BACKGROUND

Over the past 80 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.

The International Rescue Committee UK is part of the IRC global network, which has its headquarters in New York and London. The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster. Through 22 regional offices in cities across the United States, the IRC also helps refugees resettle in the US and become self-sufficient.

The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a tireless advocate for the most vulnerable.

IRC-UK

Our European headquarters, IRC-UK, was established in London in 1997 to support the organisation’s global activities and particularly to diversify its donor base and to better advocate with European policy-makers on behalf of the people we serve. Since its establishment IRC-UK has grown rapidly and is now acknowledged for its high-quality project management, technical expertise in governance and rights and economic recovery, and innovative thinking on early recovery and gender-based violence. IRC-UK comprises approximately 160 staff. The IRC also has offices in Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, Geneva and Stockholm.

CONTEXT, MASS MARKETING

IRC's Mass Markets department (part of the External Relations Unit) is responsible for the global delivery of Circa USD $65m, of predominantly unrestricted funding, contributing to a total of circa $USD240m that the International Rescue Committee currently raises in total from the private sector. The Mass Markets department plays an important strategic role in the creation of IRC’s brand, awareness and support for its advocacy goals.

The IRC's strategy centers on its ambition to continue to improve the scale and effectiveness of IRC programs worldwide with evidence of what works best to impact people’s lives in conflict and fragile settings. The fundraising pillars of the External Relations Unit comprises colleagues and teams delivering marketing, account management, leadership gifts, board liaison, corporate partnerships, brand stewardship and communications to support this work.  These colleagues are primarily located in the USA at present – but IRC plans to significantly expand its global fundraising footprint.  Other colleagues within IRC are also deeply engaged with private funding & partners – in particular within Europe, US Resettlement and field program – and we need to work in close integrated collaboration to ensure best use of resources and highest impact for IRC.

THE PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As Senior Officer, Global Retention you  report to the Senior Director, Supporter Experience & Retention and will work in close collaboration with colleagues across the globe, including with mass marketing country teams, channel specialist, MarComms, Procurement, IT, Legal and Finance etc.

In this role you will provide hands-on support the day-to-day development and delivery of IRC’s supporter journeys with the aim of achieving enhanced retention. These enhanced supporter journeys will, in engaging supporters and positioning the right ask to them at the right time, lead to more members of the public becoming long term IRC supporters, including giving on a regular basis (sustainers) and at higher levels (e.g. mid value supporters) . Ultimately the aim is for supporters to ‘stick’ to IRC for longer, give more frequently and give at higher values while also engaging more in IRC’s mission and cause. In so doing, the aim is for the IRC to improve the life-time value of its supporters (LTV).

With the above in mind, you will support the development of IRC’s supporter journeys and retention initiatives  in key existing markets (being the US, UK, Germany & Sweden) as well as any new markets IRC will enter into such as South Korea, Canada or Spain.

The Senior Officer, Global Retention works in close collaboration with team members in each market to support those markets to develop and deliver highly optimized supporter journeys. This will also include ensuring IRC has fully optimized welcome series for all new supporters, ongoing supporter communication cycles, cross and upsell offers (be they for example rescue gifts or legacy giving), engaging content, creative and product offers, retention and saving approaches as well as reactivation of lapsed supporters which will be delivered in a multi-channel approach. They will also help support our approach on testing in supporter journeys ensuring tests are coordinated and analysis is being used so that we have a data driven program.

While covering all supporter segments and audiences/profiles within mass marketing, the post holder will have a special focus throughout on key segments, those being sustainers and mid value donors.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the Senior Director of Supporter Experience and Retention in the delivery of IRC’s supporter journey work globally.
• Support the delivery of retention plans in markets.
• Assist in the set-up, optimization and assessment IRC’s supporter journeys market per market.
• Provide hands-on support to markets in creating emails and where necessary, step in and implement them directly via our email platform (Pardot). This may be ad hoc email campaigns, or ongoing journey work e.g., triggered email welcome cycles, lapsing programs and the like.
• Support and coordinate on both digital and offline elements of supporter journeys and retention plans with the aim of ensuring activities are integrated where possible.
• Support and coordinate on elements required by markets to effect optimized journeys and campaigns, such as the development of creative assets, copy, images.
• Check in on progress on retention by supporting on reviews.
• Keep track of supporter journeys in the sector by mystery shopping and report back to ER colleagues on them.
• Help ensure that IRC’s supporter journey approach is widely understood within IRC and that the organization embraces and supports its advancement.
• Assist in the reporting, KPI, data and analysis required for the delivery of optimized supporter journeys.
• Assist in the set-up of tests and contribute to a testing culture in all areas of supporter journeys.
• Support on donor survey work across markets. Facilitate the set-up of any new methodologies to gain insights into our donors.
• Assist mass marketing teams deliver new and innovative ways to engage with our supporters as part of the supporter journey where requested.
• Help in the recruitment/procurement of any global agencies/consultants/firms working on supporter journeys and lead the delivery of plans/SOW.
• Coordinate with colleagues in Comms on brand to ensure supporter journeys have brand appropriate content.
• Coordinate with colleagues in International Partnerships & Philanthropy (IPP) on supporter engagement campaigns with corporate brands. Recent partners include for example: TripAdvisor, Airbnb and Google.
• Coordinate with IT for needs related to the development of supporter journey. Work in close collaboration on all platforms as required to ensure IRC can deliver effective supporter journey.
• Work proactively and in a collaborative fashion with colleagues throughout IRC, especially those critical to delivering the supporter journey, including MarComms, Advocacy, Legal and Finance, Procurement, RAI, IPP and USA Phil
• Take on special projects as assigned by the Senior Director, Supporter Engagement and Retention.
• Keep up to date on trends both in NGOs and the commercial sector.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

