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Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice has been on a major upward trajectory in recent years, with more children being supported, more major hospitals being partnered with and more supporters donating. Marketing and Communications at Noah’s Ark is transforming and elevating its outputs in order to enable the charity to reach its ambitious strategic objectives. So this can be achieved, the Marketing and Communications team need to become master storytellers.
The Marketing and Communications Officer will take a leading role in the creation of content for various departments, audiences and channels. This will include ideation and copywriting, as well as working with external designers to develop collateral. Working with stakeholders across the charity, the person in this role will produce excellent content for the Noah’s Ark website – including family case-studies and supporter stories.
As well as Content Creation, the Marketing and Communications Officer will opportunity to work across the marketing mix – including Digital Marketing, Content Strategy and Campaign Management. This is a cross-department role, working across Fundraising, Care, Volunteering, HR and Internal Communications, so it is essential that the appointed candidate is willing to embrace a diverse workload.
The appointed candidate will work closely with the Marketing and Communications Manager to support the delivery of the Marketing and Communications Strategy, and will be encouraged to contribute their own ideas and subsequently own projects. There is great potential for significant autonomy in this role and for the role to be shaped by the post-holder themselves.
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supporting the Marketing and Communications Manager in the delivery of marketing activity for departments across the charity
- Working with the care team to capture stories and photography of our beneficiaries
- Writing and producing content for the Noah’s Ark social media channels
- Working with internal stakeholders to develop cross-channel content – including video & print
- Working with external designers and agencies to develop new marketing materials
- Create and support the creation of excellent content for the Noah’s Ark website
- Working with the Marketing and Communications Manager to continue the roll-out of the Noah’s Ark brand and implement the brand guidelines within the charity
- Maintain and develop excellent working relationships with key internal stakeholders
- Using existing templates, create visuals for our social channels in Adobe InDesign
- Work with the Marketing and Communications Manager to develop and deliver communications strategies for key audiences
- Responding to ad-hoc requests for marketing support in a timely manner
- Managing the sourcing and ordering of branded merchandise
- Maintaining and organising the Marketing and Communications files
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The St Vincent de Paul Society is an international Christian voluntary membership organisation that tackles poverty and disadvantage by helping and supporting vulnerable people. Active throughout England and Wales since 1844, our main objective is the relief of poverty in all its forms without differentiation on the grounds of race, colour, creed, ideology or gender.
Our Fundraising, Communications and Marketing directorate is going through an exciting time of growth and we are recruiting a Membership Communications Officer to join our expanding team.
We are looking for someone who will work closely with our national Membership Team, to provide communications support for our 10,000 strong volunteer members. The role will help us deliver on our ambitious plans to raise awareness and showcase the work of our members, who are active in their local communities, supporting those who are experiencing poverty, loneliness and much more.
Working Hours = You will be contracted to 37.5 hours per week working Monday to Friday
Location = Hybrid – home based for three days a week and two days office based in a local SVP office
Contract = Permanent
Salary = £23,010 per annum (London Weighting will be paid if applicable)
Benefits Package = 33 days holiday (pro rata) per year inclusive of bank holidays increasing to 38 days with service, competitive pension scheme, birthday reward varying each year, enhanced maternity pay, buy/sell holiday schemes and lots more.
The main duties of the Membership Communications Officer will involve –
- Building effective staff and member relationships
- Review of all current membership communications channels, documents and approaches and develop and deliver an effective framework, channels, and assets to enable and support member communications
- Responsibility for reviewing and maintaining the member aspects of the current website.
- Providing regular updates, case studies and stories which can be used by the core communications team to promote the aims and work of the society and shared with the Membership team and conferences in England and Wales to demonstrate simulate ideas.
It is essential for the candidate to demonstrate the following –
- Work experience within a charity or membership organisation preferably within the voluntary sector
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – written, telephone and face to face
- A high standard of literacy and an eye for detail
- Experience of writing and producing communications materials, such as publications and e-newsletters, sourcing assets such as images and stories, and managing membership/stakeholder communications channels
Please be aware that this role will include frequent travel as the SVP has membership groups and support centres across England and Wales.
In return we’ll provide you with the opportunity to work for a welcoming organisation that offers support and guidance with the opportunity to progress.
Closing Date = 12th June 2022
Deadline for completed Application Packs = 15th June 2022
Interviews = W/C 20th June 2022
If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience to fulfil this role successfully, please apply in the first instance with your CV.
