All Stars London is a grassroots charity that helps young people from London’s poorest communities to ‘perform their lives’ – both onstage and off. 

Since 2014, we have helped hundreds of young people to transform their lives through the power of performance. Our Young Leaders programme is a three-month cycle of performance-based training that builds the confidence and skills of youth aged 14-19. We offer them access to unfamiliar spaces and careers through Bridge-Building activities, mentoring and work experience. Each cycle ends with a Talent Show, organised, produced and hosted by the Young Leaders themselves.

Since the pandemic, youth anxiety and isolation have been at an all-time high. By adapting our programmes to keep young people connected to new opportunities, All Stars has had a positive and demonstrable impact on young people’s well-being as well as their career prospects. 

In 2022, we are looking for a talented Fundraising Campaign Communications Manager who can help us tell this story of growth and resilience to a wider network of potential supporters. Over the last few years, we’ve completed a three-year grant from the London Assembly and recently received funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation.

Across three months, the Funding Campaign Manager will take the lead in marketing and building new relationships for a fundraising event in Spring 2022. 

The role will focus on creating content for social media and direct marketing that shares our work and promotes the upcoming fundraising event. We are hoping to reach new audiences of potential corporate and individual supporters.

We are looking for a creative person who is confident using social media tools, email, newsletters, etc to promote successful fundraising campaigns. This is a brand-new role, working directly with the charity’s founders to help shape our messaging. We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, strong initiative and flexibility, as well as the ability to understand and capture the charity’s voice and vision. 

The position is part-time for a fixed term of three months, with the possibility of further work in the second half of 2022, depending on the success of the campaign. Hours will primarily be worked remotely.

The successful candidate must have: 

• Demonstrable experience in leading fundraising campaign in charity sector

• Track record of using social media tools to achieve campaign goals 

• Ability to work cooperatively, building strong working relationships within and outside the charity

• Initiative and creative ideas to help the charity access new networks

• Strong communication with Trustees and adaptation based on feedback

• Passion for social change, particularly in offering with young people from poor communities

• A self-starter who can effectively manage their own workload 

Skills & personality requirements 

• IT and social media skills including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok

• Knowledge of emerging social platforms

• Strong English writing skills 

• Good organisational skills 

• Ability to understand safeguarding and data protection (GDPR) procedures

• Friendliness, enthusiasm, dedication, responsiveness, flexibility, and eagerness in supporting the mission of All Stars London 

Time commitment

• 1-2 days per week, with self-regulated, flexible hours

• minimum 3 month commitment with possible extension

• you will report to the Programme Coordinator

How to apply 

Please submit your CV and cover letter demonstrating the experience and skills listed in the job description by 5pm on Wednesday 26th Jan . Because of the large number of applications expected, we will only contact selected candidates to arrange an interview. 

Salary

£3,000

Candidate must have self-employed status. 

*Remote working with occasional travel to London office*

The Talent Set are excited to be working with Scope to find a new Stories Officer to bring a fresh perspective to this amazing role. We are looking for a talented individual to develop our storyteller pipeline of disabled people and their families who want to share their story and raise their voice to support Scope’s mission of Disability equality.

This role is central to Scope’s work to achieve everyday equality for disabled people. The Stories Officer is responsible for working across teams and departments to identify storyteller need and develop a pipeline to recruit to. With a head for what makes a compelling story, and the ability to draw this out and build strong relationships, the Stories Officer will grow our Storyteller Network. Our Storyteller Network comprises disabled people who communicate their real stories externally to support Scope’s mission.

Key Responsibilities:

• To develop our storyteller pipeline of disabled people and their families who want to share their story and raise their voice to support Scope’s mission of disability equality. Working across all teams at Scope to identify thematic storyteller requirements for different projects across Scope and develop plans to recruit new storytellers.
• To prospect for, recruit and interview new disabled storytellers to find and draw out stories from people passionate about raising their voice to support projects of strategic priority across Scope.
• To grow our Storyteller Network proactively, identifying exciting new prospects to align with organisational themes, media trends and key awareness days.
• To work with key teams across Scope to identify and interview people interested in supporting Scope as a storyteller.
• To develop great new storyteller driven content for our web, social and earned media work, working closely with relevant teams.
• To support on delivery of large-scale storyteller projects, working closely with the Storytelling Lead and Stories Assistant.
• To build strong relationships with internal teams to bring Stories to the heart of Scope and deliver great stories-driven outputs.