Experience

• Experience of working on retention programs

• Experience of email marketing including hands-on ability of developing, building and scheduling emails via platforms such as Pardot email marketing platform
• Experience of sustainer programs (i.e., regular giving)
• Experience of multi-channel fundraising including both online and offline
• Experience of working in fundraising programs directly and/or in a support role

Skills and Knowledge

• Predisposition towards simple and practical solutions which can be rolled out across multiple markets
• Interpersonal skills, collegial and collaborative
• Project management skills
• Understanding of systems and processes required for managing retention programs including of CRM databases, email platforms and the like Agile PM.
• Basic experience of use of metrics and data
• Good written and verbal communication
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment

• Understanding, of at least basic level, of how to design, set up and send HTML and CSS based emails and/or landing pages. 

• Language Skills: English (fluent). No additional languages are necessary but German or Swedish would be an advantage.

The Single Gifts Campaign Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by managing the Single Gifts Campaigns team to deliver campaigns that maximise income for the organisation and also maximise the number of new recruits through various media channels, whilst monitoring quality and cost of acquisition. The role will develop the supporter journey for all supporters to reduce attrition, maximise lifetime value and create a world leading supporter experience.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. 

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. 

Diversity 
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding 
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Proven experience of budget setting, monitoring and re-forecasting, including making recommendations on areas for investment. 

• Good understanding of direct marketing principles and techniques. 

• Experience of briefing and interpreting analysis. 

• Very competent in Excel. Competent in Word and PowerPoint.

• Good understanding of the charity sector. 

• Up to date knowledge of Gambling Commission legislation.

• Good understanding of Gift Aid. 

• Experience of effective new product development. 

• Experience of online marketing

For the complete list of essential criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply 

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. 

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. 

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised. If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

As our Head of Philanthropy Campaign and Donor Engagement, you’ll plan, test, initiate and execute a time-bound philanthropic campaign to raise new and transformational funds in support of British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) strategic objectives for science, technology, and talent. 

The BHF philanthropy campaign will galvanise our high value prospect and donor community, drive campaign-focused fundraising activity in support of BHF’s strategic objectives, enabling us to deliver transformational philanthropic income and retain donors.

You’ll manage the Philanthropy Team’s donor engagement and relations functions which comprise capabilities in events, funding proposition development, impact reporting, high-value communications, relationship building and stewardship programmes. These functions work across Philanthropy and Corporate Partnerships teams. 

This is a dual location role, with your working time split between your Home and our London Office. This will allow us to unlock our best work for our cause, blending the best of home and office working.

About the team

BHF is creating a culture that drives transformational and sustainable income through philanthropic giving, from donors in the UK and overseas. To achieve this vision, we are building a high performing Philanthropy team comprising dynamic externally facing fundraisers, talented proposition writers, research and insight specialists, and event and stewardship experts.

The team deliver events, communications and stewardship programmes for prospects and donors, and Senior Volunteer Leaders. In this role, you'll sharpen our offering by connecting and co-ordinating our activities, and by effectively managing transparency and flow of work. These functions support the generation and retention of future and current income and help spark and deepen relationships with high-value prospect, donors, and senior volunteers.

The Philanthropy Campaign and Donor Engagement team comprises of six posts with capabilities in proposition development, impact reporting, relationship building, high-value communications, events, and stewardship.

About you

An outstanding communicator, influencer, and relationship builder, you'll bring your knowledge of major gift techniques and a track record in initiation and delivery of philanthropic campaign in the charity sector and/or higher education. 

You'll have demonstrable experience of building and managing a high-performing team as well as working at senior level with senior stakeholders, volunteers, and academic colleagues.

Flexible and collaborative, you have experience of fundraising through major gift campaigns, building bespoke fundraising propositions for 6- and 7-figure gifts as well as knowledge of working with senior volunteer leaders to maximise their involvement in high value fundraising.

