This exciting new role will involve building relationships with new and existing Demelza families to help spread the word about the vital work we do across Kent, South East London and East Sussex.

A skilled storyteller and wordsmith, you will be responsible for writing case studies from families, staff and volunteers and obtaining accompanying imagery/videos and consents. With overarching responsibility for the digital asset management system, you will act as the gatekeeper for all image and case study requests from Demelza colleagues and third-party organisations.

The person will work as a key liaison between Demelza and families supported by the organisation, ensuring the best interests of both parties are protected. You will be driven, self-motivated and able to prioritise effectively. Flexibility of working hours and rotation onto the out of hours social media rota will be required.

This role requires regular travel across our operating region. Full driving licence and access to own vehicle for business use – or access to reliable transport arrangements - will be essential. Please note this role will involve working remotely for a temporary period due to COVID-19.

Demelza provides specialist care and emotional support for children and young people with serious and terminal conditions and their loved ones, across Kent, East Sussex and South East London.

Every role at Demelza contributes and impacts on our ability to support each child, young person and their family achieve the best possible life, whatever their challenges.

Apply now to join #TeamDemelza and be part of our passion and dedication to be there when we are needed the most.

Closing Date – Sunday 31st October 2021

Interview Date – Tuesday 9th November 2021

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

Some of our vacancies receive high numbers of applications and we may close the vacancy early when we have reached a maximum number of applications. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible. Enhanced DBS Disclosure check may be undertaken dependant on role. Demelza is an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No 1039651. Demelza is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To see how we process your data, please visit our website and view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

The Digital Communications Officer will develop, implement and manage our websites, social media and email engagement activity in line with the wider digital communications and engagement strategy, and wider organisational objectives. The role will work closely with services to provide service delivery content across the organisation. The role will manage the relationship with our Email Service Provider (ESP) and provide platform management.

The will role include supporting bids and tender applications for new work, including writing, project management and collating and presenting data and visuals.

Additionally, the post holder will support key organisational stakeholder events and publications. The events might be delivered in a virtual context, attended in person or possibly a hybrid model. The role will also include supporting statutory, trusts and foundations and corporate fundraising by ensuring content within our supporter database, Donorfy, is up to date.

This role will report into the Associate Director of Fundraising and Communications.

Marketing and Communications Officer
Hours: Full-time
Salary: £25-28k per annum depending on experience
Location: Working from home and at our Central London Office

The Science Council is looking for someone exceptional to deliver our marketing and communications activities, to increase awareness of all aspects of our role.

The organisation sets the standards for practising scientists, through professional registration. We believe that every scientist has a responsibility to society, and themselves, to work with integrity, keep their skills and knowledge up to date and consider how their efforts affect the world around them.

Working with both internal colleagues and our partner organisations, as Marketing and Communications Officer you will be responsible for delivering our marketing and communications plan, supporting engagement with our member bodies and our various registration and development programmes.  You will manage the Science Council website and social media, as well as supporting the organisation’s media relations, and development of a range of marketing materials, across a range of platforms.

You will need excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience of delivering engaging marketing activities across a variety of media, and of analysing the effectiveness of campaigns.  You will be comfortable working independently, with a proven ability for building effective internal and external relationships and a strong customer-focussed approach.

Closing date: 11 November 2021 
We are reviewing applications as we receive them, so early application is advised. We reserve the right to amend the closing date.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the Apply button. You will be directed to our HR Advisor's website where you can complete your application for this position.

The Science Council is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in its workforce. We support flexible working and are open to considering job share arrangements.

We are committed to developing our people.

No agencies please.

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) is looking for an experienced Communications Coordinator to join our small but very busy team based in Sheffield. This is a full time and permanent position.

We are looking for a good all-round communications professional. The successful candidate will be a key contact for a wide variety of communications requests – liaising regularly with colleagues based in Switzerland and Belgium, Society officers based across Europe, and external stakeholders including the press.