Previous candidates need not apply. Unfortunately, if you have not received a response within four weeks of your application, you have not been successful on this occasion.
The St Vincent de Paul Society (or as it is often known - the SVP) is an international Christian voluntary organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and disadvantage by providing practical assistance to those in need. We feed the hungry, we support the homeless, we visit the lonely and we befriend the stranger.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are Norfolk’s charity for people living with sight loss and visual impairment. Providing practical and emotional support at our hubs in Norwich, King’s Lynn and Great Yarmouth and in hospitals across Norfolk. Together with social and well-being activities for adults and children, young people and their families, daily living equipment, befriending services and specialist housing, we help those affected by sight loss to live life fully.
About the role
We are looking for a real team player who will work to integrate community fundraising and social media marketing into our volunteers and events teams. This is a time of change for the organisation and the ideal candidate will be someone who is not afraid to embrace and promote new challenges and new technology. This is a multi-tasking role and an ability to prioritise and organise a busy workload is essential. The two sides to the role (community fundraising & communications) are interlinked and there is an expectation to develop this in the role. A can-do attitude is more important to us than a long history of marketing experience, as on-going training and support will be provided.
Vision Norfolk (previously the Norfolk and Norwich Association for the Blind) is going through a period of organisational change, which means the successful candidate will have room for growth and development in this role.
The ideal candidate will have:
· Experience of forging partnerships with companies, clubs or groups, from prospect researching through to pitching
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to develop compelling partnership proposals
· A real passion for team working and collaboration to drive results
· Meticulous attention to detail and data management to drive a new supporter pipeline
· A real passion for working in public fundraising and delivering engaging and inspiring supporter experiences
· Have an excellent knowledge of the best content for different social platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube and a passion for emerging platforms and audiences
· DBS check required at Enhanced level
Please submit a covering letter (no longer than 2 x A4) along with your most recent CV. Please clearly address the points in the person specification with examples in your application.
Closing Date: 18th June 2022
Shortlisting w/c: 27th June 2022
Interviews: w/c: 4th July 2022
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are recruiting for a Global Communications Officer to join our HQ Media Team based in Godalming in the UK (with some home-based working – currently 3 days a week, 2 days per week with be required in the office).
The Communications Officer will help boost Compassion’s international media profile and campaigns through traditional media, social media, and other communication channels. You will generate international media coverage, use breaking stories to drive our campaigns and polices, sell-in stories, produce content across a range of channels, and be responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of our global media coverage. You will also help support the coordination of the media work in our country offices and take part in our out-of-hours on-call rota.
About you
This post requires a passionate and creative communications professional who works well in a team. You will need some previous experience in a busy press office or newsroom, a keen news sense, excellent writing skills, an eye for detail, and be able to work to tight deadlines. A good understanding of traditional media is a must, and digital and social media know-how would be beneficial. Candidates should also possess a keen interest in animal welfare and environmentalism. A second language, in addition to English, would be an advantage as you will be working closely with our teams across Europe and beyond.
About us:
Help transform billions of lives. Including yours.
Compassion in World Farming International is a powerful global movement dedicated to ending factory farming and radically changing our food systems to reduce reliance on animal protein before it’s too late. With headquarters in the UK and offices throughout Europe, in the USA and China, we are an influential organisation whose supporters and partners throughout the world help us deliver on our initiatives.
Compassion in World Farming International is absolutely committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We value diversity and lived experience, and acknowledge the underrepresentation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, whether these be of ethnicity, gender, identity, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation or other
To apply:
Please complete the online application form and upload your CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification.
Why work for Compassion in World Farming?
- Benefiting animals, people, and planet: We are on a mission to end factory farming and create a world where fresh air and sunshine are natural parts of any farming system.
- To expand your current skills, develop your career and make a difference to the lives of billions
- We offer 25 days paid holiday
- 45 minutes by train from London Waterloo, our international headquarters are in Godalming near Guildford, a picturesque market town on the banks of the River Wey.
- We occupy modern, bright open plan offices just two minutes’ walk from Godalming station
- Free parking
Salary: £25,500 (Depending on experience)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week
Location: Godalming, Surrey – HQ Godalming, Surrey – HQ (Hybrid flexible working available, with at least 2 days in the office per week)
Closing date for applications: 25th June 2022
You may have experience of the following: Communications Officer, Media Manager, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Officer, Animal Welfare, Communications Manager, Marketing Communications, Campaign Manager, Project Management, Charity, Third Sector, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.
