Award-winning Julia’s House Children’s Hospices is seeking an experienced Media and Communications Officer for Wiltshire, with experience gained ideally within the charity sector. 

Julia’s House provides vital home-based and hospice-based care to many life-limited children across the county. The successful candidate will provide dedicated PR and communications support in Wiltshire across multiple channels including digital, raising awareness of Julia’s House and the care it provides to families across the county.  With no Government support, maintaining this lifeline for local families will be the focus of this new position, by creating and implementing PR and communications in support of the dedicated Wiltshire fundraising appeal.

With a sound knowledge of the Wiltshire area, community and media, the successful candidate will be based at our Devizes hospice a minimum of 2-3 days a week, with additional time at our Head Office in Poole, Dorset (subject to Government COVID-19 restrictions).

If you have the following qualities and experience and have the passion to see Julia’s House succeed, we would like to hear from you:-

• Ability to seek out and create compelling and engaging stories

• Experience of PR and media relations including writing press releases and dealing with the media

• Experience of campaign development and management to support brand awareness and fundraising goals

• Sound social media knowledge and experience of creating and marketing digital content

• Excellent communication and writing skills

• Work well within a multi-disciplinary team

• Self-starter, with initiative and a creative spark

In addition to a 35 hour week we offer 30 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) and a generous pension scheme amongst our benefits. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join our family and be part of our passionate, dedicated team where you can make a significant difference to the lives of families in Wiltshire.

Closing date: 11 November 2020 

Interviews to be held during week commenting 23 November.

Job Description and Person Specification are available on our website.

The above post is subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Registered Charity No. 1067125

Julia’s House is a Sunday Times Top 100 Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For and has received their award for 10 years’ commitment to better workplaces

Julia’s House is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our clients, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.   Based on our current staffing profile, we have identified that there is an under-representation of: (a) individuals of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, so would especially welcome BAME applicants for any of our vacant positions; and (b) males, so we would welcome male applicants for any of our vacant positions and especially for any care and nursing roles.  We also welcome applications from people living with a disability.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Amnesty International is seeking a Chinese Social Media Manager (consultant) to develop its social media channels in China. This is a part time position; the successful candidate is expected to work 4 days per week for 6 months.

ABOUT YOU

You will work with the communications team in the East and Southeast Asia Regional Office (based in Hong Kong) to:

• Set strategic communications direction for our social media channels;
• Curate messages and contents that are suitable and relevant to our audiences.
• Work with freelances and volunteers to ensure production of materials are cost-effective or to high standards.

You can work from anywhere in the world, if you have the right to work in where they reside.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Join us if:

• You are a good communicator with relevant experience in communications on Chinese social media channels. You are familiar with the operation of Chinese social media.
• You have at least two years of experience in journalism or in managing social media channels.
• You are experienced in content production, digital marketing, graphic design or video production.
• You are a native speaker of Mandarin. Ability to read and write fluently in English is a plus.

ABOUT US

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. We reach almost every country in the world and have:

• more than 2 million members and supporters who drive forward our fight for rights
• more than 5 million activists who strengthen our calls for justice

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

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

WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL DO NEXT

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world then we would encourage you to click 'Apply for this Role' below.

Freedom, Justice, Equality. Let's get to work.

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

Media Officer - Policy & Research

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Media Officer Responsibilities:

Every day across Alzheimer’s Society, our people tell our story: to someone with dementia; to a commissioner; to a funder; to a researcher; to a politician; to a volunteer. We need people to unite against dementia if we are to achieve the ambitious aims of the New Deal on Dementia. Our mission will succeed only if we galvanise a movement against dementia.

Have you got what it takes to build on our success so far in making dementia the issue of our time? Then we can promise you a stimulating and varied role in an award-winning team. The successful candidate will spot proactive opportunities on a daily basis to frame, provoke and sustain the dialogue on dementia, ensuring it is seen and discussed as a major global 21st century issue, and that we are the go-to thought leader. You will devise and execute creative, integrated campaigns that advocate the rights of people with dementia, change public policy and galvanise people to join with us as part of a social movement for change. Your campaigns will also better ensure Alzheimer’s Society is known for funding research into the cause, cure, care and prevention of dementia.

