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Job Title: Birth & Beyond Community Support Team Leader (Fenland & East Cambridgeshire area)

Salary: £18,749 FTE

Hours per week: 14 hours

Fixed term contract until 31st March 2023

We are looking for a talented individual to support our local Birth & Beyond Community Support Programme Manager to deliver our volunteer peer support project in the Fenland & East Sussex areas. This is a temporary contract until 31st March 2023, with the possibly of extension, subject to ongoing funding.  This role is home-based but will include travel (sometimes at short notice) across the specified area, so easy access to transport and a flexible approach to working are essential. The post will be for 14 hours per week.

A largely pastoral role, the Team Leader will support the wellbeing and organisation of volunteers and facilitate reliable support from this team, ensuring that peer supporters are present at local face-to-face and remote BBCS support groups and one-to-one meetings/calls with clients referred into the service. You must have excellent written and oral communication skills and be able to quickly create a rapport with volunteers, service users, NCT practitioners and a range of staff from local services. An understanding of perinatal wellbeing support pathways is also essential to the post. This is a complex project and covers multiple locations, so you must be able to confidently prioritise your own work, be highly organised and able to work independently. Good IT skills will be essential – including Outlook, Word and Excel – and you must have excellent attention to detail. Ideally you will also have the skills to be able to engage via social media, and feel confident presenting the offer of the service at community events/to health care professionals/to other support agencies.

It is essential for this post that you are, or willing to undertake the training to become, a BBCS peer supporter. This training would be undertaken in addition to your paid hours.

We are taking positive action to increase diversity throughout our organisation, at all levels, and to nurture a culture of inclusion for all our people and the parents and families that we support.  More details about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion action can be found here.

We are committed to zero discrimination both internally and externally regardless of visible or invisible difference such as sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, religion or belief, gender identity, economic class, marital/civil partnership, family status including single parents, socio-economic background and pregnancy and maternity.We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. 

We welcome and actively encourage applications from all candidates including those from under-represented groups within NCT such as individuals from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQI+ people and people with a disability. 

Closing date: 12 noon on 13th July 2022

Interviews: Tuesday 19th July 2022

St Ann's Hopsice

We now have an exciting role in our fundraising team for someone who will contribute to securing income for the future of St Ann’s Hospice. Through leading on the development and delivery of a wide range of events whilst providing excellent supporter care to our hospice supporters.

Have you got what it takes?

• Do you have experience in event planning or project managing?
• Are you organised, proactive, calm under pressure and solutions focused?
• Can you provide effective stewardship journeys to our supporters?
• Can you be an excellent ambassador for St Ann’s Hospice?
• Are you willing to work collaboratively in a high performing team?

We are pleased to be able to offer this post as a full time permanent position with a working pattern of 37.5 hours per week (flexiable hours would be considered). 

You will be working cross site at our Heald Green and Little Hulton site (hybrid working will be considered)

The pay scale has been set at our St Ann's Hospice pay  Band 5 (£26,276) Competency Based Framework.

This is an exciting time to join an ambitious, much loved charity and help us achieve our goals. If you were looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

A Standard DBS Check may be required, the cost of which is covered by the hospice. St Ann’s Hospice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and children.

Just Treatment is a growing patient-led campaign fighting to ensure everyone gets the healthcare they need by demanding the government acts to put patients before corporate profits. We believe the only way we can win this is by building a movement of those directly affected by the problem to challenge the power of the pharmaceutical and health industries. We're looking for a Head of Organising & Campaigns to oversee our work taking on big pharma and fighting for an effective, public NHS. You'll know how to oversee the creation of a brilliant, collaborative campaign strategy, and understand how to get volunteers and staff to put it into action. You'll have a deep understanding of organising. And you'll be committed to taking on David Vs Goliath battles to win health justice.

Educational Assistant

Hours

34.5 hours, 39 weeks

Pro rated Salary 

£15,431.00 - £17,223.00

Location

Cheadle Hulme

Job Purpose

The purpose of the role is to support the learning and care of pupils across the school, under supervision and guidance of teachers and therapists.

About you

Do you want job satisfaction? Yearn for a rewarding role? Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of students with Autistic Spectrum Conditions?

