The Legatum Institute is looking for an exceptional Events Manager, with significant experience in the design and delivery of high-class events and excellent customer experience.

The Legatum Institute is a London-based think-tank with a mission to build a global movement of people committed to creating the pathways from poverty to prosperity and the transformation of society. One of the ways we do this is through our work developing the practical solutions and data tools that will help build inclusive and peaceful societies with open economies and empowered people and then building a coalition of leaders and decisions makers to have impact on the ground. We use a range of digital and physical materials to engage politicians, policymakers, investors, business leaders, philanthropists, journalists, and researchers in the UK and around the world.

The post-holder will deliver a comprehensive annual programme of high-quality events and intentionally build relationships with our key contacts, delivering an excellent experience to all in our growing network of guests.

The postholder will be accountable, for the excellent end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of our annual events: from Global launch events and awards, through to international in-country engagement events around the world and to roundtables, Zoom webinars and meetings – hosting events in our amazing convening space in Mayfair, as well as other special venues in London and in other parts of the world when appropriate.

The postholder will ensure that the full experience of guest engagement and touchpoints with Legatum is world class, first time, every time.  We host a wide range of renowned and influential speakers and guests including top politicians, editors, journalists, authors, the diplomatic community, academics, business leaders and sector leaders across the public square.  Previous speakers at our events have included Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Lord Jonathan Sacks, and the Dalai Lama.

In last year we have transitioned to deliver all our convening online, using the latest technology and formats to engage global audiences. You’ll be joining us at a pivotal moment of Legatum’s convening, to shape and sharpen our events strategy and reach further UK and global audiences through creative concepts and spaces.

This role is an exciting opportunity to develop and enhance Legatum’s growing events programme.

The successful candidate will:

• Ensure that Legatum’s reputation as a high-level convenor of dialogues across the world is strengthened and maintained.
• Work with researchers to develop and produce innovative event formats, conceptual briefs/programmes and materials to communicate expert research and analysis.
• Build strong relationships with external AV, logistic and design suppliers including video conferencing platforms, hotel suppliers, design agencies and printers.
• Manage multiple internal and external event campaigns at once and ensuring all are coordinated end-to-end, on time and within budget.
• Create planning documents and tracking spreadsheets for initiatives, as well as updating existing material.
• Assist with website updates, event presentations, and video graphics as needed.
• Proactively externally scan to identify global commentators and high-profile individuals to speak on key issues and trends.
• Monitor, evaluate and report KPI metrics to the Senior Team and Executive as defined in our yearly success criteria.
• Assist the Director of Events and Customer Experience in other activities, including managing events, coordination and mailouts as needed.
• Act as an ambassador for the Institute and representing the Institute’s mission and views appropriately at all times.

We are seeking someone with the following skills:

Essential Skills

• Strong operational end-to-end delivery of events with conceptual/campaign framing.
• A proven track record of delivering high-level events at a national and international level.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines under time pressure, prioritising tasks wisely or under direction.
• Experience in proactive external scanning to identify global commentators and high-profile individuals to speak on key issues and trends
• A conceptual thinker with great format/venue design skills.
• Experience delivering high-level events online, harnessing the latest technology and trends to engage global audiences.

Desirable Experience and Knowledge

• 4-7 years prior experience in a similar role.
• Experience in distilling data and research to produce key event concepts and briefings.
• Experience liaising with external agencies and suppliers.
• An understanding of digital marketing, including an active interest in websites and social media.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including demonstrated ability to liaise and communicate with colleagues at all levels of seniority and from different cultures.
• Excellent attention to detail while also keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
• Ability to work to strict deadlines, manage workload and under pressure.
• Securing diverse, high profile and engaging range of speakers, contributors and chairs, and orchestrating effective briefings to produce compelling contributions and presentations.
• Practical website skills and good knowledge of communications through digital tools, CRM database (Microsoft Dynamics experience desirable) and social media.
• Excellent general IT skills with experience of MS Office -Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Track record in safety and compliance through risk assessments, method statements and event safety plans.
• A strong interest in news and current affairs, public policy, and social and economic developments, both in the UK and around the world.