Media Officer Requirements:

You will possess a great news sense, a flair for placing stories that build an evidence based narrative, and the ability to jump on and maximise opportunities in the media. You must have experience of working with the national media, excellent communication skills, an understanding of the political environment, and the desire to work in a fast-paced team committed to making a difference.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.

Position: Media Officer (Policy and Research)
Location: London
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week plus out of hours on call availability
Salary: £25,300 - £27,628 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience) (+ London Allowance of £3,600 if applicable)

Closing Date: 29 October 2020
Interview Date: TBC

You may have experience of the following: Media Officer, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, PR, Public Relations, Campaign Management, Policy Officer, Researcher,Marcoms, Marketing Communications, Press Officer, Journalist, Journalism, Voluntary Sector, etc.

Engage Britain an exciting charity are searching for an exceptional Digital and Social Media Marketing Manager.

About Engage Britain

Engage Britain will put people at the heart of policy development, ensuring that those who are affected by policies can contribute their knowledge and experiences to their creation. Great ideas come from combining our different views, knowledge and experiences, so we’ll bring people together to talk and listen. Where voices have been excluded or unheard, we’ll make sure we’re all equally involved in finding answers. Where the problem is rooted in our differences of opinion, we’ll work together to build on the things we agree on. 

As ideas emerge, we will test these ideas, learn from and re-test them until everyone is confident they will make a positive difference. And then we’ll work together – with citizens, practitioners, communities and politicians - to make them happen and use them to improve people’s lives. 

Our differences are not something to be feared; our differences will enable us to create imaginative, practical and radical answers to the problems our country faces. 

Culture

Engage Britain is committed to creating to a culture where people from different backgrounds and cultures can come together to share their views and voice. We see difference – both in our work and in our employees – as a strength, so we actively encourage applicants from all ethnicities, political backgrounds and locations across the UK, as well as people who identify as LGBTQ+ or people who may have disabilities, to apply for roles. We are also a family friendly organisation and are open to different flexible working arrangements from people across the UK. We very much look forward to hearing from you.

Key tasks of the role:

• Set up, plan and implement Engage Britain’s paid social and digital outreach
• Lead on paid social optimisation and reporting, analysing ongoing results to identify trends and insights. Provide insight to the wider team to reflect goals, and share learnings on how this will link to SEO
• Work closely with the Engage Britain project team to set-up, deliver and optimise day-to-day paid campaigns (ads creation, keyword mining, targeting and tracking) to fit the needs of the projects
• Work within budgets and manage spend on paid social and digital campaigns
• Work closely with the wider organisation to help identify content to reach new audiences and drive traffic to our website.
• Use your knowledge and insight to provide initial thoughts to messaging and positioning for paid content.
• Be comfortable working with data and communicating results and next steps to the wider organisation as appropriate
• Seek innovative ways to test and develop new initiatives that will improve performance now or in the future through all paid social channels
• Develop first drafts for ad copy, which can be refined by Digital Content Editor
• Desire to work within a fast-paced start up environment

Further information

For more information on this role and on how to apply please refer to the Digital & Social Media Marketing Managerjob pack available via the 'Apply on website' button.

Application process

Engage Britain are using the Beapplied platform for applications, and details are available in the job pack.

Closing date: Tuesday 3 November 2020, 09:00.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview in mid-late November 2020 (this includes first and potential second interviews).

Do you live and breathe social media?

Have you delivered inspiring, creative campaigns that have produced meaningful results?

And do you want to use your powers for good?

Then take this incredible opportunity to lead on social media at one of the UK's best-loved charities.

By joining us at WaterAid as Social Media Manager, you could genuinely change lives by helping bring clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene to everyone, everywhere by 2030. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

This is a full-time permanent position based in our Canary Wharf, London office (initially home-based due to restrictions on office numbers).

