We’re seeking a Policy and Campaigns Manager to support our ambition to influence government policy and decision-makers to recognise and support coaching in prisons as an effective rehabilitation intervention. 

You will develop our policy positions and voice, ensuring that we are listening to those with lived experience. You will initiate and lead our campaigns, helping to position Spark Inside as the number one coaching organisation in the criminal justice system. You will be our lead expert in prison policy and rehabilitation, and ensure there is a strong policy and research basis for all our campaigns. You will work across the organisation to ensure policy developments feed into our work, and to ensure that what we do is presented in an engaging way to policy-makers and relevant stakeholders.

This is an interim role initially for 6 months, with the potential to extend, as we navigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the delivery of our programmes in prison. We believe that more than ever, we need to be advocating for our work, so that those in prison are not forgotten.

Please see JD for details and how to apply.

Position: Communications Manager Job

Location: London, UK (with travel outside UK)

Start date: ASAP (May-June 2020)

Duration: 12 months fixed term

We are a small, dedicated team about to embark on a period of growth and are looking for an enthusiastic, creative Communications Manager to join our close-knit London office and support our lawyers to communicate our work and mission in Libya and internationally. You will relish the opportunity to work in collaboration with our programme and management teams to devise a communications strategy that will take our organisation to the next level.

Background: We are a Libyan and international independent non-governmental organisation, committed to achieving justice and respect for human rights in Libya. Our vision is of a Libya which embodies the values and principles of human rights and the rule of law and is a society committed to justice. We seek justice in Libya through advocacy and outreach, accountability, transitional justice initiatives and capacity building, underpinned by our own independent research.

We are recruiting a Communications Manager to lead our communications and outreach work. As Communications Manager, you will work across LFJL’s programmes to ensure our work reaches diverse audiences in Libya and internationally. In particular, you will develop a strategy to engage with traditional media, such as print, television and radio, social media and support the organisation of public facing events to ensure that our research, advocacy and media reach beyond our current networks. As the Communications Manager, you will work in a small team within our London office, with regular communication with our agents and partners in Libya. You will report to the Head of Advocacy and Outreach.

Your tasks and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

● Working with our senior programme staff, management and creative partners to develop and evaluate a comprehensive media and communications strategy for our work.

● Drafting press statements, monthly newsletters and other public relations material to communicate our position on emerging developments, in line with our mission statement and programme goals.

● Coordinating and working with programme staff ahead of events and meetings to devise key messages and integrate communications including social media into the activities;

● Staying abreast of key activities, outputs and developments in Libya in order to ensure both planned and reactive communications outputs are achieved as needed. 2

● Building and maintaining a strong network of journalists and media outlets to help increase our outreach and platforms of communication, collaborating on content, pitching stories and facilitating media access.

● Supporting the development and organisation of events and meetings aimed at raising our public profile, engaging new audiences in our work and strengthening our support base.

● Collaborating with our Libyan and international networks, including to work on supporting implementation of their advocacy and outreach goals.

● Planning and delivering ad-hoc campaigns for the launch of outputs such as research material, new series’ and episodes of LFJL’s podcasts, Libya Matters and Haqani, and relevant international days (for example, Human Rights Day, World Refugee Day, etc).

● Recruiting and overseeing the work of a Social Media Officer to create timely, regular, bespoke social media content and work to build our audience across platforms.

● Updating the organisation’s website, as well as additional online platforms administered by LFJL.

● Organising work-plans and managing communications with third parties, including creative partners and service providers, in order to ensure the timely delivery of project materials.

● Representing LFJL’s communications goals within project networks and working groups.

● Collaborating with donors, creative partners and service providers to create project outputs and deliverables, including podcasts, reports and other materials.

● Other duties as required.

Desired qualifications and skills:

Experience

● At least three years of relevant work experience is required. This may include previous work experience in journalism or public relations, at civil society organisations or intergovernmental institutions.

● Demonstrable experience communicating to audiences through traditional and social media is required.

Skills and Knowledge

● Ability to strategize, formulate and carry out successful media outreach campaigns.

● Awareness of relevant traditional and digital media networks and platforms internationally.

● Ability to draft and edit high quality written material accurately, concisely, quickly and tailored appropriately to a targeted audience.

● Proven experience producing quality creative materials for print, broadcast or digital outlets.

