The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) has around 25,000 members who work in the early years sector, made up of childminders, nannies and nursery workers, we support them to deliver high quality care and early learning through online training, practical help, expert advice and peer support.

We are looking for an experienced Head of Resources to join our team, working to support the Director of Finance, Support & ICT and other team members to achieve agreed outcomes.

To be a successful candidate you must have substantial experience including developing IT, HR and Compliance Strategy within a business, Project Management skills (ideally PRINCE2), and strong staff management and leadership skills.

Currently this role is home based while Covid restrictions are in place, however normally it would be based at our Head Office in Bromley, Kent.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability, experience and interest for the role  by Wednesday 14 April 2021.

Role purpose

To collaborate with other senior management to formulate strategy and ensure PACEY’s HR and ICT policies and processes support effective delivery of agree strategic objectives.  As part of this ensure that PACEY meets its legal and compliance requirements including H&S, financial services and data protection

To support our HR, IT and compliance teams to operate efficiently and align with our business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

ICT Management

• Assist with overall business technology planning, providing current knowledge of business need and future vision of how technology and systems can support PACEY strategy
• Work with other departments to determine their business requirements for technology now and in the future and work with Dir FSI to agree priority for resource investment.
• Coach and mentor the team, in relation to methodologies, delivery processes and best practices in order to ensure adoption and consistency
• Lead the process within the business to identify relevant, strategic technology projects
• Develop the IT team and drive performance management; working closely with the Director of Finance, Support and ICT to define company policies and ensure compliance
• Developing our existing approach to process improvement and project management across the organisation, working alongside project director
• Championing innovation and the utilisation of technology to deliver the best services to the business
• Ensure PACEY’s Business Continuity Plan is robust

HR Management

• Lead the process to ensure PACEY’s people strategy supports it to deliver its strategic objectives and remain agile on how it resources its priorities
• Lead on agreed strategic HR projects
• Oversee PACEY’s performance evaluation systems to ensure they are effective and use these to develop our ongoing support for staff development and training
• Ensure regular review of company HR policies and procedures, including employment contracts and agreements
• Track key HR metrics like cost per hire and retention rates, putting in place any mitigations if these are needed
• Manage all internal HR communication to staff and volunteers
• Measure the effectiveness of our staff benefits programs and recommend improvements

Compliance Management

• Lead the process within the business for Insurance, FSA, GDPR reporting, Data protection and Corporate HR & health & safety
• Ensure our recordkeeping and data processing procedures comply with GDPR requirements
• Ensure PACEY meets its compliance requirements and that a strong compliance culture is maintained amongst staff;
• Develop a proactive, risk-based compliance monitoring system;
• Lead the process within the business to identify relevant, strategic compliance projects
• Conduct reviews, assessments, and investigations in accordance with the regulatory and internal/external requirements;
• Ensuring the current compliance framework is fit for purpose;
• Promotion of compliance through the business to ensure staff are aware of their regulatory obligations;
• Conduct compliance investigations as and when required and advise on themes, trends and reporting of reportable breaches
• Provide advice and information to the Director of Finance Support and ICT, Chief Executive, Senior Management Team and other stakeholders to support PACEY to meet its regulatory requirements and continuously improve.

Relationship Management

• Developing strong relationships internally so informed decisions can be made
• Develop strong relationships with partners and suppliers that facilitate good service and deliver innovative cost effective solutions
• Work with PACEY colleagues to ensure that issues are fully investigated and tasks delivered in the most efficient and effective way possible.
• Ensure that team members follow company guidelines and policie
• Be an integral member of the senior management team
• Line management of HR, Compliance and ICT managers
• To be the Business Continuity Lead

Team management responsibilities

• Recruitment, induction and development of team
• Performance management of direct reportees (including work allocation), leadership and motivation
• Efficient and agile use of the team’s resources (time, spending, equipment and information) so PACEY can deliver its priorities
• Shared ownership for corporate communication
• Supporting and promoting PACEY’s culture

Leadership and organisational responsibilities

• External representation of PACEY
• Develop strategic relationships to help grow business opportunities
• Maintain effective partnerships with key stakeholders
• Lead and motivate the Commerce function, ensuring the highest levels of contribution and performance, encouraging innovation and utilising their ideas and input to the best possible effect.
• Support the development of PACEY’s strategic plan, helping to ensure that it is cohesive and positively supports members’ interests, including horizon scanning and competitor monitoring
• Manage effectively compliance and risk matters
• Produce board and executive reports as required by the Board of Trustees and Chief Executive.

