Kidscape is a bullying prevention charity working across England and Wales, that gives practical support to children, families and schools, to challenge bullying and protect young lives. 

We are currently seeking a Communications Manager who will engage our audiences through multi-media channels, with a primary focus on digital communication. 

The Head of Humanist Care is responsible for the development of Humanists UK’s Humanist Care programme, and in particular the growth in the availability of non-religious pastoral support in hospitals, hospices, and prisons, as well as enhancing the quality of pastoral support on offer through the development of support systems for our accredited carers and encouraging inclusive institutional delivery models.

The successful candidate will have proven experience in delivering pastoral care in a compassionate and person centred manner. A good knowledge of prison and hospital structures in the UK is beneficial. And, an ability to focus and deliver on growth in an expanding network of pastoral care volunteers. Experience in training, designing, developing or delivery is an advantage.

If you are interested in this position please download the application pack for further information and apply using this application form.

Please note applications close at 09:00 on Monday 1 February 2021. 

ROYAL FREE CHARITY

HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS

SALARY - £50,000-£55,000 per annum -subject to skills and experience

37.5 hours a week over five days

Base – initially home working then office based at Royal Free Hospital

The Royal Free Charity stands at the threshold of its most important period of development. The pandemic has shown just how vital is its support for the staff and patients of our three hospitals across north London and our generous donors have never been more ready to enable us to provide it. The need for our support for globally-important research has also never been more clear.

We now need world class communications to underpin all our conversations: with our staff, our hospital colleagues, our donors, our other partners. This is your opportunity to make sure we get them right.

If you have the right experience, and the confidence and the imagination, to steer the messaging of our expert and ambitious teams; and if you feel excited at the idea of creating a new benchmark in philanthropic healthcare communications, we want to hear from you.

The head of communications will be reporting to the director of engagement and communications.

The main purpose of the role:

To lead on the organisation’s media campaigns, brand, communications (both external and internal), marketing, social media and digital engagement, ensuring the RFC is an exemplar for NHS charities in terms of public and member engagement. Develop and implement a communications and messaging strategy that ensures significant growth in the awareness, engagement and participation in our work from people across north London and beyond, wherever the trust offers services.

Benefits:

28 days’ paid holiday plus UK bank holidays each year.

Enrolment into the pension scheme.

To apply for this post, send a Word document CV with a 500-word statement addressing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description and person specification: qualifications, experience, skills, knowledge and personal qualities. Please ensure you include your last employer and dates of employment within your CV. 

Closing date for application: Thursday 21 January 2021, 12 noon.

Interview date: Thursday 28 January 2021

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting a brand new not-for-profit called Uplift. Uplift is helping to move the UK towards a fossil fuel-free future. We strategically resource, connect and elevate ideas and voices to set in motion a just transition away from fossil fuel production that is commensurate with the scale of the climate crisis.

We are currently looking for a Head of Communications and Campaigns to join our growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to help build an ambitious movement to phase out oil and gas extraction in the UK. This role is offered on a full time or 4 days a week.

As Head of Campaigns and Communications, you will collaborate with key partners, including NGOs and grassroots movements, to develop and execute powerful campaign and communication strategies for transitioning away from oil and gas extraction. You will build and support a diverse network of organisations, constituencies and affected communities who are working towards our shared goals. You will also help to create stories that expose industry greenwashing and elevate the urgency of a just transition away from fossil fuel production.

The successful candidate for this position will have significant experience in a similar role with a track record of guiding and implementing effective campaign and communications strategies. You will have excellent analytical skills and a demonstrable ability to analyse changing political and social contexts with strong communication skills to influence and persuade. Finally, a strong commitment to Uplift's mission and core values is also required.

Given the unprecedented volume of interest in our roles, consultants are unable to support with general job search advice or specific enquiries before application. Instead please do either register your CV on our website or submit your CV for any roles that interest you to ensure that your application is reviewed in line with the position. Should you be successfully longlisted or we are able to assist in your job search we will be in contact to discuss next steps.

The Communications Manager (Media) is responsible for delivering a communications strategy that keeps the Trussell Trust at the forefront of the national conversation. Supporting the creation and implementation for an integrated, audience focussed marketing and communications plan, the role will manage a Senior Press Officer and a Communications Officer (Church) responsible for building public will to end the need for food banks across all communications channels, with a particular focus on traditional media.

The role can be home-based in the UK  - some UK travel will be required. Flexible working considered.

Are you looking to start a career in public affairs and/or communications in the voluntary sector?  Do you want a job that supports charities and volunteers to make the greatest possible impact for people and communities?

