Salary: circa £25,000

Contract: Permanent 35 hours supported by flexible working

This role is home based with occasional travel to our Head office in Cardiff

We are looking for a Digital Officer who will be able to tell the story of Tenovus Cancer Care on our social media channels. As our point of contact for social media, you will develop the charity’s social media content strategy and shape how we digitally communicate with our supporters. You will work closely with our Marketing Manager to engage our users and raise the profile of the charity with on-going multi-channel communications using our social channels, website and e-communication.

What you'll need to succeed:

• Experience of working with social media and developing creative campaigns for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn
• Experience of evaluating campaigns and delivering results
• Excellent copywriting skills, with an accessible and engaging style, and the ability to write for different audiences
• Creative thinking, with the ability to identify opportunities, suggest ideas and turn them into workable plans

About us

A cancer diagnosis can be frightening and stressful. We can help. We bring expert advice, emotional support and life-saving treatment to the heart of communities. We help cancer patients and their loved ones cope, and our vital research gives hope.

We care about people affected by cancer and we make a real difference to lives. And we need like-minded people just like you to help us make a difference.

Our roles are popular with candidates because we’re a local employer with a good reputation working for a cause people are passionate about.

Working hours

Our full-time staff are contracted to work 35 hours per week (7 hours per day). We recognise that an increasingly diverse working population means that more people require and expect enhanced flexibility to help them balance their lives at work and at home and manage a range of different caring responsibilities. Therefore, we take an agile approach to working hours between 7am to 9pm with core hour coverage between 11am to 3pm. We also offer a range of Family Friendly policies such as flexible working that many of our staff benefit from.

Annual leave

We know it’s important to have extended leisure time away from work. We’re pleased to offer a competitive annual leave allowance of 35 holidays’ a year inclusive of Bank Holidays all pro-rata’d for part time staff. We also add extra holidays for our staff at long service milestones as well as an option for staff to buy additional holidays across the year.

Recruitment Process

Please apply with your CV and covering letter addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification via the Tenovus Cancer Care website by 25th January.

You can find a copy of the job description and person specification here: digital-officer-jd-jan-22.pdf 

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right change the closing date.

Tenovus Cancer Care is passionate about equality and diversity.  As part of our cultural commitment, we welcome applications from all backgrounds and sections of the community. With Disability Confidence important to how we support and inspire people we welcome applications from people with a disability and will adjust our recruitment processes where we can.

If you are looking for your next career challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

Position: Press and Communications Officer
Type: Part-time (17.5 hours per week), fixed-term contract up to 31 December 2022
Location: Office-based in Cardiff, Wales with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £13,263 - £15,197 per annum (FTE £26,526 - £30,395) plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band D1
Department: MS Cymru team

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

This is a brilliant opportunity to join our hardworking, creative and supportive MS Cymru team.

You’ll be communicating with both Welsh and English speaking audiences, and you must be a fluent Welsh speaker.

We’re looking for a tenacious, proactive Press and Communications Officer to join our team and help us meet our ambitious goals.  

Crucially, you’ll promote and deliver media coverage/strategies to promote our work with a particular emphasis on promoting our fundraising, campaigning and service activity.

You’ll also be our point of contact for media enquiries we receive. And you’ll support the development and delivery of our digital communications, ensuring we have a strong and representative social media presence.

The chosen candidate will have relevant experience (such as a press office, PR agency or journalism), and be comfortable managing competing priorities as part of a busy team. You’ll have excellent writing and communications skills and a positive attitude.

We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays, travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Closing date: 9am on Friday 28 January 2022

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, you’ll be required to provide documentation to show that you’re eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment.

The full list of UK visas and permits that grant you the right to work in the UK can be found on the UK government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and will not be in a position to support you with any visa applications you may make. 

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We’d be grateful if you could complete the equality and diversity monitoring form on our website and submit it with your application

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

No agencies please.

Within our Wales Region (South Wales) we are looking to recruit a Youth Development Lead who will support our Young People activity in one of our key areas.  This role will support activity across South Wales and can be home based with flexibility needed to travel across the region.

As a Prince’s Trust Executive, you will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage young people to live, learn and earn. We are looking for individuals who engage in challenges with optimism and resilience, who are adaptive, flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation and ideally have experience in one of the below areas:

• Education Sector
• Employment or Employability Sector

We’d like to hear from candidates with a range of experience however we are particularly interested to hear from anyone with experience of the Education Sector.

You will be a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people. Working as part of a team within a defined geographical area, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most. 

Individual Giving Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for an Individual Giving Manager to lead on the development, planning and delivery of all individual giving fundraising activity.

Position: Individual Giving Manager

Location: Home based

Hours: Part-time, 22.5 to 30 hours

Salary: £32,000 - £36,000 (pro rata depending on experience)

Contract: One year fixed term with possible extension

Benefits: Excellent benefits package including 35 days per year pro rata (inclusive of bank holidays), Employer Pension contribution of 5%, Death in Service benefits, access to an Employee Assistance Programme and the opportunity for flexible working.

Closing Date: Thursday 27 January

Interviews will take place on a rolling basis, so please apply early.

The Role

The Individual Giving Manager is responsible for developing a donor retention and acquisition strategy. You will develop inspiring and effective digital and direct marketing fundraising products to engage supporters. 

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Manage and develop the individual giving and digital fundraising strategy
• Plan and deliver a variety of fundraising products to broaden the charity’s audience base
• Ensure a consistent and engaging supporter experience and journey
• Work with communications and music delivery to identify and maintain engaging stories and content
• Work closely with the Communications and Engagement Officer to maximise digital fundraising through social media channels.
• Manage individual giving income and expenditure budgets for all campaigns
• Develop an insight and evidence led approach to creating new fundraising products
• Set out clear appeal and campaign aims, objectives and KPIs to accurately monitor, respond and evaluate success.