Common organisational wide responsibilites

• Flexibility
• Customer focused (internal and external customers)
• Working co-operatively and collaboratively across teams and departments
• Demonstrating PACEY’s Corporate Behaviours

Flexible working available. We are open to a wide range of locations and working patterns, please ask.  We have a Central London office where we’ll need you to be at least once a month.

About the Centre

We are the UK’s national body for wellbeing evidence and practice aiming to improve wellbeing in the UK through the use of evidence. The Centre is an independent collaborative organisation working to understand what governments, business, communities and people can do to improve wellbeing using research, data, professional experience and trying things out. 

• Our vision is of a future where the wellbeing of people and communities improves year on year and wellbeing inequalities are reduced. We believe that improving wellbeing is the ultimate objective of policy and community action.
• Our mission is to develop and share robust, accessible and useful evidence that governments, businesses, communities and people use to improve wellbeing across the UK.

Our approach is independent, evidence based, collaborative, practical, open and iterative.

About the role

We are looking for a values-driven communications leader and expert with a track record of developing and delivering communications strategies that make an impact. You’ll be motivated to join the Centre's mission to protect and improve wellbeing through better, evidence-informed policy and practice. 

You’ll be managing a communications officer, and a number of freelancers who we work closely with to create awesome publications, digital products, and drive digital and media dissemination.The communications team is closely integrated with our evidence, implementation, and governance teams.

Top priorities

1. Help us get louder about our impact. To enhance the impact of our major campaigns and social change projects through securing national and regional broadcast and print coverage, integrating digital mobilisation and social media into campaign strategy.
2. Delivering high quality publications and products. To drive a step change in engagement through our weekly blog, research findings, social media, online learning, videos, digital hub, and so on to target audiences across public, private, and voluntary sectors.

Main responsibilities

Leadership and strategy

• Contribute to the development and delivery of strategy and priorities as a member of the senior leadership team.
• Lead the design and delivery of a communications strategy for internal and external audiences that delivers on mission and priorities.
• Strong understanding of collaboration and stakeholder engagement. 

Identity and message

• Manage a compelling organisation identity and narrative, driven by an understanding of audience needs.
• Embed this identity and related messages and voices into communication with all partners including through press, website, and internal communications.
• Collaborate across the Centre on design and delivery of a high-quality communication strategy to engage target audiences for effective knowledge use.

Impact

• Support the evidence and implementation teams from start to finish to lead on communications planning, product management, and dissemination of a range of outputs for different Centre audiences.
• Enable, through the team, the delivery of high-quality communications support for dissemination and engagement activities including press, social media, creative content and digital mobilisation.
• Lead on the Centre’s learning, testing, and adapting communication processes, products, and channels in response to user analytics.

Project, finance, people management and teamwork 

• Confident product and project management skills across a shifting portfolio of activities. 
• Manage the communications budget and contribute to Centre business planning and monitoring.
• Line management and management of freelancers.
• Ability to work as part of a team and as a senior leader within it.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of communications areas including press and media, internal engagement, campaign and influencing, digital, public affairs, brand and reputation management.
• At least five years in a senior communications position developing and delivering communications strategy with impact and demonstrable results.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, juggling competing demands.
• It is desirable that you have experience leading a communications function or team, especially in a small team with big impact.

Skills and knowledge

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience managing a website, ideally on a WordPress platform.
• Experience using digital analytics to understand and improve experience for users, e.g. Google analytics.
• Excellent time and project management skills.
• Ability to develop impactful and accurate messaging and narratives from different types of research.
• Knowledge of digital platforms and how they relate to engagement and outreach.
• At least a basic understanding of creative tools, such as Adobe CC.

