The Head of Fundraising & Marketing is a key member of Qadria Trust’s Leadership Team with responsibility for developing our fundraising and communication strategy and overseeing all communication activities for our multi-million project named Islamic Centre of Britain which includes masjid, community centre, commercial block and a school building.

The post holder will be responsible for raising and growing revenue, will design and implement a sustainable development strategy to increase philanthropic revenue from a diverse portfolio of supporters across the UK and overseas. They will mentor and lead a team of fundraisers and Social Media to achieve ambitious revenue and renewal goals year over year, while delivering excellent stewardship experiences for our supporters.

Main Responsibilities:

Fundraising

1. To develop, manage and deliver a clearly defined fundraising strategy, which will ensure sustainable revenue for Qadria Trust and will also raise the profile, reputation and credibility of Qadria Trust’s work among clearly defined audiences and stakeholders.
2. To establish and provide strong leadership to Fundraising and Communication teams ensuring that organisational and individual targets are met, through instilling a creative, professional, adaptable and positive team environment. 
3. To undertake and participate constructively in induction, regular supervision, appraisal and relevant training. To contribute positively to continuous improvement of services.
4. To maintain close contact with the CEO/Director and with all the work of the organisation so as to be aware to effectively use the information for fundraising purposes.
5. To work closely with the CEO/Director and Senior Management Team to broaden Qadria Trust’s funding base for projects/services which add value to the organisation, particularly working with Muslim communities and businesses across the globe.
6. To ensure the implementation of risk awareness and risk control in the department.
7. To provide line management to the Fundraising and Communication Teams.
8. To develop and manage Qadria Trust’s long term profile and identity for fundraising purposes.
9. To maintain confidentiality in line with organisational policy in relation to service users, staff and business sensitive information.
10. To review potential partner organisations and corporate sectors and identify best ways of engaging for partnership.
11. To develop, deliver and evaluate a schedule of donor acquisition and retention campaigns across all platforms including Social Media.
12. To design and implement an evaluation and monitoring process to evaluate the outcomes and success of campaigns.
13. To produce detailed reports at the end of Qadria Trust’s campaign periods.

Community Engagement and Fundraising

1. To develop and implement cost effective fundraising initiatives and events aimed at a diverse range of communities.
2. To establish, manage and strengthen Qadria Trust’s external relationships with all stakeholders including donors, statutory bodies, mosques, local communities, corporate organizations, charities and educational establishments in order to maximise Qadria Trust’s income.
3. To create, maintain and develop Qadria Trust’s donor base through fundraising initiatives.
4. To identify new areas of income generation which fulfil the strategic objectives of Qadria Trust.
5. To ensure the effective implementation of maximizing Qadria Trust’s income from fundraising through campaigns, Ramadan, Qurbani, and Qadria Trust’s projects/services.
6. To create appropriate manuals, procedures and guidelines for all fundraising initiatives and organize periodical reviews for continual improvement.

Community Engagement and Social Media Fundraising

1. To ensure that resources for fundraising, both through community engagement and with Social Media are carefully allocated, managed, and monitored effectively to achieve the greatest impact.
2. To ensure all fundraising events and investment to Social Media campaigns are cost effective and add value to the organisation.
3. To drive forward the growth in institutional fundraising initiatives, incorporating innovation and creativity.
4. To develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and potential funders, including large charities and other CSR institutions.

Other Responsibilities

1. To ensure compliance with the financial legislation and Qadria Trust`s financial procedures in all activities of the department.
2. To be willing and able to travel extensively and at short notice.
3. To be responsible for ensuring that staff and volunteers are adequately informed, skilled and supervised to carry out their duties safely and in compliance with Health and Safety policy and safety management systems.
4. To monitor, analyse and evaluate success and weaknesses of the department’s activities and ensure learning outcomes are shared and documented.
5. To comply with all policies, procedures, legal and regulatory requirements.
6. To be willing to travel extensively with short notice.
7. To commit to working unsociable hours on a regular basis.
8. To be responsible for health and safety in the area of his/her control and ensure that he/she is familiar with Qadria Trust’s health and safety at work policy.
9. To respect the unique contribution of every individual and work positively in an equal opportunity and diverse environment.
10. The post holder will be required to apply for a Disclosure check.
11. Any other duties commensurate with the accountabilities of the post.

Note: Please send your CV and a cover letter to apply for this position. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Cumbria CVS has a long history of supporting the voluntary sector and has played a key role in the Covid-response to date. We have now completed a strategic review and want to strengthen our team!  If you have the energy, enthusiasm and resilience to help our wonderful sector succeed in these challenging times and would like to work in a flexible, friendly team that is passionate about making a difference to communities across Cumbria, then this role may be for you.
We are recruiting a skilled, experienced and motivated Communications Manager (F/T) to support the development and implementation of an effective communications strategy for Cumbria CVS and the wider third sector, including digital communications.
We are especially looking for self-motivated individuals with relevant skills, qualifications and experience of partnership working and collaboration and if you have an understanding of and a commitment to the values of the Cumbria CVS - Leadership, Excellence, Equity, Integrity and Voluntarism - and would like to work for this forward thinking organisation, then we want to hear from you.

Application Pack:

Job Description

Job Title: Communications and Campaigns Manager – Inspiring Governance

Reports to: Director of Governance Programmes

Location: Flexible with occasional travel to London office - Quantum House, 22 – 24 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, EC4A 3EB

Purpose: The UK based Education and Employers charity aims to ensure that all young people have the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential. One of the ways it achieves this aim is via the Inspiring Governance recruitment service. Funded by the Department for Education, this is a free governor recruitment service which gets highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing, helping to raise educational achievement.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference by taking on a leading role in driving our communications and campaigns activities, both with volunteers and employers looking to support governance, and with recruiters looking to appoint governors in their school and local academy boards.

