The Skills Builder Partnership is an award-winning social enterprise and Top 100 Employer. Our mission is to ensure that one day, everyone builds the essential skills to succeed – beyond just a set of qualifications.

We are leading the Skills Builder Partnership, which includes over 450 schools and colleges, 130 skills-building organisations and 100 top employers including hospitals, airports and leading international companies.

Our approach is scaling rapidly as we work towards system change, with backing from sector leading organisations including Business in the Community, the CBI and the Careers & Enterprise Company. More than 75% of secondary schools and colleges now have a touchpoint with the Skills Builder approach – and our reach is rapidly growing in other settings too.

To deliver against our mission, we are looking for self-starters with a collaborative, entrepreneurial approach; comfortable influencing stakeholders to make positive change, and with a passion for social impact. As an organisation we achieve an outsize impact through the team’s willingness to adapt fast, learn fast and get things done.

Ensuring that every young person has the opportunity to build their essential skills will take policy change, in addition to our award-winning programmes and partnerships with other skills building organisations. As well as strong partnerships with leading sectoral bodies, we are at an exciting juncture with early engagement with the Department for Education and Department for Work and Pensions.

We are not a campaigning organisation, but we understand that the policy landscape affects the life chances and opportunities for young people and want to draw on the learning and evidence from our work to inform policy debate and decisions.

We are looking for an experienced policy professional, with excellent communication and influencing skills, and a positive outlook. Your role will be to help us identify opportunities for, and secure, policy changes through strategic and hands-on policy work. This is a new role in a small and agile team, where you will have the opportunity to shape our approach with the CEO.

If you want to benefit from working with an inspiring team, with huge potential for learning, growth and development, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

(1) Building relationships within government to effectively influence policy

• Building trusted relationships with policymakers
• Raising awareness of the Skills Builder approach
• Being proactive in offering support

(2) Engaging with parliamentarians

• Building relationships with parliamentarians from all parties
• Tracking debates and key issues
• Engaging with relevant All-Party Parliamentary Groups
• Developing consultation responses and briefings on any relevant legislation

(3) Building a policy network across the Partnership

• Developing productive working relationships with our partners (other skills building organisations)
• Coordinating responses between partner organisations where that can support our goals
• Presenting a stronger Partnership-wide perspective, where appropriate

(4) Presenting the Skills Builder perspective

• Tracking key public discussions and issues
• Managing the Communications Associate to respond to opportunities to raise awareness of the Skills Builder approach and to influence the debate 
• Liaising across the organisation to coordinate on achieving key goals
• Seizing opportunities to further the goals and mission of Skills Builder Partnership
• Influencing through speaking compellingly about our vision

Technical Skills and Experience

• Considerable experience of developing or influencing policy
• Experience of collaborating with other organisations
• Experience of managing others, supporting and motivating them to achieve their potential
• Desirable: Understanding of relevant policy areas e.g. education, skills, youth, and existing network of relevant policy contacts.

Benefits

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Start Date: May 2021

Working hours: 40 hours per week, although occasional early starts and evening work may be needed

Holidays: 25 days per year, plus bank holidays

Location: London office, with some flexible arrangements possible

How to apply

Applications should be made via our online form - on completion of the online application please also send your CV by email, making clear the job you are applying for in the email subject.

This round of applications ends at 9am on 29th March 2021 with interviews taking place on weeks commencing 5th and 12nd April. 

Skills Builder Partnership is a Top 100 Employer. We champion equal opportunities, and actively encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

Our recruitment process is designed to give you a sense of what this role as part of the Skills Builder team would be like. We follow best practice of blind-scoring applications and use the Skills Builder Universal Framework when assessing candidates’ essential skills.

Job title: Media and Communications Manager.

Contract: Full time, permanent, subject to the successful completion of a six-month probationary period.

Reporting to: Head of Policy.

Starting salary: £34,819, including London Weighting, in addition to an annual 8% pension employer’s contribution.

Salary range: £34,819 – & 40,395 (NJC scale points 27 to 33)

Annual leave:              30 days per annum.

Hours: 35 hours per week. The role will require occasional weekend and out of hours working, for which TOIL will be granted.

Based at: Initially working from home, then based at the INQUEST Office, Finsbury Park, London N4.

INQUEST is an equal opportunities employer. We actively promote diversity and strongly encourage applications from within Black Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, other under-represented groups, and from those who have overcome significant adversity in their lives.

