Editorial assistant jobs

This is an exciting opportunity to work for an organisation dedicated to improving the public’s health. The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) is the world’s longest-established public health organisation. Based in central London, but working across the UK, we are a public health charity with more than 5,000 members, all of whom work to improve and protect the public’s health. Our activities include qualifications, digital learning, publishing, conferences, membership, policy and campaigning work.

Reporting into the Editorial Manager, you will be a key player in the Membership & Educational Services team and support the production of the Royal Society for Public Health’s three academic publications. This is a great opportunity to join an organisation committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of its employees.

The Royal Society for Public Health offers a wide range of benefits, including excellent training opportunities, generous staff health care scheme, flexible working and pension.

Job Description

Accountable to: Managing Editor

Our publications team are experiencing a period of high volume submissions and we are looking for a highly organised, proactive and enthusiastic individual with an interest in publishing to join us during this exciting phase.

Main Tasks:

Provide administrative support for the organisations’ three journals Public Health, Perspectives in Public Health and Public Health in Practice

• To manage the flow of copy for each journal including sending editor reminders, checking manuscripts and assigning editors, inviting reviewers, sending reviewer reminders and notifying authors of editorial decisions.
• To manage your assigned issues for Perspectives in Public Health and manage the workload of the Editor assigned to the issue.
• To ensure the timely production of issues, by compiling and commissioning content, ensuring editorials are written on time, liaising with Guest Editors, sending copy to the publishers.
• To work with the Editorial Manager to commission review papers, in consultation with the Editors of Public Health and Public Health in Practice.
• To work with the Editors, Guest Editors and Editorial Manager on special issues ensuring that these are published on time.
• To write short news and RSPH diary content for publication in Perspectives in Public Health.
• To help manage journal social media communications, including taking responsibility for the Perspectives in Public Health Twitter account.
• To organise meetings with the Editors, publishers and Editorial Board of Perspectives in Public Health, take minutes, create agendas.
• Proofread material ready for publication, check covers and source images for publication.

Training will be provided on a variety of systems including manuscript systems Editorial Manager and Manuscript Central.

Person specification

• We are looking for a highly organised person with excellent written skills and an interest in public health and publishing.
• A large part of the role will focus on administering articles submitted for publication, experience in this field would be an advantage.

Essential knowledge, skills and abilities

• Familiarity with and interest in scientific and public health issues
• High standard of communication including written, verbal, listening skills
• A good writer with ability to research topics and produce good written work
• Capacity to proofread scientific articles
• Well organised and able to work on own initiative
• Ability to liaise with authors and other senior health professionals with tact, diplomacy and confidence
• Excellent standard of IT skills
• Ability to manage a varied workload, prioritising and meeting deadlines
• Ability to work accurately with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work in team setting and provide support to colleagues

Education and experience

• A high standard of education, e.g. educated to degree or equivalent level
• An interest in public health and wellbeing

Desirable

• Work experience in a similar role
• Familiarity with medical and scientific terminology
• Familiarity with academic publishing processes
• Experience of writing articles
• Familiarity with and an interest in public health issues

Benefits

RSPH offers a friendly, welcoming working environment with a team of workplace health champions encouraging healthy living. Other benefits include:

• 25 days holiday entitlement each year
• Flexible working hours and remote working opportunities
• Organisational commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our employees
• A supportive and inclusive team of colleagues
• Pension contributions
• Staff healthcare scheme

RSPH values and actively strives to have a diverse and inclusive workforce in a working environment free from discrimination.

To apply

Please send a copy of your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two pages. We are particularly interested in your communication skills and administration experience in relation to publishing.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications; unfortunately, we may only be able to contact those candidates who are called for an interview.

No agencies please.

Please do let us know if you require any adjustment to allow you to participate in this recruitment process. 

Salary: circa £23,000 per annum

Start Date: As soon as possible

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. Current policy offers partial remote working within the UK.

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

We are seeking a full-time Editorial Assistant to support the Editor and Managing Editor with the day-to-day management of the journal and matters related to publication. The role focuses primarily on providing comprehensive and efficient editorial assistance, including administrative tasks and proof-reading, but there is also opportunity for you to contribute to building capacity for conservation through the management and development of the journal, and through the workshops provided by the journal.