About us

The BHF is the major funder of non-commercial cardiovascular research in the UK and one of the leading funders globally. Key aims of the BHF strategy to 2030 are to accelerate scientific discovery and to turn discoveries into life-saving medical advances, towards a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.

We celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Diversity and Inclusion forms a main pillar in our People Experience Strategy. Our aim is for all our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work, so we can continue to fund life saving research.

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life. Many of our people work flexibly in many ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.

Benefits

To find out more about the benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of our advert page.

Interview process

Please note interviews may be held during the advertising period or shortly after the close date depending on response so please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you are considered.

How to apply 

It’s quick and easy to apply for a role at the BHF. Just click on the apply button below. All you’ll need is an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement, outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the role’s criteria. 

As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, the BHF will use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.
 
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

Corporate Account Management Executive

Charity People is pleased to have partnered with Refuge in their search for a newly created role as a Corporate Account Management Executive. This role will focus on the account management and stewardship of a range of partnerships: leading on national partnerships worth £25k + and supporting other members of the team with larger, complex strategic and commercial partnerships

About Refuge
Refuge support around 7,000 women and children per day through their accommodation and services plus thousands more through the National Domestic Abuse Helpline. They support survivors to access safety and rebuild their lives. This year, the passing of the Domestic Abuse Act marks a milestone in years of campaigning by Refuge and the wider sector, and they won Campaigning Team of the Year at the recent Charity Times Awards

Culture & Benefits
* High impact, successful and growing team
* Office based (London) but with flexibility for some hybrid / home working
* 28 days holiday allowance, 6 % pension

About the role
In this exciting role you will join an ambitious and high performing team and personally manage a portfolio of large partnerships to raise a minimum level £25k/year per partner.

You will be responsible for cultivating the partnerships and gaining financial support via cause related marketing, employment and customer engagement, and negotiating renewal of contracts to create multi-year partnerships

To support the team you will also manage employee engagement activities for larger-scale six-figure partnerships.

About you
We are looking for an experienced Account Manager with a track record of managing five-figure commercial partnerships and raising funds from a range of corporate fundraising activities.

As an experienced relationship manager, you will have strong communication skills with initiative that inspires confidence with colleagues and partners.

You will be a good writer, able to write engaging content for a wide range of audiences. You will enjoy account management and cultivating long term partnerships.

This is a full-time permanent position with a salary up to £30,000

To apply please send your CV and a covering letter to Sharon Cooper at Charity People. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as interviews are happening on a rolling basis.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of 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 know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities with which we work.

RoadPeace has an exciting opportunity for a compassionate individual to join our organisation and make a significant difference to our charity and to the lives of the road crash victims we support. This is a new position and the postholder will play a key role in developing and expanding our fundraising activities.

We’re a national charity helping to build a fulfilled life for everyone affected by spinal cord injury. For more than 45 years we’ve empowered spinal cord injured people to rebuild their lives after injury.

Roughly 2,500 people each year sustain or acquire a spinal cord injury, and we’re currently undergoing a period of rapid development to create a network of support available to every spinal cord injured person in the UK. We’re set to become a true association of people and partners, working together to give spinal cord injured people the support they need and deserve.

Job Title: Campaigns Coordinator
Reporting to: Campaigns Manager
Contract Term: Full time, permanent
Location: London and Milton Keynes (flexibility required due to the nature of the role)
Salary: £31,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours

Role Requirements

The vision of SIA’s Campaigns Team is to be a campaigning voice that acts as an agent for change for spinal cord injured (SCI) people and for organisational growth. To help deliver this vision, the Campaigns Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the research, development and implementation of SIA’s range of national and local campaigns.

The Campaigns Coordinator will make full use of all of SIA’s resources, membership and supporters to build a strong evidence base and coordinate activities that will:

• Actively support the effective and successful delivery of campaigns which energise the SCI

community, politicians, funders and the public.

• Help develop an active campaigning network of SIA staff, SCI people, charities, health and corporate partners.

• Develop and deliver innovative campaigning strategy and tactics that bring about successful campaign outcomes and create and attract fundraising opportunities.

The Campaigns Coordinator role is central to the success of SIA’s campaigning activities, and delivering lasting change that supports people with a sci and enables them to lead a fulfilled life.

Closing date:13th December 2021 at 5pm

Interviews: 17th December 2021

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

No agencies please.

Location - London. Relocation assistance is available

ABOUT THE ROLE

As the Programme Director for Climate, Economic and Social Rights and Corporate Accountability you will provide strategic leadership and vision for Amnesty International's work on economic, social and cultural rights. You will front the organization's response to urgent global challenges: the climate crisis, corporate crimes and accountability, tax justice, and human rights violations relating to health, housing, migrant labour and social protection. The Director manages a cross-functional programme that brings together transnational, multi-country and emerging strategies on thematic work, including through effective and innovative research and investigations, campaigns, advocacy, communications, legal and policy development, and also directly line manages the team working on the climate crisis. The Director provides strong strategic leadership within the programme and reflects its interests across the Amnesty movement as well as guiding the programme in a way that promotes a creative, collaborative and respectful work culture, that also advances Amnesty International's commitment to become a fully anti-racist and feminist organization.

