Hours: 21 hours per week (working pattern to be agreed)
Salary: £28,000 (pro-rata)
Location: Greenford UB6 (open to some home working)
Closing date: Friday 19th February 2021 9am
First Interviews: Friday 26th February / Monday 1st March
Second interviews: Friday 5th March
Age UK Ealing is a small independent charity providing a wide range of services and support to older people in the London Borough of Ealing.
The Marketing, Communications and Fundraising Manager has a vital role to play in planning and delivering communications to raise the profile of our work in the borough and to help generate the income needed to deliver it. We want to ensure that older people know we are here to help them and that the wider public can support our work.
Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the Head of Fundraising, the post holder will design and deliver a marketing and communications strategy, including focusing on digital marketing, and will write, edit, co-ordinate and publish content across various channels, including our website, social media, print and online marketing materials.
This role will also include delivering the fundraising strategy, including building up donor relationships and corporate partnerships, applying to charitable trusts, supporting the growth of individual giving, and engaging with local groups fundraising on our behalf.
To Apply: Please submit your CV together with a Supporting Statement, no more than 2 sides of A4, explaining why you are suitable for this role. Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Declaration Form and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Form.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
This post is offered subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Age UK Ealing strives to be an Equal Opportunities employer.
Age UK Ealing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of older people and all vulnerable groups within the London Borough of Ealing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Sufra NW London is a Community Hub that provides a lifeline to people in crisis – including families living in extreme poverty and people who are vulnerable, homeless or socially isolated. We provide them with the food and support they need to survive, empower them to learn new skills and improve their wellbeing, and help them to find work and become financially stable.
Role Description
We are recruiting a temporary Communications Officer to cover a period of 9 months of maternity leave. This position will implement the charity’s communications strategy and support the Fundraising Manager. The post will work closely with senior staff to manage internal and external communications and marketing campaigns to raise the profile of the charity, engage new audiences and existing stakeholders, and generate income.
We are seeking a highly articulate and proactive individual with a flair for communications and 3 years’ experience in a similar communications role. The candidate will have excellent writing skills, be a confident communicator and an organised self-starter. You will have demonstrable experience of managing a diverse workload and being able to prioritise tasks and work under pressure. Graphic design skills would be desirable but not essential.
This is an immensely rewarding role working in a dynamic charity built on an ethos of sharing, hospitality, and inclusivity. We are looking for an exceptionally committed individual who is willing to go the extra mile and has flexibility to work during evenings and weekends when necessary. Through your activities, you will be able to convey the charity’s passion and commitment to supporting vulnerable people and demonstrate the impact of our interventions in transforming the lives of beneficiaries.
Flexible working hours/days are available to fit around childcare or other needs, including some home working.
To apply for this role, please submit the following by email:
- A CV and a short Covering Letter that is no more than 2 pages long.
- A completed Equal Opportunities Form, which can be downloaded here.
Deadline for applications Monday 1 February 2021
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham are seeking a Director of Communications with a strong understanding/empathy with the aims, ethos and beliefs of the Church of England is essential as the postholder will be required to promote the Christian faith in all external facing communications.
Based in Southwell, the successful candidate will lead and coordinate communications activities across all teams within the diocese, whilst participating and supporting initiatives at a national level. The Director will work with the Bishops’ Office to ensure the Bishops are fully supported and briefed in their public facing roles. Further development and deepening of support to the 320+ parishes will also be key to enable them to enhance their online digital communications.
The nature of the post will require a degree of mobility and flexibility, with work undertaken in locations around the Diocese and some meetings or training events taking place during evenings and weekends.
Music in Detention brings music-making to migrants in the UK’s immigration detention system. We bring skilled artists together with detainees to create and share music, supporting them to rediscover and restate their sense of self, and to enhance their wellbeing and agency within what can often seem like a hopeless environment. We also work with communities surrounding detention centres to collaboratively create music between detainees and residents, facilitating dialogue and helping to change pervasive attitudes towards migrants in the UK.
Communications and marketing have increased steadily in importance for our work in recent years, and are central to the delivery of our strategic aims. In the last few years we have developed the strategic frame for our communications work and our capacity to deliver on that strategy, which has three main aims:
- Growing MID’s brand and reach
- Support for fundraising (individual giving)
- Marketing and promotion of our artistic programme and events
In recent months we have reviewed our brand, and the launch of a new name (‘Hear Me Out’), website and visual identity will take place in March. So right now we have an exciting, once-only opportunity to increase our reach.