The postholder will primarily be responsible for developing and personally delivering a suite of communications and campaigns activity. They will work as part of a close and supportive team with other colleagues in Inspiring Governance and the wider charity.

Remuneration: circa £28-30k - depending upon experience

Additional Terms: 30 days paid holiday, exclusive of Statutory Holiday plus competitive pension scheme and a volunteering allowance of up to 5 days – pro rata in accordance with the length of contract. Additional family friendly benefits including enhancements to Statutory Payments.

Appointment Terms: Fixed term contract – initially until March 31st, 2022

Job Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of communications and campaigns that contribute to driving volunteer sign ups, supporting our employer engagement, and successfully engaging recruiters with our governance recruitment services:

• Inspiring Governance: This is a free (at point of use) England wide online recruitment service that connects schools with skilled volunteers interested in being governors and trustees. The service is currently funded by the Department for Education (DfE) The programme has specific, and demanding Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to meet around numbers of volunteers sourced and placed, the diversity of volunteers and the number of vacancies registered by schools.
• Inspiring FE Governance: This is a free (at point of use) England wide online recruitment service dedicated to finding individuals with the right skills to serve on Further Education (FE Boards) in England, including chairs of finance committees. Board members are committed volunteers and the role is like a company non-executive director. The Inspiring FE Governance service is funded by the Education and Training Foundation and run solely by Education and Employers. The programme has specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to meet, around numbers of volunteers sourced and placed for example.

We are looking for a strategic thinking, motivated individual who can evolve existing campaigns, develop new ones, and deliver a range of communications activity across multiple channels to promote the Inspiring Governance Service. The post-holder will understand governance and is passionate about supporting young people to realise their potential. Education and Employers is a small charity working at a rapid pace to bring about change and the ideal candidate will be a self-starter with strong communication skills, able to absorb key information quickly and work well with a small team in a dynamic working environment.

Key Accountabilities:

Review, evolve and deliver our current communications strategy

• To review, critique and develop the current Inspiring Governance communications strategy
• Put in place plans to resource and deliver this strategy at minimum cost for maximum gain
• Undertake metrics tracking to secure management information on all our communications channels, helping to inform and revise our ongoing strategy

Managing our website and social media channels

• Manage the Inspiring Governance website, overseeing and generating all content and liaising with our website hosts to ensure the website is engaging, informative and accessible
• Generating and posting content (including video) for the Inspiring Governance social media channels (Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) that is designed to maximise benefit and reach for the service itself
• Works with the website provider and other external agencies as appropriate (film companies/ designers) to develop briefs for and delivery of key communications and marketing assets
• Through well planned social media campaigns and activity, grow our followership in terms of reach and by securing influential followers that can magnify our communications reach
• Develop the ongoing content schedule for the Inspiring Governance news stories pages. Commission, author and edit articles for these pages, promoting them appropriately to secure the widest readership
• Developing a wider library of photos/ images that are engaging, support our written comms and are tailored appropriately at our governance audiences

Curate, maintain, update, and develop our resources for volunteers and recruiters

• Review our current resources and revise any branding in line with a change in our delivery partnership, which will involve re-branding some material and maintaining branding/ attributed IPR of others
• Update our resources in line with DfE issued advice and guidance on school and academy governance
• Refine and further develop Inspiring Governance’s existing offer to volunteers thus helping ensure volunteers are ready to take up their role on a governing board
• Signpost ongoing support in the market that volunteers can access during their first years in governance

Developing our existing and new campaigns

• Work with partners to develop the Everyone on Board campaign (to diversify schools governing boards) that to date has been jointly developed with the National Governance Association
• Work with partners to develop the Educators on Board campaign (to encourage more educators on to governing boards) that to date has been jointly developed with the National Governance Association
• Develop and expand the School Governor Champions campaign that encourages employers and organisations to become a corporate supporter of school governance
• Support the Head of Employer and Volunteer Engagement to develop employer and sector led campaigns like Take a Closer Look (engineers) and Health Ambassadors (NHS staff)
• Conceptualise and deliver new campaigns that help us achieve our objectives and contract KPIs

Review and update all our existing communications with volunteers and recruiters

• Review the range of automated e-mail and personal communication that goes to users of the service (both volunteers and recruiters). Ensure that these comms best support the user/ customer journey and reflect the friendly, helpful and straightforward approach the service currently takes to its users
• Draft content for and distribute regular communications that go to IG volunteers and recruiters such as the volunteer and recruiter newsletters and annual surveys
• Work with Inspiring the Future colleagues in the charity to put in place a communications approach that encourages ITF volunteers to deepen their volunteering commitment and register for Inspiring Governance

Partnership communications and wider PR/ press coverage

• Secure wider PR/Press coverage for the Inspiring Governance service and its campaigns in trade, regional and possibly national channels
• Work with educational stakeholders to support the wider promotion of the IG service and our messages. This will include the National Governance Association as a previous delivery partner but also professional associations and membership bodies
• Further develop our employer social media toolkit and ensure that employers and professional associations we work with have the copy and tools to promote the Inspiring Governance service within their internal and external communications networks
• Ensure Inspiring Governance maximises its exposure through linking to national campaigns such as volunteer’s week and National Careers Development Month.

Wider charity contribution

• When required provide support to the wider charity’s communications activities and priorities. For example, this could be supporting the release of our research reports like the recent Value of Volunteering report.

Other

• Represent the charity’s governance programmes and the Director at external events and conferences as appropriate
•  Proactively contribute ideas and thoughts into the governance programmes team and into the wider Charity; both on Inspiring Governance Comms and the charity’s wider work; 
• Other ad hoc duties as required.