Personal Attributes

• Has a positive approach, optimism, and hope for the future.
• Has vision and desire to create value for the long term – willing to be flexible and take risks.
• Warm-hearted towards others, willing to help, and generous of time and knowledge.
• Self-motivated and able to drive activity forward.
• Strong negotiation and diplomacy skills.
• Good judgement about when to use initiative and when to consult.
• Holds oneself and others accountable, committed to doing the right thing.
• Eager to learn and easy to coach, seeking out and considering the opinions of others.
• A hard worker who sets ambitious goals and perseveres to achieve them.
• Consistently performs at a high level, pays attention to detail.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks: This post, due to its nature, duties and responsibilities, will be subject to a check by the DBS.

Travel: There may be some international travel associated with this role.

Salary: £30,000 to £35,000

To Apply: Please submit a CV and covering letter by midday on Thursday 13 May. The covering letter should outline, on no more than one page, why candidates believe that they have the required skills and experience to excel in the role and their thoughts on how the Institute could improve its convening portfolio in future.

Note: Interviews for this role are likely to take place w/c 24th May (first round) and w/c 31st May (second round). There will also be pre-interview assignments for candidates to complete.

Only applications with a CV AND Covering Letter will be considered.

Are you passionate about how brands interact with their audiences? Do you want to engage with one of the largest student populations in the country? Would you like to work to position the University of Manchester Students' Union right at the centre of city life in Greater Manchester? We're looking for a new Marketing & Communications Manager to help us develop into one of the sector's leading Marketing & Communications functions.

You will be at the heart of one of the largest Students' Union's in the country, working with colleagues from our charitable services such as our Advice centre, to our Volunteering & Fundraising team right through to our commercial services such as 532 Bar & Kitchen and much much more.

You may already have experience leading a team or this might be your first 'Manager' role but the willingness to partner with and lead key stakeholders including internal Students' Union departments, University colleagues, research & insight, design & digital and student media teams is a must.

We want you to bring innovation and creativity to the role and to the rest of the organisation. 

We have a very exciting opportunity for a passionate individual who has a desire to further strengthen and develop the Church’s work within the Communities of Guildford Diocese. The successful candidate will focus on 3 areas of work: providing consultancy services to parishes in the area of social transformation, leading and facilitating vision days and supporting parishes in the formation of their Church Development Plans (CDPs), and finally representing Guildford Diocese within the most strategic of statutory, voluntary, community and faith sector bodies.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience of Community Development – building local partnerships (with statutory bodies and others) focussed around community need.

• Good understanding of the Church of England, and experience in church-based missional social action projects
• Representational experience leading to partnerships with local/regional government
• An organised individual who can build strong and long-lasting relationships both internally and externally, from a diverse range of backgrounds and traditions

Duties of the role include:

• To be accountable for developing and overseeing the provision of tools, consultancy services, social enterprise advice and signposting to resources that support parishes in developing their community engagement in line with needs identified through the PNP.
• To tender and manage grant-funded services and partnerships where these are currently offered and advise on the establishment of Social Enterprises.
• To facilitate and support the Parish Needs Process by ensuring that parish priorities are identified and reflected in a well-documented Church Development Plans (CDPs) that clearly articulate anticipated outcomes and the needs (resources and services) to support its implementation.
• To be a source of advice and best practice to churches who work with and help vulnerable adults.

We are seeking someone who can challenge, inspire and deliver in this area of specialism, but also a colleague who shares the passion and heart to make a difference in our communities.

Please note this role requires someone who can work 1 or 2 evenings a week, and one or 2 Saturdays a month. You would receive Time Off in Lieu in these instances.

For an informal discussion about this role, please do not hesitate to contact Lydia Rees, HR Consultant - full contact details are available in the application pack attached or by clicking through to our website.

To apply

Your application should consist of a completed Application Form and Supporting Statement (no more than two sides of A4) detailing your reasons for applying, what you can bring to the post and how you meet its requirements. This should be sent by email by 5th May 2021. Full etails are in the application pack and on our website.

About The Hilden Charitable Fund

The Hilden Charitable Fund is dedicated to funding community groups to work with asylum seekers and refugees, disadvantaged young people, penal affairs, homelessness and small projects in developing countries. The fund is committed to social justice and focusses its funding on grassroots organisations, which make a big difference at the community level.
As we begin the journey into a post-Covid and post-Brexit country the Fund approaches its 60th anniversary and there will undoubtedly be challenges and opportunities to be faced. So, we are now seeking a Director who will work closely with the Trustees to help shape and develop the Fund going forward.