Person Specification:

• Experience of interviewing people (face to face, over the phone or by email) to deliver external communications
• Experience writing external communications for a range of audiences
• Excellent copywriting skills, including subediting, proofreading and summarising information
• Demonstrable experience building positive working relationships, and ability to work with different teams
• Attention to detail, and an ability to follow specific administrative processes
• Ability to be flexible, respond positively to change, and work effectively under pressure

We are looking to speak with individuals that are excellent communicators looking to further develop their skills and incite actual change with their everyday work.

If you’d like to find out more or be considered for this position, please apply with your CV as soon as possible. Regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to every application.

Along with Scope, we are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

Please note any third party CVs submitted to Scope will be redirected to The Talent Set for review.

Do you have a passion for using digital communications to tell a better story for our society? Are you ready to lead a team, developing and growing them to make an even bigger impact on the nation? Then this role could be for you.

CARE is in a new and exciting season since new CEO Ross Hendry joined in November 2021. We have big plans to expand our influence and work over 2022 and beyond.

Central to this vision is the Communications and Engagement Team. We’re recruiting for a Head of Communications to start with us as soon as possible. Reporting to the Director of Communications and Engagement, you’ll be responsible for a talented team, responsible for overseeing and improving CARE’s websites, social media channels, core emails and printed resources and correspondence with supporters. You’ll also make sure the team effectively supports the work of other departments within CARE.

You’ll be deputy to the Director of Communications and Engagement, working closely with him on developing new communications strategies to help take CARE’s work in the digital sphere to the next level. You’ll play a key role in promoting and upholding CARE’s reputation in the public square.

We’re looking for a Head of Media and Public Affairs to communicate clear and effective messages about the RSA's Programmes to a wide network of stakeholders, with a focus on influence and impact. You will ensure that the organisation is across all key policy areas and debates, enabling it to feed into the public policy process and mainstream discourse so that the RSA produces timely and relevant work. You will work with RSA researchers to ensure that all projects have stakeholder strategies built at their inception. You will also ensure the organisation is adaptive to changing media landscape across print, digital and social media platforms.

The post holder will work across all RSA programmes and the environment is fast paced and pro-active in nature. The post holder works outside of normal office hours but this will be compensated with time off in lieu.

We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more!

To find out more about this role, please visit our website or download our job pack below.

Apply

In order to apply, please click ‘apply for this job’ on our recruitment page and submit your CV. You will also be required to answer a series of questions. You do not need to submit a cover letter.

Please submit your application through the RSA website. We cannot accept applications via email. All applications will receive an automated response.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 9am 31 January 2022. Interviews are expected to take place in the week commencing 7 February.

Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process.

About Us

We are the RSA. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. We’re committed to a future that works for everyone, a future where we all can participate in its creation. With over 250 years of heritage in making significant social impact, we bring together, our rigorous research, proven change process, influential ideas platforms and our global community of over 30,000 problem solvers united in a desire to deliver solutions for lasting change.

To achieve this, we ask everyone – our staff, our Fellowship, our collaborators, our partners and wider society – to commit to our values and world view, and strive to achieve genuine positive impact in our lives. This isn’t something we can achieve overnight. But we are asking you to join us all on this journey. The commitment you make now, is a commitment to be with us, to shape us, to challenge us, and to stimulate us all, to find better ways of thinking, acting and delivering change.

It represents the pact you sign when you join us. A pact that represents everything we do, every decision we make, and every action we take.

And it represents how we act. In a way that represents our values, with rigour and proven processes. A relentless spirit. Open minds, and an open door.

We bring to life our Commit to Impact brand idea through every organisational touchpoint, so we can ask everyone who interacts with us: will you?

We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll unite people and ideas to resolve the challenges of our time.

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

IRW is recruiting for the position of 'Head of Media & External Relations’ to join its dynamic team. The role has the option to be stationed from our London or Birmingham office, we are currently working from home on a temporary basis due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Job Purpose:

• Lead on impactful media work that supports the wider divisional and organisational strategies and priorities, whilst strengthening IRW’s global external relations function in collaboration with key stakeholders and leading partner offices in Europe, North America, Middle East, and the ERA divisional advocacy team
• Supporting key global media and advocacy campaigns on priority issues like gender justice, climate change and humanitarian emergency response
• Develop and deliver the media and external relations strategies and annual global calendar that realises the full potential of media, social media, events and other external engagement initiatives that help to build the Islamic Relief brand, reach new audiences, communicate key messages, and increase donor and campaigner engagement
• Writing and then overseeing the implementation of all relevant policies (such as the social media policy) across the IRW family
• Working closely with the External Relations and Advocacy Director, as well as the General Counsel and the Senior Communications Advisor, to protect and build Islamic Relief’s profile and reputation internationally

