REDRESS is recruiting an Administrative Assistant to be based in London for an initial 12-month contract (with the possibility of an extension) to primarily support our finance and fundraising operations, as well as providing support to our legal casework and events.

Who we are

REDRESS is an international human rights organisation based in London and The Hague that represents victims of torture to obtain justice and reparation. We bring legal cases on behalf of individual victims of torture, and advocate for better laws to provide effective reparations. Our cases respond to torture as an individual crime in national and international law, and as a human rights violation with state responsibility. We apply our expertise in torture, reparation, and the rights of victims to national and international courts. Through our victim-centred strategic litigation we are able to have an impact beyond the individual case to address the root causes of torture and to challenge impunity. We conduct research and advocacy to identify the changes in law, policy and practice that are necessary. We work collaboratively with international and national organisations and grassroots victims’ groups.

The Role

Based in London the Administrative Assistant will primarily support the finance team and the fundraising team. The role will also assist on casework, and with our events. This is an ideal opportunity for a recently qualified professional seeking to develop a career in the operational side of human rights work, in a small and dynamic international charity.

REDRESS has a flexible approach to staffing, and we are prepared to consider this post full-time or part-time.

Responsibilities

The position is expected to contribute to the work of REDRESS as follows

Finance Operations. Support the Head of Finance with regular financial functions, including the following:

· Day-to-day book-keeping using QuickBooks Pro, including transaction processing and reconciliation of accounts.

· Process expenses claims and expenditure requests.

· Respond to payment requests using cheques, BACS, and international transfers as appropriate.

· Provide regular insight into unrestricted and restricted balances.

· Maintain cashflow management controls.

· Assist in the preparation of interim and final financial reports to funders.

· Support and monitor international partner organizations by reviewing their reporting and transaction checking.

· Assist the Head of Finance in preparing the statutory accounts.

Fundraising Operations. Support the fundraising team through activities including the following:

· Research into potential donors.

· Prepare documents for fundraising applications and reports.

· Monitor the fundraising pipeline and deadlines.

· Organise sponsorship for sporting events.

· Respond to enquiries from regular supporters.

· Support social media in support of fundraising.

· Participate in fundraising meetings.

Litigation. Provide clerical support to our casework, through maintaining effective casefiles.

Events. Support the planning and delivery of online and in-person events.

The Administrative Assistant is also expected to carry out such further duties as may reasonably be requested from time to time by REDRESS.

Essential Competencies

This is an entry level position, and so we will consider candidates directly from university.  The ideal candidate will have the following experience.

· Relevant experience working in an office environment.

· A university degree relevant to the role.

· Demonstrated computer skills.

· Fluency in written and oral English.

Desirable Competencies

The following competencies are desirable:

· At least two years relevant work experience.

· University qualification in accounting or finance.

· Demonstrated proficiency in Excel and QuickBooks programmes.

· Fluency in a language other than English, in particular French, Arabic or Spanish.

Personal Attributes

To work for Redress, the candidate should have the following personal attributes:

· A positive and collaborative attitude.

· Good interpersonal skills when engaging with staff, partners, donors, and supporters.

· Comfortable working with victims of human rights abuses.

· Highly efficient and organised, with an ability to multi-task and to work independently.

· Able to pay close attention to detail and work with accuracy.

· Able to understand and support the aims, objectives and values of REDRESS and reflect them in all aspects of work.

· Able to think and work strategically, creatively, and under pressure.

Terms

Reporting. The position reports to the Head of Finance. 

Hours. Full time (35 hours a week). Evening and weekend work may be required from time to time. Redress has a flexible working policy that allows for some working from home.

Duration. This is a 12-month position, partially supported by project funding. If further funding is forthcoming the position may be extended.

Location. The Redress office in London. For 2020 staff are mainly working remotely.

Salary. Redress uses salary scales with four levels (Assistant, Officer, Advisor, Head of) and seven steps within each level. There is a cost of living increase annually and an expectation of a step increase for strong performance, where funds permit. This is an entry level ‘assistant’ position, within an initial annual salary range (A1-A3) of between £26,087 and £30,000.