We’re looking for Educational Assistants to join our team at Inscape House School. Inscape House School is a specialist school for children with autism and related conditions, based in Cheadle.

• Relevant qualification in education and/or childcare (or commitment to obtain an NVQ Level 3 – Teaching Assistant qualification)
• Experience of working with children and young people with additional needs

• As a Specialist Educational Assistant skills in one or more of the following curriculum areas; science, PE, music, food technology, enrichment curriculum and family activities, girl group.

• Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with colleagues within a staff team.

• Flexibility in dealing with changing circumstances.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Development Team Assistant to join our team based in Avon/Home-Based. You will join us on a part time, fixed term basis working 12 hours per week until May 2023. We will offer you a competitive salary of £6,774.85 per annum.

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright.

The Development Team Assistant Role:

You will support and deliver the creation of more Scouting places in Avon as part of a development team. The role will be a fundamental part of taking Scouting to new and under represented communities and will involve working directly with both adults and young people to run and support youth provision.

The role will focus on your personal development with an induction and training programme building your skills in the following areas: communication skills, project planning and organisation, presenting and training delivery, working with young people, working in a team, creative thinking and problem solving methods as well as core employment skills such as time management, first aid and IT.

Because of the nature of the role you will need to be self motivated and able to work remotely from home with regular daytime and evening work out in communities supporting them to create Scouting provision.

Key responsibilities as our Development Team Assistant:

• Support the opening of Scout sections in new communities
• Ensure the good and safe running of the youth sections in accordance with POR responding to the current needs of the Group
• Work together to ensure problems and challenges are overcome
• Welcoming and induct new adults and young people to Scouting
• Undertaking events to attract young people such as school assemblies
• Promoting Scouting through different mediums in the area where the new section is opening
• Supporting and running open evenings and taster sessions for adults and young people
• Recruiting adults and converting parents into volunteers
• Mentoring and inducting new adults in partnership with the Appointments Advisory Committee and Training Team
• Assisting groups to write and implement programme plans
• Running the new section alongside the new adults for a period of time, enabling sustainability following ‘handover’

What we are looking for in our Development Team Assistant:

• Be enthusiastic and able to enthuse and motivate others
• Work independently of direct supervision
• Able to plan and organise own travel
• Work as part of a team
• Must live in a geographical location to enable effective support to volunteers in the the Avon area
• Able and willing to work at least two evenings a week and occasional weekends
• Have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work

What we can offer you as our Development Team Assistant:

• 25 days holiday and going up to 28 days after 2 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service
• Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year
• Life Assurance
• Simply Health Scheme
• Generous Pension Scheme

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

• Up to four personal days paid leave a year
• Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Childcare Vouchers
• Flexible working hours
• Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits
• Study and volunteer leave

Closing date: 11:59pm on Sunday 31st July 2022

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ‘Apply’ now!

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies.

Hours  -35 hours

Working pattern  -39 weeks per year

Salary-£18,043.88 rising to £21,607.99 (pro-rated to hours and weeks worked) with annual increments

£22,307.00 rising to £25,525.92 (full time equivalent) with annual increments

Location  -Inscape House School, Cheadle, Cheshire

Reporting to  -Class Teacher and/or Head of Department

Aim of post

We are seeking to recruit a Senior Educational Assistant to join our team.

Inscape House School is a non-maintained ASC specialist day school for children and young people aged 5 to 19 years. It is part of the Together Trust, a charity that has been providing care, education and support in the North West of England since 1870.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is a priority for all employees.

In addition to supporting the general learning and care of pupils across the school, the postholder will provide cover for absent staff, including teachers.  The Senior Educational Assistant will also assume a lead practitioner and mentoring role for other assistants within the school.  They will have some responsibility for ensuring tier one strategies are implemented consistently in the classroom and pupil’s therapy targets are transferred and embedded.