ABOUT YOU

• You will have a deep and practical knowledge of law relating to global human rights issues with demonstrated expertise in at least one of the thematic areas, including climate change.
• You will have significant experience of designing and implementing a research-based approach to international human rights issues including proven capacity to develop and deliver training and manage research resources as well as demonstrable expertise in the field of human rights law and policy with experience of developing strategies to address global human rights violations and abuses.
• You will have extensive experience of research and research management, including field research, in the area of human rights and demonstrated leadership in the global human rights movement through communication of a vision of the opportunities and threats facing it with regard to the specific areas addressed by the programme.
• Demonstrated vision and creativity as well as intellectual discipline to steer the human rights movement in developing human rights strategies on highly contested issues that are effective are essential in this role.
• You will have demonstrated leadership in the global human rights movement through communication of a vision of the opportunities and threats facing the human rights movement, particularly in the thematic areas in this programme as well as demonstrated vision and creativity as well as intellectual discipline to lead the human rights movement in developing human rights strategies on contested issues that are effective and compelling.
• You will have excellent written skills in English (and additional language is a plus), and preferably published on a comparable area of work and able to supervise the drafting of high-quality documents in a timely manner.
• Demonstrated ability to manage staff and budgets, including the management of restricted funds as well as the ability to work well with legal and policy experts, campaigners and advocates, regional experts and researchers, and be able to facilitate communication among different parts of the IS and the AI movement is essential in this role.
• You will have significant experience and commitment to ensuring effective management and professional development of staff, creating an intellectually challenging and supportive work environment. Alongside this, demonstrable experience and commitment to ensuring the well-being of staff working to prevent, expose and stop some of the worst human rights abuses in the world.
• You will have the ability to represent AI at a senior level, including in the field, with government officials, international organizations, civil society organizations, public events and the media, developing and communicating messages appropriate to the audience.

ABOUT US

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.

Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they're denied. And whether we're applying pressure through powerful research or direct lobbying, mass demonstrations or online campaigning, we're all inspired by hope for a better world.

At Amnesty International, we are passionate about what we do and we are proud of our achievements as a movement. To compensate our employees for the critical work they do, we reward them through a combination of an attractive and sector competitive salary and benefits package, high levels of engagement and involvement, and a commitment to employee development.

Benefits include 37 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays and grace days), pension scheme, employee assistance programme, life assurance and many more benefits designed to suit your personal lifestyle.

Benefits-

WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL DO NEXT

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world then we would encourage you to Apply

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.

Horatio’s Garden is looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Fundraising Officer to join our growing fundraising team and help make a difference to the lives of people with spinal injuries. We are seeking someone who is progressing their career and is looking for a new opportunity to join a dynamic charity - you will be given ongoing support, training and mentoring throughout the job.

Horatio's Garden builds and looks after beautifully designed garden projects in NHS spinal injury centres, supporting everyone affected by spinal injury through the most challenging times of their lives. We work with well-known, leading garden designers and architects to create outstanding spaces in the heart of the NHS. We then maintain the gardens and deliver therapeutic activities in collaboration with the clinical teams.

We currently have five garden projects in Salisbury, Stoke Mandeville, Oswestry, London and Glasgow with a sixth due to open early next year in Wales and a further in design phase in Northern Ireland with further capital projects planned over the next 5-10 years.

If you have experience of building relationships with Trusts and Foundations and businesses to contribute to sustainable income growth and would like to further develop your skills within a dynamic charity, we would love to hear from you. 

This is a full time role, based in our office in Salisbury for a minimum of 3 days per week. 

Please apply by submitting your CV and a covering letter, outling how you meet the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. 

Horatio's Garden is an equal opportunities employer. 

Can you envisage a future where workplaces are inclusive and diverse? 

Are you a charismatic leader, a natural communicator who can inspire change in others?

The British Association for Supported Employment is a national membership organisation which has been led by Huw Davies since its inception. Huw has is retiring in 2022 and BASE is seeking to appoint a suitable experienced person to lead and develop this small but mighty charity. You will also have overall responsibility for our trading arm, Inclusive Trading CIC.

Our Background

BASE is governed by a National Executive Committee (NEC) currently comprising 10 elected regional leads, all who hold relevant sector roles, and an additional 3 co-optees with industry specific expertise and remit. The NEC has an established role in scrutinising, challenging and supporting operational staff, processes and the strategic direction of BASE as an organisation.

Our Vision

BASE strives towards a future where inclusive and diverse workforces are the rule and not the exception and employers are supported and empowered to reach a much wider talent pool across the disabled community. 