Preferably with a degree in conservation, ecology, geography or a related discipline, you will have excellent administrative skills, a general knowledge of conservation, and a desire to develop your expertise as an editorial assistant. You will ideally already be familiar with the peer-review system, and have previous editorial assistant experience and/or experience in writing and editing. You are highly organized and methodical in your approach to work, with meticulous attention to detail, and are self-motivated and able to work independently. Your excellent communication skills enable you to correspond with authors and editors around the globe. Ideally you are interested in FFI’s work and committed to its mission.

Our offices are located in The David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants. 

For further details and to apply please click here

The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 16 August 2022.

The organisation:

The Talent Set are excited to be partnered with this wonderful mental health charity to help them in their search for an awesome Editorial Officer to join their team for a 6-month contract.

Key responsibilities:

• To work with the senior editor for young people, authors, subject matter experts, freelancers and other teams to take information projects from proposal to print/digital/multi-media format
• To provide high-quality editorial project management - including content development, copyediting, proofreading and publishing
• To deliver projects for young people to schedule, and in compliance with brand guidelines and information quality commitments
• To take an active role in engaging and working in partnership with young people so that we can understand and respond to their mental health information needs
• To contribute to improving online user journeys, user experience and SEO
• To keep accurate records of publishing activities and decisions

Person specification:

• Experience of developing, editing and proofreading digital information content for the general public, preferably for young people
• Ability to organise your own workload and work on your own initiative, with skills in prioritising and working efficiently
• Experience of working as part of a team – including liaising effectively with authors, subject experts and freelancers
• Experience of carrying out research with users and acting on user feedback
• Awareness of good practice in content design, usability and accessibility, and ability to apply this in your work
• Strong IT skills, including experience of digital office software and web publishing using a content management system (CMS)
• Ability to work directly with young people in a respectful and sensitive way

What's on offer:

This a full-time role offering a salary of £120 - £142 PAYE a day. The role is flexible in terms of hybrid working with their office being in east London or the role can be fully remote. This is a 6-month contract.

Please apply today so as not to miss out!

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

Executive Assistant to CEO

Based Oldbury/Birmingham

Up to £27,300 per annum

An exciting opportunity to work with a well-respected learning disability charity, Vision Homes Association, that has been supporting adults for over 30 years. 

This is a new post within our organisation offering you the chance to use your skills and motivation to shape the role into an essential member of our team

The role will be working Monday – Friday, between 30 and 37 hours per week with some flexibility.  The role is hybrid so can be a mixture of homeworking, although initially expected to be office based until a routine established.

This role is the perfect opportunity for someone with a background in being a Personal Assistant or senior administrator, particularly for a charity. 

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Email and diary management for Chief Executive
• Organising and co-ordinating of events
• Updating of key information and documentation for governance purposes
• Collating of papers and minuting of Board meetings and Subcommittee meetings
• Preparation of reports
• Research and keeping up to date of latest sector information
• Administrative tasks for other Senior Management team, as required
• Updating of social media platforms and marketing materials
• Screening phone calls and enquiries

The successful candidate:

• Should have experience in working with data and systems 

• Have high level of experience in using Microsoft Packages

• Should have a keen eye for detail and accuracy

• Understanding of the importance of confidentiality at all times.

• Should have excellent time management skills 

• Should have clear communication skills, both written and orally.

• Should have an enthusiastic, can-do approach to their work

 If you think this sounds like something you would be interested in, please apply.

The Newcomen Society is the oldest learned society in the world promoting the study of the history of engineering and technology. It provides an international membership with a programme of lectures, a Journal and a magazine, Newcomen Links.

Newcomen Links

Newcomen Links is a professionally produced magazine. The current editor is moving on after ten successful years developing the magazine to its present status. Newcomen Links features a diverse range of articles ranging from the authoritative to the quirky, but all covered in a lively, well-illustrated way.  The printed magazine is a vital link with members, a showcase for the Society and attractive to a wider audience through an on-line version.