Key responsibilities include but are not exhaustive;

• Support the needs of the pupils and curriculum, by assisting the teacher with preparation of equipment, photocopying of material for use in learning and by providing general clerical support for class-based tasks.
• Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment and assist with displays of pupils learning.
• Monitor resource levels and contribute to the resource ordering process, ensuring minimal waste and maximising the effectiveness of financial resources to assure the requirements of the curriculum can be met in a timely manner.
• Build and maintain positive and constructive working relationships with pupils, families, multi-agencies, professionals and colleagues, to maximise pupils’ development and maintain the overall ethos and vision of the school.
• Work alongside the class teacher to deliver learning to support the academic achievement of all learners, through focused group learning, as directed by the class teacher.
• Support other assistants in the school through a mentoring process under the supervision of the Head of Department.
• Assist agency, bank and work experience college/university students during their placement within the school.

About you

Do you have a Level 3 or higher Teaching Assistant qualification or commitment to obtain such qualification within a given timeframe along with evidence of recent relevant professional development?

Do you have a minimum of two years’ experience of working with children with autistic spectrum disorders within a school setting as well as experience of successful work with pupils who present with behaviours that concern?

Are you a problem solver with the ability to identify, clarify, prioritise and solve problems as they arise?

Are you creative enabling pupils to be stretched and challenged to develop goals through the school day?

Can you cope with challenging behaviour with strong personal resilience?

Are you driven to help someone reach their potential?

To discover the full details of this rewarding role within the Together Trust look at our Job Description.

Closing date for applications Tuesday 12 July at 10am.

Do you have strong administrative experience and are looking to progress or change to a career in the charity sector?

Working with a much loved animal charity you will support the team through a wide range of tasks and responsibilities. Every day is likely to be different, from sourcing a pet story to share with supporters, to liaising with copywriters, managing the production of marketing materials to checking stock and processing invoices.

Primarily home based you will need to come into the office in London or Godmanchester once a week.

The Role
Support the Campaign Managers - Regular Giving in delivering fundraising campaigns.
Support the development of postal updates and monthly email communications sent to pet sponsors.
Be responsible for recording accurately invoices for the Regular Giving team.
Help with the development of postal updates and monthly email communications sent to pet sponsors.
Monitor telemarketing calls made to our supporters and provide feedback for improvement.
Monitor fundraising materials stock levels.

The Candidate
Strong administration experience
Organised and reliable team player, with excellent attention to detail.
Experience in fundraising and customer service is desirable.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Educational Assistant (Priestnall School)

Hours

34.5 hours, 39 weeks 

Salary

£15,431.59

Location

Heaton Mersey

Job Purpose

Inscape House School has been working in partnership with Priestnall School for many years to provide support for autistic students in the mainstream high school. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in assisting the delivery of the curriculum, the holistic development and care of the students. In addition, the postholder will be required to participate in other activities within the school including supervision of break and lunchtimes.

About you

Do you have a passion for helping young people achieve their potential? Want a rewarding role?

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Relevant qualification in education and/or childcare (or commitment to obtain an NVQ Level 3 – Teaching Assistant qualification).
• Experience of working with autistic students in a classroom setting.
• Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with colleagues within a staff team.

Reports to: Children’s Services Manager

Main Objectives of Post 

• Supporting the Children’s Services Manager in the smooth running and development of children’s services 

• Dealing with queries from CYP Team members 

• Being a first point of contact for external stakeholders 

• Producing monthly and quarterly reports 

Detailed Description: 

Supporting the Children’s Services Manager in the smooth running & development of children’s services 

• Ensuring that appropriate records are kept by all workers in children’s services and for children’s services as a whole 

• Ensuring all data for children’s services is entered and up to date 

• Attending relevant external meetings related to children’s services, including substituting for the CSM on appropriate occasions and where necessary

• Assisting the CSM in the set-up of new schools

• Carrying out some school review meetings at established schools 

• Attending project meetings relating to CYP services 

• Working with the Children’s Services Manager and other managers to organise events related to young people’s services 

• Organising CYP team meetings, including arranging for meeting space, liaising with the Children’s Services Manager and schools team on agenda, writing up and sharing meeting summaries 

• On occasion, chairing the CYP team meetings 

• Organising and taking part in recruitment activities for children’s services as required and appropriate 

• Updating any documents used by children’s service workers as required

• Support CSM with monitoring sickness and absence within the team and provide information to Operations Assistant to assist with invoicing as required.  
   

Dealing with queries from CYP Team members 

• Responding to and resolving queries from member of the CYP team made in person, telephone and via internal messaging 

• Supporting CYP Team members with any administrative and/or technical queries.

