Urban Designer

(Ref:  SUS3136)

£24,691 per annum pro rata

37.5 hours per week

Base: Sustrans offices in Bristol at least one day per week

Initial home working may be expected due to office closures during current C19 restrictions

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together

About the Role

At Sustrans, we are proud to be the leading charity in community-led street design. We now have an exciting opportunity for a built environment professional to join our vibrant and motivated team of engineers and urban designers!

In your role, you will support the delivery of high quality design work across our communities and our routes portfolio, including walking and cycling routes, urban realm improvements and temporary infrastructure.

About You

We are looking for a dynamic and creative individual with experience of working on design projects with community engagement or involvement. Ideally, you will bring your lived experience of disability or minority background to bear on our ambition for our streets to function for everyone.

In return we can offer you genuine flexibility around working patterns. We embrace values-driven and inclusive leadership and we listen and make time for innovation through our people-centered culture.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small team where you can make a big impact and where we value the contribution and expertise of everyone.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We actively encourage applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes disabled people, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 19 April 2021.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams during the week commencing Monday 26 April 2021.

INSIDE IR35

The Service Design Lead will support the development and execution of user-led service design across a range of products and services. They will help users complete their goals across a variety of outlets including policy or health systems. Experienced in user-cantered design, they advocate for the most effective channels for each challenge. They will help teams ensure the user is at the heart of what we do and support effective delivery.

As Service Design Lead you'll be expected to ensure quality, innovation and creativity in how we approach all aspects of service design as part of product delivery. As an experienced practitioner, you'll also identify and bring inspiration and best practices from the service design community to shape and improve how we work. This is a leadership role, you should be an expert practitioner who influences and mentors others.

• Significant experience of service design within either a government, health or social care setting
• Experience of GDS methods
• Experience with working with constraints and ability to identify, challenge, and adhere to them.
• Knowledge of best practices in service design.
• Confident communicator: able to persuade; negotiate; influence; network; and collaborate
• Good time management and the ability to work without supervision
• Ability to get to the heart of an issue, demonstrating expert knowledge in an applied setting

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We are looking for a brilliant UX/UI Design Lead to work in our growing Product Team to craft our teacher and student-facing applications and to ensure our visual identity and brand philosophy is adhered to throughout the product. Part of being on this team is a love for building a product you’re proud to share with your friends and family. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working within a fast-paced start-up environment as part of a phenomenal team working together to grow Lyfta into a formidable global education company. 
 

About Lyfta

Lyfta makes awe-inspiring digital learning experiences to foster empathy and global understanding. We have developed an award-winning, subscription-based digital platform where teachers and pupils can access stunning immersive storyworlds and curriculum-based lesson and assembly plans. 

We are a positive, talented and hard-working group of people with a big goal: to contribute to a better world through education. Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do with Lyfta - from the immersive stories on our platform to our team and the way we behave and operate as a company. We aim to nurture a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, that promotes dignity, equality and diversity and supports individuals to develop and maximise their true potential.
 

Purpose of the role

The UX/UI Design Lead is a new and exciting role that will help strengthen Lyfta’s learning platform and brand recognition. As UX/UI Design Lead, you will be able to showcase an impressive portfolio of UX designs for web, desktop and mobile applications as well as being an advocate for the best principles and standards for design within a collaborative, agile environment. This role is stakeholder facing, and you are expected to confidently explain and rationalise your design decisions, and to give context to design requirements and the processes you went through to deliver a functional and meaningful solution. 
 

Responsibilities

• Leading the creation of the Lyfta platform (app & web) design, from a UX/UI perspective, throughout the entire product life cycle starting from research and data analysis, concept and usability testing, defining design requirements, providing feedback to developers, iteration, and evaluation of the product’s success. 

• Collaborating with the Product Owner to build the best tools and processes to gather user feedback and conduct user research, communicating the results with key stakeholders.

• Communicating design ideas through wireframes, task flows, and click-through prototypes.