Values

• A strong desire for evidence-informed change to value wellbeing as a policy and practice outcome.
• Appetite for both strategic leadership and some hands-on delivery.
• Respect for a wide diversity of people, approaches, and perspectives.
• A strong team leader, adaptable and flexible in approach.
• Self-motivated and accountable.

This is an opportunity to join Farm Africa at an exciting stage in the organisation’s development as we look to launch our new strategy and make plans to continue to grow our digital profile and raise income online.

Reporting to the Head of Communications & Advocacy, this is a varied and exciting position that will manage Farm Africa’s online advertising, and develop engaging content for websites, email marketing and social media.

You will be responsible for managing Farm Africa’s Google Ad Grant with support from an external marketing agency; reporting on the organisation’s digital performance and training others in the use of the website content management system.

You will be a results-focused online marketer with excellent design and copywriting skills and a meticulous eye for detail.

You will be excited by the opportunity to grow Farm Africa’s online presence and have a proven track record of increasing online engagement and income. You will bring with you the energy, expertise and drive to make your mark.

If this sounds like a challenge you would relish, we want to hear from you.

If you are interested in this role and wish to apply, please visit the jobs page of our website where you will find the full job description and instructions on how to submit your application.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 25 April 2021.

Selected applicants will be invited to a first round interview which are expected to be held week commencing 3 May 2021.

Fixed term contract for 12 months

Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? Join us as our Head of Child Poverty (maternity cover) and help us to change outcomes for children experiencing the injustice of poverty in the UK.

Every child has the right to have their basic needs met, and to receive the support to ensure they can reach their full potential. The greatest barrier to this in the UK is poverty and inequality. 

Our UK mission is to make a sustainable reduction in the number of children growing up in poverty, and to narrow the learning gap between those children and their better-off peers.

We believe this future is possible. It requires more money to be put back into the pockets of parents and carers, decent jobs, more opportunities for young children to play and learn, and policies and services which centre children and families' needs, reduce discrimination, and that are designed to help children to flourish by preventing difficulties at the earliest possible stage: in pregnancy, at birth, in the crucial first 1,001 days of life and throughout childhood.

We work closely with the communities we aim to support. We recognise their diversity and strengths as well as the challenges they face, and we aim to reflect their diversity and experiences in our UK staff team.

This role is situated in the UK Impact Department within our Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns Division. We integrate lobbying government, research, policy, media and campaigning and organising into one agile, powerful engine for change. It's fundamental to how we do things that we alongside families who know what poverty feels like.

As Head of Child Poverty, you will lead Save the Children's child poverty work to influence the UK government. You will work with minimal supervision, leading a multi-disciplinary team to drive change for children in poverty, alongside families on low incomes and other organisations. You'll also line manage the child poverty policy team, consisting of a senior policy adviser and adviser. You'll be able to hit the ground running quickly, spot how we can respond quickly to new opportunities in a fast moving environment, while keeping focused on how we can maximise impact for the long term.  You'll have significant experience of leading teams and enabling staff to be their best, developing high impact partnerships and collaborations, and applying your strategic thinking to develop campaign approaches that build public and political support. Understanding of the child poverty policy landscape is also desirable.

You will:

• Further develop and drive Save the Children's UK child poverty strategy 2021 - 2024, reporting to the Director of UK Impact and working with colleagues across the 4 nations
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team of policy, campaigns, media and public affairs specialists, including two direct line reports and matrix management of the rest of the team
• Oversee the development our stakeholder engagement and management strategy for our child poverty work, and for leading on relationships with key external stakeholders in line with this strategy, ensuring that we always keep a focus on how our work can support and amplify that of others for greatest impact
• Accountable for the delivery of our UK child poverty strategy and using learning to continue to develop and refine it
• Contribute to the strategic leadership of all of our work to help children and families in the UK as a member of our UK Leadership team

To be successful you will have / be:

