This highly entrepreneurial, creative and rewarding role cuts across our exciting children’s literature programmes and publishing ventures. Working as part of an energetic team, they’ll play a lynchpin role in our life-changing work - enriching our content, raising our profile, securing sustainability and driving growth. The right candidate will be a highly skilled multitasker and excellent copywriter, bringing expertise and imagination from similar roles to infuse our public-facing content. Must love literature and believe in its power to change lives!

THE ORGANISATION

We’re a non-profit community interest company, with a team of eight full-time and one part-time staff, governed by a Board of Non-Executive Directors who volunteer their time to offer strategic support and ensure accountability. We take a business-minded approach to achieving our charitable mission; this greatly informs our ethos, making us enterprising and ambitious. Since 2011 we’ve secured almost £5,000,000 from funders and sponsors. 

OUR WORK

We deliver imaginative and ambitious programmes and projects which transform lives through literature - especially by working with people in deprived places and challenging circumstances. We achieve our mission through three strands of work:

• Educational programmes in schools, facilitating rich learning opportunities through contemporary literature, interactions with diverse authors, and training for educators
• Talent development, investing in and advocating for aspiring, emerging and established writers and illustrators, especially from under-represented backgrounds
• Community projects, providing literature creation opportunities for and with children and young people experiencing marginalisation, isolation or who are at risk

This is an exciting time to join us, as we mark our 10th anniversary, celebrate the impact we’ve had on 125,000 people, and set out our vision for the next ten years. Covid-19 has deeply challenged the way work, but the gap in children’s education and the untold impact on young people’s wellbeing has made that work more vital than ever. Disruption has also catalysed rich innovation and we’ve successfully transformed our offers for schools, communities and artists into dynamic online experiences, sustaining engagement through successive lockdowns. We’ve also launched new commercial and community publishing ventures. These new areas of expertise will only increase revenue, enhance our offers and widen participation in the years to come.

The four main strands of work the candidate will have a role in:

- A national children's literature festival which connects thousands of school children nationwide with quality children’s books and authors

- A talent development programme increasing minority representation in children’s publishing, with investment from 12 publisher and 9 university affiliates

- Our first commercial publishing venture, a collection of 10 new books giving a platform to untold stories and diverse new voices, with plans to launch a new collection annually from 2022

- The Rainbow Library: A UK and Ireland-wide literature creation and publishing programme involving LGBTQ+ young people collaborating with LGBTQ+ writers and illustrators

In June 2021, Covid-permitting, we’ll be celebrating our 10th Birthday at an event in central London, where we’ll launch 10 Stories, publish our 10 Year Report, and showcase the diverse people we’ve worked with over the last 10 years in a photographic exhibition. The Marketing and Comms Manager will work closely with the whole Pop Up team to produce that event.

The role requires entrepreneurship, imagination and responsiveness, to:

• Market our products and services;
• Promote our work and its impact;
• Generally raise the profile of our organisation.

Main responsibilities include:

• Managing and enhancing our overarching marketing and comms strategy, in line with organisational goals as well as commitments to funders and stakeholders, including periodic review of and reporting on KPIs, targets and objectives
• Developing and leading execution of promotional and sales campaigns in support of products, services, programmes and projects - including the creation and distribution of key (print and digital) assets
• Writing and overseeing copy creation for assets as well as comms messaging - including press releases - for campaigns targeted to particular audiences
• Managing and developing our websites supported by teams. This includes working with design agencies, commissioning content from others, and optimising user journeys
• Steering digital/social media strategy to drive growth, engagement and lead generation across platforms and channels, including line-managing a Social Media Coordinator (2dpw)
• Enhancing marketing systems and processes through developing CRM pipelines and dashboards, and automating activities wherever possible
• Creating and managing briefs and contracts with agencies and freelancers from time to time, supervising delivery to milestones and managing risk
• Occasional event management responsibilities, including our 10th Birthday celebrations in 2021

Because we have many relationships and collaborations with (aspiring and professional) children’s writers and illustrators, as well as editorial teams and publishers generally, we regularly produce literary content including original writing and illustration, which the Marketing & Comms Manager will make use of to enrich our assets and tell the stories we want to tell.

IS THIS YOU?

The successful candidate will have a minimum of two years in a similar role, and ideally at least five years working in the publishing, cultural or charitable sectors. However, we are open to candidates from other sectors. You’ll need to demonstrate experience in managing high quality and effective marketing and strategic campaigns across digital and print channels. As a children’s literature agency with strong educational impact, the content of our communications and assets needs to be of the highest quality, balancing sophistication with imagination and accessibility - a strong candidate will be a skilled communicator with proven copywriting skills. You’ll need to be an excellent multitasker, capable of balancing a portfolio of multiple projects at all points in the year. The ability to work both independently and collaboratively under pressure, and to adapt flexibly and responsively to changing circumstances, is essential.

Experience of the following would be ideal:

• website content management systems (ideally wordpress)
• understanding of SEO strategies, social media, direct marketing
• PR campaigns and media relationships
• using CRM systems to monitor and optimise lead generation

The following are general requirements:

• Must be eligible to work in the UK
• Must be able to work in London as well as remotely
• Willingness to work flexibly in accordance with the demands of the work, which will include occasional evenings and weekends

Candidates with a BAME background are encouraged to apply as they are currently under-represented at this level.

Please send the following to the email address provided on the 'How to apply' tab:

1. A CV highlighting relevant skills and experience, no more than 3 pages long, we especially like succinct, well-designed CVs that speak to the role being applied for!

2. In your email or covering letter EITHER send a link to an online marketing asset (e.g. website, film) you produced OR attach a marketing asset (e.g. digital, print item) in PDF or JPG - we’re looking for substantial examples that show you’re a fit for our brand!

The  deadline for applications is on Monday 22nd March at 1pm and interviews will be the following week. If you have any questions, please send them to the email address provided on the 'How to apply' tab.