Probation. There is a three-month probationary period, which can be extended to six months.

Holiday.  There are 25 days of holiday per year, in addition to UK public holidays. The office is also closed between Christmas and New Year.

Status. The candidate must have the right to live and work in the UK.

Timeline

This is a rolling recruitment, which will close when the position is filled.  

How to Apply:

Please send a cover letter explaining your interest in REDRESS and your qualifications for the role, a curriculum vitae, a two-page writing sample (such as a sample of academic written work, authored by the applicant), and the names and contact details of two references (these will only be approached in the final short-listing process).

Fundraising Officer

Based in Westminster

£20,000 – £24,000 pa depending on experience

Full time, permanent

Are you enthusiastic about the world of fundraising? Do you like working in a challenging and rewarding environment? Are you fascinated by the history of churches and their role in 21st century Britain?

As the independent, UK-wide charity supporting churches, chapels and meeting houses of all Christian denominations, the National Churches Trust supports and promotes church buildings of historic, architectural and community value by inspiring support, preserving heritage and promoting sustainability. Our aims are to help maintain the UK’s heritage of church buildings and to enhance their ability to serve local communities; and to promote the benefit to communities of church buildings and to inspire everyone to value and enjoy them.

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join the Trust as Fundraising Officer. Reporting to the Senior Fundraising Officer and the Head of Finance & Operations, this is an excellent opportunity to work for a national charity across a range of supporter services and fundraising functions. The post-holder will be the first point of call for all enquiries or donations from our Friends and supporters, ensuring those who come into contact with the Trust are dealt with professionally and efficiently.

The successful candidate will have excellent organisational and administrative skills, including managing tasks and projects, and good attention to detail and accuracy. With a confident and professional manner, they will also have excellent communication skills, financial acumen and good IT literacy.

For further information and to apply for this role, please click the Apply button to be redirected to our website for details.

Closing date: Tuesday 29 September at 12 noon

Interview dates: Monday 5 October 2020 (Westminster or via Zoom)

PURPOSE OF ROLE

Working closely with the Fundraising Management Team to support the team in achieving their shared objectives by enabling the development and execution of creative fundraising programmes and communications across all Premier platforms. With the overall aim of building the profile of the charity and increasing the supporter base for revenue generation.
This key role will be responsible for enabling the team to deliver tailored communication plans and share engaging fundraising collateral as part of our engagement strategies to build relationships and promote income generation from new audiences and potential donor groups.
The position holder will also work cross departments with the Marketing and Database teams on a regular basis.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Project coordination of Leap of Faith project
• Working with the Project Lead on a regular basis to provide all elements of project support, listed below.
• Event Management of both online events such as webinars and Zoom meetings, and physical events including VIP dinners, committee meetings and info sharing events
• Supporting individual fundraisers in their relationship management which could include copy writing, preparation of written communications, pulling info from RE, sharing resources or helping to manage the donor journey through updating tracking spreadsheets and RE records
• Responsibility for coordinating the Communications programme which will include email communications, mailings and online events
• Meeting management, to include note taking and helping to drive forward actions
• Acting as point of contact for Project Volunteers
• Conduct desk-based research to help qualify existing and new contacts

Coordination of the Major Donor programme
• Working with the Director of Fundraising to deliver the monthly Communications programme for the MD Pledge programme, which will include Pledge Renewals, monthly e-comms, event invites and the occasional postal mail outs
• This will also involve cross departmental working

Direct Mail
• Working with the Director of Fundraising, to manage the administrative side of the monthly Direct Mail programme and Voice of Hope quarterly mailings, helping to ensure that appeals are delivered within the agreed time
• Gathering information required for direct mail appeal from internal stakeholders within process when necessary
• Act as main point of contact for designer/printer once strategy has been signed off
• Edit and proof copy, working with the Fundraising Management Team and coordinate sign off in a timely way
• Management of scheduling of appeal mailings, internal and with the mailing house
• Sign off print proofs from mailing house

