Data Officer Jobs in Woodberry Down, Greater London
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At Bexley Voluntary Service Council (BVSC), you will find a team who are absolutely committed to supporting a strong, sustainable, and influential voluntary and community sector that can make a positive impact on people’s lives in Bexley.
We work hard, we help each other and go out of way to help others and find solutions rather than focusing on problems. We are positive and proactive and, although absolutely focused on our areas of expertise, we work as a team so that BVSC is the best it can be. Above all, everything we do is to strengthen our local Voluntary and Community Sector.
We are looking for a dynamic individual to take on the day-to-day administration of BVSC. This is a key role at BVSC – a varied, interesting, creative role that requires a solid background in IT, database management, website maintenance, administration and supporting a large team.
Key Duties:
- Reviewing, refining and managing our database and website
- Ensuring the Community Directory is up to date, ‘live’ and reviewed regularly, with organisations supported to update and amend their own directory entries
- Providing administrative support to the CEO and HR & Governance Manager in their day to day work
- Supporting the Office Manager with induction and provide general support to the staff team with IT
- Being a key member of the social media and communications team
- Managing room bookings, events and CEO diary
- Supporting the Office Manager to manage the office service contracts
Planning Reviewing and Organising
- Overseeing the day-to-day BVSC administrative processes which include booking rooms, diary management, receiving phone calls, managing a general email inbox, updating our website and database, helping problem solve if occasional IT issues occur.
- Processing and recording Community Lottery applications.
- Team members are responsible for their own administration; however you will provide admin support to the organisation eg booking training courses, managing room bookings, offering support to staff that are facilitating Teams meetings/training events.
- Maintaining levels of stationery and office supplies as appropriate.
- Ensure all electronic and paper record systems which contain sensitive or person identifiable records are stored in compliance with the Data Protection Action and our Information Governance standards.
- To actively plan, support, and administer BVSC’s networks, internal and public meetings – taking minutes when required.
- To review current electronic filing systems, keeping folders organised, up to date and using archive appropriately.
- To be a key member of the communications team that manage the BVSC Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts keeping them current and relevant by scheduling content created by the team.
- Raising and processing Purchase Orders to buy equipment and services for the organisation.
Communication
- Respond to general enquiries, answer the BVSC phone and being the first point of contact in the office, ensure delegation of this responsibility in your absence
- Communicating with all partners via email, letter and over the phone
- Being the key point of contact for all suppliers and support contracts
Research, Support & Development
- The post holder will help produce regular impact reports for senior staff
- Contribute comprehensively to the annual workplan, updating and completing actions as they arise
- Support BVSC and our member groups to meet quality standards as needed
- Research local and national events, training and funding opportunities to publicise for the charity sector
- To undertake any other duties which the CEO, line managers or Trustees may reasonably require.
Person Specification
Essential
- Experienced office administrator with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- The ability to work as part of a team and provide efficient and professional administrative support to other office members
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft 365 suite including Word, Excel, Outlook, and a range of 365 apps e.g. Teams, Forms, SharePoint – these are used daily
- Excellent IT skills and experience of maintenance and input to CRM database systems
- Experience of working within a framework of confidentiality and with access to sensitive personal data
- Knowledge of website management and maintenance (WordPress and Drupal)
- Experience of using various design, communication, or project planning platforms e.g. Canva, Sway
- A creative problem solver and able to prioritise a varied workload, managing conflicting priorities to meet deadlines
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with colleagues, professionals, and voluntary sector providers across the borough
- Enthusiasm, flexibility and a positive ‘can do’ attitude
- Ability to prioritise your own workload and effectively manage several tasks at any given time
- Strong organisation and planning skills and the ability to work with initiative and with limited supervision
- The personality and temperament to deliver in a sometimes fast changing and busy environment
Desirable
- Existing knowledge of local voluntary services and resources
- Must have access to own transport (car, motorbike, bicycle) and able to travel efficiently across the borough
- Ability to contribute own ideas and solutions to the team
- A good level of written and spoken English and grammar, numeracy, attention to detail with high level of accuracy
- Alignment to our organisational values
When you have completed the questions, please ensure you include an up to date CV with the application. We will not consider applications without all 4 questions completed and a current CV.
Please return your CV and completed questions by Thursday 4th July 2024**. Please note we will only contact you if you have been shortlisted. Interviews are likely to take place on 23rd or 24th July 2024 (mornings). However, this is an active interviewing post, we reserve the right to interview prospective candidates early and close the recruitment process if we decide to appoint.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Hardman Trust supports people on long prison sentences to take their next steps in life. As the Finance Manager your role is to help make this a reality through the effective management of our financial processes. You’ll use your experience from other charity finance roles, along with your accountancy / financial management qualifications, to help ensure our approach to financial management is effective, efficient, up-to-date and in line with charity accounting standards.
You will be well-organised and motivated to support the wider team in their work. Reporting to the CEO and supporting the Treasurer, you will ensure we have up-to-date information on the financial health of the organisation. You will help to ensure we are maximising the use of restricted funding, and that money is spent in line with donors’ wishes.
You will lead on ensuring we have robust organisational systems and processes in place for effective financial management. This includes the production and sharing of management accounts, ensuring payroll and invoices are paid on time, devising financial reports, and providing budgetary support. You’ll ensure that accurate records are maintained and that we are reporting our accounts in line with SORP guidelines.
