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The role of Communications and Publications Support Officer is key in helping us share knowledge, support our networks, and deliver high-quality outputs that influence practice and policy.
Responsibilities include:
• Produce and distribute the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health fortnightly newsletter (via Mailchimp)
• Support the development and scheduling of social media content, helping to grow engaging content and reach
• Monitor and report on social media analytics
• Update the Pathway website with news, publications and resources, and support with website improvements
• Organise and support online meetings of the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health and its subgroups
• Coordinate and support online specialist Masterclasses for people working in health and care provision for people in marginalised groups
• Support delivery of external events, including the annual Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health conference
• Coordinate publication of major Pathway reports, working with designers and printers
• Provide publishing and administrative support to Fellows undertaking research projects
• Deliver high-quality editing, formatting and presentation of shorter reports and documents
• Maintain the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health database and mailing lists
• Maintain and support Pathway document sharing and organisation on SharePoint and OneDrive
• Ensure Pathway resources are organised and accessible to support external communications
About you – it is essential you have:
· Experience of working in a communications or administration role (including remote working)
· Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
· Strong written and verbal communication skills
· Experience of maintaining or updating websites, including WordPress
· Experience of using social media professionally (LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.), creating content and understanding social analytics
· Proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SharePoint, MS Teams, Canva, Mailchimp and similar tools
· Experience of using digital tools to prepare and format documents, including academic reports or publications
· High attention to detail and accuracy
· Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
· Understanding of confidentiality and data protection Personal Attributes
You should also be:
• Motivated, with a flexible and proactive approach to work.
• Politically aware and able to work sensitively in a complex environment.
• Commitment to Pathway’s mission, including tackling inequality and promoting human rights.
It would be great if you also had:
• Experience of supporting events or conferences
• Experience of producing newsletters
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role summary
The Communications & Marketing Manager will manage the Ben Kinsella Trust's day-to-day communications, marketing and campaigning activity, helping to raise awareness of our work, engage key audiences and support the charity's objectives.
This is a hands-on role that combines communications, digital marketing, CRM management, data insight and project management. The postholder will plan, create and deliver content across the charity's channels, including email marketing, websites, social media and paid advertising, using data, testing and performance insight to continually improve engagement and impact.
A key part of the role is the effective use of the charity's CRM and digital systems to manage audience data, support segmentation, and strengthen the effectiveness of communications and campaigns. The postholder will be confident using digital tools and will actively identify opportunities to improve performance through SEO, automation, testing, analytics and other digital marketing techniques.
The Communications & Marketing Manager will also manage the delivery of public awareness campaigns, including Knife Crime Awareness Week, overseeing projects from planning through to evaluation and ensuring measurable outcomes. They will act as a gatekeeper for the Ben Kinsella Trust brand, ensuring consistent and high-quality communications. Through recruitment and line management of a Communications Officer, they will ensure our communications and marketing activity is consistently professional and on brand, increasing reach, engagement and impact.
Key Responsibilities
Communications
- Manage the charity’s external communications across email, web, social media, paid and other digital channels.
- Plan, create and publish high-quality content, including news stories, case studies, campaign materials, blogs, videos and stakeholder communications, supported by a clear content calendar.
- Monitor performance across channels and use analytics to improve engagement, reach and effectiveness.
- Act as a gatekeeper for the Ben Kinsella Trust brand, ensuring all communications are consistent and aligned with brand guidelines, and challenging incorrect usage where necessary.
- Support the development and delivery of the charity’s public awareness campaigns, increasing reach, engagement and impact.
Marketing
- Manage marketing activity that supports programme delivery, stakeholder engagement, partnerships, fundraising, advocacy and awareness-raising objectives.
- Manage audience data within the charity’s CRM, ensuring it is accurate, segmented and effectively used to improve targeting and campaign performance.
- Plan and deliver integrated marketing campaigns across email, social media, web, search and paid channels.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve digital performance through SEO, segmentation, testing, automation and other optimisation techniques.
- Create and coordinate marketing and visual content using appropriate design tools, ensuring materials are professional and brand compliant.
- Work with external suppliers, designers and contractors where required.
- Monitor and report on marketing performance, using insight to inform ongoing improvements.
Project & Campaign Management
- Manage the delivery of Knife Crime Awareness Week and other public awareness campaigns from planning through to evaluation.
- Manage communications and marketing projects, ensuring delivery on time, within scope and with clear measurable outcomes.
