Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 35 years. With an active presence in more than 40 countries, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those effected by poverty, conflicts or natural disasters.

Our Birmingham / London office, UK is currently recruiting for the position of ‘Social Media Officer’ to join the External Relations and Advocacy Team. The post holder will be responsible for the oversight and execution of all social media activities throughout the year, managing multiple platforms to support news, advocacy, branding and PR content. The post holder will manage the Islamic Relief’s social presence on a range of platforms including; Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Instagram and You Tube. They will also lead on the social media aspect of various campaigns and support key moments by gathering and sharing compelling social content about our work across the world.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Experience managing various social media platforms effectively
• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to use written, oral and visual content effectively to influence target audiences with clarity
• Experience in developing and implementing social media strategies and campaigns
• IT literate with a command of MS Office applications, Adobe packages, social media platforms and analytics software, including social media monitoring tools such as Hootsuite and FollowerWonk
• An understanding of development and humanitarian work at an international level
• A degree or qualification in media, marketing, design or other relevant degree is highly desirable
• Ability to edit video and / or photo content is highly desirable
• Social media moderation experience is highly desirable
• Past experience working in a busy newsroom, the media team of a PR agency or a leading aid organisation is advantageous
• Understanding of using tools like Google Adwords, MS Adcenter, Keyword Spy, Adwords editor & Google analytics advantageous

Islamic Relief promotes equality and meritocracy and seeks individuals who are sympathetic to the IR values of; Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship together with our policy standards on Anti-Bribery, Child Protection and Code of Conduct. If you would like to be a part of an organisation striving to make a difference in the world and are looking for a meaningful career, we will be glad to hear from you.

Please Note: Interviews are expected to take place on 10th December 2019. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Pre-employment checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• Screening clearance
• Proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• Receipt of satisfactory references

For UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

We are looking for a Senior Marketing Officer to join our ambitious and growing type 1 diabetes charity, JDRF, as part of the national marketing team.  Based in London, you will create and implement marketing and communications campaigns to raise our profile, build supporters and boost donations.  You will help us transform the charity to help us reach more people with type 1 through the delivery of a new digital strategy.

An experienced marketing professional, you may have worked for charities before in similar roles.  You will be driven by insight and able to use a wide range of communications channels to reach your audiences. You will be ever-curious, always seeking to improve your skills and adopt new approaches.

You’ll have previous experience of:

• Planning, producing and evaluating integrated marketing and communications campaigns to support fundraising activity
• Creating digital advertising campaigns and analysing performance
• Producing content and copy for multiple communications channels
• Leading the production of supporter-facing magazine or similar
• Managing creative and digital agencies

JDRF is the world’s leading charitable research funder into type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We are dedicated to our 400,000 strong type 1 community in the UK and work closely with our international affiliates across the world, including the US, Canada and Australia.  We are a trusted source of information, provide support and raise the condition up healthcare and government agendas.

You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at JDRF, always striving to make a difference to people living with type 1. 

As an employer we offer you:

• Flexible working and will consider compressed hours
• Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days and bank holidays
• Health cash plan
• Season ticket and cycle loan
• Pension scheme

We support flexible working and will consider a compressed hours arrangement.
To apply please complete the form below.

Closing date: Monday 9 December at 10:00am
Interview date: Tuesday 17 December

JDRF is the type 1 diabetes charity in the UK.  We are committed to eradicating type 1 diabetes and its effects for everyone in the UK with type 1. We:

• Fund our world-class research which is approved and administered by our international research programme to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes
• make sure research moves forward and treatments are delivered as fast as possible
• give support and a voice to people with type 1 and their families

‘JDRF is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age.’

You will project manage direct marketing appeals, delivering them on time and in line with plans and tracking budget for an inspiring mental health charity. 6 month contract.

The Charity
Provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a health problems and campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding of this issue.

