BookTrust, Battersea
Digital Content Editor
Maternity Cover (Fixed Term Contract)
Full Time
Salary: £33,649 per annum 

BookTrust is the UK's largest children's reading charity. We are dedicated to getting children reading. Each year we reach 3.4 million children across the UK with books, resources and support to help develop a love of reading.

In this varied and exiting role, you will manage the BookTrust website and ensure that all social media channels are engaging, accurate, accessible and promote the aims of the organisation. You will also monitor the performance of the BookTrust website and social media platforms and work to extend our reach to target audiences. You will also oversee, coordinate and create regular content for promotion on our social media channels and support BookTrust activities (programmes, campaigns and prizes) by delivering new content and functionality as needed.

This role is ideal for someone with a broad range of knowledge of digital media, social media and technology content management systems (ideally Episerver), as well as someone with experience in digital administration and editing. A knowledge of the world of children’s books is desirable. The successful candidate will be highly proficient with Microsoft Office and Photoshop and ideally familiar with range of software packages including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Suite. The ideal candidate will also be a good problem solver and should have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Find out more about who we are, including a job description and details of how to apply, please visit our website.

Closing date: Tuesday, 26th November 2019, 16:00

BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

Why join us?
Would you like to join a dynamic team that is supporting a growing movement of communities that are building genuinely and permanently affordable homes? Will you enjoy working in a small team and with partner organisations to boost the profile of community land trusts, make the case to government, and make our projects successful through effective communication?

Community land trusts (CLTs) are a growing force for social good. They are set up and run by ordinary people to develop and manage homes as well as community shops, pubs and other assets that are important to that community. They aim to make sure the homes are permanently affordable, based on what people actually earn in their area.

As the communications and campaigns officer you will play a key role in supporting the National CLT Network’s team on our core communications, campaigns and events activities.

About the National CLT Network
National CLT Network is the national membership body for community land trusts established in 2010. The National CLT Network provides resources, training and advice for CLTs, and works with government, local authorities, lenders and funders to establish the best conditions for CLTs to grow and flourish.

We are a small, dedicated and ambitious team. Our strategy is to scale up the CLT movement and to develop our charity into a strong, viable and resilient social enterprise. We are also part of major partnerships to build up the infrastructure across the country for all forms of community led housing, and to scale up the CLT movement across North-West Europe.

Our successes have had the following impact:

• A rapid growth in CLTs from 30 in 2010 to over 300 in 2019;

• One in three local authorities providing some kind of support to CLTs in their area;

• 935 homes built by CLTs with another 16,600 community led homes in the pipeline.

About the role
This is a varied role. You will see the impact of your work on successful projects, and on CLTs and their achievements locally. The communications and campaigns officer works with team members across the organisation, gets to know our work deeply and has the opportunity to travel to meet our inspiring CLT members. You will also work closely with the co-chief executive, responsible for our advocacy campaigning and lobbying work, getting first-hand knowledge of how to influence government policy to help our members to thrive.

You will use this knowledge to create compelling content across a variety of mediums from blogs and newsletters to video interviews, creating lobbying and campaign materials for groups to use and ensuring our website showcases the best of what we do, and helps CLTs to succeed.

You’ll also support the delivery of successful events that are highly valued by our members. At our last AGM, 100% of attendees said they would recommend attending to other members. You’ll see wonderful people form connections, draw inspiration and go on to provide new homes that are really needed by their communities.

The challenges and opportunities for this role in the coming year include:

• Supporting the communications manager to create a new brand and a new website for the network.

• Working with the co-chief executive and others on our acclaimed advocacy campaigns that have made significant gains for the CLT movement, ensuring they can continue to build genuinely affordable homes.

• Playing a key role in developing, and delivering a new programme of events such as a national conference and “See It and Believe It” peer to peer events where new groups get inspired by visiting successful CLTs whose residents are enjoying their new homes.