Being a first point of contact for external stakeholders 

• Liaising with external stakeholders and resolving any queries 

• Escalating any issues from external stakeholders to CSM 

Producing monthly and quarterly reports 

• Liaising with the Data Administrator to ensure accurate data for all Children’s Services, resolving and queries and discrepancies 

• Producing monthly and quarterly services reports for contracts in line with contract agreements 

• Ensuring all contract requirements are being met in relation to reporting functions 

• Liaising with the Children’s Services Manager to share reports as required 

Quality 

• Work with the Operations Manager, CSM and other staff to achieve relevant quality assurance standards 

• To work to high professional standards in all areas of work 

• High level of commitment to working within Beacon’s purpose and values 

• Maintain strict confidentiality and a respectful attitude towards clients and the wider work 

• To work within all policies and procedures of Beacon and ensure that you are familiar with and understand all of the latest policies and procedures as they relate to your work 

• To take part in regular performance reviews with the Children’s Services Manager 
   

Information Governance 

• Abide by all policies and procedures relating to Information Governance, maintaining up to date knowledge and training as required 

• Working accurately and consistently to help ensure information security and confidentiality 

Development 

• To identify any of your training and development needs and ensure you make the Children’s Services Manager aware of them 

• To take part in any training agreed as appropriate to your role and development needs 

• To work with the management team on maintaining strong relationships with volunteers, staff and external agencies 

• To attend the office meetings as appropriate and contribute to the discussions and the smooth running of the office 

Other 

• To be a key holder, opening and closing the premises as required 

• This job description is not a list of all duties, so there is a requirement to undertake any other duties commensurate with the post after discussion with the line manager 

For full details, please read through the attached application pack amd complete the online application form to be considered. 

About BASIC

BASIC promotes meaningful dialogue amongst governments and experts in order to build international trust, reduce nuclear risks, and advance disarmament. We envision a world that uses cooperative measures, rather than the threat or use of force, to achieve peace and security. This world will be achieved by taking steps that promote mutual security at the international, regional, national, and individual levels, and sustained through resilient international norms and law.

Role Description

The Programme Assistant is a highly-motivated early career expert who has a strong sense of affinity with our mission and who has longer term career ambitions to work in disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation. They will have mastered the core professional skills around drafting, research, speaking and organisation and will be comfortable working as part of a close-knit and friendly team. They will be familiar with the general working of a think tank or research institute and show initiative when identifying and completing tasks but are still largely in a supporting role, being closely supervised by a Policy Fellow or Programme Manager.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Project related:

• Can independently take charge of end-to-end organisation of events: first drafts of participant lists, first draft of invitation text, sending all invitations and keeping track of RSVPs; arranging any necessary travel arrangements, room bookings, catering etc independently; has a good knowledge of all the tasks that are needed for events management and can keep track of them themselves. 

• Confident drafter who can independently transform event notes into a roundtable report; good research skills.

• Strong proofreading skills, can provide feedback to colleagues, including senior colleagues. 

Role Requirements

Essential Criteria:

• Educated to Master’s level
• 2-4 years of work experience in a think tank, research institute, NGO, foundation or government working on international security issues
• Passion and commitment to our organisational mission of promoting dialogue to advance global security
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders from a variety of professional and cultural backgrounds and with broad variations in seniority and function
• Excellent analytical and methodological skills, and an organised approach to research
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, including evidence of working successfully as part of a team
• Experience organising policy roundtables and workshops, international travel
• Willingness to travel internationally when required
• Strong organisational skills and an eye for detail

Further Information

Please include a CV, cover letter and two writing samples in your application.

Interviews: week commencing 25th July 2022 - it is expected that you will be available to interview during the week.

Please note that you must have the right to work in the UK.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, we are not able to acknowledge receipt of all applications and only shortlisted candidates will be notified. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you have not been successful.

UK (Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London or Manchester) - Hybrid or Remote

Ref: 5922

The job of a Save the Children UK's Campaign Manager (Protecting Children in Conflict) is varied and creates change.