Job description:

You'll live on our social platforms, creating and commissioning thumb-stopping content for owned and earned channels that drives action and grows our social community.

You'll work with our industry-leading digital team to create and deliver an innovative social media and influencer strategy that promotes our vital work to both new and current audiences.

You'll help deliver huge social media campaigns by working collaboratively across the global organisation to produce record-breaking results.

You'll use your excellent analytics skills to constantly monitor performance and produce accurate, actionable reports.

About you:

• You have proven experience creating social media content that gets attention and produces results
• You have exceptional communication skills, with a flair for copywriting and an eye for visually exciting image and video content
• You're 100% up-to-date with the latest social trends and have the confidence to advocate and evangelise social media across the organisation
• You have an innate desire to work for an organisation and cause that values and respects human life and believes we must do better

Salary: £36,500 - £38,500 (subject to experience) with excellent benefits

To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'.

Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format.

Applications will close 23:59 on Sunday 25th October.  Availability for video interview is required w/c 2nd November.

Additional Information

WaterAid benefits include:

• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Flexible working conditions, including the opportunity for part-time work and home working up to 2 days a week
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free annual eye tests
• Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave.
• Sabbaticals
• Volunteer Day

WaterAid is currently located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base. Due to current restrictions on office capacity the majority of our staff are working from home. All aspects of this including how we are supporting home working and the office transition will be discussed at the interview stage with you.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.

WaterAid is an equal opportunities, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality. Should you have a disability and require any additional support, please contact us via our careers website.
 

Something amazing is happening in Greater Manchester and you can be part of it. 

City of Trees is planting millions of trees across the City region, part of a national network of organisations creating new woodlands for both people and planet. 

We are looking for someone who loves curating content, creating campaigns and engaging people online.

So if you love all things social media, and can bring fresh energy to our digital channels whilst addressing the climate emergency – we want to hear from you. 

About City of Trees 
City of Trees is an innovative and exciting movement planting millions of trees across Greater Manchester and transforming underused, unloved woodland.  We’re also the Greater Manchester part of the Northern Forest – a 25-year vision to plant 50 million trees stretching from Liverpool to Hull.

City of Trees is the community forest for Greater Manchester and is part of a national network of community forests across England 

A City of Trees will mean great things for Greater Manchester and we want you to help make this happen! 

 
About the role 
This exciting and varied role will be responsible for managing City of Trees’ key social media channels; Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIN. As well as managing day-to-day content you will run creative, compelling campaigns that will reach new audiences and excite and engage people in the movement. You will also look after the City of Trees website, adding news and events as well as developing and improving the site.

About you 
This role would suit someone with experience in digital marketing, particularly social media, and who has a genuine passion for the environment. You’ll be a confident, creative thinker who can come up with engaging campaigns and bold new ideas. You’ll feel comfortable to both suggest and then implement improvements.  We want you to have a positive, energetic and fresh approach, built strong relationships and take our social and digital media to the next level. 

For more information including the Job Description and Person Specification please visit our website.

Role: Digital Marketing Officer

Salary: £27,900

Location: Home-based (UK)

Contract: Until end of March 2021 (with the possibility of extension beyond this)

Start date: ASAP

Here at Charity Horizons we are delighted to be supporting Family Fund in their search for a Direct Marketing Officer to join the team at this busy and exciting time. Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants for families on low incomes raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. Last year the charity provided over 89,000 grants or services worth over £33 million to families across the UK, and with 93% of families telling the charity that the pandemic has had a negative impact on their child’s health and wellbeing, Family Fund are now committed to supporting families to recover from this uniquely difficult period.

The role of Digital Marketing Officer will play a pivotal role in leading the delivery of effective integrated digital marketing campaigns across Family Fund’s email, social channels and website. With the demand on digital greater now then ever this is an incredibly vital role that will help expand the charity’s reach.

As Digital Marketing Officer you will be tasked with the exciting challenge of managing communication and promotional activity across all social channels, ensuring brand consistency and enabling the charity to stay current in an ever-evolving market. Although you will not be accountable for any direct line management, you will adopt a supervisory role over seeing the work of the Marketing and Communications Assistant, providing support on all areas of digital communication.