We now have a permanent, part-time vacancy for a experienced and creative communications specialist, to lead on our communications strategy and operation. You will ensure our communications frame and strategy continue to evolve, and run our communications and marketing operation. So you will need to be able to think strategically, at the same time as rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck into the practical detail.
This is the only comms post in a small team, so it will be a demanding role, requiring versatility and initiative. You will have the opportunity to shape the whole communications operation, and play a key role in an exciting work programme, driven by strong values and delivered by a supportive and collaboarative team.
Lived experience of the detention and/or immigration system will be an asset in your application. The ability to create compelling content in collaboration with people who have been detained, enabling them to tell their stories as they wish, and offering them support and editorial control, is essential.
Application is by application form. The deadline is 1.00pm on Wednesday 10th February.
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Member Engagement and Communications Officer
Central London • £26,000 - £29,000 + Benefits
The Microbiology Society is a membership charity for scientists interested in microbes, their effects and their practical uses. It is one of the largest microbiology societies in Europe with a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes and schools
The post holder will support the delivery of all of Council’s strategic objectives, particularly in relation to building communities and helping our members to demonstrate their impact.
We are interested in someone who has an understanding of digital best practice with experience of content and communications production and planning.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Closing date: 10th February 2021
Please send a CV and covering letter via the link below.
It is important that you DO NOT include your Personal Information i.e. name and contact details in your CV or Cover Letter.
This is because the Society is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies to support staff from different backgrounds.
The Society also takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.
Please note that due to limited resources it is not possible for the Society to acknowledge receipt of applications. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
“We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.”
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Brokerage is at a critical and dynamic point having recently launched a strategic re-direction, innovative new services and a relevant new brand. At the heart of this exciting new direction is ensuring the profile of The Brokerage is both re-positioned as a Changemaker and thought leader, and also increased across key audiences.
As such we are recruiting for a Senior Communications, Marketing and Campaigns Manager to lead on the organisation’s campaigns, brand, external communications, marketing, social media and digital engagement. This includes the development and implementation of a communications and messaging strategy that ensures significant growth in the awareness, engagement and participation in our work from our key stakeholders and beyond.
You will need to share the CEO’s vision of creating a modern, trust - not rule -based organisation that is high-performing and offers its staff the ability to work pro-actively, autonomously and with an entrepreneurial spirit whilst offering a supportive, inclusive and flexible working environment.
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We are medium sized charity with a high profile and fast moving media narrative. We need an experienced and dynamic Digital Communications Officer to help promote and build our presence who has an awareness of how to handle complex topics.
Care4Calais is a volunteer run charity delivering essential aid and support to refugees living in Northern France, Belgium and the UK. We believe in a fair and tolerant British society and advocate for a welcoming and inclusive attitude towards refugees.
We are looking for a comms officer with significant experience of digital to join our team. We want to build our digital presence to increase donations and volunteering and create more structured campaigns across all social media channels. We’re active on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and want to grow our audience to encourage more people to support us.
We work in a high-pressured environment so a calm resilience is important; you will need to understand safeguarding as well as digital marketing. You’ll value the importance of collaboration and will be a natural communicator as well as a digital expert. If you appreciate audience insight, the importance of value-based messaging, why story telling matters and have a strong understanding of the role of digital in changing attitudes we’d love to hear from you.
Job Description
Develop and manage a digital strategy for Care4Calais including online engagement, social networks, website, video, and email marketing, all geared towards achieving greater visibility and engagement.
Responsibilities will include:
- Implement and develop a digital engagement strategy, including search engine optimisation across all our on-line content
- Liaise with volunteers on the ground to produce content (copy, images, video) that is audience centred and highly engaging
- Develop, run and evaluate digital campaigns aimed at increasing the organisation’s profile, generating new supporters and increasing income
- Utilise monitoring tools to evaluate and report on the performance of our digital marketing activities and channels
- Generate awareness of Care4Calais and refugee protection issues and drive traffic to digital activities through online marketing and communications
- Continually improve the website to provide trusted, interesting, informative and personalised online content which is up to date
- Develop the use of Google Ads
- Keep abreast of development in the digital arena, identify new digital opportunities
Personal Specification
Knowledge
- Knowledge and understanding of the charity sector
- Understanding of or empathy with the refugee and migration sector
- Up-to-date knowledge of and genuine interest in content strategy, user experience principles/design techniques and emerging digital trends
Skills
- Excellent, professional knowledge of how to produce engaging social media content
- Excellent copywriter with an ability to translate complex and sensitive narratives into easily-accessible online stories
- Exceptional communication, collaboration, influencing and problem-solving skills
- Excellent planning and organisational skills with ability to negotiate and manage multiple priorities
- Ability to maintain and develop a brand working within messaging guidelines and using the appropriate tone of voice
- Ability to respond creatively to a challenging media narrative
- Ability to maintain positive relationships
- Excellent coaching skills to work with volunteers on content
Experience
- Creating and publishing optimised, accessible social media content for a range of audiences
- Using content management systems and data analytics packages
- Using data and research to shape decisions and improve outcomes
- Working on digital projects using an agile methodology
- Experience of working on sensitive issues and/or politically controversial topics
Please provide a covering letter that explains why you are suitable for this role and why you want to work for Care4Calais - we will only consider applications that are accompanied by a covering letter.