• Strong knowledge and understanding of the child poverty policy context, or expertise in a similar field
• Demonstrable strategic thinking skills and political nous, which enables you to develop effective plans for change, working with others
• Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams to achieve significant public policy changes and engage the public, as well as some line management experience
• Experience of ensuring that children and families from low incomes are meaningfully involved in policy and strategy development, and in advocacy and campaigning
• Experience of working with external stakeholders from a variety of sectors to maximise impact, based on establishing a shared vision and values
• Experience of creating a learning culture to develop and improve strategies and campaigns, and to enable all members of the team to learn and develop their skills and knowledge
• Solutions-focused with a creative problem-solving approach
• Comfortable taking risks, in order to learn, grow and develop
• A strong team player with an empowering and collaborative working style, and excellent interpersonal skills
• Positive, resilient, and committed to improving the lives of families on low incomes across the UK, demonstrating positive leadership behaviours to others

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.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity, and a commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 25th April

Interviews will take place w/c 3rd May

For more information and to apply please visit our website. 

Please note - whilst this role is advertised as office based, Save The Children UK will remain a remote-working organisation until at least 30 June 2021.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as these are underrepresented at Save the Children UK.

• Are you a mover and shaker, bursting with creativity?
• Do you thrive when inspiring others to be agile and take risks?

We’re looking for a Head of Communications to raise the profile of our work to end material and spiritual poverty. This is an opportunity for someone to shape our approach to external communications, conceiving and executing powerful and strategic campaigns and products which inspire and engage existing and new audiences.

We’re looking for an experienced and motivated person to lead our friendly, tight-knit team of talented creatives, including writers, editors, designers and web specialists. Working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, you’ll oversee the creation of a range of high-quality print and digital outputs, and you’ll use your own proven skills to help produce compelling, integrated campaigns which help our supporters to be a part of our global story. As the lead creative in the team, you’ll use your skill and experience to deliver powerful, story-based content that demonstrates how God is at work through BMS projects worldwide.

You’ll be the top authority on BMS’ brand, shaping how BMS compellingly presents itself through its tone of voice and visual integrity. You’ll be essential to ensuring that BMS’ new five-year strategy is brilliantly communicated. And when events take place, you’ll be the one to decide on messaging and design, getting the tone and materials just right.

This varied, challenging and rewarding role needs someone with superb instincts for putting the right thing in front of different audiences. You’ll be approachable, dedicated, decisive and driven, building rapport with colleagues with values of servant leadership, integrity and a commitment to excellence.  Above all, you’ll share our vision for a world made better through knowing Christ.

The successful applicant will be a committed Christian. The nature of this role means that this is a specific occupational requirement.

Location : Didcot, Oxfordshire, possibility of some home work (currently remote)  

Hours : 35 hrs per week / full time

Salary range : £35,812 to £40,199

Closing date : 5pm on Monday 26 April

 Interview date :              Thursday 6 May 2021

If you would like to discuss this role in detail with the BMS Communications Director, please contact Sarah Anthony and/or Ben Drabble at BMS World Mission.

Alternatively, you can contact Hayley McDonald of Action Planning’s Recruitment Team, who are managing the recruitment process at Action Planning website. 

Norwood is looking for an experienced, creative and highly motivated Head of Marketing & Communications to join our senior management team. You will lead and develop the marketing and communications strategy at a pivotal time in Norwood’s 225-year history, building on our reputation as an innovative and high-quality service provider as we work to transform the lives of children and families facing social, emotional or mental health challenges and children and adults with learning disabilities or autism into the future.

You will be responsible for driving stakeholder engagement and well as supporting income generation on which our vital work depends. The right person will enjoy working as part of a team and be adept at juggling competing priorities. You’ll feel comfortable dealing with a wide range of stakeholders, from our service users, care staff and Trustees to journalists, donors and our volunteers.  Working closely with our Director of Transformation, you’ll implement and establish a range of KPIs to measure the effectiveness of our communications activity in a challenging and competitive market.

