The Opportunity 

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Marketing Communications Assistant who is enthusiastic, has a creative flair and keen to contribute to make an impact in helping more people with serious mental difficulties access support to find employment of their choosing.
 
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) supports people with serious mental health difficulties to find the employment of their choosing. 70-90% of people with mental health issues would like to work, but only 37% are in paid employment. For people with severe mental illness, it’s just 7%. Evidence-based models, such as IPS, have a track record of delivering outstanding job outcomes for this group.
 
NHS England has committed to doubling access to IPS for people with severe mental health problems by 2020/21. In order to achieve this, services across the country will need to employ over 400 additional IPS employment specialist and team leaders. To support services to mobilise quickly, deliver high quality IPS, and achieve strong employment outcomes, they have decided to commission an IPS infrastructure support programme.
 
The programme will aim to ensure that commissioners, mental health trusts and IPS providers have access to strategic and practical technical support to develop and deliver high quality services. This will include:
 

• Hands-on operational and local support, delivered through a network of IPS experts; 
• Workforce development support, including assisting to develop free-to-use training materials and targeted recruitment support for providers; and 
• Tools to support effective monitoring and reporting of outcomes, including a prototype case management system.

 
We are looking for a part-time (2-3 day per week) Marketing Communications Assistant to support the Marketing & Recruitment Lead.  They will be passionate about changing people’s lives for the better, will be proactive and creative with good organisational skills. They will have excellent attention to detail and a creative flair to boost the profile of IPS. 

Responsibilities

• Create and edit content in collaboration with Marketing & Recruitment Lead for offline and/or digital marketing channels, such as website, social media, marketing materials, blogs or newsletters, ensuring that brand guidelines are met in order to achieve marketing objectives
• Publish editorial, creative and video content via social media e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter
• Daily monitoring and management of social media communications
• Source, purchase and quality assure marketing goods and services from external suppliers
• Contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of marketing activity through creation of written planning and evaluation documents and presentations
• Use content management software to publish and refresh effective online content
• Use appropriate primary and secondary research methods including survey tools and desktop research to gather marketing insight or evaluation, and inform marketing decisions, planning and delivery
• Monitor marketing expenditure and activities to a specified budget and plan, ensuring invoices are processed efficiently
• Write, edit and proof copy as required including case studies, job adverts and external communications 
• Establish and maintain effective day to day relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support marketing activities
• To deliver all work accurately, ensuring materials are fully editing, proofread and signed off by relevant product and business owners. Ensure all marketing materials meet legal, compliance and regulatory requirements and comply with IPS Grow brand guidelines
• Develop content for bi-monthly newsletter 
• Act as an ambassador for the IPS service in conversations with local and national stakeholders and be committed to telling its inspiring stories in a sensitive, diplomatic and responsible way
• Any other duties commensurate with role 

About You

• No specific sector experience is necessary
• Understanding of marketing theory, concepts and basic principles
• Understanding of brand theory and how marketing fits within organisational structures and processes 
• Excellent copywriting and proofreading techniques
• Experience of planning and maintaining offline and digital assets
• Awareness of social media platforms 
• Ability to use a website content management system to publish text, images and video content
• Proven experience of writing persuasive text to meet a marketing communications objective, using common copywriting techniques such as adapting writing style to ensure it is appropriate to different channels in line with organisational brand guidelines
• Ability to plan and coordinate a marketing activity comprising several different marketing tactics
• Ability to anticipate, support and build credibility and effective working relationships, both within and outside Social Finance. You are able to summarise and disseminate information effectively, have excellent writing, listening and inter-personal skills.

You are a team player and also have the ability to work independently, are receptive to feedback and use it to continually improve and are able to effectively represent Social Finance. 

Our Commitment to You 

Personal development is at the heart of the Social Finance offer. Every employee has a range of support in place, a buddy to help settle within the Company and a Line Manager to support you in your career progression.
 
As well as a salary in the region of £21,000 (dependant on experience), Social Finance offers a contributory stakeholder pension scheme. We also offer season ticket loans, bike to work schemes and Give as you Earn via salary sacrifice. 
 