- Develop project plans, timelines and evaluation frameworks.
- Coordinate internal colleagues, partners and suppliers to deliver activity effectively.
- Monitor progress and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
Team Management
- Recruit, line manage and support a Communications Officer.
- Establish systems, processes and ways of working that enable the communications team to operate efficiently and effectively.
Person Specification
Experience
- Experience in a communications, marketing or digital engagement role.
- Experience managing multi-channel communications, including email, social media, websites and paid channels.
- Experience using CRM systems and managing audience data for segmentation and targeting.
- Experience using data, analytics and testing to improve communications or marketing performance.
- Experience planning and delivering campaigns across communications or marketing channels.
- Experience managing projects with multiple stakeholders.
- Experience creating written, visual and digital content for a range of audiences.
- Experience line managing staff, volunteers or contractors.
Skills and Knowledge
- Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to tailor content for different audiences.
- Digital and technical marketing skills, with understanding of how CRM, data and digital tools improve engagement, reach, conversion and campaign performance.
- Knowledge of digital marketing principles including SEO, email marketing, segmentation, A/B testing, analytics and conversion optimisation.
- Ability to identify, implement and evaluate improvements to communications and marketing activity.
- Ability to measure, evaluate and report on performance using data and insight.
- Confident using cloud-based systems and able to quickly learn new digital tools and platforms.
- Curious and proactive in keeping up to date with digital trends, tools and best practice.
- Analytical, with the ability to interpret data and make evidence-based recommendations.
- Content creation skills, including copywriting for digital channels.
- Ability to create professional marketing materials using tools such as Canva or similar design platforms.
- Project management skills with a structured and organised approach.
- High attention to detail and commitment to quality.
Values
- Passionate about making a difference – committed to preventing knife crime and improving outcomes for young people
- Committed to equity and inclusion – values and actively promotes diversity, inclusion, and fairness in all aspects of work
- Reflective and open to learning – committed to personal growth, welcomes feedback, and continuously seeks to improve practice
- Collaborative and influential – builds effective working relationships internally and externally, fostering teamwork and partnerships.
Benefits
- Flexible working opportunities where possible
- 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (rising to 30 days and 33 days after 5 and 10 years’ service, respectively)
- Enhanced sick policy
- Contributory pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme with the Green Commute Initiative
- Personal development opportunities
The Ben Kinsella Trust prevents knife crime through education and campaigning


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Schools’ Project Officer
The Mark Evison Foundation aims to promote the personal development of young people through challenge. We work directly with London partner state schools, encouraging non-academic proposals for challenge from 17-year olds (Y12s). It is fascinating work, bringing out the best in young people. Students must create their own applications and challenges, decide what they want to do, research and plan the projects and present them: we help with plans (sending comments by email), careful risk assessment and funding.
Due to expansion, we are seeking a gifted schools’ project officer for a key role within a busy team based in Dulwich SE21, Southwark. The work is varied and fulfilling.
You should be a graduate from a good university, enthusiastic and very well-organised, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to work independently, manage priorities, work to deadlines, and take initiative. The post involves presenting at school assemblies as outreach, working with students to help them prepare costed applications, handling draft applications by email, and accurate data collection and input. You will need to deal efficiently and accurately with our administrative requirements, and have excellent PC skills – Word, Excel and Outlook. We would train you to deal with the work and our systems.
Salary is in line with experience, range £30k- £35k pro rata, depending on experience.
Applications by 15 July 2026. Please see attached Job Description, and send CV and cover letter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About the role
We’re seeking a senior media and PR officer – policy, campaigns and public health to join our talented and ambitious media and PR team for six months. Supporting the delivery of annual media plans for these areas of work, you’ll leverage our position as leading experts on breast cancer to secure media profile that increases our influence, engagement and support among target audiences, championing the needs of people affected by breast cancer, engaging key policy decision-makers and the NHS through our change-making campaigns and calls to action, and communicating our vital breast health awareness and health information and messaging to key stakeholders and the public to help make change happen now.
This role is a fixed term contract until end of February 2027.
About you
You’ll be great at building trusted and influential relationships across internal and external contacts up to a senior level including colleagues, journalists, contacts at stakeholder organisations (such as NHS and NICE), people affected by breast cancer who support our work, and celebrities and influencers who support Breast Cancer Now.