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About us
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is a unique and dynamic membership organisation which comprises 15 of the UK’s leading humanitarian charities: ActionAid UK, Age International, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide (UK), International Rescue Committee (IRC), Islamic Relief Worldwide, Oxfam GB, Plan International UK, Save the Children UK, Tearfund and World Vision UK.
When large scale disasters hit countries without the capacity to respond, the DEC brings together our 15 member charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently. In these times of crisis, people in life-and-death situations need our help and our mission is to save, protect and rebuild lives through effective humanitarian response.
Pooling our resources to work as one, we are pivotal in co-ordinating the UK public's response to overseas disasters. In collaboration with our Rapid Response Network of national media and corporate partners, we raise the alarm to the UK public and set up easy ways to donate, with the majority of our funds raised over an intensive two-week period following a disaster.
Since our launch in 1963, we have run over 70 fundraising appeals and raised more than £1.7bn, saving countless lives and rebuilding communities.
We are now looking for a Media and Communications Officer to join us and deliver our communications strategy for a nine month, fixed term contract.
The benefits
- Salary of £29,870 per annum (pro rata)
- Great benefits package
- Support humanitarian efforts across the globe
This is an outstanding opportunity for a PR, journalism or communications professional with experience of supporting a team to take on an exciting contract supporting a number of international disaster appeals.
This is an important time to join us, as you will have the chance to work on our Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, our largest campaign in two decades.
So, if you are ready for an engaging, rewarding contract where you can make an impact, this is the role for you.
The role
As a Media and Communications Officer, you will be tasked with supporting a range of communication activities to enable our Communications Team. You will also assist with additional reporting following the response to the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
Through communications activity, you will seek to raise awareness of our organisation and our appeals as well as providing admin support and aiding in media relations, PR, web and social media work. You will also be involved in content production and management, reporting and internal communications.
Additionally, you will be involved in handling media enquiries, supporting and managing digital resources, an array of administrative and support activities and creative tasks such as suggesting content ideas and improving online resources.
About you
To be considered as a Media and Communications Officer, you will need:
- Experience of supporting a team
- Experience in PR, journalism or communications
- Strong writing skills
- Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills
- A good eye for detail and great analytical skills
- Good time management and organisational skills
- A proactive, diplomatic and constructive approach
- A persuasive and confident manner in dealing with suppliers.
- An understanding of, and a commitment to, the mission and values of DEC
A degree level qualification or the ability to demonstrate a similar level of skill by experience would be beneficial to your application, as would experience of working in a communications team.
An interest in humanitarian and development issues would also be advantageous, as would experience of using a project management tool. Evidence of innovative thinking or working on creative projects would also be desirable.
Other organisations may call this role PR Officer, Communications Officer, Marketing Officer, Charity Comms Officer, Public Relations Officer, Media Officer, or Charity Marcoms Officer.
The DEC is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from anyone who can meet the criteria, regardless of gender, race, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The DEC is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults and participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.
How to apply
So, if you’re seeking a superb contract as a Media and Communications Officer, please submit a cover letter and a copy of your CV.
We will consider applications as they are submitted and will contact you if we would like to arrange an interview.
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Internal Communications Officer
As an Internal Communications Officer, you’ll design and produce content, events and activities across our network of channels to engage our people.
Position: Internal Communications Officer
Location: Homebased, U.K. Nationwide
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: Circa £28,000 per annum (inner London weighting £3,299 per annum or outer London weighting £1,755 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 17 June 2022
Interview Date: 28 June, 29 June 2022
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges.
You’ll drive forward channel improvements that are customer-led, and enable others to do their best job while working or volunteering here. And support team and directorate projects to improve the overall experience for staff and volunteers, working collaboratively with others to achieve shared goals.
As a first point of contact, you’ll support colleagues and volunteers with day-to-day communication queries like technical fixes, proof reading, coordinating events, and delivering communication activity or plans.
About You
You will have:
- Evidence of developing and delivering impactful communication plans and activities with clear outcomes for different audiences that connect people to cause, culture and purpose.
- Understanding of workplace culture, experience and communication principles.
- Understanding of coaching techniques to help others find solutions.
- Good leadership skills in particular role modelling, driving work forward autonomously, and being a great team member.
- Knowledge of accessibility guidelines or best practice.