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject/discipline such as journalism or political science
• Significant experience of leading and managing media relations and social media engagement for a high-profile organisation – including crisis management
• Substantial experience of staff management, coordination and performance management
• Experience of developing and managing communications strategies and coordinating budgets
• Extensive knowledge of international media and of media needs and trends and skilled in securing media coverage and in responding effectively to diverse media enquiries
• Literate in the workings of social media and proficient in the use of social media/digital platforms
• Able to write engagingly and persuasively for a variety of external audiences
• Able to assimilate complex information swiftly and communicate it accurately and with clarity
• Good understanding of international advocacy, especially at a UN level, government affairs and political sensitivities
• Strong knowledge and understanding of the charity and international NGO/humanitarian sectors – including current trends, challenges, opportunities and networks
• Significant experience of external engagement through summits, conferences and other events
• Understanding of multimedia landscape and ability to commission, produce and distribute video, audio and other visual content to drive strategic objectives
• Significant experience of supporting the development and media rollout of advocacy campaigns
• Experience of developing media/communications training modules and delivering training

For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description.

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

For more information on the excellent company benefits we offer our employees, please visit our website.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on 10/02/2022.

Pre-employment Checks:

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

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

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

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

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

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

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

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

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

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

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

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

This role will take responsibility for sharing our charity voices – from individuals and families to healthcare professionals – and securing proactive opportunities for them across earned and owned channels.

These stories will be inspiring and emotive and will fulfil our strategic aim of raising awareness of the impact of muscle-wasting conditions and show how people benefit from our work, to motivate and engage people to come to us for support, to give support and fundraise for our cause.

The successful candidate should have:

• Experience of working in a busy and professional communications team, preferably in the third sector or in a newsroom
• Experience of working with case studies or vulnerable people and preparing them for use in the media 
• Experience of interviewing and writing case study-led stories for the media and web, ideally for a charity client

Expectations in the role

• Working across teams, with the support of the PR Manager, to identify, develop and connect people who are prepared to tell their story or experience of fundraising for Muscular Dystrophy UK. 
• Fulfiling a PR support and coaching role for a team of Regional Development Managers across the UK, who will feed in supporter stories
• Developing communications plans for national awareness days
• Contributing to monitoring and analysing charity media coverage. Produce evaluations for media campaigns

Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities.

About us

Muscular Dystrophy UK is the charity bringing individuals, families and professionals together to fight muscle-wasting conditions. We bring together more than 60 rare and very rare progressive muscle-weakening and wasting conditions, affecting around 70,000 children and adults in the UK.

Benefits

We appreciate the range of skills and experience our team have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We also offer a range of benefits including pension, life assurance, season ticket loan, ride to work scheme, health cash plan, and an employee assistance programme.

Location

This role is based at our office in Southwark, London with flexibility for home working (3 days per week).  

In order to apply, please click on the Apply Now button and send your CV with a covering letter detailing why you are best suited for the role.

*Unfortunately due to the high volume of applications we receive we will only contact candidates that are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please note your application has been unsuccessful

Creative Content Manager – The Channel

Circa £45,000

Full-time (37 hours per week)

Permanent

Hybrid home and London office (London Bridge) – travel to London (approx once per month)

About Us

Young Epilepsy is the only UK charity dedicated to creating better lives for children and young people with epilepsy and related conditions.

We provide world-class diagnosis, assessment and rehabilitation for children and young people with epilepsy and also undertake research into the condition and how it can be treated.

We offer a range of support and information for parents, children and young people and training for professionals. Additionally, we also campaign for better access to, and quality of, health and education services, and to raise awareness and increase understanding of epilepsy.

About the role

This is an exciting time to join Young Epilepsy and the Youth Development & Support team. We have recently launched a new YDS strategy, alongside our organisational 2020-2025 strategy, ambitious to enable children and young people with epilepsy throughout the UK to thrive and succeed, through support, inclusion, participation and digital services. This will be a fantastic opportunity for someone who is experienced, curious and creative to lead on one of our core digital offers.