• Do you have experience creating impactful campaign strategies?
• Do you have experience and knowledge working with campaigning and organising techniques?
• Are you someone with an understanding of influencing public audiences to affect policy change?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive but thrives and can go on to change the world – and of inspiring and leading others to do the same?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

Note:

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once avacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Director of Campaigns and Organising, you will be responsible for designing and delivering campaigns and building our organising capability.

You will lead SCUK's campaigns and organising work on one priority area of our SCUK organisational strategy (including protecting children in conflict and child rights governance), leading on campaign strategy to ensure that our mission teams deliver impactful campaigns.

This role is part of the global leadership of campaigning for the Save the Children movement, contributing to and helping to lead international mobilisation moments on children's rights.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. You will support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

Main Accountabilities

The Campaign Manager's duties will be to:

• Lead Save the Children UK's campaign strategy on one priority area in our SCUK organisational strategy (including protecting children in conflict and child rights governance).

• Lead the development and implementation of campaigning and organising projects that are engaging, impactful and deliver our strategic objectives.

• Work closely with mission colleagues to ensure that their work represents campaigning and organising best practice and innovation, and with Fundraising & Marketing colleagues to deliver our Supporter Engagement strategy.

• Actively maintain positive working relationships outside of your role, across the organisation and with key regional and national staff.

• To support the development of strong relationships with key campaigning and organising partners and coalitions.
• To advise and support the planning and delivery of national campaign and advocacy strategies in key countries, as well as global campaigns.
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of relevant child rights issues sufficiently to deliver and represent relevant campaigns internally and externally and deputise as necessary for the Director of Campaigns & Organising.

• To support Save the Children countries and members to develop strong civil society engagement and the building of social movements for change at national level.

• Monitor and evaluate campaign activity and contribute to organisational and team evaluations, including commissioning, interpreting and sharing campaigns insight work.

Person Profile

Technical Skills:

• Experience of leading development and delivery of impactful campaign strategies, with knowledge and understanding of a range of campaigning and organising tactics, and a track record of success.
• Excellent understanding and experience of mobilising public audiences to affect policy change.
• In-depth knowledge of and experience of working with a wide range of campaigning and organising techniques and tactics and across diverse digital platforms.
• Knowledge of working with civil society actors to deliver change and ability to effectively manage and work within networks and coalitions.
• Understanding of target institution structures, processes and procedures.
• Understanding and experience of using a theory of change approach to shape campaign strategies.
• Demonstrable experience of successfully using insights into public behaviour and attitudes to shape campaigning and organising strategies.
• Knowledge of international development and / or conflict and humanitarian issues are desirable
• Experience in monitoring and evaluating campaigns and providing reports which track progress

Personal Skills:

• Demonstrably strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• A willingness and ability to travel to countries outside of the UK.
• Good project management skills, with a proven ability to plan work and meet deadlines when working under pressure on a number of projects, across a complex organisation.
• Ability to operate within a predominantly self-servicing administrative environment.
• Ability to deliver projects to high standards with minimum support and adapt easily to change.
• Excellent communication skills, and experience building rapport and communicating effectively with a wide range of people at all levels and situations (on the phone, face to face and in writing), including in relation to highly confidential and sensitive material
• A strong understanding of the external campaigning landscape, including the political landscape

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

Remote Working:

The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. 

Jobs are positioned within the salary structure on the basis of evaluation. New employees would normally be appointed at the bottom of the grade, however the appointed salary may also take into account the relevant experience a candidate brings to a role. Save the Children is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff.

Save the Children UK has a comprehensive benefits package. To see our full offer please visit our website.

Interview expenses: Candidates should note that unfortunately it is not our policy to reimburse expenses accrued when attending interviews at Save the Children UK unless you are requested to attend an interview in an alternative location to where the role is based.

Pre-employment Checks: Any Employment with Save the Children UK will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

• a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)
• receipt of satisfactory references
• proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role

The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) is a membership organisation and the professional voice of the UK Fire and Rescue service.

Following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire, NFCC has engaged closely with Government and other key stakeholders on improvements to building safety regulations. Our Protection Policy and Reform Unit (PPRU) provides the link between fire and rescue services and Government by representing the collective views and expert technical advice of fire and rescue services.

Within the PPRU, the Policy and Partnerships team leads on policy and communications on fire protection and building safety matters. We work closely with technical fire safety and subject matter experts across the PPRU. 