You will lead on the ongoing development and maintenance of our finance systems, policies and procedures, ensuring they are fit for purpose for a growing organisation.
Read the attached Person Specification for more information.
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Location: Remote, home-based (or use of London office is available)
Reporting to: CEO
Hours: Part-time, 14 hours per week (we can offer flexibility on times/days. We can offer a contracted, salaried role or a day rate for those who prefer freelance work)
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About us:
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Our purpose: We support people on long prison sentences to take their next steps in life so they benefit, their families benefit and the wider community benefits too.
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Our vision: A future where everyone can achieve their potential within and beyond prison.
- Our mission: Specialising in the unique needs of people on long sentences, we provide tailored practical and financial support to help people find belonging, move into work or training, and reach their personal goals.
Please submit a CV and a cover letter, outlining how your skills and abilities match those outlined in the role description.
RESEARCH & EVALUATION MANAGER (CANCER PREVENTION & SERVICES)
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum
Reports to: Senior Research & Evaluation Manager
Department: ?Policy, Information and Communications?
Contract: Fixed-term contract until end of June 2025. (Please note if you are applying to this role as an Internal Secondment, please ensure that you discuss this with your Line Manager at the point of application).
Hours: ?35 hours per week (we are open to Part time hours or Compressed Hours)
Location: Stratford w/ high-flex (1-2 days per week in the office). Flexible working options available, requests for home based flexible working will be considered.
Closing date: Thursday 20 June 2024, 23:55
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
??We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you. ?
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Research & Evaluation Manager in our Social & Behavioural Research team, developing our Cancer Prevention & Services portfolio.
We need you to lead the design, delivery and commissioning of methodologically robust research, evaluation and intervention design covering the prevention, diagnosis, screening and treatment of cancer. This means working closely with academics, stakeholders, policy makers and market research agencies to collect mixed methods data, ensuring we can fulfil our evidence needs and recruit large and diverse samples.
You will also provide consultancy and training to support the delivery of qualitative and quantitative health research, and the application of behavioural/implementation science approaches to ultimately improve cancer outcomes.
What will I be doing?
Collaborating with internal teams to prioritise and deliver a portfolio of research, evaluation and intervention development/implementation which achieves maximum impact in relation to CRUK's strategic objectives
Project managing and advising on research, evaluation and intervention development/ implementation, from development of the design and methods to communication or results internally and externally
Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with research, evaluation, behaviour change and implementation experts, making the most of opportunities for collaboration to help achieve CRUK's strategic priorities, including generating academic publications where possible
Leading the procurement process for the commissioning of external suppliers (e.g. market research agencies)
Preparing and delivering communications including presentations, reports, peer-reviewed papers and conference presentations/posters to a high standard, working with colleagues and external researchers as appropriate
Maximising the impact of research, evaluation, intervention development and implementation on internal decision making and external influencing activities through strategic planning, and proactively monitor impact over time
Using research outputs and knowledge of related research to influence colleagues at all levels to make appropriate changes to their activities, communications, strategic plans and priorities
Representing behavioural/implementation science and evaluation expertise in PIC and CRUK-wide initiatives including within PIC's governance structure, ensuring visibility of relevant research, evaluation, intervention development and implementation
Managing a Researcher and Administrator, ensuring delivery of high quality and impactful research, evaluation and intervention development/implementation and supervising/overseeing the work of placement students/interns
Developing and delivering resources and training to improve the ability of staff across PIC to conduct research, evaluation and intervention design.
What skills are you looking for?
Willingness to work flexibly and adaptably in response to evolving strategic priorities and changes in the external environment
Postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant field, e.g., psychology/ behavioural science/implementation science/ health service research
Specialist knowledge and extensive experience of research and evaluation methods and analysis (quantitative and qualitative), and how to design behaviour change interventions
Ability to lead on a defined area of work and deliver through others
Excellent project management skills; able to oversee the timely delivery of a range of large-scale, complex projects whilst managing competing priorities
Excellent interpersonal skills and team working, building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders including at a senior level
Developing and delivering authoritative and engaging communications, extracting relevant information and flexing communication style for each audience
Ability to influence and negotiate with internal stakeholders and external suppliers (for example market research agencies).
What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.
Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
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About Home-Start:
We are a community-based charity with 30 years’ experience of supporting local families with children under the age of 5. We offer our combination of home-visiting, counselling and group support to families across Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere districts. By offering parents the support and guidance they need when their children are young, we can prevent crisis and ensure children have the best possible start in life. We tailor support to the needs of each family, supporting them to identify and tackle their most pressing needs. Our practical support ensures children have a safer, more stable home environment; our ethos of building family resilience ensures parents are better equipped to cope with adverse circumstances; and our focus on promoting a more secure parent-child attachment ensures parents can identify the kind of support their children need to thrive.
Working closely with colleagues from across the organisation and our contacts within the community, the successful applicant will support the external communications of the charity, helping to extend the reach of the charity. Raising awareness, developing donor and supporter relationships, working with the Directors to identify and develop funding streams.
The role:
As a Community Engagement and Fundraising Officer, you will play a vital role in helping our charity manage and develop relationships with our donors, supporters and our existing key relationships, whilst identifying and creating new relationships in our local areas to garner support and promote our services.
- You will be responsible for delivering activity to maximise fundraising from our community, including schools, individuals, local businesses and community groups. You will proactively recruit, grow and nurture supporters, empowering them to manage their own fundraising activities.