What we are looking for

The ideal candidate will have the editorial skills required to further develop the magazine. You will commission, manage and edit contributions, maintain a news and events calendar, handle preliminary design, layout and running order and source illustrations.  You will liaise with the printer over the final design.  You must be able to use Adobe InDesign and Photoshop to a professional standard. There is considerable scope for an imaginative approach to design and integrating hard copy into the digital environment. Experience in promoting published material would be welcome. Interest in the history of engineering and technology would be desirable.  

What the work involves

The role is a part-time with peaks when issues are in preparation.  Newcomen Links generally appears four times a year and each issue typically takes up to six weeks to prepare, involving about  40 hours in total. The commitment depends on the length of a particular issue but we expect to publish at least 112 pages a year.

You will attend meetings of the Society’s governing Council when requested.  These meetings are currently virtual. Close liaison with the Society’s regional centres and with the Editor of the International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology will be important. You will be accountable to the Council, but a Council sub-committee will support your day-to-day activities.  Council members will help you solicit material from contributors.  High quality Illustrations are often supplied by contributors, but there is also a dedicated budget for buying images and covering copyright payments.

Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Home based (UK-Wide)
Salary: £26,451 - £28,886 per annum (depending on skills and experience) + London allowance of £3,600 (if applicable)
Working Hours: 35 per week

Closing Date: 25 August 2022
Interview Date: 6th and 7th September (Via Microsoft Teams)

Please note: the deadline for submitting applications for this vacancy is 12:00pm on the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

About Alzheimer\'s Society

Who we are

Alzheimer’s Society are a vital source of support and a powerful force for change for everyone affected by dementia.

What we want

We will not rest until people with dementia and their carers live more fulfilled and less fearful lives, free from stigma and inequality.

What we do

We support people affected by dementia through some of the hardest and most frightening times, to improve their lives and help to avoid crisis.
No matter whoever you are, whatever you’re going through, you can turn to Alzheimer’s Society/us for expert support through practical advice, emotional support, and guidance for the best next step
We join forces with people affected by dementia, leading scientists and policy makers, amplifying voices to push for cutting edge breakthroughs and societal change that’ll improve the lives of people affected by dementia, now and in the future.

How we do it

We’re the friendly face of support, the warm voice at the end of the phone and the determined minds who will fight passionately for the cause of everyone affected by dementia.
About the role

We're looking for an impressive writer/editor to work on our information portfolio to join our busy and creative Publishing team. With excellent writing skills and a compassionate approach, you will contribute to this vital source of support. You’ll help people affected by dementia to enjoy fulfilled lives, whatever their background and needs.

You’ll have demonstrable experience producing and editing accurate, engaging and accessible copy, preferably health information or in a charity. You’ll be managing projects from editorial development through to final delivery, so it’s essential that you can manage a busy workload and deliver to tight deadlines.

To ensure our content makes a difference you’ll measure and record its impact. You’ll liaise with people affected by dementia, internal teams and external partners to build understanding and insight to reflect and represent the reality of dementia.

This is not a health journalism role but you will contribute to internal and external comms including the promotion of our information support and team activities. This will include occasional work with storytellers, feature writers and journalists in other teams across the Society.

About you

- Be a skilled and compelling writer and editor.
- Be able to create clear, powerful health information content & work hard across print and digital channels.
- Ability to adapt quickly, demonstrate empathy and apply a solutions-based approach to meeting the information needs of our audiences.
- Committed to putting the needs of people affected by dementia at the heart of our information provision.

Person Specification

- Excellent interpersonal skills, being approachable and friendly.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Excellent attention to detail, grammar and spelling.
- Excellent IT skills and ability to use Microsoft packages confidently.
- Be enthusiastic and passionate with a can-do attitude.
- Be able to work collaboratively with other team members if/when required.

You may have experience of the following: Assistant Editor, Editor, Assistant Writer, Writer, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Journalism, Editorial Assistant, Junior Editor, Copywriter, Publishing Assistant, etc.