About INQUEST

Founded in 1981, INQUEST is the only charity in England and Wales providing expertise on contentious deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, other advice and support agencies, media, parliamentarians and the general public. Our range of cases includes custody and detention, multi-agency failings or where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question, such as with Hillsborough and Grenfell. You can find more information on our website, particularly in our Impact Report, and on our Campaigns, and Media Releases webpages.

About the role

We are looking for a highly skilled and strategic communicator who will bring initiative, sensitivity and energy to INQUEST’s public-facing work. The successful post holder will manage and develop INQUEST’s press, media and digital media, and oversee wider communications across the organisation.

This is an exciting time to join INQUEST, which is at the forefront of the current movement against state violence and systemic racism in the UK. The successful candidate will play a key role in INQUEST’s external profile and campaigns, bringing the experiences and voices of bereaved families into the public domain. They will develop our existing media presence as well as new proactive and social media strategies, to further our organisational aims. We will look to the post holder to bring new ideas into our media and communications work, and to bring these ideas to fruition. In the post-holder’s first year in post, we would expect to have developed, agreed and begun to implement a new media and communications strategy for INQUEST, and built our social and digital visibility and engagement.

Line managed by the Head of Policy, and part of a small but dynamic policy and communications team, the successful candidate will work across the organisation, with bereaved families and lawyers. The role is ideal for a proactive and highly organised communicator, able to balance priorities in a fast-paced environment. They will have a track record of high quality output, influencing media and building strong working relationships.

THE ROLE

For the right person, with the right mindset, working as Noah’s Ark Marketing & Communications Manager over the coming years really should be career defining. If you're ambitious and looking for a charity which can support you in pushing forward in a busy and responsible role, please read on and apply.

Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice has been on a major upward trajectory in recent years – more children supported, more major hospitals partnered with, and more supporters donating. We’ve transformed from being an enthusiastic start-up, to a serious player delivering major impact. So what next? And how will the successful applicant to this role play their part?

Firstly, we need to communicate in a highly engaging way with Noah’s Ark’s thousands of existing stakeholders – strengthening their commitment to the charity. Secondly, we need to reach a much larger audience to fulfill the charity’s objectives, which are now far more ambitious than they were just a few years ago. In both cases we must tell stories that cut through, build trust and, most importantly, foster loyalty.

That’s where you come in.

We are looking for a prolific and talented content creator to write and produce content that captures the imagination. You will lead our “always on” digital and offline marketing activity, creating a daily drumbeat which will build the Noah’s Ark brand.

You will sustain and develop the charity’s voice across multiple-channels so you must be a savvy wordsmith with the ability to take the seed of a story and make it sing.

Relevant experience and technical aptitude is very important of course but at this seniority and salary level we’re not expecting you to have huge levels of experience in every area. However, you will have succeeded in your career so far, be eager to take on responsibilities outside of your comfort zone, and back yourself to develop quickly. Significant involvement with digital campaigns (content, distribution and analytics) is essential. Some experience of marketing automation is highly desirable.

As explained in the job pack (see website), we’re looking to change the way we do things in Marketing & Communications quite radically. If playing an important role in this exciting next step for a charity delivering transformational outcomes for London’s most unwell babies and children appeals.

Closing date is: Thursday 25th March but we expect to interview on a rolling basis so early applications are encouraged. 

1 year Fixed Term contract 

The job of a Save the Children’s UK Public Affairs Advisor is influential and fulfilling.

• Do you have a strong track record of working to achieve political change?
• Are you skilled at creating and delivering communications for political audiences?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Head of Public Affairs, the Public Affairs Advisor is an active member of the Public Affairs team that is responsible for influencing external decision makers to deliver change that results in immediate and lasting impact on children’s lives.

The Public Affairs Advisor will play a critical role in building relationships with parliament and holding the government to account. This will be done by supporting Save the Children UK’s government relations and public affairs work on our strategic priorities including protecting children in conflict, making the case for aid, child survival, and tackling child poverty in the UK.