Reporting to the Communications Manager, the Coordinator will need to be able to assess communications needs, develop communications plans and implement those plans in collaboration with other members of the team and using the full range of resources/channels available.

Responsibilities of this role:

• Act as a contact for communications requests
• Assess communications needs
• Develop and implement communications plans that support strategic ERS initiatives
• Ensure clear and on-brand messaging across all ERS communications channels
• Create engaging content, which is both platform and audience appropriate
• Maintain the ERS website and approve content for publishing
• Create/adapt images suitable for social media and web
• Use content management systems (CMS), mailing systems and social media channels to disseminate information
• Coordinate a bi-weekly newsletter
• General copywriting and editing
• Support the web redesign project as required
• Updating digital media accounts such as YouTube, Spotify and SoundCloud
• Write (ad hoc) press releases
• Manage press queries and link ERS representatives with the press
• Liaise with external press consultants to facilitate press releases
• Use media distribution systems for press release dissemination and press reporting
• Facilitate the press centre during the ERS International Congress
• Mentor the communications assistant and assign tasks to them
• Some (limited) European travel may be required

Candidate requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in English, Communications, Journalism, PR, or related (essential)
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in a similar role (essential)
• Ability to create communications plans in full (essential)
• Excellent writing skills – press releases, statements, news, social media content etc. (essential)
• Proficient with digital media channels (essential)
• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail (essential)
• Ability to prioritise – handle multiple assignments, manage/meet tight deadlines, and quickly adapt to meet unexpected and urgent requests (essential)
• Ability to use mailing systems, image editing and content management systems (essential) - MailChimp, Canva and WordPress are preferred.
• Experience of working with the press: responding to queries; writing and issuing press releases; use of press distribution systems; building/maintaining contact lists; monitoring and preparing coverage reports (preferred)
• Experience of a medical/scientific organisation (preferred)
• Experience of working in a communications role for a not-for-profit organisation (preferred)
• An understanding of SEO (preferred)

More about the organisation:

ERS is an international membership organisation that brings together physicians, healthcare professionals, scientists and other experts working in respiratory medicine. We are one of the leading medical organisations in the respiratory field, with a growing membership representing over 160 countries. Our mission is to promote lung health in order to alleviate suffering from disease and drive standards for respiratory medicine globally.

Science, education and advocacy are at the core of everything we do; we promote scientific research, provide access to high-quality educational resources and play a key role in raising awareness of lung disease to politicians. We work closely with the European Lung Foundation to extend that reach to the public and patients.

One in eight people in Europe die due to lung diseases – this means one person every minute. It includes well-known diseases like asthma and lung cancer and other less known like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which is now the third most common cause of death.

Do you want an incredible opportunity to join an NHS and a successful charity as it undergoes an ambitious and brave rebrand and new strategic direction? The Forever Friends Appeal helps the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust to do more and provide exceptional healthcare for everyone. We push the boundaries of healthcare through innovation, research, cutting-edge equipment, enhancing our spaces and supporting our people to be extraordinary.

This role is offered at 22.5 hours per week. The hours are normally between Monday to Friday (office hours: 9am - 5.30pm), but with occasional out of hours activity at evenings and weekends

As a valued member of our busy Fundraising Team, you will be looking after our wonderful supporters who are fundraising for the RUH, to benefit patients and the incredible clinical staff who look after them. Working under the direction of the Marketing & Communications Manager and supporting other members of the Forever Friends team you will provide effective marketing and communications support.

This is a very varied role which involves a wide range of duties including the creation of marketing resources and social media content to recruit and engage supporters including newsletters, mailings, e-newsletters, resource packs and other marketing materials. Research and collate regular patient and donor case studies to be used in case for support documents, newsletter, impact reports, promotional resources and social media. Drafting and processing Press Releases across all fundraising programmes. You will need bags of initiative, be innovative, brave and positive about learning new ways of working.