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We are looking for a highly motivated and creative marketing & comms all-rounder to lead our charity’s brands to the next level.
Making The Leap is a small and innovative social justice charity that aims to make a big difference. From direct delivery, to advocacy and leadership, we refuse to stay in our lane and believe passionately that those we exist to serve have the right to be anything they want to be. To say that this is an exciting time for the organisation would be an understatement, as our incredible funders, donors, partners and supporters have given us the chance to move to the next level, and have further influence and delivery nationally.
The shared soul of the organisation is to be passionate about helping young people from less-advantaged backgrounds; build up other charities and community groups and want to partner with them or support them; want to work with businesses and organisations to get things done; and care deeply about addressing racial inequity generally (and anti-Blackness in particular). The people here work hard, are good at what they do, and for so many it is ‘home’, with an average tenure of 11 years.
The organisation has a number of strands: core Making The Leap; the UK Social Mobility Awards; the Social Mobility Podcast and our brand new initiative Black Charity Leaders.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
If you’re a skilled communicator and passionate about delivering real change for women, then this could be the role for you. Working Chance is looking for someone creative and personable to join its growing communications team.
2021 is a big year for Working Chance, as we grow our team and deliver a brand-new organisational strategy. We are a unique, award-winning charity supporting women with convictions - many of whom have been in prison - to develop their employability and self-belief and find a job they can thrive in.
We’re looking for someone to increase engagement with our target audiences and help us change the landscape for women in the UK with convictions.
The successful post-holder will be a skilled copywriter, and someone who can turn ideas into gorgeous graphics and stimulating content; bringing life and personality to our digital platforms. They will also support the team to increase Working Chance’s press and media profile, so we need someone who isn’t afraid to pick up the phone and secure great coverage.
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Our small and high impact communications team works across the organisation. We are looking for an established and innovative marketing professional with a passion for branding and design and a demonstratable ability of leveraging digital media to increase visibility as Marketing & Communications Manager.
The Marketing & Communications Manager will lead the development and delivery of engaging and measurably impactful communication and marketing strategies which increase the organisation’s visibility, engage the relevant audiences and support charity’s long-term strategy.
Day-to-day, the post holder will manage all activities across the organisation’s digital channels including, website, social media (organic and paid) and email marketing.
In addition to digital marketing, the role will oversee press and media relations, video, copy and speech writing, branding and design. The post holder will also deliver marcomm plans, working with teams across fundraising, partnerships and events on initiatives with corporate and high-profile stakeholders.
The role will head up a team consisting of two Marketing & Communications Coordinators, a Graphic Designer as well as various freelancers and creative agencies.
Candidates with exceptional digital skills in Google Adwords, Facebook advertising and CMS are preferred.
This role offers an exciting opportunity for a dedicated marketing and communications professional to head up a vibrant team for a leading youth charity in the UK.