Regional Fundraising
• Provide administrative support to regionally based team members, including the Director of Support in Scotland and Northern Ireland
• This could involve coordinating occasional mailings, gathering information or appointment setting and updating RE records/tracking spreadsheets

To undertake any other reasonable tasks as required by the Director of Fundraising

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Degree educated
• Professional qualification in fundraising (desirable but not essential)
• Good demonstrable experience in project management and/or external facing client management
• Experience in fundraising (desirable but not essential)
• Experience of providing team support (essential)
• An understanding of media and web (desirable but not essential)
• Experience of working in a busy, high pressured environment

ABILITIES & SKILLS

• Excellent attention to detail
• Organised, efficient and good written communication skills
• Proficient IT skills and related software packages (Raisers Edge / Exchequer)
• Ability to handle and own multiple projects
• Pro-active and show initiative
• Team player with an ability to work in a flexible and collaborative way

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• The post-holder will work within a Christian environment and therefore it will be necessary for the post-holder to have sympathy and understanding for the Christian faith and its values, and be in able to work within the ethos of our organisational aims.

Salary: £28,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services for victims of all forms of gender-based violence (domestic, sexual, so called ‘honour’ violence, modern slavery and human trafficking, prostitution, forced marriage, stalking and FGM). Every day we support over 6,500 women and children in our national network of services.  These include Independent Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Advocacy services (IDVAs/ISVAs and IGVAs), community outreach, specialist refuge accommodation, sanctuary services, culturally-specific services and the Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. We advise Government and lobby hard to keep violence against women and girls high on the public agenda. We run award-winning prevention and public education campaigns, manage a busy press office and website, and we are an accredited training provider. We give a voice to the voiceless.

As Community and events fundraising assistant, you will be responsible for managing all the incoming enquiries to support the team. This will include processes supporter enquiries, managing thee events inbox, updating fundraising totals, sending out stewardship communication, supporting on logistics of events and helping to deliver the business plans and KPI for the team. This role will also support on cross team events, both face to face and virtually.

To be the successful candidate you will have transferable skills or experience in the charity sector including volunteering. You will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, be able to motivate and recognise the efforts of our supporters, as well as have an unquestionable attention to detail. You will thrive on a busy but rewarding workload. It is essential that you are willing and able to work in a positive and proactive manner, under your own initiative, whilst adhering to best practice fundraising guidelines. You will be a passionate individual who is looking to start their career in the fundraising sector within an organisation working to support women and children escaping domestic violence.

Competitive salary offering annual progression within points of the salary grade, 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days, pension scheme with People’s pension that includes a 6% Employer contribution, comprehensive EAP.

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality, which underpin all of our work. Successful applicants will be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work 

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. We offer the first Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) accredited qualification for our profession. 

As an ever expanding charity we are also able to provide career development opportunities including advancements into management roles across our range of services. 

Closing date - 4th October 2020

Interview date - 13th October 2020

 A Basic Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is committed to quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality, which underpins all of our work. 

Are you an experienced trusts and foundations fundraiser with a track record of success? Do you want to join the fight for gender equality? If so then we want to hear from you.

We are looking for a part-time fundraising officer to join our busy team. You will be responsible for maintaining a pipeline of trust and foundation applications and will also provide support across a range of fundraising functions.

You will need to be a creative thinker, a persuasive communicator with an eye for detail who can make a compelling case for funding, a self-starter who can work well from home and also a good team player.  This role can be worked flexibly and can either be based at home or in our London office.

Hours: Full-time, but with some flexibility possible

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: £32,000 + 8% pension (non-contributory) and benefits including a healthcare scheme

Deadline: Monday 28 September at 9am

Background

ShareAction’s vision is of a world where the financial system powers environmental and social progress. We are dedicated to making the global investment sector responsible for its impacts, while mobilising its power to limit climate change, promote good work, and drive better health. This means a global financial system that:

• Respects the ecological limits of our planet
• Reflects and respects the societies it’s there to serve
• Rewards those who invest responsibly

We are a unique charity that works with the global financial system to campaign for positive corporate behaviour, and with civil society and individuals to build a movement that increases the pressure on the system to act responsibly.