About you
This is an exciting and career-enhancing role. It could be the right opportunity for a range of potential candidates. Your motivations might be many and varied – from wanting to develop your career in communications or advocacy campaigning, to having a passion for housing or communities, or because you want more responsibility and the opportunity to work in a growing charity where you can use your initiative and develop your potential.

It is particularly for you if you: enjoy a variety of tasks and challenges, are a team player, a strong communicator, flexible, organised, and have a strong attention to detail. You will also feel strongly about the importance of social justice and the difference that CLTs and community-led housing can make. Whatever your motivations the National CLT Network would like to hear from you.

Details
The role is for a full time, permanent post. The working hours are 9-5, Monday to Friday, with a one-hour lunch break. The salary is £25,450 – £30,750 per annum depending on skills and experience

Benefits include 30 days annual leave + bank holidays, a generous employer match scheme for pension contributions, healthcare and a personal training budget.

How to Apply
Please visit our website to download the candidate recruitment pack which contains full instructions on the role and how to apply, and to download our application form.

Deadline for applications 10am Monday 25th November 2019

YMCA England & Wales is looking for a Digital Communications Officer to manage the organisation’s social and online presence.

Working in a vibrant communications team, the Digital Communications Officer will lead on YMCA England & Wales’ web and social media output promoting our organisation, research and campaign work.

The role will focus on co-ordinating and growing the digital activity for the largest and oldest youth charity in the world, alongside working with the wider 116 member strong YMCA federation to ensure alignment of messaging, branding and imagery throughout YMCAs digital channels.

The successful candidate should have experience of working in a complex communications environment and planning campaigns as part of wider communications; knowledge of online campaigning techniques; excellent written and oral communications skills; and excellent attention to detail.

Reporting to the Head of Communications, they will have an in depth knowledge of managing social media and communications campaigns. They will also have experience in developing a wide range of targeted communication materials, including utilising case studies and developing digital content.

YMCA is the largest and oldest youth charity in the world, helping more than 58 million people across 119 countries. Across England and Wales, YMCAs operate in more than 740 different communities and, support almost 230,000 young people with accommodation, training and education, health and wellbeing, support and advice and family work. YMCA England & Wales is the national council of YMCAs in England and Wales.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 1 December 2019. Interviews are scheduled to take place during the week commencing 9 December 2019.

If you think you have the energy, enthusiasm and determination for excellence then we want to hear from you.

We offer a range of staff benefits including company pension, life assurance and a health care cash plan scheme.  We also offer annual season ticket and gym membership loans.

Please note that should you be successful in your application you will be required to complete a safeguarding self-declaration form, undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and have two professional reference checks.

If you don't hear anything within 4 weeks, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion and your details will be kept on file for 6 months.

Digital Communications Officer
London, SE1

About Us

Rethink Mental Illness is a national charity that helps those affected by mental illness. We aim to challenge attitudes and change lives. Currently, we directly support almost 60,000 people every year across England, helping them through crises, to live independently and to realise they are not alone.

We’re looking for a Digital Communications Officer to join us for a five month contract until the 31st March 2020.

Your Rewards

- Salary of £25,692.70 (per annum) including London Weighting
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance
- 33 days’ annual leave including statutory/bank holidays per annum
- Your "Rethink Day" - 1 day’s additional leave (pro rata) on your Birthday

This is an incredible opportunity for a digital marketer with social media and CMS experience to take on an engaging, short-term contract with our leading mental illness charity.

We’re looking for a storyteller who can engage with audiences and emote and explain life with mental illness through videos, photography and blogs.

This rare role will not only require your online marketing skills but empathy, creativity and the ability to impart information as well as change minds. For the right person, it’s an amazing challenge as well as the chance to do some real good and gain experience in the charity sector.

Your Role

As a Digital Communications Officer, you will be developing creative ideas for digital communications and using them to speak to audiences about the issues people living with mental illness face every day.

You’ll be explaining our services as well and developing campaigns that contribute to improving the lives of all those severely affected by mental illness.