To be considered for this role you should come to us with significant experience managing digital channels (such as social media, email and websites) and using analytics and data reports from digital channels to inform decision-making. You should have specialist knowledge of digital across a range of techniques and have experience in managing paid-for digital advertising budgets and campaigns.

With experience using Content Management Systems (CMS) and of platform analytics tools, you should have a sound understanding of an integrated approach to digital marketing and knowledge of data protection best practice and legislation. A confident communicator with strong analytical and literacy / numeracy skills, you should be able to work on your own initiative as well as part of a wider team. Organised, hard-working and courteous you should be a pro-active self-starter that is both adaptable and resilient to work demands and committed to achieving the objectives of this fantastic organisation.

We will be recruiting for this role on an ongoing basis, and when we have a sufficient number of suitable applicants the role will close. This is an incredibly varied and interesting position that provides a wonderful opportunity to make a real difference to families across the UK – apply now, to avoid disappointment! To register your interest, or find out more, contact Charlie at Charity Horizons.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.

SCIENCE MEDIA PRESS OFFICER

Reports to: Senior Manager (Science Media)

Location: Stratford, London-based with a maximum of 2 days working from home. Some regional travel required. A flexible working pattern can be discussed.

Salary: Circa £28,000 - £32,000 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent, full-time 35 hours per week

Closing date: Sunday 1st November 2020, 23:55 pm

Interviews: Date TBC - This will consist of 2 stages (competency-based interview including a writing test, and a follow-up). Interviews will take place virtually over video conferencing.

A bit about the role

We have fantastic opportunity to join our fast-paced and exciting press office as part of our Science Media team here at CRUK. We are looking for someone who has experience in a press office and a science background who can bring their own flair and creativity to the role.

As our new press officer, you will be writing press releases, helping with communications plans for media campaigns, pitching stories to journalists, and responding to media requests. You'll also be part of a busy 24-hr news desk, providing journalists with insight and comments on not only CRUK's work, but also on cancer research from around the world.

You'll develop creative ways to publicise the work of CRUK's Commercial Partnerships team, who last year brokered £20million in deals with industry to commercialise exciting new discoveries in the lab, getting them to people with cancer as quick as possible.

And you will be central to promoting CRUK's Clinical Drug Development team, who team up with academic, industry and biotechnology partners across the globe to test drugs in trials, bringing much needed new treatments to people with cancer.

A bit about the team

Our purpose at CRUK is one and the same - we want to speed up our progress towards eradicating cancer. The pioneering work we do around prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives, but we still have a long way to go.

You'll be in the Science Media team who sit within a wider News Team, which consists of the Health Media and Digital teams. Working together, we keep the UK and the world up to date on CRUK's amazing progress and plans, helping the charity's fundraising and philanthropy drives, as well as influencing government and other stakeholders.

What are some of the things you can you expect to be doing?

• Developing and delivering communication campaigns that showcase the latest scientific breakthroughs in cancer research.

• Working with our Commercial Partnerships team you will be promote the charity's multimillion-pound collaborations and developments in new discoveries in cancer research.

• You'll also work with the team from the Centre for Drug Development, who bring life-saving treatments to people with cancer.

• Contributing to the aims and objectives of the charity in line with organisation-wide priorities.

• Working with our funded scientists to turn their research into compelling news stories, features, opinion pieces and other forms of media content.

• Developing communications plans, which include maximising the opportunities of publicising the work of our commercial partnerships team.

• Building relationships with journalists, and develop and pitch stories to relevant media to deadline.

• Being part of a weekly news desk, dealing with reactive media enquiries in a timely way.

• Developing media briefs for leadership and brief spokespeople on media opportunities.

• Working on press conference opportunities with journalists to showcase the latest advances in research.

• Monitoring the performance of media campaigns and feed into media reports.

• Keep abreast of the media in general, spotting trends in changing media consumption, and building relationships with journalists and key opinion leaders.