Ref: 135 463

Research and Administration Intern – part time

Fixed term contract – 6 months

£11.97 per hour

World Horse Welfare is an international charity that improves the lives of horses in the UK and around the world through care, research, education and influence.

We have an exciting opportunity for anyone looking to gain experience of animal welfare legislation and campaigning.  This is a fixed term part time role (2 – 3 days per week) and the salary is dependent upon experience and skills.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to assist our public affairs and campaigns teams with their campaigns and research requirements.  You would be responsible for providing daily administrative and editorial support for consultation responses as well as undertaking analysis of data, including online equine sales and movements of equines.  This role is also required to support development of surveys and produce an overview of legislation impacting equines globally giving focus to transport legislation.

We take great pride in being realistic, compassionate and forward-thinking and the successful applicant will be expected to share these values. We are committed to championing equality and diversity in all aspects of employment and in the services that it provides. We encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQ+ and disabled people.  

Our ideal candidate will possess basic analytic and research skills, good verbal and written communication skills and the ability to write reports and communicate complex data in a simple and engaging way.  You will be working remotely but must be flexible and willing to travel for meetings and relevant events.  Experience with Power BI (or similar data visualisation programmes), an understanding of legislative frameworks and a background in animal welfare would be advantageous.

This role is suitable for hybrid working from home and our head office in Norfolk and/or our office in central London.

Closing date for applications:  15th August 2022

We are seeking an experienced Head of Marketing to join Prince’s Trust International at an exciting growth stage and are looking for a candidate already operating at this level who is looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to build a department and develop new strategy.

The Head of Marketing will oversee the brand and digital strategy for Prince’s Trust International. Building on the foundations of a historic and renowned brand in the UK, the role will further develop the Prince’s Trust International brand on the global stage. The role will also support key projects with The Prince’s Trust group of charities, working with the Deputy Director of Communications and External Affairs to co-ordinate work between Prince’s Trust UK, Prince’s Trust International, Prince’s Trust Australia, Prince’s Trust Canada, Prince’s Trust New Zealand and Prince’s Trust USA

The post holder will be responsible for the strategic oversight and planning of marketing activity including overseeing a diversified and engaging digital strategy to reach, engage and grow a range of audiences. The post-holder will act as the brand guardian, working with the team to develop and produce marketing materials and digital content, as well as provide marketing services to the wider organisation and key stakeholders. The post-holder will support and develop external events providing strategic oversight and guidance, seeking opportunities to showcase Prince’s Trust International’s work to external audiences.

This is a diverse and fast-paced role and will suit a candidate already operating at this level who wishes a new challenge in a growing and high-profile organisation. The role requires a first-class copy writer and editorial steward with the highest standards of editorial quality assurance and will suit a creative thinker who wishes to be part of building a global brand. This new role starts at an exciting time for the organisation as we launch a number of high-profile events, campaigns and initiatives in 2022 to showcase the work of Prince’s Trust International, our partners and the young people we support.

The British Youth Council is seeking to find a Communications and Media Coordinator to join our advocacy team to help support our ambitious plans to amplify the voices of young people on issues that matter to them. We’re looking for someone who is able to help us deliver across a series of disciplines including digital, social and media relations. The post holder, will play a critical role in the planning and delivery of our communications with a key focus on co-creation and empowering others. They will also be a key custodian in editorial decisions for external content, and work at the forefront of developing the charities media presence.

The British Youth Council is committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safe recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working across our services.

Job title: Managing Editor
Reports to: Chief Executive, RSTMH
Hours of work: Full time, office based
Salary: £36k – 40k, depending on experience
Job type: Permanent
Location: High Holborn, London

Job summary

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) is a society of over 1,500 members from more than 90 countries, who work in, or are interested in tropical medicine and global health.

RSTMH publishes two peer-reviewed scientific journals. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Transactions) was launched in 1908, is published monthly and is a hybrid journal. International Health was launched in 2009, is published every two months. International Health flipped to being fully open access in 2020. Both journals are published by Oxford University Press, and we currently work with an external editorial office to support the peer review process. Both titles have high profile Editors in Chief (EIC) - Professor Nick Day is EIC for Transactions, and Dr Stefanie Meredith for International Health as well as excellent editorial boards of Associate Editors and Editorial Advisers who oversee the peer review process. Following a restructure 3 years ago the journals have been steadily improving in terms of Impact Factor, submissions and special content. Supported by the Editors in Chief and other partners, an exciting programme of special issues and supplements is in place and also being developed for the future.