Some of the Main Responsibilities

1. Develop and oversee the implementation of Norwood’s Marketing and Communications Strategy, in order to strengthen Norwood’s position as a leading Jewish charity across all our stakeholder groups, internal and external. In addition to the charity’s general marketing activity, this includes public and media relations, press statements and crisis management

2. Together with the Senior Marketing Manager, set and monitor the annual marketing budget. To hold overall responsibility for the department’s budget and leveraging it to its fullest potential

3. Develop an excellent knowledge of Norwood services to

• benchmark the organisation in the marketplace

• identify Norwood’s USP and differentiators

• effectively position Norwood as a ‘go to’ organisation for children and families facing challenges in their lives and for anyone of any age with a learning disability or autism

4. Oversee Norwood’s website and intranet to ensure clear, engaging and succinct messaging for all those who use our digital platforms.

5. Set strategic direction and assist the Senior Marketing Manager in developing creative briefs for the editorial, design, production and distribution of Norwood’s internal and external communications.

Essential Requirements:

• Demonstrable extensive skills, knowledge and experience in the design and execution of marketing campaigns, communications and public relations activities in busy environment with multiple stakeholders

• Strong creative, strategic, analytical, organisational and sales skills.

• Experience of developing and managing budgets, training, developing, supervising and appraising marketing teams

• Experience of developing and implementing an External and Internal Communications strategy

• Demonstrable successful experience of developing compelling external content

• Experience overseeing the design and production of campaigns and content from brief, implementation and review

• Ability to manage multiple projects with responsiveness to emerging priorities

Incentives:

• The opportunity to work for a leading UK charity

• Competitive salary & benefits package

• Generous annual leave entitlement

• 1pm finish on a Friday

• A challenging and varied role

• A supportive team

• Additional leave during Jewish festivals

Norwood is committed to offering high quality, continuous professional development for our staff.

Please note: We reserve the right to close the advert, once we receive sufficient applications, so recommend an early application. For a full Job Description please contact us.

This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure.

Patron: Her Majesty The Queen.

Registered Charity No: 1059050.

Just for Kids Law (JfKL) is a dynamic charity working with and for children and young people to hold those with power to account and fight for wider reform. We do this by providing legal representation and advice, direct youth advocacy and support, and through strategic litigation, campaigning and equipping others to work for children’s rights.

We are recruiting for an experienced Head of Fundraising and Development to join our Central Team. Reporting to the CEO, the successful applicant will be passionate about JfKL’s work and be able to communicate its values to funders and stakeholders.

Our work depends on successful fundraising. This newly created role will build on our previous success achieving income from trusts and foundations and major donors, but will also be responsible for diversifying our approach to income generation. 

The successful candidate will have held similar positions in other small and growing organisations and will be able to think strategically and demonstrate exceptional skills in all forms of communication. An up-to-date knowledge of charity fundraising is essential as is experience in delivering income from a range of sources, as well as the ability to develop and nurture relationships with partners and stakeholders.

It is an exciting time to join JfKL as we start to develop our new three-year strategy. The Head of Fundraising and Development will play a key role in the development of the strategy as we go forward into 2022.

Just for Kids Law believes in the value of a diverse workforce and encourages applications from people from all ethnic, cultural, religious and social backgrounds: in particular, people from Black and minority ethnic groups and LGBTQI+ communities. We strive to create a diverse working environment where everyone can thrive.

To apply, please complete (attached) application form.  CVs will not be accepted.

The closing date for all applications is 9am on Tuesday 4th May 2021.

Interviews will be held via Zoom on the 10th and 11th May 2021.

If you have not been contacted by us by 7th May 2021, unfortunately you haven’t been selected for interview.

This is a new and exciting role which will lead and develop the communications and marketing strategy for the organisation, driving stakeholder engagement and working collaboratively across the charity. You will be responsible for raising awareness of our helpline, patient projects and our policy work, building on our excellent relationships externally.

Please provide a covering letter to your CV outlining your experience for this role.  Interviews will be held on the 4th May 2021

The Chilterns MS Centre are looking for a dynamic Head of Fundraising

About the Chilterns MS Centre

At the Chilterns MS Centre we believe that people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) deserve to lead healthier and happier lives. Our mission is to help them achieve this by empowering them to manage their symptoms through long-term physical, practical and emotional support.

We support over 500 people with MS from our purpose-built Centre nestling in the Chiltern Hill just outside Wendover, Buckinghamshire.