With an understanding and passion for policy, campaigns, and public health you’ll draw on your experience of working across health communications and/or media/PR environments to digest and distil complex and sensitive information into compelling media copy, with an eye for spotting proactive and reactive media opportunities to secure impactful profile.
Used to working in a fast-moving environment, you’ll work at pace without compromising quality of work and working closely with the senior media and PR manager – policy, campaigns and public health to effectively handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines to amplify the charity’s share of voice as a determined leader, driving progress and changing the future for anyone affected by breast cancer.
Effective at working independently, you’ll also be a team player who works closely with and contributes to the wider success of the media and PR team.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.
If you’ve any immediate questions please contact us.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who
we support.
We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.
Closing date Friday 3 July 2026 9am
Interview dates Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 July 2026
About the role
You’ll be responsible for the day-to-day contact with healthcare professionals and NHS Trusts so that breast cancer patients get the right support at the right time. Here for You provides people diagnosed with breast cancer personalised and timely access to all of Breast Cancer Now’s trusted information and specialist support via a single healthcare professional referral.
You’ll build and enhance the relationships we have with NHS Trusts and healthcare professionals so that the referral route to Breast Cancer Now is integrated into their processes and procedures. You’ll also work with colleagues across the support and influencing directorate, as well as contributing to our monthly reporting.
About you
We’re looking for someone with excellent communication and presentation skills, who is comfortable with multi-tasking and being proactive. You’ll be highly organised, with the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
You’ll be experienced in building positive relationships with colleagues and external partners alike.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role can be primarily based in our London or Sheffield office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
The salary range is:
£28,000 to £29,000 per annum if Sheffield based
£30,00 to £31,000 per annum if London based
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who
we support.
Closing date: Friday 3 July 2026, 09.00am
We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.
Interview date: Tuesday 21 July 2026
Digital Communications Coordinator
Location: Hybrid (typically 3 days in the office), central Manchester with occasional travel
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000
Closing date: 10am, Monday 13th July 2026
About Belong
Belong – The Cohesion and Integration Network is a national organisation working to strengthen social cohesion and integration across the UK. Through research, policy development and place-based programmes, we bring people together, support communities and champion approaches that help create a more connected and less divided society.
Belong is entering an exciting new phase of growth. With a strengthened national profile, an ambitious strategy and a passionate team, we are looking for talented people who share our commitment to creating positive change.
About the Role
As Digital Communications Coordinator, you will play an important role in helping Belong communicate its work, impact and ideas to a growing national audience. Working closely with the Communications & Engagement Manager and wider team, you will support the delivery of digital communications that raise awareness of Belong’s work and strengthen engagement with communities, partners and stakeholders.
This varied role combines content creation, digital communications and audience engagement. You will support social media activity, website content and email communications, helping to ensure Belong’s messages are communicated clearly, consistently and creatively across a range of channels. You will also contribute to communications planning, create digital assets, support website updates and help coordinate newsletters and wider engagement activity.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys creating engaging content, bringing ideas to life and working across a range of projects that contribute to positive social change.
About You
You will be an organised and proactive individual with experience managing social media channels and supporting digital communications activities, ideally within a charity, public policy, research or wider social impact environment.
You will have strong written communication skills, excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively. You will be confident creating content for different audiences, using digital platforms and tools, and working collaboratively with colleagues and external partners.
Most importantly, you will be passionate about Belong’s mission and values. You will bring creativity, curiosity and a solutions-focused approach, alongside a genuine desire to learn and develop within a communications and engagement role.
Benefits
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30 days’ annual leave per year
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Hybrid working (typically 3 days in the office)
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Enhanced sick pay
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Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
How to Apply
Please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our recruitment partner's site, where you can download the Candidate Information Pack and find details of how to apply. As part of your application, you will be asked to answer three questions.
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Please tell us about a communications project, campaign or piece of content that you are particularly proud of and the role you played in its success. (max. 300 words)
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Please describe a situation where you had to communicate with or engage a range of different audiences to achieve a positive outcome. (max. 300 words)
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Belong works with people, communities and organisations from a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. What values or principles guide how you communicate and engage with others? (max. 300 words)
Deadline: 10am on Monday 13th July 2026
Interviews: 21st or 22nd July 2026 (in-person in Manchester)
For questions or to arrange an informal conversation, please contact Atkinson HR Consulting.