A strong team player and able to work autonomously juggling multiple activities simultaneously. You will be given SMART objectives, both financial and non-financial, will be allocated, so the post holder must be ambitious and target driven.

Ideally the successful candidate will have some experience in fundraising marketing and communications and the desire to develop a career in the charity sector whilst being part of an ambitious team putting smiles on the faces of our patients, NHS staff and supporters.

We're over the moon to be heading up the search party for a Marketing & Communications Manager for the wonderful Prince of Wales Hospice in Pontefract. This fantastic health charity supports and provides care for the local community across Wakefield and the Five Towns.

They are looking for a dynamic and intuitive Marketing and Communications Manager to join their busy marketing team. This role is fast paced and works right across the marcomms mix, but at the very heart of this role is a passion for bringing stories to life to showcase the amazing and necessary work the hospice does every day. Brand awareness is crucial and so as Marketing & Communications Manager you'll make sure that more people hear about the Hospice and how they can get involved. You'll be managing a Marketing & Communications Assistant and working with a happy, engaging fundraising team.

Our Marketing and Communications Manager will need:

* A track record of broad marketing/communications experience
* Experience of workflow management
* Line management experience
* Extensive knowledge of using Social Media platforms, including paid for posts

This role comes with the flexibility of hybrid working between the charity office in Pontefract and from home.

If you're as excited by this opportunity as we are, please get in touch with Amelia Lee or Ellen Drummond at Charity People ASAP

Closing 26th October
Interviews 2nd November

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

ABOUT HINDE STREET METHODIST CHURCH

Hinde Street Methodist Church is a historic church in Marylebone. We are part of the inclusive church movement, and welcome everyone regardless of their age, race, gender, sexuality, socio-economic status, physical, and mental ability. We are a gathered congregation, and through Zoom welcome people from around the world to participate in our traditional worship service that has a strong emphasis on social justice. We have a variety of classes, and run programmes such as a meditation group and a weekly club for the homeless and their friends to get a bite to eat and take a break from the streets. Pre-covid, more than 60 twelve-step groups met at the church, and it is also the rehearsal home of the London Philharmonic Choir.

We have developed a 2030 vision that centers Hinde Street’s physical presence in the local Marylebone community, with a dynamic and vibrant online presence with a global reach, and are beginning our journey to deliver the strategy that will get us there.

ABOUT WEST LONDON MISSION 

The West London Mission is a circuit of the Methodist Church.  Its two churches are at Hinde Street and King’s Cross. It runs a student hostel called Methodist Chaplaincy House (MCH) and works with young adults and students across its churches.

The West London Mission also runs a series of social work programmes under the name WLM Services, which has a mission to empower people affected by homelessness, poverty and trauma to make positive changes in their lives. WLM Services provide a range of services including supported accommodation for ex-military personnel, a residential care home for people with alcohol dependency, a hostel for men coming out of prison, advice and support for rough sleepers, affordable counselling and financial resilience services.

SUMMARY OF POST

The Digital Communications and Outreach Officer is a new role for Hinde Street Methodist Church, and is a key role that has been created to help Hinde Street grow as a congregation and as a cornerstone of the local community. We see this in two areas: 

• To communicate better. To tell our story with energy and clarity, sharing the message that God’s love is for everyone, and that as Christians we are called to speak out against social injustice. We want this to lead to bringing new people into the Hinde Street community. We also want this to lead to stronger engagement within the existing church community, whether that is through participating in more church activities, the giving of time and talents, or through additional financial support.

• To help Hinde Street market our meeting rooms and the church more effectively, to increase revenue from our lettings and the number of community groups we support.

To apply

• Please visit the website for a JD and application form.
• Closing dates for applications is midnight 29th October 2021.We intend to interview early shortly after and may have two rounds of interviews.