Our members describe us as their ‘lifeline’ - the type of support we offer is not available to them on the NHS.

About the Role

We are looking for a Head of Fundraising to bring an entrepreneurial mindset to developing new income generation streams and give strong inspirational, strategic and operational leadership to our talented fundraising team.

You will be part of the management team working with the Chief Executive and closely with the Board of Trustees. Responsible for managing our existing portfolio of fundraising activity, you will also develop new sources of fundraising to achieve our strategic objectives and income targets.

This exciting opportunity comes at a time when the charity is developing a new strategic plan and redefining our brand story.

Our Head of Fundraising will

• Grow, leverage and manage strategic partnerships including existing corporates and major donors
• Review and implement fundraising strategies
• Ensure that we have appropriate systems, resources and procedures in place to deliver our key income generation objectives
• Keep abreast of fundraising developments across the charity and business sectors
• Manage our fundraising team of a Trusts and Grants Fundraising Manager, Community and Events Fundraising Manager, Community and Events Fundraiser and fundraising volunteers
• Deputise for the Chief Executive in his absence

What you will bring to us

• Significant experience operating at a senior level in fundraising environment
• Extensive experience of delivering income through strategic partnerships
• An entrepreneurial approach to securing new funding streams
• Outstanding skills in relationship-building with prospects, donors, trustees and colleagues
• Strong organisational, analytical and budgetary management skills
• Experience in leading and managing a team effectively

To apply

Please see our recuitment pack for further details

The Jobs: 

Our goal at Kent Wildlife Trust is to ensure that 25% of the population of Kent is engaged with our work tackling the climate and nature crises. Both these roles are pivotal to that goal, working across a range of communications and marketing activities to promote our brand and ensure that as many people as possible are committed to a wilder Kent.  Working on ground breaking projects such as our bison release and wilder carbon, your responsibilities will span digital and traditional media to help our campaigns to reach audiences including businesses, policy makers, farmers and the wider public.  You will write and schedule social media posts and press releases, support the production of our membership magazine, deal with media enquiries and support the development of specific campaigns to promote Kent Wildlife Trust’s goals. This is an opportunity to have a positive and lasting impact on our environment and if you think you have the skills to succeed, we would be delighted to talk to you.  Please carefully consider the skills, qualities and experiences required for both roles and let us know which you are applying for on the application form.  You are equally very welcome to apply for both! 

You: 

In the Senior role you will be an experienced communications and marketing professional looking to take the next step in your career.  You will be an excellent writer, comfortable operating across multiple social media channels, have experience maintaining websites and with email marketing and be confident dealing with journalists.  You may currently be in the corporate or the charitable sector and you will bring fresh ideas to effect behaviour change to achieve positive environmental impacts. Ideally you will have a sound understanding of the conservation and environmental sectors, but for the right candidate this is not essential.  For the Communications Officer role you may be taking your first career steps into the Marketing and Communications sector but be able to show us passion for conservation, creativity, accuracy and experience of working with online communications and printed materials and publications.

Kent Wildlife Trust is the leading wildlife charity for Kent and Medway, supported by its members and staffed by committed professionals.  Join our team and help us create a Wilder Kent! In return we will inspire you, listen to you, value you, treat you equally and fairly, look after your health and wellbeing and encourage flexibility from day one, enabling you to draw on these benefits to be a better, happier and more productive you.

About the Freedom Fund

The Freedom Fund is a leader in the global movement to end slavery. It:

• Invests in those countries and sectors with the greatest incidence of slavery.
• Analyses which interventions work best and shares that knowledge.
• Brings together a community of activists committed to ending slavery and empowered by the knowledge of how best to do so.
• Generates funding by demonstrating how effective interventions can protect those at risk of being enslaved and free those in slavery.
• The Freedom Fund now has programs in India, Ethiopia, Thailand, Nepal, Brazil and Myanmar and will open new programmes in Indonesia and Bangladesh in 2021. It currently supports and funds over 140 partners around the world.
• Our Vision is a world free of slavery and our Mission to mobilise the knowledge, capital and will needed to end slavery.