NCVO is transforming the way it works. With a new strategic direction and leadership team, we are determined to work with our members so that charities and volunteering can thrive. As the country recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic and renews itself, charities and volunteering aren’t just vital support systems for communities in need – they’re at the heart of how people want to lead their lives.

As Public Affairs and Communications Assistant you will work supporting our parliamentary and media work to make the case for charities and volunteering. You will support the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Charities and Volunteering, working with parliamentarians and their offices. You will also support with all aspects of our communications work, including media monitoring and liaison, as well as internal communications. Your organisational skills will ensure the smooth delivery of our public affairs and communications activities, enabling us to demonstrate a co-ordinated professional approach.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the heart of the voluntary sector.  Working with colleagues from across the organisation you will be contributing to NCVO’s external work to influence a range of different audiences and seek policy change. You will use your strong interpersonal skills to ensure meetings are effectively organised, and that public affairs and communications resources are used efficiently where required across the organisation.

You’ll be excited by change and positive about being part of two newly created teams which brings together policy and research with a new networks function, and co-ordinate our communications and marketing to meet the needs of our members.  Trusted by staff at all levels, and from all backgrounds, you will contribute to developing a new collaborative and inclusive culture. Like many organisations, at present, that includes being able to work remotely, building relationships internally and externally.

NCVO is fully committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our sector.  We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work for us and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and identities.  We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are under-represented in NCVO, particularly at senior level. As part of our commitment to employing disabled people, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirement for all competencies on the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

About NCVO

NCVO supports volunteering and charities.

We believe that the work of volunteers and charities make our communities stronger and the world around us better, for everyone.

Our members are at the heart of our mission. We work collaboratively with our 15,000-strong network of national and local charities and voluntary organisations. We share practical support and new insight so that people and organisations can focus on making a difference. And we work alongside our members to ensure that the essential role of volunteers and charities is widely recognised.

We are looking for a Communications Manager to increase our public profile and lead on our internal and external communications.

We have seen rapid growth over the last few years and we now have 30+ staff running a range of projects and core activities and have ambitious plans for further growth and influence.  The Communications Manager role is focussed on managing, developing and expanding Respect’s communications across our projects and externally.  There are a number of opportunities in our sector, such as the progression of the DA bill through parliament and this represents an opportunity for influence.  Our communications plans play a key role in this.

Job Title:  Head of People

Responsible to:  Chief Operating Officer

Salary:  £40K,000 per annum

Tenure:  Permanent

Benefit:  8% Employer’s Pension Contribution 

Hours:  Full time 37.5 hours per week 

Location: This role is based out of our central london office but your time can be split between here and working from home.

Purpose of job

You will create and lead a people development strategy for the organisation, promoting best practice around recruitment, training and management of staff and volunteers.

You will oversee HR policies and work with senior management to deliver strategic HR projects and organisational change.

You will advise on and ensure the Party’s compliance with employment legislation and our internal complaints and disciplinary procedures.

You will be our leading advocate for an improved workplace, staff wellbeing, effective communication, and engagement of staff and volunteers across the Party.

Key Responsibilities

1. Create and lead a people development strategy for staff and volunteers across the Party, working closely with the Chief Operating Officer and senior

Management.

1. Ensure our payroll is run accurately and on time each month.

2. Oversee our HR policies and work to embed best practice with all employees around recruitment, training, performance, management and wellbeing.

3. Lead on strategic HR projects and support the Senior Leadership team in delivering organisational change.

4. Oversee our employee training programme.

5. Provide advice on employment law and HR policies to staff and the wider Party.

6. Continually improve our HR processes, policies and structures.

7. Manage a team that includes a People Officer, an HR Administrator and a Wellbeing Officer.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Skills and Experience

1. Experience in senior HR role(s) and in helping lead strategic projects and developing people across an organisation.

2. Excellent knowledge of HR policies, processes and UK employment law.

3. Experience of managing employee relations cases.

4. Excellent eye for detail and comfortable with numbers. Experience in running in house or working with an outsourced payroll provider is a must.

5. Proven ability to manage complex projects with many stakeholders, developing positive working relationships and anticipating problems before they arise.

6. Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to adapt your working style to different people.

7. Excellent communication skills - both written and oral. You must be digitally savvy and be comfortable with using G suite or Microsoft tools to present ideas and influence.

