The Communications Manager (12-month maternity leave contract) will lead TASO’s communications strategy to raise the profile of the organisation with external stakeholders. This will involve managing and coordinating communications activities, leading on the development of external-facing materials, ensuring a vibrant social media presence and running events.

The role is suited to an individual who is used to working in a small, dynamic team and who is highly motivated by social impact.

Responsibilities

• With the Director, ensure a strategic and effective approach to communications, dissemination and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead on the design and dissemination of innovative and engaging communications – both print and online.
• Take overall responsibility for TASO’s online and social media presence. This role involves working with the Communications Assistant on the creation, upkeep and management of content, and analysis of statistics in order to make recommendations for development.
• Draft press releases and news stories for the website, liaising with journalists as appropriate.
• Plan and deliver a programme of stakeholder engagement events for a wide range of audiences. The events will range from small training sessions to larger events including an annual conference.
• Lead on all communications activities associated with TASO events.
• Provide line management for a Communications Assistant who will support all communications activities.
• Undertake projects and duties as required or requested by the Director of TASO.

Time Commitment

• This is a full-time role (35 hours per week)

Location

• Central London. Occasional travel around England is a requirement of the post. At present working from home due to the pandemic.

Term

• 12-month fixed-term maternity leave contract

Other

• This role reports to the Director of TASO.
• This role is not a public appointment.

Equality and diversity

TASO welcomes enquiries from everyone and values diversity in our workplace. A commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.

We are looking for a talented Marketing and Communications Executive to join our Policy, Impact and Communications Team.

The Policy, Impact and Communications team showcases the value of design across all our work, influencing its use across the UK and beyond. We do this by understanding our audiences, and by creating content that influences attitudes, changes behaviour and builds movements at scale. The Marketing and Communications Executive will help deliver this important and inspiring work.

You will support the Senior Communications Manager in developing and delivering our communications strategy and managing our content planning across the short to long term. You will also manage a range of marketing and communication projects, working across different channels including social media. This could include engaging stakeholders in our Design Economy 2021 research project, determining how to attract new funders as part of our business development, or marketing and communicating some of our flagship design programmes.

You will have experience of working across organisations to deliver marketing and communication strategies. You will have a good understanding of business objectives, audience needs, brand identity and tactics to create relevant content.  You will also bring excellent copywriting, creative writing and proof-reading skills and experience of planning content across campaigns and projects that have achieved measurable impact.

We value inclusion, equality and diversity and we know that we can only design better for all, when we bring together people from different backgrounds and perspectives.  Therefore, we are actively recruiting for a diversity of candidates that reflects the ‘all’ of the society we are designing with and for. We can offer options to work from home, flexible working, compressed hours or other adjustments. 

To apply for this role, please send a CV and cover letter outllining your suitability for this role no later than the 23 May 2021.  Please download the Job Description for further information.

Our Communications & Engagement Manager is a new senior role in our organisation, responsible for raising awareness of and driving engagement with the Registry.  You will plan and deliver our communications strategy, co-ordinating our communications group to achieve this. You will ensure that we have joined-up, proactive and comprehensive communications that really engage our key audiences in IBD. You will keep a strategic outlook for opportunities where we can showcase our work, demonstrate our achievements and engage with our audiences. . At the heart of our work will be your skill in creating the key content that will tell the compelling stories that drive our audiences engagement with us.

About you: To be successful in this role you will be an organised, enthusiastic and innovative person with previous experience in a similar strategic communications role. You will be a first-class communicator who is able to create great relationships with people at all levels. You’ll be digitally knowledgeable and have exceptional writing and IT skills, including competence with digital communications tools. You will have a background in health related communications, and ideally an understanding of IBD or a similar disease. Your most important attributes will be your rigour in thinking, readiness to learn and your 'can do’ mindset. Above all, you need to believe in our mission and want to join us to make a difference: our small team makes a big difference in IBD across the UK and this needs to be more than ‘just a job’ for you.

