.

Description

The role of Communications Assistant will support the communications manager and digital communications officer in delivering the charity's digital communications strategy focused on increasing awareness and engagement.

Website

1. Operate the content management system (CMS) for the charity's website keeping the site updated and ensuring that the website is optimised for search engines (SEO)
2. Support the digital communications officer to ensure the website is delivering the objectives, accessible, maintained and secure
3. Review the site regularly checking content is fresh and conforms to the house style
4. Respond to results of analytics, monitoring KPIs and make changes where necessary as agreed with the team.

Social media

1. Create and co-ordinate a content plan for social media with the digital communications officer and implement processes for internal input
2. Post content and engage with online stakeholders on the charity's social media channels (currently Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram)
3. Monitor queries and complaints received via social media to ensure these are fed back to the appropriate team and dealt with swiftly
4. Ensure communications on social media are in line with the charity's digital communications strategy and social media policy
5. Support with monitoring and sharing of monthly analytical reports on social media with wider teams.

Email

1. Support the digital communications officer with email communications and help embed email processes across the organisation
2. Create the charity's enewsletter in Mailchimp and work with the digital communications officer on content
3. Support other teams in using Mailchimp
4. Facilitate the use of data from the charity's client relationship management (CRM).

Social advertising

1. Support external communications with social advertising campaigns, working with an external agency and potentially managing some campaigns internally.

Content development

1. Contribute to the writing and editing of impactful copy to use across a range of the charity's communication channels, including website news stories, social media, marketing publications and other materials
2. Ensure all copy is optimised for search engines when published online
3. Create and edit digital graphics for use online
4. Support with producing videos, podcasts, photography, including editing of videos, and optimise reach when published
5. Follow processes to manage the capturing and safe storage of consent for any media produced, where appropriate
6. Turn charity publications into interactive e-publications.

Profile

The successful candidate will have the following;

• Recent relevant experience in a Communications Assistant / digital communications role
• A degree / further education, ideally focused around Marketing
• Website, CMS, design and copywriting experience
• A passion for either the Charity or Healthcare sector
• Experience of filming / editing videos
• Proven ability to write and edit engaging copy for different audiences across varied communication channels
• Excellent communications skills (verbal and written)

Job Offer

This is an excellent opportunity to build on recent experience within a similar role.

Communications Assistant
Location: Home based initially – moving to Stratford office when restrictions allow
Salary range: £22,000 FTE - £8,200 actual per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part Time - 14 hours per week

School-Home Support gets children and young people into school, ready to learn.  We have been working for over 30 years, with children, families and schools to break the long-term cycle of deprivation. What starts as poor school attendance can become low educational attainment, anti social behaviour, crime, low paid or no job - generation after generation. SHS makes a real difference and we are passionate about the role education plays in improving life chances for disadvantaged children and young people. 

The Communications and Marketing team at SHS is small and hard working. They oversee all internal and external communications within the organisation - helping to position the charity as a thought leader within the education sector, and raise awareness for some of our key audiences. COVID-19 has put education and related inequalities squarely on the agenda. Our services are never more needed and we need to further increase awareness of our work in order to support more children and families. Building on recent Communications successes we are now looking for a confident, enthusiastic and focused individual to join our friendly team. The role will suit someone who is looking to make an impact and who can build on School-Home Support’s solid reputation.

The post is expected to be home based initially, moving to our Stratford office when restrictions allow. Our office in Stratford is a 10 minute walk from the station and well served with both underground and mainline trains, including Stratford International, Jubilee and Central line tubes, Overground and DLR.

Closing date 9am Monday 15th March
Interviews: Monday 22 March

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and complete the application process. 

School-Home Support takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances.

SHS is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

No agencies please.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Jack Petchey Foundation for one year to help deliver inspiring events and communications across a range of our programmes, to enable young people across London and Essex to reach their potential.  You will gain experience across a variety of projects and take part in a year-long training programme with other interns, supported by a mentor.

We are seeking a dynamic, efficient and creative person with a flair for organisation and promotion. You will need to be ambitious and interested in developing your Events, PR and Social Media skills as well as general organisational and programme management experience.  You will be working primarily on the Jack Petchey Foundation’s external communications and our successful internship programme. 

Alongside this interesting and varied role, you will also have the opportunity to take part in the Jack Petchey Internship Programme training and development opportunities throughout the year as part of a cohort of 40 interns from youth organisations across London and Essex, giving you chance to develop your skills and build a network of contacts.  We will provide support and bespoke training opportunities for you along the way.

To apply, please complete and return an Application Form (CVs will not be accepted) and complete our online Diversity Monitoring Form on our website.

Healthwatch Milton Keynes is here to help improve local health and social care services and make sure they work for the people of Milton Keynes.