Belong’s Commitment to Inclusion
Belong is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourage individuals from communities under-represented in the charity sector to apply. Impostor syndrome can disproportionately impact candidates from marginalised groups—if you are unsure whether to apply, we encourage you to do so.
Charity People is delighted to be partnering with Allkind to recruit a Digital Communications Officer.
Allkind is a London-based mental health charity dedicated to ensuring people of all ages can access the support they need to live the lives they deserve. Working across the full spectrum of mental health, the organisation delivers personalised services for adults, children and young people, alongside training for organisations to create healthier, more supportive environments.
Recognising that mental health challenges affect people differently at different stages of life, Allkind focuses on providing support early - long before crisis point - through an approach shaped by lived experience and grounded in care, courage and kindness.
Contract: Permanent role working five days per week
Salary: £32,280 per annum
Location: Hybrid role between home and the London office, with two days per week in the office in Westminster predominantly
Closing date for applications: 9am on Friday 10th July
Interviews: Interviews will be held in person on the 22nd July
You'll be a core member of a small, proactive and talented team and will have primarily responsibility for overseeing all social media output for the organisation, as well as for website content creation and management. You'll work to increase Allkind's reach, impact, followers and visibility through the creation of influential marketing and communications that support the work of this amazing organisation.
Core responsibilities within the role will include:
- Create and publish regular, engaging social media content relating to all elements of Allkind's work, including across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and YouTube
- Plan and maintain a social media content calendar to ensure timely promotion of services, campaigns, events and fundraising activity, while identifying relevant awareness days and key moments
- Identify and engage with local groups, organisations and partners online
- Monitor Allkind's social media channels and ensure that queries and comments are responded to in a friendly and timely manner
- Lead on video content creation and support the development of Allkind's TikTok presence to expand engagement with younger audiences
- Be proactive in engaging with followers, other charities and key campaigns to drive engagement and brand awareness
- Manage and optimise Meta advertising campaigns and support the use of Google Ads and Google Analytics in line with the promotional needs of services and projects
- Maintain and update Allkind's website using WordPress, ensuring that all information is accurate and engaging
- Create and publish website content, including news stories, service pages and campaign pages, ensuring content is accessible, engaging and aligned with the organisation's tone of voice
- Work closely with the website developer to troubleshoot issues, implement improvements and support the ongoing development of the website
- Monitor and analyse website and social media performance using tools such as Google Analytics and platform insights, identifying trends and engagement patterns
- Build strong relationships with staff and volunteers to identify stories, updates and achievements that can be developed into engaging website content
- Support the promotion of fundraising campaigns, challenge events and new organisational initiatives. This will include occasional weekend work to capture content at events such as marathons.
- Capture images and video during events and activities for promotional purposes and maintain an organised and accessible organisational photo library
We would love to see applications from candidates with the following skills and experience:
- Experience of managing social media output across all platforms for an organisation and using a scheduling tool such as Hootsuite, Social Pilot, or equivalent platform
- Experience of using a Content Management System (preferably WordPress) to manage and maintain a website
- An ability to write impactful and engaging posts which reach a variety of different audiences
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equity, diversity and inclusion in the context of communications
- Proven ability to effectively manage a workload with competing priorities
- Knowledge of how effective communications is linked to an organisation's overall success
- An understanding of how to use digital platforms to generate fundraising activity
- Good written communication and editing skills and the ability to present information clearly, including in reports
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with a wide range of people
- Photography and videography skills, including video recording and editing for short-form social media content
- Experience using design tools (e.g. Canva, Adobe Creative Suite) to create clean, engaging graphics that translate ideas into compelling visual content
If you're interested in hearing more about this opportunity, please send your CV to Alice at Charity People in the first instance
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
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EIA is seeking to recruit an Outreach and Communications Officer to strengthen the visibility, influence and coordination of its climate campaign.
The role sits at the intersection of communications, public affairs and stakeholder engagement. The postholder will focus on translating and amplifying EIA’s policy and advocacy work through media, stakeholder engagement and external positioning. An important aspect of the role will be to support engagement and coordination with EIA partners, to build the movement and amplify their efforts.
The postholder will not be responsible for developing detailed policy positions or leading policy campaigns but will work closely with the campaigns team to ensure EIA’s analysis and priorities are effectively communicated and reach key audiences.