About your skills and experience: you'll have experience of working in health or charity communications, demonstrable achievement of increasing audience engagement, delivery of communications outputs on time, demonstrable solutions skills in digital communications tools and technologies, including Wordpress, Mailchimp and Canva, ideally in the field of confidential health data. We're a small company and this is very much a 'hands-on' role, doing as much as managing the many stakeholders and resource allocated to this project

Position and Salary: this is a permanent part time position (24 hours/week). The FTE (40 hours/week) salary is £35,000 to £37,000, depending on skills and experience. We have been working remotely during the pandemic, and are now looking to put in place a hybrid home-work model for the whole organisation.

How to apply: please visit our website for the full job description and how to apply. If you are interested, please apply straight away, we are interviewing on a rolling basis, with first interviews potentially in w/c 14 May 2021, and will appoint when we have found the right candidate. .

The Opportunity:
GamCare is an independent charity that is a leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone harmed by gambling in Great Britain. They offer a wide range of support, including treatment and education programmes for those affected by gambling harms.

This is an exciting time to get behind an excellent cause as the organisation expands their team with several key hires. As their Digital Communications Manager you will be leading and coordinating all of GamCare’s digital communications output. At a time where they are looking to amplify their service, and as their service becomes more digital, this is an unique opportunity for somebody to really develop GamCare’s platforms, including app development and other digital assets, to deliver services to everyone who needs it.

Main responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for ensuring that all GamCare’s digital content is high quality, utilising their vast data and insight to tell the story of the work they do - whilst simultaneously improving their reach
• Develop a campaign approach to digital engagement, to ensure a flow of creative and measurable digital content across a range of channels as well as spotting other opportunities for activity in line with programmes of work
• This role will have matrix management for other digital outputs of other officers, as well as working with digital peers in other partner organisations and digital agencies.

Skills and experience:

• Previous experience of designing and delivering innovative and effective digital communications across a variety of channels, constantly target setting, evaluating and reviewing strategies and plans to ensure optimal engagement
• Experience of working with other teams across organisations in support of a business strategy
• Experience in web-based systems, developing and growing website content and engagement, SEO and effective development of customer journeys using UX approaches
• Knowledge of or interest in problem gambling/ gambling-related issues and the wider gambling sector is advantageous.

Established in 1876, Mothers’ Union is a Christian organisation that has been supporting families for over 140 years. They have over 4 million members worldwide, 55,000 of whom in Britain and Ireland. As a Christian charity, we aim to demonstrate faith in action through the transformation of communities worldwide. Our members work at grassroots level around the world bringing hope and practical support to at least a million people every year through our programmes and as part of the volunteer base of local churches.

The Fundraising & Communications Team & Role Purpose

The Fundraising & Communications Team is responsible for fundraising for the charitable work of Mothers’ Union and for communicating our work internally and externally in various formats and media platforms, resourcing dioceses and building membership. It has two areas of responsibility:

• Fundraising – community, individual giving and trusts and statutory funding 
• Communications – print and social media.

The Communications Officer will support the Head of Fundraising and Communications to deliver clear and consistent communications that will raise awareness, drive membership growth and facilitate fundraising across the Mothers’ Union movement. Faith is at the core of all that Mothers’ Union does. The post holder will be contribute to our faith discussions, write and review faith based resources. For this reason the post holder must be comfortable operating in a Christian environment.

MAIN DUTIES

1. Proactively create and deliver high quality, inspiring multi-channel content (including, but not limited to, members magazine, email marketing, social media, campaigns and website) to engage key stakeholders and attract new followers to our cause.
2. Co-ordinate the production of our bi-annual member’s magazine; leading editorial meetings, writing articles, conducting interviews, managing externals and overseeing timelines  - This will be the kick off and planning stages during your contract
3. Co-ordinate the production of our annual impact report (annual review). This will involve meetings with teams to source content, manage external copy writers and designers
4. Create content and manage the charities social media pages
5. Manage the charities website, including uploading all content and images. Being familiar with Drupal will be a strong advantage.
6. Proactively seek opportunities and generate ideas and content to achieve positive national media coverage in print, online, and broadcast media.
7. Measure and evaluate performance of media engagement, generating actionable reports which inform future activity and demonstrate impact to colleagues.
8. Provide copywriting and editing support across all internal and external communications to maintain consistent tone, style and messaging across all outputs and act as a ‘brand guardian’ together with colleagues in the communications team.
9. Take part in the charity’s out-of-office media enquiries and social media rota as required.
10. Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required by the employer.