Within this role you will lead on the development, management and delivery of our dedicated digital space for children and young people with epilepsy, The Channel, which is in effect an online magazine, and source of the truth. We need someone who can write, edit and commission to develop an innovative space where young people can access information, advice and guidance on living with epilepsy, and feel part of a community where they can safely share experiences and connect, particularly through our peer-to-peer support forum, The Hub. We want to continually push the boundaries of what is possible in a digital space, driven by what our audiences need and want.

You will wear many hats in this diverse and exciting role – where you will be editor, commissioner, writer, creator, leader, coach: in a position to drive a truly unique and impactful project, leading on a service that no one else is offering in this space! You will have the freedom to be creative in the content you commission, and experiment with ways to build a community online. You don’t need to be an expert in epilepsy but just have the ability to learn and remain curious.

You will love using your journalistic and editorial skills - you’ll bounce between using the wiles of a journalist to get to the heart of a story, to commissioning the best writer –commissioning a broad range of content that is pitched for a young and diverse audience. You will have experience in digital and media development, with an ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders, including content writers, web developers and media agencies.

You’ll be organised, able to plan robust timelines yet remaining dynamic and flexible. Managing a small team, you will also be responsible for setting out deliverables and key milestones, whilst managing risk and budgets – but don’t let this put you off! We can offer development in areas you feel you may need it.

You will be ambitious and bold, unafraid to take risks and think outside the box. You will lead on The Channel’s growth and development, measuring and scaling impact and reach, with the energy to drive excellent content. An important part of this role will be working with young people, including our Young Reps, to cocreate and codesign content and campaigns on The Channel.

If based in London you will be able to work from our new offices near London Bridge.

 About you

 Relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification or training etc

Experience of digital development

Experience of journalistic or editorial environments, including commissioning content

Experience of managing and motivating a team

Experience of project management and effective project planning

Experience of reporting and presenting to stakeholders, such as funders

Excellent organisation and planning skills

The ability to digest complex information

Excellent time management

Curious, creative and innovative, unafraid to challenge the status quo

Thrives in a dynamic and changing environment

Strong leader and excellent teamwork

Thinks strategically and results driven, able to look ahead, plan, learn and adapt

 What we can offer you

• Access to co-working space WeWork in London Bridge with onsite coffee, bike access and events
• 27 days annual leave plus 8 days Bank Holidays (pro rata if part time)
• Flexible and home working opportunities
• Occupational pension scheme
• Health Insurance Plans (Optional)
• Eyecare Vouchers
• Gym membership options (on and off-site)
• Perkbox, giving you access to nationwide discounts and benefits
• Opportunities for career progression
• Free parking on campus

 Closing date: 6th February 2022

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

Young Epilepsy strives to employ people that reflect the community it serves; therefore, applications from minority groups and people with disabilities are particularly welcomed.
 Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).

Are you an experienced communications professional and an excellent storyteller with a flair for writing? Do you enjoy the challenge of creating and implementing cross channel campaigns to achieve organisational objectives? Do you have drive and energy and enjoy working in a busy and hands-on role? If so, you could be the person we are looking for.

As our Media, Content and Campaigns Manager, your focus will be on producing exceptional and engaging written content across online and offline channels. In addition to writing, you’ll also manage the production and delivery of newsletters, leaflets and other publications. You’ll help us develop a programme of campaigns to run throughout the year to support the delivery of our objectives and will work closely with our income generation teams to maximise engagement with our supporters. You’ll also be responsible for building first-class relationships with local and national media and will have the confidence to brief journalists and conduct interviews along with empathy to listen to our service users and tell their stories with sensitivity and compassion.

It’s an exciting role with plenty of scope for initiative, innovation and creativity. As a member of the communications team, you’ll be responsive, organised and flexible, working alongside digital and clinical communications colleagues to bring our content to life and ensure the success of our promotional activities.

This is a full-time position with opportunities for a blended approach to home and office working. We can offer development, flexible working, opportunities to volunteer, pension, Blue Light discount card and 33 days holiday per year (including bank holiday).

If you think this could be the role for you, we’d love to hear from you. We are committed to employing talented people from all backgrounds and walks of life and we welcome applications from all.

At Rennie Grove, we believe that everyone with a life-limiting illness should be able to live well for as long as possible and have the choice to die at home. ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? To make an application click ‘Apply Now’….

If successful, you’ll join on the first working day of the month so we can best support you with our structured induction programme.