About the position:

Increasingly we recognise the power of great communications to drive change. The incoming Head of
Communications will lead the evolution of the Freedom Fund’s communications efforts, as we strive to not
only reach ever wider and more inclusive audiences, but also to engage and activate them. Reporting to
the Director of North America, the Head of Communications will lead our external engagement with media
and shape our global communications strategy. This individual will be the first person in this role and as
such, will have the ability to carve the path forward for the Freedom Fund with an ambitious
communications strategy.

We are looking for someone who will be able to create and promote the organization’s strategy internally
while simultaneously driving it forward externally. This individual will need to be an experienced strategic
leader who can create strong alignment between organizational strategy, external relations, and
communications tactics and execution. This position also requires skills with building relationships and
working cross-functionally.

Inheriting a “small but mighty” communications team, the individual will bring an orientation toward growth
and development of the team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of our global communications strategy.
• Develop and execute creative and powerful media strategies that elevate our brand, engage potential donors and advocates, and showcase the dynamic model and work of the Freedom Fund.
• Develop and cultivate close relationships with key editors, journalists and influencers at relevant outlets.
• In coordination with the Partnerships and Programs teams, design and implement effective outreach strategies for engaging new audiences, prospective donors and deepening relationships with current supporters.
• Lead the creation of high-quality media materials, including press releases, pitches, bylines, briefing notes and media follow up.
• Develop and implement an effective strategy for leveraging social media and other digital communications to enhance the Freedom Fund’s brand and further our strategic goals.
• Develop internal resources (including speakers) so we are able to powerfully present the Freedom Fund externally.
• Identify and secure thought leadership opportunities across the organization, including bylines, speaking and executive personal branding opportunities.
• Manage one full-time direct report (based in the US), freelance designers, photographers, videographers, printers, and other independent contractors.
• Expand key performance indicators and further current analytics to show the effectiveness of the Freedom Fund’s communications activities to allow for continued improvement of strategy and tactics.

Qualifications and experience:
Essential:

• At least 5 years of experience in a professional environment with a focus on external communications.
• Excellent people and project management skills, including staff development and agency/vendor management.
• Innovative thinker, with a track record of translating strategic thinking into action plans and output.
• Strong experience in crafting effective media hooks, identifying PR opportunities, and conducting media landscape analysis, including an ability to judge and implement tactics and campaigns that will attract local, national and international press attention.
• Past experience in speaking to and creating messaging for American audiences and working with US based media.
• Passion for storytelling and being part of a growing organization.
• Collegiate approach able to engage and support colleagues to effectively represent the Freedom Fund externally including with media.
• Excellent planning, project management and organizational skills, so as to manage multiple priorities at once, while also retaining a thorough attention to detail.
• Outstanding ability to develop key relationships and strategic partners, around both communications and/or fundraising opportunities.
• Intellectually curious - constantly seeking to understand and internalize various subject areas of a complex model.
• Ability to travel to New York frequently to work with the rest of the team.
• Entitled to work in the United Kingdom without work permit sponsorship from the Freedom Fund.

Desirable:

• Managerial experience
• Experience in the anti-trafficking, international development or human rights sectors would be highly valued, as well as some partnership experience.

Personal Attributes:

Essential:

• A commitment to the Freedom Fund’s vision, mission, values and goals, with a passion to work in promoting human rights around the world
• A willingness to work as part of a team in a cooperative and supportive way
• A commitment to excellence and a relentless pursuit of results, a self-starter with an exceptional work ethic, strong organisational skills and a can-do attitude
• Ability to build relationships with a wide range of individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to work independently, displaying strong initiative in solving day-to-day problems with limited direction.
• An entrepreneurial drive and exceptional attention to detail
• A willingness to undertake careful planning, and to manage multiple activities under pressure and with high levels of precision
• Ability to make critical judgments, solve problems and to be resourceful
• Ability to motivate and support direct reports and build a high functioning team.
• Willingness and ability to travel locally and internationally.

Compensation:

• £62,000 - £70,000 per annum pro rata, plus 10% non-contributory pension scheme.
• 25 days holiday pro rata, plus public holidays.
• Season ticket loan and cycle scheme available.