● Good understanding of the political and social context in Libya.

● Ability to engage with various stakeholders inside and outside Libya.

● Willingness to use initiative, work independently and think creatively.

● Ability to multi-task effectively, including having excellent planning and organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure.

● Strong public speaking and presentation skills.

● Knowledge of international law, including human rights, humanitarian law, criminal law and regional and international human rights mechanisms is an asset.

Languages  

● Excellent written and oral communication in English is essential, and in Arabic is highly desirable and a distinct advantage. Please comment on your level in both languages as part of your application.

Remuneration:

The salary for this role is £35,000.

How to apply:

Please send your CV, a brief cover letter specifying your availability and interest in this position and an unedited writing sample by 31 May 2020. Please also include names and contact details of two referees, at least one of which must be professional. You must confirm in your application that you have the right to work in the UK.

Please note that we are keen to fill this position as soon as possible and will consider applications on a rolling basis. Due to the high number of applications, we will only get back to the applicants shortlisted for an interview.

The purpose of the role is to support the development of SIFA Fireside through successful communications. The role focuses primarily on external communications: social and print media, website, e-newsletters, posters and flyers; and will also support the fundraising team with communications. The role will also support internal communications with staff and volunteers and support the service teams with communications to clients. This role reports directly to the Head of Organisational Development and is critical in raising SIFA Fireside’s profile and in communicating our vision and the difference we make.  

Starting Salary: £42,440 - £44,137 p.a.

Contract: 10-12 months from September 2020

Job Profile

Are you an inspirational communications leader who is passionate about leading on powerful and persuasive campaigns that will change the world? And do you have experience of managing multi-disciplinary communications teams, a strong purpose-driven brand and the ability to source powerful content?

The Communications team is looking for a Head of Creative Content for the next 10-12 months to lead on the delivery of our new aspirational proposition that no one should be beyond reach of the love and care they need to thrive. You will manage a talented and diverse team of ten including photo/film producers, writers, graphic designers and a communications planner committed to telling compelling stories that will inspire our new younger target audience and embolden our existing supporters, particularly relating to how CAFOD is responding to the global Coronavirus crisis.

And you will lead on the implementation of our new content strategy that will help us to tell more powerful, authentic and emotive stories to connect with our new audience. You will work closely with colleagues in the communications group including media and digital as well as international teams, fundraising, campaigns and education.

We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others. As well as having a nose for a good story, experience of telling stories visually on a range of channels, and a flair for guiding the production of persuasive campaigns and simple, powerful messages within a purpose-driven brand. You will enjoy managing a diverse team and be adept at building relationships across teams to achieve engagement and fundraising objectives – always keeping CAFOD’s target audience in mind. And you will be skilled at providing constructive feedback and managing conflict with sensitivity and honesty.

Key Responsibilities

Line management of the Creative Content Team:

• Line managing the Creative Content Team – a team of writers, designers, photographers, film-makers and a communications planner including carrying out regular 121s, agreeing objectives and development plans and facilitating team meetings. This includes 4 direct reports and 5 indirect reports.

 Leading on CAFOD’s content strategy and implementation: (2.5 days a week)

• Lead on implementation of CAFOD’s content strategy and plan, working alongside international staff, national offices and partner staff as well as supporter facing and communications teams in England and Wales to identify and gather content that supports CAFOD’s brand story.
• Lead on commissioning and sourcing content from both CAFOD’s overseas programmes and England and Wales, including commissioning overseas freelance photographers, film-makers and story tellers and leading on sourcing content from the Caritas network and sister agencies working closely with the media and international teams
• Lead on design and delivery of content gathering training in England and Wales and overseas to enable CAFOD staff, partners and volunteers to gather usable, quality content for the organisation to be delivered by Comms Group experts.