Key duties will include implementing the Save the Children UK public affairs strategies and activities, identifying opportunities to influence policy development, legislation and service provision in line with our objectives and delivering aspects of the parliamentary and political events programme to advance our goals.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The Media Manager will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

Main Accountabilities

The Public Affairs Advisor will represent Save the Children to the external world to support Save the Children’s ability to influence domestic and international policy change by:  

• Raising our profile in Westminster with the aim of building awareness of the issues we work on to a wider political audience

• Developing and delivering written and oral briefings to Members of Parliament, peers, government officials and other decision makers on key policies and campaigns

• Ensuring our presence at key political party events 

• Actively networking and building constructive relationships with parliamentarians, political parties, NGO’s and the media

• Tracking and monitoring our engagement with these external and analysing the impact made

• Developing political influencing strategies for specific campaigns whilst ensuring that campaigning and advocacy efforts are fully aligned and integrated

• Supporting the Programme and Policy, Advocacy & Campaigns teams in the development of communications tailored specifically for political audiences

Person Profile

Experience

• Experience of working to influence structures, processes and trends in the UK political system

• Experience of effectively building, managing and working within networks and coalitions for lobbying and advocacy purposes

• Strong track record of building relationships with Parliamentarians

• Demonstrable excellence in organising and delivering innovative political events

Skills

• Demonstrably strong verbal and written communication, presentation and persuasion

• Experience of developing effective working relationships with colleagues and working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary project teams

• Ability to plan work and meet deadlines when working under pressure on a number of projects

Abilities

• Ability to apply influencing techniques and tactics to ensure Save the Children stands out from the crowd in Westminster, Whitehall, and with other key international stakeholders

Aptitude

• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment

• A commitment to Save the Children UK’s aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

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

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

Closing date: Wednesday 6th Jan

Supporter Engagement Senior Manager

£42,294 - £45,150 per annum

37 hours per week

Permanent

Home Based with regular visits to Lingfield/London offices

About Us

Young Epilepsy is the children and young people’s epilepsy charity. Our purpose is to create a society in which children and young people with epilepsy are enabled to thrive and fulfil their potential, in which their voices are respected, and their ambitions realised.

We work with children and young people across the country, as well as many of those people and organisations who shape their lives - parents, health and care professionals, researchers, teachers, policymakers and more.

Informed by young people and drawing on our strong legacy of expertise in education, health and research, we have developed and published our new 2020-2025 strategy. This focuses our work around 4 offers; Learning, Health, Research and Information, with firm foundations in our three value statements:

• Young people are at the centre of everything we do
• We work together to make a greater difference
• We are courageous and ambitious for change

These values will ensure that we always put the voices, the rights and the best interests of children and young people first and commit us to working in partnerships that can increase our impact. They also ensure that we are inspired by the courage and ambition of the young people with whom we work, knowing that together, we can drive the change in society and services we all want to see.

Your role

The Fundraising and Communications teams at Young Epilepsy are going through an exciting phase of change and growth. With the challenges in the current funding climate, we need an agile and skilled team who can help us deliver our goals that will enable young people with epilepsy to thrive.

This means significantly increasing our income and engaging our supporters in a more meaningful way, putting them at the heart of our fundraising and delivering excellent customer service.

We need data driven insights to help us target our engagement in the right way and we need to improve and adapt our fundraising proposition to reflect the changing needs of both beneficiaries and donors and stand out in a crowded market.

With the development of a new website, investment in our brand and communications and with growing ambition across our service delivery, this role will be pivotal in navigating our way to success, in a time of complexity and uncertainty.

What we need from you

We are looking for candidates who can lead with vision, set clarity and purpose to a team dealing with ambiguity and change. This means thinking both creatively and analytically, staying focused on the goal, and having a passion for the work we do.

You will play a lead role establishing a Supporter Engagement team, support the development of our fundraising plan, and lead on developing and delivering our individual giving programme, appeals, products and campaigns.

The candidate we are looking for will have experience and skill in developing donor relationships, building quality data to gain valuable insights into supporter behaviour and a strong understanding of how to maximise digital channels to reach new audiences.

Benefits

• 27 days annual leave plus 8 days Bank Holidays (pro rata if part time)
• Paid overtime
• Occupational pension scheme
• Health Insurance Plans (Optional)
• Eyecare Vouchers
• Subsidised dining room
• Gym membership options (on and off-site)
• Perkbox, giving you access to nationwide discounts and benefits
• Supported studies, Numeracy, Literacy and Diploma level 3
• Opportunities for career progression
• A range of shift patterns
• Free parking on campus

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)

Rescare needs someone to set up a new volunteer befriending project for our families, and to use your excellent networking skills and passion to increase our national profile and membership. Since 1984, Rescare has supported the families of people with learning disabilities who use residential care -   by providing a helpline and campaigning for better choice and quality of care. The charity is based in Stockport but Home-working and flexible working will be considered for the 17.5hrs per week post. The role is initially available for 6 months, but may be extended subject to further funding.