We’re looking for an experienced Managing Editor who will relish the opportunity to oversee these two growing journals and help us achieve our ambitious goals. RSTMH is a small team, so the ideal candidate needs to be happy to work independently and also be an effective team player. They should be equally comfortable writing a new strategy for the journals, networking to identify great researchers and professionals, and answering day to day queries from authors or reviewers. The candidate needs to be responsible for the budget for the journals and have excellent project management and relationship building skills.

Summary of the role

• Taking ultimate responsibility for the quality and balance of content from the selection and commissioning of articles, special issues and supplements
• Developing and overseeing Editorial Board networks of the highest calibre and managing/maximising their contributions through effective regular communications
• Maintaining timeliness and a high impact for the journals in the international scientific and global health communities
• Ensuring that the journals are an integral part of RSTMH, reflecting and complementing wider organisational activity and strategy, and working with the publisher to promote RSTMH and its journal content to a wider audience

Key external contacts

• Editors in chief
• Editorial Board members
• Authors and reviewers
• External peer review management suppliers
• Publisher (publishing partner)
• Marketing Manager (publishing partner)
• Production Editor (publishing partner)
• Typesetters (with publishing partner)
• Contact with others including for technical support, supplements and membership discussions (publishing partner)

Key tasks

Journal development

• Finalise and implement a detailed 12-month strategic plan and work plan that cascades from and complements wider RSTMH strategy and goals
• Work with the Editors in Chief, and editorial boards to develop, communicate and implement editorial policy, holding regular conference calls with individual members
• Manage Editorial Board activity; to include annual skills gap analysis, levels of engagement, quarterly reports, annual meetings. Recruit additional Board members as appropriate, rotating off those who have either completed their terms or who do not contribute
• Regularly commission reviews, opinion pieces, editorials, special issues and supplements
• Work with Editors in Chief to communicate policy changes and other author-related developments via editorial pieces
• Citation analysis, analysing the reports produced by publishing partner or internally, and using those to inform commissioning strategy, calls for papers for the journals and drive Editorial Board recruitment
• Updating and rolling the strategic plan and work plan forward every quarter
• Work with Oxford University Press (OUP) to implement the journal development plan, ensuring milestones and goals are met
• Demonstrate consistent improvements (e.g. impact factor, turnaround times) in the journals over a period of time.

Journal management

• Leading and supporting the work of our suppliers and OUP editorial team to ensure efficient journal workflow, ensuring journal issues are produced on time and with an appropriate balance of content
• Lead regular status meetings with our suppliers and Publisher, ensuring action points are followed up
• Take responsibility for monitoring of page budgets and turnaround times
• Work with the Marketing Manager (OUP), Publisher (OUP) and Chief Executive to determine journals marketing strategy, ensuring it complements RSTMH marketing efforts
• Provide the Chief Executive with monthly reports on journal workflow and key outcomes and performance of the journals
• Manage the journal print stock, ensuring the required number of copies are ordered in for RSTMH events, in addition to maintaining a rolling stock
• In collaboration with the Chief Executive, oversee the journal budget and monitor/report on finances throughout the year

Business development of journals

• Monitor and report reception/perception of RSTMH journal content through networking (e.g. at scientific meetings), organising author and reader surveys in association with the publisher
• Collaborate with Chief Executive and rest of RSTMH team on all matters concerning promotion of RSTMH journals
• Lead on the process of sharing information from the journals with the rest of the society, where relevant
• Actively seek out opportunities for, and commission, manuscripts and special projects to promote and maximise income from the journals and their content (e.g. online collections, themed issues, themed article series and supplements)
• Ensure that relevant journal content is promoted on the RSTMH website and other communication channels