Over the last 15 years ShareAction has built an enviable reputation for engaging with the global financial system, through asset managers, owners and financial companies. We painstakingly analyse and rank financial players against environmental and social indicators, and shine a spotlight on corporate behaviour. We work across the financial system and through policy makers in the UK and the EU to encourage engagement with the issues and drive systemic change.

We reach out to individual savers and civil society to inform and educate about financial products into which we all pay, such as pensions, and we are building a movement to demand that these significant funds are managed in a way that positively impacts society and our planet.

Job Description

We are looking for a Fundraising Manager to join our ambitious Development team. ShareAction is a growing charity working in an area that is attracting increased attention from a variety of philanthropic trusts and foundations across the UK, EU and, increasingly, the USA. 

This is a great opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to shape and develop further the current programme. Building on an already extensive portfolio of funders, the successful application will manage these relationships to maximise income whilst developing new partnerships, working on a wide range of funding applications across grant making trusts, foundations and statutory funders.  We are particularly interested in applicants with experience of fundraising from statutory sources across the EU.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The main responsibilities of the role will include:

• Manage a pipeline of prospects and take overall responsibility for securing the funding of certain projects or workstreams;
• Leading on, or being a key contributor to, securing major multi-year programme grants from UK, EU and global statutory sources, foundations and trusts, major annual grants and core grants;
• Work with the Senior Fundraising Manager to ensure a co-ordinated and collaborative organisational approach to fundraising, including keeping the whole team up to date regarding new opportunities and identifying/communicating next steps;
• Cultivating and maintaining positive funding relationships through timely reports and updates, meetings and events as appropriate;
• Working with the Senior Fundraising Manager and the Fundraising Assistant to ensure all monitoring and evaluation processes are robust and effective and meet the varying needs of our funders;
• Developing and maintaining a bank of project-specific and organisational case studies in line with our brand narrative;
• Taking a strategic approach to identifying and researching prospects and exploring opportunities for raising income for new and existing programmes and projects;
• Maintaining a professional knowledge of trust/foundation and statutory fundraising within the UK, EU and more widely, and identifying appropriate learning opportunities in association with the Senior Fundraising Manager in order to facilitate this.

Please note that this list isn’t exhaustive and the role might change slightly from time to time

Person specification

We are looking for a passionate, determined individual, with the following experience and skills:

ESSENTIAL

• A minimum of two years experience in trust and foundations fundraising, ideally with bid/proposal writing experience for five and six figure projects;
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal and the ability to communicate complex information and ideas;
• Exceptional organisational, project and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, plan and prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines;
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple competing priorities, completing work to the highest standard;
• Experience of using CRM systems to manage a Trusts and Foundations portfolio, ideally SalesForce;
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and Excel.

DESIRABLE

• Experience in EU/US based statutory, trust and foundation fundraising;
• Experience in fundraising for climate, environment, social welfare, equality, poverty causes;
• Experience in statutory fundraising;
• An understanding and passion for the role of the investment system in driving positive change in corporate behaviour;
• Experience of working with Office 365, particularly SharePoint.

ShareAction values and respects all differences in people seen and unseen. One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available- such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Due to Covid-19 all interviews will take place online, you will also be expected to work from home for the foreseeable future.

Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK. Due to current restrictions we are unable to hire anyone that isn’t already living in the UK.
Due to our size we are unable to sponsor visas.

How to apply

To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Summary

Fundraising Events is an important area of growth for Diabetes UK's Engagement and Fundraising Directorate. We have seen some great successes in our Diabetes UK bespoke challenges both in terms of acquisition and fundraised income over the past few years which has enabled us to grow the Fundraising Events team. It is an exciting time to join what is a busy, successful and growing Fundraising Events Team as we take the opportunity to capitalise on additional investment to keep growing our challenges and improving the experience we offer supporters.