JOB DESCRIPTION
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Work with the Programme Management Team and other key stakeholders across the organisation to identify and agree marketing priorities for 2021-2026
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Develop and manage delivery of marketing, communications, brand and design strategies across The Diana Award’s communication channels
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Lead the management, development and evolution of marketing plans, websites, creative campaigns and the overall digital strategies
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Manage and deliver paid media planning and implementation, optimising budget and results
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Generate insights and robust recommendations from in-depth research and analysis on audience behaviour, requirements from young people and digital trends
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Work with the wider team to identify, select and engage with young people, creating content with them
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Evaluate the impact of The Diana Award’s marketing and communications activities, report insights and provide recommendations
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Produce regular reports to a range of stakeholders against targets
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Work with the Events team on internal and external programme and organisation events
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Develop and support the delivery of MarCom plans for co-branded initiatives with corporate and high-profile stakeholders
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Adhere to the digital safeguarding requirements, GDPR and financial policies and procedures
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Work alongside the partnerships and fundraising team to promote fundraising campaigns and product collaborations to expand our unrestricted funding
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Develop systems and processes to support the communications team to meet deadlines, and empower them to take ownership
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Motivate your team to meet the organisation's expectations for productivity, quality, continuous improvement, and goal accomplishment by delegating and setting expectations for accountability and regular feedback
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Provide encouragement and opportunities for development within your team
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills
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Excellent project management and organisation skills with the ability to work well under pressure, prioritise workload and to meet tight deadlines
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Strong interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate, communicate and build relationships effectively at all levels
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Excellent copywriting skills with proven experience in producing and/or editing long-form and short-form copy
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An eye for design and imagery placement with the ability to provide clear and constructive feedback on the work of others
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Proven skills in developing reports and analysis on digital performance
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Strategic thinking, with the ability to form clear and strong recommendations
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Knowledge and keen interest in the latest digital trends, online behaviour and marketing
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Knowledge of the youth sector and its key audiences is desirable
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A proven passion for social action and the youth-led development sector – experience of marketing and content development in the charity sector or for brand social impact projects is preferred
Experience
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Proven success in devising and delivering creative and effective digital marketing, brand communications and implementation across a range of formats, markets and channels
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Experience in overseeing and managing websites, including a clear understanding of back-end platforms and services and experience of working with a CMS. Experience of working with the Wordpress and Webflow CMS is particularly advantageous, along with any coding skills
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Demonstrated ability to motivate and develop a department and department staff members
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4-5 years’ experience in a similar role
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Experience and understanding of how to use tools such as Google Analytics and Adwords
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Demonstrable experience and understanding of Facebook Ads Manager
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An understanding of PPC, HTML/CSS and competency in Adobe Suite would be considered an asset
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Experience with managing external partners including agencies and other organisations
The Diana Award is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all. This is a responsibility that is shared by all members of staff the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS or equivalent police check.
The Diana Award is committed to building and developing a workforce which reflects the diversity of the young people we support. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. We seek to ensure all job applications are treated fairly, with respect and without bias.
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Work with us
The Vegan Society is an anagram of The Nicest Voyage. Quite fitting, we think, as for many people veganism is a journey – and a pretty remarkable one at that. Regardless of where you are on your vegan journey, our staff are on hand to make it easier, healthier and more fun. If you think you’d be great at helping others with this, read on, as this may be right up your street.
The Vegan Society makes veganism more accessible and an easily adopted approach by supporting individuals, policy and decision makers, caterers, manufacturers, health care professionals and the media.
Who we’re looking for
Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce damage to our environment? Do you want to get people to enjoy healthy vegan food that looks good and tastes great?
As individuals, we have a somewhat eclectic mix of skills, passions and idiosyncrasies…but it works. Probably because we all have one thing in common: we believe we’re onto something really special.
The Communications Team has grown in recent years and in order to meet our ambitious plans for the next few years, we need to recruit some new people to our team in our offices conveniently located by Snow Hill station in Birmingham.
The role
Our busy Communications Team needs a manager to supervise their workload, manage the retention and recruitment of members, plan our attendance at major consumer shows across the UK and together with the Head of Communications ensure effective external and internal communications.
The role will call for considerable involvement in day to day operational and management issues within the department, as well as involvement with media requests, engagement with external organisations and individuals to maximise The Vegan Society's brand awareness and event coordination.
This role is one of first-line management and will call for a close relationship with and support for the Senior Management Team's work.
As Communications and Supporter Services Manager you will:
- Line manage members of the Communications and Supporter Services teams: conducting 1-1s, signing off leave, appraisals etc.
- Lead on staff-run events at vegan and plant-based consumer shows, managing negotiations and the booking process
- Act as a spokesperson for The Vegan Society for broadcast media as required
- Support our media and PR strategies
- Liaise with the Campaigns Manager and the Business Development Marketing Manager to support their media and PR strategies.
- Project manage the implementation of the society's new CRM with the selected supplier during 2021 and support the Senior Supporter Services Coordinator with the implementation and testing of the CRM ensuring that the society keeps to timescales and budgets.
- Maintain organisational engagement with partners, supporters and high-level (celebrity) supporters.
To be considered as our Communications and Supporter Services Manager you will need:
- Demonstrable team management skills
- A very high standard of literacy with good all-round writing skills and excellent proofreading skills.