The Development and Communications Manager is responsible for a broad range of development activities supporting Lewa’s fundraising goals.  He/she plays a critical role in designing and implementing communications to secure gifts globally; takes the lead on creating coordinated global communications plans in consultation with Lewa’s Head of Communications, based in Kenya; and builds and maintains relationships with international media houses and press to amplify Lewa’s brand visibility and messaging.

The Development & Communications Manager is a new position and key member of an effective nine-staff development team, led by the International Executive Director.  Lewa’s international team is currently based across the USA and UK, working in close collaboration with the team in Kenya.  As a result, there is scope for the role to be based in either of these countries (ideally in commutable distance of New York or London if so), or potentially elsewhere.

This position reports to the Deputy Director of Development, currently based in New York, for day-to-day management, and ultimately reports to Lewa’s International Executive Director, currently based in London.  The position sits within Lewa’s International Fundraising Department.

This challenging role demands a highly organized, detail-oriented, entrepreneurial individual with strong communications skills and the ability to work independently.  The post holder will have a solid understanding of fundraising processes and the importance of data management, nonprofit administration, budget oversight, and will be passionate about contributing to high standards of excellence.  A deep commitment and interest in wildlife conservation and environmental causes is advantageous. 

Occasional domestic and international travel will require adjustments in personal schedule.

Key Responsibilities

1. Support Fundraising Through Communications

    Work closely with Lewa’s Head of Communications and the Deputy Director of Development to:

• Develop and implement a fundraising communications plan to achieve targets that increase revenue and support the strategic direction of the organization.
• Utilize email, social media, and direct mail to create and implement an annual donor solicitation and stewardship plan for donors giving less than $10,000, representing 85% of the Intl Lewa donor base.
• Achieve an annual gift renewal target, increasing giving for this donor group by at least 10% annually.
• Contribute to the global delivery of Lewa’s key messaging to all audiences (including Lewa NextGen, our outreach to the next generation of younger conservationists). 
• Develop strategies to raise Lewa Wildlife Conservancy’s visibility globally and attract new donors via communications and events, particularly supporting expansion into new territories.

2. Media & Partner Communications Engagement

• Draft and distribute press releases and announcements to the media; schedule and conduct media interviews; provide background documents to prepare staff for interviews; respond to queries from reporters or questions from our general audience. 
• Prepare plans for deepening and expanding Lewa’s media contacts in consultation with Lewa’s Head of Communications, based in Kenya; 
• Carry out due diligence in external communications and engagement plans with potential partners, media collaboration exercises, and surface new audiences alongside fundraising opportunities.
• Attend events and ensure Lewa is well represented / raise Lewa’s profile as required.

3. Communications Materials

• Produce clear, impactful materials that align with Lewa’s key messaging and branding for fundraising & donor management, creating a strong case for support, which also heightens Lewa’s reputation as a centre for conservation best practice (e.g. presentations and pitch decks, program overviews, brochures, pamphlets, etc.).
• Review and catalogue press coverage where Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, partners, or international entities are mentioned. Summarize articles and circulate reports regularly for team and Board Members. 
• Regularly review the functioning, effectiveness and impact of communications efforts and materials, backed by data. 

4. Digital Fundraising

• Develop content and design online campaigns, launch and manage campaign pages.
• Make suggestions for improvements to Lewa’s current online donation platform or alternatives.
• Explore peer-to-peer fundraising opportunities and support donors in leading their own online fundraising efforts.
• Work closely with the Data & Administration Manager to track progress and report on the success and impact of fundraising campaigns.
• Help keep the website updated with latest press coverage and newsletters, ensuring a consistent and positive user experience, correct program details and messaging for potential donors visiting the website. 

5. Events & board meeting support

• Support the production of online events, including webinars and informational sessions for donors.
• Assist the team and volunteers in planning and managing major events as needed.
• Support team in preparations for International Board meetings.

Qualifications and Competencies

This challenging role demands a highly organized, detail-oriented, entrepreneurial individual with strong communications skills and the ability to work independently. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate a genuine commitment towards Lewa’s mission and vision. 

The post holder must demonstrate:

Track record of success in fundraising from individual, foundation and corporate donors. He/she must be able to identify, solicit, engage and steward current and new donors utilizing a wide variety of mediums.

Excellent written & verbal skills in English, great attention to detail and commitment to high standards is required.

