The Academy of Social Sciences seeks a pro-active, experienced and thoughtful Senior Campaign Manager to take responsibility for developing and delivering its activities to promote and showcase the social sciences. In so doing you will develop further the momentum and public profile of the Campaign, and advance understanding of the contributions social sciences make to enhancing decision-making, society and lives. The Campaign’s work is targeted primarily to policy makers and other decision-makers across all levels of government, business, research funders and media. This is a role at the heart of the Academy and is the lead staff role for the Campaign.
The task of the Campaign is to help shape and deliver a compelling and evolving public-facing showcase and narrative of the social sciences, so that what they are and what they contribute to society is better understood, valued and used. Our approach is to use substantive research evidence, impact and expertise, including that from within our high-profile Fellowship, to ‘show’ and ‘engage’ rather than to ‘tell’. This is primarily a knowledge exchange and engagement role; it is not a parliamentary lobbying role.
It’s an exciting time to join the Academy as we implement our new strategy and build on significant growth and development in 2020, including notable development in our Campaign activities, outreach and profile under the new chair, Professor Bobby Duffy. It is also an exciting time for the social sciences with their rich roles in informing understanding and policy around the ‘grand challenges’, including the UKs social and economic recovery post Covid; climate change and sustainability; and the so-called ‘levelling-up’ agenda, to name but a few.
We seek an articulate team player who understands what it is like to work in a small, busy charity, who relishes a combination of hand’s on ‘doing’, forward planning and managing, who is adept at working with senior figures and who has the drive, ambition and skills to take the Campaign to the next level. You will bring a passion for applied social sciences, and a broad knowledge of them; strong relationship management skills; excellent organisation, IT and communication skills; creativity and a willingness ‘to do’; and the diplomacy and confidence to work with senior figures in the field.
In return we offer a job with a real purpose, significant responsibility, a warm and friendly context in which to work, a sense of shared endeavour, some flexibility as to how the work is organised, and the opportunity to play an essential role for the social sciences. A sense of humour is welcomed!
The Academy and Campaign
The Campaign was formed in 2011 as the public advocacy arm of the Academy. It is funded by a network of supporters across UK social science: universities, learned societies, publishers and individuals. It draws upon expertise in the Academy Fellowship and beyond and benefits greatly from its high-profile board which provides advice, ideas and helps support delivery. The Campaign is chaired by Prof Bobby Duffy, Director of the Policy Institute and King’s College London.
The Academy of Social Sciences is the national academy of academics, learned societies and practitioners in the social sciences. Our charitable purpose is to promote social science in the UK for the public benefit. Our membership is composed of around 1400 individual Fellows, both academics and practitioners, elected for their contributions to social science, and 46 member Learned Societies which serve individual disciplinary areas in the social sciences. As a charity the Academy exists for public benefit and, as such, it serves the UK social science community as a whole.
The Role
Working closely with the Campaign Chair and Board, the Academy’s Chief Executive (to whom this role reports) and the Head of Policy, you will be involved at the heart of planning the outward-facing campaign activities and will have primary responsibility for delivering them successfully. On a day-to-day basis you will also work closely with the Academy’s Communications Manager.
This is a key role in delivery of the Campaign’s activities and in meeting its strategic plans. You will build the Campaign’s online profile and presence, organise successful events, lead projects and manage relationships with supporters. You will attract and retain supporters and work with those supporters to deliver benefits and create strong partnerships. Above all, your work will help ensure the social sciences are better understood, valued and used and that the Campaign is funded sustainably.
The four areas of responsibility are:
Campaign Board and annual planning
- Work with the Campaign Board and relevant Academy colleagues to create stimulating annual work/activity plans for the Campaign, aligned with the strategy and available resources, and with clear outcomes, timetable and measures of success.
- Undertake research and intelligence gathering relevant to the Campaign and its activities.
- Engage Board members in supporting the delivery of the Campaign activities as their time and expertise permits.
- Monitor and report on progress with the work plan regularly to Campaign Board meetings
Campaign activities and online presence
- Create and curate an interesting and high-profile programme, relevant to the Campaign’s themes, and drawing on expertise in the Fellowship and beyond, including potential delivery partners.
- Deliver the events programme (e.g., panel discussions, roundtables, lectures) attracting good audience levels and ensuring we reach those communities we seek to engage/influence.