KEY COMPETENCIES

Knowledge

1. Knowledge of current communication and marketing trends in the voluntary sector.
2. Knowledge of the faith sector in the UK (particularly the Anglican Communion).
3. Knowledge of the contribution that faith and non-faith charities can have in achieving sustainable development goals.

Skills

1. Excellent verbal and written skills in order to communicate with a wide range of audiences.
2. Ability to proof read and edit clearly and accurately.
3. Ability to take complex copy; and clearly and concisely identify and summarise key points allowing you to present a balanced argument.
4. Excellent interpersonal skills, confident to engage and interview a wide range of stakeholders.
5. Ability to set up systems and then monitor the impact of our communications work on and off line.
6. Excellent time management skills and ability to respond quickly and accurately to deadlines.
7. Developing a pool of high profile/celebrity supporters to support both communications and fundraising activity.
8. Highly developed project management skills with a strong attention to detail and deadlines.

Experience

1. At least 2 years’ experience of planning and delivering a range of communication activities including, but not limited to, publications, campaigns and digital media initiatives.
2. Demonstrable experience of working with and writing for digital media platforms.
3. Creating a database and network of key journalists and influencers that reaches outside the existing charities pool of influence.
4. Experience in managing communications contractors to deliver high quality publications to fixed deadlines.

Qualifications

1. Educated to degree level and/or equivalent experience in Communications, Digital marketing, media or journalism

Work Location

This role is primarily based at our head office in Central London. However, due to the current restrictions on movement, home working option is temporarily made available.

How to Apply

If you are interested in this position, please apply by sending your CV by clicking on "Apply with CharityJob"

Application Deadline

The closing date for applications is 07th May 2021. Due to the number of applications we receive, we may not be able to individually respond to each applicant. If we do not get in touch with you within 4 weeks from the application deadline, then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this position.

Equal Opportunity

Mothers’ Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to create an inclusive environment for all employees.

2021 is shaping up to be a significant year for climate action. With major international climate talks planned for November and governments and businesses alike making big announcements, change is in the air.

Bioregional’s communications team is vital to ensuring that we play our full part in maximizing the opportunities of unprecedented environmental awareness and action, and helping set the world on a path to net zero emissions.

We are looking for a strategic communicator. Someone who can help us cut through the noise to reach our target audiences within the built environment, retail and local government sectors, and to lead our small but mighty communications team in raising our profile, promoting our services, and sharing our brilliant stories. Our aim: to show others that a better future is still within our grasp, and inspire them to take bold action now.

Responsibilities and experience required

Our Head of Communications oversees all communications and marketing activities. This includes working with our advisory teams to promote their services and expertise through digital communications and PR, overseeing a programme of events, and supporting our CEO to add our constructive voice to relevant policy debates.

They are also responsible for promoting wider use of our internationally recognised sustainability framework, One Planet Living®.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A strong track record of achievement in a communications, marketing or PR role
• Excellent writing and editing skills for a range of audiences
• A good working knowledge of a broad range of digital communications channels and tools
• Experience in leading teams, able to bring out the best in people
• Experience of working within a sustainability or purpose-led organisation
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills
• A deep personal commitment to sustainability

About Bioregional

Bioregional has been winning awards and creating cutting-edge solutions to sustainability for over 25 years. Our ambition is simple. We want to inspire people to live happy, healthy lives within the natural limits of the planet, leaving space for wildlife and wilderness. We call this One Planet Living.

Bioregional is known for being an exceptionally friendly place to work, with a strong team culture that continues to thrive even during the pandemic.

Diversity and inclusion

Bioregional is committed to increasing diversity within our organisation, and the environmental sector as a whole. We welcome job applications from everyone, and treat all applications equally, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other equality characteristic. We expressly welcome applications from people of a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background.

More information

The post is permanent and full-time and is normally based at our offices at BedZED in South London, on the mainline Victoria and Thameslink train lines.

Salary: £49,000 to £55,000 depending on experience, plus 6% employer’s ethical pension contribution and 25 days of annual leave, rising by one day a year up to five years’ service.