Managing CAFOD’s brand strategy

• Leading on messaging and strategy for CAFOD’s supporter communications alongside supporter-facing teams in line with No one beyond reach

• Developing and maintaining the No one beyond reach toolkit ensuring brand adherence across all channels and promoting the key values of the brand to internal stakeholders
• Leading on brand campaigns and communications that target new and existing audiences

Managing CAFOD’s priority messaging schedule and promotion:

• Responsible for producing a schedule of CAFOD’s priority messages for the year with colleagues from supporter facing teams and keeping the corporate priority schedule up to date

Overseeing the delivery of key communications outputs, alongside supporter-facing teams:

• Ensuring that all outputs are creative, well-targeted, engaging, professionally-produced and on-brand, with content suitable for a range of channels and supporting corporate priority objectives, and offering maximum Return on Investment for CAFOD
• Working with key teams to ensure that processes for commissioning, designing and producing key outputs are efficient and effective, and offering an ‘agency-standard’ quality of creative concepts and final product
• Overseeing the production of our supporter magazine, ensuring that its content, design and targeting fits with our strategic objectives and builds engagement with existing audiences
• Working with key teams on the development of fundraising and advocacy campaigns

Managing the team budget and overseeing the maintenance of key corporate management tools:

• Managing the team budget and deciding how it can be most effectively deployed for maximum benefit against the agreed strategic objectives of the team, including decisions on priorities and objectives for overseas travel by communications staff
• Overseeing the maintenance of an effective and efficient production schedule and content collection calendar

This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post has responsibility for people who have contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults. Applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues.  The post holder is required to present or obtain a Disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service). 

Person Specification /Essential Criteria

Understanding our context

-Understanding Catholic identity: Able to develop strong links with the Caritas Network and other organisations

-Understanding CAFOD: Able to explain what is distinctive about CAFOD as a Catholic development agency

- Understanding international development: Able to demonstrate an understanding of solidarity and human dignity in the way people are portrayed and recognise that there are complex challenges in development.

Working together

- Managing ourselves: can be relied on to achieve results, even in the most pressing circumstances

- Working with others: build positive and productive relationships with all colleagues; provide clear and honest feedback

-Communicating: confront conflict and disagreements to achieve a satisfactory conclusion

Making change happen

-Managing resources: proactively monitor expenditure and use of resources, aware of financial position.

-Achieving results: Look for better processes and ways of working to achieve results

-Managing our performance: take a proactive approach to managing performance and developing the team

-Taking the lead: share ideas and bring people with me in making change happen; act quickly and decisively to deal with emerging problems.

Job-specific competencies

1. Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team, preferably in a communications or creative environment
2. Experience or ability to devise and implement effective strategies to target key priority audiences based on audience research and data evaluations
3. Ability to spot good fundraising and media stories that will provoke an emotional reaction and increase income and engagement

Desirable Criteria

1. Experience of managing a purpose-driven brand
2. Experience of delivering skills training remotely: ideally in story gathering, photography and film
3.  Experience of working with photographers, film-makers and story-tellers, particularly those based overseas 

 CAFOD staff are currently working remotely due to the Coronavirus pandemic. We don’t yet have a date for staff to return to our office in London and are keeping the situation under review. We will try to accommodate varieties of working arrangements during this time. Please talk to us about flexibility in your interview. We are keen to discuss your requirements.

Please click here for a full list of CAFOD’s Staff Benefits

 Come and join us and help make a real difference in the lives of the world’s poorest communities.CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

We are medium sized charity with a high profile and fast-moving media narrative.  We need an experienced and dynamic communications manager to help promote and build our presence who has an awareness of how to handle sensitive topics.

We are looking for a comms manager with significant experience of digital to join our team.  We want to build our presence to increase donations and promote pro-migration messaging and create more structured campaigns across all social media channels. We’re active on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and want to grow our audience to encourage more people to support us.

We work in a high-pressured environment, so a calm resilience is important. You’ll value collaboration and will be a natural communicator as well as a digital expert. If you appreciate audience insight, the importance of value-based messaging, why story telling matters and have a strong understanding of the role of digital in changing attitudes we’d love to hear from you.

Job Description

Develop and implement a digital comms strategy for Care4Calais including social media, website, online engagement and email marketing, all geared towards achieving greater visibility and engagement. 

Responsibilities will include:

• Day to day management of social media channels including growth of Instagram and twitter audiences
• Implement and develop a digital engagement strategy, including search engine optimisation, across all our on-line content
• Generate awareness of Care4Calais and refugee protection issues.  Keep up to date with sector developments and news  
• Continually improve website to provide trusted, interesting, informative and personalised online content which is up to date
• Evaluate and communicate statistics and results on our digital offer
• Keep abreast of development in the digital arena, identify new digital opportunities
• Liaising with volunteers and partners on the ground and translating this into interesting, bitesize pieces of content for social media.