Marketing and Communications Executive

Overview:

We are looking for someone to fill a varied and exciting role at the award-winning Hawk Conservancy Trust.  This role will work to create a varied and innovative programme of marketing activities to excite, engage and inspire our audience.  Marketing is at the heart of the Trust and is integral to the Trust’s customer focused ethos.

About the Hawk Conservancy Trust:

The Hawk Conservancy Trust is a conservation charity and award-winning visitor centre with a mission to conserve birds of prey.  Set in 22 acres of woodland and wildflower meadow, the Trust is a centre of excellence for learning about raptors, habitats, ecology and conservation, and having a fun-filled day! There are over 130 birds of prey on view, from owls to eagles!  Many of these birds are involved in the spectacular daily flying demonstrations, whilst others are part of important breeding projects.

Working hours:

Full time 9am – 5.30pm (occasional evening and weekend work required)

Reports To:

Marketing and Communications Manager

Main purpose and scope of the job:

This role is full of variety and will provide a fantastic level of creative marketing.  Developing a range of marketing campaigns including social media and digital campaigns, you’ll gain experience with planning, research, analytics, advertising, exhibitions and the production of marketing materials.  This role is for a brand champion who will work to ensure that all marketing communication is relevant, accurate, up-to-date, and adheres to the brand guidelines, professionally representing the Trust as a leader in bird of prey conservation and as an award winning visitor centre.  The role will inspire our audience to visit and increase support for and awareness of the conservation work undertaken by the Trust.

Key responsibilities:

• Taking the lead on social media; content creation and planning
• Working with the Trust’s designer to develop adverts and promotional material
• Leading the promotion and set up of events’ marketing
• Ensuring the communications are kept up to date including on-site and on the website
• Creating marketing materials such as leaflets and posters including writing copy and selecting images
• Coordinating creation of e-newsletters and members’ newsletters
• Managing the photographic competition and photo library
• Marketing performance analysis and reporting
• Working with volunteers to support the work of the Marketing Team.
• Attending and representing the Trust at external exhibitions and events.

Person specification:

This role would suit someone who is highly organised; able to be logical, analytical and structured, yet creative and imaginative; and able to write effectively for diverse audiences.

Customer-focus and an ingrained understanding of the importance of outstanding customer service and exceeding customer expectations is paramount across the whole of the Trust. Being a crucial part of that team is a key requirement of this role, as well as having high standards and resilience to cope with multiple deadlines and competing pressures.

Experience with social media management, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube is vital. Other computer skills central to this role include e-newsletter creation, photo and video editing, and CRM use. Familiarity with CMS systems, graphics design, SEO and analytics will be beneficial.

We hope that if you are not already enthusiastic and passionate about wildlife and birds of prey that you soon will be.

Subject to references and DBS check.

Communications and Public Affairs Officer - £28,846 pro rata/3 months - London

THE COMPANY

Our client is one of London's leading further education college groups, providing exceptional education and training for students, business clients and stakeholders. They comprise of 3 London colleges, a bespoke training provider for employers and apprenticeships and a social enterprise to help new businesses succeed.

THE ROLE

The Communications and Public Affairs Officer is a temp to perm opportunity for those who have an interest in policy making, parliamentary and political developments process; it requires an immediate start for this busy further education group based in London. The role will see you build relationships with key stakeholders, advisory group members, politicians, regulators, and businesses to help shape the external awareness of the group and build support internally for all policy and public affairs activity.

YOU

To apply for the The Communications and Public Affairs officer you will need to show you have the following skills and know-how :
- experience working for either an MP, local councillor or similar in a policy related role
- an ability to undertake desk research, follow through and ensure meetings happen between key stakeholders
- be able to write succinct copy
- be highly organised and motivated, proactive and pursue opportunities.

If you are available to start at short notice and fulfil the above criteria please apply now!