Deadline for applications

9am, Monday 24 May 2021

We aim to hold interviews on either 3 or 4 June 2021. We regret that as we have limited resources, only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

PURPOSE OF ROLE

The Digital Marketing Executive (Engagement) will drive audience growth, engagement and data capture, maximising return on investment, and evidencing success through regular reporting. You will be achieve this through the creation, execution and delivery of integrated online marketing campaigns across all digital channels.

Reporting to the Digital Marketing Manager, the postholder will work closely with the DMM to develop strategy and discover new ways of promoting Premier's campaigns across a range of digital including social media, email marketing, landing pages, social media (organic and ppc) and creation of banners and pop ups.

KEY TASKS

• Plan and implement integrated digital marketing campaigns for all Premier brands, projects and events across channels (social, search and display).
• Develop, execute and evaluate promotional campaigns across social media platforms, including ongoing testing
• Generate lead campaigns to fulfil the telemarketing funnel
• Create content for organic and paid for social media
• Create and manage the marketing automation programs for both email and SMS channels
• Monitor, test, optimise and evaluate lead generation campaigns
• Devise and implement processes and workflows to ensure flow of data to other systems and departments
• Design and monitor landing pages for project and events with data capture forms for lead generation (including A/B testing)
• Copywriting, designing and executing email marketing campaigns
• Provide monitoring, reporting and analysis of digital activity and conversions
• Maintain and develop our digital resource hub at premierdigital.info
• Proactively develop new channels and approaches

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Educated to a degree level ideally in Marketing and Communications
• 2-3 years of experience in a Digital Marketing role
• Highly desirable to have completed the Facebook Blueprint courses, desired Google Analytics certification

ABILITIES & SKILLS

• Thorough understanding of digital marketing principles
• Good knowledge of WIX, Facebook Business Manager, Google Ads, and automation platforms (preferably Zapier)
• Some knowledge of: OptinMonster and SMS automation campaigns
• Web analytics
• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Photo/image editing
• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Be passionate about all things digital
• Able to work independently
• Self-starter, motivated, results driven
• Excellent time management skills
• Interpersonal and influencing skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good at working as part of cross functional team
• Able to work under pressure         

Due to the number of applications we receive we cannot reply to unsuccessful candidates, therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date please accept that, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful.

PURPOSE OF ROLE

Working within the Marketing team, the Digital Marketing Executive (Ecommerce) is responsible for driving the growth in our commercial initiatives across our online platforms, developing their reach, maximising return on investment and delivering on specific sales targets.

Reporting to the Digital Marketing Manager, the Digital Marketing Executive (Ecommerce) will be responsible for the whole life cycle of consumers from positive brand representation across various social media channels, creating a sales funnel through to purchase analysis and retention strategies, evidencing success through regular reporting.

The postholder will also be responsible for supporting our advertising sales team execute digital campaigns through email marketing and banner advertising and the recruitment platform Premier Jobsearch.

KEY TASKS

• Create sales funnels for our coffee, shop and magazine offers with engaging and creative digital content to support commercial campaigns
• Work with commercial team to create bundles, package and offers
• Create and execute plans and content for organic and paid for social media
• Develop, implement and optimise customer journeys, developing the use of automation and deepening personalisation in communications to increase engagement and loyalty
• Build, optimise and maintain product pages
• Provide monitoring, reporting and analysis of digital activity and conversions
• Responsible for maintaining and enhancing the Premier Shop and GOEcoffee websites
• Proactively develop new channels and approaches
• Support sales team with booking inventory, creating emails, banner placement and reporting.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Educated to a degree level ideally in Marketing and Communications
• 2-3 years of experience in a Digital Marketing role
• Highly desirable to have completed the Facebook Blueprint courses, desired Google Analytics certification

ABILITIES & SKILLS

• Thorough understanding of digital marketing principles
• Good knowledge of: WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, Hootsuite, Google Tag Manager and Facebook Business Manager
• Web analytics
• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Photo/image editing
• Some knowledge of DotDigital
• Some knowledge of automating processes between platforms
• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Be passionate about all things digital, with a focus on ecommerce
• Able to work independently
• Self-starter, motivated, results driven
• Excellent time management skills
• Interpersonal and influencing skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good at working as part of cross functional team
• Able to work under pressure

Due to the number of applications we receive we cannot reply to unsuccessful candidates, therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date please accept that, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful.