• Working with colleagues in the Communications Department (Corporate, Consumer, Health, Science, Social, Digital, Regional, Internal Comms) and across the organisation on large-scale, multi-faceted communication campaigns, to maximise the impact of our work.

What skills are we looking for?

• Strong communication skills - written and oral

• Demonstrable experience explaining complex scientific information in a reader-friendly style that translates into media stories

• Experience of working in a press office and in science communication or similar role is essential

• Able to identify and solve problems with guidance

• Can work well under pressure and to deadline

• Uses initiative to prioritise day-to-day tasks and make decisions within established guidelines and policies

• Experience of working independently with minimum supervision to an agreed standard

• Confidence in an provide advice, guidance and support to select internal and external colleagues

• A good knowledge of the media landscape

• A good knowledge of the UK research landscape

• Ability to find creative ways to publicise research initiatives

• Understanding of digital and social media

Closing date: Sunday 1st November 2020, 23:55 pm

Digital Fundraising Officer, Become

London, N1. Currently home-based

Full time: 35 hours per week

Contract: 12 month Fixed Term with possibility of being made permanent

Salary: £29,000

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a driven, creative and resourceful Digital Fundraising Officer to join Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers. You will be strongly committed to our vision that young people who spend time in care should have the same chances as everyone else to live happy, fulfilled lives. 

This is a new role in our small and supportive fundraising team. Working closely with the Fundraising Manager and Digital Communications Officer (also a new role), you will be vital in the development and growth of our digital fundraising from a wide range of existing and new income streams.

You will maximise digital platforms to secure income from wide range of supporters and deliver exceptional supporter experience, deepening relationships and maximising lifetime value. This role works across Individual Giving and Community & Events Fundraising, with periodic support to the wider fundraising team.

Become is committed to a test-and-learn culture. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn and strengthen best-practice as well as innovative skills.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong communication skills
• Experience of digital recruitment and stewardship
• Digital marketing expertise
• Drive to test and learn new things
• Passion for social justice

Application Closing Date: 26 October 2020

Interviews will take place w/c 9 November 2020 via Zoom

We strongly encourage applications from those with experience of care and those from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in our organisation. Our staff team are currently working remotely and Become’s offices are wheelchair accessible.

Do you have a passion for digital? Would you like to put your skills to use making a difference to millions of people across the UK? Do you want to work for a dynamic national charity at the centre of shaping and responding to end of life issues? We are seeking a dynamic Digital Marketing Officer who can help grow our digital audiences and measure and evaluate our digital output.

Hospice UK is the national charity working for those experiencing dying, death and bereavement. We work for the benefit of people affected by death and dying, collaborating with our hospice members and other partners who work in end of life care.

We believe that everyone, no matter who they are, where they are or why they are ill, should receive the best possible care at the end of their life.

We are looking for a Digital Marketing Officer with a proven track record to grow the organisation’s digital channels to promote our work and the needs of people at the end of their lives.

You will be working as part of a Digital Team looking to transform Hospice UK’s digital output. You will be responsible for the day-to-day running of our social media channels and measuring and reporting on our digital output so that we consistently produce high performing, engaging digital content and campaigns.

A digital native with proven social media and digital marketing skills, you’ll have a keen user focus, a good knowledge of analytics platforms and experience in producing high performing content. You’ll have excellent verbal and influencing skills honed from working with colleagues across an organisation to produce user-focussed digital content and campaigns.

Details of the role can be found in the job description and person specification available on our website.

How to apply

To apply for the role, please click on the apply on website to be redirected to our website to complete our application form and equal opportunities monitoring form. 

The closing date is midnight on Monday 2 November 2020. Interviews are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 11 November 2020. 

If you are dynamic on databases, zippy with Zoom & superb on social media, we want to hear from you.

As part of our response to the national emergency around COVID-19, we have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Innovation & Inclusion Officer to join our team.

We are looking for a confident, creative and proactive individual, with the right skills and experience, to help us to stay connected and keep supporting Carers living in Southend-on-Sea.