• Demonstrated experience in nonprofit fundraising processes, revenue tracking, and understanding of best practices and industry standards.
• Ability to initiate and complete long-term projects and manage time-sensitive daily activities, and flexibility to do so when working remotely from home or in a shared office environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity and ability to foster positive working relationships that contribute to a healthy organizational culture in a multinational, multicultural environment.
• Creativity and basic design sense/skills to develop compelling materials promoting Lewa’s work.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently against pressing deadlines, with problem solving mindset.
• Ability to work in harmony with teammates, enthusiastic contributor to team goals, and able to accept and incorporate feedback. 
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and integrity. 
• Dedicated and on-going commitment to personal professional development.
• Willingness to adapt schedule and work outside of typical hours when required.

 Education, Training, and Experience

• Relevant University degree required.
• 5+ years experience in similar role leading fundraising and communications efforts at a conservation or sustainable development NGO in an international setting.
• Experience and understanding of social media and digital engagement.
• Experience pitching successful stories and interacting with the news media to ensure deadlines are met, staff are prepared and long-term relationships with journalists are established.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office and use of a CRM database (Lewa currently uses Salesforce).
• Strong skills in PowerPoint, Photoshop or InDesign and email marketing platforms like Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Campaign Monitor, etc. highly preferred.
• Experience in conservation sector desired; passion and appreciation of wildlife conservation and community development is essential.
• A general-to-good understanding of the Kenyan/African social-political context is essential.  Experience in Kenya, East Africa and or other parts of Africa is desirable.

Compensation

• Lewa provides a competitive salary between $65,000 and $75,000 depending where based/ level of experience, plus holiday compensation package 
• Health insurance and 403(b) qualified tax advantaged retirement plan/ equivalent provided.
• Ability to work from home.

Supporter Engagement Officer
Salary: £18,000 - £24,733 p.a. (depending on experience) plus pension
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Full time
Location: Bickley Hall Farm, Bickley, Cheshire

Are you a creative writer that has experience in delivering excellent customer service? Are you self-driven and able to organise your time to handle several different proactive tasks at once? Do you have a desire to use your talents to bring wildlife back to Cheshire? Well we want to hear from you.

We’re recruiting a talented Supporter Engagement Officer to join our expanding communications team at Cheshire Wildlife Trust. As Supporter Engagement Officer, you will provide excellent supporter care to our members, donors and other supporters. You will engage and steward them in order to maximise value, retention and engagement with the Trust. You will focus on delivering the supporter journeys, creating content and experiences that retain and develop existing supporters so that we as a charity can do more to bring wildlife back – for everyone, everywhere.

Cheshire Wildlife Trust has bases in Thornton-le-Moors, near Chester, Wildboarclough, near Macclesfield and at Bickley, near Malpas which the successful applicant will have access to.

Closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 17th March 2021
Interviews will be held Friday 26th March 2021

To Apply and for More Information:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can find further information about the role and details of how to apply.

Sorry, CVs will not be accepted.

No agencies please.

Designability is an independent charity that enables disabled people to live with greater independence. Our expertise is in user-centred design, creating products with and for disabled people to improve and enrich their lives.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that develops products and provides innovative services which deliver greater choice for disabled people. We are a creative and inspiring team, operating with the freedom to explore and deliver exciting new ways of working, beyond statutory provision.

We are seeking a Marketing and Communications Officer to join our small Fundraising and Communications team and lead the delivery of our communications plans over the next 15 months. This is a varied and diverse role and you will be joining at an exciting time as we celebrate the 10 year anniversary of our flagship product and service, the Wizzybug Loan Scheme.

You will have:

• Experience in creating and delivering marketing and PR campaigns, including digital marketing.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience of copywriting.
• Experience working with Wordpress based websites, SEO, and managing accounts across a variety of social media platforms.
• The ability to work sensitively with beneficiaries to gather case studies and stories to increase awareness of Designability.

You will be joining a team which includes engineers, technicians, product designers, occupational therapists, fundraisers and administrators. Our team is led by strong values: we are creative, inclusive and practical, with our vision being to create a future where every disabled person has the products they want to live the life they choose.

The University of Bath provide us with recruitment support and applications are made through the University of Bath Jobs website. We choose to follow many of the University of Bath’s human resources policies. However, Designability is a fully independent charity and our staff contracts are not with the University.

We are seeking a dynamic community engagement coordinator to work with community rail partnerships across Scotland, supporting them to promote and enable sustainable travel by rail. You’ll be playing a vital role, helping this grassroots movement to involve local communities, build confidence and positivity about sustainable transport, and contribute to Scotland’s commitments to address inequality and the climate emergency.

About us

The Community Rail Network is a not-for-profit organisation supporting a growing ‘community rail’ movement, which helps communities get the most from their railways, promotes sustainable and inclusive travel, supports local development, and brings people together.