A high impact, hands-on role, with scope for creativity and innovation!
The opportunities for the Director to make a real contribution are manifold, including:

• Working with the Board to develop strategies, plans and ways of working for the future, including supporting the trustees to set grant making policies.
• Managing the grant making process, including assessing applications for funding and presenting them to the trustees at quarterly meetings.
• Engaging with grassroots voluntary organisations in a period of major change.
• Building on our collaboration with the community and voluntary sector, other funders, and networks such as ACF and IVAR, enhancing Hilden’s profile and enabling its involvement in innovation.

About you

The Director could come from a range of relevant backgrounds and be someone who is ready to lead a small organisation for the first time, or who already has experience of being a Director. Whatever your background we should be delighted to hear from you, especially if you have a strong track record of:

• Voluntary sector experience at grassroots level and knowledge and understanding of grant making,
• Managing in a collaborative environment, and
• Relationship building and networking.

We value and respect all the differences that make us who we are, including: age, cultural background, disability and mental health, ethnicity and race, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and social background.

About us

The Rhodes Trust builds a better world through global fellowship programmes that develop and connect compassionate, innovative, and public-spirited people committed to solving humanity’s challenges.  We have almost 90 staff working at Rhodes House in Oxford, and we have a strong international reach with a number of additional overseas staff and many volunteers involved in roles such as selection, alumni relations and class leaders.

Director of Communications (Maternity Cover)

Effective, values-based communication is crucially important to our mission and strategy so we are looking for a highly experienced senior Communications professional to maintain the quality and range of the Trust’s communication strategies while the current Director is on maternity leave.

This is not a care-taker role because you will be actively involved in helping us to measure the impact of the Trust’s work, play an integral role on our Legacy, Equity and Inclusion journey and support the engagement activities for our Big Build project committing £36m to expand Rhodes House as well as the Trust-wide implementation of a digital platform and CRM system (Salesforce).

At the Rhodes Trust we never stand still, so you will also be responsible for managing, mentoring, and supporting a team of three staff members at Rhodes House; overseeing a large portfolio of marketing collateral; proactively monitoring and shaping news stories; and working closely with communication colleagues based with our strategic partners.

You will have a strong track record of success in directing an organisation’s internal and external communications - including press and digital media - in an international context. You will have an affinity with our brand, excellent organisational and project management skills, and possess a positive and professional manner.

To apply, please click 'Apply via website' to be redirected to the full job description and send us your curriculum vitae (no longer than three pages) plus cover letter (no longer than two pages).

The closing date for applications is Friday 30 April 2021 at 12:00 (BST) and we anticipate interviews will be held on 13 and 14 May.

In light of the current situation regarding COVID-19, initial interviews and subsequent on-boarding are likely to take place virtually by Zoom.

Position: Policy and Public Affairs Officer
Type: Full time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Scotland Office, Ratho (currently home-based)
Salary: £30,010 - £34,577 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band E, Level 1
Department: Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, experienced individual with experience of contributing to policy and the ability to communicate our position in Scotland to a wide range of audiences and develop our profile.

You’ll help mobilise the Scottish MS Community to make a powerful case for continued improvement in the treatment, care and support of people living with MS.

This is a fantastic role for someone who understands the political and policy environment in Scotland, who is outcome-focused and delivers tangible results.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

Closing date: 9am on Friday 30 April 2021

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We are committed to promoting equality and diversity. 

No agencies please.

UNISON is the UK’s leading public services trade union, with over 1.3 million members working in the public sector, private, voluntary and community sectors and in the energy services. We employ approximately 1,200 staff, with around 370 at our national centre in Euston in central London and the remainder in our 12 regions across the UK, including Northern Ireland.

UNISON is looking for a new Director of Communications to lead our in-house team and develop our communications and engagement with our 1.3 million members, our network of activists, potential members and the wider public.

We’ve always had great stories to tell, but never more so than now – can you help us develop our narrative, amplify our members’ voices and develop powerful communications with and about our members?

UNISON members have been at the heart of the UK’s response to the pandemic – caring for patients, supporting people in care homes, and keeping our communities and key services going. And the union has been right by their side, organising, campaigning and providing support, advice and practical help.

Public support for key workers is high. Yet our members’ experience has also been of years of underfunding, job cuts and the endless reorganisation and fragmentation of public services. Not to mention a decade that has seen pay kept low and a real-terms drop in income.