Encouraging community and wellbeing is important to us. Whilst recognising that time in the office is valuable to building relationships and fostering community, Social Finance are also open to a range of flexible working options to support our people. We have also recently developed a health & wellbeing plan to encourage better working practices for individuals.

Diversity and Inclusion

We value diversity and believe that our people require a range of skills and life experiences to further our impact across a range of social issues and systems. We are committed to having an inclusive culture and working environment in which everyone feels at home and is supported to achieve their potential. We know there is further to go and are implementing a Diversity and Inclusion strategy with a group of external experts to hold us to account.   We actively welcome applications from underrepresented and minoritised groups, including those with lived experience of the social issues we are working to address. We are an equal opportunities employer. 

About Us

Our office is located in Hatfield, Herts, however, like many organisations we are all currently working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, although previously we were largely office based.  Due to the experience we have gained during this period, consideration will be given to requests for working from home arrangements.

The role:

To support our strategic aim that everyone will understand Crohn’s and Colitis, whilst raising the profile of the charity. To deliver ambitious communications campaigns and generate regular, high-quality national and regional media coverage for our work in health services development, research, income generation and high-profile campaigns, supporting the charity’s other strategic aims.

About you:

With proven experience of working on successful media campaigns and generating high-quality, effective media coverage, you will also have a working knowledge of digital media, including social media, video and graphics.  Strong interpersonal skills and professionalism in working with both journalists and colleagues but especially when working with case studies when you also need to understand GDPR requirements.  Our priority is always helping those living with IBD so experience of reporting on media campaigns and showing their impact and a commitment to the Charity aims and values are essential.

Key Responsilities:

Manage the media communication of agreed areas within the charity, working with research, public campaigns, health service development, income generation activities and the charity profile: 

• Secure consistent national, regional, digital and specialist trade media coverage to increase understanding of Crohn’s and Colitis and raise the profile of the charity
• Develop and deliver creative communication and PR plans, working with other teams across the charity, in support of the charity’s strategic aims
• Support with ambitious multi-media campaigns and projects, working with the digital and brand teams, and external creative agencies on content and strategy.
• Plan proactive media work and create media opportunities to raise awareness of the issues faced by people with Crohn’s and Colitis
• Monitor the news for relevant stories in the health, research and charity sector, and advise on sharing with the Crohn’s and Colitis community in accessible language
• Develop and build relationships with organisational spokespeople, including healthcare professionals and researchers, providing them with briefing
• Communicate policy-led messages through strong and compelling language to key stakeholders and healthcare audiences
• Identify PR opportunities and build and maintain relationships with our ambassadors, celebrities and influencers
• Identify interesting stories to share with our members and supporters, through our online membership magazine, online blog, news section and email communications
• Attend and assist at any meetings or events, including our flagship fundraising event WALK IT (currently on hold) 

Provide an effective media service:

• Write attention-grabbing press releases, features and pitch stories to media as required and to deadline. Distribute to targeted media using the contacts database, building and managing media lists
• Provide timely and accurate information to journalists, both proactively and reactively, including statements
• Contribute to the smooth running of the press office. Share the delivery of an out-of-hours press phone (flexible rota - currently one week in three)
• Identify, develop and maintain journalist relationships across a range of media outlets, including print (trade, national, regional), broadcast and online
• Respond quickly to breaking news opportunities and where relevant, work with colleagues to respond swiftly to the media with comments
• Identify and build relationships with a network of case studies, willing to share their stories with the media and to the Crohn’s and Colitis community
• Work with the digital team to identify news stories to share on social media

Evaluation and analysis:

• Collate and analyse media coverage secured, including monthly reporting and personal KPIs 
• Assist in the production of reports, both for specific campaigns and impact and data reports

Day rate: £150 - 200 PAYE
Organisation: Local Authority
Contract length: 3 months
Start date: ASAP
Location: London

Your new role
This role requires you to have broad communications experience - at officer level to help the council with some COVID-19 work but mostly to back fill on other campaigns. The campaigns will include a wide range of projects such as electoral, education and Send, general health communications, registrars, housing, transformation etc.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience working in Local Government as a Communications Officer
• Good writing skills required - absolutely essential
• Project management
• Campaign planning
• Social media expertise
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels

What you need to do now
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A membership organisation in London, seek a Press Officer ASAP for 4 months on a full time, temporary basis.