Person specification:

Skills/ Knowledge/ Expertise

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience e.g. CMI/CAM Cert/Dip
• Management level experience of developing and delivering communication strategies and executing them via effective programme and project management;
• Demonstrable supplier, client, and stakeholder engagement experience (including working with designers, printers, schools and wider educational stakeholders and their representatives);
• Management level experience of managing and delivering across a communications function (experience of engaging employers/ volunteers and schools/academies would be ideal) including scoping and delivering a programme of activity to achieve demanding Key Performance Metrics;
• Excellent IT skills and demonstrable experience of effectively using a content management system – we use Word Press;
• Excellent drafting and copy writing skills and the ability to structure and produce compelling and grammatically correct written content for a range of audiences;
• Demonstrable experience of conceptualising, planning and executing national comms campaigns to achieve demonstrable target group behaviours, such as encouraging volunteer and recruiter sign up to a service;
• Demonstrable experience of engaging and working effectively and collaboratively with colleagues and external partners across multiple geographical locations;
• Excellent people skills, the ability to influence (including with senior representatives) and the manner to professionally represent both the governance programmes and the Charity as a whole with schools, academy trusts and educational/ employer stakeholders;

Desirable

• A passion for supporting young people in realising their potential through placing skilled volunteers as governors in schools; 
• A successful track record in delivering tangible outcomes through engagement with schools, volunteers, employers and educational stakeholders;
• Experience of producing video and photography content to a standard that can be used on public facing websites;
• Specialist knowledge of the education and employment sectors and the policy environment underpinning these in order to tailor effective messaging;
• Experience and/or knowledge of governance within an education context; willingness to become a governor desirable
• Experience of working to deliver significant national Key Performance Metrics using resources (human and financial) efficiently and effectively; 
  • Understanding of risk management and data protection.

Personal Attributes

• Good level of education, demonstrating strong client facing aptitude and communication skills both written and verbal. Comfort and confidence in working with a variety of senior external stakeholders
• Self-motivated and relentless in pursuing goals, having an entrepreneurial and enterprising approach to their work;
• Good working knowledge and practical application of Microsoft office tools and the ability to understand and work with customer relationship management software – we currently operate our services on a Salesforce platform;
• A solutions orientated “doer”- ability to pro-actively anticipate requirements and act to provide workable solutions to these;
• Influencer - demonstrates personal ‘presence’ and gains the confidence of others through temperament, capability and calibre;
• Demonstrates sensitivity and possesses the ability to effectively manage the organisational tensions that sometimes develop between internal and external stakeholders involved in the organisation and delivery of communications. 
• Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly with other colleagues to achieve outcomes and is keen to add value to the Charity’s culture and ethos;
• Able to undertake some occasional work in the evenings and at weekends;
• Able to travel in the UK (England primarily).

Application process 

The Education and Employers Charity values having its current diverse workforce.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all individuals from all backgrounds.

The closing date for applications is midday on the 15th March 2021. Successfully shortlisted candidates will be notified no later than close of play on Friday 19th March. Online interviews will take place via Zoom or MS Teams on either the 24th or 25th March.

Applications will only be accepted from those with the right to work in the UK with a valid passport/visa

Please note we will only consider applications with both a CV and covering letter.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered under any circumstances.

About the wider Education and Employers Charity

Education and Employers is an independent UK based charity launched in 2009 with the vision of “providing children and young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential”. It aims to achieve this by working with schools, employers, the national bodies that represent them and a wide range of other partners including the government and third sector organisations. The charity also works with partners internationally – more details here.

The charity runs Inspiring the Future, a free service which uses innovative match-making technology to connect volunteers with state schools and colleges, quickly, simply and at scale. Schools can very easily search a massive database of willing volunteers, filter against a wide range of criteria – e.g. subject, sector, career route and send them a message. It enables young people, wherever they live, whichever school they attend, the opportunity to meet people from a wide range of backgrounds doing jobs from across the whole world of work.

Over 55,000 people have already volunteered in the UK - people from all levels: apprentices to CEOs and all sectors: apps designers to zoologists and over 80% of English secondary schools have registered. People can volunteer from an hour a year in a local primary or secondary school to chat informally about their job and career route, take part in career speed networking session, give careers insights, provide mock interviews or feedback on CVs through to serving as a governor or trustee.  There is also the opportunity to link up with schools for workplace visits, job shadowing and mentoring.

Inspiring the Future operates on a technology platform kindly developed in partnership with Deloitte, Salesforce and Ordnance Survey. It allows the charity to run national campaigns such as Inspiring Women and others focused on specific geographic areas or economic sectors such as engineering, science, health and arts and culture. The campaigns have secured high profile support across government, business and teacher associations and ongoing corporate partnerships including our lead corporate partner Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

In partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers the charity has developed a version for primary schools called Primary Futures and over 4,500 primaries have already signed up. To see a short clip on how it works please click here.  All campaigns run through Inspiring the Future share a common objective: to broaden young people’s horizons, raise their aspirations and show them the range of opportunities and careers routes e.g. apprenticeships and university open to them. Over 1.8 million interactions between young people and volunteers from the world of work have already taken place.

In partnership with the National Governance Association the charity currently runs Inspiring Governance the free governor recruitment and support service. This Department for Education funded service aims to get highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing help raise educational achievement. From April 1st, 2021, this will be delivered solely by Education and Employers and will focus only on governor recruitment.

Since the Charity’s launch it has sought to understand what difference employer engagement in education makes to young people and the economy. It works with academics and researchers from around the world and its own research is regularly cited by government and international organisations like the OECD. The research, which has informed and influenced a range of government policies, shows that employer engagement helps improve social mobility, reduces the likelihood of young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment of training), increases the amount they earn in adult life, helps them make better informed career choices and leads to improvements in educational attainment.

Reading Mencap has a vacancy for a new post of Head of Business Development

£40,000 FTE pro rate for 30 hours per week

Initially home based during the pandemic and subsequently based at our main building in Alexandra Road, Reading, the role will lead on developing and implementing Reading Mencap’s income generation strategy and development of new business opportunities in the town.