• Finding creative ways to solve UX problems (e.g. usability, accessibility)

• Ensuring the visual identity and brand philosophy throughout the UI/UX of the product.

• Creating appropriate deliverables, considering the technical constraints of our development team and platform.

• Keeping abreast of industry trends, best practices, and tools and contributing to product feature suggestions that give Lyfta a competitive edge in the market.

• Supervising the Creative Designer.

Skills and experience 

• Strong portfolio of high-quality UX designs for products, applications and services.

• Extensive experience across UX processes (requirement gathering, sketches, flows, wireframes, prototypes etc.)

• Ability to use various design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Invision, Marvel.

• Experience with creation and maintenance of design systems on Figma, Abstract or similar software.

• A keen eye for aesthetics, such as visual hierarchy and information clarity.

• Strong knowledge about usability and accessibility with experience in planning and conducting moderated usability testing to evaluate design decisions and identify customer needs.

• An ability to influence and gain alignment with stakeholders, while being responsible for bringing critical thinking and product design strategy into projects.

• Experience with web and mobile app accessibility best practices and guidelines.

• Proficiency with interaction design, especially in 360° and VR environments is desirable. 

• Previous experience working in an agile environment with EdTech industry knowledge would be highly beneficial.

• Knowledge of HMTL/CSS is a plus.

Benefits

• 24 days annual leave + bank holidays

• Company pension scheme

• Private healthcare 

• Lovely, bright office space in Islington with good coffee :) 

• Flexible working (a mixture of office and remote work)

• Lunch allowance on office days

• Annual team retreats and regular team events

• High spec work laptop

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 37 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

We are currently recruiting for the position of ‘Multimedia Editor and Producer' to join its dynamic External Relations and Advocacy Division. This is a new role, responsible for creating high-quality, innovative video and other content to tell IR’s story in the media and online. The MEP will work closely with Islamic Relief teams around the world to identify the most compelling audio-visual stories; produce, edit and commission content; and come up with creative ways to package this content for social media platforms, international broadcasters and news sites.

The MEP will increase engagement with existing and new audiences by producing content that excites, inspires and drives conversation and inspires supporter action. The post will produce video, photo projects, podcasts and other multimedia content to highlight the impact of our humanitarian and development programmes, grow our campaigns on issues such as gender justice and climate change, amplify the voices and stories of people we work with, and rapidly communicate during emergencies.

This will initially be a fixed-term position for six months, with potential to make it a permanent post depending on funding and performance.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Extensive relevant professional experience, preferably with an NGO or significant media outlet(s)
• Excellent video production and editing skills, and knowledge of relevant editing software such as Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro and Photoshop
• Demonstrable experience of producing creative and compelling audio-visual content for social media, online news sites and international broadcasters
• Excellent skills in photography and/or other audio-visual content production
• Knowledge of current trends in digital communications and multimedia
• Willingness to work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends when needed
• Strong written and spoken English
• Willingness to travel to countries where Islamic Relief works, sometimes at short notice

If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on 10/05/2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

Marketing and Communications Manager

We are looking for an innovative marketing professional to lead the development and delivery of an impactful communication and marketing strategy within a leading youth charity in the UK

Position: Marketing and Communications Manager

Location: London (currently working remotely) – options for part time home working in the long term

Salary: Circa £35k

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday – options for part-time working longer term

About the role:

As Marketing and Communications Manager you will head up a team consisting of two Marketing & Communications Coordinators, a Graphic Designer as well as various freelancers and creative agencies. You will lead the development and delivery of engaging and measurably impactful communication and marketing strategies which increase the organisation’s visibility, engage the relevant audiences and support charity’s long-term strategy.

You will be responsible for:

• All activities across the organisation’s digital channels including, website, social media (organic and paid) and email marketing.
• overseeing press and media relations
• delivering marcomm plans, working with teams across fundraising, partnerships and events on initiatives with corporate and high-profile stakeholders.