Key areas of responsibility
Media and strategic communications
· Support the development and delivery of communications strategies aligned with campaign priorities
· Build and maintain relationships with journalists, editors and key media outlets
· Identify strategic opportunities for media engagement and external visibility, particularly around key policy moments
· Shape narratives, draft and place op-eds, comment pieces and reactive media lines
· Translate campaign priorities and technical analysis into clear, compelling messaging for media, policymakers and external stakeholders
· Contribute to campaign strategy by advising on outreach, positioning and narrative development.
Stakeholder engagement
· Support the development and maintenance of relationships with policymakers, including Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), Members of the British Parliament, European Union institutions and other relevant stakeholders
· Support campaigners in planning and delivering stakeholder engagement, including preparing messaging and coordinating meetings
· Support the organisation of events, including identifying and securing speakers and managing outreach and invitations
· Attend key international meetings and fora (e.g. COP, Montreal Protocol) to identify strategic developments and key messages, and produce timely communications outputs, including media lines, briefings and stakeholder updates.
Coalition and network coordination
· Support engagement with subgrantees, including onboarding, facilitating their integration into relevant coalitions and ensuring alignment with EIA’s communications and outreach objectives
· Act as a point of contact for subgrantees on coordination and communications
· Support coordination across partners and stakeholders during key moments, ensuring alignment on messaging and effective external engagement.
Person Specification
Essential
· Demonstrated experience in communications, public affairs, campaigning or media work within NGOs, civil society or advocacy organisations
· Proven experience engaging with journalists and securing media coverage
· Understanding of global and EU climate change policy and/or environmental governance
· Ability to analyse political and policy contexts and translate them into clear, strategic messaging
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce high-quality content for different audiences
· Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
· Professionalism and ability to work collaboratively within a team
· Fluency in English, with knowledge of additional languages an advantage
· Ability to travel at short notice
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £27,180 – £33,580 per annum
Hours: 35 per week
Contract: FTC – 12 months Maternity Cover
Location: Home Based – some UK travel will be required
Job reference number: 1719
We are looking to recruit a Communications Officer to support and lead on Cranstoun’s communications output. The role is offered as a fixed-term until July 2027 as maternity cover, with immediate availability preferred.
The successful candidate will join a small team and work with the Head of Communications to coordinate internal and external communications, including media relations. They will be a key member of our team, working to promote high quality digital output via social media and the opportunity to work and manage projects.
You will have excellent writing and oral skills and be confident in communicating sensitive topics externally to press and the public.
Raising the profile of our services nationwide and locally is key to the way we continue to grow the work that we do. The Communications Officer will work closely with local partners, including commissioners to promote the work that happens in our services. They will also support our campaigning work.
This role is a great opportunity to grow and develop communications and PR skills across a wide range of areas in the social justice space that Cranstoun works in. Those areas are: Alcohol & Other Drugs, Children & Young People, Criminal Justice, Domestic Abuse and Housing & Homelessness.
This role will be remote with the opportunity to travel nationwide.
This post is subject to a Standard DBS check.
For more details and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: 24 June 2026.
We are an inclusive employer, committed to promoting equality and diversity in all areas of our work.
Registered Charity No: 1061582
About the role
The Communications Officer plays an important role in ensuring our audiences get the information and the support that they need across our key channels. This is a varied role where you will gain experience in several areas of communications and marketing, including social media, content creation and email marketing. You will be working alongside our Communications Lead, who will provide mentorship and support to help you excel in your communications career. You will also benefit from working across programmes and projects with all members of the Student Minds’ team, growing your communication and relationship skills and knowledge of higher education and student mental health.
Our social media accounts are a key communications tool for the charity. They enable us to engage with our networks, provide resources and support, and communicate our work, impact, and the importance of student mental health. These tools work together with our digital marketing and website to effectively communicate with our audiences. We use several social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, BlueSky, YouTube and Facebook. This role will help us improve our platforms and storytelling, ensuring students’ voices and experiences are at the centre. This will involve working with students and our advisory groups to share their stories and listen to their improvements for change. You will play a key role in communicating our work to ensure no student is held back by their mental health.
Key details
- Location: Flexible, open to hybrid and remote working, with occasional travel to Leeds required.
- Hours of work: Full time (37.5 hours a week)
- Contract: 12 months fixed term
- Salary: Band E £26,227.5
- Start date: As soon as practicable
- Role purpose: To support the charity's communications and marketing activities. Sharing support for students, our programmes, influencing and advocacy, and income generation on social media. Working with the wider team to support their project comms, sharing key learnings and evaluations with the wider team to develop and improve how we communicate with our key audiences.