- You will manage our annual challenge event programme from supporter engagement, assisting fundraisers journey and utilising tools to maximise supporter’s impact.
- Crucial to your role will be building strong and lasting relationships with supporters, colleagues and volunteers, positively engaging with members of the public and maximising all fundraising opportunities.
What you’ll do:Principle duties and responsibilities
- Take responsibility for the delivery of effective Community Engagement and Fundraising.
- Actively promote all aspects of Home-Start Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere to local businesses, schools, community organisations, volunteer groups, and individuals.
- Motivate and influence supporters to independently manage their own fundraising activities, with your support, being the main contact for supporters.
- Work closely the Business Support Officer to manage and create social media content to promote fundraising activities, relationships with supporters and the relationships you build in the community.
- Prepare and deliver individualised communications, presentations and assemblies for a diverse range of audiences.
- Attend and run activities at a variety of community events when required, to ensure a strong presence from Home-Start Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere in the communities where we support.
- Identify and implement new fundraising opportunities and initiatives.
- Work closely with the other Community engagement and fundraisers, building on local knowledge, sharing best practice and creating a peer circle of support, including peers from HSUK our parent company.
- Act as an advocate within the community. Uphold our values, and communicate with enthusiasm, credibility, conviction and knowledge.
- This role will require occasional weekend and evening working.
- Keep up to date with all fundraising legal implications.
- You will be responsible for creating our quarterly newsletter, working with the rest of the team, to engage with our supporters.
- Create Bi-monthly board reports on the growth of community engagement, communications and fundraising, which will go directly to the trustee board. Occasional attendance at board, building a relationship with a trustee identified to manage fundraising.
- Annually, you will lead on the creation of the annual report and social impact reporting working across the team.
- Creating strong relationships with local magazines and identifying and managing news tools to ensure that we are sharing our successes and informing our audiences of our services. Occasionally creating press releases for campaigns and building a network of people to help share our news as far and wide as possible.
- You will also be involved in the updating of our website, working with the Business Support Officer and volunteers to ensure our website remains the best tool to advertise what we do.
- Creating and nurturing a small group of fundraising support volunteers to help facilitate events and share our story in the community.
What you’ll bring:Experience
- Preferable, fundraising experience of 1 year, in a community engagement or fundraising role in the charity sector.
- Demonstrable experience in building relationships within the community and with fundraisers.
- Demonstrable experience in managing your own income budget and monitoring expenditure against agreed targets. Analysis of income data, identifying trends, evaluating activity and ROI, and ensuring key learnings and insight are fed into planning and budgeting of future activity as appropriate.
- Demonstrated success in coordinating events, campaigns and initiatives.
- Familiarity with donor databases, CRM systems, and fundraising software.
- Able to provide direction, energy and capability to lead fundraising volunteers at community events.
- Understanding of fundraising principles, best practices, and ethical standards.
- Knowledge of Community Engagement and different fundraising channels.
- Awareness of current trends and innovations in fundraising.
Skills
- A motivated, articulate and confident communicator.
- A passion for making a difference to families and young children.
- An ability to analyse data.
- Understanding of risk management.
- Experience of client relationship management databases.
- Understanding of content creation systems such as Mail Chimp and Canva.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills including excellent attention to detail and effective time management.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with a varied group of stakeholders.
Personal Attributes
- Passion for the vision of Home-Start Watford and Three Rivers and alignment with their values for supporting families.
- Proactive and self-motivated with a positive and can-do attitude.
- Creative approach to a limited marketing budget and working within a small team.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
- Willingness to work occasional evenings or weekends for events and campaigns.
- Ability to represent the organisation professionally and ethically.
- Strong client facing aptitude and communication skills both written and verbal.
- Calm and patient when dealing with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly to achieve outcomes and keen to add value to the organisation’s culture and ethos.
What you’ll get
- Working with a small, friendly, supportive team, who are supported by a proactive trustee board.
- Flexible working.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Job satisfaction, changing families lives and enabling children to have the childhood they deserve.
- Working in the charity hub, based near Leavesden film studios, in a modern office space, sitting amongst other charities and the local CVS, W3RT, within a collaborative and supportive workspace.
- Café and dining facilities, including outside space.
- Free onsite parking.
Closing date is July 11th at 5pm 2024, interviews are likely to take place w.c. 22nd July, in person, at our offices in Leavesden, Watford, Hertfordshire.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
St Peter's is a vibrant, inclusive and growing church in the modern catholic traditon of the Church of England. We seek a part-time administrator to help day to day administration, hold relationships with the hirers of our spaces, and help to oversee our growing programme of social, outreach, and fundraising events.
Job Title: Parish Administrator & Events Co-ordinator
Report To: The Vicar, Fr Simon Cuff
Employer: PCC St Peter de Beauvoir
Hours: 14 hrs per week: Flexible by prior arrangement (e.g. 2 Weekdays 9 – 4.30, or 4 Weekdays 10 – 2, allowing for 30 minutes lunch.)
Salary: £12,000 p.a. plus Workplace Pension
Closing date for applications: Friday 21st June 2024 5pm
Main purpose of Job:
Management of day-to-day parish activities including the general administration of the Parish Office, the running of all church operations, including building, fabric, communications, and the organisation of social, outreach and fundraising events (including publicity and marketing) that support the life and ministry of this diverse, vibrant and inclusive church in the modern catholic tradition of the Church of England.