8. Diplomacy, patience, resilience, integrity and discretion.

Desirable Skills and Experience

1. Experience using commercial HR software such as Cezanne.

2. Experience of leading a training programme for employees and/or volunteers.

3. A commitment to the aims and values of the Liberal Democrats.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE 

For questions and further details, and to submit an application by attaching: 

1. A copy of your CV; including complete work history.

2. A Covering Letter; no more than 2 pages of A4 in length, indicating clearly how your experience and skills meet the criteria stated in the job and person specification. Please also write your name on top of your supporting statement.

We will be reviewing applications as they come in and reserve the right to appoint prior to the closing date

Please note: We will not be able to employ you if you are not eligible to work in the UK. We will not be able to obtain a work permit on your behalf.

Applicants are encouraged to inform us if any reasonable adjustments are needed to be made during any part of the recruitment process. 

Please let us have details of your current salary and two referees including one from your current employer – if you would prefer us not to contact them until a later stage of the selection process, please let us know. 

The Liberal Democrats are equal opportunity employers and particularly welcome applications from groups who are currently under-represented in our staff.

 

The Liberal Democrats are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. That’s why we’ve taken the Time to Change Employer Pledge. We encourage applications from persons with experience of mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work.”

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead our highly motivated and successful fundraising team, and take our income to a new level.  This new position will develop our fundraising and communications strategy and oversee its implementation. The role includes working closely with colleagues in Zambia.

You will line manage a team of four who work out of our open plan office in Shrewsbury (or from home), and be a key member of the SMT, supporting the wider development of the organisation.

We are flexible on employee location but expect the post-holder to spend a considerable amount of time in the Shrewsbury office (at least 40%).

The successful candidate will have:

• Overall responsibility for defining and implementing our fundraising strategy, steadily increasing our income towards £2M
• Strong affinity with our mission, values and approach
• Senior fundraising experience with proven leadership skills and at least 3 years experience in a not for profit organisation
• Sound understanding of and ability to pursue a relationship based approach to raising funds
• Some experience of international development – ideally in a fundraising capacity. Familiarity with Zambia/southern Africa an advantage.
• Forward-thinking and dynamic with proven experience of leading, developing and managing a high performing team

To Apply

Once you have read the job description and Information Pack attached, please email your CV and a brief supporting statement (no more than one page of A4) with Director of Fundraising in the email subject title.

Just a Drop is an international development charity working to bring safe water, hygiene and sanitation to communities, transforming lives. Our safe water projects have benefitted over 1.7 million people across 32 countries since we began in 1998.

We’re looking for a confident, positive self-starter motivated to take the initiative across a varied and interesting workload. Working in the small, highly committed and professional Fundraising and Communications team, the role will carry out a variety of tasks and through necessity liaise closely with the Projects team – it will be necessary to attend Projects team meetings.

The role is offered on a 9 month contract basis, to provide maternity cover. It is envisaged this will be an important and valued role within the organisation, with the opportunity to make a huge impact on the charity’s development. The coming year is a challenging but exciting time for the organisation, as we continue to build a sustainable future in the context of coronavirus.

This is a great opportunity for those looking to start their career in the charity sector, at a positive, professional and passionate organisation making a real difference to people’s lives.

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 sides, outlining how you are suitable for the role. 

The Job Description and Person Specification are as follows:

Job Description

• Project reports for funders – work with the projects team to collate formal reports for project supporters from local partner updates and look to develop this function
• With the communications team, prepare Just a Drop's quarterly Highlights, researching the highest quality images from our projects
• Support our image bank, to ensure it has the best available images for communications purposes
• Provide support to update our project statistics and statistics relevant to our work, for example, updating our website

• Make updates to the website, e.g. ensure partner pages are all fully up to date and provide relevant tags for images
• Work with the communications team to create a portfolio of films for use across communications – from our existing portfolio of filmed content
• Create impact reports, covering the impact of our work for social media and partners e.g. showing the full impact of our work in Kenya
• Awards – help us research opportunities to enter Awards, thus building our profile

• Research potential celebrity ambassadors and work out relevant approaches
• Research potential Charity of the Year opportunities for Just a Drop to apply for
• Any other duties considered appropriate to the role

Person Specification

Skills and abilities:

• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Ability to liaise with a wide variety of stakeholders, with excellent interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of film editing desirable, but we can provide training

Personal attributes:

• An ability to use initiative, a self-starter, with a can do attitude and the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong organisational and workload management skills
• Positive and friendly outlook
• Confident
• Motivated
• Flexible attitude to working on a variety of projects and different areas

Working closely with the Green Party of England and Wales’s (GPEW) Development Committee the post-holder will be responsible for delivering existing plans for income and developing new streams in-line with the culture and values of the party. The post holder will lead the review of the current and past approaches and develop a fundraising and income-generation strategy, with a particular focus on the membership journey.