Please send completed application forms  by the closing date of 10th March 2021

Head of Advocacy and Communications

UK-based, flexible location, some overseas travel

Join a Nobel Peace Prize laureate that is saving and changing lives every single day.

The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) finds and destroys landmines and unexploded bombs to help some of the world’s most vulnerable people stay safe and rebuild their lives after war. We also campaign for a landmine-free world, work to remove small arms from fragile communities and deliver innovative risk education lessons to those forced to live with the deadly contamination of conflict. We employ some 5,000 committed and highly skilled people in 26 countries and are regarded as a global leader in disarmament practice and policy.

Our mission is to get to every landmine before a child does. And to save lives and build futures for those whose communities have been shattered by war.

We are now seeking a Head of Advocacy and Communications to develop and execute an integrated advocacy, public affairs and communications strategy which will deliver purposeful influence with a wide range of high value UK and international stakeholders.

As the Head of Advocacy and Communications you will:

• Ensure the effective provision of strategic public affairs and engagement activity, chiefly in support of MAG’s relationships with institutional donors and its disarmament policy leadership, working closely with colleagues in global programmes, our UK hub in Manchester and our office in Washington DC.
• Provide leadership to the communications and advocacy team and ensure that MAG’s communications at a national, regional and international level are coherent and directly support advocacy, policy, programming and public engagement plans.

The successful candidate will have an innate understanding of how to use strategic advocacy and public affairs to drive change. They will have an in-depth knowledge of the UK political environment and with a track record of developing relationships with politicians, special advisers and other key Westminster figures. They will be persuasive and with the ability to operate in a multi-faceted, fast-paced and complex environment.

The starting salary for this position is £50,340 per annum, plus contributory pension.

This is a UK-based role with the potential for remote working. There will be the requirement for occasional overseas travel, including to conflict-affected states

For further information, the application form and details of how to apply, please visit the MAG website and follow the application instructions.

Closing date for applications: Sunday March 7 2021.

We are looking for a Marketing & Communications Intern to join our team.

Job Title: Marketing & Communications Intern 

Salary: Generous Paid Expenses 

Contract Period: Temporary (9 months)

Hours: 37 hrs flexible 

Location: Office-based/remote working 

Responsible To: Head of Marketing & Communications 

The role will involve assisting the Marketing & Communications Team demonstrate to the public how Voice4Change England is changing lives in the UK, by performing a variety of administrative tasks to support the smooth functioning of the department. These include producing content for our fundraising communications, supporting the management of our social media channels and engaging with current and potential supporters online. Training and assistance will be given throughout the internship. The position will be suitable for someone who is at the beginning of their marketing & communications career and interested in contributing to society. 

Start: Immediate. 

The Role 

• Write and edit content for social media posts, email and onsite 
• Assist with email comms including automations and monthly engagement emails 
• Undertake ad hoc admin tasks as requested ranging from low volume data entry to digital filing or tagging of images/ documents etc 
• Monitor channel performance and report on key metrics weekly 
• Assist with the management of the content calendar and execution of the content strategy 

The Person 

To succeed as Marketing & Communications Intern you will; 

• Be educated to a minimum of A Level qualifications or equivalent
• Excellent time management and organisational skills 
• Exceptional attention to detail 
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and tight deadlines 
• Excellent interpersonal skills and fluent spoken/written English 

About Voice4Change England

Voice4Change England is a national advocate for the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community sector (BAME VCS). As the only national membership organisation dedicated to the BAME VCS we speak up to policymakers on the issues that matter to the sector, bring the sector together to share good practice and develop the sector to better meet the needs of communities.

Communications and Engagement Manager

We are currently seeking an experienced Communications & Engagement Manager to manage and deliver a communications and engagement strategy. This is a brand new, exciting role, giving the successful candidate the opportunity to put their stamp on communications. You will be a confident self-starter, who is good at looking for solutions, a great-people person and brilliant planner.

Position: Communications and Engagement Manager

Location: Central London - Currently home-based due to Covid restrictions with an opportunity to work flexibly from the central London office when allowed

Hours: Full Time (37.5hrs per week)  

Salary: £30,000 - £36,000 pa

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days per year (not including bank holidays) pension, free annual flu jabs and annual sight tests, cycle to work scheme, ½ day a month entitlement to volunteer for a charity of your choice in work time, interest-free annual travel card loans, an employee assistance programme, staff discount scheme, support for external mentoring, free fruit every week and scope for flexible working.

Closing Date: 10 March 5pm

Interview Dates: 1st Interview Wednesday 17 March and 2nd Interview Monday 22 March

The Role

It’s a really exciting time to be involved with this ambitious and growing organisation that’s

committed to bringing the property sector together to create real social change. This is a great opportunity for a communications and marketing professional with good experience across the whole mix including digital, social media, brand and PR. Ideally with charity sector experience but certainly with a keen interest in the cause and passion for communications for good.

The Communications and Engagement Manager will deliver the communications and engagement strategy with both the property industry and the homelessness sector. Working closely with the Head of Communications and Engagement, you’ll deliver an ambitious strategy to improve and amplify the communications over the next three years.

You’ll work closely across the organisation:

• Delivering marketing campaigns with the Events team
• Developing bespoke engagement plans with the Corporate Partnerships Team
• Working with Programmes & Impact to develop and communicate the difference the organisation is making
• Working with the CEO and DCEO to build their personal brands in the industry

About You

As Communications and Engagement Manager, you will have a relevant marketing or communications qualification or relevant experience in a similar role. You will have:

• An informed interest in communications and engagement
• Knowledge of fundraising and experience of working with fundraising teams
• Knowledge of the media landscape and experience of securing media coverage
• Experience of delivering a successful communications strategy
• Demonstrable success of working with external agencies and internal departments to deliver marketing and communications campaigns, ideally with a social purpose
• Experience of monitoring and analysing communications activity against objectives
• Experience of delivering digital communications and increasing engagement through these
• Excellent written communication skills with experience of tailoring writing for different audiences and channels
• Excellent project management skills

In return…

The charity has an ambitious mission to end youth homelessness, so it’s an exciting time to join this dynamic and growing organisation. Along with an excellent benefits package, there are career development and flexible working opportunities.