We encourage and strongly recommend our workforce to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Closing: 14 February 2022 at 12 noon

Interviews: Monday 21 February

Salary: £37,000 per annum
Location: Greater London
Job Type: Freelance

Content Manager required asap for 1 yr contract at NFP org, bringing business & sustainability together.

THE COMPANY

My Client is looking for an experienced Content Manager, to help lead the development of Content around sustainability.
This is your chance to join an exciting non-profit at the nexus of environmentalism, business and policy; and make a difference at a crucial time for the planet.

THE ROLE

As a part of the strategic communications and marketing team, the Content Manager will:

- Help lead the development of content around sustainability and the environment across key projects, including shining a spotlight on water usage.
- Work with project teams to brief, plan and develop reports and related marketing assets.
- Work with colleagues to deliver high impact, integrated comms and marketing campaigns that meet strategic objectives and business aims.
- Lead on digital and multimedia content creation, including web content, blogs, videos, social media copy and other marketing materials.
- Monitor, optimise and report on multichannel content performance, applying knowledge of SEO, analytics tools and content best practice.
- Foster innovation and creative thinking in content development.

There is a data team onboard who write actual environmental reports, but the Content Manager must be able to ' bring that copy to life' through relevant content for the website and external marketing activity.

YOU

Skill sets required for this role:

- A proven track-record in planning and end-to-end delivery of multichannel and multimedia content campaigns and one-off projects.
- Excellent content creation, copywriting and editorial skills, including for web, social media and emarketing.
- Knowledge/insight in environmental and nature-related issues and for a BtoB audience.
- Experience of managing design or working with design packages such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and Canva would be fabulous - but not essential.
- Working knowledge of SEO, data analytics and reporting tools.- assessing how the Content has performed.
- Experience of processing and turning complex information into compelling and relevant stories and content.
- Flexibility to work across the organisation and with global offices and projects.
- At least the equivalent of 4 years of relevant experience in content development and strategy.

The role is to start asap.

Salary: £37,000 per annum
Location: Greater London
Job Type: Freelance

NB: You must be eligible to work in the UK

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What Works for Children’s Social Care is the largest funder of children’s social care research in England. Our ambitious research agenda is seeing a growing number of high quality impact evaluations being carried out to help improve the lives of young people and their families.

Reporting to the Centre’s Head of Communications, the post holder will have a key role in ensuring that the research we produce has the maximum impact for children. By supporting and implementing the communications and marketing activity for the Centre, in particular through the use of engaging digital outputs, this role presents an exciting opportunity to make a real difference.

The Role

This role will be responsible for supporting and implementing the communications and marketing activity for WWCSC, bringing our research alive and making sure it has maximum impact. You will work primarily on ensuring all our outputs are engaging and impactful, and are reaching our key audiences in ways that resonate with them. You will work day to day with the Centre’s team and with teams of collaborators. You will report to WWCSC’s Head of Communications, but will work closely with everyone in the team, in particular the Policy and Engagement teams. Specific tasks will include but not be limited to:

• Leading on the development and dissemination of digital content eg animations, gifs, infographics - including identifying suitable opportunities for digital content, storyboarding and drafting text, liaising with relevant teams for content and sign-off, disseminating across various platforms to gain maximum return on investment

• Leading in-house design of reports, publications etc - including scheduling of work, ensuring faithfulness to brand guidelines and good design principles, ensuring accessibility standards across all our outputs

• Supporting and implementing the strategic communications and engagement plans for WWCSC and its projects

• Managing the WWCSC website and social media channels

• Supporting the delivery of WWCSC events and webinars and assisting with content - advising internal and external stakeholders to ensure content is in line with WWCSC strategic objectives, relevant and engaging for audiences; suggesting potential topics, angles and speakers

• Working closely with the research and programme management teams to ensure lessons, stories, outputs and outcomes from the Centre are captured and shared in the most appropriate and effective ways

• Drafting copy for a wide range of external audiences

• Representing the Centre at conferences and engagement events

• Any other reasonable duties as specified by your line manager to further the objectives of WWCSC. 

The Person

• Proven experience of marketing and communications skills gained in a similar role

• Demonstrable skills in design, video and/or animation

• Experience in the use of Adobe Creative Suite programmes

• Ability to work across a range of projects with competing demands

• Attention to detail

• Excellent project management skills

• Experience of creating content for a wide range of audiences and purposes

• Knowledge of the children’s social care sector (desirable)

• Interest in evidence-based policy and solutions

Please see the attached application pack for more details.