The role is home based for now but if matters improve, the requirement to attend the office 1dpw or 1 d per fortnight may arise.

Duties;
Contribute to media relations strategy and to the achievement of objectives through communicating the organisation's views on a range of issues to the media in a proactive as well as reactive manner.
Help maintain good relationships with the a range of media contacts and establish new links with journalists in local, national, international and specialist media.
Take the lead on delivering allocated press campaigns.
Share responsibility with other members of the media relations team for handling media enquiries and organising events including press briefings.
Liaise regularly with staff in other sections in order to obtain maximum publicity for activities including policy reports, meetings, and the public engagement programme.
Brief spokespeople and commentators ahead of press launches or on the background to particular science issues in the media, including the organisations position.
To produce media releases and statements, in consultation with other staff and Fellows.
To contribute to the provision of a 24/7 media relations service, by participating in an 'out of hours' cover rota.
Work with the digital and social media team to contribute to the digital and social media presence.

Please apply for further information.

We are seeking a communications and public relations officer to work alongside our Senior Researcher to develop and implement the charity’s communication strategy. The post will raise the profile of the Trust, engage new audiences and respond to relevant issues as they arise in the media. The candidate will have excellent writing skills, be a confident communicator and an organised self-starter.

Please note: we will only consider candidates who have detailed in their cover letter that they meet the requirements listed in the ad, and have demonstrated that they clearly understand and align with the values the organisation promotes.

Family Education Trust is a national educational trust which has no political or religious affiliations, and is funded entirely by voluntary donations. Our vision is to promote the welfare of children and young people by researching the causes and consequences of family breakdown. We aim to do this by providing resources, materials and factsheets to parents, educators and policy-makers. We also influence public policy debate through contributions to consultations.

Flexible hours/days, and working from home arrangement a possibility.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implementing communication strategy and messaging across multiple channels. 
• Building and maintaining relationships with key media outlets and journalists.
• Developing ideas and creative ways of telling stories about our Trust and our impact. 
• Developing communication materials (press releases, speaking points, messaging, statements) alongside Senior Researcher and Trustees. 
• Engaging new and existing audiences with relevant content for print and digital platforms.
• Liaising with key spokespeople, consultants and researchers within the Trust, like-minded charities and other stakeholders.
• General admin duties to contribute to the day-to-day running of the charity.

Requirements:

• A qualification in marketing or communications, or similar.
• Knowledge of the political landscape relating to family issues.
• Proven track record in media relations. 
• Fluent language skills in English, both in writing and verbally.
• Ability to communicate calmly, thoughtfully and concisely.
• Must align with the core aims of the Trust and have a lifestyle that reflects the values.

Please include in your cover letter how you meet each of these requirements.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Individual Giving Officer to join our Public Fundraising Team. You will support the team to generate nearly £1.5m in income from new and existing supporters who give through regular donations, annual appeals, our weekly lottery and digital channels.

You’ll help to build upon existing relationships with our 10,000 supporters and will attract new donors to create a sustainable fundraising platform.  Working closely with the Individual Giving Manager, you will support with developing new products and will deliver a range of individual giving campaigns through the full creative process, from briefing to concept through to final delivery and evaluation. 

With proven success in direct marketing campaigns across a range of channels, you will be skilled at managing multiple deadlines and stakeholders simultaneously. You will be adept at using techniques to grow and diversify individual giving programmes, particularly using digital channels to engage with both new and existing audiences to support our work with older people. 

Job Title:  Chief Executive

Hours:  Part-Time, 24 hours per week

Salary:  Circa £50K Actual Salary (FTE £73K)

Location:  London

The British Psychotherapy Foundation (BPF) is a national charity and one of the UK’s leading training providers and membership bodies for people working in intensive psychoanalytical psychotherapy, Jungian analysis and child and adolescent psychotherapy.  They have around 400 qualified members and 150 trainee members.  The organisation is a member of the British Psychoanalytic Council, through which their members are registered to practice.

Based in London, with a dedicated and experienced staff team, the charity has an excellent reputation and offers an impressive range of educational, training and professional support programmes and benefits for aspiring and experienced psychotherapists who wish to specialise in intensive analytic therapies.