What we can offer you

More than anything, we can offer you an opportunity to work with us to improve countless lives by working to improve employment rates for people who are the most disadvantaged in the UK economy. Are you up for the challenge?

To apply

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter to Huw Davies at BASE.

For informal discussion, please contact Huw Davies.

Closing date: 4 January 2022

Interview dates: 10-11 January 2022

BASE is a Disability Confident Employer and we are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us.

Community Engagement Officer

BeyondAutism

Bromley and Wandsworth, London

Salary scale: £28,140 dependent on qualifications and experience

Details: Full time or Part time, permanent

Holiday: 25 days + Bank holidays

Location:  Bromley, Kent (with occasional visits to Wandsworth, London as required) with opportunities for some homeworking

Our vision is to ensure everyone with autism accesses an education which empowers a life full of choice, independence and opportunity.

We run two Independent Special Schools for children aged 4-19, two Post-19 service, Outreach and Training and an Early Years’ service in Bromley.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Senior Fundraising Officer, the Community Engagement Officer will play a key role in the development and implementation of BeyondAutism’s fundraising activities, with a key focus on securing funding for our Early Years’ Service in Bromley.

Working for this inspirational charity, the Community Engagement Officer will be an essential member of the fundraising team, working collaboratively with colleagues to identify funding needs and generate supporter networks. We have in the past enjoyed fundraising success from corporates, lottery, trusts, major donors and events. You will use your experience to build and develop relationships in the community/s by providing excellent support and stewardship to our volunteers, events, and key supporters in order to increase income in keeping with our funding strategy.

The ideal candidate will be experienced in the role of Community Engagement Officer, working and networking with community groups, confident working independently, equipped with a strategic mind-set, focus, drive, and enthusiasm, as well as having excellent communication and relationship building skills.

You will be adept at planning to ensure online and offline local fundraising campaigns are integrated and digital channels are used effectively. Contribute to digital fundraising campaigns to ensure messages, reporting and content creation work together to provide a better experience for our supporters.

The ideal candidate will have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, with a track record of communicating complex information to a variety of audiences both in writing and in person.

We are looking for a seasoned campaigner to support our ambitious global efforts to promote the reduction of animal consumption in line with our 5 Pros (Pro-Health, Environment, Animals, Justice, and Taste). The ideal candidate is a talented communicator with an outgoing, positive, and professional attitude, who has experience of creating campaign plans and a track record of success. This is a new position as ProVeg expands its policy and campaign efforts, which will build on and expand our public education, corporate outreach, and UN, EU and national policy initiatives. It will require flexibility and adaptability as political realities, public opinions, and business priorities shift. 

The Campaign Manager will report to the Head of Campaigns & Partnerships, and work collaboratively with other organising, communications, research, fundraising and web staff. The successful candidate will also work closely with allied organisations and volunteers globally. The candidate will be responsible for representing ProVeg externally, to our supporters, and to coalitions, while networking with and influencing policy and decision-makers. The Campaign Manager will be responsible for two campaigns while assisting with other ongoing projects and campaigns. The two priority areas are the ‘Diet Change not Climate Change’ campaign, which will enter a new phase following COP26, and the Food-based Dietary Guidelines project, aimed at improving nutrition guidelines around the world.

Job Details 

Reports to: Head of Campaigns and Partnerships
Department: Communications
Location: Remote (ideally in the UK, NL, BE, DE, PL, CZ, or ES)
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: depending on experience and location, e.g. €27,600 - €33,600 in Germany

Responsibilities 

Campaigning & Organising (75%)

• Lead public-facing campaigns to promote food system change and enhance the position of plant-based foods and other alternatives to animal products.

• Establish and maintain effective collaborative relationships with external stakeholders and identify opportunities to improve engagement with policy-makers, environmental and other aligned organisations, healthcare officials, corporate leaders, scientific bodies, and other relevant parties.

• Build a strong base of organisations and individuals in support of our campaigns; participate in coalitions on campaign issues.

• Plan and coordinate talks, press conferences, and networking events.

• Speak at public events, forums, and other venues, and serve as a representative of ProVeg to the public when needed.

• Grow our base of active supporters and create a network of organisers and messengers to be able to represent our messages and to recruit new active supporters into the movement.

• Maintain a database of supporter activities, allies, and coalitions. 

• Engage and inspire a range of audiences – from our supporters and communities to corporate partners, food businesses, and influencers.

• Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team to assess outcomes, impact and continually improve campaign tactics to increase effectiveness.

• Work with the fundraising team to increase small donations through campaigning. 

Media, web and social media (20%)

• Raise the profile of ProVeg online and offline through writing compelling content for targeted websites, campaigns, social media, mainstream media & PR (including broadcast media), and by working with key influencers.