Cumbria CVS has a long history of supporting the voluntary sector and has played a key role in the Covid-response to date. We have now completed a strategic review and want to strengthen our team!  If you have the energy, enthusiasm and resilience to help our wonderful sector succeed in these challenging times and would like to work in a flexible, friendly team that is passionate about making a difference to communities across Cumbria, then this role may be for you.
We are recruiting a skilled, experienced and motivated Communications Manager (F/T) to support the development and implementation of an effective communications strategy for Cumbria CVS and the wider third sector, including digital communications.
We are especially looking for self-motivated individuals with relevant skills, qualifications and experience of partnership working and collaboration and if you have an understanding of and a commitment to the values of the Cumbria CVS - Leadership, Excellence, Equity, Integrity and Voluntarism - and would like to work for this forward thinking organisation, then we want to hear from you.

Application Pack:

Position: Research Communications Manager
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Flexible but will require regular travel to London (currently home-based)
Salary: £46,364 - £50,909 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band G, Level 3
Department: Research

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

We’re looking for a communications professional with an excellent grasp of biomedical science to oversee our ambitious research communications programme. You will lead the day to day operational work of the research communications team, line managing two members of staff.

This role involves leading on a broad and varied range of projects, often working collaboratively with other departments across the organisation. You’ll oversee the development of engaging research related content for digital and print, as well as managing an annual programme of research talks and events. You’ll also represent the Society at regional and national events and through print and broadcast media.

As a key member of the Research management team, you’ll contribute to the leadership, planning and policy formulation of the department as a whole.

You’ll be joining the research team at an exciting time as we prepare to launch a multi-million pound clinical trials platform. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive and friendly team.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

As part of this exciting transformation, we’ll be moving from our current National Centre based in Cricklewood, London to Finsbury Park, London later this year. We’re expecting to be moving into our new office from August 2021.

Closing date: 9am on Thursday 25 March
Interview date: 7 April

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity. 

No agencies please.

John Whitgift Foundation is a Croydon based education and care charity that works to support people of all ages and backgrounds and brings them together to inspire a sense of community in all that we do. With this in mind, we are looking for a strategic and dynamic person to develop a comprehensive internal communications strategy to engage and inspire community amongst our 1,000 staff who are working across different sites and with diverse roles delivering our education and care services. The post holder will be an experienced internal communication professional with excellent skills in planning and delivering a multi-channel internal communications infrastructure with the ability to manage relationships with staff at all levels. Through the mission, vision, and values of the Foundation we are looking to develop a culture whereby staff in our schools, care homes and Carers Information Service feel connected and part of the wider Foundation. We are also delivering several major systems projects in HR and Finance and the role will be critical in supporting the roll out of these.

• Tree Aid, Bristol
• Home-based during COVID, office-based normally
• 35 hours a week, full time, permanent
• Salary: £36,078 per annum + competitive holiday + pension

Benefits: 25 days per year increasing 1 day for each year of service up to 30 days, (not including bank holidays), pension contributions matched up to 6%, annual eyesight tests, cycle to work scheme, weekly French class and scope for flexible working.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Communications Manager at Tree Aid.

We work with people in the drylands of Africa to tackle poverty and the effects of the climate crisis by growing trees, improving people’s incomes, and restoring and protecting land. Led by local people, our projects make sure trees thrive so they can provide food and incomes today, and protect the environment for tomorrow.

After almost four years at Tree Aid, our Communications Manager is moving on. This is what she has to say about the role:

"This is a brilliant role that I encourage great comms people to apply for! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed delivering communications for this fantastic cause over the last few years. It’s such a unique role in a friendly and driven organisation. Tree Aid is gaining increased recognition and attention - and the best is yet to come as there are some really exciting opportunities on the horizon.

"The Communications team has grown from one to three roles in just two years and you will be working with highly skilled and talented people that make turning up to work every day enjoyable and inspiring. The role is really broad and interesting, from working with in-country colleagues on professional content gathering trips to leading collaboration through the Communications Working Group. Digital is also a growing area for Tree Aid and we’re in great shape with the new website and with a new digital specialist in the team."

We welcome applications from candidates who have 2-3 years of communications experience at management level. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and creative marketing and communications all-rounder. The successful candidate will have lots of initiative, be a strong team player and have a passion for our cause bringing new ideas and fresh energy to the charity.

Our approach to recruitment:

We value diversity and welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with a Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background.

We recruit with openness and transparency. We employ people on the basis of their ability to carry out the role being recruited for. We ensure that no applicant receives less favourable treatment than any other on the grounds of disability, gender, race, religion or belief, age, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, caring responsibilities or hours of work.

Key documents:

The full job description and person specification, and equal opportunities monitoring form can be downloaded from the Tree Aid website.

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the UK at time of application.

• Full job description and person specification.
• Equal opportunities form.

How to apply: 

Please view the Tree Aid website for details. Please send your CV, equal opportunities monitoring form and a supporting statement setting out how you meet the person specification. 

Key dates:

• Closing date: midday Monday 8 March 2021.
• Shortlisted notification: Monday 8 March.
• Task submission by: 5pm Wednesday 10 March.
• Interviews: Friday 12 March. This will be a remote interview process.
• Final interviews: Monday 15 March. This will be a remote interview process.
• Start date: Tuesday 20 April.

Job Description

Job Title: Communications and Campaigns Manager – Inspiring Governance

Reports to: Director of Governance Programmes

Location: Flexible with occasional travel to London office - Quantum House, 22 – 24 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, EC4A 3EB

Purpose: The UK based Education and Employers charity aims to ensure that all young people have the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential. One of the ways it achieves this aim is via the Inspiring Governance recruitment service. Funded by the Department for Education, this is a free governor recruitment service which gets highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing, helping to raise educational achievement.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference by taking on a leading role in driving our communications and campaigns activities, both with volunteers and employers looking to support governance, and with recruiters looking to appoint governors in their school and local academy boards.