About You

As Individual Giving Manager you will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and a good understanding of how to create and deliver a powerful and compelling case for support, and the creativity to bring appeals to life.

You will have experience of:

• Raising funds through individual giving and/or digital fundraising
• Using e-marketing and/or direct marketing in a charity
• Growing individual giving and/or digital fundraising programmes
• Using CRM and Facebook fundraising

When applying for this role you will be asked to submit a CV and Covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4.

About the Organisation

The charity improves the health and wellbeing of children and adults through the healing power of live music. Every year, professional musicians share live music with over 100,000 people from across the UK, who may not otherwise get to experience it. This includes those living with dementia, mental health problems, or who are seriously ill. 

The charity is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes enquiries from everyone and values diversity in the workforce and is committed to safeguarding. This role will require a basic DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) or equivalent check.

You may also have experience in areas such as Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving Manager, Individual Giving Fundraising Manager, Insight, Individual Giving, Individual Giving Fundraiser, Fundraising, Fundraiser, Donor Acquisitions, Income Generation, Income Generation Manager, Major Donor, Partnerships, Disability, Charity, Supporter Engagement, Legacy, Legacy and In Memory, In Memory, Legacy and In Memory Manager, In Memory Fundraiser, Legacy Fundraiser, Marketing, Fundraising Marketing, Digital Marketing.

Within our Wales Region (South Wales) we are looking to recruit a Youth Development Lead on a fixed term 6 months contract covering maternity leave, who will support our Young People activity in one of our key areas.  This role will support activity across South Wales and can be home based with flexibility needed to travel across the region.

As a Prince’s Trust Executive, you will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage young people to live, learn and earn. We are looking for individuals who engage in challenges with optimism and resilience, who are adaptive, flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation and ideally have experience in one of the below areas:

• Education Sector
• Employment or Employability Sector

We’d like to hear from candidates with a range of experience however we are particularly interested to hear from anyone with experience of the Education Sector and/ or who has directly worked with young people.

You will be a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decisions for young people. Working as part of a team within a defined geographical area, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most. 

Position: Volunteer Support Manager
Contract: up to 6 months maternity cover fixed-term contract
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Location: Flexible (can be home or office-based)
Salary: £46,828 - £51,418 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band G3
Department: Community Networks

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

We’re looking for a committed and experienced manager to lead our Volunteer Support Team.

Please note we’re advertising this as a maternity cover (fixed-term contract for up to 6 months).

Our Volunteer Support team provide high quality support to our volunteers based across our community networks. Our team keep in frequent contact with our volunteers in a number of ways whether it be through phone call, messages/emails or online video-chat. 

You’ll have a proven track record of success in leading and managing a team and an ability to understand organisational or departmental strategy and apply it to work programmes.

You’ll be experienced in providing complex support to volunteers, demonstrable experience of leadership qualities and the ability to solve problems and use a creative approach to overcoming issues and challenges, and able to encourage others to do the same.

You’ll respect the unique contribution of every individual and work positively in a diverse environment and be able to work effectively as part of a geographically dispersed team and with geographically remote stakeholders.

We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays, travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 2 February 2022

In order to apply for this role, please submit an updated CV and supporting statement indicating how you meet the criteria as set out in the person specification in the attached job description.

The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, you’ll be required to provide documentation to show that you’re eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment.

The full list of UK visas and permits that grant you the right to work in the UK can be found on the UK government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and will not be in a position to support you with any visa applications you may make. 

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We’d be grateful if you could complete the attached equality and diversity monitoring form  and submit it with your application.

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, the HR team will anonymise your CV and supporting statement before forwarding to the shortlisting panel.  

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

No agencies please.

Salary: circa. £24,000 pro rata (circa. £29,000 Full Time Equivalent)

Location: Home-based

Hours: 30 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

We have a diverse and exciting opportunity available for a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Advisor to join the team! This is a part-time, home-based role with remote working based in Wales. Join our External Affairs Directorate at the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association. We proudly operate a trusting, collaborative, and hybrid working environment to allow flexibility.

About the role

As a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Advisor, you will be working with the Public Affairs Manager to plan and deliver the Association's public affairs and policy activities across Wales.

The key purpose of this role is to effectively deliver the MND Association's influencing, campaigning, and lobbying priorities to improve care, services, and support for people with MND, their carers, and families.

This opportunity will be varied, consisting of responsibilities including communicating the Association's position on policy issues to the Welsh Assembly and Government, ensuring alignment of work with the NHS Wales, Local Health Boards and other local authorities and external organisations; You will also support the implementation of a public affairs and campaigns strategy across Wales.

What are we looking for?

A good understanding of the political system in Wales, experience of responding to policy consultations and delivering campaigns and public affairs is key criteria.

Excellent communication, interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills are essential for this role, you will be developing and managing high level relationships with key decision makers and policymakers.

Occasional evening/weekend work and travel to meetings and events will be required.

Verbal and written communication in the Welsh language is advantageous but not essential.

For full role responsibilities please view the job description.

How to apply?

We would love to hear from you and encourage early applications.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply online now and submit a supporting statement and CV.

About Us

The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.

We operate a hybrid working environment within a flexible office space using the latest technology and digital infrastructure. This, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, gives staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.

We are committed to equality and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation for people with and affected by MND, current and future staff, volunteers, and stakeholders.

Important Notices

The MND Association operates a hybrid working culture and therefore we are open to discussing the possibility of variable hours, remote or home working, flexible start, and finish times etc.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

Our selection process will be multi-stage; this may include video call screening, psychometric assessments, and competency-based interview/s.

We request that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this role. We work hard to fill our roles directly and if assistance is required, we operate a PSL, which currently closed for review. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies/ head-hunters.