Context:
St Peter’s is the parish church of De Beauvoir Town. We are located in the Borough of Hackney, close to Haggerston Overground station and accessible by a number of cycle and public transport links. De Beauvoir Town is a vibrant and diverse community, with a strong sense of local identity with St Peter’s at its heart. St Peter’s reflects the diversity of its local community. The centre of our life together is our weekly eucharist, at which people of all ages and backgrounds gather around the altar.
We seek a Parish Administrator & Events Co-ordinator who will help us continue to grow as a community space as we seek to increase our revenue from available spaces to hire and increase our activity in terms of marketing, communications and events, as part of our mission alongside our local community. You will join a growing and supportive team to work alongside including the Vicar, PCC members, Music Director, Financial Assistant, and others to help St Peter’s fulfil its mission to be a Church which worships, nurtures, and takes action!
Main Duties and Responsibilities & Person Specification:
The Parish Administrator & Events Co-Ordinator is a key person in the life of St Peter’s who works closely with the Vicar, Treasurer, Director of Music, Churchwardens, PCC, regular volunteers and the wider community of De Beauvoir Town. This role is both administrative and a key personal contact for the many individuals and groups in the life of St Peter’s.
Person Specification
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential:
- Excellent organisational skills with experience of administration
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Financially confident
- Excellent IT skills with working experience of Microsoft 365 (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Working knowledge of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Working experience of digital communication systems including email marketing tools, websites, and use of social media
- IT Skills – familiarity with (or willingness and capacity to learn): InDesign software and use of cloud-based storage systems, such as Google Drive; Finance Software for Churches and Charities or similar accounting software; WordPress or Squarespace.
Desirable:
- Previous experience working in a church context
- Experience of the faculty process in the Church of England
- Project and event-planning experience
Personal Attributes:
- A welcoming, mature and sensitive manner in dealing with members of the public, and in fostering good working relationships with staff and church officers, volunteers and other regular contacts.
- A capacity to work on your own and as part of a team, confident to take the initiative
- The ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to remain solution focussed and work efficiently
- A proactive can-do attitude
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A commitment to the values of St Peter’s as a Church in the modern catholic tradition of the Church of England
Place of Work: St Peter de Beauvoir Town, Northchurch Terrace, N1 4DA.
Salary: £12,000 p.a. for 14 hours pw. plus workplace pension
Probationary period: 6 months
Holidays: 12 days, plus bank holidays (and week between Christmas and New Year)
Notice Period: 1 month
Review: An annual review
Interview Date: week beginning 23rd June 2024
Paid induction days: (up to two of 18th, 23rd, 25th, 30th July)
Start date: week beginning 22nd September (flexible by discussion)
This role will require an enhanced DBS check and Safeguarding Training (Basic Awareness and Foundation level) online via the Diocese of London. St Peter’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Civitas Charity Recruitment are delighted to be working with a central London Diocese involved in a range of projects assisting the local communities from poverty alleviation and social welfare improvements. An opportunity exists for a Prospect Research Executive to join the fundraising team and work to help identify high value donors who could contribute to the charity through giving and donations. A great opportunity for the successful candidate to utilise their existing research skills and develop a career in the non-profit sector. Full time position however part time options maybe considered. Hybrid (3 days in the office) in central London.
Who we are looking for
Ideal candidates will possess excellent research skills with great attention to detail. You will be comfortable with desk-based research and using data for analysis purposes. Charity sector experience is not crucial however you must be analytical and passionate about working within the third sector and willing to learn. You will be personable and collegiate in your work style as well be comfortable working independently. There are opportunities for growth and development, and you will have the opportunity to network with donors if that is also of interest.
If the above role sounds of interest and you feel like you meet the criteria, please apply immediately or contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for a full JD and an initial discussion. We encourage applicants to apply from all types of backgrounds and identities. Rolling applications.
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Purpose of the Role:
Bow Foodbank is proud to have developed a highly trusted relationship with our guests and the community. We are often the first point of call for people when they are starting to struggle financially. We want to use our trusted place in the community to support our guests with more than just food, helping to connect them into a wide range of services and community groups - aiming to help guests to build their resilience and move them away from the causes of poverty. This will be done by inviting specialist partners to offer their services at our centre, as well as training and overseeing our volunteers in signposting guests to services that will help them build their resilience. We want to do this in a way that builds dignity so will aim to follow up with them the impact of any referrals and how they have improved guest wellbeing. Our aim is to limit the length of time guests depend on any foodbank and increase the community’s access to support services and community groups.
This role will train and oversee the work of our volunteers in signposting guests to high quality services. They will be responsible for holding guest voice strategy and will feed into the senior leadership team the opinions of our guests so we can continually improve the service we offer them.
This role will build partnerships with organisations to create support pathways. We want to maximise use of our building by creating a support ‘marketplace’ inviting partners into the foodbank and increasing guest access to the broadest range of services.
Please provide a cover letter of no more than two A4 typed pages that outline your experience in meeting the person specification for this role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Spectra are a lived experience organisation working with socially excluded and marginalised communities to support access to appropriate health, wellbeing services.
We offer evidence-based, inclusive, accessible, knowledgeable and quality services which are non-judgemental and delivered by lived experience peers.