The postholder will primarily be responsible for developing and personally delivering a suite of communications and campaigns activity. They will work as part of a close and supportive team with other colleagues in Inspiring Governance and the wider charity.

Remuneration: circa £28-30k - depending upon experience

Additional Terms: 30 days paid holiday, exclusive of Statutory Holiday plus competitive pension scheme and a volunteering allowance of up to 5 days – pro rata in accordance with the length of contract. Additional family friendly benefits including enhancements to Statutory Payments.

Appointment Terms: Fixed term contract – initially until March 31st, 2022

Job Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of communications and campaigns that contribute to driving volunteer sign ups, supporting our employer engagement, and successfully engaging recruiters with our governance recruitment services:

• Inspiring Governance: This is a free (at point of use) England wide online recruitment service that connects schools with skilled volunteers interested in being governors and trustees. The service is currently funded by the Department for Education (DfE) The programme has specific, and demanding Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to meet around numbers of volunteers sourced and placed, the diversity of volunteers and the number of vacancies registered by schools.
• Inspiring FE Governance: This is a free (at point of use) England wide online recruitment service dedicated to finding individuals with the right skills to serve on Further Education (FE Boards) in England, including chairs of finance committees. Board members are committed volunteers and the role is like a company non-executive director. The Inspiring FE Governance service is funded by the Education and Training Foundation and run solely by Education and Employers. The programme has specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to meet, around numbers of volunteers sourced and placed for example.

We are looking for a strategic thinking, motivated individual who can evolve existing campaigns, develop new ones, and deliver a range of communications activity across multiple channels to promote the Inspiring Governance Service. The post-holder will understand governance and is passionate about supporting young people to realise their potential. Education and Employers is a small charity working at a rapid pace to bring about change and the ideal candidate will be a self-starter with strong communication skills, able to absorb key information quickly and work well with a small team in a dynamic working environment.

Key Accountabilities:

Review, evolve and deliver our current communications strategy

• To review, critique and develop the current Inspiring Governance communications strategy
• Put in place plans to resource and deliver this strategy at minimum cost for maximum gain
• Undertake metrics tracking to secure management information on all our communications channels, helping to inform and revise our ongoing strategy

Managing our website and social media channels

• Manage the Inspiring Governance website, overseeing and generating all content and liaising with our website hosts to ensure the website is engaging, informative and accessible
• Generating and posting content (including video) for the Inspiring Governance social media channels (Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) that is designed to maximise benefit and reach for the service itself
• Works with the website provider and other external agencies as appropriate (film companies/ designers) to develop briefs for and delivery of key communications and marketing assets
• Through well planned social media campaigns and activity, grow our followership in terms of reach and by securing influential followers that can magnify our communications reach
• Develop the ongoing content schedule for the Inspiring Governance news stories pages. Commission, author and edit articles for these pages, promoting them appropriately to secure the widest readership
• Developing a wider library of photos/ images that are engaging, support our written comms and are tailored appropriately at our governance audiences

Curate, maintain, update, and develop our resources for volunteers and recruiters

• Review our current resources and revise any branding in line with a change in our delivery partnership, which will involve re-branding some material and maintaining branding/ attributed IPR of others
• Update our resources in line with DfE issued advice and guidance on school and academy governance
• Refine and further develop Inspiring Governance’s existing offer to volunteers thus helping ensure volunteers are ready to take up their role on a governing board
• Signpost ongoing support in the market that volunteers can access during their first years in governance

Developing our existing and new campaigns

• Work with partners to develop the Everyone on Board campaign (to diversify schools governing boards) that to date has been jointly developed with the National Governance Association
• Work with partners to develop the Educators on Board campaign (to encourage more educators on to governing boards) that to date has been jointly developed with the National Governance Association
• Develop and expand the School Governor Champions campaign that encourages employers and organisations to become a corporate supporter of school governance
• Support the Head of Employer and Volunteer Engagement to develop employer and sector led campaigns like Take a Closer Look (engineers) and Health Ambassadors (NHS staff)
• Conceptualise and deliver new campaigns that help us achieve our objectives and contract KPIs

Review and update all our existing communications with volunteers and recruiters

• Review the range of automated e-mail and personal communication that goes to users of the service (both volunteers and recruiters). Ensure that these comms best support the user/ customer journey and reflect the friendly, helpful and straightforward approach the service currently takes to its users
• Draft content for and distribute regular communications that go to IG volunteers and recruiters such as the volunteer and recruiter newsletters and annual surveys
• Work with Inspiring the Future colleagues in the charity to put in place a communications approach that encourages ITF volunteers to deepen their volunteering commitment and register for Inspiring Governance

Partnership communications and wider PR/ press coverage

• Secure wider PR/Press coverage for the Inspiring Governance service and its campaigns in trade, regional and possibly national channels
• Work with educational stakeholders to support the wider promotion of the IG service and our messages. This will include the National Governance Association as a previous delivery partner but also professional associations and membership bodies
• Further develop our employer social media toolkit and ensure that employers and professional associations we work with have the copy and tools to promote the Inspiring Governance service within their internal and external communications networks
• Ensure Inspiring Governance maximises its exposure through linking to national campaigns such as volunteer’s week and National Careers Development Month.

Wider charity contribution

• When required provide support to the wider charity’s communications activities and priorities. For example, this could be supporting the release of our research reports like the recent Value of Volunteering report.

Other

• Represent the charity’s governance programmes and the Director at external events and conferences as appropriate
•  Proactively contribute ideas and thoughts into the governance programmes team and into the wider Charity; both on Inspiring Governance Comms and the charity’s wider work; 
• Other ad hoc duties as required.