Supplier Management

• Manage the relationship with our publishing partner, OUP, and our suppliers who are managing parts of the peer review process, including oversight of the  contractual side of these relationships
• Establishing plans to meet, monitor and evaluate the performance of key contacts, producing quarterly status reports

Person specification

• Significant editorial experience on scientific journals
• Science background, ideally with PhD in an allied area of medical research
• Experience of open access publishing
• Knowledge of major publishing trends
• Experience in using online submission and peer review management systems
• Strong project management skills and numeracy
• Ability to network effectively with a range of external scientific and non-scientific contacts
• Self-motivated
• Results oriented
• High level of communication skills: articulate, clear, concise, accurate
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload
• Demonstrated networking skills: able to form effective new relationships with a wide range of internal and external contacts

Closing Date: 18th August 2022

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

RedbridgeCVS is the local umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Redbridge. We are a small, friendly team based in central Ilford - just 20 minutes by train from Liverpool Street station. Every year we support over 350 local voluntary and community groups, helping them to flourish and make a difference in their communities.

With plans to rebrand and redesign our website in the next year, this is an exciting time to join RedbridgeCVS. This newly created post will lead us through the journey, engaging the whole team and involving our members and other stakeholders in the process.

The ideal candidate will be creative and dynamic with the ability to bring our work to life through compelling storytelling and engaging campaigns. As Communications and Engagement Manager, you will also have the ability to build the confidence and skills of non-communications professionals through training, advice and support.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

To apply for the post please download the job pack on our website and return your completed application form by midnight on Thursday 25th August. Interviews are expected to take place on Tuesday 30th August.

Please note that the role will be based at RedbridgeCVS, 103 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 4PU; however, consideration can be given to a hybrid working pattern to enable working from home. Any hybrid working arrangement will be subject to a trial period and will be reviewed during the probation period.

At RedbridgeCVS, we recognise that our team is our greatest asset. We aim to create a culture where everyone feels valued, supported and fulfilled. We offer the following benefits to all our team members:

• A supportive learning culture and opportunities to develop in your role
• 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
• A range of workplace wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible working opportunities
• Employer pension contribution
• Season ticket and cycle to work scheme

Job title: Head of Communications

Responsible to: Charity Director

Line Management: Communications and Engagement Manager and Digital Manager

Contract type: Permanent 

Location: London – St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square. We offer flexible and hybrid working but office-based work will be essential on a regular basis. 

Salary: £50,000 per annum 

Main purpose of role: Develop and deliver integrated communications and media strategy

Main duties and responsibilities:  

• Develop and deliver a cross-organisational comms strategy
• A key lead in our relationship with the BBC, as one of three BBC partnership charities. Responsible for:
  • Pitching for and delivering added value to BBC Radio 4 relationships – for example, additional broadcasts, online, editorial
  • Scoping and pitching for increased BBC support beyond Radio 4
  • A senior role in our BBC relationships and implementing effective and mutually beneficial ways of working
  • Liaising with and developing shared plans with BBC Comms Team
• Manage public relations across the Charity, including maximising key opportunities and developing communication plans and messaging
• Building and maintaining excellent relations with editors, journalists, commentators and media influencers
• Identifying media opportunities and developing strategies against key plans and new products – for example, Frontline Worker Survey, organisational reports, etc – enabling St Martin’s Charity to influence key decision-makers
• Developing and delivering an external communications strategy designed to engage with key stakeholders within the homelessness sector and beyond
• Providing communications expertise for key projects including developing insight-led and effective messaging
• Developing and implementing cross-organisational and product neutral branding and messaging in line with insight to increase brand awareness and engagement with key audiences
• Moving the Charity to one coherent and compelling brand identity and rolling this out across assets including websites, and away from competing sub-brands
• Leading on and influencing conversations across the wider St Martin’s site including development of any shared messaging and brand identity
• Senior oversight of our content, particularly our stories (case studies) supporting the Communications and Engagement Manager
• Developing and managing a high performing Communications Teams including team recruitment, resourcing and budget
• Acting as a member of Senior Management Team including advising on developing organisational policies and procedures as well as making experience-led decisions
• Developing the written / online resources we provide to frontline workers in line with our strategic priorities 

This is not an exhaustive description of the job. Aspects will change over time and the job holder is expected to contribute to its development and progression.