Please see our attached job description and recruitment pack for a list of the essential and desirable criteria for this role, as well as the person specification.
External Communications Manager
Salary: £40,000–£42,000 FTE
Hours: 30 hours per week
Location: Remote, with regular travel to FitzRoy services, team and stakeholder meetings as agreed. The role requires attendance in London once per month and applicants must be able to commute to services in Norfolk, Nottingham and Hampshire.
Reports to: Head of Communications
Directorate: Business Development and Partnerships
FitzRoy is a national charity supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs to live lives rooted in choice, meaning and happiness.
We are strengthening our external voice and looking for a confident, perceptive and warm communicator to help more people understand FitzRoy’s expertise and impact and increase our influence.
This is a moment of change for social care. We want to play a more active role in shaping its future, ensuring the people at the heart of it are seen, heard and involved in the decisions that matter.
About the role
As External Communications Manager, you will help build FitzRoy’s profile and reputation by identifying the stories, insight and opportunities that show what good support looks like in real life.
You will work closely with the Head of Communications, fundraising, business development and operational colleagues to turn external communications priorities into practical plans, content and opportunities.
This is a delivery role with real influence. You will be expected to bring ideas, advise colleagues, shape practical plans and turn opportunities into action.
What you will do
You will:
- develop proactive external communications activity that raises awareness of FitzRoy’s work, expertise and impact
- spot opportunities for FitzRoy to contribute constructively to sector conversations
- identify realistic opportunities for media, sector press, partner or local coverage
- gather stories, photos, video and quotes that help people understand what good support looks like in real life
- use social media, website content, audience insight and analytics to strengthen FitzRoy’s external profile
About you
You may come from charity communications, PR, journalism, public affairs, stakeholder communications or another external communications background.
You do not need to have worked in social care before, but you will need to be interested in people, willing to learn quickly and able to handle stories about people’s lives with care, respect and good judgement.
We are looking for someone who is:
- an excellent writer and editor
- confident developing clear, accessible content for different audiences
- warm, curious and able to build rapport quickly
- able to spot strong stories, ideas and opportunities
- confident creating social media and website content shaped by audience insight
- comfortable working independently and managing competing priorities
- able to think strategically about audiences and influence, while being practical about what can be delivered in a small team
- confident gathering content including photos, videos and quotes
- willing and able to travel to FitzRoy services and meetings as needed
A full clean driving licence and access to a car for work travel are required, as some services are not easily accessible by public transport.
Working at FitzRoy
You will join a small, friendly communications team with big ambitions. This role will suit someone who enjoys a mix of planning, writing, relationship-building, story-gathering and hands-on delivery.
You will help us show the difference good support makes – and help ensure the voices, experiences and achievements of people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs are seen and heard.
How to apply
To apply, please submit your application and a covering letter.
We do not expect your covering letter to address every point in the person specification. We would like you to tell us:
- what interests you about this role and FitzRoy
- three things you would bring to the role
- a piece of communications work you are proud of and why
- how you approach using social media, website content and audience insight to build external profile
- how you would approach telling stories about people’s lives with care, respect and good judgement
If you are using AI tools to write your application, please use them with caution. We are looking for your own voice and writing style.
Our vision, mission and values guide us each step of the way, and are as important now as when the charity first began. Our vision A society where p
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At PHG, we’ve spent nearly 30 years turning complex science into practical health policy. We are now looking for a versatile Administration and Communications Officer to join our team.
As Administration and Communications Officer you can expect to spend half your time supporting our external-facing communications activities, including, designing digital and print content and keeping our website up to date. From monitoring analytics to maintaining our house style, you’ll help ensure our policy perspectives reach the right people. The other half of your time will be spent ensuring our office and HR functions run smoothly. This includes essential HR admin (payroll, recruitment, and contracts), coordinating meetings and events, and managing our office facilities. However, no two weeks are likely to be the same.
Who You Are
You’re someone who loves variety and doesn't mind switching gears from designing a newsletter to booking an external meeting in the same afternoon.
Our Ideal Candidate
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You have an eye for detail and enjoy using different software (e.g. Adobe Indesign, Canva) to create impactful content
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You’re proficient in Google/Microsoft and either know your way around CMS/CRM platforms or are excited to learn.
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You can juggle competing priorities without dropping standards or missing deadlines.