We would consider flexibility on where this role could be based

Interview Date: 6 October 2020

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan (on completion of your probation period)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

The post holder will be the first point of call for events fundraising enquiries and will work with the Fundraising Events Managers to provide our fundraisers and supporters with the advice and support they need to maximise their fundraising potential. We are committed to offering an excellent experience to all of our supporters and this role will be integral to making sure we are best placed to support our event participants through their fundraising and training journey with Diabetes UK.

Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will be an outgoing, conscientious team player, with excellent communication skills, who is quick to learn, highly organised and a proactive problem solver. They will have worked in a customer service focused administrative role for at least a year and will have experience of working to tight deadlines across multiple tasks/events.

Community Fundraising Associate

£30,000 - 33,000

London, and currently remote

As part of the Community Fundraising Team, the Community Fundraising Associate will work closely with the High Value Fundraising Manager, and manage the Fundraising Assistant, to help maximise fundraising for the Red Nose Day 2021 campaign managing the accounts of some of our most valuable fundraisers across Community Fundraising for Red Nose Day.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver against the strategy, working across the organisation to help deliver materials, products, ideas and propositions that will inspire fundraising in these audiences
• Work with the High Value Fundraising Manager on delivering the High Value fundraising strategy, providing exceptional stewardship and relationship development to our most valuable fundraisers.
• Deliver on set income targets and KPIs ensuring accurate tracking and evaluating to discover insights and trends.
• Identify inspiring fundraising stories from supporter audiences settings that can be used in marketing materials, fundraising materials and editorial. Collect and document these stories, collecting photos, fundraising totals and permissions, acting as the main point of contact
• Brief and work with the Supporter Care Supervisor to ensure all enquiries and complaints are managed effectively and within the agreed timeframes.
• Deliver engagement activities for our key fundraisers such as project visits and webinars. Attend events and visit fundraising events on behalf of Comic Relief and act as representative of charity.
• Contribute creative ideas to incentivise fundraising, enable recognition and achieve better retention.
• Alongside Fundraising Managers, brief and manage creative resource

Essential Skills and Competencies:

• Experience account managing high value fundraisers including individuals and organisations.
• Experience of delivering fundraising strategies and propositions for fundraisers
• Experience of developing fundraising ideas that engage fundraisers and drive support
• Strong attention to detail – to produce work, which is consistently accurate, and which fits the purpose for which it was intended.
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
• A proactive, positive and fun individual with a “can do” attitude

To apply please visit our website via the link.

Role closes - 12:00pm, 29th Sep 2020 BST (Europe/London)

Inclusivity at Comic Relief

We recognise diversity and inclusion are a source of strength in achieving our mission. We therefore welcome everyone, trusting what makes us different brings creativity, styles and experiences to help us collectively do our best work. That’s regardless of your gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and cultural identity. We especially welcome those from under-represented groups in modern grant-making and fundraising. We are on a journey, but if you join our team you will be part of a community that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where we want you to:

• Be valued for being yourself
• Do your best work, and be supported to break down barriers so you can succeed
• Be heard, respected, and treated as an equal, whatever your level, experience or background
• Be part of a team that is committed to making this happen – with our colleagues, partners, and contributors.

Comic Relief is committed to preventing and protecting all people from harm in their interactions with us. We expect all those that act in our name to uphold our approach to doing no harm.

Prospectus is delighted to be working again with London's Air Ambulance, the charity providing advanced trauma car across the capital. They operate a helicopter and a rapid response vehicle 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, carrying out critical care procedures at the scene of an accident. A global leader of rapid response and critical care, their work ensures that seriously injured people receive urgent treatment immediately. They are now looking for a Fundraising Coordinator (Direct Dialogue).