Equality and Diversity

WWCSC is an exciting and fast-paced place to work. We are proud to have a diverse team and we are committed to building on this and ensuring our workplace is inclusive and accessible. We welcome candidates from minority and marginalised groups and given our subject area, we are also keen to see applications from people who have lived experience of the children’s social care sector. Please help us monitor this by completing our Equality and Diversity monitoring form (attached)

About us

United for Global Mental Health is dedicated to creating a world that enables good mental health for all. We draw on our expertise in policy, advocacy, and financing to work with organisations who share our commitment to driving mental health up the political agenda - and securing additional funding for mental health at national and global level. 

We unite - a wide range of stakeholders to help achieve change; driving mental health up the political agenda

We advocate and influence - to achieve rights-based policy-making and increased financing, strengthening independent monitoring and accountability 

We advise - on strategy, and design and deliver events and activities to encourage high-level political engagement in support of better mental health

We support - global and national advocacy and campaigning; recognising achieving change takes a multi-stakeholder approach

The opportunity

We are searching for a communications lead to transform research, insights, and stories into communications strategies and compelling content that can change the game on mental health around the world. United for Global Mental Health is a small, fast paced and entrepreneurial team - this is an exciting opportunity to create significant impact. 

About you

You are a driven individual who is passionate about mental health and determined to make a difference to the lives of as many people as possible. 

You will be a seasoned policy and advocacy communications professional, with a deep understanding of audience-first approaches for influence and impact; experience of influencing global and in-country decision-makers and equipping advocates with the tools they need to create change; and a passion for turning technical content into a convincing and accessible case for support.

You will be confident in developing and delivering multiple communications strategies simultaneously for an organisation that works virtually with partners around the world; and in working hand in hand with high level stakeholders across government, international organisations, civil society, the private sector, research and academia, and the media. You will have up to date understanding of digital communications and media advocacy approaches in a digital-first age.

You will share our commitment to putting lived experience at the heart of all that we do; and to upholding the rights of all who access mental health services.

Responsibilities

Communications

• Strategy: Ensure the development and implementation of communications strategies that help advance the policy and advocacy goals of UnitedGMH, the wider global mental health community, and individual projects

• Relationship management: Build, manage, and activate relationships with technical experts and lived experience advocates within and beyond the mental health community, at both global and national levels

• Project delivery: Play an integral role in the delivery team to donor-funded projects, informing strategic direction; advising on activations (including strategic use of message, channel and voice); and developing communications content as needed

• Bringing research and insights to life: Develop UnitedGMH and partner-branded content (short-form and long-form) based on research and insights; and inform the development of new research to ensure strong communications outcomes

• Toolkit development: Transform technical content into policy advocacy and financing toolkits that can be put to use by global and in-country advocates

• Speaker briefing and prep: Work closely with UnitedGMH and third party voices to secure and prepare for speaking and media engagements

• Media briefing: Build relationships with key elite global and in-country media; and securing coverage at key moments

• Key advocacy moments: Design 360 communications strategies and calls to action for key advocacy moments e.g. World Health Assembly, World Mental Health Day, IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings; Global Fund Replenishment; UN General Assembly, in collaboration with other key actors

• UnitedGMH brand and voice: Support the communications manager (brand and digital) in the development of the UnitedGMH brand, with a particular focus on providing technical insights into thought leadership content 

• Fundraising: Inform the UnitedGMH fundraising strategy and proposal development for impact-led project opportunities, integrating communications into UnitedGMH offering

• Measurement and reporting: Inform and guide implementation of monitoring and measurement of communications activity against project KPIs

Management and administration

• Senior Management: Support the CEO to ensure UnitedGMH operations and resources are managed in accordance with policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and good practice in all aspects of the charity’s work

• Financial Management: Support the CEO to ensure the development of the annual budget and ensure effective monitoring and management of resources; support the development and delivery against restricted project budgets

• Line management: Lead contracting and management of consultants as needed

• Representation: Represent UnitedGMH as required both in private and public settings

• UnitedGMH and American Friends of UnitedGMH Board engagement: Support the CEO in reporting to the UnitedGMH board and the American Friends of UnitedGMH

Other duties that may be required by the CEO and board of trustees.