Your role will also involve:

- Reporting to the Head of Communications, Marketing and Membership
- Supporting the delivery of digital content for online communications channels
- Co-ordinating and publishing content across our social media and website platforms
- Sourcing, scheduling and monitoring digital content for our primary channels
- Working closely with two Senior Digital Communications Officers for our social media and website
- Ensuring user journeys are seamless through all our digital platforms

About You

To be considered as a Digital Communications Officer, you will need:

- Experience of working with social media channels and an understanding of how to get the most out of them for brand engagement
- Experience of using website content management systems, with an understanding of basic HTML coding
- A good grasp of grammar and attention to detail
- The ability to write engaging and accurate copy
- Good planning and project management skills
- A creative approach
- A keen interest in digital communications and mental health

A good understanding of digital performance metrics and how to gain insights from them would be beneficial to your application. Experience of using Adobe Photoshop to edit photographs and create visuals for social media would also be an advantage, as would experience of basic video editing and animation techniques.

Other organisations may call this role Digital Marketing Officer, Digital Marketing Executive, Online Marketing Officer, Digital Marketing Specialist, Marcomms Executive, Marketing Communications Executive, or Digital Campaign Officer.

Interviews are scheduled to be held on the 1st November 2019.

Webrecruit and Rethink Mental Illness 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 are ready to further your career as a Digital Communications Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Action Against Hunger has a vision of a world free from hunger. For almost 40 years, across nearly 50 countries, we have led the global fight against hunger. We save the lives of children and work with their communities before and after the disaster strikes. We enable people to provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong, and build prosperous communities. We constantly search for more effective solutions, while sharing our knowledge and expertise with the world. We push for long-term change. We will never give up. Until the world is free from hunger.

Action Against Hunger is looking for an experienced Digital Communications Officer to support delivery of our digital communications activity.

The jobholder will support direct delivery of digital activity across email, our website and social media channels. The successful candidate will also support the Fundraising and Operations teams to upskill their digital knowledge by providing training and assistance where applicable.

Playing an important role in the development of Action Against Hunger’s new website, this role will liaise with colleagues to create compelling content that inspires users to take action.

The post holder will be experienced and passionate about digital. They will use their expert knowledge to advise on digital best practice, enabling Action Against Hunger to inspire and influence its key audiences and drive more income. This will help us to provide even more children with healthier futures.  For more detailed information on the role, please download the attached Job description.

The post will be based in Action Against Hunger-UK’s London office. Only candidates with the right to work in the UK may apply

Closing date for applications: 5pm, on Wednesday, 27th November 2019. Interview date: 9th December 2019

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive we are only able to contact shortlisted candidates. Thank you for your understanding.

I am working with a reputable Health Membership body who are looking to recruit a Digital Communications Officer on a permanent basis.

This is a key role supporting the Senior Digital Content Manager in implementing the organisation's digital strategy.

Key duties:

• Support the Senior Digital Content Manager to review, develop and update the organisation's website
• Coordinate a digital content schedule across all channels for the organisation
• Ensure content follows brand guidelines and tone of voice
• Write, collate (including copyediting & proofreading where necessary) & upload high quality, engaging content to the website
• Look after the implementation of Google Analytics as well as manage the social media presence
   

This role is ideal for someone who has proven experience of using website content management systems, including planning, writing, preparing & uploading content. If you have demonstrable knowledge of Google Analytics, email marketing tools, social media analytics tools as well as CRM systems, we would like to hear from you.

Please e-mail your CV quoting the reference number - Ref: J71944MC - in the subject line.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Communications Officer

Safe Child Thailand

Reports to: Head of Development

Term: 0.6 of a full time post, permanent

Based in: London, Clapham Common

Salary: £27,000 – 30,000 pa pro rata

Pension:  Contributory pension scheme with 4% employer contribution

Annual Leave: 25 days holiday not including bank holidays pa, pro rata

Start date:  As soon as possible

Application closes: 24th November 19

We’re looking for an outstanding, visionary and dedicated Communications Officer to develop the communications function. This is an opportunity to use your excellent communication skills to improve the lives of vulnerable Children in Thailand.