What you will be doing 

You will support the Communications Manager in delivering a programme of effective and meaningful communications on fire protection and building safety matters, in line with the PPRU Communications Strategy.

Your role will focus on: 

• Planning, sourcing content, writing, editing, and issuing the fortnightly communications newsletter, and contributing to other NFCC newsletters.

• Proactively monitoring external media, social media, political and stakeholder developments, and sharing relevant updates and summaries with the team.

• Planning and delivering webinars and face-to-face workshops, forums, roundtables, and other engagement activities.

• Providing communications support on key projects and workstreams, e.g. drafting website copy, press releases, social media posts, and external letters.

• Helping to develop and maintain key communications and stakeholder tools and trackers.

Who are we looking for?  

We’re looking for a creative communications and engagement professional with a flair for writing and a keen eye for detail.

Our work involves communicating technical and regulatory information to a wide range of audiences, so you should have the ability to translate complex information into accessible plain English.

You will be an effective organiser, with great planning skills and some experience in organising events.

You’ll be digitally savvy, with experience in social media, writing online content, and in using newsletter software (or other web-based marketing automation service). Some experience in using desktop publishing and/or video editing is also desirable.

Our work is fast paced, so you’ll be accustomed to working to tight deadlines driven by political and media developments. You’ll be effective at managing and prioritising your own workload. 

You’ll have some political awareness and understanding of how Parliament works, which will be key for monitoring media and political developments. 

We work closely as a team, and with colleagues across the NFCC, so you will be collaborative in your approach. 

What you can expect from us 

We’re a people-centred organisation, focussed on creating a positive and engaging working environment for all our team members.

Wellbeing, reward, recognition and personal development are not just words we talk about, we put them into action daily.

Unifrog’s mission

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counselors to manage the progression process effectively.

Our outlook is global: we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, Somaliland to Burkina Faso, Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with nearly half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer.

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of happiness, openness, and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you! We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact one of our Diversity Champions, Hannah or Farhana (visit our website for details).

Content at Unifrog



Whether we are communicating through image, video, animation or text, we always try to be straightforward, honest, and to show respect for the people with whom we are communicating. Clear communication is particularly important for us because our mission is to level the playing field when it comes to access to opportunities, and a big part of this effort is fair and straightforward access to information. It’s also important for us to be fun, while not talking down to young people.

Over the last few years, with only a small team, we have created more than 1,000 guides for students on topics to do with careers and PSHE, more than 250 plug-and-play teaching resources, and dozens of high quality short videos and animations. We have extremely high standards for content – everything has to be actually useful, and enjoyable.

Marketing at Unifrog

Our approach is to promote Unifrog through materials and events that offer something genuinely useful, not marketing for marketing’s sake. For example:

• We run popular webinars and virtual fairs for students and teachers, normally in partnership with universities and employers.
• We publish Insight Reports and a monthly newsletter, both of which use data analysis on Unifrog user behaviour to create actionable insights for teachers.

What you’ll lead on

You’ll have overall responsibility for ensuring that our content and marketing help us to reach our commercial and social impact objectives. This will include:

• Optimising how the content and marketing teams work, in particular:

o How content and marketing integrate with each other.

o How we come up with new ideas, get feedback, launch things, and assess their success.

o How we use data to understand how to develop our work.

• Refining our messages to different audiences, which has become increasingly important as our audiences have grown and diversified.
• Tackling some ambitious content projects we already have in the pipeline, which will involve expanding our partnership offering for universities and employers.
• Positioning Unifrog as a thought leader in the careers and destinations space, with a particular focus on:

o UK post-18 destinations (from widening participation in HE, to student engagement with apprenticeship opportunities).

o International HE recruitment.

o Young people’s priorities and concerns regarding their education and careers.

Working together

In the content and marketing teams we commonly brainstorm new ideas as a group, provide feedback on each other’s work, and get feedback from teachers and students at our partner schools. We promote good ideas regardless of where they come from.

You’ll manage our content team, which consists of experienced writers, teaching resource creators, video creators, and a graphic and motion designer.

You’ll also manage our marketing team, three people who focus mainly on our marketing collateral, the events we run and attend, and on our central communications to partners.