- Manage the Campaign’s online presence and engagement, including web resources (e.g., comment/think pieces, video interviews) ensuring quality and profile as befits the status of the Campaign and Academy; and making best use of a new website for 2021, working with the Communications Manager.
- Oversee the production, launch and dissemination of Campaign and co-badged Academy/Campaign publications and reports, including policy reports, working with the Communications Manager.
- Publicise the Campaign and its activities, managing an effective social media presence, working with the Communications Manager
- Scope new projects / Campaign activities.
Sponsor and stakeholder engagement
- Ensure regular communication and dialogue with all Campaign sponsors, keeping them informed and engaged; draft and disseminate an annual report of Campaign activities and outcomes.
- Plan and deliver tailored engagement for Gold level sponsors; plan and deliver relevant, high profile and high-quality Strategic Leadership Forum activities for Gold and Silver level sponsors.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with sponsors’ key contacts; gather and evaluate feedback; retain their support.
- Research and recruit new sponsors, including among HEIs and wider sectors of relevance to social sciences, to grow the Campaign’s income sustainably, working with the CEO and Board.
- Extend the Campaign’s reach to wider stakeholders, for example in policy, business and academia, engaging them in relevant Campaign activities, disseminating reports etc., to target audience groups beyond the Academy Fellowship and Campaign sponsors.
Campaign administration
- Act as Secretary to the Campaign Board and any associated working groups, arranging and minuting meetings, drafting papers.
- Manage the timely invoicing of Campaign sponsors; chasing up payment as required.
- Ensure up to date contact records of sponsors and wider stakeholders are held in the Academy’s CRM, supported by the Academy Administrative Assistant; grow the contact list.
Any other duties as required by the Chief Executive or Campaign Chair within the broad scope of this role.
Terms
The Academy is operating as a virtual organisation for the foreseeable future, with all staff working from home. It is currently envisaged that staff will be able to continue to work flexibly from home in the future if they wish, but they should live within sufficiently close and affordable reach of London to travel in for some face-to-face meetings each month. We will reconsider whether to invest in a small central London office once again when the pandemic is suitably under control. This would provide hot desk facilities for those team members who prefer not to work from home and would facilitate in-person meetings.
The position is permanent, full time, and salaried at £44,000 - £46,000 p.a. Working days are eight hours including an hour for lunch, with some flexibility for when the hours are worked during the day. Employees also benefit from a generous holiday allowance and an employer contribution to the pension scheme. There is a six-month probationary period on all appointed posts.
Skills Requirements
Candidates will be expected to meet many of the following key competencies in addition to having the depth of work experience required for this role:
- An articulate graduate with a good degree and a lively mind; a degree in a social science discipline is highly desirable.
- A passion for, and broad understanding of, the social sciences and their contributions to society.
- Substantial experience in knowledge exchange activities and/or event planning and delivery.
- Proven relationship building and ability to engage a complex and diverse range of stakeholders.
- Good judgement and sound diplomatic skills; well versed in working with senior individuals.
- Proven experience of managing projects to deliver agreed outcomes on time.
- Expertise in harnessing social media / promotion skills.
- A very high standard of written and spoken English; excellent communication skills including writing concise web content.
- An understanding of what it means to work in a small charity.
- IT friendly and competent; high level of competence in Microsoft Office suite.
- An ability to grasp the big picture and at the same time to pay attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Personal attributes sought:
- Drive, creativity, and persistence.
- Well-motivated self-starter, with a pro-active and thoughtful style.
- Well organised with good time management skills and ability to multi-task.
- A person who relishes making a difference.
- Friendly, positive and open manner, and a good team player.
- A willingness to work hard – this is not a sleepy role.
- Someone who seeks enjoyment in their work and brings a sense of humour to it.
Application
Please forward a CV (including your current salary) and a tailored letter of application detailing your interest in the role and your suitability for it by 9 am Monday, 8 March 2021.
If you have any questions about the role or application process please contact Dr Rita Gardner, Chief Executive.
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held in the week of 22 March 2021.
The Academy of Social Sciences is the National Academy of Academics, Learned Societies and Practitioners in the Social Sciences. Its mission is... Read more
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Royal Osteoporosis Society have an exciting opportunity for a Policy and Public Affairs Manager to join their team.
Location: Flexible
Salary: £40,070 per annum + Benefits
The Royal Osteoporosis Society is the only UK-wide organisation dedicated to finding a cure for osteoporosis and improving the lives of everyone affected by it. We help the nation look after its bones and appreciate the importance of bone health for everybody.