Person specification:

Skills/ Knowledge/ Expertise

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience e.g. CMI/CAM Cert/Dip
• Management level experience of developing and delivering communication strategies and executing them via effective programme and project management;
• Demonstrable supplier, client, and stakeholder engagement experience (including working with designers, printers, schools and wider educational stakeholders and their representatives);
• Management level experience of managing and delivering across a communications function (experience of engaging employers/ volunteers and schools/academies would be ideal) including scoping and delivering a programme of activity to achieve demanding Key Performance Metrics;
• Excellent IT skills and demonstrable experience of effectively using a content management system – we use Word Press;
• Excellent drafting and copy writing skills and the ability to structure and produce compelling and grammatically correct written content for a range of audiences;
• Demonstrable experience of conceptualising, planning and executing national comms campaigns to achieve demonstrable target group behaviours, such as encouraging volunteer and recruiter sign up to a service;
• Demonstrable experience of engaging and working effectively and collaboratively with colleagues and external partners across multiple geographical locations;
• Excellent people skills, the ability to influence (including with senior representatives) and the manner to professionally represent both the governance programmes and the Charity as a whole with schools, academy trusts and educational/ employer stakeholders;

Desirable

• A passion for supporting young people in realising their potential through placing skilled volunteers as governors in schools; 
• A successful track record in delivering tangible outcomes through engagement with schools, volunteers, employers and educational stakeholders;
• Experience of producing video and photography content to a standard that can be used on public facing websites;
• Specialist knowledge of the education and employment sectors and the policy environment underpinning these in order to tailor effective messaging;
• Experience and/or knowledge of governance within an education context; willingness to become a governor desirable
• Experience of working to deliver significant national Key Performance Metrics using resources (human and financial) efficiently and effectively; 
  • Understanding of risk management and data protection.

Personal Attributes

• Good level of education, demonstrating strong client facing aptitude and communication skills both written and verbal. Comfort and confidence in working with a variety of senior external stakeholders
• Self-motivated and relentless in pursuing goals, having an entrepreneurial and enterprising approach to their work;
• Good working knowledge and practical application of Microsoft office tools and the ability to understand and work with customer relationship management software – we currently operate our services on a Salesforce platform;
• A solutions orientated “doer”- ability to pro-actively anticipate requirements and act to provide workable solutions to these;
• Influencer - demonstrates personal ‘presence’ and gains the confidence of others through temperament, capability and calibre;
• Demonstrates sensitivity and possesses the ability to effectively manage the organisational tensions that sometimes develop between internal and external stakeholders involved in the organisation and delivery of communications. 
• Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly with other colleagues to achieve outcomes and is keen to add value to the Charity’s culture and ethos;
• Able to undertake some occasional work in the evenings and at weekends;
• Able to travel in the UK (England primarily).

Application process 

The Education and Employers Charity values having its current diverse workforce.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all individuals from all backgrounds.

The closing date for applications is midday on the 15th March 2021. Successfully shortlisted candidates will be notified no later than close of play on Friday 19th March. Online interviews will take place via Zoom or MS Teams on either the 24th or 25th March.

Applications will only be accepted from those with the right to work in the UK with a valid passport/visa

Please note we will only consider applications with both a CV and covering letter.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered under any circumstances.

About the wider Education and Employers Charity

Education and Employers is an independent UK based charity launched in 2009 with the vision of “providing children and young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential”. It aims to achieve this by working with schools, employers, the national bodies that represent them and a wide range of other partners including the government and third sector organisations. The charity also works with partners internationally – more details here.

The charity runs Inspiring the Future, a free service which uses innovative match-making technology to connect volunteers with state schools and colleges, quickly, simply and at scale. Schools can very easily search a massive database of willing volunteers, filter against a wide range of criteria – e.g. subject, sector, career route and send them a message. It enables young people, wherever they live, whichever school they attend, the opportunity to meet people from a wide range of backgrounds doing jobs from across the whole world of work.

Over 55,000 people have already volunteered in the UK - people from all levels: apprentices to CEOs and all sectors: apps designers to zoologists and over 80% of English secondary schools have registered. People can volunteer from an hour a year in a local primary or secondary school to chat informally about their job and career route, take part in career speed networking session, give careers insights, provide mock interviews or feedback on CVs through to serving as a governor or trustee.  There is also the opportunity to link up with schools for workplace visits, job shadowing and mentoring.

Inspiring the Future operates on a technology platform kindly developed in partnership with Deloitte, Salesforce and Ordnance Survey. It allows the charity to run national campaigns such as Inspiring Women and others focused on specific geographic areas or economic sectors such as engineering, science, health and arts and culture. The campaigns have secured high profile support across government, business and teacher associations and ongoing corporate partnerships including our lead corporate partner Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

In partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers the charity has developed a version for primary schools called Primary Futures and over 4,500 primaries have already signed up. To see a short clip on how it works please click here.  All campaigns run through Inspiring the Future share a common objective: to broaden young people’s horizons, raise their aspirations and show them the range of opportunities and careers routes e.g. apprenticeships and university open to them. Over 1.8 million interactions between young people and volunteers from the world of work have already taken place.

In partnership with the National Governance Association the charity currently runs Inspiring Governance the free governor recruitment and support service. This Department for Education funded service aims to get highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing help raise educational achievement. From April 1st, 2021, this will be delivered solely by Education and Employers and will focus only on governor recruitment.

Since the Charity’s launch it has sought to understand what difference employer engagement in education makes to young people and the economy. It works with academics and researchers from around the world and its own research is regularly cited by government and international organisations like the OECD. The research, which has informed and influenced a range of government policies, shows that employer engagement helps improve social mobility, reduces the likelihood of young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment of training), increases the amount they earn in adult life, helps them make better informed career choices and leads to improvements in educational attainment.

Job Description

Job Title:  Communications Manager

Reports to:               Head of Services and Public Affairs

Location: Borough High Street, London SE1

Salary: £21,600

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 22.5 hrs per week.