About you:

We are looking for an established and innovative marketing professional with a passion for branding and design and a demonstrable ability of leveraging digital media to increase visibility. Ideally you will also have exceptional digital skills in Google Adwords, Facebook advertising and CMS,

Other key skills and experience required for the role include:

• Proven success in devising and delivering creative and effective digital marketing, brand communications and implementation across a range of formats, markets and channels
• ability to motivate and develop a department and department staff members
• Experience with managing external partners including agencies and other organisations

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Marketing Manager, Comms and Marketing, Communications Manager, Membership Engagement Manager, Engagement & Communications Manager, Head of Marketing, Marketing Campaign Manager, Senior Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Member Engagement, Marketing and Partnerships Manager etc.

Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference?

If so, we could have the perfect opportunity for you.

We are looking for a Digital Marketing Officer to join our team at Tanio (formerly Valley and Vale Community Arts). 

Working in a small team based in Bettws, you will be pivotal in our mission; to offer a range of community arts-based activities to help a diverse range of people develop new skills, confidence and self-esteem through creative self-expression.

At Tanio, we strive for all community members to have access to inspiring, aspirational and high-quality arts experiences in safe environments.

Could you join us and help us achieve our mission?

In return we offer the chance to work with a dedicated and passionate team, a competitive salary, flexible hours, and an attractive benefits package including a stakeholder pension scheme.

Salary: 22K (pro rata)
Hours: 0.8 (equivalent to 4 days per week)

The core skills we are looking for:

· Experience of Working in Marketing and Communication in a similar role

· Experience of working in an arts or charity sector role and/or in marketing with minimal budget

· Experience of writing press releases

· Knowledge of Social Media Platforms and how best to use them for a small arts charity

· Knowledge of analytics, data creating and evaluations

· Experience of social media platforms, building and engaging audiences

· Knowledge of copyright and data protection laws

· A high level of computer literacy

· Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing

· Excellent visuals skills

· Experience of Adobe packages including Photoshop

Highly desirable (extra) skills:

· Degree or relevant qualification applicable to the skills required in this role i.e. Marketing/ Communications

· Knowledge of Social Media Platforms and how best to use them for a small arts charity

· Competency with video editing software

· Good presentation skills

· Fluency in the Welsh language both verbal and written and/or the desire to learn

To apply for this role please send a CV and covering letter by Friday at 5pm on 30th April 2021 explaining why you believe you are suitable for this role.

Good luck and we look forward to hearing from you.

Application guidance

• Please submit an up to date CV and a letter outlining why you are suitable for the role.
   

· In your covering letter when telling us about your main strengths in applying for this post, please address each point in the Person Specification from the job description in turn.
 

· Any statements that you feel are relevant to the post should be backed up with evidence and examples. Do not use general phrases such as “I have the necessary skills ...” or “I am confident I can do the job well”. We need to know how you meet the requirements based on the evidence you provide. If, for example, you tell us that you are a good project manager, tell us why and where you have used these skills before.
 

· You should include details of any current or previous jobs, outlining tasks, responsibilities, and achievements that would be relevant to this post.
 

· Experience gained outside paid employment may also be just as important. For example, you may have done voluntary work in the community, or have skills acquired through other interests.
 

· Concentrate on relevant information and experience, transferable skills from your home life, voluntary work, past and present employment.
 

· Sometimes it may feel like you are stating the obvious but remember that we can only assess the application on the information you give us.
 

· If at all possible, please ensure you provide a daytime telephone contact number on your CV or covering letter.

Global Canopy is a data-driven think tank that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide. 

Trase is a partnership initiative led by two organisations, but involving an expanding network of other partners, all with communications channels to amplify. Global Canopy leads the impact, engagement and communications aspects of the Trase project, Stockholm Environment Institute lead the data, indicators and research aspects. 

This role is central to the delivery of Trase’s strategy for the next 5 years. 

Working as part of the Impact team within Trase, alongside colleagues responsible for content production and those engaging directly with Financial Institutions and Governments, you will take responsibility for coordinating all aspects of Public Relations - press, media, events, promotion and publicity. 