More than three million people in the UK affected by osteoporosis. But unlike other common, chronic conditions, osteoporosis has a low-profile. Only around one in four adults are aware of what the condition means, and it has been discussed significantly less in Parliament over the last five years than most other chronic conditions. This new role has been created to change that.
Not only do we want to turn up the volume on osteoporosis and inspire millions of conversations about bone health, we want to become a campaigning charity and reposition ourselves as a key influencer on the national stage.
We’re looking for an experienced Policy and Public Affairs Manager to lead a step change in Parliamentary activity on osteoporosis. This will be underpinned by a clear policy and campaigning platform and delivered through a four-nations programme of events, briefings and publications.
With a proven track record of successfully influencing politicians and decision makers, this person will need good political awareness, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to think strategically.
The Policy and Public Affairs Manager will also need a good eye for detail and the ability to review and report on data and information effectively.
You will need to work collaboratively with clinical colleagues to ground recommendations in evidence and communications colleagues to ensure that we achieve maximum impact for our efforts.
Reporting to the Head of Marketing and Communications, the role-holder will also work alongside the CEO to develop key relationships.
This role is an opportunity for a highly skilled and knowledgeable public affairs professional to develop and drive a strategy that will change public policies and practices. These changes will have a positive impact on millions of people living with, or at risk of, osteoporosis.
Our offices are based outside Bath, but we have a very flexible approach and this post can be based remotely although we would expect a weekly visit to the office in normal circumstances.
The closing date will be Monday 15th February 2021.
Interviews will take place the week commencing Monday 22nd February 2021.
We are recruiting for a temporary Digital communications officer for an member body , you will be maintaining the website and all the digital engagement for the organisation.
The Role
Manage the Societys website and social media presence under the direction of the Head of Communications & Engagement, producing, editing and maintaining content as required
Produce the Societys e-news and other member communications, develop and manage media releases on the Societys activities liaising with academics, members, committees and staff as appropriate
Record, edit and produce video content, working closely with eminent speakers
Produce and deliver engaging social media coverage of all events and promotions
Content and channel planning including key dates and anniversaries along with sharing topical information
Set up and provide digital and visual support for the Societys webinar programme, in addition to planning and sharing content to internal and external audiences
Create, develop and produce a variety of multimedia content including videos, animations, images and graphics for activity liaising with stakeholders as required
Work with third party providers for events and other projects, editing and enhancing content as required
Proactively maintain and update the website including preparing and publishing new written, visual and audio content
Design and produce the Societys quarterly member newsletter, working with the Newsletter Editor and printers
Design and produce promotional materials to support the Societys activities and events including e-marketing campaigns, leaflets, posters and programmes for events, using digital channels and innovative promotional means
The Candidate
Technical and design experience including producing videos, infographics, animations and images
Experience with relevant software packages Adobe Photoshop for graphic design, Premiere for video editing and InDesign for publication formatting
Experience of building, maintaining and engaging audiences and communities on social media
Familiarity with content management and design systems for websites
Excellent communication skills, including experience of turning complex economic ideas into accessible copy for a range of audiences
Excellent editing, copywriting and proofreading skills
IMPORTANT NOTE
Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.
We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.
Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.
Bransby Horses is one of the biggest equine charities in the UK. With the generosity of supporters, the charity is dedicated to improving the lives of horses, ponies, donkeys and mules. Home to more than 300 equines, there are plenty of four-legged friends to meet. The beautiful 600 acre site just outside of Lincoln, has endless walkways for visitors to explore, a café, gift shop, and exhibition, play park and picnic area.
We currently have two vacancies available on our website; Web Developer and Communications and Marketing Officer. Please visit our website to apply and for more information on our other vacancy.
The Marketing team are responsible for managing all communications for the charity including the website, direct mail, social media channels, emails, press releases, marketing material and literature. We are now looking for an experienced and highly motivated Communications and Marketing Officer to join them.
Working closely with the Communications and Marketing Manager, this role will deliver multiple engaging omnichannel campaigns and involve line management of the Digital Marketing Coordinator.
The successful candidate will:
- be competent in designing both print and digital campaigns
- be confident working with journalists and promoting the charity’s work to the media
- have experience copywriting for a variety of audiences
- have strong analytical skills and experience creating ROI reports
- have strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask and meet deadlines with good attention to detail
- have enthusiasm and a positive approach to meeting the needs of the charity by working collaboratively.