- Good project planning experience
- Good understanding of the full spectrum of marketing communications with expertise in marketing and PR.
- Events management experience
- To be willing to adhere to a vegan lifestyle for the duration of your employment.
What we offer
- A fun and supportive team
- A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment
- Flexible working hours
- Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Childcare vouchers scheme
- Animal companion compassionate leave
- Ethical pension scheme (5-7% employer contribution)
- Death in service benefit
- 28 Days leave + 8 Bank Holidays (25 days annual leave & 3 closure days)
- Central Birmingham office location
Salary and hours
This is full time (37.5 hours per week) role with a salary of £27,741 – £39,880 per annum.
The application deadline is 9am Monday 15 February 2021.
Interviews will be held w/c 22 February 2021.
Please note: The role is typically an office-based role, however remote working will be in place until social distancing measures are relaxed/removed. After these restrictions are eased a flexible work schedule could be considered but you would need to live within commuting distance of Birmingham.
CVs cannot be accepted. No agencies.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The role: This role is crucial to help us realise our ambitions of supporting more young people with their social action projects and system change activities, packaging up and delivering training outside London and for scaling our impact and reach.
The Communications and Campaigns Manager is responsible for:
- Co-designing and delivering our communications strategy: working with the whole team (including with teenagers and young adults engaged with the charity) to develop and deliver a new and successful campaigns and communications strategy that promotes the organisation's work and also supports projects and income generation initiatives.
- Supporting business growth: meeting personal and organisational marketing and communications targets and business and income generation objectives.
- Reinforcing organisational culture: building and maintaining an empathic, positive and relational culture within the organisation with strong, clear, and consistent internal and external communications that reflect our values and the voices of our Young Partners ad team.
- Advancing our mission through communications: ensuring that the organisation's communications are of the highest quality and that they support and advance our charitable objectives.
Who we are looking for: We’re looking for a creative individual who is able to empathise with and support young people to influence change. An energetic and ambitious person who wants to contribute their time, passion and positive energy to our mission! Is this you?
- You are passionate about social justice, and utilising your creativity, communications, campaigning and marketing skills and experience to really make a difference
- You have excellent inter-personal skills, are values-led, with a high level of social and emotional intelligence.
- You are empathic, fair and kind, and can relate to and connect with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.
- You will relish the challenge and autonomy this role presents, and getting involved with all aspects of a young and growing charity.
- You are excited about coproduction and the opportunity to work alongside young people, sharing decisions and budgets.
- You enjoy working as part of a team, and can get on board with ‘consent-based decision making’ in an organisation.
- You are ambitious, looking for somewhere you can grow and build your career, and you thrive working in fast paced environments where you can influence growth and innovation.
How to Apply: Please read the Applicant Pack attached for a full role description and person specification and send a CV and cover letter (two pages maximum) telling us about yourself and what you could bring to Peer Power in this role. Please make it clear in your application how you meet the essential and desirable criteria, highlighting your areas of strength and areas of the role you would look to outsource.
Please indicate the date at which you are available to start and/or your notice period for your current role.
Deadline – Sunday, 14 February 2021 at midnight.
Possible Interview date (TBC): Tuesday, 23 February 2021
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Communications Manager
(Ref SUS3100)
£35,364 pro rata per annum - Inclusive of London Weighting allowance
6 month Fixed Term Contract
Base: London
30-37.5 hours per week – happy to talk flexible working
Initial home working may be expected due to office closures during current C19 restrictions
About the Role
We have an excellent opportunity for you to join the movement and help us make a difference over the next six months as our London Communications Manager.
Within London we have an exciting agenda to make sure all Londoners live in a city where our streets and public spaces serve everyone. A London where everyone can live and travel safely and healthily, and where nobody is excluded. You will be key to bringing that agenda to all Londoners via the media.
You will help us to communicate Sustrans’ London priorities, achievements and values to the media and wider society. You will plan and lead the delivery of communications campaigns. You will use a variety of practical methods including press releases, project promotion and social media content creation.
About Sustrans
Our vision and mission have never been more relevant, or urgent. Across the UK governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling. We are working in partnership with communities, other organisations and governments at all levels, to make a real difference to everyone’s lives and drive the change that so many want to see.
About You
We are looking for an excellent communicator who can effectively network and build relationships.
You will have experience of mass and specialist communications, including developing plans and delivering campaigns and a thorough understanding of the communications environment, including media, digital and marketing.