Community rail is made up of 73 community-based partnerships, plus more than 1,000 station friends volunteer groups and enterprises, striving to put railways and stations at the heart of communities across Britain. Activities range from station-based arts projects for young people, to advising train operators on local needs, to enabling groups facing disadvantage to access new opportunities by rail, to promoting green tourism. In Scotland, there are 10 community rail partnerships, working in a range of locations, drawing on local knowledge, volunteers and collaboration, and making an important contribution to the Scottish Government’s strategic aims.

Our enthusiastic team of 16 is based in a range of locations around the UK. We work together to support and advise our members, provide training, events and resources, and champion community rail and its unique insights. We believe in developing our staff and helping every team member reach their potential.

About this role

Thanks to funding from Paths for All’s Smarter Choices Smarter Places fund, this new role will provide a critical addition to our team, allowing us to work more closely with our Scottish members, delivering work specific to local needs and opportunities in Scotland.

You will work with, support, and draw on the expertise of, 10 community rail partnerships spread across different locations (hover over the Community rail tab on our website and click Map of our members) around Scotland, working with them to develop effective community engagement to enable and promote sustainable travel. You will support them to build links with local partners such as schools, colleges, community groups and authorities, extend existing and set up new initiatives, reaching wider audiences and taking an evidence-led, place-based approach. Close working with our members, the rail industry, and wider third and public sector partners will be essential.

The role will include regular rail travel around Scotland (once restrictions are lifted), plus occasional trips to our office in Huddersfield and elsewhere. We therefore encourage applications from people who live close to good rail links.

Main responsibilities

Reporting to our experienced head of support and development, you will work with our members and partners to develop effective community rail activity in Scotland promoting sustainable travel by rail. This will include:

• working closely with 10 community rail partnerships around Scotland, drawing on their local expertise and ideas and ensuring ongoing dialogue and good collaboration;
• advising on and coordinating local evidence gathering and analysis to increase understanding of local barriers to sustainable travel, and needs and opportunities for engaging people to overcome these, especially young people and families;
• supporting effective local partnership working, helping to maximise opportunities for community rail working with schools, colleges, clubs and other local groups, as well as rail and transport operators, local authorities and regional transport partnerships;
• exploring and developing opportunities to extend and enhance existing community rail initiatives promoting rail as a part of sustainable travel and tourism, as part of a green and inclusive recovery from the pandemic;
• working with the community rail partnerships to establish new local engagement projects, helping them to run targeted and needs-based activities such as travel confidence workshops or interactive sessions with young people or parents, creative projects, participatory mapping, station visits and community events;
• working with our communications team to deliver local PR to raise awareness of community rail and take the sustainable travel message to wider audiences;
• empowering our members to develop their knowledge and capacity in sustainable travel promotion and local engagement, by sharing good practice and experience, and tapping into expertise and insights from across community rail and our third sector partners;
• creating reports and case studies showing progress and impact, and liaising with and reporting to funders, rail industry partners and third sector networks to ensure this work is well-coordinated, informed and evaluated;
• keeping informed about sustainable transport and rail development in Scotland, ensuring our work supports wider strategic goals to enable more sustainable and inclusive mobility.

Skills and competencies

1. Demonstrable experience in supporting community engagement projects, ideally related to sustainability and mobility, including working with young people or families to overcome barriers;
2. A good understanding of and confidence using community engagement, local communications, project planning and evaluation techniques;
3. The ability to collaborate and communicate with community groups and other local partners, draw on their views and expertise, and support them to build capacity and confidence;
4. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work confidently with stakeholders at all levels and facilitate positive discussion; articulate and assertive, and a great team player;
5. A proven ability to bring partners and groups together, develop and maintain mutually-beneficial partnerships, deliver joint activities, and form professional networks;
6. Good writing and analysis skills, with the ability to draw on quantitative and qualitative evidence, produce case studies and reports, and advise on local communications;
7. Awareness of sustainable transport and social inclusion issues, and an appreciation of the importance of rail, sustainable travel and mobility to communities across Scotland;
8. A demonstrable ability to manage time effectively and juggle a range of activities in an organised, professional, productive manner, including planning and scheduling, coordinating with colleagues and partners, and bringing projects to fruition; 
9. Proactive, positive and self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and inspire and enthuse others, and overcome hurdles to achieve results;
10. IT literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, the internet and social media.

Other information

The post is home-based, but with significant travel across Scotland and occasionally to our office in Huddersfield and events elsewhere (once travel restrictions are lifted). We therefore encourage applications from those with good rail links across Scotland.