This key role within the Development Team:

• Planning and managing the annual schedule of communications

• Developing and maintaining brand messaging and tone of voice across the charity, for a wide range of audiences

• Creating content and overseeing the content and design of all marketing materials and publications

• Working closely with the Digital Communications officer, to grow our digital and social media presence and increase our online fundraising income

• Other activities that will support the organisation.

The post holder will have a passion for storytelling, producing engaging content for Safe Child Thailand’s key audiences across multiple channels, including (but not limited to) our new website (wordpress), social media (twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook), mailing systems (Mailchimp), video logging (YouTube), blogging, reports, presentations (Powerpoint) and the creation of promotional materials.

You will also:

• need a knowledge of website development, SEO and content management systems to effectively manage SCT’s website, creating and updating website content;

• Lead the production of SCTs Annual Review and other marketing materials and publications;

• Collect and analyse data from website analytics, email marketing reports and social media metrics.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Promotion of existing and new activities - to engage target audiences through communications and maximise fundraising, in a highly cost conscious environment

• Developing marketing materials and supporting activities and campaigns to support fundraising

• You will be expected to contribute to the growth of our online fundraising capacity and donations

• Daily management of the website through the addition of new content and on site optimisation

• Sourcing and securing press, TV and radio opportunities for SCT

• Oversight of communications at external events

• Strategy, analytics, and PR reporting.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a related field (e.g. communications, marketing, development, international development, etc.)

• Confident self-starter, enthusiastic, highly motivated, with excellent planning, time-management and organisational skills with ability to stick to timetables for delivery of work and meet deadlines under pressure

• Able to express ideas clearly, verbally and in writing, to a wide range of audiences. Strong copy-writing and editing skills with the ability to turn complex information into compelling stories and content

• Ability to think strategically, identifying new opportunities

• Ability to think creatively, offering new ideas, concepts and solutions

• Well-organised and able to keep good records for data protection, confidentiality and financial purposes

• Experience working in marketing/PR/communications role in a charity environment; You will have empathy with the aims, objectives and activities of the charity.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of developing multi-channel communications plans and taking a communications campaign forward through different digital and offline channels

• Excellent Communication, and especially writing skills, with an ability to adjust tone and content appropriately for different target audiences

• Able to optimise user journeys, maximise meaningful engagement and grow new audiences

• Experience of implementing branding guidelines and ensuring they are adhered to across the organisation

• IT skills with the ability to commission and design/produce professional looking documents, publications, banners, branded materials etc.

• Design skills, particularly in creating and/or overseeing the design of visually appealing digital and non-digital content; graphics, films, image bank etc.

• Experience of responding to media enquiries, leading on and evaluating media coverage and PR

• Knowledge of the digital charity landscape, including best practice for social media, web content creation and engagement strategies
• Experience using digital analytical tools (e.g. Google Analytics) to set realistic targets and measure engagement.

Desirable

• An interest in international development

• Knowledge of at least one of the SCT’s key technical focus areas

• Country or regional knowledge relevant to the work of SCT

• Experience of design and photo editing software
• Experience of managing Google Adwords account.

How to Apply

TO APPLY

If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and attach your CV and Supporting Statement (No more than two sides of A4) addressing the Person Specification.

Interviews will take place in our office week commencing 2nd December 19.

Communications Officer

Tooting, London

c£30,000 per annum

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Based at our offices in Trident Business Centre, Bickersteth Road, Tooting, you will be an experienced, enthusiastic and creative Communications Officer able to take a lead role in developing and coordinating communications across WCA and its projects.  This is a new role - you will be joining WCA at an exciting time as it develops its new Voluntary Sector Coordination Project in which communications will be key, together with the equally important task of promoting our existing work with Healthwatch Wandsworth, Voicing Views, LGBT Mental Health and any other WCA projects. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding communicator able to work on their own initiative but within clear priorities and workplans.  The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a strong track record in communications, ideally in the voluntary and community or health and care sectors and be able to manage a diverse workload and deliver within set timescales and deadlines.  You will join an enthusiastic and committed team, keen to help you build and develop this role. 