Further detail on the responsibilities and duties associated with this role can be found on our website.
We would be interested to hear from candidates with 3-5 years’ experience working in marketing and communications, with line management experience and a commitment to improving the lives of equines.
The starting salary is £23673 per annum and comes with an attractive benefits package.
This post is offered on a permanent basis, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday.
The closing date is 26th March 2021, but this post may close at short notice, should sufficient applications be received. Interviews are anticipated to take place on w/c 5th April 2021.
Bransby Horses is an equal opportunities employer and will seek to ensure that candidates and employees are treated equitably regardless of their gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origins, age, disability, socio-economic background, religious or political beliefs and affiliations, marital status, maternity or paternity, family responsibilities, sex and/or sexual orientation
Communications and Campaigns Officer
Ref: C&CO(2021)/CN
Location: WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre (with some opportunity for home working)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £26,669 per annum
This exciting and dynamic role will contribute to and support the delivery of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) communications and campaigns strategy and help manage our relationships with the media to support public engagement, income generation and awareness raising about the value of wetlands and our work around the world. It will also help develop new and imaginative ways of broadening our audiences to encourage a million people to take action for wetlands.
You’ll bring your experience, track record of dealing with journalists and knowledge of the current media landscape to our talented Communications and Campaigns team. You’ll work alongside the Communications and Campaigns manager to ensure we’re regularly securing high quality coverage of WWT, our campaigns and our work in the media and wider public sphere.
Using your creativity, experience in building relationships and understanding of current environmental issues, you will build networks of contacts within WWT and externally, including within the media, to identify coverage opportunities and develop compelling stories to promote our work.
You will respond effectively to enquiries coming through our press office and monitor and analyse the media landscape and our coverage. You’ll bring your excellent writing skills to the fore when drafting a range of written media, social media and web materials. You will be well used to targeting communications at different audiences. Your knowledge will enable you to support staff with media handling and become a trusted source of PR and reputational advice across the organisation.
You will enjoy working under your own initiative and within a team, with a positive ‘can do’ attitude and an ability to think laterally with the ability to spot an opportunity.
It’s an exciting time to join WWT. 2021 is our 75th anniversary, but we’re not sitting on our laurels. We’re looking to the future and have set ourselves ambitious targets to develop bigger and better wetlands and increase understanding of the crucial role they play in helping to solve the major environmental and societal issues of our day. This post will play a vital role in helping us to achieve these aims.
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is a conservation charity that protects wetlands for wildlife and people. We conserve, restore and create wetlands. We are pioneers in saving wetland wildlife, both in the UK and around the world. At our 10 UK sites around a million visitors a year engage with wetland nature. We work internationally in key global wetland areas, balancing conservation with sustainable livelihoods and influencing national and international conservation policies.
In return for your hard work and dedication you’ll enjoy a wide range of benefits including:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service
- Contributory pension scheme (conditions apply)
- Life assurance
- Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free entry to all our centres
Please note we can offer flexibility around working from home on an agreed number of days per week. If this is of interest then we are happy to discuss this at interview stage.
Closing date: Sunday 28th February
Interview date: Friday 12th March
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the Job Description and complete your application.
WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.
Registered Charity Number England & Wales, no 1030884 and Scotland, no SC039410.
No agencies please.
Looking for a digital role in the charity sector? Look no further! We’re looking for a part-time Senior Digital Communications Officer to join our Food for Life Team on a maternity cover basis.
30 hours per week
1 year fixed-term contract (maternty cover)
About our organisation
The Soil Association, formed in 1946, is the only UK charity which works across the spectrum of human health, the environment and animal welfare. That’s because we cannot tackle these issues in isolation.
We campaign for change, we support farming innovation, we serve healthy food in communities, we support and grow the organic market and we protect forests.
We couldn't do any of this without our supporters, partners, donors and dedicated staff. We make a difference in the world where it’s needed the most.
Our Food for Life programme is about making good food the easy choice for everyone – making healthy, tasty and sustainable meals the norm for all to enjoy, reconnecting people with where their food comes from, teaching them how it’s grown and cooked, and championing the importance of well-sourced ingredients.