Communications and Public Affairs Officer - £28,846 pro rata/3 months - London

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Opportunity for Digital Marketing and Communications Officer job role

Your new company
This organisation is one of the UK's largest health independent charities and grant-makers. The organisation exists to support individual members of the nursing team by making grants for hardship and education, invest in nursing profession to improve patient care by funding projects, and champion nursing by supporting activities that raise the profile of the profession.
The organisation endorses equality and diversity initiatives to support all of their workers and create equal opportunities.

Your new role
This is a brand new role which has been introduced to support the increasing communications activity across the entire company. As part of the role, you will have key marketing and communication responsibilities, which include working with regular newsletter content and taking lead on the organisation's website to ensure up-to-date content. You will also be in charge of social media,

What you'll need to succeed

• You will need to be experienced in events marketing.
• You will also need to be technically proficient in terms of email communications, social media activity, and supporting on a wide variety of marketing and communications projects
• You must have experience in creating high quality and original brand content, including images, gifs and video to support market and communication objectives.
• Prior experience in membership organisation is helpful, but is not required.

What you'll get in return
In return, you will receive competitive salary of £31,000 - £37,000. This a newly created role - so it is a fantastic opportunity to develop it and make it your own!

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you have experience in Charity and Non-Profit, you can contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Post title: Communication & Network Officer

Responsible to: Media & Communication Manager

Responsible for: Volunteers

Starting salary: pro rata £23,211 per annum

Working hours: 21 hours per week

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To engage and work with a network of local disabled people and Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations in a variety of ways, including face to face meetings, in order to strengthen the voice, representation and participation of disabled residents and identify issues in the borough that have an impact on disabled people and to advocate for them and make their voice heard, taking action to tackle inequalities faced by them.
• To develop and run events in the borough that increase awareness and understanding of disabled people.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Work closely with the Senior managers on the delivery of all external and inyernal communications
• Support the development of communications materials, including proactive press statements or releases, social media posts, speeches, blogs and articles.
• Undertake desk research to support the development of communications materials.
• Support with reactive communications, such as responding to media enquiries (including occasional out of hours cover when required).
• Assist with the management of the press office function, including tools and subscriptions
• To develop a disability network that brings together key disability groups, organisations, services and residents with the purposes of raising awareness on disabilities, offering a platform for effective engagement and the sharing of knowledge and experience.
• Supporting the disability network to be a vehicle for consultation and offering opportunities for individual voices to be heard.
• Form active and meaningful relationships with other local disability organisations and utilise them to engage a broad range of disabled people in the network’s activity. Ensure the views of a range of disabilities and organisations are represented.
• To represent the disability network on related forums in Tower Hamlets including the central Equalities Hub
• To support members to work with Council Equality networks and Voluntary and Community Sector organisations to ensure that the network is community led.
• To set up a virtual network for disabled residents to increase and strengthen accessibility, representation, and participation
• Actively promote and recruit members to participate in the disability network through networking, outreach, and attendance at relevant events.
• Evaluate the impact of communications, measuring success through analytics and feedback, and supporting implementation of learning in future work
• Support communications planning and coordination, including liaising with colleagues across the organisation.
• Work closely with the Senior Officer to support Apasen’s campaigning activity.
• Devise and produce a monthly internal newsletter for the disability network.
• Collaborate with network leads to coordinate communication of network activity and events.
• Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required within the scope of the role
• Plan and arrange quarterly network meetings which would include creating agendas, consulting members on the content of the meeting and servicing the network.
• Support network members to represent the network as well as themselves at any other relevant conferences and events.
• To deliver a programme of events that enhances community cohesion, celebrate disabled people and increase understanding and awareness. Events will include the International Day of People with Disabilities and World Mental Health Day.
• Contribute to the improvement of services for disabled people by working with the Council and other local community organisations.
• Represent Apasen positively in a variety of situations and respond professionally to general enquiries.
• Keep up to date with current issues and good practice in the field of disabilities.
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• Person Specification