The charity is now seeking to appoint a dedicated and ambitious Chief Executive to work with the Board to ensure sound governance and strategic development of the charity, including consolidating a financial turnaround of the organisation. The Chief Executive will lead the organisation into a new, exciting stage of development – including expansion of education/training programmes and new membership and income growth - whilst also providing overall leadership of the charity’s staff and day-to-day operations.

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following:

• At least five years’ relevant experience at senior level in a similar organisation or related field
• Strong financial and commercial acumen
• Experience of working with and supporting a Board of Trustees
• Proven track record of developing and implementing effective strategic and business development plans
• Experience of motivating and getting results through a senior team
• Good knowledge of modern marketing, PR and income development methods
• Strong presentation and influencing skills
• Degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject e.g. business, psychology, health, HR

The post holder will be a highly motivated, entrepreneurial and innovative individual with excellent communication skills who is adept at building lasting relationships both internally and externally. 

You will be resilient, forward thinking and demonstrate strong influencing skills at all levels. A true belief in the ethos of the charity and the services they offer is essential, as well as a passion to promote equality and diversity in management and service delivery.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right individual and if you feel you have the skills and ability to succeed in this role, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

Please submit your CV with a supporting statement, to Jenny Warner, Managing Director of Charisma Charity Recruitment quoting our reference JO2773.

Closing date for applications: 5pm on Friday 25 September 2020

Interview Date: mid October TBC

About you
You’ll be an ambitious, proactive, strategic communicator with an entrepreneurial mindset, looking to make your mark in a creative communications leadership role. You’re someone who is ready to roll up their sleeves and ensure Youth Music capitalises on our recent growth by strengthening our brand, amplifying our messaging and building new audiences.
You’ll be bold and passionate about our cause which resonates with you personally, and you’ll have previous experience of creating impactful campaigns on issues that matter to you. You’ll be inspired by the idea of empowering young people to tell the stories of their lives in music.
You’re highly engaged with the external environment, current affairs and social media platforms. You’re able to proactively spot and exploit relevant comms opportunities and have experience in maximising the potential of social media for a brand. You’ll recognise the huge potential to be unlocked across Youth Music’s various channels and can work strategically across the organisation to achieve this in partnership with young people.
You’ll be a highly skilled communicator and storyteller who can combine a keen eye for detail with the big picture. Able to plan, execute and operate at pace, you’ll have a strong understanding of brand building, and the role of communications as part of this. 
You will be a confident leader with a record of delivering results-led communication. You’ll thrive under pressure and can work flexibly to juggle multiple priorities. You’re a strong team worker able to drive your team, external agencies, freelancers, and senior stakeholders towards deadlines and agreed outcomes.

About the role
Youth Music’s business plan is being redeveloped to meet our growing ambitions. The Communications Manager will be central to developing and driving the communications strategy over the next 12 months, so the successful candidate will have the opportunity to really make their mark. It’s an exciting position, as we expand our strategy and team, with scope to engage new audiences and put young people at the centre of our work.
The role has oversight of all communications functions at Youth Music including content, marketing, digital, campaigns, PR and evaluation. Working across all teams in the 22-person organisation, the Communications Manager role will be about ensuring that everything fits together both operationally and strategically. 
The role reports to the Chief Operating Officer. It sits in the CORE (Communications, Operations, Research & Evaluation) team and also works directly with our CEO, Programme Director and Youth Engagement Director. It includes line management of the Digital Content Editor and Digital Marketing Officer, as well as a number of external suppliers and agencies. This includes our PR agency, Stand, and working with our network of young creatives as part of Youth Music Next Gen.
 
 

Department: Customer Journey

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

We’re looking for an experienced and inclusive problem-solver, with lots of experience of product design, to lead our Product Design community at Citizens Advice. You’ll lead a multi-level team of Product Designers working across the organisation, collectively delivering a sustainable, user-led approach to advice. The team is at the heart of the organisation’s ambition to deliver our vision for 2022.

We’re growing fast, and today, we have 7 multidisciplinary product teams in our London office, split across four areas: public advice, adviser-facing services, platforms, and funded programmes.