Personal Specification

Knowledge

• Understanding of or empathy with the refugee and migration sector
• Up-to-date knowledge of and genuine interest in content strategy, user experience principles/design techniques and emerging digital trends

Skills

• Excellent, professional knowledge of how to produce engaging social media content
• Excellent copywriter with an ability to translate complex and sensitive narratives into easily accessible online stories
• Ability to respond creatively to a challenging media narrative
• Ability to maintain and develop a brand, working within messaging guidelines and using the appropriate tone of voice
• Excellent planning and organisational skills with ability to negotiate and manage multiple priorities - practical, pragmatic and effective
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, influencing and problem-solving skills
• Excellent coaching skills
• Ability to maintain positive relationships

Experience 

• Producing and publishing optimised, accessible social media and website content for a range of audiences
• Using content management systems and data analytics packages
• Using data and research to shape decisions and improve outcomes
• Working on digital projects using an agile methodology
• Experience of working on sensitive issues and/or politically controversial topics

Please provide a covering letter that explains why you are suitable for this role and why you want to work with Care4Calais - we will ONLY consider applications that are accompanied by a covering letter.

Are you a digital communications specialist with a track record of success in social media campaigns, experience of website management and an understanding of gender equality? If so, then we want to hear from you.

We are looking for someone who is a strong team player with a creative flair and an eye for design who can present complex issues in a clear and engaging way and who can work well under pressure.

We offer a dynamic, friendly team and a supportive and caring working environment. This role will be based at home, so we welcome applications from all over the UK.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME, LGBT, disabled and older applicants who are under-represented in our staff team.

To apply, please download and complete the application form on our website.

Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with Plan International UK, a global children's charity, to recruit for a Head of Brand and Digital Engagement to be based at their Head Office in London. The organisation is going through an exciting period of transformation with this role one of three newly created Head positions in the Communications, Campaigns and UK Programmes directorate.

Plan International UK strives to advance children's rights and equality for girls all over the world. Working in over 50 countries across Africa, Asia and The Americas, they provide vital support to children, their families and their communities, including child protection, child participation, health, education and economic security.

The Role

This role will bring together two teams (Brand Marketing and Digital Engagement) into a new, highly strategic unit, to deliver an exciting and ambitious brand and digital vision for the organisation.

Your high impact, creative brand strategy and skilful use of digital platforms will enable the organisation to tell powerful, engaging stories that will widen Plan UK's influence, capturing new audiences and deepening engagement with supporters, directly contributing to their mission to advance children's rights and achieve equality for girls.

The Person

Your experience and attributes will include:

• Substantial experience of having responsibility for an organisation's brand
• Proven track record of delivering a high impact brand vision and strategy and an ambitious attitude towards brand development
• Substantial experience of digital marketing and using digital channels to tell a brand story and engage a new audience
• Leading cross organisational brand campaigns, from strategy to delivery, with a clear understanding of how to engage supporters, grow awareness and consideration and ensure a consistent, powerful brand story, primarily on digital channels
• Substantial experience of setting a content strategy for an organisation, with ability to manage others to produce, edit and curate content
• Operating as an inspiring, engaging leader, able to influence across the organisation and inspire others to be creative, innovative and ambitious in their work
• A genuine interest in international development, humanitarian and/or girls' right issues

To Apply

To apply, please upload your CV in Microsoft Word format as part of your application.

A Prospectus consultant will review and assess all submitted applications. 

If shortlisted by Prospectus and selected for interview with Plan International UK interviews are planned to take place on the dates below:

Panel Interviews (1st stage): Week Commencing 22nd June

Panel Interviews (2nd stage): Week Commencing 29th June

Please note that the role may close earlier than the date advertised.

The role

‘Inspiring Financial Leadership’ summarises both CFG’s identity and its purpose as an organisation that supports thousands of financial leaders in the charity sector. Our vision is of a charity sector that is financially confident, dynamic and trustworthy. We provide a range of services to our members and the sector more widely. These include training, a range of publications and a sector-leading programme of meetings and conferences throughout the year both physical and virtual.  We also work with other sector bodies to lobby the government and regulator on legal and regulatory issues affecting the sector. The organisation has grown consistently in recent years.