If the lessons of the pandemic are to be learned, it’s never been more vital to make the case for investing in quality public services, creating a national care service and properly rewarding our key workers.

There’s a lot to do and a million stories to tell. We need a consummate communications professional with excellent leadership and people management skills, combined with a passion for social justice and a sharp political mind. If you’re inspired by the amazing work our members do, come and help make their voices heard.

Applications must be received by no later than Monday 10 May 2021 at 12pm.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 27/Friday 28 May 2021.

UNISON is a dynamic, progressive union, committed to equality. We encourage men and women of all ages, Black and minority ethnic groups, disabled people, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to work with us.

External Affairs Manager
Salary: London– £43,795 per annum + Excellent Benefits National- £39,900 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Location: Office based in London or Home based in South East with national travel  
Contract type: FTC until 31 March 2022

The National Housing Federation (NHF) is the voice of housing associations in England. We are the trade body to almost 600 housing associations, who have grown from philanthropic roots to provide 2.6 million homes to around 6 million people. 
Housing associations are social landlords, and are the largest providers of homes for social rents in the country. We and our members, believe that everyone should be able to live in a great quality home that they can afford. 

Many housing associations are also developers in their own right, building around a quarter of new homes every year, and build almost all new social housing. Our sector is not-for-profit, investing its revenues into the people and communities we serve. 

Could you be our new External Affairs Manager working with our members in the South East and with rural housing specialists nationally? You may already have a strong understanding of housing, or related policy areas but more importantly, you will be a skilled relationship manager, with fantastic communication and influencing skills.  Youwill be confident working in a political environment and at the most senior level, including with housing associations’ chief executives, board members and directors. 

In this role, you will be the NHF’s relationship manager for a cohort of housing associations within our membership who provid housing in rural areas, supporting them through challenging times, enabling collaboration and innovation across the sector and championing the role of housing associations with stakeholders.  You will also lead our member engagement on key sector issues nationally making sure that our wider policy, lobbying and campaigns work reflects our members’ priorities and our members are at the heart of everything the NHF does. 

The NHF has recently published its equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, which was co-created with staff .  We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we value the contribution each individual makes to our work.  The NHF is committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the diversity of the society in which we live and encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, regardless of all protected characteristics or social background.
We are a disability confident employer and if you are a disabled person who demonstrates you meet the skills and experience we consider essential for the role, we will offer you an interview.

Closing date for applications: 
Interview date: 6 and 7 May 2021
Please note: if we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert, before the closing date of 30 April 2021

Job Title: Director of Communications Salary: circa £45,000, 35 hours per week Contract: Full time, permanent Location: London or Manchester

We are looking for an innovative and collaborative Director of Communications for akt, the national LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity working with 16 - 25 year olds you who are facing or experiencing homelessness, or living in a hostile environment.

The charity

Since 1989 akt has supported over 50,000 young people into safe homes and better futures, in a welcome and open environment that celebrates LGBTQ+ identities.

24% of young people who are homeless identify as LGBTQ+, and 77% believe that coming out to their parents was the main factor. Once homeless, LGBTQ+ young people are more likely to face violence and discrimination than young people who aren't LGBTQ+. They're also more likely to develop substance misuse issues and experience sexual exploitation. This can all take a huge toll on someone's physical and mental health and the charity's work is a vital resource at a time of real vulnerability.

akt helps LGBTQ+ young people to stay safe in a crisis and find emergency accommodation, providing a range of services that ensure that help is given quickly when needed. The charity also facilitates access to specialist support, education and training, in order to develop skills as well as identify and achieve life goals.

The Role

As Director of Communications, you will be a member of the senior management team, and will provide leadership as well as strategic direction for the charity's Communications function. Your task will be to ensure that akt's cause, work, and services, reach young people in need, supporters, and the general public; strengthening and developing the organisation's brand and profile.

Working across all Communications disciplines, this is a broad role with responsibility for developing innovative and successful campaigns; advising the board on crisis communications; engaging more young people using targeted digital and social media; as well as developing akt's brand identity. You will also lead on the development and management of strategic external partnerships with the press, media and other professionals across the communications industry; and lead a small, talented, team.

You

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Communications professional who works in a collaborative, innovative, and agile way. The charity is happy to consider applications from individuals with previous Head or Director of Communications experience, as well as from individuals who are ready to step into their first senior management position.