What we mean when we say ‘Product Design’

In Customer Journey we often design digital products, but we’re not limited to digital. Our Product Designers designs products, touchpoints, and services. We break Product  Design down to 4 aspects of design:

• User Experience (UX) Design?—?how a thing feels
• Interaction Design?—?how a thing behaves
• User Interface Design?—?how a thing looks
• Information Architecture?—?how a thing is structured

You’ll lead the practice of product design across all of these areas, solving difficult design problems and working on things that really matter. You’ll bring your team onboard with ideas, and coordinate design activities across multiple products to enable a clear and unified user experience. 

You’ll be responsible for ensuring the right conditions for designers to work effectively. You’ll set design direction, assure the quality of design delivery across teams, and make sure we design with all users in mind. You’ll be an ally and mentor to other designers who will learn from your skills and experience.

You’ll provide leadership and coaching to the Product Design community, ensuring the team work collaboratively and consistently across all products and platforms. You will help us meet our mission by discovering new ways of approaching (and solving) complex problems and concepts, across the full breadth of product design.

Everyone is welcome at Citizens Advice. We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work flexibly, or part-time, we’ll facilitate this — whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. Several of our leadership team work 4 days a week, and we all work from home regularly.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. 

Do you want to join The Eve Appeal as our new Public Fundraising Officer? 

The Eve Appeal is the UK's leading national charity funding research into, and raising awareness of, the five gynaecological cancers – womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal.

In this role, you will focus on delivering an exceptional supporter experience – deepening relationships and maximising overall value – across a range of supporters. This role works across Individual Giving (including In Memory and Legacy), Community fundraising and Sporting Events & Challenges. This is an incredible opportunity to develop/strengthen a strong understanding of best practice across these disciplines.

This is a new role with plenty of room for flex and to make it your own to maximise impact. We have a strong public fundraising programme – responsible for nearly two thirds of our income, and this is an exciting time to come on board and build on our success and grow and future-proof the programme.

You will benefit from an experienced and supportive line manager, a culture open to change and new thoughts and experiences, and a team committed to fundraising best practice which will greatly aid your development as a fundraiser.

This role could suit a proven Public Fundraising/Direct Marketing Officer, someone looking to take their first step up to Officer-level or someone with transferrable skills looking to make the step into fundraising in the charity sector.

The Eve Appeal is striving to create a workplace that reflects the communities we seek to serve and in which everyone feels empowered to be themselves and work together to drive positive change. We would welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Please review the full job description and person specification and then click Apply and send us your CV with covering letter (no more than two A4 pages) detailing your suitability for the role.

It is an exciting time to be joining the World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA), we are about to embark on a new five-year strategy which will support and accelerate efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis globally within ten years. Communications is a key pillar of our work; the lack of awareness of hepatitis is costing people their lives. If you want to join a small, ambitious and dynamic team that works at a global level to make a difference, then this role is for you.

We are looking for someone to work closely with the Head of Communications and other key staff, to tell the organisation’s story and the stories of people affected by viral hepatitis. The role will have responsibilities for the organisation’s communications channels including websites, social media, email marketing, brand, and publications.

The successful candidate will deliver high impact global campaigns, develop case studies and communicate the work of WHA to key stakeholders. We are looking for a communication all-rounder with skills across web development, copy writing, design, video and social media. The ideal candidate will be a proactive, creative problem solver ready to turn their hand to a wide range of projects.

In return you will receive a competitive salary and annual leave allowance as well as the chance to make a real difference to the lives of people affected by viral hepatitis.

POSITION IN ORGANISATION

Reports to: Head of Communications

Line Management: External suppliers, interns and others as required

Salary: £37, 476.00

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work effectively with Head of Communications to develop high-impact communications strategies 
• Support the development and delivery of successful campaigns including World Hepatitis Day (WHD) and NOhep
• Generate content and case studies for external communications channels
• Management of WHA and NOhep social media accounts
• Develop and update the WHA suite of websites
• Develop regular email communications
• Copyrighting, sub-editing and proof reading
• Design social media graphics, reports, magazines and infographics
• Manage third-party suppliers and consultants
• Manage campaign-specific budgets
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Assist the Head of Communications with press releases and media relations

This job description does not form part of the contract and may be amended to suit the changing needs of the service.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Communications Manager
The Communications Manager works across multiple projects and needs to be able to turn their hands to a range of tasks, they are a self-starter and a problem solver, utilising their skills to create a variety of engaging content.