Ivy Rock Partners are proud to be partnering with The Philharmonia Orchestra in recruiting an outstanding, creative and analytical marketing and communications expert to advance the Philharmonia’s vision to have a transformative impact on the lives of its audiences. The new post-holder will deliver the re-launch of the Orchestra’s live concert series to audiences after COVID-19 disruption, and play a key role in developing the profile of our new Principal Conductor, Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

The Marketing & Communications Director plays a crucial role at the Philharmonia, creating and delivering marketing and audience development strategies, and leading on all areas related to audiences and the media. The post holder will work closely with the Chief Executive, the other Directors and the Marketing and Communications team of six, to attract and retain audiences for the Orchestra’s programme.

The orchestra

Based in London at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, the Philharmonia creates thrilling performances for a global audience. Through its network of residencies, the Orchestra has a national footprint, serving communities across England both in performance and through its extensive outreach and engagement programme. Founded in 1945, in part as a recording orchestra for the nascent home audio market, today the Philharmonia uses the latest digital technology to reach new audiences for symphonic music.

The Philharmonia is led by Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen, its Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor since 2008. Fellow Finn Santtu-Matias Rouvali takes over from Salonen as Principal Conductor in the 2021/22 season.

During the Covid-19 lockdown, the Philharmonia’s strong digital programme has enabled the Orchestra to maintain an international presence, with a global audience enjoying live-streamed concerts and the critically acclaimed free Philharmonia Sessions series.

The Philharmonia is a registered charity. It relies on income from a wide range of sources to deliver its programme, and is proud to be generously supported by Arts Council England

The Team

The Philharmonia’s busy Marketing and Communications Department is responsible for the Orchestra’s reach, revenue and reputation with audiences and the media.

At the core of the team’s work is the creation and delivery of marketing and communications campaigns for the Orchestra’s UK residencies: over 35 concerts a season at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, and concert series at the Philharmonia’s residency towns and festivals across England. Since the COVID-19 shutdown, this portfolio has been replaced by new livestreamed and pre-recorded online concert series, and both live and online strands will continue in the future. The Marketing team also manages the Orchestra’s press and publicity, brand and social media, promotes the Philharmonia’s commercial recordings, and is closely involved in the Orchestra’s award-winning audience development projects.

The Marketing and Communications Department:

• Senior Marketing Manager

• Marketing and Press Manager

• Data & Insights Marketing Manager

• Box Office Manager

• Audience Development Manager (line-managed jointly with the Director of Learning & Engagement)

• Marketing Officer

• Programmes Editor (freelance)

Role summary:

• To achieve revenue and audience targets for the Philharmonia’s live and digital concert series.

• To create and deliver the Philharmonia’s marketing and audience development strategies, benchmarked to the organisation’s Arts Council England Business Plan.

• To lead the Marketing and Communications team to deliver against all of its areas of work, including public relations, audience development, CRM and data insights, sales and box office, audience experience and brand management.

• To work with the Chief Executive to develop the Philharmonia’s digital reach and revenue across audio and video streaming, social platforms and broadcast.

• To contribute to the strategy of the organisation as part of the senior management team, and to use marketing tools and channels to support wider organisational activity, including Learning & Engagement and Development.

• To oversee the development of the Philharmonia’s brand identity, and act as brand guardian for the company

Role and responsibilities

Concert marketing campaigns:

• To lead all elements of series and individual concert marketing campaigns for the Philharmonia’s flagship season at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, delivering c. £1.2m in ticket sales each year.

• To engage and retain audiences for the Philharmonia’s network of city and festival residencies across the UK.

• To develop materials and asset packs to support UK and international promoters presenting the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Digital music campaigns:

• To develop the Orchestra’s own-promotion audio-visual streaming programme, using Vimeo OTT and associated tools.

• To manage the marketing and catalogue – both digital and physical – for the Philharmonia’s album releases on Signum Records.

Strategy:

• To create and deliver the Philharmonia’s marketing strategy, and lead on audience development strategies to reach more diverse audiences with the Orchestra’s programme.