Job Summary

The Communications Lead will be responsible for the delivery of Gaddum’s communication and engagement strategy. This post working closely with the Head of Development & Innovation will lead on communications for the charity. This position will be in charge of producing high-quality virtual & written content that engages both internal & external stakeholders and builds on brand recognition.

Job Purpose

Working closing with the Head of Development & Innovation this post will develop and coordinate the communication and engagement strategy for the charity. It will be responsible for creating informative content, press releases, articles and media opportunities to promote Gaddum’s brand and services. This role will also lead on internal messages and staff wellbeing.

The Role

This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced fundraising lead with skills across income generating channels and a hands-on approach, to be involved in establishing and growing a fundraising service in a respected patient organisation charity.

Allergy UK is the only national charity that provides support services for the breadth of the allergic community across the UK. With your expertise and innovation our charity can diversify and grow its income generation through a range of fundraising opportunities, which will enable us to ensure that we can deliver even more support and services to the estimated 21 million allergic community across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. 

Allergy UK’s “new ambition” is a vision where ‘no-one should die from allergy’ and our mission is ‘for everyone in the UK to take allergy seriously’.  At the core of our 5-year ‘strategy for change’ is the exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Income Generation to contribute to the development and implementation of an income generation strategy and the establishment of Allergy UK as a fundraising charity.

The Head Income Generation will play a key role in raising our national profile, identifying opportunities for growing our income through creating new approaches to fundraising. 

The postholder will be responsible for raising and growing revenue in line with budget expectations and will lead and implement a strategy to increase diversification of income. They will grow and lead a team of fundraisers and be a member of the executive leadership team reporting to the CEO. 

Candidates should have a track record of achievement and leadership at a senior level in income generation, preferably with expertise in the not-for-profit sector.

Key responsibilities are:

• Part of the Executive Leadership Team with responsibility for bringing about and embedding an internal cultural change, with a specific focus on income generation across the charity.
• To contribute to the development, implementation and delivery of a sustainable Income Generation Strategy that is aligned to the charity’s strategic objectives, building support, generating income, and raising the profile of the charity across the UK.
• Work closely with teams across the charity and its trading subsidiary service areas to deliver an implementation plan that supports the Income Generation Strategy and creates a sustainable model for the organisation.
• Develop and monitor fundraising data reporting to inform return on investment performance.

Salary: £45k to 48k depending on experience

Holiday: 28 days plus Bank Holidays

Pension: 3% Employer, 5% Employee

Free Parking

We look forward to receiving your covering letter and CV.

Closing date for applications: 9am on 19th April 2021.

Initial telecom interviews: Week of 26th April 2021

Interviews for selected candidates: Week of 4th May 2021.

If you would like an informal discussion about the post with the CEO then please request in your covering letter.

Action Against Hunger have established a strong platform for the growth of their public engagement fundraising. For example, they rebranded in 2016, they became members of the Disasters Emergency Committee in 2018, and they launched a new website optimised for a public audience in 2020.

Using the platform of their increasing profile, a priority objective of their strategy for the next five years is to establish a significant long-term sustainable income stream. Public engagement is a key feature of this strategy.

Job description

• Lead a team of five across public engagement that includes individual giving, legacy, supporter care, database and community
• Long term aim is to double income over five years to £1 million
• This is an important income stream for the charity and has full backing from senior leadership and the board
• They are looking for someone who is able to drive the programme forward and realise the potential of the strategy in place
• The role would suit an experienced senior manager or a current head of looking for their next challenge
• Expertise in the following areas is desirable: digital fundraising, donor acquisition and international development

Closing date of 19 April, with CV and supporting statement as submission documents. Interviews to be held 26-27 April.

Benefits

• The charity is incredibly flexible. Their 'where you work' policy allows employees to have total flexibility over their working weeks, including having no core hours at all. 2-3 days WFH is also accepted
• Up to 4% pension contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• 25 days leave plus bank holidays (rising to 30 after 4 yrs’ service)
• Discounted gym membership

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To apply for this role, please click Apply on website and submit your CV to Janice Hardy at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.