Hours: 18½ hours each week
Contract: Fixed-term.  6 month contract

Salary: £26,000 pro rata per annum/FTE
Work location:  Working from home/Southend Carers Office

In response to Covid pandemic, the “Carers’ Crisis Development Initiative” will create new ways to deliver our carer support programmes remotely and integrate them with our regular methods as the crisis eases and ‘lockdown’ ends

This innovative project will also create digitally inclusive support framework for all Carers living in Southend-on-Sea and beyond.

Closing date:  5pm, Friday 30th October 2020

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an online interview on: Thursday 5th November 2020.

No late applications or CVs will be accepted. 

At Southend Carers, we value diversity and recognise that different people bring different perspectives, ideas, knowledge and culture, and that this difference brings great strength.

Applications from candidates with protected characteristics are welcomed.

Digital Transformation Manager - Latin American House

£31,668 per annum pro-rata

We are looking for an exceptional Digital Transformation Manager to join Latin American House as soon as possible and help us to transform the way we communicate and engage with our audiences, deliver practical support to our beneficiaries and share one to one and group information about our services, activities and events. You will develop, improve, promote and support all our digital elements.

Our teams provide a range of services including specialist advice and information, children and adult education and cultural activities and events. Our charitable work focuses on providing accessible, efficient and practical support to disadvantaged Latin Americans and other Spanish and Portuguese-speaking communities in Greater London and beyond. Given the nature of our charity it is imperative that you have at least an intermediate level of Spanish, both written and spoken.

You will report to the Director and work closely with all teams. You will also be responsible for at least a volunteer. The position is part-time, 28 hours per week over four days. Flexible working arrangements may be available. It is a six months contract.

How to apply
Please submit your completed application forms - available in our website by Monday the 2nd of November 2020 at 12pm .

Interviews will be held on Thursday 5th of November 2020

We welcome applicants from all age groups, backgrounds and genders. We are a London Living Wage Employer.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Position

You will be a pivotal member of the team, enhancing the overall external and internal communications, helping us to reach and support more people and expanding the digital presence of our projects. You will be key in boosting and improving our brand name and in our pursuit of reaching to and supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable Latin Americans and Portuguese and Spanish speakers in Greater London and the UK.

You will have hands-on experience creating, designing and managing winning websites, digital campaigns and SEO, and have excellent technical and technological skills, with the ability and willingness to test, improve and share your knowledge constantly. You will be a self-starter who can shape the way LAH communicates, reaches to and helps our communities. You will lead LAH digital communications and ensure we deliver an excellent customer service online at all times.

The key areas for which you will be responsible are:

• ●  Create accessible, useful and user friendly digital content for our audiences in order to achieve and excel organisational objectives and support our communities.

• ●  Create, design, deliver and manage a winning website that represents Latin American House and its communities and projects for the next 5-8 years.

• ●  Develop appropriate and good quality content to support all digital activities.

• ●  Automate all current and new online services, including accessing our services and

  contacting us; signing up for and sending our newsletter; hiring spaces at LAH; enrolling and signing up for activities, classes and webinars; accessing and submitting feedback and monitoring forms; making online payments, etc.

• ●  Develop, implement and manage a Digital Marketing Strategy

• ●  Develop and implement a Digital and Social Media Policy.

• ●  Ensure all content is optimised for all types of devices, particularly smartphones.

• ●  Merge and unify our social media channels and develop new ones.

• ●  Oversee LAH website’s CMS, creating, managing and keeping the site optimised and

  updated at all times, and ensuring team members are comfortable editing and updating it when necessary.

• ●  Streamline all our on-line activities and operations, from classes, information and webinars to online class enrolments and payments, feedback forms, etc.

• ●  Supervise content production across the team

• ●  Analyse and report regularly on website and social media performance, monitoring

  and analytics, creating actionable insight and improving digital effectiveness.

• ●  Work with the Director and all the teams at LAH

• ●  You will be accountable for and support at least one volunteer.

  PERSON SPECIFICATION Experience

  Essential

• ●  At least three years experience in web design delivery and digital marketing

• ●  Demonstrable experience creating, delivering and managing websites and social

  media channels.