So, if this sounds like you, apply today and help us create compelling stories that support our vision as a trusted and influential impact-led charity; that truly demonstrate our commitment to creating healthier places and happier lives for everyone.
Interviews
Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 8 February 2021. Interviews will take place via MS Teams on Monday 15 February 2021.
Should Sustrans receive an overwhelming number of applications for this vacancy, the decision may be taken to close it earlier than the advertised closing date, so please ensure your application is submitted as soon as possible.
To apply, please complete our online application form.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We have a dedicated programme working across the organisation to ensure we do this quickly and with excellence.
We actively encourage applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Sustrans is open to adapting to your needs.
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Schools and Groups Communications Officer
£30,000 per annum
Woking, Surrey or at our London office near Victoria with travel to Wisley at least twice a week
(Initially home based)
Join our Schools and Communities Team
The RHS is a national charity with a mission to inspire everyone to grow, as it is vital to our wellbeing, the environment and the happiness of us all. This dynamic role is based in our passionate communities and schools team and will ideally be based at RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey or our London office near Victoria with frequent travel to Wisley.
The role will support our national school’s programme, the RHS Campaign for School Gardening, by creating exciting and inspiring communications, competitions and initiatives to help get young people growing. It will also support Britain in Bloom, an amazing force of volunteers that clean and green our towns, cities and villages across the UK, as well as the work of our national Outreach Team who provide hands-on support to schools and groups so they can fully feel the amazing benefits of gardening.
If you are a communications expert with a passion for the environment or plants, then we’d love to hear from you. The RHS is undergoing lots of exciting changes with a new state-of-the-art science and learning facility soon to open at RHS Wisley and a brand new garden, RHS Bridgewater, opening in Salford, both of which will grow our opportunity to make an impact in communities and schools around the UK.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic schools and communities team to support on all areas of our communications and marketing. You will work with the Senior Communications Officer and Engagement Coordinator to deliver exciting communications that will increase engagement with our audiences, manage and bring to life our key projects and activities, as well as oversee the content creation for our website, social media platforms and newsletters.
We’re looking for someone with experience in delivering communications that have increased engagement with audiences and an excellent understanding of marketing tools and techniques. The successful candidate will be a strong communicator with an understanding of how to write for different audiences and platforms, as well as excellent time management skills.
To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is committed to being an inclusive employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
Closing date for applications is Friday 29th January 2021.
Joining an amazing global initiative, you will work in partnership with established global organisations, and be given the tools and confidence to work autonomously and help implement the global, multi-channel communications strategy.
This is a unique opportunity for an experienced communications professional looking to take their next step and join a dynamic and fast-growing charity, working on one of its flagship projects.
Suited to someone who is passionate about both communications and the environment, you will join a forward-thinking, energetic team, utilising your skills in strategic communications, media and content to make a difference.
Key responsibilities include:
* Leading communications work for a range of campaigns and working closely with the Senior Communications Manager and Senior Content Manager.
* Develop and implement multi-channel communications strategies and plans for specific scientific targets based projects;
* Support with crafting and pitching stories to international media, as well as managing incoming press enquiries;
* Craft compelling stories and develop written content including blogs, op-eds, press releases, website and social media copy;
* Assist with the planning and creation of multimedia content;
* Manage monitoring and evaluation of cross-channel communications activity;
You will have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria:
* Experience developing and implementing global, cross-channel communications strategies;
* Strong media relations experience, ideally with environmental and/or business press;
* Strong digital communications experience, with a solid understanding of best practice in website and social media communications;
* Excellent communication skills, both written and oral;
* The ability to draft compelling copy for media releases, news publications, website, social media and other channels;
* Excellent organisational and time management skills, and an ability to meet multiple deadlines;
* The ability to prioritise tasks effectively;
Desirable criteria (optional)
* Experience working with the private sector and/or on sustainability matters;
* Experience developing brand guidelines and branding strategies;
This is a full time role working remotely and reporting to the Senior Communications Manager. With option of working from the London office when restrictions allow.
This is a fixed-term contract ending 31 March 2022.
Salary and benefits: £35,000 - £44,000 per annum, 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, generous non-contributory pension provision, annual discretionary bonus (depending on company performance), Employee Assistance Programme, life assurance, Training and development, Flexible working opportunities and other benefits.
Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK.
How to apply:
Please email your CV to [email protected] for more information about this fantastic role. We can then work to get an application together, ahead of the deadline of 0800 GMT on Monday 18 January 2021.
Please get in touch now to avoid disappointment. I look forward to hearing from you.