Person Specification 

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience developing and leading media and communications strategies to successfully build organisational profile and achieve fundraising and programmatic objectives in line with organisational strategy
• Experience of developing integrated and audience-led social media strategies
• Experience of developing integrated, insight-led and effective branding and messaging that successfully target key audiences
• Experience of successfully building and leading teams and creating a high-performing and supportive culture
• Experience of managing reputational risk and crisis communications
• Excellent writing, communication and influencing skills (including at senior level) with sound judgement under pressure
• An understanding of and interest in the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity and supporting people away from homelessness

Desirable:

• Experience of working with the BBC or another high-profile comms campaign
• Experience of building influential media relations and excellent mutually beneficial relationships with editors, journalists, commentators and media influencers across broadcast, print and online

How to apply 

If you are passionate about our work to address homelessness and would like to join the team as Head of Communications, please provide via our website: 

• A current comprehensive CV outlining your key achievements in previous and current roles with details of two referees (who will not be contacted without your prior consent) 
• A covering statement (no longer than two A4 pages) supporting how you believe your skills and experience match the requirements of the role and person specification 

Deadline for receipt of completed applications: Sunday 21 August 2022 at 11.59pm. Interviews are expected to be held at St Martin-in-the-Fields the weeks beginning 12 September 2022.

The purpose of the job is to help Minority Rights Group International (MRG) achieve its strategic objectives through commissioning and editing its publications and other published materials, whether in print or online.

The role requires overseeing the publication of approximately 30-40 briefings, reports and online materials a year, including identifying authors and readers, drafting contracts, providing comments on first drafts, compiling readers’ comments, doing the initial editing, bringing in copyeditors and proofreading near-final versions prior to launch.

Main duties and responsibilities

 The main responsibilities of the postholder will be:

Planning

1. Maintain a publications calendar in order to ensure that MRG’s reports and other materials are produced on time and meet the objectives of the organization.
2. Commission publications, including the annual Minority and Indigenous Trends reports, other thematic and country briefings, reports, and web materials including the World Directory, Peoples under Threat and online training courses.
3. Oversee as well as participate in the editing, copyediting and proofreading of these publications ahead of launch.
4. Ensure that the publications meet MRG’s standards, especially defending and promoting respect for minority and indigenous rights.
5. Support the evaluation of our publications, by collecting feedback and following up as necessary.

Core activities

1. Liaise with other colleagues to discuss their publications plans and ensure that the publications calendar is up to date. Agree on relevant budgets. Also liaise with the Communications Department to ensure that the publications meet MRG’s communications needs.
2. Identify authors with relevant expertise, while ensuring that those with lived experience as members of minority, indigenous and other marginalized communities contribute as much as possible to our publications.
3. Commission and review data graphics, such as tables and graphs, when authors need such support.
4. Agree contracts, with support from the department Assistant, setting out mutually agreed timeframes for the submission of first and subsequent drafts. Follow up with authors to ensure that deadlines are met and schedules are maintained.
5. Identify expert readers. Compile their comments to submit to authors after the initial drafts.
6. Edit final drafts before sending to the Director of Policy & Advocacy for review, prior to copy-editing by an external copy editor.
7. If necessary, bring external translators on board to translate final drafts into other languages.
8. Contribute to the checking of final proofs.
9. With the support of the department Assistant, ensure that authors, readers, copyeditors and proofreaders are paid in a timely manner. Manage relevant budgets.
10. Document and develop MRG’s house style and terminology, ensuring continuously that we respect and reflect minority and indigenous communities’ right to self-identification.

Other activities

1. Establish and manage a network of authors, copyeditors, proofreaders and translators who can be commissioned for various projects, maintaining records updated in the organization’s CRM database.
2. Draft short pieces, such as executive summaries and back cover descriptions for our publications.
3. Conduct research and draft updates of the World Directory to supplement the work of the regional advisers.
4. Contribute to funding proposals for publications and related projects.
5. Support minority and indigenous organizations by providing advice and on occasion editorial support for their own publications.