Essential attributes and experience

• Management-level experience relevant to the role 

• Experience of communications in global health and/or international development at both global and country levels 

• An ability to develop and execute communications strategies to achieve change working with a wide variety of stakeholders

• Proven expertise in technical policy advocacy and financing communications

• Media relations expertise (top tier elite media)

• Up to date digital communications experience

• Ability to build and develop partnerships and initiatives to promote collaborative communications 

• Strong team working orientation, with the ability and social skills to work collaboratively with staff at all levels and all parts of the organisation

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

• Political sensitivity and ability to apply good judgement in decision making

Desirable attributes and experience

• Fluency in at least one additional language beyond English is strongly desired

• A proven track record in developing and executing strategies to achieve communications goals in support of better mental health at global and/or country level

• Familiar with, and a champion of, communications informed by global and national experts including People With Lived Experience of mental health conditions 

Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted on a rolling basis so please do not hesitate to register your interest. 

You must already have the right to work in the UK.

Leprosy is a treatable disease that still exists today. Due to fear and lack of knowledge, 3 million people in the world are living with undiagnosed leprosy and many more are suffering from prejudice and disability. Lepra is a global leader in the fight against leprosy and runs extensive programmes in India and Bangladesh. As we approach our 100th anniversary, we are seeking a Communications Manager who will be responsible for telling Lepra’s story to the world.

You will report to the Director of Fundraising and Communications, manage a small but talented team, and will significantly increase our national and international profile, elevating our media impact across a range of channels including digital, radio, video, and written publications. This will in turn support our donor acquisition strategy.

In delivering this, you will also work with colleagues in the UK, India, and Bangladesh. When the global health situation permits, you will have the opportunity to travel to some of our overseas programmes and engage with international stakeholders. 

You will have demonstrable experience in an externally facing communications role, with impeccable writing skills and a solid knowledge of website analytics tools.

More details, including a full job description, person specification, and how to apply are available on our website. 

Media and Communications Manager

This is an exciting time to join UK Youth as we launch our new strategy to 2025- Unlocking Youth Work.

We are looking for someone to work closely with the Head of PR, Marketing and Communications to lead on the development of an organisation-wide communication strategy and develop and deliver the relevant plans related to your areas of expertise.

You will have responsibility for managing organisational narrative and messaging, creating engaging copy, both long and short form across multiple platforms, and developing inspiring and impactful stories to bring our work to life for our key audiences.

You’ll also have responsibility for media relations activities including identifying relevant media opportunities, writing press releases, building out the organisation’s digital PR infrastructure and reporting, and proactively supporting on selling into national, broadcast and trade media to grow awareness of our work with key audiences. This will include working closely with the Head of Policy and Public Affairs on our influencing work.

You will line manage a Digital and Communications Officer and sit within a team of seven communications, digital and marketing experts.

What we’re looking for:

• You are an accomplished writer and communicator with strong examples of tailoring content to different audiences across multiple channels

• You have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in PR, including writing and distributing press releases to deadlines (experience of media intelligence platforms is a bonus)

• You are comfortable with analysing data and reporting into the wider organisation to demonstrate results

• You are creative, strategic and enjoy problem-solving

Who we are

UK Youth is a leading charity that exists to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives.

With an open network of over 8000 youth organisations and national partners, we seek to impact young lives by unlocking youth work as a catalyst for change, working in partnership to build a cross-sector movement and create a society that understands, champions, and delivers effective youth work for all.

UK Youth plays a unique role in addressing; the lack of investment in the youth sector, the lack of understanding in how youth work makes a difference and the limited opportunities to embed effective solutions. These factors lead to mass inequality of access to youth services for young people. To find more about us and how we make an impact, please visit UK Youth Website

Why work at UK Youth?

We are a values-based, passionate and committed organisation offering a friendly working environment with lots of opportunities for professional development and socialising (even for those working remotely!) from lunch and learn sessions, staff quizzes to virtual coffee meet ups.

UK Youth prides itself on being an Equal Opportunity employer. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Our selection procedures ensure that people are treated on the basis of their relevant merits, experience, skills and abilities and that no individual receives more or less favourable treatment.

We welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in our organisation including Black, Asian, minority ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities. We are also currently underrepresented by men, and so are seeking applications from different backgrounds, cultures, age, experience and identity to bring a wide range of experience, ideas, views and insights to UK Youth.

What we can offer you

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture.

• Flexible/Agile Working

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)

• Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary

• Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally

• 20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell our New Forest Outdoor Centre including, camping, lodges and outdoor activities.