Spectra are looking for an experienced Therapeutic Services Manager and Clinical Lead to lead, develop, coordinate, and represent Spectra’s counselling services internally and externally at Senior Management level. You will ensure delivery of consistent, high-quality counselling across all of Spectra’s teams (Young People, Sexual health, Trans and Non-binary (TNB) people), supporting and empowering our service users, whilst ensuring clinical work is carried out in accordance with ethical guidelines and Spectra’s protocols. You will also conduct some clinical assessments and provide some weekly 1-to-1 counselling/group therapy sessions.
You will be confident working with diverse and intersectional groups who face social exclusion and inequalities around access to appropriate health care, wellbeing and holistic support. You will be able unequivocally to respect, support, promote and work within LGBTQ+ and other diverse communities.
£42,000 - £45,000 FTE per annum according to experience, pro rata for 4 days per week (£33,600 to £36,000). Hybrid working (office in Ladbroke Grove) with 25 days holiday and bank holidays (pro rata), plus a pension scheme.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The organisation:
We are delighted to be partnered once again with the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, who raises money solely to support The Royal Marsden, a world-leading cancer centre. They ensure our nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments, which are used across the UK and around the world. They are seeking a passionate Social Media and Content Officer to join their ambitious team on a permanent basis.
You will be responsible for:
- Supporting on the planning and delivery of organic social media campaigns across all aspects of the charity’s work
- Working with the digital team to create campaigns and communication plans across all channels and aligning with paid activity, email communications and blogs to create a multichannel approach
- Supporting busy content calendars and managing email production schedules
- Working with the digital team, in particular the Digital Officer to bring case studies and supporter stories to life and publicise these across platforms
- Monitoring social channels, responding to their audience and proactively searching for opportunities for conversation and interaction
- Working with patient influencers, celebrities and working with the Social Media and Content Manager to build an influencer network
- Supporting the Social Media and Content Manager in upskilling teams across the organisation, increasing their knowledge and understanding of social content and how to use their channels.
- Monitoring social media trends and spotting opportunities that could build on and develop their audiences and content
- Working with colleagues to think creatively and produce bold, engaging content that works across multiple communications channels
- Working with colleagues and existing data and insights to understand supporters needs and behaviours.
- Safeguarding the integrity of The Royal Marsden’s Cancer Charity’s communications programme, ensuring it complies with data protection regulations and any other applicable legislation
- Analysing social performance and reporting back to the Social Media and Content Manager and wider team on ongoing performance
Person specification:
- Experience creating content (including Reels for Instagram) for and managing social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn
- Experience with social media reporting tools
- Knowledge and understanding of social media best practice and following latest trends
- Excellent writing, copy-editing and proofreading skills, with an eye for detail and a strong command of the English language
- Knowledge and understanding of digital technologies, an interest in social media and commitment to continuous professional development and learning
- Ability to communicate, collaborate and build good working relationships
- Ability to work proactively, bringing energy and creative ideas and managing content for different channels concurrently
What's on offer:
This role is offering a salary of £28,000 - £32,000, depending on experience and will be based at either their Chelsea or Sutton site for 2 days a week. This is a fast moving role and applications will close as soon as a suitable candidate is found.
We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make adjustments to always ensure a fair process.
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Who we are looking for
We are looking for a highly effective person – someone who is passionate about volunteering and looking for an opportunity to work with Islington’s residents and our vibrant and diverse VCFSE sector.
Purpose of the role (and primary function)
We are entering an exciting new phase of development at VAI, and our ambition is to maintain our current volunteering support offer as well as developing new services.
We are seeking a Volunteer Centre Support Officer to:
- Deliver high-quality volunteering brokerage (connect) services to residents and VCFSE organisations.
- Lead on volunteering outreach in the community.
- Provide good practice volunteering support to VCFSE and corporate and public sector organisations.
- Assist with the day to day running of the Volunteer Centre including volunteer management and the continuous development of the service.
- Promote volunteering and assist with marketing of the Volunteer Centre service.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Closing Date: 12 June 2024
Ref 6727
We are looking for a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Evaluation (MEAL) Officer to join the Start Network within our Humanitarian Department to support the ongoing MEAL activities of our anticipation, early action and risk financing initiatives, with a particular focus on MEAL requirements for the donor ECHO.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the Team
Start Network is an independent charity made up of more than 80 aid agency members across five continents, including international, national and local organisations.
Our aim is to deliver more effective emergency aid, harnessing the power and knowledge of the network to make faster and better decisions to help people affected by crises. We advocate for radical change in the global aid system so that the world can deal better with the humanitarian challenges of today, and of the future. Our work focuses on three areas to change the system:
- Localisation – shifting power to those closest to the front line to enable more effective and appropriate responses.
- New forms of financing – providing fast, early, and dependable funding, to help communities to become more resilient to crises.
- Collective innovation – testing new ways of working and sharing learning and expertise to build a more effective humanitarian system.
The Start Funds MEAL Officer will work with colleagues within both SCUK and Start Network. Previously (until May 2019) Start Network and Start Funds and Programmes were hosted by Save the Children UK (SCUK) since its creation in 2012. The position sits within Save the Children UK as a Grant Custodian on behalf of the Start Network supported by a Grant Custodian Agreement (GCA) which describes the roles and commitments of each entity.