About us:

WCA offers a range of support to the voluntary sector in Wandsworth, together with a commitment to ensuring the service user perspective is heard in the planning and designing of health and care services through Healthwatch Wandsworth and our mental health and other projects.

Salary will be c£30,000

Deadline for completed applications: Monday 25 November 2019, 9:00 am.

Interviews will be held on: Thursday 29 November 2019 

Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted. 

Job description and person specification can be found by clicking the apply button below. 

To apply, you will need to download an application form by clicking the apply button below. 

WCA values diversity and is an Equal Opportunities employer.

This is a really exciting opportunity to be part of the fastest growing political party in the UK and to help push women’s equality to the top of the political agenda. Since our launch four years ago, the Women’s Equality Party has built a movement of more than 30,000 people; campaigned to change legislation, hearts and minds, and elected its first representative. Our innovative approach to political communications has been key to our success, including winning a Cannes Lions Award in 2018. We are looking for a creative, driven individual with proven content creation experience to coordinate and deliver all digital content and campaigns.

The Digital Communications Coordinator will be part of the Members and Supporters team working closely with the Communications Team. Line management will be provided by the Head of Members and Supporters, with workload management also provided by the Head of Campaigns. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing digital communications strategies for the party, including through social media channels, web, digital assets and email blasts to members, supporters and prospects. This busy role will help ensure our dynamic communications team is able to deliver its strategic goals. The role will be specifically focused on supporting digital campaigns that raise awareness of the party and its policies, expand and diversify audiences and increase membership and influence. The postholder will also plan, create and edit web pages on the party’s site, using Nationbuilder software.

We are looking for someone with:

• Minimum 1 year of relevant digital communications experience

• Experience managing multichannel digital campaigns and a familiarity with Facebook Analytics, Twitter Analytics, and reporting metrics

• Advanced experience in social media campaigns, including content creation, a/b testing, and audience segmentation—with examples to share

• Intermediate experience in HTML, CSS, and content management systems such as WordPress and NationBuilder

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, including Premier, Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator

• Outstanding written communication skills with a proven track-record of online mobilisation

• Organised, methodical, thorough, with an eye for details.

• Effective people skills; ability to connect quickly and effectively with people inside and outside the party to achieve maximum results and win over support

• Self-motivating; able to prioritise workload and manage multiple projects to meet deadlines; capacity to recalibrate at short notice. 

• Team worker, able to delegate and take control, as well as listen to and value others’ contributions.

• Experience of working with BAME communities to ensure messaging and communications generally are relevant and accessible to all communities

• Commitment to equal opportunities and sympathetic to the aims and values of the Women’s Equality Party and agreement to abide at all times by the #WE code set out in our constitution.

• Politically plugged in; passionate about making change; driven and persistent

To apply for this role, please submit to us:

• an up-to-date CV,

• a statement of interest addressing the requirements of the person specification above,

• an equal opportunities monitoring form (optional)

Please note applications will not be considered without a statement of interest which specifically addresses the requirements of the person specification for this job. 

The Women’s Equality Party values equality and diversity, and welcomes applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. In relation to this post we particularly welcome applications from BAME candidates as these communities are under-represented within WEP at this level.

NCVO has a reputation as an authoritative voice for the charity sector: our robust, actionable policy positions and campaigns are built upon a strong research and evidence base and an engaged membership. You’ll help us to build on this reputation through excellent communications.

Able to get stuck in to projects from media relations to corporate communications and internal communications, you’ll likely have a background in public relations, but it won’t be all you want to do in your next role.