Our mission is to be an independent organisation, providing an effective local voice for people in Milton Keynes, influencing and shaping health and social care services to meet their needs.

An exciting new opportunity has opened for a Communications Officer.

The key to our success is a population that is aware of Healthwatch Milton Keynes and the impact we can have on local services when people share their health and care experiences with us.

The Communications Officer will be responsible for developing and delivering innovative ways of reaching people affected by health and care services, helping to gather information on experience and empowering people to provide challenge to those that pay for and provide services.

The right person will deliver the social media strategy for our organisation, maximising the potential of social media, our website and our communications to Healthwatch MK members, enabling and empowering our community to speak out about local health and social care services.

We highly recommend interested applicants contact us for an informal chat about the role in the first instance to discuss home working arrangements and our plans to return to working from our main office.

To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter detailing why you feel you make an ideal candidate for the post against the pre-requisites of the job description and person specification. 

Interviews for the post will be held in a virtual setting.

PLEASE NOTE applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, therefore we reserve the right to close the ad early .

Healthwatch MK CIO is an equal opportunities employer. We value the importance of diversity and positively welcome applications from all members of the community, including those with disabilities. The successful candidate will be expected to declare all previous criminal offences and to provide an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Up to £25,000 per annum, plus 8% pension contribution and 28 days annual leave (in addition to public holidays). All staff are currently working fully from home, with expected home/Godalming office mix in future.

 

Are you a public relations or media officer committed to making a real difference in animal welfare?

We are looking for a communications officer to join our busy team, you will be as comfortable contributing to the planning of communications activities as you are picking up the phone to journalists as you contribute to the effective representation of the League through its public and media relations activities.

You will manage incoming media enquiries, dealing with local and national journalists, as well as contributing to the campaigns strategy that directly helps the League achieve its vision. You will be responsible for drafting a range of targeted communications materials and their distribution, measuring how effective they have been in passing our key messages on to our stakeholders.

You will work closely with the rest of the policy, campaigns and communications team, as well as key individuals in other teams within the League working to win the hearts and minds of a broader audience.

You will have experience working in a public relations team, creating copy with strong, clear messages for different audiences. Excellent verbal and written skills and the ability to manage priorities and deadlines are a must for this busy and varied role.

This role is offered on an initial one-year fixed term contract with a view to becoming a permanent post in due course.

Our benefits include generous holiday entitlement, excellent pension scheme, discounts on shopping and cinema, working in a dog friendly office, most importantly working with a passionate and committed team.

 
The League Against Cruel Sports is Britain’s leading charity working towards a kinder society where persecuting animals for ‘sport’ is in the past.
 
Redefining what is acceptable and inspiring change, we were instrumental in helping bring about the landmark Hunting Act (2004). Driven by compassion and empowered by knowledge, we manage sanctuaries to protect wildlife, carry out investigations to expose law-breaking and cruelty to animals, and campaign for stronger animal protection laws and penalties.
 
United, we will end animal cruelty in the name of ‘sport’.

This is an exciting and wide-ranging role for an experienced strategic, creative, and hands-on marketing and communications professional, to join Young Enterprise at a pivotal time in our history. One year into a game-changing 3-year strategy, on the cusp of celebrating our diamond anniversary in 2022. 

The role forms part of the Senior Leadership Group, reporting to the CEO. We are looking for a strategic leader to take Young Enterprise’s marketing and communications to the next level, engaging young people, educators, volunteers, and supporters. The successful candidate will have a passion for creating compelling content and communications strategies.

The main purpose of this role will be to oversee the development of engaging content and communications campaigns for YE’s three-year strategy – currently the No Time Like The Future Strategy (NTLTF) -  including the development and delivery of creative, innovative, and effective multi-platform marketing, engagement, and profile-raising campaigns for Young Enterprise.

You will lead the Marketing Team and Communications Team, working closely with the Public Affairs & Public Relations (PA&PR) Team and other stakeholders across Young Enterprise to identify, agree and align marketing and communications for the Charity.

You’ll work collaboratively internally (Programmes, Fundraising, Evaluation, Regional) looking at the ways in which communications messages are being tangibly applied and measured throughout the functions.

This role would suit someone with a good understanding and experience of marketing in the voluntary youth sector, with a passion for equality and inclusion, and who is confident and enthusiastic about digital communications and social media.

Send your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for the role (no more than 2 sides of A4) by no later than midday on Friday 12th March 2021.

Please note that applications for this position may close prior to the deadline if there is sufficient interest, so you are advised to apply early.

Interviews will take place via video call on Tuesday 23rd March and Thursday 23rd March 2021.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Communications Officer to help the Trust develop our content and community engagement. 