We need a Communications Manager who will work closely with other functions of the company to support our external and internal communications across all channels, and raise our voice to support our organisational delivery and complement the work of our policy, membership and marketing teams.

Why work for us?

We are a friendly team with a great sense of humour that enjoys the work that we do. There is lots of potential for development for talented individuals within CFG, and we can provide an excellent platform for career progression within the sector. We also offer a superb range of benefits including a generous pension contribution, flexible working, season ticket loans and childcare vouchers.

How to Apply

Please read the full job description and person specification (pdf), then email your CV.

Deadline for applications: We will be reviewing candidates as and when we receive CVs and cover letters and will appoint as soon as we meet the right person. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please apply early. This position is available immediately.

For information on the data we process during recruitment, please see our GDPR compliant Privacy Notice(pdf).

This fantastic campaigning organisation are looking to hire their first Communications Manager.

Please note this role is remotely based, either in the UK or in the EU

Within this role you can look forward to joining a small but growing team to be the first communications hire for the organisation, and take the lead on planning and delivery of impactful communications from across the comms mix. You will be developing and executing the communications plan for the organisation, as well as working closely with the senior team in the development and delivery of an impactful PR programme.

You will play a vital role in identify and utilising opportunities to promote the organisation across Europe and work alongside the fundraising team to help them incorporate communications fully into their support outreach and engagement work.

Further to this you will also take the lead on managing the organisations social media output, and act as the brand guardian for the organisation, ensuring that all publications and materials are on brand and on message.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an experienced Communications professional
• Have experience across the communications mix, both online and offline
• Have a strong track record in the development and delivery of communications campaigns
• Strong experience in PR and Media Relations
• Strong stakeholder engagement ability

Are you an experienced Communications Manager able to think strategically and creatively and with a keen interest in climate change and health?

The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change is seeking a creative and motivated mixed-media expert with strong strategic communications and media management skills to join our team!

The appointee with join the Executive team of the Lancet Countdown, an independent, international and multi-disciplinary research collaboration based out of the Institute for Global Health, University College London.

The collaboration brings together 35 academic and UN Institutions to track how climate change is affecting human health, and how the world is responding.

Following a successful first phase from 2016 to 2018, the collaboration is about to commence a new and expanding second phase, from 2019 to 2023.

The successful candidate will join the Lancet Countdown in central London, working with the collaboration’s co-chairs: Professor Anthony Costello, Peng Gong, Hugh Montgomery and its Executive Director, Dr Nick Watts.

The post is available immediately to 31 July 2023, in the first instance and is open to UK/EU applicants.

Responsibilities

The post-holder will be responsible for working with internal and external stakeholders to develop and agree the second phase of the Lancet Countdown’s communications strategy.

Responsibilities include strategic communications and stakeholder management, communications assets and event management, media and PR.

Key Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, or substantial, relevant experience.
• Experience executing a communications or marketing campaign for a product, social issue, or report.
• Media and press experience including drafting of press releases and management of media engagement.
• Experience communicating complex academic or scientific concepts concisely and compellingly through diverse media and formats to audiences with wide-ranging degrees of experience and expertise.
• Experience of developing and maintaining online web platforms and social media channels including Twitter and Facebook.

The candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and discretion, and the ability to liaise appropriately and effectively with staff and external individuals at all levels of seniority.

A willingness to travel (approx. 4 weeks per annum) and to participate in conference calls outside of normal working hours (1-2 hours per week after hours) with other time zones is also essential.

Application Details

The closing date for applications is 15th June 2020 and all applications must be made via the 'apply on website' link where a full job description and person specification can be found.

Head of Legal Advice and Welfare Services

Contract: Fixed Term Contract, Maternity Cover (up to 12 months)

Hours: 28 hours per week

Location: London, Finsbury Park

Salary:£41,385.60 pro rata per annum (inclusive of London Weighting, FTE £51,732.00) plus generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and group life assurance

The Head of Legal advice and Welfare Service is responsible for leading Freedom from Torture’s Legal Advice and Welfare Service (LAWS) through which advice is provided to treatment clients and their clinicians on asylum and immigration legal matters and welfare entitlements as a core element of Freedom from Torture’s holistic model of rehabilitation. The role involves managing, coordinating and developing the Legal Advice and Welfare Service which consists of a multi-sited, multidisciplinary national team. You will be responsible for ensuring that accessible, high quality, safe and ethical legal and welfare advice and casework is delivered by the service to treatment clients and their clinicians.