Background and purpose

We are the only UK-wide charity for all those affected by a genetic bleeding disorder, a community of individuals and families, healthcare professionals and supporters.

For almost 70 years we have campaigned for better treatment, been a source of information and advice, and supported people living with long-term conditions.

We want to ensure that everyone affected by a bleeding disorder:

• Lives the best life that they can
• Never feels alone or isolated
• Feels empowered and confident

We do this by:

• Raising awareness about bleeding disorders
• Providing support at all life stages
• Influencing and advocating on policy and access to treatment

More than 36,000 men, women and children in the UK have a diagnosed bleeding disorder, and the number rises every year. Membership of The Haemophilia Society is free and open to all.

We are seeking a Communications Manager to promote the vision, values and activities of the charity to grow our profile, membership and supporter numbers across the UK. 

The Communications Manager will work closely with the small team at The Haemophilia Society to ensure a positive, engaging, consistent, regular and effective programme of communication.

The Haemophilia Society are members of the Charity Comms and Charity Digital organisations which offer a range of training opportunities.  

Key duties & Responsibilities

• Proactively plan, source and create content within and outside the organisation for use across appropriate communication channels including social media, newsletters, website and patient materials
• Work with services team to create content to promote activities and drive member recruitment and engagement
• Manage the relationship with the media including press enquiries and driving media activity in all areas except the Public Inquiry
• Work alongside our Public Inquiry Communications Manager to ensure joined up working for any inquiry related communications
• Source, support and brief spokespeople for media requests and manage outputs
• Lead the editorial content creation for all social media platforms working with services, fundraising, public affairs and marketing teams to ensure engaging and informative messaging
• Monitor social media to ensure comments, queries, feedback is all responded to as quickly as possible, liaising with relevant teams where necessary to formulate an agreed response 
• Leading the communications for the “Talking Red” campaign working to promote the needs of women with bleeding disorders  
• Support the fundraising team with content to develop and strengthen appeals and grant applications
• Working with the brand and marketing team to ensure our style guide and tone of voice is appropriately used in communications, maintaining consistency and brand awareness
• Keep up to date on best practice within the charity sector and particularly changes to digital communications and codes of practice

Person Specification

Key attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate, communicate and build relationships effectively at all levels
• Proven success in devising and delivering an effective communications plan.
• Experience in planning, sourcing, creating and editing content for a range of communication channels
• Experience of creating digital content including photos, videos and animated gifs
• Excellent writing skills with proven experience of copywriting for a variety of audiences
• Experience with managing external partners including agencies and other organisations
• Ability to manage own workload and juggle conflicting priorities
• A passion for engaging a community ensuring a warm and inclusive welcome
• A self-starter with a positive attitude and willingness to work in close collaboration with others across the organisation

Personal qualities

• A warm, compassionate and empathetic personality with the ability to develop positive relationships with people from all backgrounds including members and health professionals
• Enthusiastic with drive and determination to meet targets 
• Good attention to detail and accuracy in preparing communications
• Values-driven with a proven commitment to social inclusion and equal opportunities
• An effective member of the team, recognising, respecting and promoting the different roles and diversity of the individuals in the team and presenting a positive impression of the team and The Society

Other requirements

• Must be prepared to travel throughout the UK and to work varying hours including evenings and weekends as required
• Due to the nature of our work with children and vulnerable adults, this role will require a DBS check and checks on previous employment 
• Undertake any other tasks that may be requested will be at the same level of responsibility and terms and conditions of employment

Please submit your CV and Covering Letter if you wish to be considered for this role.

The Haemophilia Society is an equal opportunities employer.

The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (“the Modern Slavery PEC”) is looking to recruit an experienced, organised and motivated Research Operations and Communications Manager to join our growing team.

The Modern Slavery PEC was created by the investment of public funding to enhance understanding of modern slavery and transform the effectiveness of law and policies designed to overcome it. Co-creating, conducting and commissioning high quality research is at the heart of the Centre’s work and we aim to bring together academics, policymakers, parliamentarians, businesses, civil society, survivors and the public on a scale not seen before in the UK to collaborate on solving this global challenge.

The Centre is a consortium of six organisations led by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law (part of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)) and is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) on behalf of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). 

The Research Operations and Communications Manager will play a pivotal role in developing and coordinating research project calls and funding, setting up and leading on managing the lifecycle of the Centre’s research projects. This will include supporting the communications activities around the projects, as well as supporting the core operations and day to day communications activities of the Centre.

You will have excellent communication skills, a proactive and organised approach, a positive attitude to new opportunities and a commitment to working collaboratively on a variety of operational and communications activities.

You will have experience of working within a research management role, an understanding of the processes that underpin calls for funding and research post-award processes and demonstrable skills to manage the operationalisation of research calls being delivered by the Modern Slavery PEC. You will be an excellent writer, with the ability to identify and adapt your style for different audiences, with experience of using social media in a professional capacity.

 We will support remote working throughout the pandemic. Once lockdowns are fully eased, we would expect the successful candidate to come to the office - located in Russell Square, London - for a minimum of two days per week – and we would expect there to be additional travel where necessary to support the aims of the role and the Modern Slavery PEC.

The Modern Slavery PEC is committed to being inclusive and diverse and particularly encourages applications from women, people with disabilities, BAME applicants, LGBT+ applicants and other minorities. The PEC is committed to ensuring that the voice of people with lived experience of modern slavery informs research and policy and we encourage applications from those who have been directly affected by modern slavery. In the spirit of our values, we commit to offer a fair and equitable recruitment process for all applicants.

Full details, including the job description, person specification and how to apply are available in the Job Description below. 

Application deadline: 23:59 on 7 March 2021.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:  Marketing and Communications Manager

Hours of Work:  35 hours per week (Full-time)

Responsible to: CEO

SALARY:   £32,000 - £35,000

Location:Remote working, office based or a combination of the two. Our office is located in Bordon, Hampshire. (please note; our office is in rural Hampshire and the nearest train station is a 15-20-minute drive away).