Core experience vital to the role is significant experience gained in a communications setting, including; managing a multi-disciplinary team; proven experience of partnership working and stakeholder management at the highest levels; and demonstrable experience of developing and leading campaigns that have made a positive impact on the external positioning of an organisation and its cause.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiate and influence, as well as interpret complex information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences. In addition, you'll be a natural leader with the ability to inspire others.

Timeline

Deadline for applications: 14th May

Interviews with Charity People: w/c 17th May

First stage interviews with akt: 24th and 25th May

Second stage interviews with akt: date TBC

akt is committed to being an inclusive workplace that represents the diverse communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black or People of Colour, trans and non-binary people, and people living with a disability, who are currently under-represented within akt. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or age. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post

Please share your CV in the first instance with Alice at Charity People. If your experience matches what we are looking for, we will send you the full candidate pack and will arrange for a call or Zoom meeting to brief you on the role. Following this conversation, you will have everything you need to apply formally. We look forward to hearing from you.

Director of Marketing and Communications 

Clore Social Leadership is one of the UK’s most respected leadership development providers for social and non-profit leaders. Since 2010 we have been supporting and developing exceptional social sector leaders who are changing the world and serving disadvantaged and underserved communities across the UK and globally.

In 2020, and all throughout the crisis, we supported 1,000+ social leaders to enhance their leadership capabilities and potential through a range of leadership programmes, courses, events, toolkits and digital services. In addition to that, earlier this year, we launched one of our most ambitious projects to date. SharedPurpose is a free, online community for anyone working for positive social change to take part in peer learning and support, movements of change and self-development programmes.

We are looking to recruit an experienced, dynamic and high performing Director of Marketing and Communications to work with us on the next chapter of our exciting journey. We are looking for someone with the creative vision and energy to build our profile as a facilitator and thought leader for innovative social sector leadership and positive social change.

We are at a turning point in growth and transformation for the organisation. You will amplify the organisation’s brand and thought leadership by engaging with sector stakeholders and the media, and grow our revenue streams by establishing commercial partnerships that will take our work to the next level, and by developing innovative, multi-channel B2B and B2C marketing and communications campaigns for our new and existing programmes and products.

The Director of Marketing and Communications will be part of our small, tightly focused team of 15 and work alongside the CEO, the Directors of Leadership Programmes, Operations, SharedPurpose and Digital Learning on our senior management team, providing the opportunity to contribute to the organisation’s wider strategic aims. The role will line manage one Marketing Manager.

Role Description

To provide strategic and creative leadership to build Clore Social Leadership’s profile, achieve revenue and participant targets, and build engagement campaigns to support our work, including:

• Working collaboratively across the organisation to develop and deliver profile building strategies and campaigns aligned to organisational goals.

• Developing and implementing a comprehensive external relations strategy for Clore Social Leadership, taking into account the needs of multiple stakeholder groups, including government, funders and the wider sector.

• Ensuring the growth of a press and media function to support the organisation's objectives, generating relevant media coverage and building relationships with industry press and media.

• Growing and protecting the Clore Social Leadership brand, acting as the brand guardian across the organisation.

• Growing revenue streams by developing successful multi-channel marketing campaigns for our expanding range of leadership development programmes and products.

• Establishing and growing commercial partnerships in order to sustain and grow our range of leadership development programmes and products.

• Collaborating with the CEO and Business Development Manager to help develop and execute a fundraising strategy that will allow Clore Social Leadership to realise its ambitious future strategy.

• Working across the organisation to ensure that digital platforms are used and maximised as a marketing and analytical tool, as well as provide the best possible user experience.

• Investigating and implementing evaluation and monitoring processes for all marketing and communications activities, including regularly producing reports for the senior management team and Board of Trustees.

• Developing and managing the Marketing and Communications budget.

• Line managing the Marketing Manager.

• Participating in staff, senior management team and Board meetings, as may be required.

Skills & Experience - (E=essential, D=desirable)

This role is likely to suit someone who is ambitious and keen to make their mark. You will have a strong track record in developing high profile engagement campaigns. You will be a bold and imaginative professional who will take Clore Social into a new space. You will be a confident public speaker, a persuasive, charismatic campaigner who is also hard working, with an attention to detail. You will bring your experience gained in a commercial environment, or delivering commercially-successful products, to help us build an exciting new platform for leadership development. You will join an experienced, talented and friendly team in an experimental, growing and fast-moving organisation going through an exciting period of change.