Our work, to raise our profile and reach our target audiences through multipliers and amplifiers, is aligned with and driven by our engagement strategy. Our communications work is purposeful, targeted and and evaluated for its contribution to our strategic aims - rather than Opportunity To See numbers or the number of pieces placed.

You will use communications as a tool to support the engagement work of the Trase team, making tactical choices to best deliver the overall mission of the project. Your role is to find and tell the story of Trase as a project, what we can learn from the data, and what this means for the world.

For more information download the recruitment pack or visit our webiste. 

About you:

You’ll be an energetic campaigner and communicator who is passionate about building a community around a campaign. You will have experience of managing and creating online content, and are keen to learn and push the boundaries on digital platforms in order to reach new audiences. You’ll enjoy figuring out how to engage new audiences in economic issues and creating various types of content: videos, blogs, images. You’ll be keen to play to the zeitgeist, and make our content stand out from the crowd. You don’t need a background in money or banking work, but you’ll be excited to develop campaigns, language and content that appeals to people’s hearts and minds. 

Positive Money is a small team that works closely together, so you will enjoy getting involved in different aspects of the organisation, chipping in where’s needed, juggling multiple projects and supporting your colleagues. You could come from any background or walk of life, and share our commitment to an inclusive and diverse team, and money and banking system.

Accountabilities:

• Help to develop and deliver people-powered campaigns which influence economic systems change.

• Engage, grow and mobilise Positive Money’s supporter network via mobilisation emails, educational content, social media and digital advertising, blogs and videos.

• Support Positive Money local group leaders and ambassadors to organise and mobilise within their local communities.

Essential skills and experience:

• Experience running successful campaigns that reach and mobilise the public

• Excellent written communication skills; ability to write short, punchy copy to capture and engage audiences; experience writing mobilisation emails to large audiences

• Social media management: Facebook, Instagram (+ some experience of Twitter)

• Content creation to educate and mobilise: videos, blogs, memes

• Experience with local organising, facilitation or supporting volunteers

Desirable skills and experience:

• Interest in how the money and banking system works and the problems inherent to it (it is not necessary to have expert knowledge of the area)

• Experience creating Facebook, Instagram and Google adverts

• Experience making short videos (eg using Canva or similar products)

• Experience using Wordpress, Action Network and Excel, (or similar platforms for website, CRM and spreadsheet management)

• Good eye for design: the role involves making images for blogs, social media etc.

Please download the job description below to read the full responsibilities list & person specification. 

How to Apply: Please download and fill out the APPLICATION FORM in full. 

Closing Date for applications: 9am Tuesday 13th April
Interview dates: Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd April

We are looking for a Head of Brand provide strategic and creative leadership on the development of the Battersea brand to achieve Brand, Marketing and Cross-organisational objectives.

About us

Battersea is here for every dog and cat and has been since 1860. We are a leading animal welfare charity and over the last 160 years we’ve grown from one home in London to three rescuing and rehoming centres across the South East. With c500 staff and 1000 volunteers, we have cared for over three million vulnerable animals We also campaign tirelessly to make things better for dogs and cats; sharing our expertise and educating the public and policymakers about responsible pet ownership. Join us and make a difference for every dog and cat.

Our Marketing & Communications Team

Battersea’s Marketing & Communications department is responsible for communicating the breadth of the organisation’s work in an engaging and memorable way. Though our award-winning campaigns, we use our influence to affect change for dogs and cats within and beyond our gates; building Battersea’s reputation on a national and international scale. Our work involves everything from innovative integrated advertising campaigns to rehome our animals, to supporting other departments with their strategic objectives. We also manage Battersea’s online communities, offer brand guidance, deliver innovative digital activity, and manage internal communications, ensuring that staff and volunteers stay informed and engaged. The department’s ultimate goal is to raise awareness of Battersea’s work, so we can be here for more dogs and cats.