Pancreatic Cancer Action:

Pancreatic Cancer Action, (registered charity No.1137689) was founded in 2010 by a rare survivor of the disease. We are a small team headed by our Founder & Chief Executive who runs the charity plus a board of Trustees, which provides direction for the organisation. In August 2020 Pancreatic Cancer Action merged with Pancreatic Cancer Scotland making our team stronger than ever.

Pancreatic cancer has only a seven per cent survival rate and this figure has not improved significantly for over 40 years. Despite it being the fifth biggest cancer killer in the UK, pancreatic cancer receives only three per cent of overall research funding. With a strong focus on early diagnosis, it is Pancreatic Cancer Action’s aim to improve survival rates through awareness, medical education, improved patient information and by funding research specifically into the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Simply, we want more people diagnosed in time for surgery, currently the only potential for a cure.

Job Purpose:

As the Marketing and Communications Manager, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of Pancreatic Cancer Action’s (PCA) marketing and campaign strategies ensuring that they support the overall charity vision; working towards the day when most people will survive pancreatic cancer, whilst driving commercial targets and managing costs.

The Marketing and Communications Manager will act as the brand guardian for PCA and its associated sub brands. They will inspire and lead the marketing team to offer a first-class marketing service that constantly delivers above expectations and offer marketing consultancy and expertise across the charity. The post holder will be working closely with the Fundraising Development Manager and fundraising team.

This post has line management responsibilities, presently for two staff members (although the team may grow in time).  The post holder is expected to manage workflow, conduct appraisals, and to facilitate the training and up-skilling of staff.  The post-holder is also expected to offer support to the executive team.  A creative, enthusiastic and personable demeanour is needed, as is the ability to assimilate a heavy workload and to work effectively under pressure.

Key Tasks and responsibilities:

• Develop PCA marketing and communications strategies across the entire spectrum of communications disciplines including media and public relations, internal comms, brand marketing, advertising, marketing, digital and social media and production of materials.

• Communicate PCA’s strategic objectives of; ‘education, awareness and training for the medical and healthcare communities’; ‘raising public awareness and knowledge of pancreatic cancer and its symptoms’ to both internal and external audiences; funding research specifically into early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and the provision of high quality health information publications, keeping these at the heart of all marketing initiatives.

• Increase the charity’s profile across media, and with influencers and external organisations.

• Take responsibility for Pancreatic Cancer Action’s press office, working with other members of the team to deal with press enquiries and develop media relationships.

• Develop and deliver creative and impactful marketing programmes and integrated marketing campaigns and activity plans that use channels effectively including digital and that will achieve campaign objectives to promote pancreatic cancer and Pancreatic Cancer Action

• Manage the implementation, tracking and measurement of integrated marketing campaigns, on time and within budget.

• Manage and support the marketing team to deliver marketing campaigns and programmes targeting multiple audience groups (patients, friends/ family of patients, healthcare professionals, charity supporters, private care stakeholders) in collaboration with colleagues to drive engagement, income and to support the Charity in building awareness of pancreatic cancer and of the charity itself.

• Prepare and present campaign proposals and creative work to a range of stakeholders, as and when required, ensuring feedback is considered.  Communicate and present to senior colleagues and occasionally Trustees to secure buy-in and support for key marketing projects.

• Demonstrate excellent creative judgement, being able to consolidate multiple stakeholder feedback and provide clear direction back to creative teams, freelancers and agencies ensuring work is delivered to brief, budget and brand guidelines.

• Appoint and manage marketing agency relationships and oversee briefing and campaign delivery ensuring it’s on time and to budget, negotiating and managing costs as necessary.  Manage and motivate key agencies and suppliers, reviewing their performance regularly ensuring we have the right agencies and freelancers delivering against briefs.

• Employ strong project management skills to ensure marketing deliverables and milestones are met, from defining the initial approach clearly, brief writing, ensuring timings are mapped and costings defined and agreed.  Work with and support the CEO to ensure work is then delivered to plan.

• Lead on copywriting and production of marketing materials and key publications including the Action Magazine

• Develop key messages, lead on creating and maintaining appropriate and consistent language and terminology across all media, acting as a ‘brand guardian’ for both internal and external communications

• Identify issues that could potentially damage the organisation’s reputation and recommend actions to mitigate this risk

• Support the Fundraising team with the marketing of events, fundraising projects and social media content.

• Using clearly defined metrics and reporting methodologies, feedback on marketing performance on a monthly basis to the CEO and prepare reports for the quarterly Trustee meetings.

• Market research – analyse and interpret existing research studies, briefing new research where appropriate to assess implications and opportunities for developing new campaigns where necessary.

• Offer marketing consultancy to other areas of the charity, supporting colleagues to deliver their initiatives in line with the overall PCA brand and tone of voice.

• Work in partnership with Pancreatic Cancer Europe, World Pancreatic Cancer Day and World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition and other parties, collaborating on projects with shared interest and accountability.

• Demonstrate a clear understanding of advertising standards, healthcare marketing and charity regulations when required.

• Manage marketing budgets across all areas of accountability in agreement with the CEO

Managing people and resources

• Responsible for the effective recruitment and selection of staff.

• Manage and develop the marketing team by setting clear targets and continually managing their performance, acting as a coach and mentor; deliver annual appraisals and regular 121’s providing clear feedback whilst supporting career development.  Support the team to drive individual growth and team capabilities leading to high performance and successful campaign delivery.

• Hold weekly creative review meetings with the marketing team where work is appraised and briefed, providing clear creative direction and ensuring work is delivered to brief and on brand.  

• Identify training and development needs of staff in line with departmental and charity objectives and ensure all new staff receive core and departmental induction.