You’ll support staff with media work, find opportunities to highlight our messages, and also develop relationships with our members to help showcase their work. You’ll also help us create content for our own channels, such as email and social media.

You’ll be part of the communications team at NCVO, which is responsible for media and internal communications, as well as parliamentary and stakeholder relations, and you’ll work closely with colleagues in our digital and marketing teams. Coordinating our communications to make sure our messages are heard by the right audiences at the right time will be an important aspect of your job.

We’re looking for someone with the judgement to help us frame our issues in the right way and the writing ability to help us explain our work clearly. We’re looking for someone with excellent news sense and political judgement, and who has the initiative to spot issues and deal with them sensitively and effectively.

NCVO is a positive and supportive place to work, and you’ll be joining us at an exciting time as we get the ball rolling on a new strategy to inform our future priorities.

NCVO is fully committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our sector.  We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work for us and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and identities.  We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented in NCVO. As part of our commitment to employing disabled people, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirement for all competencies on the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

If you have access needs or require reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

How to apply

Please visit our website for more information on this opportunity and to apply.

If you have any queries regarding our vacancies or experience any issues submitting your application form, please email us or phone us, details available on our website.

Closing date: 09:00 Monday 25 November 2019
Interviews: Monday 9 December and Tuesday 10 December 2019

About NCVO

Each day, millions of people make a difference to the causes they believe in through voluntary organisations and volunteering.

This thriving voluntary sector and volunteer movement are essential for a better society – especially in times of challenge and change.

That’s why, inspired and empowered by our 14,000 members, NCVO champions the voluntary sector and volunteering. We do this by connecting, representing and supporting voluntary organisations, from the smallest community groups to the largest charities.

NCVO is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone.

Charity No. 225922.

Benefits for NCVO employees

NCVO offers attractive benefits including: 25 days’ annual leave (for full time staff and pro-rata for part-time staff) and the option to purchase up to 5 more days each year, take 35 hours of volunteering leave per year, subsidised gym membership, season ticket loan, flexible working including opportunities to work from home/off-site, generous contributions to a stakeholder pension scheme and training and development opportunities. We are located a short walk from London King’s Cross station in a modern accessible building, overlooking Regent’s canal. 

What the job involves

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Digital team. As Digital Officer you will be responsible for writing, editing, proof reading and publishing audience focused digital content ensuring quality standards are met. You will support and train internal teams on the use of the content management system and use available digital analytics tools to analyse and improve the effectiveness of digital content.

Working with the website team, you will identify areas for development and also have the opportunity to feed into larger website projects to help deliver faster results, with continuous improvement of the website.

What we want from you

We are looking for someone with writing skills and experience of creating, editing and proofing digital content. You will be experienced in using content management systems to create and update digital content. You’ll have the ability to understand analytics data, be well versed in search engine optimisation techniques and be able to communicate analytics information to non-technical audiences.

You will possess first class communication skills, be well organised with excellent attention to detail and confident at building strong working relationships.

Why work for us?

We have a simple ambition – to stop men dying from prostate cancer. Through shifting the science over the next 10 years to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment, prevention and support, we can make prostate cancer a disease the next generation of men need not fear. Be part of a team that will put an end to prostate cancer being a killer.

The support we’ll provide

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will help you learn, develop your skills and expertise, and achieve your highest aspirations. We provide everything you’d expect from a professional organisation – competitive benefits package, contributory pension scheme, life insurance and a season ticket loan – but much more besides. Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

This fantastic social welfare charity are looking for a digital professional to join their team for days a week on an FTC until April 2020.