The Role
Assist with delivery of direct marketing campaigns across a range of channels including digital, post and payroll giving. You will work across all aspects of campaigns from co-ordinating and writing briefs, creative, data, production, fulfilment to producing results.
Undertake the planning and implementation of the digital and print welcome journeys. Youll produce copy as well as Liaising with our data team and external agencies to deliver an excellent supporter experience.
Liaise positively with external agencies and internal stakeholders to ensure that all campaigns, publications and materials fall within the tone of voice and brand guidelines, and policies are adhered to.
Research developments within the not-for-profit sector, particularly around direct marketing and collate information to be used in decision making for developing the direct marketing programme.
Work with your manager to achieve agreed targets for income and expenditure, including ensuring that both are tracked, recorded and reported on, and dealing with any relevant queries.
Set up and produce campaign analysis reports for direct marketing appeals, including recommendations to inform and improve future appeals.

The Candidate
Demonstrable fundraising experience of confidently project managing direct marketing appeals across a range of media.
Experience of liaising between internal stakeholders and external suppliers, such as printers. Dealing confidently with external suppliers such as creative agencies and fulfilment houses.
Experience of writing copy to an excellent standard. Including thank you letters and email communications. You will also have experience of providing insightful feedback on copy and design to external suppliers.
Experience of using and analysing results from a fundraising database, including being able to monitor and evaluate results and ensuring that full records are maintained on the database in the process.
Experience of presenting charity training to fundraising agencies such as telemarketing agencies, face to face or payroll agencies and fundraisers.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

As an experienced temporary Internal Communications Manager you will manage the internal and external communications ensuring high standards at all time for a faith based membership organisation.

The Role
To lead on the immediate development of a Communications strategy and annual Communications and PR plan.
To manage a key message and Brand refresh, working with the Senior Leadership Team, the Board and key staff this work will be aligned to strategy and be implemented across an agreed mix of channels.
To establish a system for tracking exposure and impact of communications across the range of channels used. To report monthly/quarterly on progress and ensure that learning is built in on an ongoing basis
To develop and manage an approach to collating informative practical material from across Mothers Union on our work that can be used in various forms and media ( in newsletters, publications, social media and printed matter) to ensure they achieve maximum exposure and impact.
To develop and execute a plan for maximising our online presence and involvement of social media with our members worldwide.
To be leading the content development for our websites and all related social media channels.

The Candidate
Strong Strategic and branding experience
Demonstrable significant experience of working at a senior level in a commercial or charity sector, leading on an organisations strategic plans on comms.
Experience of creating and implementing systems and process to track impact of Communications.
Involvement in Brand reviews and refresh exercise, either as a lead or in a support capacity.
Experience of planning and delivering a wide range of communication activities from events to targeted media initiatives.
Excellent writing skills, with the ability to write a variety of documents clearly and concisely; to identify and summarise key points and to present a balanced argument in different styles and for different audiences.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Contract: Fixed term (4.5 months), Part Time (21 hours per week)

Coram Voice is a national independent children’s rights charity that gives a voice to children in care and care leavers. Our programmes include a national helpline and safety net (Always Heard) that gives children and young people access to advocacy and advice, and ‘Voices’, a national creative writing competition for children and young people in care.

Coram Voice, part of the Coram group of charities, launched the Voices competition in 2016 as a positive platform for children in care and young care leavers to share their stories and celebrate their talents. Often the stories that make the news about children in care are negative. Being in care is a label that carries a heavy stigma that we want to change. Voices is about addressing the balance by recognising that children in care and care leavers also have positive stories to tell and are children young people with great creative talent and insight not despite of, but because of, their experiences. This year’s competition will be launched in December and will ask children and young people to explore the theme of ‘Dreams’.

About the role

We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic Communications and Marketing intern to support and promote ‘Voices’, our national creative writing competition for children in care and care leavers. 

Voices’ aims to give a positive platform for children in care and young care leavers to share their stories and celebrate their talents.

This paid internship will be a great opportunity for a communications and/or marketing graduate or post graduate who is keen to apply their proven knowledge and experience to helping change the lives of others.

Working with Coram Voice’s Digital Content and Communications Editor, our participation team and closely with Coram’s communications and marketing team, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain experience across a range of areas including: event co-ordination, media research, marketing, newsletter production and content generation.

We particularly welcome applications from people with care experience.

To apply, please click on the 'apply now' button to be redirected to the application form.

For more information about the main duties and responsibilities of this role please refer to the job description and person specification.