Join our dynamic and ambitious team and deliver the best work of your live for people affected by stroke.
To fulfil the role, you must abode in the U.K and have the right to work in the U.K.
Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
About the Organisation
Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.
When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.
We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.
We’re working to improve the diversity of our team. Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.
We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities.
Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.
In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!
You may also have experience in areas such as Impact and Engagement Lead, Impact and Engagement Manager, Impact and Engagement Officer, Impact and Engagement, Impact Manager, Engagement Manager, Impact Lead, Engagement Lead, Recruitment, Volunteer Engagement, Volunteer Management, Communications, Internal Communications, Internal Communications Officer, Internal Communications Lead, Internal Communications Manager, Marketing and Communications, Marketing Officer, Digital Marketing, Marketing and Communications.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
TCC is the longest established community organising group in the UK, and tackles social injustice by supporting diverse communities to gain the power they need to enact change. We do this through community organising: bringing together local groups and supporting them to set their own agenda, take action, and improve their communities. Our members include different faith groups, community organisations, and schools from across Wrexham, Flintshire, and Denbighshire. Any of our members can raise an issue for TCC to work on, meaning we are a truly democratic, grassroots-led organisation.
The income generation and communications officer will help to communicate TCC's impact, increase engagement and develop and diversify our income streams. The successful candidate will ensure that the TCC alliance can continue to have a positive impact on social justice in North-East Wales for years to come.
TCC believes that a greater diversity of views, skills, and lived experience will help generate better ideas, and will lead to better decision making. We want to encourage applicants with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
The successful candidate will join a team of four other members of staff, based out of Wrexham and our flexible base in Rhyl. We operate a distributed leadership model. The role will be supported by the operational success lead, but you will be expected to be able to think strategically and work independently. There will be a 6-month probation review.
As part of a small team, the person in this role will be required to be involved with all aspects of running a small organisation, including attending meetings, report writing, administration and engagement with Trustees.
Salary: £27,202 pro-rata
Hours: 30 - 37 hours per week (pro-rata if under 37 hours a week). We will consider flexible working requirements (30 hours, job shares or compressed hours).
Closing date for applications: Midday on Tuesday 31st May 2022.
Interview date: Friday 10th June 2022.
TCC believes that a greater diversity of views, skills, and lived experience will help generate better ideas, and will lead to better decision making. We want to encourage applicants with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Remote/Hybrid - This position can be based outside the UK provided it is in a country with a Save the Children office from which you would be able to work
The job of a Save the Children UK’s Communications and Marketing Advisor is creative and fulfilling.
- Do you have experience working in a Marketing or Communications role, developing and executing communications and marketing strategies across traditional and digital channels?
- Do you have experience of creating engaging multi-media and digital content for different audiences and managing online communities?
- Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?
If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
We stand side by side with children in the toughest places to be a child. We do whatever it takes to make sure they survive, get protection when they're in danger, and have the chance to learn.
The Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA) as part of SCUK’s humanitarian department provides high-quality humanitarian capacity strengthening for the movement, as well as the wider sector, as part of our shifting the power agenda.
The HLA’s mission, as a team within the humanitarian department, is to enable people around the world to prepare for and respond to crises in their own countries, by providing quality learning opportunities. The HLA’s approach spans from focused needs-based learning in countries hit by crises to the huge international reach of our learning platform, Kaya. They are a global team that has a full suite of in-house skills to provide and develop the offer; technical and learning experts, platform specialists, a digital and design studio, communications support and more.
The HLA enables SCUK to offer the most effective and impactful humanitarian capacity strengthening resource for both the Save the Children movement, the wider humanitarian sector and beyond.
Job Purpose
The Communications and Marketing Advisor is part of the communications and marketing function which is responsible for raising the HLA’s profile through greater brand recognition, expanding its audiences and building an active, engaged and thriving global community of learners, customers, and strategic partners.
You will support the delivery and implementation of the HLA’s communications and marketing strategy, with a strong focus on content development and digital engagement. The key focus of this role is to produce content which brings to life the HLA’s brand, learning solutions, products and services, and engages with our growing online and face-to-face learning communities.
Reporting to the Head of Communications & Marketing, you will be successful at implementing the right digital and non-digital approaches to maximise the promotion of the work of HLA, raise the organisation’s profile through greater brand recognition, expand its audiences, and build an active and engaged global community of learners, customers, and partners.