About the Organisation

As the property industry’s charity working to end youth homelessness in the UK, the organisation brings remarkable businesses and individuals from across the property industry together to support charities providing accommodation for young people who are or have been homeless, or who are at risk of homelessness in the future. Through a unique network of corporate partners, it invests funding and expertise where to achieve lasting impact.

You may also have experience in areas such as Communications, Communications and Engagement, Engagement, Digital, Digital Communications, Content, Corporate Partnerships, Supporter Engagement, Fundraising, Supporter, Programme, Programme Manager, Homelessness, Vulnerable Adult, Housing, Policy, Media, Donor, Major Donor, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Marketing and Digital, Digital Communication, Digital Engagement, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Brand, PR, Public Relations, External Relations.

Job Description

Job Title:  Communications Manager

Reports to:               Head of Services and Public Affairs

Location: Borough High Street, London SE1

Salary: £21,600

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 22.5 hrs per week.

Background and purpose

We are the only UK-wide charity for all those affected by a genetic bleeding disorder, a community of individuals and families, healthcare professionals and supporters.

For almost 70 years we have campaigned for better treatment, been a source of information and advice, and supported people living with long-term conditions.

We want to ensure that everyone affected by a bleeding disorder:

• Lives the best life that they can
• Never feels alone or isolated
• Feels empowered and confident

We do this by:

• Raising awareness about bleeding disorders
• Providing support at all life stages
• Influencing and advocating on policy and access to treatment

More than 36,000 men, women and children in the UK have a diagnosed bleeding disorder, and the number rises every year. Membership of The Haemophilia Society is free and open to all.

We are seeking a Communications Manager to promote the vision, values and activities of the charity to grow our profile, membership and supporter numbers across the UK. 

The Communications Manager will work closely with the small team at The Haemophilia Society to ensure a positive, engaging, consistent, regular and effective programme of communication.

The Haemophilia Society are members of the Charity Comms and Charity Digital organisations which offer a range of training opportunities.  

Key duties & Responsibilities

• Proactively plan, source and create content within and outside the organisation for use across appropriate communication channels including social media, newsletters, website and patient materials
• Work with services team to create content to promote activities and drive member recruitment and engagement
• Manage the relationship with the media including press enquiries and driving media activity in all areas except the Public Inquiry
• Work alongside our Public Inquiry Communications Manager to ensure joined up working for any inquiry related communications
• Source, support and brief spokespeople for media requests and manage outputs
• Lead the editorial content creation for all social media platforms working with services, fundraising, public affairs and marketing teams to ensure engaging and informative messaging
• Monitor social media to ensure comments, queries, feedback is all responded to as quickly as possible, liaising with relevant teams where necessary to formulate an agreed response 
• Leading the communications for the “Talking Red” campaign working to promote the needs of women with bleeding disorders  
• Support the fundraising team with content to develop and strengthen appeals and grant applications
• Working with the brand and marketing team to ensure our style guide and tone of voice is appropriately used in communications, maintaining consistency and brand awareness
• Keep up to date on best practice within the charity sector and particularly changes to digital communications and codes of practice

Person Specification

Key attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate, communicate and build relationships effectively at all levels
• Proven success in devising and delivering an effective communications plan.
• Experience in planning, sourcing, creating and editing content for a range of communication channels
• Experience of creating digital content including photos, videos and animated gifs
• Excellent writing skills with proven experience of copywriting for a variety of audiences
• Experience with managing external partners including agencies and other organisations
• Ability to manage own workload and juggle conflicting priorities
• A passion for engaging a community ensuring a warm and inclusive welcome
• A self-starter with a positive attitude and willingness to work in close collaboration with others across the organisation

Personal qualities

• A warm, compassionate and empathetic personality with the ability to develop positive relationships with people from all backgrounds including members and health professionals
• Enthusiastic with drive and determination to meet targets 
• Good attention to detail and accuracy in preparing communications
• Values-driven with a proven commitment to social inclusion and equal opportunities
• An effective member of the team, recognising, respecting and promoting the different roles and diversity of the individuals in the team and presenting a positive impression of the team and The Society

Other requirements

• Must be prepared to travel throughout the UK and to work varying hours including evenings and weekends as required
• Due to the nature of our work with children and vulnerable adults, this role will require a DBS check and checks on previous employment 
• Undertake any other tasks that may be requested will be at the same level of responsibility and terms and conditions of employment

Please submit your CV and Covering Letter if you wish to be considered for this role.

The Haemophilia Society is an equal opportunities employer.

Head of Campaign and Engagement

Reports to: Head of Philanthropy Services

Salary: circa £65,000 (with flexibility commensurate with experience)

Location: Flexible (minimum of 3 days per week at Stratford)

Application Deadline: We will be reviewing applications as they come in, so please do apply as soon as possible. The role will be live until Sunday 21st February, but may close after this without notice.

Interview Date: Interviews are planned to be held from late February.

Candidate Pack:

The Head of Campaign and Engagement is a senior member of the Philanthropy Directorate and the Philanthropy Services team responsible for all engagement functions for the Philanthropy programme and Campaign. The role will set the high-level engagement strategy for all prospects and donors to the comprehensive Campaign, with a focus on prospects capable of giving £100K+, and donors who give £1M+.