Closing Date: 9am, Friday 6th December 2019

Interview Date: Monday 16th December 2019

All posts are subjected to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and successful candidates will not be able to work unsupervised with children or young people until the completion of this process. Coram Voice - working towards quality through equality and the development of a diverse workforce.

We ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this position. We have chosen to recruit directly as this helps us to minimise our recruitment costs, ensuring that valuable funds aren't diverted from the children and young people we help.

Registered Charity Number 1046207

The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people​ in the UK.

Our Marketing and Communications Manager will develop and implement integrated communications strategies that will contribute to achievement of our overall communications objectives, helping us build our brand reputation, reach and engagement with our audiences.

In this varied and exciting role, the successful candidate will develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, gaining a deep understanding of their subject areas. You will work with the wider Communications team to advise on the most appropriate marketing and communications approaches to meet our stakeholders needs.

Pro-actively working with colleagues to seek out opportunities to enhance the Foundation’s profile and brand identity, you will take a leading role in developing and maintaining our brand and corporate communications. You will commission, manage and analyse results from market research from external suppliers and other sources to inform the development of Health Foundation products, services and marketing/communications strategies.

The Marketing and Communications Manager will have excellent strategic integrated communication skills, project management experience and marketing expertise. You will have significant experience of marketing and/or integrated communications in a busy and demanding environment and a track record of success in commissioning market research which engages with target audience groups.

Proactive and comfortable taking the initiative and possessing strong organisational and project management skills, you will also have the technical knowledge and well-developed writing and editing skills required to be a success in this role.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior communications professional with a passion for improving health outcomes who is committed to our core behaviours - Achieving Impact, Working Together and Discovering and Learning.

The Health Foundation values diversity and champions inclusion and strongly encourages applications from all sections of the community.

This amazing international animal charity are looking for an Editor and Brand Manager to come and join their team.

The charity's in-house communications team delivers a steady flow of creative and impactful stories through media relations, publications and digital media. Your job will be to use their in-house publications, particularly their newsletters and the annual review, to inspire and engage supporters, bringing the extraordinary work of the overseas teams to life with your exceptional copywriting and storytelling, supported by the breathtaking imagery supplied to you by the in-house content team.

You'll also be responsible for reviewing all the branded material, campaigns and updates that go out across all their communications channels, from daily Facebook updates to short films to fundraising appeals. You will ensure that all communications are in line with brand guidelines, both in terms of the visual design and the copy. You'll need a sharp eye for detail!

You'll also be involved in developing the charity's brand as we approach their centenary, making sure they continue to communicate in ways that are engaging, inspirational and relevant.

Working within a small team, you'll enjoy a supportive working environment, training and development opportunities, a healthy budget, flexible working, generous benefits and occasional international travel too.

Of course, you'll need to be an excellent writer, demonstrating flair and creativity but also a real eye for detail and proven expertise in tailoring your approach to meet the needs of your audience too.

If you are interested in applying then please get in touch with Toby Roberts on the MarComms and Digital team here at TPP Recruitment.

Please note this role closes on Monday 25th October

Do you thrive in working on brand strategy?

Prospectus is enthusiastic to be collaborating with a fantastic international charity in the search for their new Editor & Brand Manager. This is a unique opportunity to work across a department to extend awareness and support income generation through the production of publications and contents.

Reporting to the Head of Communications, you will play a pivotal role in spearheading the brand strategy and fundraising appeals. The post holder will ensure both the design and copy of all communications are in line with the organisation's brand guidelines. Furthermore, the successful candidate will support the Head of Communications in ensuring work with regards to publications, annual reviews, and brand affairs are in line with budget.

To be considered for this unique opportunity, you will be an exceptional writer, a solid proof-reader and an experienced brand professional, ideally with a certain exposure to journalism and/or the media industry. You will be a self-starter with good project management skills including budgeting. Moreover, you will have the ability to build relationships with diverse audiences and stakeholders alongside innate interpersonal skills.

In order to apply, please submit a Word version of your CV. Supporting statements are not required at this stage. If you will be shortlisted by Prospectus, we will provide you with a full job description and further information about the application process.

Unique opportunity to set-up and develop a brand-new Marketing and Communications function

The Role

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional individual to join us as Marketing and Communications Manager. Reporting directly to the CEO, in this brand new position you will lead on the strategic development and practical implementation of an integrated Marketing and Communications strategy for Future Academies as well as the Future Charity and other associated brands.