• ●  Able to understand objectives and deliver optimisation.

• ●  Comprehensive knowledge of SEO.

• ●  Excellent attention to detail.

• ●  First class communication skills in English and Spanish.

• ●  Autonomous, confident and self-starter with a can-do attitude and approach.

• ●  Passionate about digital, technology and technological developments.

• ●  Strong project management and organisational skills.

  Desirable

• ●  Experience working in the charity sector and VCOs.

• ●  Experience delivering training.

• ●  Knowledge of the challenges faced by the Latin American communities in the UK.

• ●  Solid working knowledge of IT, supporting organisations improving and

  transforming their IT.

• ●  Awareness and understanding of Data Protection.

Skills
Essential

• ●  Bilingual English-Spanish speaker, or Portuguese-English speaker with advanced Spanish language skills.

• ●  Solid knowledge of IT applications associated with web design delivery, CMS and web editing (i.e. WordPress, Joomla) preferably at programming level.

• ●  Strong development skills in HTML and CSS. Knowledge of additional languages, tools and software are welcome.

• ●  Highly literate and numerate, including G Suite, email marketing applications such as Mailchimp, social media and other relevant online tools.

• ●  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• ●  Ability to prioritise work.

• ●  Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.

• ●  Ability and willingness to learn and apply new skills quickly.

  Desirable

• ●  Experience developing and managing IT systems, databases and CRM systems. Qualifications

• ●  An academic or vocational qualification in computer science, web design or development or equivalent is prefered

• ●  Formal training in digital tools and processes are desirable. Commitment, Values and Motivation

• ●  Strong commitment to the mission and values of Latin American House.

• ●  Collaborative team worker.

• ●  Proactive and able to confidently take initiative and make appropriate decisions.

• ●  Approachable, with the ability to build effective relationships.

• ●  Able to multitask, adaptable, emotionally intelligent and resilient.

• ●  Willingness to work flexibly as the post may require some work on evenings or wee.

• ●  Autonomous and proactive, can do attitude and able to work as part of a team.

About Latin American House

We work for the integration, social inclusion and wellbeing of Latin American and other Spanish and Portuguese-speaking migrants, as well as other communities in our local neighbourhood. Our aims are to improve their lives, to provide a local Community Centre and to promote the rich diversity of Latin American cultures. We are expanding our organisation and diversifying our income streams in order to provide a better and more comprehensive service to our beneficiaries. We are a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.

Our services include:

• Legal and Social Welfare Advice, providing specialist advice on immigration, as well as general information on benefits and employment. In 2019 we also started a EU Settlement Scheme project to support disadvantaged and at-risk Latin Americans and their families.

• Children’s Education, which currently consists of our bilingual Menchú Nursery and the Spanish Saturday School for children from 5 to 11 years old.

• Adult Community Learning, in partnership with local authorities, colleges and recognised education organisations, as well as our own volunteers. We provide practical adult education for Latin Americans and local residents.

• Community Centre, LAH is a well-established centre where people can come for activities, information and orientation.

• Culture - promoting and showcasing Latin American cultures, for people of all ages and backgrounds. From 2019 there is a dedicated culture coordinator.

The last three years have been of expansion and growth and we have had an increasing number of beneficiaries, clients and visitors reaching our organisation.

Latin American House  Registered Charity 1127253

Target Ovarian Cancer is the UK's leading ovarian cancer charity. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious, growing and crucial organisation that is constantly working to improve early diagnosis, fund life-saving research and provide much-needed support to women.

The successful candidate will work directly with the Digital Fundraising Manager to ensure we're optimising all digital channels to drive a variety of fundraising campaigns, events and activities.