The Head will lead a team of 13 with six direct reports, hold accountability for team output and budget expenditure, and focus on driving the Campaign and engagement strategy. The Cancer Research UK Campaign will galvanise our high value prospect and donor community, drive Campaign-focused fundraising activity, and enable us to deliver results on a scale never seen before in the UK charity sector.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Leading the development of the Campaign and engagement strategy, scope and goals
• Positioning the campaign at the top of the organisation's agenda, working with senior internal partners to understand their role in the campaign's success.
• Managing the annual and multi-year engagement calendar of activity, identifying key campaign benchmarks, including the 2022 CRUK 20th anniversary, Campaign public launch, gift announcements and celebrations, etc.
• Developing and leading a strong donor relations programme ensuring every gift and donor is thanked for their support; receives an annual gift reporting that deepens the donor(s) involvement with CRUK/Crick/Cancer Grand Challenges (CGC) and demonstrates the impact of their gift.
• Leading a team of professionals to ensure high-quality administration, strategic coordination and management of campaign activities at all levels - individual meetings, small and large events, creative cultivation and stewardship events that are virtual and in person.

We are in the quiet phase of our targeted philanthropic campaign. As Head of Campaign & Engagement you will unite the organisation around high value fundraising, ultimately delivering increased funds for research which will be transformational for CRUK.

The team will work in close collaboration with Philanthropy frontline fundraisers, organisational and scientific leaders to develop the gift opportunities, campaign messaging, volunteer structures, individual, small and large scale events with institutional and volunteer leaders and stewardship programme for the Campaign, as well as develop best practices that will be sustained after the Campaign has concluded. You'll also partner with the CRUK CEO and leadership team, as well as scientists and philanthropy colleagues to develop and implement strategies for these campaigns.

Key Technical Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Behaviours

We're looking for a variety of skills and experience for the role, and we're excited to hear what you can offer. Some of the key things we're looking for are:

• Experience of leading a philanthropic campaign;
• Strategic mindset, extensive experience in strategy development and implementation;
• Track record of leading and developing high performing communications and engagement teams that design and deliver events and comms which engage, inspire and drive change
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing skills and ability to work with, and communicate effectively and professionally with a wide range of individuals from internal colleagues, institutional leaders, and external collaborators, stakeholders and high value audiences

In addition, you'll be able to synthesize research information, lead on key Campaign priorities with the team and colleagues across the Philanthropy Directorate and demonstrate the intellectual curiosity to understand complex scientific areas of research. You'll then have the ability to transform this information into engaging, donor-friendly communication will be key.

If this sounds like you, please do take a look at the full candidate pack linked above, and submit an application.

Are you looking for a role with real impact? Are you driven to use communications to change the world?

Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity (GMMC) is an ambitious charity making a tangible difference across Greater Manchester, working to make homelessness a rare, brief and non-recurrent occurrence for people in our community.

Over the past two years, we have raised and invested £2m into this vision. Our future plans take this even further as we embark on new areas of work, including preventative programmes and ground -breaking accommodation solutions.  

Central to this exciting expansion of the charity, our new Engagement & Communications Lead will harness the power of our social impact work to connect with new donors, collaborators and partners.

We’re building a vibrant community of change across the city region and we need a highly dynamic person to bring this to life.

This role comes with a large degree of creative freedom and is perfect for someone who really wants to take an engaging, ethical brand from the early stages through to scale. We have a highly-committed Trustee Board and dedicated team which works collectively and collaboratively on ongoing activity. You will also have the support of our high-profile communications agency, which provides design and PR support to the charity.

We take a robust, resourceful, and innovative approach, often looking beyond traditional models, and are proactively seeking someone who will bring valuable insights into this dynamic environment. 

Salary: £30,000

Hours: Full Time (although 0.8FTE would be considered and there is flexibility with working patterns)

Location: Home based (increased travel into Manchester City Centre once restrictions are lifted)

Reporting to: Head of GMMC (with additional oversight and direct working relationships with the Trustee Board)

Scope of Role:

• The role will take responsibility for all platforms including a redevelopment and management of our website, social media channels, media relations and targeted communications campaigns for existing and new stakeholders.
• You will be tasked with building relationships with the people and organisations we support, getting to know the work first-hand so that the brand is built with authenticity, originality and knowledge.
• The charity has a strong track record in creating major events and public fundraising campaigns, which you will help drive to maximise our fundraising potential.
• Above all, this role is about momentum building and fuelling the growth of the charity, achieved by insightfully capturing our impacts and sharing them through pioneering communications.

Your experience:

• Proven experience in devising, delivering and evaluating powerful communication and engagement initiatives across a range of channels and media
• Demonstrable collaborative and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders and engage across a complex landscape.
• Strong project management skills, including creative thinking and problem solving to achieve high-quality outputs.
• Experience of growing a thriving, dynamic brand.

Your Attributes:

• Highly credible with a serious interest in and curiosity about the charity’s aims and focus
• Genuine desire to tackle homelessness
• Naturally collaborative working style that embraces a non-hierarchical approach
• Impact focussed
• Common sense, calmness and sense of humour
• Energy, thoughtfulness and a willingness to muck in
• Self-reflective learning style, open to challenges
• Comfortable working in a small team and remotely
• Highest standards of integrity and professionalism
• A strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

How to apply:

Please submit your CV and a covering letter (of 2 pages max) explaining your motivation for applying for the role and expanding on your skills/experience in relation to above criteria. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Social Action for Health in a new role and help to shape an organisational approach to communications and engagement that speaks to the current digital climate whilst maintaining more traditional models of connection.

Social Action for Health is a community development charity which works with communities towards justice, equality, and better health and wellbeing. 

We are recruiting a Communications and Engagement Manager to support the organisation to:
- bring a uniform, consistent approach to Social Action for Health's image, communications and engagement activities;
- support the publicisation of projects and increase referrals through strong promotional campaigns and strategic partnership management;
- integrate digital and traditional communications and engagement strategies;
- manage digital and social media presence to maximise reach and return from these channels.