• Strong track record in establishing and building commercial partnerships and delivering successful, multi-channel marketing campaigns (E)

• Experienced at leading and developing impactful brand and profile-raising campaigns (E)

• Thorough understanding of developing and delivering engagement campaigns (E)

• Exceptional communications and interpersonal skills and the proven ability to build relationships, securing buy-in and building credibility at the most senior levels (E)

• Demonstrable digital skills and strong awareness of digital trends (E)

• Track record of driving change, fostering a culture of ideas and innovation, and instilling new thinking amongst colleagues (E)

• Financially astute and analytical with a proven track record of developing and managing departmental budgets (E)

• Exceptional problem solving skills, with a good mix of evidence-based decisions balanced with pragmatism, flexibility and common sense (E)

• Educated to degree level (E)

• Ability to demonstrate a passion for social impact and leadership development in a social sector context (D)

• CIM qualified (D)

Person Specification

• Flexible: Adaptable to a fast-paced changing environment

• Focused: Able to think analytically, analyse data and extract key messages. Strong attention to detail

• Creative: Proven ability to think creatively and deploy ideas innovatively 

• Courageous: Able to challenge the status quo to seek continuous improvement & innovative solutions

• Curious: Lifelong learner, actively engages in personal and professional development

• Passionate: About the power of learning and development  in catalysing social change

Hours and place of work

This role is to be fulfilled over a 35 hour week and normally within office hours (Mon-Fri, 9.30am–5.30pm). It is currently entirely remote-based. Once lockdown has been fully lifted, it is preferred that there will be some attendance at our office in London and at evening events (in addition to normal hours) as necessary. We are open to discussing this further with the successful candidate.

Pay and benefits

Salary for this role will be £45,000-£50,000 and the post holder is entitled to 25 working days’ holiday each year in addition to statutory holidays. Full time only considered.

Application Process

Please submit BOTH a cover letter and CV. The cover letter should be no longer than two pages and should illustrate your suitability for the role.

Application deadline: Tuesday 27 April 2021 at 11:59pm

1st round interviews: Wednesday 5 May - Friday 7 May 2021

2nd round interviews: Monday 10 May - Thursday 13 May 2021

Are you passionate about eradicating violence against women and girls?

AVA (Against Violence and Abuse) is a leading UK charity committed to ending gender based violence and abuse. We work with survivors to champion evidence-based change. We have particular expertise around multiple disadvantage and children and young people. Our groundbreaking work includes “Complicated Matters”, the Commission report “Breaking Down the Barriers” and the online resource “Ask AVA”. All of our projects involve meaningful roles for women with lived experience. Our portfolio of activities encompasses groundbreaking project and research work, face-to-face and online learning and survivor focussed consulting and evaluation work. We take a trauma and gender informed approach to all of our work.

Responsibilities of the post include:

• To oversee the development and delivery of AVA’s policy, research and project work, ensuring high quality and relevant work is delivered to agreed timescales
• To ensure that AVA has clear messaging and presents a consistent and professional image to external stakeholders
• Ensuring that AVA has clear policy positions on relevant issues
• To lead the policy and projects team, ensuring that they develop and deliver projects that contribute towards AVA’s vision of a world without gender based violence
• To form part of the senior management team

Requirements of the post include:

• Knowledge of a wide range of Violence Against Women and Girls related issues
• Strong policy and research skills
• An ability to manage a number of projects, delivering quality work to agreed
• An understanding of strategic communications, and its role in a small non frontline charity

This is a full time post, but we would be willing to consider a four day a week contract or individuals who wish to apply together as a job share (we cannot broker job sharing arrangements). We offer a degree of flexible working.

The post will initially be home based due to Covid restrictions, although our office is Covid secure and the successful candidate must be able to attend regularly at our office in Vauxhall, South London once that resumes.

Further information, including a job description, person specification, and equal opportunities monitoring form, please download the application pack.

Closing date: 10am on Tuesday 4th May 2021

Interview date: Thursday 20th May 2021 (via Zoom)

By making an application you are stating that you are legally entitled to work in the UK.

The appointment will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and references.

AVA is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly welcome applications from Black and Minoritised candidates who are currently underrepresented in our staff team.

Part Time: 22.5 - 30 hrs per week

We are looking for a Donor Care Manager to join our highly successful Fundraising team.

