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Air Ambulances UK
Air Ambulances UK (AAUK) is the national charity supporting the lifesaving work of the UK’s air ambulance charities, enabling them to save even more lives every day.
Purpose of Post
The Campaigns & Partnerships Communications Lead will play a central role in the planning, development, and delivery of AAUK’s communications campaigns and partnership-facing content.
The role will strengthen AAUK’s national voice by delivering high-quality, consistent, and engaging campaign outputs across both national awareness activity and partnership-supported initiatives.
This is a communications and campaign delivery role, supporting partnership activity through creative content, campaign assets, and storytelling rather than income generation or fundraising delivery.
The key objectives are:
- Support the creation of high-quality communications assets for partnership activity.
- Lead the delivery of AAUK’s annual campaign programme, including national and sector-wide awareness campaigns.
- Develop and deliver micro-campaigns aligned to key awareness moments across the year.
- Ensure consistent storytelling, messaging, and brand tone across all campaign outputs.
- Work collaboratively across teams to deliver impactful, audience-focused communications.
Key Responsibilities
Campaign Planning & Delivery
- Lead on the planning and delivery of key national campaigns, including Air Ambulance Week.
- Develop and deliver micro-campaigns such as: Restart a Heart Day, World Pilot Day, Road Safety Week and other relevant awareness campaigns.
- Create integrated campaign plans, messaging, and content outputs.
- Coordinate campaign timelines and ensure cross-team alignment for delivery.
Partnership Communications & Campaign Support
- Develop communications materials to support AAUK partnership activity and collaborations.
- Produce campaign assets, storytelling content, and supporting materials for external stakeholders.
- Support the creation of presentations, briefings, and campaign packs for partner engagement.
- Work closely with internal teams to ensure consistency in messaging across partnership activity.
- Act as a key communications contact for campaign-related partnership delivery.
Content Development & Storytelling
- Translate operational, clinical, and sector information into accessible public-facing content.
- Support the creation of case studies, ambassador content, and campaign narratives.
- Contribute to editorial outputs including publications and campaign materials.
Campaign Delivery & Digital Collaboration
- Work closely with the Communications & Marketing team to ensure campaign content is effectively delivered across digital channels.
- Support the creation of social media, email, and website assets linked to campaign activity.
- Ensure campaign messaging is consistent across all external communications channels.
- Contribute to improving audience engagement through high-quality campaign content.
Monitoring & Evaluation
- Support campaign performance tracking and evaluation using engagement and reach data.
- Produce post-campaign reports and insights to support continuous improvement.
- Identify trends and opportunities to improve future campaign effectiveness.
General Responsibilities
- Represent AAUK professionally in internal and external meetings where required.
- Work collaboratively with communications, fundraising, and policy teams.
- Ensure all activity complies with GDPR, fundraising regulations, and brand guidelines.
- Support wider organisational priorities and strategic objectives.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of campaign processes and delivery.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Experience in a communications, marketing, or campaign delivery role.
- Proven ability to plan and deliver multi-channel campaigns.
- Strong written communication and storytelling skills.
- Experience working across teams and managing multiple priorities.
- Ability to translate complex or technical information into engaging public content.
- Strong organisational and project coordination skills.
- Understanding of digital communications and content production.
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience within a charity, public sector, or membership organisation.
- Experience supporting partnership or stakeholder communications.
- Familiarity with digital content tools and CMS platforms.
- Experience in campaign evaluation and reporting.
- Knowledge of the air ambulance sector or emergency services (desirable but not essential).
Key Attributes
- Creative and ideas-led approach to communications.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
- Collaborative and proactive working style.
- Commitment to AAUK’s values and mission.
Benefits
- 36 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays FTE)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Blue Light Card and Blue Light Events
- Pension contributions
- Training and development opportunities
- Life Assurance policy cover
- Development opportunities
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
AAUK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work. We actively encourage applications from under-represented groups and are committed to building an inclusive workplace.
Application Process
Applications should be submitted via CV and covering letter. Your covering letter should clearly demonstrate how your experience meets the requirements of the role.
Deadline for applications: 5 June 2026.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview w/c 15 June 2026.
This is a fixed-term role, reviewed during the contract period. Future decisions on medium- and longer-term resourcing will form part of our organisational strategy and financial planning.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
We are the national charity supporting the lifesaving work of the UK’s air ambulance charities, enabling them to save even more lives every day
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Salary: £26,978 - £29,663 (Grade A)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Manchester / Hybrid
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and driven Communications and Engagement Lead to help shape how students are represented, heard and connected across Greater Manchester.