Essential skillset Experience/Knowledge

• Experience of advocating for the rights of people with disabilities.
• Experience of using person centred approaches with people with disabilities.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with people with a disability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to adjust communication style to different audiences, and provide accessible information.
• Ability to use a range of multimedia approaches to facilitate effective communication.
• Knowledge of the challenges facing people with protected characteristics
• Experience in writing and presenting reports Attributes
• Reliable, punctual, flexible and honest working approach.
• High attention to detail and ability to produce accurate documents to deadlines
• Awareness of confidentiality,data protection,safeguarding,equality and diversity.
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The organisation:

My client is an innovative health charity that funds research into and raises awareness of a life changing disease. They are seeking a Digital Marketing and Communications Officer for an initial 3 month contract. You will work across a range of activities including the day to day maintenance of the website, managing social media communities, creating engaging content and supporting wider marketing and fundraising campaigns.

Please apply today as applications will close once a suitable candidate has been found and this is not a role you’ll want to miss out on!

Key responsibilities:

• Day to day maintenance of the organisation’s website and social media communities
• Utilise data analytics to monitor campaign performance and inform future decision making and campaign improvements
• Create and deliver compelling content to appeal to a wide range of audiences
• Support wider fundraising and marketing campaigns to fulfil the wider aims of the organisation
• Build website pages to ensure all content is current
• Utilise Google Analytics to monitor KPIs and campaign performance
• Assist wider marketing and communications teams
• Create and distribute marketing materials to supporters
• Ensure all writing is on brand and sits within the organisation’s core messaging
• Assist with creative ideas for campaign strategy
• Support fundraising campaigns with digital marketing

Person specification:

• Experience within a digital marketing and communications role in the charity sector
• Social media community management experience
• Experience working with a CMS
• Eye for detail and strong organisation skills
• Ability to write and disseminate engaging content for a range of audiences
• Experience using email marketing software and Google Analytics
• Enthusiastic attitude and a desire to further the aims of the charity
• Strong team player

What's on offer:

This role is offering a day rate of £211 PAYE for this initial 3 day per week, 3 month contract. The role will be hybrid between home and their office in central London and they are looking for someone to start ASAP.

TPP are working with one of the UK's oldest and most prestigious, economic membership bodies whose purpose is to promote their brand, study and research of economic science.

The Society are looking to appoint a Digital Communications Officer to facilitate their digital growth plans.

The role of Digital Communications Officer will be to manage the organisations website and media channels and ensuring all content is of high quality and consistent with membership bodies key principles and aims.

You will be an exceptional writer and be able to tailor any communications, both internally and externally specifically to their media channels so being able to understand complex economic information and make this more accessible to their key audience members will be key.

This is a great opportunity to work for a well-established organisation whose work and activities are well respected internationally.

Your duties and responsibilities will include:

• As Digital Communications Officer you will be responsible for all digital content and communications including through their website and social media channels.

• Designing and delivering all digital communications on multiple projects such as their annual conferences and bi-annual, popular journals

• Create the Society's e-news and other communications, create and oversee media releases on the organisations activities, working collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders.

• You will be responsible for managing and delivering on key communication targets, ensuring all content is written to a high standard and delivered on time and consistent in tone with the society's overall objectives and principles

• You will analyse all digital communication performance to review to ensure you are maximising subscriptions and engagement

Your experience will include:

• You will have excellent written and verbal skills

• Excellent editing, copywriting, and proofreading skills

• You will have experience with several design platforms for designing videos, images and infographics such as Photoshop, Premiere and InDesign
• Experience with dealing with internal and external stakeholders
• Be able to work effectively to tight deadlines across multiple projects, ensuring all content represents the organisations key messages online
• You will have the ability to work effectively within a team and have a pro-active approach to help and work collaboratively across departments

To apply for this role, please provide your CV and supporting statement (400-500 words) and then we will be shortlisting candidates.

Any shortlisted candidates will then be required to complete a short task.

Closing date for applications is 15^th of October

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.