This is a part-time position, 3.5 days per week. We are flexible which days these would be and use a flexi-time/TOIL system (with core hours usually 10am-3pm). We are committed to being a flexible, supportive and understanding employer. This is a fixed term position for 12 months, but with the potential for extension or making the role permanent, subject to funding being continued or secured from other sources. There is a probationary period of three months.

Community Rail Network is an equal opportunities employer.

Flexible location - Fixed term maternity cover contract for a period of 14 months from April 2021

The role

The role is maternity cover during a key period of cross-organisational activity for the Digital Product team. Expected outcomes for this period include the development of a new website for Breast Cancer Now, and a related project to ensure cookie compliance across all our websites and apps.

The Head of Digital Product leads on the development and management of digital platforms, website content and technology.

The role will manage the Digital Product team, who work on website projects, digital services and apps, and support the delivery of content for these, including but not limited to health tools and products, ecommerce systems and fundraising campaigns.

The role will work with the Associate Director, Digital and Strategic Insight to deliver a digital product and content strategy for the charity, including the development of new digital products to achieve marketing and organisational objectives. 

The role manages two Digital Product Managers and the Digital Content Manager.

About you

At this key time for the Digital Product team, you will have demonstrable experience delivering large-scale website development projects using Agile methodologies.

You are a collaborative and effective communicator, with a track record of engaging internal stakeholders and managing multiple external agencies. You’re as comfortable managing teams and working with colleagues using remote working platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Slack as you are in an office environment.

You have a strong understanding of digital product management and digital content management and production, with direct experience in the development and maintenance of websites.

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the charity that’s steered by world-class research and powered by life-changing care. We’re here for anyone affected by breast cancer, the whole way through, providing support for today and hope for the future.

We’re that trusted friend that people affected by breast cancer turn to for caring support when they need it most. The expert authority on breast cancer research who is making breakthroughs and driving forward progress. And a vehicle for change, acting now to make sure anyone affected by breast cancer gets the best possible treatment and care.

We believe that we can change the future of breast cancer and make sure that, by 2050, everyone diagnosed with the disease lives – and is supported to live well. But we need to act now.

Please note that whilst Breast Cancer Now is following Government guidelines regarding working from home, this role will be based in your chosen office and the expectation is that once restrictions are eased that the post holder will be based within this office for the majority of the time. Should you have any queries with regards to this please contact us in the first instance.

Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce.

Closing date Monday 8 March 2021 at 9:00am

Interview date Friday 12 March 2021

Head of Student Development and Activities

Salary: £30,614 (£33,629 fte)

Hours: 32 hours per week if start before June 2021. Full time hours (36.25 pw) 1st June 2021 onwards

Contract: Permanent

Team: Student Opportunities and Development

Reports to: Assistant Director of Charitable Services 

uea(su) is a vibrant, fast paced, student-led environment and we are looking for a new Head of Student Development and Activities to lead our Activities and Opportunities team.  The team is part of the charitable side of the SU and works collaboratively with our Student Voice, Advice and Communications, Marketing and Insight departments, as well as with our colleagues in the commercial side of the organisation.

As the strategic lead for student volunteering across the organisation you will be responsible for developing our training, support and recognition framework for our volunteers, ensuring that they get the most of their volunteering experience in terms of enjoyment, skills and employability.  You will also be skilled in stakeholder management, working closely alongside our elected student officers and our partners at UEA.

You will be experienced in event management, engaging students or young people in activities, opportunities and volunteering, and embedding a safety culture in all of the above.

This role is responsible for ensuring the broadest range of students engage in our activities and student groups, so you will be closely involved in our anti-racism and diversity work, as well as managing our outreach and widening participation projects.

Our team is friendly, inclusive and dedicated to providing students with the best experience – whether that is through our Buddy scheme for first years, our online Flativities programme for housemates or the hundreds of student-led clubs and societies that we support.

All Student Union staff are currently taking a temporary reduction in hours to reduce expenditure during the pandemic. If appointed before June 2021 then this role will be working 32 hours per week. From 1st June onwards it is anticipated that the role will be employed on a full time (36.25 hours per week) basis

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all and are passionate to ensure that our staff reflect the diverse student body we serve. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability. You can be yourself with us and be part of a union that celebrates diversity.

Closing date: Monday 15th March 2021

Interviews: Will be held remotely on 25th March 2021.