Holding and maintaining a current practising certificate from either the Law Society of England and Wales, the Bar Council, the Law Society of Scotland or the Faculty of Advocates, the ideal candidate for this role will also have the following experience and skills: 

• Expert in UK and European asylum, immigration and human rights law and procedure

• Knowledge of UK case law, policy and procedures relating to use of expert medical evidence in asylum claims

• Recent provision of legal advice in asylum and immigration matters including to torture survivors

• Advising or providing representation in Judicial Review proceedings

• Ability to convey information clearly (orally and in writing) to audiences lacking legal expertise

• Sensitivity in working with people who have experienced trauma

• Strong relationship builder able to priories and manage a demanding work load 

• A good knowledge of Home Office policies relating to survivors of torture will be highly desirable.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided. 

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

Our team of dedicated professionals provide direct support to survivors including psychological therapy, physical health services, legal and welfare support, and expert medical reports for use in survivors' asylum claims. We also support other providers to deliver high quality rehabilitation services to survivors. We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work. 

None of this can happen without our vibrant community of supporters who help to create this change.

Thanks to the dedication of our staff and volunteers – as well as thousands of passionate supporters and funders – thousands of torture survivors have been able to rebuild their lives in incredibly difficult circumstances.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Closing date:  14/06/2020

Expected date of interviews: TBC

As an organisation working with a potentially vulnerable client group, Freedom From Torture has a legal duty to ensure that those under its care are protected from abuse, and that where is abuse is suspected or has occurred, has a clear framework of response. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS application and the result will need to be reviewed before the candidate is confirmed in post.

Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunities Employer

No agencies please

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and creative individual that is committed to the use of digital and communications to improve people’s lives.

The digital and communications manager role is a new post in the charity, taking an operational lead in implementing key aspects of the charity’s first digital strategy. This ambitious strategy aims to ensure that digital enables Unlock to increase the reach, accessibility and impact of our work to improve the lives of people with criminal records. The new role will also support Unlock to continue to ‘punch above its weight’ in policy, influencing and other ways by developing the charity’s external communications.

The role includes coordinating Unlock’s digital presence to ensure that we reach as many people as possible and help them to self-serve digitally, optimising digital tools to improve engagement – websites, video, communications, email and social media. The role will lead on embedding digital design principles into our work, joining-up our content approach, implementing innovative tools to help people and redeveloping the Unlock websites. The role will be responsible for creating powerful communications that raises the voice and experiences of people with criminal records, increases awareness of Unlock’s work and supports our policy and influencing work to challenge the stigma and discrimination that people face.

Head of policy, leadership, project management, social policy, policy analysis, research, campaigns, comms

Your new company
A leading charity works on behalf of the more than one in four children in the UK growing up in poverty. Providing training, advice and information to make sure hard-up families get the financial support they need. We also carry out high profile legal work to establish and protect families' rights.

Your new role
The postholder provides leadership and management to policy and research staff, in particular taking a lead on our policies on child poverty, our quantitative research programme and our policy positions on social security, including universal credit. They will also contribute to our fundraising and programme planning.
1. Provide management to staff in the policy and research function
2. Together with the Director of Policy, Rights and Advocacy to plan and oversee the design and delivery of programmes and projects to agreed strategic and operational objectives
3. To participate in a programme of external and internal communications about policy and research
To ensure the analysis of a range of statistical data sets, including Households Below Average Income
4. To ensure the analysis of a range of statistical data sets, including Households Below Average Income
5. To lead and take an active interest in our work on reform of social security
6. To represent CPAG at speaking engagements, events, relevant coalitions and networks
7. To write regular articles and updates for internal and external
8. Develop and maintain relationships with key people in government, the public sector, academics, and charity sector