• Cyclescheme and Techscheme

 How to apply

Candidates are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description of this role. Your experience, skills and passion will set you apart so tell us about your achievements, irrespective of whether they are personal or work-related, about your journey to date; how this has shaped you and the things you learnt along the way.

If you would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity, please read the job description, and complete an application via our completely anonymised recruitment system (provided by Applied).

• Closing date for applications will be Monday 7th Feb 22 at 11:59pm

• Interview dates TBC

As this role involves working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks which include criminal record check and employment reference.

As part of the recruitment process UK Youth will be gathering and uses certain information about you. For further information regarding this please review our Data Protection Privacy Notice which explains what data of yours we process and how we use it.

Job Title: Marketing and Communications Manager
Team: Growth and Partnerships
Hours: 5 days (37.5 hours) per week with flexible arrangements considered
Location: GoodGym supports remote working. Currently we have an office space in London for staff to use if they wish. All staff have the choice of working remotely, using the office space or a hybrid of both. If you live outside of London, we cannot provide an office space. 
Report to: Head of Growth and Partnerships
Starting salary: £33,762 - £37,513
Application Closing Date: 9am, Monday 7th February 2022 Interview date: Monday 14th February 2022

About GoodGym
At GoodGym you get to do work that really matters, we are a positive solution to some of the UK’s biggest social issues. GoodGym members combine their exercise with doing important tasks for older people and community organisations. We have won multiple awards and are supported by the London Marathon, National Lottery and leading running brand Saucony. GoodGym aims to be one of the largest fitness communities in the UK, we want to make doing good by getting fit a mainstream movement. You’ll be joining an organisation that makes a positive difference every day. We’re an inclusive team, we aim to make sure everybody can be themselves at work.

Some videos about our work:
Guardian video | Team London Video | New Balance advert | ITV coverage

Position overview GoodGym is looking for a talented and driven Marketing and Communications Manager to drive our expansion across the UK. You will be joining our growing team to build a nationally recognised brand. In doing so, you will help achieve our mission of getting the UK more active and reducing isolation and loneliness amongst older people at the same time.

Using your communications expertise, digital marketing knowledge you will devise and execute a strategy to fulfil our mission of helping GoodGym grow to national prominence. This is an opportunity for an ambitious marketeer who wants to make a significant impact to grow an innovative fitness project into a national brand. You will develop and execute plans to engage tens of thousands of new members in GoodGym each year. You will manage a marketing budget and continue to extend and enhance our grassroots referrals.

Main responsibilities

National awareness and PR.
GoodGym has had extensive coverage on BBC radio, BBC television, ITV, the Financial Times, Wired, the Guardian and many other leading mainstream media channels. You will extend and continue this level of coverage, managing our publicity and PR to increase awareness of our work across the UK.

Local campaigns and targetting GoodGym is currently in 58 cities across the UK. In the future we hope to expand this. You will build a media kit that means each city can produce locally targeted media to help with member recruitment and new partners.

Comms channels management We have several scheduled communication channels with GoodGym members. You will lead the organisation of these. Part of this will be our own stories page on the website. You will be helping the community write their stories.

Member recruitment You will be responsible for increasing membership by promoting awareness of GoodGym as an easy, convenient and rewarding way of volunteering and getting fit.

Social media and social media advertising We currently use Twitter, Facebook and Instagram; you will be responsible for managing and producing content for these channels and targeting them appropriately to areas that need more participants.

Brand partnerships You will work closely with the business development team to make sure we are utilising our brand partners when it comes to marketing.

Budgets and strategy You will lead the marketing strategy and control the marketing budget to optimise our CPA.

Person Specification

• A marketing or communications role in a previous organisation
• Ability to create and execute targeted campaigns
• A track record of growing audiences and increasing signups
• Data-driven,analytical approach to marketing
• Experience of managing PR opportunities
• Experience managing social media accounts
• Excellent writing skills
• Ability to spot great stories and turn them into content quickly
• Ability to make connections and collaborate
• Self-motivated, driven, high energy and engaging

Why join us?

• Friendly and positive culture
• A growing team with real purpose
• Flexible working hours and location
• Regular talks from leading sector experts
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• £200 development budget
• Home working equipment budget
• Optional working groups on issues such as diversity and the environment
• Lots of team socials across the year

We are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by loneliness in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of race, sex, gender identity, disability, age, nationality, religious or philosophical belief, age, sexual orientation, educational attainment, family status, trade union activity or any other factor. We see diversity as strength and want everyone to be able to be their whole selves at work.

We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels safe and respected.