Key Accountabilities:
The Communications and Marketing Advisor key duties will include:
- Support the implementation of the HLA’s communications & marketing strategies, with a strong focus on content development and digital engagement.
- Responsible for the day-to-day monitoring of HLA’s paid and organic social media activities and responding as quickly and accurately as possible to queries and comments from learners and followers.
- Create, commission and manage the development of compelling digital content for each social media platform (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn) sourcing themes from both inside and outside HLA (quotes, interviews, videos, animations, impact stories, blogs from our learners and social media followers).
- Ensure the HLA’s content calendar is kept up to date, scheduling social media posts on all platforms, in different languages and at different times of the day/week.
- Monitor and report content performance, engagement, and community growth to guide future targeting and planning.
- Support the drafting and delivery of regular email communications/campaigns using Mailchimp and analyse effectiveness.
- Support on event planning and management (e.g. oversee social media use at external online/offline events and support other staff members when they want to use HLA’s social media channels for events)
- Ensure all digital content meets the HLA brand guidelines, standards, and tone of voice.
- Advise and train staff within the HLA’s network on identifying, planning for, and creating relevant content for social media
- Ensure that all developed materials maintain a high degree of consistency, accuracy, and relevance.
- Contribute to supporting strong ways of working across the team, as well as taking individual responsibility for building an inclusive and supportive team culture
Person Profile
You will have experience of developing and executing communications and marketing strategies across traditional and digital channels. The candidate will also have experience creating engaging content for different audiences and managing online communities. You will be an integral part of the team’s ability to increase brand awareness, user engagement and customer satisfaction.
Experience/Knowledge
- Experience in a marketing and/or communications role for an NGO, social enterprise or a start-up business.
- Experience of developing effective digital and multi-media content suitable for use across a range of digital channels and audiences.
- Experience of developing quality digital marketing and communication campaigns, including earned, owned and paid.
- Experience and understanding of monitoring, analysing and evaluating digital content success (Google Analytics, Facebook Insights, Hootsuite).
- Experience of managing social media communities with a view to building and maintaining online engagement
- Experience in using websites, email communications and social media platforms to meet strategic aims.
- Experience working with image manipulation/video editing software (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, WeVideo)
- Experience of understanding barriers to communication and information management across different contexts
Abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English with strong attention to detail, accuracy and consistent quality and the ability to summarise complex information in clear, non-specialist language.
- Ability to build key relationships with internal and external stakeholders, contractors and consultants.
- Able to demonstrate creativity and innovation to produce digital content that stand out in crowded markets.
- Customer service skills with the ability to work quickly and flexibly in changing circumstances.
- Confident in managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
Aptitude
- Good understanding of social media channels and trends
- A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment
- A commitment to Save the Children UK's aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.
What we do
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Role: Communications Officer
Hours: 37.5 per week Monday to Friday
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £21,000
Holiday: 25 days per year plus Bank Holidays
Based: St Agnes, Cornwall
Probationary Period: 3 months
Reports to: Head of Communications
Benefits:
- Additional 1 day holiday per year after each year of service, up to 3 years
- Employer pension scheme
- Flexible and hybrid working options
- 24-hour employee support line
- Incredible ocean location
Surfers Against Sewage:
Surfers Against Sewage started 30 years ago; a group of water lovers fighting back to clean up the sea so we could stop getting sick. As we campaigned we started getting wiser about the full scope of pollution, waste, destruction and rising temperatures damaging the ocean that so many of us love and that we all rely on.
We realised it wasn’t just people getting sick from ocean pollution. It was the planet as well. That for people to thrive and live life to the fullest, the ocean has to thrive too. So we started rising up on more issues, bringing together more people and using our collective power to drive change. Plastic. Water quality. The climate crisis. Ocean recovery. By building and connecting communities motivated to make a difference, we gather the evidence and give voice to the issues that hold leaders to account.
From the beach-front to the frontbench, pavements to the hilltops, we’re creating inspired, motivated Ocean Activists everywhere, each one of us committed to the exact same thing. Protecting the ocean and all it makes possible.
A lot has changed in the last three decades. But we’re still a group of water lovers, fighting back, to clean up the sea. It’s just now there are more of us, with more corners to fight.
Today we are more than surfers. It’s about more than sewage. We’re here because of the ocean. Let’s fight for it.
The Surfers Against Sewage values are:
Open
Together, we’re passionate, down to earth campaigners, with a deep unrelenting love of the ocean. We believe in building diverse, inclusive and active communities.