The Greater Manchester Students’ Partnership (GMSP) brings together students’ unions from across the city region to collaborate, campaign and influence on behalf of students. As Communications and Engagement Lead, you’ll play a key role in telling that story — creating engaging content, supporting regional campaigns and helping to grow a partnership that’s entering an exciting next phase.
This is a varied, fast‑paced role where no two days are the same. You’ll own GMSP’s digital channels, work closely with elected student officers and partner students’ unions, and support activity that amplifies student voice at a city‑region level. Alongside creative communications, you’ll also gain experience of partnership working, events and governance — building a strong foundation for future career development.
About you
This role is ideal for someone early in their career who’s motivated, proactive and excited by making real impact. You’ll bring experience from communications, marketing, campaigns or engagement‑focused work, and you’ll be keen to learn, grow and take ownership of your work.
You’ll also demonstrate:
- Strong content creation skills, with the ability to tell compelling stories across digital and social platforms.
- Confidence working with a wide range of people, including students, elected officers and external partners.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities and stay organised in a busy environment.
- A collaborative, can‑do approach and the confidence to use your initiative.
- A genuine interest in student representation and making a difference at a regional level.
Why work with us?
You’ll be part of a growing regional partnership focused on improving the student experience across Greater Manchester. This role offers the chance to build your skills, shape creative campaigns and work alongside students and professionals from across the city region — all while contributing to meaningful change for students.
If you’re looking for a role where you can develop quickly, work creatively and see the impact of your work, we’d love to hear from you.
For further information and to apply, please click the apply button.
Closing Date: 23:59pm on Sunday 31st May 2026.
Interview Date: Monday 15th or Tuesday 16th June 2026.
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Purpose of the Role
To manage and deliver the Veterans’ Foundation’s external communications, ensuring clear, consistent and high-quality messaging across all public-facing activity. The role will support fundraising through effective marketing, media, social and events, helping to strengthen visibility, engagement and brand coherence.
The Veterans’ Foundation is entering its second decade with a clear ambition to strengthen its visibility, reputation and reach across the UK. As the organisation grows, there is an increasing need for clear, consistent and well-managed communications that reflect the impact of its work and support its external profile.
This role sits within that transition, supporting the development of a more consistent and coordinated approach to communications. The Communications & Engagement Lead will help ensure that messaging, content and external visibility are clear, coherent and delivered to a high standard.
Principal Duties
The main duties of the Communications & Engagement Lead are:
· To plan and deliver external communications activity across media, social media, digital channels and events
· To support the development and consistent application of the organisation’s brand, ensuring clarity of messaging, tone and visual identity
· To support fundraising campaigns through effective communication, content, events and amplification
· To identify and support media, PR and event opportunities that increase visibility and strengthen the organisation’s external profile
· To oversee the creation of content across channels, ensuring quality, consistency and alignment with brand guidelines
· To work with external agencies and suppliers, including briefing and coordinating delivery of communications activity
· To coordinate communications and events activity across VF teams to ensure alignment and avoid duplication or inconsistency
· To support the planning and delivery of organisational events, ensuring communications, messaging and audience engagement are effectively managed
· To monitor the performance of communications activity and use insight to inform improvements
· To ensure communications activity is delivered in line with organisational policies, regulatory requirements and reputational considerations
· To contribute to the development of a more structured and proactive communications approach across the organisation
Other tasks may be required from time to time consistent with the job role.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
· Experience in communications, marketing, media or PR roles with responsibility for delivering external communications activity
· Experience supporting the development and consistent application of brand across communications and channels
· Experience working across media, PR, social media and/or digital content
· Experience working with external agencies or partners to deliver communications activity
· Experience supporting or delivering communications for events, including promotion and audience engagement
· Strong understanding of how different channels perform and how to use them effectively
· Experience of planning and coordinating communications activity across teams or stakeholders
· Strong written communication skills and ability to develop clear, engaging and appropriate messaging
· Good judgement and awareness of reputational considerations in external communications
· Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver work in a fast-moving organisation
· A collaborative approach and ability to work effectively across teams
To Apply
Please send your CV and a short supporting statement outlining a specific communications activity you have led, including the outcomes achieved and how engagement was improved.