Experience

• Substantial experience working in a marketing/communications/PR or similar environment
• An understanding of membership organisations or the not-for-profit sector
• Experience working in and/or an understanding of global health and international development
• Proven history of developing and implementing communications strategies
• Managing suppliers to ensure they deliver on time, to budget and specification  
• Managing organisational social media

Skills and abilities:

• Clear, precise and engaging writing skills; including experience of producing articles, reports and blog content
• Design skills with a good knowledge of the Adobe suite
• Web management skills with experience of Wordpress
• Clear attention to detail with accurate proof-reading skills
• Social media content generation and management skills
• Proven ability to manage complex projects from start to finish
• Creative thinking capability and the confidence to input with own ideas
• Confident communicating with people from different cultural backgrounds
• Confident in using online analytics to assess effectiveness of campaigns on a regular basis and using feedback to inform future campaigns.

Please note that interviews will be held virtually on Friday 9th and Monday 12th October.

WHA are currently operating on a work-from-home basis. Role will be flexible with some travel to our London office in the future. 

Head of Global Brand and Communications

Hope and Homes for Children are looking for a Global Brand and Communications leader to join us and make families, never orphanages the new narrative.

Orphanages don’t protect children, they harm them. Put simply: the last thing an orphanage can provide is the first thing a child needs - someone to love them. Science shows what we all know, that the bond between a child and their family is vital for their development. Decades of evidence proves that orphanages harm children, subjecting them to high levels of sexual and physical abuse, extreme neglect, and stunting of their physical, emotional, and psychological development. Some children in orphanages will never even learn to talk or walk.

Position: Head of Global Brand and Communications
Location: Flexible, with some travel to our main office near Salisbury and our London office
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week maximum
Salary: circa £55,000 to £60,000 depending on experience.

About the role:

You’ll bring thorough leadership to our global brand and communications team and cross-organisational Strategic Communications Editorial team. You’ll inspire Hope and Homes for Children’s best strategic and creative brand and communications work whilst honing and developing the communication skill-base and facilitating our entire organisational staff to become our greatest brand ambassadors. You’ll own our brand strategy thinking and action with direct accountability for strategic communications, content and creative services and our multi-channel marketing. You’ll business partner with our advocacy, fundraising and programme teams to deliver defined business objectives through the perfect mix of exceptional audience insight, powerful story and targeted media execution.

About you:

You’ll join a brave, can-do organisation and do work that matters day in, day out. You’ll be encouraged to think and act big and you’ll be mandated and supported to make things happen. You’ll work with dedicated, passionate champions who are ready to take bold steps to inspire change by advocating and engaging individuals, communities and organisations across the globe in the foundational importance of family love for children.

You’ll be a forward-thinking change maker, excited to lead a small, diverse team as part of a nimble, innovation focussed organisation. You’ll thrive on bringing brand and communication theory and action together and you won’t be afraid to challenge convention. You’ll understand the value of thoughtful planning, be able to interpret data to draw out the most important communication insights and execute with excellence, always.

You’ll live and breathe content, be curious and inventive in how brands build engagement and stories are told and you’ll invest in continuously developing your knowledge of the communications context in which you work. In a world where digital brand engagement continues to grow, you’ll have a proven skills and experience in leading digital change projects and increasing audience activation through digital channels. You’ll partner with colleagues to achieve the most impact for children and families by weaving the achievement of multiple objectives together to make the story of institutional care of children unacceptable.

If you believe every child belongs in a family, join us as we consign orphanages to history.

About Hope and Homes for Children:

Children always belong in families. They need protection, encouragement, play, laughter and love. They need somewhere to call home and someone who will always look out for them. Children never belong in orphanages. Orphanages don’t protect children, they harm them. With your support we can keep families together, reunite families and build new families. Help children grow up in families where they belong. Always families. Never orphanages.