About the opportunity
The Senior Digital Communications Officer is a role that spans across both the Food for Life programme and the wider Soil Association, supporting colleagues from a whole range of different teams. You will be helping us to deliver both proactive and reactive digital comms activity and will lead on the day to day management and maintenance of the Food for Life and Food for Life Get Togethers websites.
You’ll play a critical role in creating and delivering high-quality content, working with the wider communications team and subject experts from across the organisation, including the central Digital Communications team.
You will also play a crucial role in engaging our online community, making sure our brand and programmes are well represented across both our website and social media channels.
To help us learn from our activity, you will also lead on the analysis of our digital activity, making recommendations to improve our digital communications.
About you
You’ll utilise your broad mix of digital comms knowledge and experience, including: best practise in digital communications and content development, social media delivery, monitoring and reporting and copywriting for web and social media.
Important dates
Interviews are expected to take place: online, week commencing 1st March 2021
Knowledge and Experience:
- Experience of developing and executing a multi-channel digital communications strategy
- Experience of managing social media channels, specifically Twitter & Facebook
- Extensive experience of working with Content Management Systems (CMS)
- Extensive experience of creating rich content for digital communications and social media.
- Working knowledge of Photoshop and InDesign
- Good understanding of SEO
- Experience of using Google Analytics and creating insightful reports
- Good understanding of PPC
To Apply
Please visit our website to submit your application form. Please note we look at applications on arrival and reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
Please check your junk/spam folder if you do not receive a confirmation email upon submitting your application. Correspondence regarding your application will be sent through Hireful, our applicant tracking system, so please mark this as a safe sender. All candidates will subsequently receive an email from Hireful to confirm whether they have made it through to interview stage.
Please note we do not accept CVs or Cover Letters.
Soil Association is committed to providing equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of their background. We value diversity whilst also acknowledging that people from certain backgrounds are underrepresented in our organisation. If you’re not sure about applying, please get in touch with us for a chat.
Thank you for your interest in supporting our work at the Soil Association
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Mary’s Meals is a global movement that sets up school feeding projects in some of the world’s poorest communities, where poverty and hunger prevent children from gaining an education.
Our idea is a simple one that works. We provide one daily meal in a place of learning in order to attract chronically poor children into the classroom, where they receive an education that can, in the future, be their ladder out of poverty.
The Marketing and Communications Officer works as part of the communications team to raise awareness of our work within the UK in order to attract new supporters and develop relationships with existing supporters, while ensuring the values of the organisation are upheld and promoted in all communications activities.
The role includes responsibility for developing dynamic content and engaging with different target audiences, including supporters, donors and people new to Mary’s Meals.
You will work closely with supporter engagement colleagues to ensure a consistently integrated approach.
Principle duties include:
- Utilise a range of digital platforms to grow fundraising and awareness for Mary’s Meals, including social media channels, email marketing and website – including content production for all channels.
- Plan, develop and produce compelling supporter resources, including appeal letters, information booklets, magazines and posters.
- Increase engagement with new and existing supporters through the creation of meaningful content and marketing activities (all in keeping with Mary’s Meals’ distinct storytelling and fundraising style).
- Contribute to the creation of creative campaigns and content that tell the Mary’s Meals story and build support for our vision.
- Liaise with colleagues in Mary’s Meals International (MMI) on the implementation of global campaigns and to secure content from our school feeding programmes for communications activities.
- Support development of potential new marketing activities, including advertising, Google AdWords and tailored communications to supporters.
- Regularly monitor and review data across the various communications channels and contribute to evaluation reports.
- Perform ad hoc duties as required to support the department.
Please see the recruitment pack from our website by selecting the APPLY instructions on Charity Job.
Director of Communications
12 month Fixed Term Contract to cover Maternity leave
The successful applicant must be available to start before 1 June 2021
Full Time 37.5 hours per week (flexible and part time working by agreement)
Leeds Hospitals Charity
Leeds Hospitals Charity is proud to support Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The Trust comprises seven hospitals and a dental institute, including Leeds General Infirmary, St James University Hospital, Leeds Children’s Hospital and Leeds Cancer Centre. At Leeds Hospitals Charity, we work with NHS staff to improve the experience of patients and families. We’re passionate about healthcare and about making our hospitals amazing.
The Role
The Director of Communications is responsible for leading the Communications and Marketing Team. The role provides strategic direction as well as leading the delivery of all aspects of both internal and external communications for the charity. This role works closely with the Trust and as a part of the Senior Leadership Team, is responsible for reporting back to the Board of Trustees at regular intervals.