The Head of Development will develop and manage relationships with existing and new major donors, plan fundraising strategies and events, and support the efforts of other teams to generate new forms of income, for example from affinity partnerships and legacies. They will also co-ordinate the customer journey for new members and the communication with existing, working with other teams to tap into activism and motivate members to take action on behalf of the Party.

With an ability to build a strong network of supporters and partners to help influence, support and inform this income generation, you have an established and successful track record of leading a high-profile fundraising portfolio.

You will be a senior fundraiser with experience of leading organisational wide fundraising strategy and delivering diverse and digital fundraising initiatives. You will need excellent organisational skills and the ability to remain calm in high-pressure environments, with a high level of personal and professional resilience. You will also need to be able to show a track record of success in project management, from concept through to delivery, in complex situations.

The Work Rights Centre is looking for an expert storyteller. Do you start your day with a cause you care about, and down your tools only after you've told the world about it? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We are a charity dedicated to employment justice and social mobility. Every week our multilingual teams of advisers help vulnerable workers challenge unscrupulous employers, and rebuild their lives by accessing decent employment and training. We want to grow our team with a colleague who can recognise the story potential in our work, and make it visible to stakeholders. This is why we are advertising this position.

The role

As senior Comms officer, you will have one key objective: to grow our supporter base. In practice, fulfilling this objective means taking the lead in drafting newsletters, social media content and web articles, as well as establishing relationships with traditional media at local and national level. No target is too bold. But we want you to be strategic, by planning your interventions, keeping an eye on metrics of engagement, and focusing on what works.

The candidate

We are looking for a good writer with a head for strategy. You will excel at building rapport and growing a community online. But you will also have a good grasp of metrics of engagement. At the end of the day, you'll take pride in increasing our social media followers, newsletter subscribers and press mentions.

Generally speaking, we want to hear from you if you can demonstrate:

• 4 years of experience in communication;
• a track record of building a supporter base;
• familiarity with media planning tools (like MailChimp, Hootsuite etc);
• excellent written English (you know your "it's" from "its");
• a real interest in social mobility. 

How to apply

Download the job description and follow the process. In summary, we want to see your CV, Cover letter, and a few supporting documents or links illustrating your comms portfolio. The deadline for applications is the 16th of January, 23:59. Interviews and a short written test take place online, the week commencing the 18th of January.

The We Mean Business coalition is looking for a self-starting editorial associate to join our thriving and growing Communications team. The candidate’s primary focus will be delivering the We Mean Business coalition’s content and website strategy. The successful candidate will have experience with business and climate issues. They will think creatively and be well-versed in the opportunities that both digital and the shifting traditional media landscape open up to communicators.

Job title: Internal Communications and Engagement Manager
Salary: Up to £42,778.65 per annum plus excellent benefits
Location: Homebased
Job type: Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Closing date: 17 January 2021
Virtual first interview date: 27 January 2021
Virtual second interview date: 29 January 2021

We are looking for an experienced internal communications and engagement manager who has drive and a creative flair to develop and embed a new internal communications function within Cats Protection.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2019 we helped around 191,000 cats and kittens, an average of more than 520 per day!

We are embarking on an exiting new strategy and the role of the team will be to engage and inspire our people in delivering even more impact for cats. You will have experience of developing an internal communications team, advising and working with Directors, CEO’s and Trustees and inspire others in communicating about the impact we have of thousands of cats across the UK.

Your main responsibilities will be leading on the development and implementation of the corporate internal communications plan for employees and volunteers. You'll work in close partnership with our Communications team and partner with our CEO, Directors and Senior Managers to develop and deliver communications to engage employees and volunteers. You'll also provide leadership and management to the internal communications and engagement team while acting as a role model for leadership behaviours and approach across Cats Protection.

The successful candidate will have strong experience in developing internal communications, developing strategies and advising Senior Managers on effective internal communications. Experience of working with volunteers in essential as well as managing an intranet or content management system (preferably SharePoint). You'll have excellent verbal and written communication skills, presentation skills and the ability to deliver messages in an engaging and innovative way.

Please note, the interview process for this role will include a competency based interview with a presentation and a short written assessment.

To apply for this position, please click the APPLY ONLINE button. Our application process requires you to submit a CV and answer screening questions – including explaining your interest and suitability for the role. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.