• To lead on all areas related to audiences in the Philharmonia’s Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation planning and reporting, including the Business Plan and Annual Survey. Digital marketing and CRM:

• Working with the Data & Insights Marketing Manager and wider team, to develop best marketing practice across email, paid media, social media, web, SEO and ecommerce.

• Working with the Data & Insights Marketing Manager and Box Office Manager, to lead the Philharmonia’s customer relationship management, to build its available data set, and to use CRM tools and tactics to deliver audience engagement and retention.

• To take responsibility for the Philharmonia’s digital platforms – website and purchase pathway, ticketing CRM (Tessitura), email marketing software and social accounts.

Data & insights:

• Working with the Data & Insights Marketing Manager, to develop the Orchestra’s framework of audience insights, using segmentation models, CRM tools, platform analytics and Power BI to inform campaigns and reporting.

• To conceive and develop market research and surveying projects to deepen knowledge of both the Philharmonia audience base and target audiences.

• Working with the Data & Insights Marketing Manager, to develop effective use of the Audience Finder platform and associated surveying tools, generating insights and reporting across our UK programme.

• To oversee all internal reporting in regard to audiences and the media, ensuring the senior management team and wider stakeholder group have a clear picture of performance and how audience insights inform and shape marketing strategy.

Audience development:

• Working with the Audience Development Manager and other colleagues, to develop projects to deliver programming and experiences that attract and retain more diverse audiences for the Philharmonia’s programme.

• To support the Audience Development Manager to work on the legacy of the Philharmonia’s major 2018/19 audience development project, The Virtual Orchestra.

Press and PR:

• With the Philharmonia’s media relations agency, Bread and Butter PR, to place coverage about the Orchestra’s programme in the media.

• With Bread and Butter PR, to manage issues relating to the Philharmonia’s reputation in the media.

• To manage the Philharmonia’s broadcast relationships, with Classic FM, BBC Radio 3 and other online platforms as appropriate.

Brand:

• To oversee the Philharmonia’s brand identity, acting as brand guardian and to support departments and colleagues to use the brand effectively.

• To ensure consistency of use of the Philharmonia brand and tone of voice across all platforms and output.

Person specification

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience in a marketing role, preferably in music or the performing arts

• Demonstrable experience of creating and delivering creative, data-informed marketing campaigns for a live events programme

• Strong experience with digital marketing tools and techniques, across email, paid media, social media, web, SEO and ecommerce

• Outstanding knowledge and understanding of market research techniques, CRM and using data to make decisions

• Experience overseeing proactive publicity and PR campaigns

• Outstanding communication skills and the ability to lead and inspire a team

• A demonstrable interest in the performing arts

• Ability to work fast and efficiently within a pressurised environment, involving multiple stakeholders and deadlines

• Ability to build strong working relationships at all levels of the company, and at Board and senior artist level

• A flexible approach, and willingness to work during evening and weekend events

Desirable

• Experience with ticketing CRM systems, preferably Tessitura

• Enthusiasm for, and knowledge of, classical music

• Experience working for an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation

Key information

• Salary: £50,000 – £56,000

• Contract: permanent

• Pension: the Company will contribute 6% of salary to a qualifying pension scheme

The Philharmonia Orchestra is committed to ensuring equitable opportunities and a welcoming environment for all those that engage in our work. We strive for a more representative workforce and encourage applications from under-represented groups in the UK arts workforce, particularly those from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority backgrounds, from lower socio-economic statuses, d/Deaf and Disabled applicants, and those from the LGBTQIA+ community.

How to apply

Full job pack available upon request.

Please include details of two referees in your application (we will not contact your referees without your permission).

• Deadline for applications: midnight on Thursday 27 May 2021

• First-round interviews will take place during the week commencing 31 May 2021

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 37 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

Islamic Relief UK is looking for a Head of Communications & Creative Content as we go through a period of exciting growth and change.

The Head of Communications & Creative Content will work to raise the profile of Islamic Relief UK to internal and external audiences, will deliver strong leadership so we can maximise our impact and effectiveness and achieve our strategic ambitions, and will also play a key role as a member of the UK Senior Management Team.