Brand team

Within the Marketing & Communications department sits the Brand team. We work to build Battersea’s brand health – ensuring that Battersea and rescue remain front of mind. We are responsible for Battersea’s brand marketing activity, integrated marketing campaigns and our creative storytelling across design, content and proposition and messaging development. Ultimately, we are guardians of the Battersea brand and work to bring our purpose – to be here for every dog and cat – to life.

What we can offer you

Our dedicated people mean that we can be here for every dog and cat. Whether you are sharing an office with our dogs or directly caring for our cats, our animals show their appreciation every day. There is no better reward than seeing the difference you make to the lives of our dogs and cats first-hand; although we also provide a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental (£100), optical (£100), physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture (£325) every year
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Life insurance

So, if you are passionate about dogs, cats and about our work, then we’d like to hear from you.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together. We would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented at Battersea.

Closing date: Tuesday 13th April 2021

Interview date(s): Monday 26 & Tuesday 27 April 2021

Second interview date:  Tuesday 4 May 2021

For full details, please download our recruitment pack. To apply, click the button below.  All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised; we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

CAD Technician

(Ref:  SUS3137)

£24,691 per annum pro rata

37.5 hours per week

Base: Bristol office (with home based blended working) 

Initial home working may be expected due to office closures during current C19 restrictions

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together. 

About the Role

At Sustrans, we are proud to be the leading charity in community-led street design. We now have an exciting opportunity for a CAD technician to join our vibrant and motivated team of engineers and urban designers!

In your role, you will provide AutoCAD design support for our Design and Engineering teams in the development of high quality urban design, street design, off road walking/cycling routes and on-highway projects – helping us to create healthier lives and happier places for everyone.

About You

We are looking for an experienced AutoCAD user with a Highway design and/or cycle route design background.

You will have experience developing AutoCAD design drawing packs for infrastructure projects and be comfortable working with technical drawings, drawing registers, management systems and design standards.

In return we can offer you genuine flexibility around working patterns. We embrace values-driven and inclusive leadership and we listen and make time for innovation through our people-centered culture.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small team where you can make a big impact and where we value the contribution and expertise of everyone.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We actively encourage applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes disabled people, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 19 April 2021.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams during the week commencing Monday 26 April 2021.

To apply, please complete our online application form. 

Content Creator
Reference: MAR20216618
Location: Flexible
Salary: £27,574.00 - £30,590.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days Annual Leave

At the RSPB, we are striving to make brilliant online content that will delight our existing fans and attract new ones. We need somebody that can make impactful content assets for our social, email and website channels. Whether you’re making and editing videos for our website, taking photographs and turning them into assets for Instagram or designing animation graphics for email, everything you make will enhance the RSPB’s reputation with the public.

Responsibilities

• Campaign content creation: Delivering brilliant digital content for our campaigns throughout the year, by making video, photo, design and animation assets.
• Always on content creation: Coming up with ideas to support the RSPB’s always on digital content, and executing them across video, photo, design and animation.
• Supporting the creative team: When the creative team need our help to make content to support the RSPB’s comms objectives, you will step in and support as needed.

Essential skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Technical digital content expertise: You can make and edit videos, take and edit photographs, and design visual assets too. You will be very familiar with Adobe Creative Cloud, with solid experience of using Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier Pro and After Effects.
• Ideation: As well as making stuff, you’ll also be working with the team to come up with fresh ideas for our social channels and making our website.
• Digital knowledge: You understand what makes great digital content, and you have bags of ideas for how the RSPB can improve our digital output.
• Resilience: We work quickly around here, and we often have to react to real-world events and make new content with very little notice. You’ll be calm under pressure, and thrive when you have a tight deadline.
• Relationship-building: To get things done at the RSPB, you need to be able to work with other people and teams. You’ll have excellent people skills and know how to influence and inspire others to your way of thinking.

Please include a link within your CV to your portfolio or recent examples of your work.

Closing date: 23:59, 18 April 2021
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position in w/c 3rd May 2021

To Apply and For More Information:

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

No agencies please.