To apply: Please submit your CV and a cover letter no more than two A4 pages outlining how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description under 'Knowledge, Skills and Experience', and why you believe you are well-suited to the role of Communications and Engagement Manager at Social Action for Health.

Deadline: 12pm Thursday 25th February 2021. *EDIT* Deadline has been extended to Friday 5th March 2021.

Interviews: To be held on 3rd or 4th March 2021. *EDIT* Interviews will now be held on Thursday 11th March 2021.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:  Marketing and Communications Manager

Hours of Work:  35 hours per week (Full-time)

Responsible to: CEO

SALARY:   £32,000 - £35,000

Location:Remote working, office based or a combination of the two. Our office is located in Bordon, Hampshire. (please note; our office is in rural Hampshire and the nearest train station is a 15-20-minute drive away).

Pancreatic Cancer Action:

Pancreatic Cancer Action, (registered charity No.1137689) was founded in 2010 by a rare survivor of the disease. We are a small team headed by our Founder & Chief Executive who runs the charity plus a board of Trustees, which provides direction for the organisation. In August 2020 Pancreatic Cancer Action merged with Pancreatic Cancer Scotland making our team stronger than ever.

Pancreatic cancer has only a seven per cent survival rate and this figure has not improved significantly for over 40 years. Despite it being the fifth biggest cancer killer in the UK, pancreatic cancer receives only three per cent of overall research funding. With a strong focus on early diagnosis, it is Pancreatic Cancer Action’s aim to improve survival rates through awareness, medical education, improved patient information and by funding research specifically into the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Simply, we want more people diagnosed in time for surgery, currently the only potential for a cure.

Job Purpose:

As the Marketing and Communications Manager, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of Pancreatic Cancer Action’s (PCA) marketing and campaign strategies ensuring that they support the overall charity vision; working towards the day when most people will survive pancreatic cancer, whilst driving commercial targets and managing costs.

The Marketing and Communications Manager will act as the brand guardian for PCA and its associated sub brands. They will inspire and lead the marketing team to offer a first-class marketing service that constantly delivers above expectations and offer marketing consultancy and expertise across the charity. The post holder will be working closely with the Fundraising Development Manager and fundraising team.

This post has line management responsibilities, presently for two staff members (although the team may grow in time).  The post holder is expected to manage workflow, conduct appraisals, and to facilitate the training and up-skilling of staff.  The post-holder is also expected to offer support to the executive team.  A creative, enthusiastic and personable demeanour is needed, as is the ability to assimilate a heavy workload and to work effectively under pressure.

Key Tasks and responsibilities:

• Develop PCA marketing and communications strategies across the entire spectrum of communications disciplines including media and public relations, internal comms, brand marketing, advertising, marketing, digital and social media and production of materials.

• Communicate PCA’s strategic objectives of; ‘education, awareness and training for the medical and healthcare communities’; ‘raising public awareness and knowledge of pancreatic cancer and its symptoms’ to both internal and external audiences; funding research specifically into early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and the provision of high quality health information publications, keeping these at the heart of all marketing initiatives.

• Increase the charity’s profile across media, and with influencers and external organisations.

• Take responsibility for Pancreatic Cancer Action’s press office, working with other members of the team to deal with press enquiries and develop media relationships.

• Develop and deliver creative and impactful marketing programmes and integrated marketing campaigns and activity plans that use channels effectively including digital and that will achieve campaign objectives to promote pancreatic cancer and Pancreatic Cancer Action

• Manage the implementation, tracking and measurement of integrated marketing campaigns, on time and within budget.

• Manage and support the marketing team to deliver marketing campaigns and programmes targeting multiple audience groups (patients, friends/ family of patients, healthcare professionals, charity supporters, private care stakeholders) in collaboration with colleagues to drive engagement, income and to support the Charity in building awareness of pancreatic cancer and of the charity itself.

• Prepare and present campaign proposals and creative work to a range of stakeholders, as and when required, ensuring feedback is considered.  Communicate and present to senior colleagues and occasionally Trustees to secure buy-in and support for key marketing projects.

• Demonstrate excellent creative judgement, being able to consolidate multiple stakeholder feedback and provide clear direction back to creative teams, freelancers and agencies ensuring work is delivered to brief, budget and brand guidelines.

• Appoint and manage marketing agency relationships and oversee briefing and campaign delivery ensuring it’s on time and to budget, negotiating and managing costs as necessary.  Manage and motivate key agencies and suppliers, reviewing their performance regularly ensuring we have the right agencies and freelancers delivering against briefs.

• Employ strong project management skills to ensure marketing deliverables and milestones are met, from defining the initial approach clearly, brief writing, ensuring timings are mapped and costings defined and agreed.  Work with and support the CEO to ensure work is then delivered to plan.

• Lead on copywriting and production of marketing materials and key publications including the Action Magazine

• Develop key messages, lead on creating and maintaining appropriate and consistent language and terminology across all media, acting as a ‘brand guardian’ for both internal and external communications

• Identify issues that could potentially damage the organisation’s reputation and recommend actions to mitigate this risk

• Support the Fundraising team with the marketing of events, fundraising projects and social media content.

• Using clearly defined metrics and reporting methodologies, feedback on marketing performance on a monthly basis to the CEO and prepare reports for the quarterly Trustee meetings.

• Market research – analyse and interpret existing research studies, briefing new research where appropriate to assess implications and opportunities for developing new campaigns where necessary.

• Offer marketing consultancy to other areas of the charity, supporting colleagues to deliver their initiatives in line with the overall PCA brand and tone of voice.

• Work in partnership with Pancreatic Cancer Europe, World Pancreatic Cancer Day and World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition and other parties, collaborating on projects with shared interest and accountability.