About the role
The Start Network funds have a robust monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) portfolio to strengthen evidence-based learning, performance and overall accountability towards the people affected by or at-risk of crises, donors, members, and partners.
Reporting to the Crisis Financing MEAL Lead, the CARF MEAL Officer will play an important role to support the ongoing MEAL activities of anticipation, early action and risk financing initiatives, with a larger focus on the impact of Start Network's newest finance mechanism, Start Ready.
This role will particularly focus on MEAL requirements and activities funded by European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operation (ECHO) and will support and work closely with CARF MEAL Advisor and the Learning and Research Advisor (within the Evidence and Learning Team).
In this role, you will:
Performance
- Support development, monitoring, and reporting of anticipation, early action and risk financing initiatives' Key Performance Indicators used in donor reporting, governance committee meetings and in other external fora as required, with a specific focus on MEAL requirement and activities funded by European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operation (ECHO).
- Strengthen management information systems and processes for data quality, storage and visualisation.
- Contribute towards the identification and implementation of diverse and innovative approaches to MEAL.
- Support the annual post-season learning reviews of the various Disaster Risk Financing systems.
Accountability
- Deliver and enhance Start Funds' quality, accountability and monitoring practices to members, partners and affected populations by organising and facilitating learning debriefs and pre/post season workshops and reviewing project report forms.
Knowledge
- Contribute towards continuous improvement of technical quality, processes and outputs of CARF MEAL including, but not limited to, the development of methodological guidelines, MEAL tools and approaches.
- Produce and support various thematic research, reviews, case studies and learning products according to the CARF MEAL work plan.
Teamwork
- Liaise with Senior Strategic Partnership Officer –ECHO and programme/operational staff to support all ECHO MEAL requirements.
- Work with the Start Communications and Digital Team and the Start Programmes Communications Manager to ensure visibility, awareness, and learning, on the role and use of forecast-based information for anticipatory responses.
About you
To be successful, it is important that you have:
- Previous experience delivering MEAL in national and/or international contexts for humanitarian or development programmes.
- Previous experience of reporting on donor or funders grants (ideally ECHO Grants) in an international organisation.
- Excellent data analysis skills.
- Proven experience of embracing new approaches, technology and ways of working.
- Experience of using qualitative and quantitative analysis software.
- Experience of using Salesforce or other customer relationship management (CRM) system.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to present data and evidence in a user-friendly form and to stakeholders at different levels.
- Demonstrable experience of strong teamwork capabilities and collaboration.
- Undergraduate degree, ideally in social science, research methods, humanitarian response or related fields.
- Language skills in either French, Spanish or Arabic.
What we offer you:
Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
Charity People is delighted to be working with AdviceUK in their search for a new Research and Policy Analyst to work with the Policy and Public Affairs Manager for the Policy and Public Affairs Department
This is an exciting time to join Advice UK's growing team as they launch a new three-year strategy (2024-2027). The organisation will be making a significant investment in capacity, new support services and innovation to deliver the support and advice that members, the wider advice sector and their communities need
Job Title: Research and Policy Analyst
Location: Home Based with occasional travel to the London office
Contract: Permanent, Full Time 35 hours or part time options considered (3 days 21 hours or 4 days 28 hours or job share)
Salary: £30,961 - £32,528 per annum plus Regional Weighting (up to £4,454 in London) and £600 home working allowance
Benefits: 20 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year (to a maximum of 5 additional days) plus 3 days leave between Christmas and New Year, home working allowance, 6% pension contribution plan, two days volunteering days per year, season ticket and bicycle loan scheme
About the organisation
Advice UK is a small charity that makes a big impact. They support members, so it is easier for them to help their clients, and by directly influencing policy-makers, decision-makers and funders. There are currently 700 Advice UK members and 1.7m people were offered free advice by members on a diverse range of issues including debt, housing, benefits and immigration problems
AdviceUK are a UK wide organisation which means Advice UK stakeholder and advocacy work is across devolved nations as well as the UK.
The Role
To conduct research and analysis to build a strong evidence base to support AdviceUK's policy and campaigning goals; so that AdviceUK is an authoritative and effective advocate for the advice sector; to the benefit of people seeking advice and the communities served by our members.
Responsibilities:
Research and Analysis
- Research and provide core evidence for key stakeholder; policy submissions and reports, including government consultations and reviews.
- Conduct horizon scanning of external developments in the political and social welfare advice landscape across England, Wales and Scotland, reporting of issues of relevance to AdviceUK staff and members.
- Design and conduct quantitative and qualitative research projects to support AdviceUK's policy and campaigns work.
- Analyse and report on sector statistical releases and other key reports.
- Work collaboratively with the Systems and Technology Department to prioritise, design, gather and then maintain relevant data sets to support our work including member statistics and relevant data from AdvicePro (the case management system most of our members use).
- Assess and report on the impact of central and local government policies and proposals on the key policy issues of concern to AdviceUK members and on the social welfare sector in general.
Policy Publications and Communication
- Interpret and clearly communicate complex findings to a wide range of audiences including members, policy makers, researchers and the public.
- Research, write and produce a wide range of policy publications including reports, blogs, briefings, presentations, website and social media content.
- Provide a range of desk-based research support for key projects, including literature reviews, briefing papers, published reports and press reports
- Support the identification and gathering of case studies from AdviceUK members and its beneficiaries to support policy and campaigning activity
Data and Evidence
- Undertake research; analysis of data and reporting in order to support decision making; in particular the prioritisation of policy objectives given the diversity of our membership network.