About the role: 

This key position will work across the Fundraising team to ensure our customer relationship management (CRM) system is providing the best possible insight, tracking and processing of all supporter interactions. This vital role will lead on donor data integration and analysis to ensure our supporters are getting the best possible service. As well as supporting the Donor Care team with all financial processing and training.

You will need to be highly organised, with an eye for detail and a passion for accuracy. You will also need to be able to work proactively to identify system improvements, be solution-focused, a strong communicator and able to work well across multiple teams, often with differing needs and timescales.

About you: 

• Strong time management skills, with an ability to prioritise and plan whilst retaining a keen attention to detail.
• Previous CRM experience in reporting, interrogation, analysis and segmenting data
• Passionate about providing a first class service to supporters
• Solution focused and self-motivated
• Previous experience of leading a team
• Team player
• Continually strive for excellence and improvement in systems, processes and procedures
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical knowledge and understanding into clear information, advice, and training for users with diverse skill levels
• Highly proficient in the use of MS office packages such as Outlook, Word and Excel

What we offer:

• 25 days annual leave
• Flexible working opportunities
• Non-contributory pension scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Wide range of free training courses
• On-site home cooked food served at a reasonable rate in our bistro​

Closing date for applications is Sunday 2nd May 2021

Interviews to be held on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th May 2021

Are you a highly motivated self-starter with excellent brand development and communication skills? Do you want to be part of an award winning organisation that makes a difference? If so, Family Action has an exciting opportunity and would love to hear from you.

At Family Action, we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.

Since our 150th Anniversary in 2019, we have been working hard to build our brand recognition and to ensure more people know about and support Family Action. Our Family Voices programme brings together our brand, fundraising and services communications, and provides a robust framework for our seasonal summer and Christmas campaigns.

We’re looking for an experienced Brand and Campaigns Manager to keep the momentum going on plans already scoped, and to drive forward the rolling 12 month planning during this period of maternity cover.

You will need to be able to work across a range of teams to ensure that our campaigns are integrated, our brand is consistently applied and we speak as one, so that we can be a bolder, stronger voice for families across the UK.
 

Family Action welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children.

What will we offer you?

We’ll offer you flexible working hours, a generous pension scheme and leave entitlements, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits. We have an excellent wellbeing offer. You’ll join an established, supportive and high-performing team and have the opportunity to thrive in an innovative, non-hierarchal organisation that values your opinion, encourages learning and has the needs of children and families at its core.

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you.  

To apply, please complete an application form and submit it to the email address specified in the advert. Please visit our current vacancies page to download an application pack and for further information. 

Closing date: 10th May 2021, 9am

We’re looking for a Campaigns and Digital Officer to join an impactful and creative team at
Reprieve, alongside another Campaigns and Digital Officer and the Head of Campaigns and
Digital. Together, this team is responsible for engaging and growing the Reprieve community
online and enabling those activists to take action to support and fund Reprieve’s casework
around the world. The team is also responsible for establishing the supporter base and US
digital presence of Reprieve’s sister organisation Reprieve US.

You will be joining at a very exciting time. Reprieve has invested in the growth and capacity
of this team, ensuring it has the tools, expertise, budget and flexibility needed to be at the
forefront of digital mobilisation, campaigning and fundraising.

We believe the sharp rise in online giving over the last two years is a testament to the team’s
engaging digital campaigns that create meaningful real-world change. The team brought in
over £800,000 in 2020, accounting for 23% of Reprieve’s total annual income in 2020 and a
26% increase on digital fundraising income in 2019. In 2021, the team have ambitious
targets. They are aiming to raise £1 million in 2021 through a mixture of regular and one-off
donations by the end of this year. This target is shared across the team and allows each
member of the team to focus on creative, engaging and impactful campaigns that inspire
people across the Reprieve and Reprieve US communities.

The post holder will be an integral part of the Campaigns and Digital team. You will be
confident about lead generation campaigning. You will be creative about and inspired by
campaigning for justice on behalf of Reprieve clients. And you will be effective in supporting
the team to fundraise to meet the £1 million target by the end of this year.

You will be a positive person and have a great ability to multitask and prioritise a busy
workload, a willingness to muck in on all tasks big and small, humility and a passion for
Reprieve’s work. Even if you don’t always know the answer, you will be capable of
proactively obtaining it from the Head of Campaigns and Digital as well as colleagues across
the wider organisation.

For full details and information on how to apply please see the job description.