Staff

The postholder is responsible for engaging and liaising with contracted authors, readers, external copyeditors and proofreaders, as well as other resource persons e.g. for data graphics, as needed. The postholder will be supported by a part-time department Assistant.

Financial

The Director of Policy & Advocacy is responsible for the overall departmental budget. The postholder is responsible for monitoring the costs of external authors, readers, editors and proofreaders against project budgets, as appropriate.

General

1.  Undertake such other tasks as may reasonably be requested by the Director of Policy & Advocacy.
2. Personally respect and work towards full implementation of MRG’s Gender and Equal Opportunities Policies in all the work involved in this post.
3. Personally support and contribute actively towards anti-racism initiatives within the organization, with a particular focus on ensuring implementation within the postholder’s areas of responsibility.
4. Responsible for maintaining confidentiality as the postholder will be entitled to a very high level of access to confidential information pertaining to MRG’s strategies, detailed financial information, and access to sensitive external information which may impact on MRG’s activities.

Person Specification

Education and Knowledge

Essential

• Educated to university degree level or a relevant experience in a post involving similar levels of responsibility or skills.
• Good knowledge of human rights, including standards and terminology relating to minority communities and indigenous peoples, and relevant current debates.
• Sound knowledge of international affairs, and in particular minority and indigenous issues across the world.

Desirable

• Post-graduate studies or qualification in human rights, international relations, media studies or a similar and relevant discipline.
• Training including certification in editing and copyediting.

Experience

Essential

• At least five years’ experience of editing, including work on longer texts and restructuring as well as detailed line-editing.
• First-hand experience of most or all stages of publication processes, from concept to delivery.
• Proven writing skills.
• At least five years’ experience of researching complex topics. Experience of working in a high-pressure, deadline-driven environment.
• Experience of managing project budgets.

Desirable

• Personal experience as a member of a marginalized minority or indigenous community.
• Experience of working on minority, indigenous or related issues and with members of minority and indigenous communities.
• At least one year’s experience of action or participatory research methods.
• Experience of multi-media commissioning and editing.

Abilities and Skills

Essential

• Excellent communications skills, including fluent written and spoken English.
• Editing and copy-editing skills.
• Generate report/story ideas and turn them into reality.
• Ability to re-organize and re-structure drafts of major reports.
• Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Ability to multi-task – working on a range of different reports at once.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Good problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure and to assess and absorb information quickly.
• Ability to negotiate tactfully but firmly to ensure timely delivery by authors, readers and editors.

Desirable

• Fluent in French and/or Arabic.

Personality

Essential

• Commitment to the aims and objectives of MRG.
• Enjoy working in a multicultural environment.
• Committed to equal opportunities.
• Wide-ranging interest in international affairs, especially human rights issues and anti-discrimination and equitable development

Job title: Communications Officer 

The Clean Air Fund is looking to recruit a Communications Officer to join their Strategic Partnerships & Communications team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing organisation working to tackle global air pollution, one of the biggest, most urgent health and climate challenges. From leading our social media activities to coordinating events, you’ll help reach, engage and grow our audiences by delivering compelling content.   

As a Communications Officer, you will: 

• Lead on managing and developing social media channels to engage and grow our online audience.
• Create a range of compelling content for digital channels, including website, social media and e-communications.
• Plan, manage and deliver events from end-to-end to deepen engagement with our stakeholders, including identifying opportunities and managing attendees.
• Support with PR and media relations tasks, including monitoring coverage and drafting statements.
• Help coordinate campaign plans, communications schedules, reporting and team processes.

To be successful in this role you will have … 

• Proven experience in media, communications, journalism and/or related fields
• Experience running events and managing projects
• Experience managing and developing social media channels
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including sound editorial and creative judgement
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Strong interest in news and external affairs, environmental and/or social change

For more information on this role, as well as the full person specification please see the job description. 

• Closing date – 14/08/22
• Salary range – £20,600-£41,200
• Type of employment - Permanent, Full time

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, returning parents, carers or any other aspect which makes them unique. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups  to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps we can take to ensure that the recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.