You’ll directly line-manage our Marketing Manager, Head of Student Content, and Head of Teacher Content. This will include conducting their 6-month performance reviews and supporting with their development goals.

In addition, you’ll work closely with people on our data insights, sales, account management, and strategy teams.

Your line manager will be Unifrog’s CEO, and some of your projects will be managed by one of Unifrog’s two Directors.

Key skills and characteristics

• Writing and editing skills

It’s essential that you are a skilled writer, easily able to create guides like this and this. You also need to be able to edit other people’s writing so that it meets the standard we need. We want someone who will put care and effort into making sure every piece of content we produce is high quality.

• Adept at feeding back on designs, images and videos

You won’t need to create designs, images or videos, but you need to be able to have an excellent eye for what looks good and what’s effective, and you need to be able to give helpful and insightful feedback.

• Creativity

We have lots of ideas for how we want content and marketing at Unifrog to develop, but you also need to come up with ideas.

• Making stuff happen

You need to be able to take an idea, run with it, and make it a reality, working with other people and overcoming any challenges along the way.

• Managing people

You need to be able to get the best out of the people you manage. Because of your high level of seniority, this will involve a fair amount of leadership – for example you’ll need to enthuse the people you manage to get behind a new project you are running.

• Project management

You’ll be creating and leading brand new, long-term, complex projects, involving multiple people, some of whom work externally to Unifrog.

• Data analysis

You won’t have to analyse data yourself, but you’ll need to be able to work with our data analysis team to make decisions about our content and marketing. You’ll need to think about what questions we need to answer, how they can be answered through data analysis, and then make decisions based on the analysis.

• Educationally and commercially minded

Our mission and our main goal, in everything we do (content and marketing included), is to create things that are helpful and useful for students. At the same time, you will also lead on developing revenue streams from our content - so you need to have an eye for what will work well commercially, and be able to balance those two objectives in the right way.

Key benefits

• Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to in 2022’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools.
• Play a role in democratising access to learning: Unifrog makes a difference in young people’s lives. Every week you’ll have your work in front of hundreds of thousands of students, and tens of thousands of teachers.
• You’ll enjoy a significant degree of autonomy to run with your own ideas.
• Become part of a dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time. Professional development is important at Unifrog:

○ You will define your 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them.

○ You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress. As long as you are doing well in the role, and your line manager thinks the training makes sense for both you and the company, we’ll expect to fund whatever training you want.

• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.
• We encourage good mental health and work life balance.
• For details of further benefits, please see the jobs page of our website.

Key details

• £60,000 per year (Grade E).
• Full-time.
• Work remotely, or flexibly in our London office.
• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).
• Working hours: 8:30am to 5:30pm or 9:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 4:30pm on Friday.
• Start date: as soon as possible, though we can be flexible for the right candidate.
• To discuss any details about the role before applying please contact Stephen (visit our website for details). Application process
• Deadline: 23:00 (UK) on Sunday 17th July 2022.
• To apply, please visit our website to:
• Submit one example of your best writing. It can be on any subject and for any purpose. Max 300 words.
• Write answers to the questions (250 words max each):

1. Why do you want to work at Unifrog?
2. What have you done that shows you have the skills you need for this role?

• Upload your CV.
• The next round of the application will include a content feedback and marketing task.
• Interviews will be held by Zoom, w/c 25th July 2022.

The organisation:

This is a wonderful health charity who are looking for a new Social Media Assistant to join their team for an initial 4-month contract.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage company social media channels, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other relevant platforms
• Engage in social media presence creation on new and emerging social media platforms
• Create dynamic written, graphic, and video content
• Create content that promotes audience interaction, increases audience presence on company sites, and encourages audience participation
• Assists social media management with large projects, events, and community management
• Works as part of a team to develop large social media campaigns

Person specification:

• Demonstratable experience working in a similar role
• Good understanding and knowledge of social media platforms
• Demonstrable social networking experience and social analytics tools knowledge
• Knowledge of online marketing and good understanding of major marketing channels
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changes.

What's on offer:

This a full-time role offering a salary of £100-£110 PAYE a day. The role offers flexible working either being completely remote or hybrid option in the organisations central London location.  

Please apply today so as not to miss out!

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