• Develop materials such as factsheets, action alerts, website content and newsletter articles on campaign issues.

• Together with the PR Manager, maintain relationships with the media, write engaging draft press releases, engage with influencers, and arrange media opportunities for Senior Leadership and other spokespersons.

Support and reporting (5%)

• Assist the Head of Campaigns and Partnerships in managing plans; prepare internal reporting on key communications targets and performance, and ad hoc external reporting to donors, sponsors and other stakeholders.

Qualifications

Essential

• Proven experience with a minimum of three years of working in communications advocacy and/or campaigning, preferably in food system change, or the health, environmental, or animal advocacy movement. 

• Excellent organisational skills.

• Experience in organising public campaigns and marketing events for nonprofit or international organisations.

• Experience in managing external communications channels, including social media, email, and traditional media.

• Knowledge of food systems, environmental impacts of animal agriculture, and (plant-based) nutrition and health.

• Knowledge of national, EU, or UN institutions, and decision-making processes and infrastructure.

• Experience of influencing policy or decision-makers.

• Excellent written and verbal English communications skills.

• Strong organisational skills, and an ability to balance short-term priorities with long-term goals and strategies.

• Ability to work well under pressure and manage time effectively in a fast-paced and growing nonprofit work environment.

• Self-starter personality with a curious and creative nature and a drive to continuously improve.

• Outstanding networking skills, and experience in building productive relationships with key media stakeholders and influencers, and in recruiting and managing volunteers remotely.

• Strong collaboration and excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to thrive in a team of people from diverse backgrounds.

• Understanding of and alignment with ProVeg International’s vision, mission and values.

• Willingness to occasionally travel nationally and internationally. 

Desirable

• Degree in communications, marketing, journalism, or other relevant fields.

• Experience with bulk email and social content management software, and digital organising and outreach tools.

• Understanding of effective altruism.

• Knowledge of the food innovation sector and foodservice industry is a plus.

• Solid knowledge of SEO, and Google Analytics.

• Additional language skills. 

• Experience drafting press materials, talking to reporters, and giving interviews in a professional manner.

Benefits of working with us 

• Generous annual leave and sick days (depending on country).

• Provision of work laptop.

• Flexible, trust-based working arrangements.

• A strong organisational focus on personal development and a designated training budget.

• Career-development support.

• Mindfulness Program.

• We are a workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work.

• We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.

• And last but not least: become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and the planet!

When? 

Application deadline: 10 December 2021
Interviews: mid-December
Start: January 2022

Further information

Please send your CV and cover letter, and include at least three examples of campaign materials that you were responsible for (e.g. content, visuals, links to media coverage, track record of success etc.). Please mention where you saw the job advert.

This is a great time to join our new marketing and communications team focused on managing communications across ACF. We work closely with membership, external affairs and the events team to shout about the amazing work they produce for our trust and foundation members, prospective members and stakeholders.
 
The last 18 months have seen a lot of development for ACF. We have launched a new website and CRM system, introduced new email marketing software, and launched new events and initiatives. But there’s plenty more to come!

We are looking for a marketing and communications officer to support the senior marketing and communications manager. The newly formed team will deliver communications and marketing activity and plans that build ACF’s brand and reputation and improve ACF’s communications reach and impact. This role is an integral part of the team and will enable us to innovate, create and test so that we can share more of our work with our audiences and further develop our communications activity. 

This is a general marketing and communications role, giving exposure to a broad range of channels and marketing tactics. It is ideal for someone who wants to gain experience of marketing and communications while making a big impact in a small staff team.

You will gain hands-on experience of a website content management system, email marketing, comms planning, design, social media, copywriting, proofreading and editing. You will develop close working relationships with all colleagues, be able to see the impact of the team’s work and learn new skills for your developing career in communications or marketing.

This role is full-time (35 hours per week) with flexible working between home and our central London office.

2. JOB PURPOSE 

To support the senior marketing and communications manager to deliver communications and marketing activity and plans to build ACF’s brand and reputation and improve ACF’s communications reach and impact

Assist colleagues to ensure they have good understanding of the marketing and brand strategies and all communications meet organisational needs. 

3. KEY RESULT AREAS/PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

3.1

Assists senior marketing and communications manager with website maintenance by adding, editing and archiving content in line with style guides and supporting ongoing improvements to accessibility, layout and performance of the ACF website. 

Assist in the effective operation of all ACF communications channels including blogs and articles, newsletters, infographics, photos, videos, adverts and guides to maximise audience reach and brand awareness as well as ensuring organisational objectives are met.Monitor online resources and information to ensure they are up to date, accessible, on brand and in high quality format for all ACF website and social media users. 

Support the preparation of regular and ad hoc email campaigns to ensures all e-communications are sent on time and on brand. 

Actively contribute to developing the ACF brand by championing the use of house style guides and supports colleagues to apply them to their work. 