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You’re a team player who is self-motivated, professional, and ready to take the initiative.
This is a chance to work at the intersection of science and policy in a flexible, supportive environment.
The PHG Foundation is a linked exempt charity of the University of Cambridge.
After looking through the job description and person specification, please supply a copy of your current CV together with a supporting statement showing how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role.
Our mission is making science work for health
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About FLEX
Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) is a research, policy and practice organisation working towards an end to labour exploitation. FLEX seeks to achieve this vision through the prevention of labour abuses, protection of the rights of those affected or at risk of exploitation and by promoting best practice responses to labour exploitation through research and evidence-based advocacy. FLEX is a small organisation that packs a big punch in terms of policy change and influencing.
About the Role
As Communications Officer, you will play a central role in delivering FLEX’s communications strategy and ensuring communications activity supports the organisation’s strategic objectives. Working closely with colleagues across the organisation and with external stakeholders, you will develop engaging content, manage digital communications channels, strengthen the organisation’s profile, and support media and stakeholder engagement.
The role requires a proactive and organised communicator with strong writing, digital and project management skills who can adapt content for different audiences and platforms.
Job title: Communications Officer
Location: FLEX office, Vauxhall, London – currently operating flexible hybrid working with a mixture of in-person and remote working.
Salary: £34,840 per annum, pro rata, subject to deductions for ta and national insurance contributions as required by law.
Hours: 4 days per week (30 hours)
Contract: Permanent
Key Responsibilities
Content Creation
- Lead the delivery of FLEX’s communications strategy and ensure communications activity aligns with organisational priorities.
- Produce high-quality assets including blogs, newsletters, policy briefings, video scripts and case studies.
- Produce visual and multimedia content using design platforms such as InDesign or Canva.
- Develop audience-focused messaging and identify new and effective ways to communicate FLEX’s work and impact.
Social Media and Digital Engagement
- Manage and maintain FLEX’s website (Wordpress), ensuring content remains accurate, accessible and up to date.
- Day to day management of FLEX’s social media accounts, including monitoring, scheduling, and creating engaging posts
- Track, analyse and report on communications performance across digital platforms.
- Conduct media and digital monitoring to identify emerging issues, trends and engagement opportunities.
- Support audience growth and engagement through digital communications planning and targeted outreach.
Branding and Internal Communications
- Act as FLEX’s brand guardian by ensuring that all messaging and visual assets adhere to brand guidelines, tone of voice and quality standards.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to coordinate communications activity and maintain a communications schedule.
- Support strategic communications planning for organisational priorities.
Media Relations and External Engagement
- Act as a first point of contact for media enquiries in line with FLEX’s press protocols.
- Liaise with external partners, stakeholders and contractors on communications-related activity.
- Coordinate the dissemination of FLEX reports and briefings.
- Provide background briefings and coordinate responses to press enquiries with relevant team members.
- Maintain confidentiality in line with Data Protection laws.
- Represent FLEX at external meetings, events and networks where appropriate.
Project Management and Reporting
- Plan, coordinate and deliver communications projects and activities against agreed objectives and deadlines.
- Manage relevant communications budgets and resources effectively.
- Implement monitoring and evaluation processes for communications activity.
- Produce reports on communications performance, learning and impact
- Support fundraising activity through contributing to donor reports and funding applications where relevant.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer, creating a culture where everyone can be themselves and thrive. This means we are committed to being an anti-racist, trans-inclusive, gender-equitable and intersectional organisation.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures. In particular, those who have lived experience of the immigration system or who identify as part of marginalised communities.
If you are disabled or become disabled, we encourage you to tell us about your condition so that we can make reasonable adjustments and consider what support may be provided at the interview and task stage.
We are working to end labour exploitation by challenging and transforming the systems and structures that make workers vulnerable to abuse.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £42,600 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday 5 July 2026 at 11pm
Interview date: w/c 13th July 2026
About CARE
CARE International is a global humanitarian organisation leading the fight to end poverty in the world’s most challenging situations. Women and girls are at the centre of our work, because we cannot overcome poverty and inequality until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We know that when a crisis erupts, women are often the first to pick up the pieces, so we work alongside women, so they have the power to make change where it’s needed most. Founded in 1945, CARE currently works in over 100 countries and last year alone reached 53.4 million people through nearly 1,500 projects.
Why work for CARE International UK?