Authentic
We are human, doing our best for the ocean that we all love and rely on. When we don’t get things right, we learn from it. We believe in authenticity. You can’t fake trust.
Daring
We’re creative risk takers, willing to disrupt the status quo and show how being different makes a difference. We have edge and energy that we put to use, pushing back against norms and pushing forward a counterview of what’s possible for our planet.
Dynamic
We are dynamic, active, energetic doers. From the beachfront to the frontbench, we bring people together, empowering them to get stuck in and make real change happen.
Purposeful
We’re serious, experienced, rigorous, determined and dedicated. We know the impact of people power and how our actions on the ground, and at the top, make a difference.
About the role:
We are looking for a Communications Officer to join our office in Cornwall. This role will support the Head of Comms in increasing SAS’s impact with a focus on curating SAS’ social media output, including creating content, developing SAS’ use of social media platforms and using analytics to monitor, report and evolve our output.
As Communications Officer, your role will be both creative and strategic, as you support, collaborate with, and empower various teams to deliver impactful communications. You’ll work closely with the Head of Comms to optimise our output and act as a gatekeeper for the SAS brand, working with all teams across the organisation. If you have an eye for social content which can engage people and encourage them to take action, we want to hear from you.
Please note that this role is full time and based at SAS’s HQ in Wheal Kitty, St Agnes, Cornwall.
Key responsibilities:
- Plan, co-ordinate and gatekeep social media calendars
- Create impactful social content (including video and graphics)
- Advise and support teams on social media content and communication strategy for campaigns
- Liaison with digital marketing agency on social and google ad spend
- Manage social media tools and platforms
- Oversee social media and digital channel reports
- Create and develop brand-led social growth and engagement strategies
- Produce content for other digital channels, including website and email
- Deliver reports and recommendations to Head of Comms and internal teams
- Act as a brand guardian, sense checking output to ensure consistency
- Respond to ad-hoc requests and any other duties that are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the post
Skills and experience:
- Proven track record of managing and growing busy social media platforms
- Familiar with the tactics and strategies that sit behind impactful social content, including the use of ad spend
- Confident to work across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and other social media platforms as well as website and email
- Proficient in writing copy with a strong eye for detail and the ability to write for multiple audience groups
- Proficient at photo and video editing for social content
- A good understanding of performance reporting, how to set benchmarks, measure against KPIs and provide recommendations for improvement
- Used to working in a fast paced, busy environment
- Prior experience within the charity sector, especially campaigning charities, is a bonus but not a necessity
Personal profile:
- 1-3 years in a similar role
- A desire to make a positive difference for the ocean and planet
- Highly creative with a keen interest in social media growth and engagement tactics
- Excellent communication skills, internally as well as outward facing
- Self-motivated, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Not afraid to experiment, innovate and come to the table with new ideas
- Happy to get stuck in and work with the team to achieve ambitious goals
- Well organised with both a structured and agile mind-set to do what’s required
- A willingness to learn and take onboard feedback
- Ability to work independently and take initiative to solve problems
- Inspired by SAS’s mission, vision and values
- Likes to spend time near, on or in the sea
- Full, clean, UK drivers licence
To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter explaining how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role.
Closing Date: 29th May (midnight)
Interview Date: Interviews expected to be held w/c 6th June, in person at Wheal Kitty.
Surfers Against Sewage values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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A 12 month opportunity to join the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust as a Communications Officer (maternity cover).
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is seeking a creative, communications specialist to provide maternity cover (12-month fixed term contract, in the first instance) beginning in June 2022. The successful applicant will join our small, friendly and dedicated team to implement the delivery of the charity’s communications effort in the UK. The role, with the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust UK, will be based at the charity’s office in Leatherhead, Surrey.
Reporting directly to the Executive Director, you will be responsible for the management of creative and compelling communications across digital channels and printed marketing materials. Focusing on telling the story of our work and the animals and habitats we protect so supporters are rightfully inspired by the difference they can help us make for wildlife.
Maintaining and building the charity’s social media presence, as well as developing content such as press releases, magazines and email newsletters will be a key element of your day-to-day work. Celebrating conservation success stories, you will tailor the content you create to different channels and understand what works best for their audiences to encourage awareness raising and financial support. The ability to create videos would be an advantage for the role, as is success in producing content to tight deadlines.