This role represents an exciting opportunity to be part of something special, developing and supporting our MAT and playing a significant role in delivering our stakeholder engagement strategy, brand management, internal and digital engagement, internal communications, media relations and crisis communications.

This position is both strategic and hands-on. The successful candidate will need to utilise their extensive specialist skills and expertise to lead the direction of marketing and communications across the trust, implementing innovative and creative strategies to raise the profile of the organisation and make a notable impact on areas such as staff and student recruitment.

The Organisation

Future Academies was established to improve the life chances of children through an education that is built on the importance of knowledge-rich teaching by subject experts and of raising the aspirations of all. We are committed to helping young people succeed and overcome social barriers, irrespective of background or starting point, through our inclusive ethos founded on knowledge, aspiration and respect.

Our family of schools has built a reputation for achieving the highest standards for all our pupils. We currently have seven academies: three primaries and four secondaries, spread across Westminster, Hammersmith and Hertfordshire. The Pimlico-London SCITT, judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted and ranked first in London and third in the country in the Good Teacher Training Guide 2017, continues to develop exceptional teachers who go on to excel in our academies and beyond.

What we can offer you

• The opportunity to work across a diverse partnership of schools.
• A commitment to extensive CPD opportunities.
• A generous holiday entitlement  and pension scheme
• A Free lunch when working from our central office
• Access to a range of benefits through our employee benefit scheme  Perkbox
• The opportunity to impact the lives of approximately 4000 children across the MAT.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please download the application form and return the completed form  by 11am on Monday 2nd December.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Future Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

Communications Intern - Paid Position
London, N6

Are you a social media savant with a talent for writing? Want to increase your professional experience in a paid internship working as part of a small, but vital charity? If so, you may be the Communications Intern we’re looking for. 

Who is Ataxia UK?

Ataxia UK is the leading national charity for people affected by any type of ataxia, a group of neurological disorders that impact co-ordination, balance and speech.

In the UK alone, there are over 10,000 adults and around 500 children living with ataxia. We fund research into finding treatments and cures and offer advice, information and support to people affected by the condition.

Having recently received funding from the National Lottery, it’s an exciting time to join our team. We’re currently looking for an enthusiastic Communications Intern to join us on a six month internship which may extend to 12 months. 

Are there any benefits? 

- Salary of £10.55 per hour 
- Increase your communications and charity sector experience
- Flexitime 
- 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)

This is an amazing opportunity to create content across a range of platforms and build your portfolio while raising awareness of a rare condition that affects thousands of people across the UK. 

You will have the chance to learn from a friendly, experienced team and gain valuable insight into how a well-established charity inspires and engages audiences.

What will the internship involve? 

As a Communications Intern, you’ll support our communications activities, from social media to creating content for our publication, Ataxia Magazine. 

Working closely with our Communications Officer, you’ll manage our day-to-day social media activities, including our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts. You’ll also interview individuals that our charity supports and create content for Ataxia Magazine. 

Here’s some more of what you’ll be getting up to:

- Sourcing and drafting stories and images for our quarterly publication
- Supporting our local and national awareness campaigns
- Collating information for our PR work 
- Helping to promote our conferences 
- Assisting with general communications enquiries and information requests

What do I need? 

To join us as our Communications Intern, you’ll need:

- Excellent social media knowledge, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube 
- Fantastic written and verbal communication skills 
- Good Microsoft Office skills 
- A keen eye for detail and meticulous proofreading abilities 

It would be great if you had a communications-related degree or similar, such as English, Journalism or Marketing, but this isn’t essential. 

Experience of uploading, editing and maintaining web content with a Content Management System would also be beneficial, as would experience of writing for newspapers/magazines and producing content for a range of audiences.

Other organisations may call this role Trainee Communications Assistant, Junior Communications Assistant, Communications Graduate, Journalism Graduate, English Graduate, Social Media Intern, Trainee Content Executive, or Trainee Communications Executive.

Webrecruit and Ataxia UK are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re looking to increase your professional experience as a Communications Intern, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Working hours: 35 hours per week