The Head of Communications & Creative Content will need to operate effectively and efficiently in a continually developing and changing workplace context and be capable of motivating others to embrace change.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Substantial experience, operating at a senior level in communications, creative content, public relations, journalism, or advocacy & campaigning  
• Practical experience of developing, monitoring and evaluating communication strategies and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and converting strategy into delivery
• Experience of tailoring communication messages to key audiences  including media and hostile/antagonistic audiences
• Demonstrable experience of handling complex and sensitive issues in a high-profile organisation with multiple stakeholders
• Experience of managing crisis comms
• Proven ability to lead, mentor and coach  a wide-ranging team
• Strong understanding of international development and humanitarian work
• Proven track record in public speaking

If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on or around 16/06/2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

Want to use your skills in partnership communications to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

Join WaterAid as Senior Partnership Communications Advisor to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

The Senior Partnership Communications Advisor sits in the Projects and Partnerships team within the Brand and Creative Department. The team works to identify and maximise strategic communications opportunities and value for WaterAid.

You will have a good eye for brand, design, film and photography, as well as excellent storytelling skills to engage our audiences.

This is a 12-month, full time fixed term maternity cover contract. Some travel may be required. Due to current restrictions the majority of our staff are working from home.

The Senior Partnership Communications Advisor will work closely with the Water Industry Partnership and Corporate Teams to support existing fundraising and engagement activity and find new ways to involve employees and customers.

This role is key to enabling our Strategic Partnership Account Managers to build the strongest possible relationships with our supporters, bringing WaterAid's work to life and helping them to understand the impact of their support.

You'll also:

* Work closely with internal stakeholders notably from the Water Industry Partnership Team, the Corporate Partnership Team and the Communications Teams to lead on creative and ambitious, communications strategies to support our partners to engage their customers and employees around WaterAid's work.

* Work with Brand and Creative, Digital and Mass Engagement Teams to maximise the use of our storytelling content. Tailor big communication themes and key dates so they are relevant to the audience, and explore strategic ways to deepen engagement of our partners.

* Work closely with the Water Industry Partnership and Corporate Teams to brief in bespoke film, photo and story requests as required. This will potentially involve strategic content planning and managing overseas trips; managing photographers, film makers and translators; and carrying out a range of post-production activities after a trip.

To be successful, you'll need:

• Educated to a degree level or equivalent work experience.
• Experience working at a similar level, developing and implementing communications strategies which engage a range of stakeholders.
• Proven experience of developing engaging and persuasive donor communications, ideally for a corporate audience.
• Ability to generate and develop creative and innovative ideas, with a good eye for brand, design, film and photography.
• A good understanding of digital communication channels and tools and knowledge of story gathering and storytelling.
• Proven experience of coordinating communications activities and managing projects; working collaboratively across multiple stakeholders and building relationships with senior managers.
• Creative Cloud skills for support in designing comms assets

Salary: £33,300 with excellent benefits

WaterAid benefits include:
* 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
* Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
* We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
* Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangements
* Season Ticket Loan
* Free annual eye tests
* Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
* Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave.
* Sabbaticals
* Volunteer Day

How to Apply:
To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into the same document in either Word Document or PDF format. Applications will close 23:59 on 23/05/2021. Availability for interview is required for the w/c 31/05/2021.

Additional Information
WaterAid is currently located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base. Due to current restrictions on office capacity the majority of our staff are working from home. All aspects of this including how we are supporting homeworking and the office transition will be discussed at the interview stage with you.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.

WaterAid is an equal opportunities, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality. Should you have a disability and require any additional support, please contact us.

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 37 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

Islamic Relief UK is looking for Volunteer Engagement Manager as we go through a period of exciting growth and change.

Volunteers are at the heart of IRUK’s work - the core purpose of this role is to take overall responsibility of leading and coordinating the delivery of IRUK’s Volunteer Engagement Strategy. This will include direct engagement with volunteers on a national level such as to support the recruitment (including internal screening process), coordination, retention and development of volunteers (and interns) for IRUK with the aim of helping them to gain experience in their field of work as well as to ensure that there is a pool of reliable and experience volunteers to support IR’s activities.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Proven experience of volunteer management in a complex organisation delivering measurable improvements
• Have experience in project management with an ability to manage multiple projects
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills with the ability to engage and inspire a wide range of audiences
• Ability to use a relationship-based database to support and develop volunteer recruitment, training, managing, tracking, retaining, rewarding and recognising volunteers
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Understanding of confidentiality, equalities and diversity and how it affects this role, the organisation and volunteers/support
• Excellent time management skills and ability to organise workload efficiently
• Experience of working within humanitarian and development (third) sector is an advantage

If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on or around 07/06/2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

Senior Communications Officer, Sustaining Impact - Up to £39,000 - London

Senior Communications Officer with interest in providing a real difference at Community Level please apply!