Within this role you can look forward to delivering the digital component for their major communications project. You will be continually developing and enhancing the organisations website, ensure that it is fully optimised for SEO purposes and use analytics to enact changes. You will oversee the charities google ad grant and adwords account and lead on the social media management, and lead on digital training for colleagues around the organisation.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an experienced digital professional
• Experience across the digital mix (website, social media etc.)
• Up to date digital knowledge (SEO, CMS systems, social media management tools)
• Good knowledge of google analytics and google adwords
• Strong content creation experience
• Available at relatively short notice

If you’re keen to use social media, websites and digital communications to help a small charity thrive then this job is for you. The right candidate will have experience working in digital communications, an interest in working in the higher education sector and a passion to promote knowledge and understanding of Europe and the European Union post-Brexit.

Purpose of the Role

We’re looking for a Digital Communications Manager who can maintain and improve our use of digital tools to communicate our work in European Studies and increase participation in our events and funding opportunities. You’ll work to help drive through exciting changes at UACES, from revamping our website to developing marketing strategies for our new activities.

Main Responsibilities

• Managing and developing our communications and marketing strategy
• Digital production such as web pages and multimedia
• Managing the production of our members’ newsletter
• Assisting with the publication of our in-house journal
• Managing our social media accounts
• Promoting UACES’s events and activities to our membership and beyond
• Deputising for the Executive Director when necessary

Key Skills and Attributes

We're looking for Digital Communications Manager who can show ability in a range of areas including:

• Social Media
• Marketing
• Customer Relationship Management
• Multimedia production (eg photography, videos, images, audio)
• Production of graphics and print materials
• Editing of digital newsletters
• Solid administrative experience – in particular dealing with email correspondence, minute-taking, use of databases

Please don’t be discouraged if you don’t have all of the skills above.  Aptitude and transferable skills are equally important as we can offer training in some areas.

Ideally, you’ll be someone with:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good collaboration and other teamworking skills
• A real passion for digital communication and marketing
• An interest in academia, higher education and/or European studies.
• A willingness to take on a variety of tasks as is required in a small organisation
• The ability to deputise for the Executive Director when needed

About UACES

UACES is a membership organisation for academics working in the area of European Studies. We have around 1100 members from across the UK and Europe from a range of different career stages and institutions. We run conferences, events and administer funding schemes to support our members in their study. The Annual Conference is our biggest event each year and is attended by c. 450 delegates. Recent conference locations have included Lisbon, Bath and Krakow. The 2020 Annual Conference takes place in Belfast in September. UACES is run by a small team of office staff and a dedicated committee of trustees, headed by the UACES Officers (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer).

You'll be part of small and friendly team whose job it is to run UACES. The office staff are responsible for ensuring the smooth-running of the association and are involved in the following activities:

• Organising the UACES Annual Conference
• Administering UACES funding opportunities
• Running the UACES Prizes (including best book, best PhD and JCER prize)
• Assisting with the publication of JCER, UACES’s open-access online journal.
• Liaising with Wiley, the publishers of our print journal JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies
• Managing the membership database
• Managing the UACES email list
• Working with the committee to implement new strategic directions for the association
• Writing and implementing successful grant applications to funders including the European Commission

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Helena Cicmil (Digital Communications Manager). Phone number available on our website.

What we Offer

• Generous holiday allowance – All colleagues start at 31 days plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Flexi-time – We are happy to discuss any flexitime arrangements that might be required.
• Flexible working – Have to work from home from time to time? We’ll help you find a solution which works best for you and us.
• Access to training together with other learning and career development opportunities.
• The possibility to help develop your role and its terms of reference.
• Pension scheme – you put in 5%, we’ll put in 10%.
• Regular reviews with the UACES officers and more informally with the Executive Director.
• A small supportive team and a friendly working environment.

Diversity and equal opportunities

UACES is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications for this role from groups who are under-represented in academia including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQI+ and people with disabilities.

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) are looking for a full-time new member of staff to cover a period of maternity leave of a minimum of nine months(tbc).

Digital Communications Manager (Maternity Cover)
Salary:  £36,500
Location: High Holborn, London
Term: Fixed term contract of minimum 9 months starting mid Jan 2020
Hours: Office working hours

This staff member will help develop and manage a high level of digital presence for RSTMH around tropical medicine and global health. We need a passionate and creative digital communicator who can play a key role in meeting our communications objectives in an exciting time for the society.