Support the coordination of communications activities across the organisation by maintaining a comms planner and assisting colleagues with producing tailored comms and marketing plans for specific activities and ensuring a culture of forward planning 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Skills

• Developed IT Skills including Office 365, social media 
• Developed ability to time manage 
• Good communication skills 
• Developed written skills 
• A willingness to learn 

Personal attributes

• Rational, logical thinking 
• Creative thinking 
• Flexible 
• Resilience 
• Rational compassion and empathy 

Benefits 
ACF has a developed a range of benefits to enable staff to perform and be supported in times where personal situations change.Annual leave is 25 days per year, plus all the bank holidays, as well as time off during Christmas and New Year which does not affect the leave above.  We also make a pension contribution of 10% of base salary into Now Pensions on staff members behalf. 

We have a generous sick leave policy to support staff in the event of illness or accident, and a Parental, Maternity and adoption leave policy designed to significantly support staff above our legal obligations. 

ACF offers flexible working and ensures that any working from home is supported by equipment to ensure your home office set up is optimised. 

An inclusive workplace
We have flexible working practices that support the needs of carers, parents, women, older and younger team members, those who have disabilities or long- term illnesses. These include home working, part time employment and flexible hours. ACF is a London Living Wage employer. We work to create an open, supportive, welcoming culture that is inclusive and celebrates diversity.

The application process 
ACF uses Be Applied as its recruitment platform to remove as much bias as possible in the process.Candidates will complete questions on the platform, which are scored for every candidate who completes an application by a suitably trained and qualified panel. Those selected to be interviewed are as a result of these scores; we do not take CVs into account at this point in the process. 

Interviews will take place online, with the structured questions shared in advance to enable candidates to prepare thoroughly. The Panel will score independently each candidate’s responses with a review of candidates’ summary scores only reviewed when all interviews are completed.

Communication will be via email through the platform and managed independently by the HR team. Any support a candidate needs can be directed to the HR team, which will not impact their application, negatively or positively. 

Challenge Events Officer

Income Generation & Marketing Department

37.5 hours per week

Permanent

HCP Corporate  Pay Band – F £26,370 - £31,021

The Hospice Charity Partnership, formed from Birmingham St Mary’s and John Taylor Hospices, is looking for a Challenge Events Officer to join our Income Generation Team. Together, the newly formed partnership are on an exciting journey to deliver equitable end life and palliative care to more people across Birmingham and Sandwell and to help us achieve our vision, we’re looking for skilled and experienced individuals from all communities to join our fundraising team! 

Are you an experienced, third party event fundraiser who enjoys building long lasting relationships with charity supporters?

If so then we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join the fundraising team as a Challenge Events Officer.

Working to support The Hospice Charity Partnership brand, this varied role will lead on the delivery of a diverse portfolio of third party challenge events and virtual challenges including the TCS London Marathon, Great Birmingham Run and Skydive days to name a few. The successful candidate will have a friendly and engaging personality and enjoy speaking to charity supporters face to face, over the phone and via email. 

Reporting directly to the Senior Events Manager this role will work to grow the income generation and profile of the charity through effective administration, supporter engagement and marketing, ensuring maximum participation and income is achieved. This role will allow you to use your creativity to proactively seek new income generation opportunities. You will be a highly organised and motivated individual with excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ideal candidate will have experience of managing a portfolio of third party challenge events with proven success of reaching and exceeding participant and income targets.  You should also have knowledge and experience of working with a range of suppliers and volunteers and have a proven ability to build relationships at all levels.  Experience of using CRMs systems is also advantageous.

Closing date:   14th January 2022

Interview date: w/c 24th January 2022

ROLE SUMMARY

Is the media landscape your passion? Do you love to write and do you excel at it? Are you a great networker and do you know how to get the word out? Then we’re looking for you. This role will directly manage the International PR Manager, your right hand for writing and distributing press releases, and will work closely together with the Head of Communication to spot PR opportunities on a daily basis. The plant-based and cellular agriculture PR work that you will execute will cover a wide range of topics from policy to food industry, food services and consumer behaviour developments - you know how to make those topics accessible to the wider public and trade press. We are also looking to significantly increase our broadcast media presence across four continents.

The Senior PR manager's key responsibility is to substantially increase ProVeg’s PR profile internationally, and to support ProVeg’s country offices and international departments and programmes to increase their media and PR profile. The postholder is also expected to establish senior ProVeg leaders as thought leaders in their field, and manage the ProVeg ‘Press office’. The post holder will work closely with the International Head of Communication, department communications managers and the national communications managers.

ProVeg’s public profile has significantly increased in the last two years, thanks to creative campaigns, policy work, food industry and retail, and food services successes, and other corporate and system change activities that have set ProVeg apart from many other organisations active in a similar space. We are proud of these achievements, but we also see potential for substantial further PR and media opportunities globally. We would be happy to share current PR insights and KPIs with selected candidates, who have a bold vision for this position.