Hope and Homes for Children actively encourages equality and diversity and we look to recruit across age, gender, ethnicity, and background as we believe diversity brings us closer to our mission of eliminating orphanages.

You may have experience of the following: Head of Brand, Head of Communications, Head of Marketing, Senior Marketing Manager, Senior Brand Manager, Senior Communications Manager, Head of Brand and Communications, Head of Brand and Marketing, Head of Communications and Marketing, Head of Strategic Communications, Brand and Marketing, etc.

Ref: 94234

I am thrilled to be partnering with a charity which partners with small local charities across England and Wales, helping people overcome complex social issues, as they look to find their new Press and Communications Officer. I am keen to speak to an ambitious, talented and passionate individual who will be excited to join a multi disciplined Communications team.

The main purpose of the role is to raise awareness of the charity's work as they want to shine the spotlight on the underfunded, unsung heroes in the charities they support through impactful communications campaigns.

The ideal candidate:

"If you have a passion for storytelling and enjoy working to a fast-paced news cycle, we're looking for a proactive and tenacious Press and Communications Officer to promote the charities we support and the vital work they do, while seeking out thought leadership opportunities".

Previous experience in a busy press office is vital, and you will have experience of pro-actively seeking out media opportunities, selling in stories and pitching ideas and building relationships with journalists and key stakeholders.

If you're looking for an interesting and varied role that you can make your own, are passionate about local charities making a difference across England and Wales and are willing to learn, this is the right job for you. The charity can offer a friendly and supportive team and plenty of opportunity for learning, development and professional growth.

12 month FTC, working full-time hours.

Based in London.

Salary £29,000- £31,500 dependent on experience

To apply, please e-mail me your CV [email protected] to start the conversation, and I can then provide the full job description.

The firm closing date is Monday 28 th September, so please get in touch ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Please note only suitable candidates will be contacted.

The charity encourage applications from all sections of our diverse community, irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sexual orientation, religion or belief, or because someone is married or in a civil partnership. "We believe our organisation will be a better, more creative and an innovative place to work if we can harness the benefit of lots of different perspectives".

In addition the charity is committed to making their own recruitment practices barrier-free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for people who have a disability or long-term health condition. If you need any 'reasonable adjustments' for any part of the recruitment process please let us know, in confidence, to discuss these.

About Scope

We’re the disability equality charity. We won't stop until we achieve a society where all disabled people enjoy equality and fairness. At home. At school. At work. In our communities.

We provide practical advice and emotional support whenever people need it most. We use our collective power to change attitudes and end injustice. And we campaign relentlessly to create a fairer society.

About the role

As one of our in-house designers you will be responsible for researching, problem solving, conceptualising, and creating print and digital designs, that meet the brief and achieve the objectives of the campaign. Working closely with the creative and marketing team you will use your proficient technical and creative skills on a wide range of projects from fundraising and retail to social media campaigns.

About you

As a designer you will generate inspiring and engaging designs for print and online audiences within agreed budgets and deadlines. In addition you will:

• Understand Scope’s long-term vision and mission and creatively integrate our goals into design
• Act as a brand guardian, always ensuring the integrity of our brand identity
• Champion accessible and inclusive design and proactively promote its importance internally and externally
• Build and maintain strong relationships with your team and the wider organisation through a positive and proactive approach.

To be successful you will have significant experience of working professionally producing exceptional design work for projects and campaigns across both print and digital platforms. In addition, you will also have:

• Proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Excellent artworking and typography skills are essential
• Possess a varied, high quality portfolio of work, which demonstrates the ability to: - conceptualise and communicate ideas effectively and originally - follow brand guidelines - design for both print and digital channels - interpret and respond to briefs from concept to delivery (please enclose a link or pdf of your portfolio in your application)
• Proven knowledge of adhering to creative production workflows and sign-off
• (Desirable) Have a degree or equivalent experience in graphic design

To support your completed online application please provide a link to your portfolio to our recruitment team, you can find our email address on the website.

Disabled candidates

Equality and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. We want to seize every opportunity to build a truly diverse and inclusive workplace.

We are always looking for applications from disabled people. If you are disabled and you have the skills and, or the experience to do the job, we really want to interview you. Just let us know in your application that you are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.