This is a new role and we're looking for someone who's dedicated towards delivering great digital fundraising activity. The ideal candidate will also bring new ideas, experience and excellent communications skills to support in developing our digital fundraising strategy across the organisation.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be the Content Lead for Fundraising pages on the Target Ovarian Cancer website, responsible for creating and/or editing and updating content (maintaining and optimising) and working with other digital team members to develop new website functions.
• Execute digital fundraising campaigns – deliver paid advertising on Facebook working closely with Fundraising colleagues to support delivery of their campaigns, as well as working alongside the Digital Communications Officer to ensure messages, reporting and content creation work together to provide a better experience for our supporters.
• Where required, develop content for and delivery of email broadcasts and provide training where needed to support fundraising best practice.
• Work across teams to ensure online and offline fundraising campaigns are integrated and digital channels are used effectively for retention and development of supporters.
• Monitor and report on digital fundraising campaigns.
• Proactively maintain excellent knowledge of digital fundraising practices and campaigns in the sector, including competitor analysis, to ensure you are able to strengthen the output of the team from experience and knowledge.
• Monitor digital fundraising trends, emerging audiences and competitor activity.

We'll be reviewing applications and inviting shortlisted candidates to interview on a rolling basis.

Applicants are advised to apply before the closing date of Sunday 1 November at 11.59pm.

In light of the current coronavirus situation, interviews will be conducted via video call until further notice.

To apply please send a CV and cover letter with the job in the subject line to Dave Phillips.

Engage Britain an exciting charity are searching for an exceptional Head of Digital to join us. The post-holder will be responsible for developing the organisation’s digital strategy, whilst leading product development and working with external suppliers to ensure that Engage Britain delivers a successful digital user experience. 

About Engage Britain

Engage Britain will put people at the heart of policy development, ensuring that those who are affected by policies can contribute their knowledge and experiences to their creation. Great ideas come from combining our different views, knowledge and experiences, so we’ll bring people together to talk and listen. Where voices have been excluded or unheard, we’ll make sure we’re all equally involved in finding answers. Where the problem is rooted in our differences of opinion, we’ll work together to build on the things we agree on. 

As ideas emerge, we will test these ideas, learn from and re-test them until everyone is confident they will make a positive difference. And then we’ll work together – with citizens, practitioners, communities and politicians - to make them happen and use them to improve people’s lives. 

Our differences are not something to be feared; our differences will enable us to create imaginative, practical and radical answers to the problems our country faces. 

Culture

Engage Britain is committed to creating a culture where people from different backgrounds and cultures can come together to share their views and voice. We see difference – both in our work and in our employees – as a strength, so we actively encourage applicants from all ethnicities, political backgrounds and locations across the UK, those with or without a university education, as well as people who identify as LGBTQ+ or people who may have disabilities, to apply for roles. We are also a family friendly organisation and are open to different flexible working arrangements from people across the UK. We very much look forward to hearing from you.

Key tasks of the role:

• Own Engage Britain’s digital strategy and be responsible for developing the strategy in line with the vision for the organisation

• Identify opportunities for improving the digital user experience and work with the team and external suppliers to prioritise and deliver incremental improvements.

• Have responsibility for the implementation and operation of a digital platform for Engage Britain’s and our digital user experience, on web, mobile and through external suppliers

• Work closely with the Engage Britain team to ensure the digital platform supports the ambitious aims of the organisation

• Appoint suppliers of digital services and manage relationships to ensure requirements are met and services are performing as needed

• Implement digital monitoring and measurement tools, ensuring that digital metrics are defined, consistently reported and widely used

• Undertake research, insight and analysis to achieve a full understanding of our users and their needs

• Have responsibility for all online engagement and marketing activity, including paid and organic.

• Work with the Director of Engagement and Communications to ensure Engage Britain’s digital platform supports the social media, marketing and communications strategy

• Work to increase the number of people reached, and the quality of engagement achieved, through Engage Britain’s web and mobile products

• Stay up to date on best practices and new innovation in digital, design and technology

• Sometimes work outside of normal working hours as part of an on-call rota

Further information

For more information on this role and on how to apply please refer to the Head of Digital job pack available via the 'Apply on website' button.

Application process

Engage Britain are using the Beapplied platform for applications, and details are available in the job pack.

Closing date: Friday 6 November 2020, 09:00

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview in late November & early December for potential second interviews.