• Ensure performance issues are dealt with in an appropriate and timely manner and follow PCA’s Disciplinary or Poor Performance Procedures where formal action is necessary.

• Observe and comply with PCAs policies and procedures for Health and Safety ensuring the environment in which you and your staff work is safe, clean and tidy.

While every effort has been made to outline all the main duties and responsibilities of the post, a document such as this does not permit every item to be specified in detail.  Also, the post holder may, from time to time, be asked to undertake other reasonable duties commensurate with the grade of this post.

Employee specification

Qualifications

• Marketing related Degree or CIM qualification.

Experience

• To have experience of developing and implementing marketing strategy.
• Experience at managing at a senior level.
• PR and communication experience.
• To have experience of leading and developing a brand strategy across an organisation.
• To have experience of writing, presenting and driving business cases though a senior team.
• To have at least three years managing and developing a marketing team with at least two direct reports.
• To have managed a variety of third party agencies, including agency pitch, selection and appointment.
• Proven track record of leading marketing programmes and campaigns – from initial brief to implementation and review.
• Proven track record specifically of direct and though the line marketing and brand management.
• Experience in all elements of the marketing mix, including media (ABL), direct and digital channels.
• Experience of both business to consumer and business to business marketing.
• Management, forecasting and control of budgets and being able to deliver high profile campaigns on challenging budgets.
• To have represented Directors and Senior Management at panels and meetings.

​Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Excellent understanding of brand and its role within an organisation.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written including brief writing, copywriting and presentations.
• Ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders across an organisation.
• Excellent knowledge of creative design principles, showing good creative appreciation and an ability to recommend direction.
• Good production awareness with experience of all forms of print and cost management and efficiencies
• Methodical worker – with good organisation skills and good eye for detail.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage many different projects all with competing priorities and stakeholder needs.
• Proven problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Media/advertising experience – planning, negotiation and implementation.

Other Requirements

• Calm and professional; ability to work under pressure, delivering to tight deadlines and budgets and able to adapt direction as goalposts change.
• Tenacious and focused on delivery, ‘can do’ positive attitude.
• Personable and able to work within many multi- disciplinary teams, good team player.

The overall aim of this role is to raise the global profile of Teach A Man To Fish.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and creative communications all-rounder.

The role is broad and interesting, from developing the Teach A Man To Fish organisational communications strategy to working with in-country and programme colleagues on content gathering and messaging to organising an online mini conference. Digital is a growing area for Teach A Man To Fish with plenty of scope to shape our website and digital communications.

About Teach A Man To Fish

At Teach A Man To Fish our mission is to empower young people in schools with the skills and mindsets that help them to succeed in work and in life. We guide schools step-by-step to set up student-led educational and profitable school businesses that are both educational and profitable. Participation in planning and running a real-life business empowers students with critical business, workplace, entrepreneurship and transferable life skills so that they leave school prepared to get a good job or run their own successful business.

We welcome applications from candidates who have 3 years of communications experience. The successful candidate will have lots of initiative, be a strong team player and have a passion for our cause bringing new ideas and fresh energy to the charity. S/he will develop and manage communications, branding and marketing across the organisation for a range of external audiences.

We value diversity and welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with a Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background.

Part-time, three days per week within office hours
Based, Victoria London
Home working during pandemic

About the Pilgrim Trust

Established in 1930, the Pilgrim Trust is a grant giving charitable foundation set up to address some of the UK’s “more urgent needs” with a view to “promoting future wellbeing”. Today the Trust awards around £3m in grants in the heritage and conservation fields and in social welfare, currently with a focus on improving the life chances of vulnerable women and girls.

The Pilgrim Trust has a reputation as a pioneer in championing unpopular or overlooked causes. In the past it has supported hospices, men out of work in old industrial towns, drug and alcohol addiction, and women in the criminal justice system.  The Trustees always try to use the Trust's funds in a way that generates social impact and value.  It also supports organisations by offering more than just money and works collaboratively both with other foundations and strategic partners so that not only information and expertise can be shared, but more money can be drawn into the sector. As a grant giver it aims to be flexible, responsive, collaborative and unbureaucratic.

We are wholly committed to being representative of society and bringing together people with a variety of backgrounds skills and experience to shape the Trust. We are particularly keen to increase our diversity and become a more inclusive organisation, therefore all appointments will be made on merit following a fair and transparent process.

The Role

Working closely with the Director you will deliver a comprehensive strategy to strengthen the Trust’s external communications in line with the strategic direction set out by our Trustees.  It is an exciting time to join us as we look to refresh our communications approach to become better known, and to highlight the improvements our support can offer to great causes.

You will lead on and develop our website, its content, the creative elements and its overall structure and presentation, ensuring it is accessible and user friendly, you will also establish a social media presence, managing its content, planning and creation.

Working within a small but dedicated team, you will be a self-starter and a creative and highly competent individual, you will be prepared to learn and be knowledgeable about the Pilgrim Trust, its history, work, ethos and the opportunity to extend its reach as we start the run up to our centenary in 2030.

To view the person specification,  a full job description, and to apply, please apply now.

Closing date: 15 March 2021.

Interviews: w/c 22 March 2021.

Central London, like many cities across the world, is an exciting and stimulating place. However, for some, it is a place to go when things have gone profoundly wrong and there is nowhere else. When people are on the edge, homeless, isolated and in despair there must be a place to turn. The Connection is there to be with people as they overcome that isolation, recover and move on to a meaningful, fulfilling life.

However, this is not enough. The experiences of people on the edge matter. Their story must be told to those in a position of power and influence, so that homelessness, exclusion and isolation are not acceptable features of life in the UK.

The Connection at St. Martin’s empowers those who are on the edges of society to take control of their lives by:

• Providing practical support in an active environment designed to help people to recognise their own strengths, recover from crisis and move on;

• Collaborating with others who share our vision and mission not just in London, but other parts of the UK and the world;

• Sharing our learning with others, to deepen our own understanding and create a more socially just society for those on the margins.