• Demonstrate a clear understanding of advertising standards, healthcare marketing and charity regulations when required.

• Manage marketing budgets across all areas of accountability in agreement with the CEO

Managing people and resources

• Responsible for the effective recruitment and selection of staff.

• Manage and develop the marketing team by setting clear targets and continually managing their performance, acting as a coach and mentor; deliver annual appraisals and regular 121’s providing clear feedback whilst supporting career development.  Support the team to drive individual growth and team capabilities leading to high performance and successful campaign delivery.

• Hold weekly creative review meetings with the marketing team where work is appraised and briefed, providing clear creative direction and ensuring work is delivered to brief and on brand.  

• Identify training and development needs of staff in line with departmental and charity objectives and ensure all new staff receive core and departmental induction.

• Ensure performance issues are dealt with in an appropriate and timely manner and follow PCA’s Disciplinary or Poor Performance Procedures where formal action is necessary.

• Observe and comply with PCAs policies and procedures for Health and Safety ensuring the environment in which you and your staff work is safe, clean and tidy.

While every effort has been made to outline all the main duties and responsibilities of the post, a document such as this does not permit every item to be specified in detail.  Also, the post holder may, from time to time, be asked to undertake other reasonable duties commensurate with the grade of this post.

Employee specification

Qualifications

• Marketing related Degree or CIM qualification.

Experience

• To have experience of developing and implementing marketing strategy.
• Experience at managing at a senior level.
• PR and communication experience.
• To have experience of leading and developing a brand strategy across an organisation.
• To have experience of writing, presenting and driving business cases though a senior team.
• To have at least three years managing and developing a marketing team with at least two direct reports.
• To have managed a variety of third party agencies, including agency pitch, selection and appointment.
• Proven track record of leading marketing programmes and campaigns – from initial brief to implementation and review.
• Proven track record specifically of direct and though the line marketing and brand management.
• Experience in all elements of the marketing mix, including media (ABL), direct and digital channels.
• Experience of both business to consumer and business to business marketing.
• Management, forecasting and control of budgets and being able to deliver high profile campaigns on challenging budgets.
• To have represented Directors and Senior Management at panels and meetings.

​Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Excellent understanding of brand and its role within an organisation.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written including brief writing, copywriting and presentations.
• Ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders across an organisation.
• Excellent knowledge of creative design principles, showing good creative appreciation and an ability to recommend direction.
• Good production awareness with experience of all forms of print and cost management and efficiencies
• Methodical worker – with good organisation skills and good eye for detail.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage many different projects all with competing priorities and stakeholder needs.
• Proven problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Media/advertising experience – planning, negotiation and implementation.

Other Requirements

• Calm and professional; ability to work under pressure, delivering to tight deadlines and budgets and able to adapt direction as goalposts change.
• Tenacious and focused on delivery, ‘can do’ positive attitude.
• Personable and able to work within many multi- disciplinary teams, good team player.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Hearts Together as Supporter Engagement Manager as the charity embarks on its ambitious plans for the future.

Hearts Together is often described as a 'best kept secret' but the time has come to share who we are and what we do with the wider world and, with your support, to unlock the charity's potential to achieve great things.

Hearts Together provide support and accommodation for patients carers and relatives as well as for healthcare professionals and trainees. The charity began its life 20 years ago and since then has supported in excess of 150,000 patients and their loved ones.

We have ambitious plans to expand our work over the coming years and building the right team to support these aspirations is key to our success. 

If you are looking for a new challenge and would like to be part of a team who work together to achieve success, then look no further - this could well be the job for you!

To apply please complete and return the attached application form along with a copy of your CV.

Interviews will be held on 22nd and 23rd April 2021.

The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (“the Modern Slavery PEC”) is looking to recruit an experienced, organised and motivated Research Operations and Communications Manager to join our growing team.

The Modern Slavery PEC was created by the investment of public funding to enhance understanding of modern slavery and transform the effectiveness of law and policies designed to overcome it. Co-creating, conducting and commissioning high quality research is at the heart of the Centre’s work and we aim to bring together academics, policymakers, parliamentarians, businesses, civil society, survivors and the public on a scale not seen before in the UK to collaborate on solving this global challenge.

The Centre is a consortium of six organisations led by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law (part of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)) and is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) on behalf of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). 

The Research Operations and Communications Manager will play a pivotal role in developing and coordinating research project calls and funding, setting up and leading on managing the lifecycle of the Centre’s research projects. This will include supporting the communications activities around the projects, as well as supporting the core operations and day to day communications activities of the Centre.

You will have excellent communication skills, a proactive and organised approach, a positive attitude to new opportunities and a commitment to working collaboratively on a variety of operational and communications activities.

You will have experience of working within a research management role, an understanding of the processes that underpin calls for funding and research post-award processes and demonstrable skills to manage the operationalisation of research calls being delivered by the Modern Slavery PEC. You will be an excellent writer, with the ability to identify and adapt your style for different audiences, with experience of using social media in a professional capacity.

 We will support remote working throughout the pandemic. Once lockdowns are fully eased, we would expect the successful candidate to come to the office - located in Russell Square, London - for a minimum of two days per week – and we would expect there to be additional travel where necessary to support the aims of the role and the Modern Slavery PEC.

The Modern Slavery PEC is committed to being inclusive and diverse and particularly encourages applications from women, people with disabilities, BAME applicants, LGBT+ applicants and other minorities. The PEC is committed to ensuring that the voice of people with lived experience of modern slavery informs research and policy and we encourage applications from those who have been directly affected by modern slavery. In the spirit of our values, we commit to offer a fair and equitable recruitment process for all applicants.

Full details, including the job description, person specification and how to apply are available in the Job Description below. 

Application deadline: 23:59 on 7 March 2021.