As the Fundraising Coordinator (Direct Dialogue) you will be responsible for supporting the Fundraising Manager (Face to Face) to deliver successful direct dialogue fundraising campaigns and to ensure donor recruitment targets are met to a high standard. You will support the Fundraising Manager (Face to Face) in cultivating relationships with external agency partners (face to face, telephone and other suppliers) as well as supporting training, day-to-day management and monitoring of third-party fundraisers. You will also be responsible for managing the mobile devices and the content for the Direct Dialogue Fundraising section of our website.

The ideal candidate will have strong organisational, administration and planning skills. You will have the ability to problem-solve and will also be a strong communicator and relationship-builder. The position will require you to be highly numerate with the ability to analyse, manage and present data alongside using a CRM system. This is an opportunity which will enable you to develop your expertise in fundraising compliance, data protection and best practice within a supportive and experienced team. If you are passionate about ending preventable deaths in London and if you feel aligned with London's Air Ambulance's values; Compassionate, Courageous and Pioneering, then we'd love to hear from you!

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your skills be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark offer high profile services supporting people aged 50+ in the borough of Southwark and Lewisham. A large part of what makes the services a success is due to the work of our Navigators, who support people using a person centred approach to address issues with isolation, malnutrition, safety at home and helping people to access the services they need.

The Community Navigator is an exciting new role working closely with older people, Rehab and Re-ablement team, support staff and local partners to ensure people are being supported holistically following discharge from services.
Navigators’ will support older people during the transition from care homes and other bed based settlements into clients own home and link them with local services. There are increasingly challenges to older and frail people and to Health and Social Care services where demand for services, and particularly those of hospital services increase.  It is during this period that it becomes even more critical that there are a range of appropriate, timely and proportionate services in place.

This is a busy, fast paced and rewarding role; giving you the opportunity to make a real difference. The role is largely home based with some days at our main office and Southwark Council office. You will be working closely with the rehab team and a team of friendly and knowledgeable Navigators, Coordinators and Advisors. Working hours are Mon – Fri. You will need to be able travel across the borough of Southwark.

If you are a good listener, a positive thinker and passionate about supporting older people we want to hear from you.

Closing date for applications is 18:00pm on Friday 28th August 2020.

Interviews will take place on W/C Tuesday -1st September via Zoom.

The role is 3 months fixed term (may be extended dependent on funding)

Assistant Producer

(Fixed Term Contract)

2 roles available

£28,000 - 32,000

London and currently remote

The Assistant Producer will assist the Producer and overall production team in all aspects of producing content for Red Nose Day and/or Sport Relief and other partner brands or investors, working closely with other teams within the organisation.

Key responsibilities:

• Work on highly sensitive and targeted casting of contributors for content
• Research factual information, alongside colleagues within the organisation
• Work across setting up shoots with the producer & PM – including locations, contributors etc – in the UK and internationally (with strong focus on higher risk countries throughout Africa)
• Be aware of compliance and safeguarding, including experience of working with vulnerable people in challenging locations

Essential Skills and Competencies:

• Some AP level across TV and online content production, specifically in specialist factual and/or documentary programming
• Demonstrable shooting skills – ideally on cameras such as C300/FS7 or similar
• Ability to multi task and work across more than one project simultaneously, including shoots outside of the UK in high risk environments
• Understanding and experience of safeguarding – e.g. working with children and vulnerable adults
• Strong attention to detail – to produce work which is accurate and brand relevant
• Ability to work proactively and effectively as part of a busy production team
• Basic edit skills (ideally in Premiere) – desirable, but not essential

To apply please visit our website via the link.

Role closes - 12:00pm, 30th Sep 2020 BST (Europe/London)

Inclusivity at Comic Relief

We recognise diversity and inclusion are a source of strength in achieving our mission. We therefore welcome everyone, trusting what makes us different brings creativity, styles and experiences to help us collectively do our best work. That’s regardless of your gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and cultural identity. We especially welcome those from under-represented groups in modern grant-making and fundraising. We are on a journey, but if you join our team you will be part of a community that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where we want you to:

• Be valued for being yourself
• Do your best work, and be supported to break down barriers so you can succeed
• Be heard, respected, and treated as an equal, whatever your level, experience or background
• Be part of a team that is committed to making this happen – with our colleagues, partners, and contributors.