The Person
We are looking for someone who has:
- substantial experience in running a marketing and communications team in a charity or similar organisation,
- developed, written and delivered strategic plans,
- the ability to maintain brand awareness of the charity and its work,
- worked as part of a senior leadership team.
Experience of working in a healthcare charity or working with the NHS would be an advantage.
You will:
- be an experienced manager of people, able to lead and motivate a team,
- have excellent communication skills with the ability to relate to professionals, patients and the public at all levels,
- be able to manage and negotiate with suppliers,
- possess a high level of emotional intelligence.
To apply for this position please send a copy of your up to date CV with a covering later.
Closing date for applications is Thursday 18th March 2021.
Seeking an experienced trainer, project manager and line manager to help us deliver our campaigns training programmes.
Job Title: Training Delivery Manager
Department: Campaigns Training Delivery
Location: Anywhere in the UK (our whole organisation works from home at present)
Salary: £28,177 to £31,068 (FTE per year, plus an additional £3567 per year for those living in London)
Line Manager: Head of Training
Line Management: 4-5 trainers
Benefits: 5% employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and additional closure days in December
Hours of work: 1.0 FTE (equivalent 37.5 hours per week). Temporarily working reduced hours of 32.5 hours per week at full pay.
Flexible working: Core hours are 10am to 4.30pm. and we offer flexible working agreements
Start date: ASAP
Contract type: to August 2022
Application deadline: 9am GMT Monday 8 March 2021
Interviews: 18-19 March
About us
We are a charity dedicated to ensuring that people most impacted by injustice are leading campaigns that affect their lives, from better housing to fairer treatment of migrants to LGBTQ+ rights. Our mission is to support people to run effective campaigns that challenge injustice. We do this by running campaign training programmes that help people develop the skills, confidence and community to change things that matter to them. In our trainings, we prioritise people from communities directly impacted by injustice. In response to the urgent needs created by Covid-19 we are taking our training online.
About the job
We are seeking a Training Delivery Manager who will help us deliver our campaigns training programmes. To do that the Training Delivery Manager will manage our Campaign Training Delivery team. The purpose of that team is to coordinate all campaign training delivery work via different modes–residential, online, community-based, event-based–to different audiences–individual campaigners, community groups, charitable partner clients.
This role will ensure that all of our training programmes meet their goals and that our trainers have the support, feedback and processes to effectively carry out their work. This is a new role that will work with colleagues across the organisation to support the embedding of new ways of working in the wake of covid-19 pandemic. We are looking for an experienced project and line manager with strong training and facilitation skills who can guide a busy team providing accessible campaigning training to people most directly impacted by injustice in this country and globally, such as low-income/working-class people, people of colour, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people and migrants/refugees/asylum seekers.
We are looking for someone who has experience in delivering and managing interactive training focused on campaigns.
We know there is a huge demand for our work, so are working hard to grow our organisation in a sustainable way. You’ll be a key part of doing that.
Purpose
- Lead our experienced team of trainers to ensure they have the information, resources and support needed to thrive
- Support the strategic development and implementation of our work through our training team
- Support the design and delivery of our training work
Job responsibilities
Lead our experienced team of trainers to ensure they have the information, resources and support needed to thrive
- Provide frequent supervision and structure for our training team.
- Manage and coordinate the training team’s workload in line with both team and individual objectives.
- Work with the Head of Training to ensure that the team has the budget and resources to carry out their work.
- Ensure that team members have opportunities to learn from one another and from our evaluation processes.
- Work with team members to develop objectives and identify personal development opportunities.
Support the strategic development and implementation of our work through our training team
- Work with the Head of Training, the Head of UK Programmes and other team managers to ensure that the delivery of training is well organised and that there is a distribution of work across the team.
- Work with the senior leadership team to develop and implement organisational strategy related to the training team.
- Ensure that the necessary records of work are up-to-date in our Salesforce database.
Support the design and delivery of our training work
- Work with the Head of Training and Lead Trainer to set delivery goals for our campaigns training work.
- Work in partnership with the Logistics, Systems and Operations Manager to manage the delivery of the campaign training work.
- Select external trainers, speakers and performers for our residential programme.
- Work with the Alumni and Communications Manager to develop content for our annual Communities of Resistance event and other alumni training events.
- Oversee the development of curriculum and resources for our campaign training programme.