RSTMH is a membership society formed in 1907, with around 1,200 members in over 80 countries. We work to improve tropical medicine and global health by enabling and promoting research, sharing knowledge and convening networks through our members and beyond. The Digital Communications Manager will have the opportunity to develop and enhance the RSTMH’s reputation as a credible and trusted voice in tropical medicine and global health.  

This is a wide-ranging and exciting role. You will implement the organisation’s digital communications strategy, ensuring it meets the aims of the wider RSTMH strategy.

You’ll maintain and further develop the website, social media platforms and newsletters, and also the content for each of these resources, using internal and externally sourced and commissioned content. You’ll also manage relationships with key suppliers, including website developers, digital media and creative agencies.

Working with the Chief Executive and RSTMH team, you’ll raise the profile and online presence of RSTMH that will also support the achievement of the organisation’s overall strategy and goals.

We’re looking for someone ambitious and solutions-focused with a passion for communications to deliver creative and innovative content. You’ll have the ability to engage people in the technical areas of our work as well as the nature of the context we’re seeking to improve.  You’ll use analytical systems to monitor our progress. 

The role

• To manage the website and existing, and future, social media channels for RSTMH
• To source, write, edit and proof engaging and relevant content for the website, social media channels and newsletters, providing editorial support as required
• To commission content for the website and digital channels as required, from our networks, and externally
• To be responsible for online communications with RSTMH’s communities  
• To keep on top of relevant tropical medicine and global health developments
• To help integrate our new website with a new CRM database, and other platforms, working with the Membership Manager and the team and supported by our website developers
• To take a keen interest in the global health challenges we’re addressing in order to help stimulate content and discussion among those involved in addressing these issues
• To propose ways RSTMH can improve its online content in line with digital trends and audience preferences
• To build relationships with peers in tropical medicine and global health, and those involved in tackling these problems - as developers of content and with relevant online media channels 
• To be proactive in working with individuals from across RSTMH and our networks to generate diverse, compelling digital content that engages and informs our audiences
• Establish and maintain systems to report and evaluate RSTMH’s digital platforms and activities
• Assist with the promotion and management of RSTMH events and other activities to promote greater understanding of the organisation and its work amongst members

The person specification

Experience

• Working in international development or global health settings
• At least 5 years’ experience within a digital communication role
• At least 5 years’ experience of professional ownership of websites and social media for a campaign or cause
• Proven experience working in an editorial capacity with a varied portfolio of written work
• Proven experience of website and social media content creation, commissioning and management
• Knowledge of Drupal and the ability to take full responsibility for web development
• Experience of account management of suppliers
• Experience of creating compelling content
• Highly organised, with ability to self-plan and prioritise workloads

Knowledge

• Ability to communicate technical details to non-technical people
• An up to date knowledge and understanding of existing and emerging topics in global health and the impact of these on improving lives
• An understanding of current and emerging web technologies and social media trends
• A solid understanding of storytelling and how to create a compelling digital campaign
• Significant experience of developing and delivering digital communications projects
• Excellent oral, copywriting and communication skills
• Highly developed interpersonal skills including, communication, influencing and collaboration
• Ability to understand how digital communication works alongside traditional PR and marketing campaigns
• Effective decision-making skills

Personal

• Self-starter, able to work proactively
• Passion for tropical medicine and global health
• A good communicator of technical applications and concepts
• Ability to think ahead - anticipate and solve problems before they arise
• High degree of integrity and professional credibility
• Good team player, with an understanding of the challenges of working in a small team
• Resilience under pressure

• Flexibility to work outside of office hours, and to travel within the UK and beyond, as required

Closing date: 5pm on  29th November 2019
Interviews will take place in the first week of December, dates to be confirmed

TO APPLY

Please click the 'Apply' button and attach your CV with a covering letter, addressing the person specification.

No agencies please.