Comic Relief is committed to preventing and protecting all people from harm in their interactions with us. We expect all those that act in our name to uphold our approach to doing no harm.

UKLGIG, the leading UK charity dedicated to providing support to vulnerable LGBTQI+ people who are seeking asylum in the UK, is recruiting an assistant role to support the whole team.

The Team Assistant will help ensure that our services run smoothly. You will be a first point of contact for vulnerable LGBTQI+ people and play a key role in providing the information they need. You will provide admin support to the whole UKLGIG team, including on communications and fundraising, and organise small events.

UKLGIG has been supporting LGBTQI+ people through the asylum and immigration system and campaigning for their rights since 1993. In this role, you will gain insight into all aspects of our work, from service delivery to campaigning. You will have a varied workload from liaising with clients, assisting with communications and organising fundraising events.

You will:

• Answer calls and emails and prioritise queries for responses
• Give accurate information on the asylum system and UKLGIG services
• Organise monthly meetings on making asylum and partnership applications (when face-to-face services resume)
• Organise ad-hoc fundraising, policy and training events
• Help deliver UKLGIG communications
• Monitor developments in parliament related to the asylum system.

UKLGIG is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. We will interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for this vacancy.

This is a full-time post for 35 hours per week but applications to work 28 hours per week will be considered.

Owing to the nature of the work with vulnerable adults, the successful applicant will be required to undergo a basic DBS check and to disclose all unspent criminal records at the point of conditional job offer.

UKLGIG’s offices are based in Borough, central London. All UKLGIG staff are currently working from home due to Covid-19. A mix of working at home and/or the office is likely for the foreseeable future.

The Opportunity 

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Marketing Communications Assistant who is enthusiastic, has a creative flair and keen to contribute to make an impact in helping more people with serious mental difficulties access support to find employment of their choosing.
 
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) supports people with serious mental health difficulties to find the employment of their choosing. 70-90% of people with mental health issues would like to work, but only 37% are in paid employment. For people with severe mental illness, it’s just 7%. Evidence-based models, such as IPS, have a track record of delivering outstanding job outcomes for this group.
 
NHS England has committed to doubling access to IPS for people with severe mental health problems by 2020/21. In order to achieve this, services across the country will need to employ over 400 additional IPS employment specialist and team leaders. To support services to mobilise quickly, deliver high quality IPS, and achieve strong employment outcomes, they have decided to commission an IPS infrastructure support programme.
 
The programme will aim to ensure that commissioners, mental health trusts and IPS providers have access to strategic and practical technical support to develop and deliver high quality services. This will include:
 

• Hands-on operational and local support, delivered through a network of IPS experts; 
• Workforce development support, including assisting to develop free-to-use training materials and targeted recruitment support for providers; and 
• Tools to support effective monitoring and reporting of outcomes, including a prototype case management system.

 
We are looking for a part-time (2-3 day per week) Marketing Communications Assistant to support the Marketing & Recruitment Lead.  They will be passionate about changing people’s lives for the better, will be proactive and creative with good organisational skills. They will have excellent attention to detail and a creative flair to boost the profile of IPS. 