- Work with the Head of Training to write the budget for the campaigns training work and ensure the work is delivered within the budget.
- Occasional delivery of training
General
- Develop and maintain objectives and work plans for the roles responsibilities
- Work in a sustainable manner with consideration of the natural environment.
- External customer service: answer the general Campaign Bootcamp phone and emails
- Any other reasonable tasks as directed by your line manager or Leadership
- At all times adhere to relevant legislation including GDPR
- At all times take personal responsibility for exhibiting behaviours in line with the person specification and the values of Campaign Bootcamp.
See our website for Person Specification.
We are a rapidly growing charity dedicated to supporting people in marginalised communities to challenge injustice and inequality.
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Campaigns and Communications Officer (Digital Media / Marketing)
£27,000 per annum pro rata
Central London
Part Time 21 hours per week
Permanent - flexible working options are available
Are you passionate about gender equality?
Do you recognise the value of sport to personal development and society?
Do you want your work to make a difference?
Our charity client exists because they believe it is wrong for girls and women to be denied the joy, fulfilment and lifelong benefits of sport. And yet still so many are, even here in the UK. Gender stereotypes, concerns about body image, discrimination in the workplace and social norms at home mean that at every life stage, women are still less active than men and less likely to play sport. Too many women and girls are missing out on feeling happy and confident in their bodies, on the companionship, exhilaration and liberation of simply playing and forgetting day-to-day stresses. Women from disadvantaged communities and women of colour are missing out most of all.
If so, why not think about applying to be part of their ground-breaking charity so you can help to ensure women and girls can break out of stereotypes and engage in sport and exercise for its joy as well as its health benefits!
They now have an opportunity for a Campaigns and Communications Officer to work closely with their Head of Engagement and Communications to promote their beliefs and shine a spotlight on the systematic exclusion of women and girls from sport while highlighting how the change can happen.
Our client highly values the quality and diversity of thought that is only possible from a team made up of individuals from a broad range of backgrounds, who can each bring their different experiences and perspectives. For this reason, they encourage applications from men as well as women and would particularly welcome applications from people of colour and a wide variety of ethnic or minority backgrounds, sexual orientation, religion, age or impairment.
The charity is committed to a working culture where everyone can be authentic and true to themselves. They strive to represent the full diversity of the communities they serve.
Come and be part of this exciting new era for women’s sport.
Main responsibilities are:
Design and deliver high quality digital initiatives on all social media channels
Create new and exciting campaigns to increase awareness of the key issues and of the charity
Provide a high quality interface with print and broadcast media maximising the value of their spokespeople, ambassadors and their messages the Charity, partners activities success and impact
What they’re looking for from you:
Strong innate ability to communicate in writing and orally
Empathy to the impact of the use of language and imagery on diverse audiences
Experience of working in fast paced environment and preferably the use of digital media and website management in a professional context
Positive energy and resilience
Ability to listen and show respect to all
Please see attached job description for full list of responsibilities and the criteria required for this role.
What they can offer you:
Annual leave: 25 days, plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for 21 hours)
Pension: the charity operates an auto enrolment pension, with matched contributions increasing to 5% of salary.
Flexibility: They have a range of options for flexible working and they’d be happy to discuss your needs at the interview stage.
Annual Healthy Living Allowance of £250 (pro rata for 21 hours)
Closing date: 15 March 2021
Long List Phone Calls: 22 March 2021
Main Interviews: 29 March 2021
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Our Digital Communications Officer role is a new position in the IBD Registry that reflects both our fast growth and increasing maturity. This is an exciting new role to plan, create and deliver through our many digital channels the compelling content that will engage our key stakeholders: clinical teams, patients and the public, and industry, plus the ongoing performance analysis that will drive improved engagement. This role is critically focused on our upcoming Reshaping the Registry campaign over the next 12 months but may continue into a longer term role after that period.
You will be part of a small and growing and highly collaborative team, reporting to and working closely with the Projects/Programme Manager, as well as with clinical and academic data specialists and our partner organisations, including Crohn’s & Colitis UK, the BSG and RCP and our current partnership with University Hospitals Cambridge for the £5M IBD Hub project for HDR UK.