What you'll need to succeed
Essential

* Team leadership and project management skills
* Understanding of relevant social policy and rights issues
* Experience of working in a public policy environment to deliver change
* Proven track record of social policy work including evidence of published or written work
* Substantial experience of carrying out research and policy analysis on poverty, social security, children or related issues to inform and support strategic objectives
* Knowledge of social research methods and ability to write successful bids for research funding
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* Ability to support and supervise staff as required
* Strong project management skills
* Excellent analytical skills and the ability to develop evidence-based positions on complex areas of public policy
* Ability to write and oversee the development of high quality briefings, consultation responses, reports and other policy and campaigning outputs
* Ability to think strategically and respond speedily and effectively to external developments
* Ability to interpret a range of statistical datasets including Households Below Average Income (HBAI) and other national datasets

What you'll get in return
£39,910 - £44,111 - plus a non-contributory (5% of salary) Group Personal Pension Scheme.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Role details: 

Job title: Head of Fundraising

Department: Fundraising

Reports to: Managing Director

Salary: Competitive 

Hours of work: 40 hours per week 

Job description: 

Founders4Schools are delighted to announce this exciting opportunity for an experienced candidate to lead their fundraising activities. The successful candidate will have overall responsibility for income generation within the organisation and will report to the Managing Director. 

Founders4Schools is an award-winning educational-tech charity which connects children and young people with inspirational role models to raise their aspirations, to fulfil their potential and to prepare them for the rapidly changing world of work. We have created a simple, free-to-use digital platform which enables teachers all over the UK to connect with employers and professionals in their local community. Our work aims to tackle inequality by providing equal access to the world of work, to support young people by connecting what they learn at school with future careers and to provide young people with the confidence they need to take their first steps into the workplace. 

To be successful in this role, you will need to have an entrepreneurial and self-directed approach to fundraising and have the ability to work collaboratively with your colleagues. You will have experience across a range of fundraising disciplines with a focus on corporate partnerships, securing grants from trusts and foundations and major donors. You will need to have experience of writing and implementing a fundraising strategy, be skilled in managing internal and external stakeholders and have excellent communication skills 

This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and determined individual who is eager to make a big difference in a small but rapidly growing educational-tech charity. 

Main duties: 

Corporate Fundraising

Design and deliver on an effective fundraising strategy to meet corporate fundraising targets agreed with the Managing Director, attracting new five and six figure corporate donors. 

• Actively marshall our volunteer and partner networks to identify new corporate supporters
• Create compelling partnership proposals to attract new support with detailed business cases for specific projects
• Meet and pitch to board level members of SMEs and to CSR teams in larger organisations. 
• Prepare and deliver impact reports to funders annually or within prescribed deadlines as required

Trusts and Foundations

Design and deliver on an effective fundraising strategy to meet the trust and foundation target as agreed with the Managing Director, attracting new five and six figure grants. 

• Undertake research to identify potential funders
• Prepare high quality, detailed and compelling trust applications and proposals, marshalling the latest data from Founders4Schools and about youth employability in general. 
• Ensure grant deliverables align with operational strategy
• Keep an accurate record of applications, contact, income and reporting requirements for all trusts and foundations income enabling quick reporting on income and accurate prediction of predicted income.

Major Donor Income 

Work with the MD and other stakeholders such as our Advisory Council and Trustees to identify and develop engagement approaches to high net worth individuals. 

Finance

• Keep accurate records of and ensure timely collection of income across all fundraising streams and thank all donors appropriately. 
• Report regularly to the Board of Trustees on fundraising activities and progress against targets. 
• Prepare an annual budget with the Managing Director
• Achieve targets by the end of the year. 

Management

• Effectively line-manage a small team 

Person Specification

Essential

Personal track record of delivering against set income targets

Experience of writing and implementing a fundraising strategy 

Experience of identifying and building relationships with new fundraising prospects. 

Extensive experience in building successful corporate partnerships and sponsorship package

Considerable experience of creating successful fundraising bids and delivering income from trusts and foundations

Excellent verbal and written skills

Convincing presentation and negotiation skills

Ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders and convey a genuine passion for our cause

Proven ability to work with colleagues from a range of disciplines

Strong administrative skills and ability to prioritise across multiple work streams 

To be passionate about raising the aspirations of children and young people. 

Desirable

Experience in orchestrating individual giving campaigns and encouraging regular donations

Experience in organising fundraising events

Experience, Education & Professional Skills 

At least five years of experience in charity fundraising with a proven track record in generating income from corporate and trust funders.

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience 

Please apply online with your CV and cover letter. Please explain why you want this role, what you would bring to the team and how your skills and experience would enable us to increase our success.