Responsibilities

• Create and edit content in collaboration with Marketing & Recruitment Lead for offline and/or digital marketing channels, such as website, social media, marketing materials, blogs or newsletters, ensuring that brand guidelines are met in order to achieve marketing objectives
• Publish editorial, creative and video content via social media e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter
• Daily monitoring and management of social media communications
• Source, purchase and quality assure marketing goods and services from external suppliers
• Contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of marketing activity through creation of written planning and evaluation documents and presentations
• Use content management software to publish and refresh effective online content
• Use appropriate primary and secondary research methods including survey tools and desktop research to gather marketing insight or evaluation, and inform marketing decisions, planning and delivery
• Monitor marketing expenditure and activities to a specified budget and plan, ensuring invoices are processed efficiently
• Write, edit and proof copy as required including case studies, job adverts and external communications 
• Establish and maintain effective day to day relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support marketing activities
• To deliver all work accurately, ensuring materials are fully editing, proofread and signed off by relevant product and business owners. Ensure all marketing materials meet legal, compliance and regulatory requirements and comply with IPS Grow brand guidelines
• Develop content for bi-monthly newsletter 
• Act as an ambassador for the IPS service in conversations with local and national stakeholders and be committed to telling its inspiring stories in a sensitive, diplomatic and responsible way
• Any other duties commensurate with role 

About You

• No specific sector experience is necessary
• Understanding of marketing theory, concepts and basic principles
• Understanding of brand theory and how marketing fits within organisational structures and processes 
• Excellent copywriting and proofreading techniques
• Experience of planning and maintaining offline and digital assets
• Awareness of social media platforms 
• Ability to use a website content management system to publish text, images and video content
• Proven experience of writing persuasive text to meet a marketing communications objective, using common copywriting techniques such as adapting writing style to ensure it is appropriate to different channels in line with organisational brand guidelines
• Ability to plan and coordinate a marketing activity comprising several different marketing tactics
• Ability to anticipate, support and build credibility and effective working relationships, both within and outside Social Finance. You are able to summarise and disseminate information effectively, have excellent writing, listening and inter-personal skills.

You are a team player and also have the ability to work independently, are receptive to feedback and use it to continually improve and are able to effectively represent Social Finance. 

Our Commitment to You 

Personal development is at the heart of the Social Finance offer. Every employee has a range of support in place, a buddy to help settle within the Company and a Line Manager to support you in your career progression.
 
As well as a salary in the region of £21,000 (dependant on experience), Social Finance offers a contributory stakeholder pension scheme. We also offer season ticket loans, bike to work schemes and Give as you Earn via salary sacrifice. 
 
Encouraging community and wellbeing is important to us. Whilst recognising that time in the office is valuable to building relationships and fostering community, Social Finance are also open to a range of flexible working options to support our people. We have also recently developed a health & wellbeing plan to encourage better working practices for individuals.

Diversity and Inclusion

We value diversity and believe that our people require a range of skills and life experiences to further our impact across a range of social issues and systems. We are committed to having an inclusive culture and working environment in which everyone feels at home and is supported to achieve their potential. We know there is further to go and are implementing a Diversity and Inclusion strategy with a group of external experts to hold us to account.   We actively welcome applications from underrepresented and minoritised groups, including those with lived experience of the social issues we are working to address. We are an equal opportunities employer. 

I am working on behalf of the Diocese of Westminster who is looking for a new Trust officer to join their Fundraising department on a permanent basis.

In this role, you will be responsible for building relationships with grant makers to generate income for Caritas Westminster. To research, identify and apply to trusts and foundations and other grant-making bodies across the UK, which are likely to support the varied work of Caritas Westminster.

Key Responsibilities:

-Identify potential new partners for inclusion into the Trust & Foundations fundraising programme.
-Produce, submit, and manage all communications with target funders
- Draft, submit and successfully manage the progress of funding applications for priority projects
- Establish and monitor progress of applications
- Develop a new stewardship programme for Trust & Foundation donors
- Working closely with the Development manager, regularly review the strategy to maximise and renew income from trusts and foundations

Essential Criteria:

-Minimum of two years trust fundraising experience
-Experience of maximising opportunities from researching prospects to generating meetings, and securing income to achieve targets
-Strong proposal writing skills with high attention to detail
-The ability to develop strong relationships with new and existing donors
-Thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office (particularly Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and good, accurate typing skills
-Solid organisational and time management skills; ability plan and prioritise own workload
-Able to tackle challenges constructively, and find creative ways forward

For a full job description please get in touch with Natalie at Harris Hill by emailing [email protected]