At CARE International UK, you'll be part of a passionate and purpose-driven organisation working alongside women and their communities to improve lives and livelihoods, respond to crises, and create a more equal future for everyone. As we embark on an ambitious new three-year strategy, we're investing in the partnerships that make our work possible and creating exciting opportunities to increase our impact around the world.
This is your chance to play a key role in shaping how we engage, inspire and communicate with the businesses, trusts, foundations, and philanthropists who support our mission. You'll join a collaborative, values-led team where you will directly contribute to meaningful, lasting change.
About you
You are a talented communications professional with a passion for storytelling and relationship-building rooted in your experience of working with corporate partners, major donors, or other high-value external relationships. You know how to craft compelling content that resonates with different audiences and understand the important role communications play in strengthening partnerships and driving engagement.
A confident collaborator, you enjoy working across teams, building strong stakeholder relationships, and translating strategic objectives into impactful communications. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, bring a proactive and solutions-focused approach to your work, and are motivated by the opportunity to use your skills to support women and communities around the world.
About the role
As Senior Partnerships Communications Officer, you will be the communications lead for CARE’s growing portfolio of corporate, trust, foundation and philanthropic partnerships. Sitting within the Communications team and acting as a key business partner to the Partnerships & Philanthropy team, you will develop a deep understanding of partnership priorities and provide expert communications support that helps grow income, strengthen engagement and showcase impact.
You will create compelling content and stories that bring partnerships to life, ensuring donor audiences are effectively integrated into CARE’s communications and that partners feel valued, connected and inspired by the difference their support makes. This is a highly collaborative role with the opportunity to influence how we communicate with some of our most important supporters, helping to build stronger relationships and create greater impact for the women and communities we serve.
Right to Work in the UK
All applicants must have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom at the time of appointment. Proof of right to work will be required as part of the recruitment process. For more information, please visit the UK Government's guidance on right to work.
Where you do not have current right to work in the UK, then this will be discussed with you as part of the recruitment process. Please note that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship and further information (should you require sponsorship to work in the UK) on eligibility can be found here.
Safeguarding
CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any abuse to, sexual harassment of or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. CARE International UK expects all staff to share this commitment through our Safeguarding Policy (link here) and our Code of Conduct (link here). They are responsible for ensuring they understand and work within the remit of these policies throughout their time at CARE International UK.
Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do, including recruitment. All offers of employment at CARE International UK are subject to:
· Satisfactory references. CARE International UK participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (link here). 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.
· Appropriate criminal record checks (including a Bridger check, link here).
By submitting an application, the applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Equality and Diversity
We are committed to Equality and value Diversity. We are a Disability Confident Employer and particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role (see person specification). If you require the candidate brief or need to submit your application in an alternative format, because of a disability, please do get in touch by sending an email to the HR Team.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We particularly welcome applications from people of underrepresented backgrounds, including those from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority communities, and individuals who identify as LGBTQ+.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a confident digital communicator with a passion for fundraising and social impact? Nottingham Women’s Centre is looking for a Fundraising and Digital Communications Officer to help grow our digital presence and income, supporting life-changing work for women across Nottingham.
We are a vibrant, feminist organisation dedicated to helping women overcome barriers, amplify their voices and build better futures. Through services including counselling, advice, wellbeing activities and campaigning, we create opportunities for women to thrive.
The Fundraising and Digital Communications Officer will lead on delivering engaging digital fundraising and communications activity. You’ll manage email marketing and social media channels, grow our online audiences, and create compelling campaigns that increase awareness, engagement and donations. Working closely with colleagues, you’ll ensure a consistent and effective digital presence across fundraising, services and campaigns.
You’ll also play a key role in improving supporter journeys, using data and insight to optimise campaigns, segment audiences and maximise impact. Alongside this, you’ll contribute to the ongoing development of our CRM and digital platforms, helping to strengthen how we connect with supporters.
We’re looking for someone with experience in digital marketing and fundraising, strong copywriting skills, and confidence using tools such as email marketing platforms and social media scheduling and analytics tools. You’ll be organised, creative and comfortable managing multiple campaigns, with a strong commitment to equality and feminist values.
You’ll join a supportive, values-led organisation where your work will have a direct and meaningful impact. We offer flexible and hybrid working, generous leave, and a strong focus on wellbeing and collaboration.
This is a great opportunity to grow your career while helping deliver vital services for women.
Please review the full Fundraising and Digital Communications Officer job description below for further details.
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