- Support the delivery of reports as required to demonstrate if performance is achieving required KPIs
- Ensure the membership and stakeholder data you enter is accurate and timely. Work with colleagues to support data quality; accurate reporting and analysis.
About You
We'd love to hear from you if you feel you have the following skills and experiences;
- Experience and/or an understanding of the social welfare advice sector; the issues faced by advice providers and the communities they serve
- Experience of social or economic policy analysis to inform policy decision-making and proposals.
- Experience of commissioning, designing and delivering quantitative and qualitative research projects
- Proven experience of managing research and data analysis projects within agreed timescales and budgets
- Experience of working in partnership to deliver joint research projects
- Strong quantitative analytical skills, with ability to critique and summarise data and research findings to make recommendations.
- Strong understanding of social research methods or statistical analysis
For more information and for the full Job Pack, please contact Seema at Charity People. The application process is to submit a CV and Supporting Statement.
The closing date is 9am on Tuesday 25 June. Interviews will take place w/c 1st July in person and in London. Travel costs will be reimbursed.
If you require any assistance or adjustments during the application process, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the 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 we work with.
Hours: Full- and part-time positions (part-time: Mon – Weds, 22.5 hours per week; full-time: 37.5 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid – CAML Offices/ home working, minimum of 3 office days a week
Salary (pro rata for part-time): £25,642.50 FTE
Annual Leave: 25 days (pro rata for part time), Charity Day, plus public holidays
Pension: The charity operates a pension scheme
The charity offers an employee assistance programme
Deadline: 6pm, Thursday 27th June 2024
Citizens Advice Merton and Lambeth is the leading advice charity supporting individuals and families primarily across the London boroughs of Lambeth and Merton. We provide a range of information, support and advice services. We also work to raise awareness and understanding of the challenging issues affecting our clients and communities.
Citizens Advice Merton and Lambeth is looking to recruit Adviceline Support Officers (full- and part-time) to join our team. If you are passionate about supporting individuals in need, have excellent communication skills and are interested in joining a dedicated professional team we would love to hear from you.
As an Adviceline Support Officer you will:
• Use your skills and experience to help others in need by phone and online
• Be the first point of contact for clients contacting our Adviceline
• Receive comprehensive induction and ongoing training
• Work closely with wider team members and other charity services
• Be a member of our friendly and supportive charity team
On successful completion of office based probation, this role will be a minimum of 3 office days a week. When office based the Adviceline team works from our Mitcham office, but you could also be asked to work from our Kennington or Morden Offices.
Our offices have excellent public transport links and Mitcham also has a carpark. We offer a friendly and welcoming work environment and can provide flexible work opportunities dependent on service demands.
Main duties and responsibilities
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Support clients contacting Adviceline for information, support and advice
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Support clients on the phone and online using sensitive listening, supportive and questioning skills.
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Identify key information about the problem including time limits, key dates and any requirement for urgent advice or action (using Citizens Advice information, scripts and other diagnostic tools, as appropriate).
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Using information resources, tools and knowledge of local and national advice support services, identify and agree the appropriate next step, taking into consideration the client’s ability to self-help, the complexity of the problem, the potential consequences and local resources.
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Refer clients appropriately (both internally and externally) in accordance with clients’ needs, following agreed protocols.
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Provide excellent customer care and support to anyone who calls, dealing professionally and empathetically with challenging, emotional or distressed customers
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Use IT and client management systems effectively to book appointments, send information, make referrals and record actions.
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Work with the wider charity team and other organisations to ensure clients are supported with related advice issues
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Ensure all work is fully compliant with our policies and procedures
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Assist and contribute to charity’s communications, research and campaigns work
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Professionally represent Citizens Advice Merton and Lambeth
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Other duties as requested by your team manager or senior managers
Professional Development
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The successful applicant will receive comprehensive induction to the charity and our work. We support team members in their professional development to ensure we’re up to date with latest national policy and legislative changes, charity policies and procedures, and undertake appropriate training as agreed with your line manager.
Person Specification
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Experience of working with the public either via phone, online or face-to-face (essential)
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Excellent communication skills (essential)
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IT competency and experience (essential)
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Experience of working within a staff and volunteer team (desirable)
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Experience or understanding of advice issues (desirable)
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Knowledge of client management systems or Casebook (desirable)
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Experience of using and navigating recognised support websites (desirable)
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Ability and willingness to work as a member of wider charity team
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Understanding of, and commitment to, the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice service and our equality and diversity policies.
This job description and personal specification does not form part of any contract.
If you’re interested in the role and joining us, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please follow the link to our website to read the full job description and find out how to apply.
The deadline for applications is 6pm, Thursday, 27th June 2024. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an interview on either Thursday 4th or Friday 5th July 2024.
If you do not hear from us, we are afraid that your application was unsuccessful.
We reserve the right to close applications early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office and will process your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018. Please refer to our online Privacy Policy for more information on how your personal data will be processed and stored.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Us
Unfold is an established local charity (previously known as Westminster Befriend a Family), supporting young people and families to reach their potential, identifying and achieving their goals through mentoring. We support families and young people in Westminster and its neighbouring boroughs with mentoring programmes and peer support groups for women with children.