We are looking for a data-minded digital communications all-rounder, who is as comfortable writing and editing punchy copy as they are working with tools and social media platforms such as Wordpress, Mailchimp, Twitter and LinkedIn to create web pages, design infographics, craft newsletters, blogs and postings and publish content. You will have a good eye for design, enabling you to create engaging and shareable graphics that build our brand and output these via our website and other social media channels. You will quickly develop an understanding for our audiences that will allow appropriate creation and curation of our different newsletters, furthering engagement. You will have good technical knowledge about digital communications and above all a flair and creativity for thinking about how digital tools can be used to promote our data-driven research and analysis. You will have great people skills, which will allow you to work constructively within our team to summarise key messages from our data work and translate these into the best digital outputs, as well as working with external partners on mutually beneficial communications work. You will be able to meet deadlines, work under pressure and juggle multiple priorities without compromising your keen attention to detail and high level of accuracy. Ideally, you will have come from the healthcare or pharmaceutical industries, or a sector where you have gained experience of delivering messages related to improving people’s health.
Your most important attributes will be your readiness and ability to learn, your 'can do’ mindset coupled with a rigour of thinking and attention to details. 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.
Our full Job Pack and How to Apply can be found on our IBD Registry website under our 'Work For Us' page.Please visit this to learn more about this role and also to access the Application Form
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About You
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With over 6.5 million unpaid carers in the UK and 6,000 individuals becoming a carer every day the need to support them is growing and urgent. Unpaid carers save the country an estimated £530 million each day and are vital to the friends and family members they support, as well as to the wider community.
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Learning, Events and Networks Manager
Part-time (21 hours per week)
£35,000 pro rata (£21,000 actual)
We welcomed over 2,800 people to our events, networks and meetings in the last year, where funders in London were able to share learning, insights and best practice to increase the effectiveness of their work. But we want to do more. We have ambitions to increase the impact of our work, and need you to join us to help us to achieve this in the new role of Learning, Events and Networks Manager, leading our work to develop an engaging, inspiring and informative programme of events and network meetings that achieves real impact for funders in London.
This role is crucial to us in ensuring that learning is captured and shared, that the latest insights and developments inform the work of funders, and that action can be taken after our events. From small roundtable meetings exploring issues in-depth, through to conference events with hundreds of attendees from across our membership, you’ll be ambitious about ensuring that everyone has a positive experience and leaves with learning and ideas that they can translate into action in their own work, whilst also supporting collaborative efforts across the funding community.
You’ll get to work with our 170 member funders from across sectors, who invest in all aspects of London’s civil society and reach all communities. No two days are the same at London Funders, and nor are two events the same for us – from advice to violence affecting young people, from Barking & Dagenham to Westminster, you’ll be involved in planning events on issues and places that are as diverse as the city we love.
If you’re interested in the role we’d love to hear from you. You can find more detail in the information pack below, which includes links to where you can find out more about our work and the areas this role will be focused on. When you’re ready to apply, just submit your CV and a supporting statement (no more than two sides of A4) explaining how you meet the points on the person specification, through Charity Job before 10am on Wednesday 10 March 2021. We look forward to hearing from you, and to hopefully working with you to make a positive difference to London life through a strong and effective network of funders.
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Communications Assistant
Location: Home based initially – moving to Stratford office when restrictions allow
Salary range: £20,500 FTE - £8,200 actual per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part Time - 14 hours per week
School-Home Support gets children and young people into school, ready to learn. We have been working for over 30 years, with children, families and schools to break the long-term cycle of deprivation. What starts as poor school attendance can become low educational attainment, anti social behaviour, crime, low paid or no job - generation after generation. SHS makes a real difference and we are passionate about the role education plays in improving life chances for disadvantaged children and young people.
The Communications and Marketing team at SHS is small and hard working. They oversee all internal and external communications within the organisation - helping to position the charity as a thought leader within the education sector, and raise awareness for some of our key audiences. COVID-19 has put education and related inequalities squarely on the agenda. Our services are never more needed and we need to further increase awareness of our work in order to support more children and families. Building on recent Communications successes we are now looking for a confident, enthusiastic and focused individual to join our friendly team. The role will suit someone who is looking to make an impact and who can build on School-Home Support’s solid reputation.
The post is expected to be home based initially, moving to our Stratford office when restrictions allow. Our office in Stratford is a 10 minute walk from the station and well served with both underground and mainline trains, including Stratford International, Jubilee and Central line tubes, Overground and DLR.
Closing date 9am Monday 15th March
Interviews: Monday 22 March
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and complete the application process.
School-Home Support takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances.
SHS is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.
No agencies please.