THE COMPANY

A not for profit organisation, this highly motivated team is defined by its' unique supporting role within local communities; funding and supporting through research, policy, events and public engagement are part of the remit for the next 5 years, with the aim of driving change.

THE ROLE

This new role of Senior Communications Manager will join the team as one of 3 and with the wider team to deliver the organisation's communications strategy.

The key remit will be to develop brilliant content to engage the local communities audiences to increase support for the organisation overall. As online editor, the Senior Communications Officer will have key responsibility for ensuring the website performs superbly, continuing to develop to meet the audience needs. The role will also manage the Digital Engagement Officer. Experience with managing websites, content development, delivery as well as user journeys, UX, analytics etc is key.

YOU

To apply for the role of Senior Communications Officer you will need to demonstrate you have:
- website development expertise meeting user needs
- excellent writing and editing skills as well as great analytics and reporting skills
- excellent communication skills working well across teams and external stakeholders
- experience of developing and managing websites, user journeys, UX, content strategies
- Email and CRM knowledge, including segmentation
- Line management experience and organising events
- Budget management
- able to work at pace and deliver

If you tick all these boxes we want to hear from you now!

Senior Communications Officer, Sustaining Impact - Up to £39,000 - London

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Job title: Communications and Membership Manager

Location: Flexible but easy access to London will be essential, as will occasional travel to Leeds.

Role: Permanent and full time. We are open to considering more flexible working options (e.g. working a minimum of four days per week).

Salary: £36,150 (FTE) – plus £4,000 London Allowance if applicable

• Are you passionate about health and social care?
• Are you an all-round strong communications performer?
• Have you run proactive comms campaigns?
• Do you enjoy creating great content for bulletins, social media and the web?
• If so, this could be the role for you……

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• Solid stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
• Strong negotiation and analytical skills
• Experience of campaigns, social media and member engagement 
• Experience in strategic planning, account management and communications evaluation
• A successful track record of delivering proactive media campaigns and plans

About the role

This is an exciting time to join the NHS Confederation. We are the only member organisation that represents the whole of the health and care system as the NHS move towards system working in the largest shakeup in recent years. They will engage in a wide range of communications activity, influencing and campaigning on behalf of our members. 

The role is part of the external affairs team, which also leads on public affairs and media relations and as such, the postholder will be expected to form part of the press office on-call rota alongside other colleagues, for which an additional allowance will be provided. 

This will be a London-based role but as our organisation continues to operate remotely in response to the coronavirus pandemic, we are open to receiving applications from further afield providing that travel to the city will not be a problem in future, subject to business need. Also, as our organisation has an office in Leeds, occasional travel to this site (for example; one day every two months post pandemic) may be required. 

About you

You will have worked already in communications, either in a charity or NHS organisation, and have a proven track record in a range of comms disciplines, from achieving good coverage to creating strong member-led content for websites, social channels and bulletins.  You will be able to demonstrate a creative flair for communicating complex information in accessible ways, understand how to represent member views and use them effectively to influence decision-makers. 

About us

The NHS Confederation is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment for our staff. A place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of inclusive employment policies including family friendly policies and flexible working and we have range of channels to support staff from different backgrounds including our staff networks and a staff forum.

The NHS Confederation is committed to being a flexible employer. We understand the value and benefit to our employees being able to work flexibly to respond to changing circumstances and we want to ensure we do as much as possible to help support a work life balance and take care of employee health and wellbeing.

You will receive an excellent benefits package, including 30 days annual leave, pension scheme, flexible working, salary sacrifice schemes and travel season ticket loans. 

To Apply

Please download the job description, read the application guidance and complete the application form. Please note we do not accept CVs. 

Application deadline: 9th May 2021 (midnight)

Interview date: TBC, w/c 17th May or w/c 24th May 2021