As part of the Communications Team, the Communications Officer will be joining a dynamic and fast-paced team responsible for the public face of the Trust. The Communications Officer will deliver engaging content across all our communications channels to increase public engagement with the Trust’s work and encourage recruitment and retention of Trust supporters. 

The successful candidate will have experience of writing and adapting engaging content for a wide range of audiences for use across multiple channels. Candidates should also have experience of managing an organisations digital presence and be comfortable working directly with a range of stakeholders. 

The deadline for applications is 8am on Monday 22 March 2021. 

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview in the week commencing Monday 29 March. The format/location of these are to be confirmed in line with Covid-19 Government guidance.

For more information, and to apply, please visit our website.

COP26 Communications and Digital Engagement Officer

9 months Fixed Term Contract

£35,937.99 pro rata - War on Want also offers a 6% contributory pension scheme

Based in London office or home based depending on Covid-19 restrictions

The COP26 Coalition is seeking a Communications & Digital Engagement Officer to join the team. This is an exciting opportunity to work with diverse organisations, networks and movements across Scotland, the UK and internationally in creating a series of digital and in person mobilisations on the ‘road to COP26’, culminating with a global day of action and 'Peoples' Summit' in November 2021.

Initially working remotely, you will be based in London and hosted by War on Want, with a Mobilisation Officer based in Glasgow, hosted by Friends of the Earth Scotland. The Mobilisation Officer and the Communications and Digital Engagement Officer will work closely to ensure a co-ordinated and successful delivery of mobilisation moments in the lead-up to COP26.

The post-holder will work with and alongside other key stakeholders such as NGOs, faith groups, trade unions, direct action groups, student and youth, migrant and racial justice, grassroots and international climate justice networks to ensure that popular mobilisations in response to the post COVID-19 economic crisis both integrate and centre climate demands, and anchor a ‘movement of movements’ approach.

The post-holder will need to be an excellent networker, highly organised, with a strong track record of planning and delivering communications and online engagement strategies. Reporting to the Coalition’s London based Coordinator, also hosted by War on Want, the role will work closely with Coalition Working Groups, in particular the Mobilisation and Communications Working Groups to deliver the agreed activities of the Coalition. 

This is an exciting opportunity for a talented campaigner to play a key role in the planning and implementation of the Coalitions mobilisation and engagement strategy, both digital and in person, to mobilise existing and new audiences, in support of the demands of the international climate justice movement.

For an application pack, please contact David Rudkin or download from our website via the Apply button.

Application deadline: 9am, Monday 22 March 2021

Interview dates: 30 March and 1 April 2021 

War on Want welcomes applications from all members of the community. We strive to be an equal opportunities employer.

Please note that we can only accept applications from individuals with the right to work in the UK.  We are unable to sponsor working visa applications.

We are seeking an enthusiastic communicator to work with the IMIX team to improve our digital communications while supporting the refugee and migration sector to reach new audiences with positive stories of change.  We’re looking for someone who really understands the importance of digital communications and how to use a variety of channels to reach a target audience.  If you appreciate audience insight, the importance of value-based messaging and why story telling matters when encouraging people to act, we’d love to hear from you.  We are particularly keen to hear from people with lived experience of migration. 

Cool Earth is looking for a Digital Communications Officer to work on the launch of The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC)

• Are you an experienced Digital Communications Officer? 
• Do you want to work in a high profile role celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee?

The Queen's Green Canopy (QGC) is a unique tree planting campaign across the United Kingdom which is being created to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022. The initiative is being hosted by Cool Earth but has its own dedicated team.

The QGC will be officially launched in May 2021. This role will support the Head of Communications to deliver the overall QGC communications strategy and digital plan, helping to drive an engaging and effective digital presence throughout the course of the 18-month campaign.

The Digital Communications Officer will support the design and build of the QGC website and help to ensure the campaign is an effective celebration of the Jubilee in every corner of the country and that it creates a legacy of a greener UK.

This is a full-time role which can be conducted remotely but you will need to attend location (predominantly London but also UK nationwide) for meetings and filming, from time to time.

• Full-time hours with the potential to work flexibly from home
• Closing date: Monday 15 March 2021
• Interviews will take place on Thursday 18 March 2021

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Support communications activities for the QGC launch, with a focus on developing the plan and content for digital channels
• Project coordinate the design, build, and testing of the QGC website, liaising with digital agencies on a daily basis
• Develop and support our digital presence across the QGC website, social media platforms and email marketing channels
• Manage social media channels on a day to day basis, creating content and responding to queries as necessary
• Develop optimised written, visual, and audio content to reach wide-ranging target audiences, including collaborating with external organisations to maximise campaign engagement
• Increase the organisation’s visibility among potential supporters
• Advise on social media best practice, latest trends and technologies

For more details, please visit our website