You will work with other team members, in both the charity’s Kenya and USA offices, to assist in implementing communications and marketing campaigns to drive awareness and income. You will also manage media relations, raising awareness of the charity’s successes and challenges faced in conservation.
You will need demonstrable copy writing skills, a passion for conservation and communication with a proven ability to manage a busy workload against challenging deadlines.
Who we are:
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has worked for 45 years to protect all wildlife and habitats in Kenya. Best known for the rescue, hand-rearing, and rehabilitation of orphaned baby elephants and rhinos so that they can ultimately enjoy a life back in the wild when grown, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust adopts a multi-faceted approach to conservation. From Anti-Poaching operations to Community Outreach projects, Aerial Surveillance patrols to Mobile Veterinary interventions, our pioneering work ensures a sustainable future for all wildlife and communities.
Applying for the Role
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification before applying. If after reading this you believe the role is for you, send us your CV and one-page cover letter via our Charity Job posting. Please use your cover letter to tell us how your skills and experience match the job description. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Early application is encouraged as we will be reviewing applications throughout the advertised period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
If you do not receive an invitation for an interview by 31 May 2022, then you have unfortunately not been shortlisted.
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A great opportunity for a strong communicator in a fast-growing charity that is helping improve access to medicines worldwide, saving lives and preventing avoidable suffering. International Health Partners (IHP) supports people in hard-to-reach, vulnerable and disaster-hit communities to get the medicines they need, by coordinating the safe and responsible donation of long-dated medical products. We work with our strong network of global healthcare, logistics and NGO partners, to source and send treatments to where they are needed most, to help prevent the needless suffering caused by a lack of access to healthcare. Our work is needed now more than ever. The global outbreak of COVID-19 has further highlighted the urgent need for improving access to medicines and for strengthening health systems. In the last two years, IHP has sent over 20 million treatments to vulnerable communities around the world including places such as Yemen, Lebanon, South Sudan and Haiti.
We are looking for someone who is naturally articulate, proactive and enthusiastic. You will help us raise IHP's profile and hence resources, through targeting marketing and brand campaigns in line with the communications strategy.
You will do this by producing strong communications and fundraising materials for our channels and for key stakeholders. These include IHP donors, NGO partners, logistics and healthcare companies. You will provide regular content for a range of media including our website, social media and newsletters. You will work closely with IHP colleagues to achieve IHP’s aims, and act as a point of liaison with other organisations looking to talk about our partnerships.
Can you help us tell the right story, to the right people, at the right time? Can you seek out new opportunities to get IHP’s brand in front of relevant audiences to ensure we can raise our profile, increase resources and deliver our vision? If so, this role could be for you. We are looking for someone with experience in a similar role and with knowledge of marketing and communications. Understanding of the charity sector and global health would be an advantage.
IHP is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Staff regularly spend time together praying for IHP’s work and there is therefore an occupational requirement that this position is held by a committed Christian. Please make it clear in the application how you meet this requirement.
If you would like to use your skills to make a real difference please apply now. The closing date for all applications is 10th June . Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and as such, suitable candidates may be invited to a conversation ahead of the closing date. Please submit your CV with a covering letter of no more than two A4 sides outlining how you meet the criteria set out in the person specification.
We offer excellent benefits including a company pension scheme, employee wellbeing and benefits support, training, development and a generous holiday entitlement. Our newest staff describe our culture as 'compassionate', 'dynamic' and 'rewarding', a place where you will be supported to 'thrive professionally and personally', In short, IHP is a great place to work and the role we play is genuinely rewarding.
Please submit a CV and a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification. This should include reference to how you meet the occupational faith requirement and confirmation that you have the right to work in the UK. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.
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We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative Communications person with at least two years’ experience in a relevant communication, journalistic or public relations role, preferably with a relevant qualification
- To develop and get involved in all aspects of Synod communications
- Able to work alongside relevant IT personnel and Synod Office staff and local churches
- Experienced and self-motivated
Based at the Synod Office in Wavertree, Liverpool, but with mobility essential.
Home working is negotiable.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a full-time Communications Officer to lead the communications work of the organisation. The post holder will be creating and embedding a new communications strategy to strengthen and transform our communications and enhance how we communicate the organisation’s role, vision, priorities and activities and ensure positive and balanced coverage in the media.
The Communications Officer will lead the work to bring migrants’ authentic voices into the media and migration debates and strengthen the communications capacity of the organisation and our members in London, Birmingham and Glasgow.