About the role:

The Connection at St. Martin’s has an annual turnover of £5m. Alongside our own fundraising and statutory contracts, the charity benefits from the BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal, run by our partners – St Martin’s Charity. The Connection has a high profile within the homelessness sector and a sound financial footing. We work closely with partners at Westminster City Council, The Passage, St. Mungo’s and West London Mission.

Our strategy includes our aim to develop our services in new ways, engage our clients in all aspects of our work and be more collaborative with our partners in the sector. This 12 month fixed term position will be heavily involved in supporting our charity to communicate more effectively and fundraising growth.

This role requires someone with a strong track record as a generalist in communications. They will reflect the charity’s mission, values and key messages in all communications activity. They will be confident and experienced in handling the press and high-profile visitors. They will be innovative and resourceful in working within a small budget to promote the charity’s work. Finally, they will have the credibility and skills to be able to work closely with non-communications colleagues as well as clients to ensure authenticity in all materials and online content.

So, are you interested in this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? To apply, please submit an application highlighting that you meet the requirements of the role set out in the person specification attached. Only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification, will be considered for an interview.

Details of the full job description, which includes the detailed person specification can be found attached.

Please find the application form attached.

This is a 1-year fixed term contract, covering maternity leave.

Closing date: Friday 12th March 2021 – 5pm

Interview date: Friday 26th March 2021

Policy and Communications Manager
c£30-35,000 per annum
Full-time and Permanent
Office base Southwark, London SE1 – currently Covid required home based working with some longer-term flexible work from home options available.

Commonweal is an independent charity working to investigate, pilot and champion housing based solutions to social injustice.  Using our charitable resources we provide experts and partner organisations with the opportunity to trial and test new approaches designed to enhance housing equality and justice. Independently evaluating each of our projects we share our experiences, using this learning to inspire new thinking. Through the replication of what works and the lessons from what doesn’t, we influence changes in policy and practice.

As Policy and Communications Manager, working as part of and alongside our project leads, you will formulate our policy messages.  You will help lead on stakeholder engagement and growing the understanding across our sector of who Commonweal are and what we can offer.  You will shape, then develop and deliver the strategy for effectively communicating our growing range of positive project findings and aligning our PR to public policy research initiatives. In short your role will be to put comms in to action!

You will need to have a good understanding of the voluntary and community sector as well public policy, the political environment and its current and potential implications for the charity.  You will be regularly presenting to Trustee Board meetings, ensuring Trustees and colleagues are involved and updated on external affairs activities to embed support for communications activities.  You will be supported in this role by a Communications Officer therefore experience of staff management would be desirable but not necessarily essential.

You will possess experience of working in a communications or PR environment, with strong written skills and design skills along with demonstrable knowledge of a range of communication channels (including print, broadcast and online media). Experience of liaison with the press and media securing the take up of press releases, opinion pieces or other outputs would be helpful.

Ideally you will have experience in the field of housing, homelessness or the wider charitable sector, but certainly a demonstrable interest in the positive role for housing whether professionally, personally or through lived experience.  However, more important is demonstrable experience of policy research and stakeholder engagement, along with an understanding of the parliamentary, voluntary sector and public service environment.  A track record of building successful working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders, strong organisational skills and the ability to work on your own initiative are all a must.

Closing date for applications: Monday 22nd March 2021
Proposed interview date: Wednesday 7th April 2021 – via Zoom or Microsoft Teams video platforms

If you feel excited by the challenges posed by this role and would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our HR Partner's website, where you complete the application process.

Commonweal Housing is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in its workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and people with a disability are currently under-represented at Commonweal Housing.

You may have experience of the following: Policy & Communications Manager, Internal Communications Manager, External Communications, Policy Officer, Public Affairs, Senior Policy Officer, Housing, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Policy Officer, Policy Planning, Researcher, Not for Profit, Public Affairs, Communications Manager, Marketing Communications Manager, Marketing Manager, Senior Communications Executive, Press Officer, PR, Public Relations, etc.

No agencies please. 

THE ROLE

For the right person, with the right mindset, working as Noah’s Ark's Marketing & Communications Manager over the coming years really should be career defining. If you're ambitious and looking for a charity which can support you in pushing forward in a busy and responsible role, please read on and apply.

Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice has been on a major upward trajectory in recent years – more children supported, more major hospitals partnered with, and more supporters donating. We’ve transformed from being an enthusiastic start-up, to a serious player delivering major impact. So what next? And how will the successful applicant to this role play their part?

Firstly, we need to communicate in a highly engaging way with Noah’s Ark’s thousands of existing stakeholders – strengthening their commitment to the charity. Secondly, we need to reach a much larger audience to fulfill the charity’s objectives, which are now far more ambitious than they were just a few years ago. In both cases we must tell stories that cut through, build trust and, most importantly, foster loyalty.

That’s where you come in.

We are looking for a prolific and talented content creator to write and produce content that captures the imagination. You will lead our “always on” digital and offline marketing activity, creating a daily drumbeat which will build the Noah’s Ark brand.

You will sustain and develop the charity’s voice across multiple-channels so you must be a savvy wordsmith with the ability to take the seed of a story and make it sing.

Relevant experience and technical aptitude is very important of course but at this seniority and salary level we’re not expecting you to have huge levels of experience in every area. However, you will have succeeded in your career so far, be eager to take on responsibilities outside of your comfort zone, and back yourself to develop quickly. Significant involvement with digital campaigns (content, distribution and analytics) is essential. Some experience of marketing automation is highly desirable.

As explained in the job pack (see website), we’re looking to change the way we do things in Marketing & Communications quite radically. If playing an important role in this exciting next step for a charity delivering transformational outcomes for London’s most unwell babies and children appeals.

Closing date is: Thursday 25th March but we expect to interview on a rolling basis so early applications are encouraged.