JOB DETAILS

Reports to: Head of Communication 

Line manager for: International PR Manager

Department: International Communications

Location: Remote (ideally, UK, NL, DE, PL, ES, CZ, ZA or US)

Hours: 32-40 hours per week

Salary: commensurate with experience and location (£32,000 - £40,000 pro rata if based in the UK; adjusted for local standards if based in other countries). 

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Developing a global PR strategy and priorities for ProVeg International departments and country offices

• Creating a PR Strategy, detailed timeline of planned PR activities for 2022 and a general plan for future years to increase proactive and reactive print, online, and broadcast media coverage.
• Setting and monitoring overall annual and quarterly PR objectives and key results (OKRs).
• In conjunction with Country Directors, researching the baseline ProVeg PR profile in each country and internationally, and assessing the media landscape to identify opportunities.
• Using lessons learned about effective PR over the past years, implement strategies to build on ProVeg success stories.
• Developing media networks and building contacts with key media representatives (including science-based, trade and other journalists and stakeholders).
• Execution of the PR strategy to expand PR reach in non-ProVeg countries.
   

2. Generating media coverage for ProVeg International departments

• Leading and overseeing PR work for international interventions, and for any international reactive work.Attending press events where relevant.
• Organising and overseeing PR for media events including press news conferences in close collaboration with relevant Departments/Heads.
• Overseeing a response to press queries in close collaboration with the International PR Manager and relevant Departments/Heads.
• Selling/pitching stories to a variety of media channels, including B2C and B2B (trade) press, for Food Services, Food Industry and Retail, and other international activities.

3. International support for ProVeg country offices

• Supporting national implementation of international PR work including international reactive work. 
• Coordinating international PR strategies and ensuring consistent and responsive messages and effective communication.

4. Leadership and development

• Building up the profile of the Executive Team: arranging and, where relevant, helping to prepare for, press interviews for senior management.
• Developing opinion pieces and thought leadership articles for senior management.
• Writing/editing/publishing thought leadership pieces for immediate and planned release.
• Ensuring quality control of press releases and international brand reputation.
• Overseeing risk management analyses and mitigation.
• Mentor, coach and supervise the International PR manager and where relevant other colleagues, such as international communications managers.

5. Optimising PR procedures

• Implementing and using PR tools to enhance press release distribution, and reactive and responsive media coverage. 
• Optimising PR tactics through media and skills training for colleagues.
• Setting up standard operating procedures for proactive and reactive work, crisis management, monitoring, evaluation, and estimating the yearly worth of international PR by calculating the media coverage across all domains.
• Providing expert media advice to staff who attend conferences and food events, identifying media opportunities in their domains such as Smart Protein or V-label.
• Improving the ProVeg website Press Kit and developing/overseeing any Press Kits for campaigns.

Any other related tasks commensurate with the level of the role.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• A minimum of three years’ experience of working in a senior PR role, or in a similar field.

• Experience/track record in developing and implementing proven PR strategies, or similar strategies.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, and an ability to tailor communication outputs to a wide range of audiences. 

• Excellent press release writing skills.

• Strong collaboration and excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to thrive in a team and to develop and maintain positive employee relations. 

• Maintaining professionalism at all times in dealing with external media partners and stakeholders.

• Excellent media project management skills - from development to release - to ensure stories are told accurately, persuasively, and with the appropriate use of resources.

• Self-starter personality with a curious nature and a drive to continuously optimise.

• Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.

• Pro-active problem-solving skills and ability to identify potential improvement and streamlining of processes. 

• Media ‘hungry’: ability to work in a fast-paced environment, being used to turn around output quickly, yet to a high standard.

• Resilience and enjoying challenges.

• Experience in working with a charity and knowledge of NGO-sector-specific issues.

• Good understanding of and alignment with ProVeg International’s vision and mission.

Desirable:

• Academic or professional qualification in communications, marketing, PR or similar. 

• International PR experience across multiple regions.

• Additional language skills (e.g. French, Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin or other languages) preferred, but not required.

BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH US

• Salary: dependent on experience and qualification.
• Several weeks paid vacation and sick leave; national holidays (dependent on location). 
• Health-coverage reimbursement (applicable to the US)
• Provision of a work laptop.
• Flexible, trust-based working arrangements and home office arrangements.
• A strong organizational focus on personal development, with a designated training budget.
• Career-development support.
• Mindfulness Program.
• We are a workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.
• And last but not least: become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and our planet!

WHEN?

Application ​deadline: open until filled
Interviews: as soon as possible

FURTHER INFORMATION

Please send us your application documents (including cover letter, curriculum vitae, and references) using the application form.The next steps in the application process include:
• A general online assessment
• A first interview with HR
• Job-specific online trial assignments
• An online interview with the ​Head of Communication