The ideal candidate will have experience of developing and implementing ambitious and creative communications strategies for small organisations that want to have a big impact. You will have an active interest in current affairs and the issues surrounding migration to the UK, knowledge of channels and a collaborative approach that puts migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the core of our communications.
This is a hands-on role with both strategic work and operational communications delivery. You should be a self-starter, able to work effectively within a small team and to tight deadlines.
About Migrant Voice
Migrant Voice is a migrant-led, national organisation which builds a community of migrant voices to speak for themselves and to set the agenda on migration and address structural inequalities that surround migrants and shape society.
Our campaigns have featured in the Guardian, on BBC Newsnight, ITV News and across other national and regional media. We believe that first-hand accounts of the lived experience of migrants to the UK are the only way to challenge misconception. We work with all types of migrants, including refugees and asylum-seekers, across the UK with campaign/advocacy to achieve migrants’ rights and justice for all.
Main duties and responsibilities
We will require the Communications Officer to work closely with senior management and lead on the delivery of the areas of work below:
- Create an ambitious communications strategy compatible with our new strategic plan and Theory of Change including undertaking a review of our channels and key audiences.
- Embed the new communications strategy into the working practices and systems of the organisation, and train and support the staff team to implement it.
- Develop and optimise Migrant Voice’s key messages and identify opportunities to achieve our communications objectives.
- Lead our communications work ensuring that what and how we communicate is leading to the change we want to see in line with our strategy.
- Manage the communications infrastructure for the organisation, including our website and social media channels and their content and style.
- Build on our ‘Meet the Editors’ programme and continue to organise, publicise and facilitate events and meetings between migrants and journalists and editors, to enable dialogue about migration and migrants’ experiences to take place and create opportunities for and influence media stories.
- Build and develop relationships with media contacts and increase opportunities for members’ contributions to radio, TV, print and social media outlets, as well as to MV’s own communication channels.
- Daily contact with senior officers and staff in potentially all areas of the organisation to support on projects, campaigns, and organisational public relations.
- Produce high-level written material and media copy including editorials, promotional materials and news releases.
- Create policy/issues briefings based on migrants’ experiences raised at our activities and disseminate to policy makers.
- Raise the profile of migrants’ issues in the media and create opportunities for migrants’ voices to be heard, including rapidly responding to news stories, planning our proactive strategy, brokering interviews and other media opportunities, pitching and responding to media enquiries.
- Train, mentor and support migrant individuals and groups to enhance their capacity and confidence in speaking with the media.
- Evaluate media and public relations activity to assess its effectiveness, impact and value and uses the results to influence future strategy and work plans.
- Work independently, including undertaking your own administrative duties related to the work.
- Adhere to MV’s policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities and confidentiality.
Further Information
Application:
Individuals interested in applying should send an up-to-date CV and a maximum of 4 A4 pages cover letter describing their skills, experience, suitability and approach to the work to be undertaken. They should also send a filled equal opportunities monitoring form (no additional attachments please).
Deadline for applications:
Monday 6 June, 2022 at 9am. Interviews with those short-listed will take place on Tuesday 14 June, 2022, in person at our London office.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Communications Officer to join our small but busy and highly respected communications team. You will be responsible for Clinks’ social media presence, planning and coordinating e-communications and website content and providing support to Clinks’ staff in the writing and production of publications. You will ensure accuracy and consistency across our communications channels and play an important role in ensuring voluntary sector organisations working in criminal justice have access to up to date knowledge of developments in the criminal justice system and Clinks’ support. You will support the Communications Manager to implement Clinks’ communications strategy to develop Clinks’ profile and support the achievement of our strategic objectives.
This is an exciting role for the right person to work in a small but dynamic organisation, within a fast paced external environment, and where you will learn a lot from voluntary organisations working in criminal justice.
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An ambitious and proactive Communications professional is required to support our exciting programme of growth over the next few years so that we can support more vulnerable families to give their children the best start in life. We’re looking for someone to help us build our social profile and create engaging content that tells the story of our work, help demonstrates our impact and engages with a wide audience.
This is a multifaceted role, which requires the post holder to take a central position within our organisation. They will play a key role in the development and implementation of our communications strategy to raise awareness of Home-Start Barnet and our services with a wide range of stakeholders.
We envisage the role being split mainly between social media (70%), marketing materials (20%) and website (10%).
About us
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