For 30 years, we have been providing support to vulnerable families who are at risk of social exclusion. Working with a network of trained and DBS checked volunteers, we offer mentoring to women with children and young people, building independence and getting them where they want to be.
Roles and Responsibilities
Supporting the planning and delivery of volunteer strategy with the aims of 1) Increasing the number of volunteers available to us as we grow and expand geographically and develop programme focus; 2) Diversifying our volunteers; 3) Improving volunteer experience and; 4) Increasing volunteer retention.
Volunteer Recruitment
- Overseeing the smooth and efficient recruitment, including drafting job descriptions and advertising on multiple online platforms.
- Supporting the selection and induction of volunteer mentors and referencing and DBS checking in a timely manner.
- Supervising our Office Volunteer in the processing, support and onboarding of volunteers.
- Attending external events and connecting with community organisations, universities, and businesses to recruit potential mentors.
- Building relationships with corporate partners and Higher and Further Education institutions to engage employees and attract mentors.
- Supporting communications with the production of marketing materials, including volunteer case studies, social media, in line with Unfold’s digital strategy to attract potential mentors to the programme
Targeted Recruitment – Special projects
- Developing specialised recruitment campaigns to attract candidates from underrepresented groups to meet the particular needs of programmes.
- Identifying needs and developing training, support and resources for particular groups.
- Increasing proportion of volunteers from under-represented groups
Volunteer Training and Development
- Leading our group of Volunteer Ambassadors, who provide feedback and insights on volunteer recruitment and experience, and actively promote mentoring opportunities through their networks.
- Take responsibility for managing volunteer training and development including ensuring volunteer sign up and tracking progress on our online training platform.
- Update material on the online training platform and assist the Programme Managers with developing additional training modules for the different strands of the programme as required.
- Coordinating training schedules with Programme Managers.
- Supporting Programme Officers and Managers in delivering live training sessions.
- Identifying opportunities for and coordinating wider volunteer involvement across the organisation, for example admin support, volunteering at youth engagement and other events
- Enhancing the Experience of Volunteers
- Research and data analysis to deepen our understanding of the volunteer experience so that we can continuously improve.
- Developing initiatives to recognise and reward volunteer contributions.
- Identifying opportunities to enhance volunteer wellbeing.
Programme Development and Strategy
- Strategy development and work planning
- Support and increase best practice in volunteer management by reviewing different stages of volunteer recruitment and onboarding processes, volunteer agreements, volunteer handbooks, policies and procedures
- Organising and delivering an annual volunteer networking event
Administrative support
- Supporting management of volunteer profiles within Beacon, our CRM system, making sure all the data is inputted correctly and is up-to-date and that necessary documents are on file including DBS and references before mentoring begins.
- Providing references for mentors as required
- Ensuring Volunteers details are updated on Mailchimp and that they receive weekly newsletters.
- Help support event management and planning with volunteers attending annual trips with their mentee.
Person Specification
Essential: Skills & Experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good organiser – ability to manage multiple tasks
- Great data management skills, including an ability to log and file important data accurately
- Understanding of the volunteer sector
- Passionate about supporting families to improve outcomes for children, young people and parents.
Essential: Personal attributes
- Personable and positive
- People orientated
- Good listener
- Willing and able to work the occasional evenings and weekends
- Strong empathy skills
Desirable: Skills & Experience
- Ability to work with CRM systems and databases
- Project management skills
- Has knowledge or lived experience in the borough of Westminster
- Knowledge and experience with regard to safeguarding the welfare of children or vulnerable adults, ideally in volunteering contexts.
- Experience working with young people and families
- Public speaking
Values
Trustworthy, non-judgemental, transparent, caring and compassionate, empowering, proactive, self-motivated and accountable
Virtual Drop-in Sessions:
We will hold a drop-in session to discuss the role and answer any questions you have. The session will be held on Wednesday 5th of June between 13:00 to 14:00. Please contact Maria Makri, Parent Services Programme Manager, at the email address in the job pack if you would like to attend.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
I’m looking to speak to a passionate digital marketing expert, who enjoys working with marketing tools and growing social media channels and followers, ready for an exciting new challenge working for an animal equality charity in the UK. The role is remote based, with monthly travel to London.
As Digital Marketing Officer you will grow the organisation’s online audience. You will engage new and existing donor, prospect and fan bases, using effective and innovative digital marketing strategies. Your role will see you create, manage, and optimise paid campaigns: run ads on Meta, YouTube and other relevant platforms to secure high-quality supporters at the most cost-effective rate possible. Manage their Google Ads grant, maximising the return on investment.
Your experience:
Essential:
- Hands-on experience with varying social media platforms and scheduling tools such as Hootsuite, with a keen interest in digital trends and developments
- Working knowledge of Google Analytics, Wordpress, and SEO techniques such as keyword research
- Strong data analysis experience
- Basic understanding of HTML
- Able to handle confidential matters
- Adherence to a vegan diet
Due to the values of this organisation this vacancy is open to practicing Vegans only (exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).
I’d love to hear from individuals from a range of sectors with amazing digital marketing skills, especially those coming from charity, agency or commercial sectors. This organisation will definitely consider people switching from the private sector.
- Salary £25,000 - £26,500, plus great benefits, and strong values
- Full-time, permanent. Flexible core working hours.
Application- In the first instance, please send your CV to Hannah.
Closing date: ROLLING, please get in touch now to avoid disappointment.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.