For more details and how to apply please visit our website: https://www.ueasu.work/career-staff-roles
 

Brand and Fundraising Campaign Manager - Driving fan engagement, fundraising and brand campaigns for ParalympicsGB.

Fixed term to 31st Dec 2021  

HOURS OF WORK:Such hours as are necessary to fulfil the duties. This will involve a minimum of 35 hours per week and include work in evenings and weekends as required.

LOCATION:Working from home or at BPA central London offices. Occasiona ltravel may also be required in the UK

JOB PURPOSE:This is a key role in broadening our fan base and identifying public fundraising opportunities for ParalympicsGB and the British Paralympic Association (BPA). The Brand and Fundraising Manager will work with the Commercial and Communications directorates to maximise opportunities to position ParalympicsGB as a charity and increase fundraising via campaigns focussed on commercial partner activations and through direct public donations. You will also be responsible for helping to devise and approve branding collateral across a range of channels in the build-up to and during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and beyond. You will be responsible for inputting into the commercial approval process for partner activations, and ensuring the growth of brand recognition while protecting the integrity of the brand.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES IN DETAIL:

Fan engagement campaign

• Responsible for the implementation and evaluation of the Impossible to Ignore public engagement and fundraising campaign. Focused on driving individual giving and partner fundraising and deepening engagement with ParalympicsGB in the run-up to, during and post Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games.
• Day to day management of multi-channel public engagement and fundraising campaign activity for the Tokyo 2020 campaign
• Provide a supporter experience that increases conversion and retention and builds long term commitment to the charity.
• Assist in the development of fundraising marketing materials including, copywriting, graphics, video and other collateral to support e-comms strategy.

Working with colleagues to advise and support all BPA commercial partners with their delivery of fundraising activity

• Ensure that the BPA maintains a database of supporters in an efficient and compliant manner
• Manage project team working on fundraising campaign with internal and external stakeholders
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Get Set youth engagement programme

• Day to day management of youth engagement programme Get Set delivered in partnership with the British Olympic Association.
• This includes managing the relationship with an external agency, liaising with athlete ambassadors, and reviewing resources and marketing plans.

Branding

• Working with the BPA’s Communications and Commercial teams to maximise brand exposure for ParalympicsGB and BPA brands through our owned and partner channels
• Strong understanding of the use of brand assets in fully integrated campaigns while adhering to brand guidelines
• Being aware of current trends in brand activation to ensure ParalympicsGB utilises all possible routes to promote the team and gives appropriate recognition to commercial partners
• Working with suppliers on production of physical branding items for pre-Games and Games events to include team launch, prep camp, athlete village, homecoming celebrations/parade
• Working closely with Communications and Commercial teams to ensure consistency of BPA and ParalympicsGB creative look and feel across all activity

This job description is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. It is intended as an outline indication of the areas of activity and may be amended from time to time in the light of the changing needs of the organisation through appropriate processes of consultation and the mutual agreement of both parties.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

QUALIFICATIONS

A minimum of 3 years’ experience working on fundraising or brand activation campaigns

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Essential:

• Communications and marketing experience managing successful fundraising campaigns
• Ability to manage multi-channel marketing activations and multi-skilled teams
• Experience of working on effective marketing or fundraising campaigns with measurable reach to target audiences
• Experience of creating a range of digital assets such as graphics, imagery and video content
• Strong copywriting skills and experience of working with html newsletter templates.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to write key messages and documents to a high level and tight timescale;
• Strong verbal communication/presentation skills
• Experience of managing and reporting against agreed organisational budgets;
• Experience of project management

Desirable

• A passion for Paralympic sport and the impact of the Paralympic movement

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND QUALITIES

Communication: The ability to express message and impart information clearly, concisely and convincingly to a wide variety of audiences and through a variety of mechanisms, including both verbal and written communication.

Creativity: The ability to understand a problem or issue, and the factors that influence it, and consider constructive inventive ways in which a solution can be found and a positive work outcome achieved. The desire constantly to consider ways in which existing practices could be done better and more efficiently.

Organisational Skills A self-starter with the confidence to plan, organise and execute work programmes, often working to tight deadlines.                                     

VALUES

The British Paralympic Association is an organisation with unique responsibilities and roles.  However, we will only achieve our ambitions by working with and through others, and by appreciation of where we fit within the wider sporting landscape.

This partnership working internally and externally is driven by three values highlighted in the BPA Strategic Plan for 2017/21 “Inspiring Excellence”.  You will therefore adhere to:

Excellence – everything we do as the BPA should be of the highest possible standard, and reflective of an ambition to be world leading.  We are committed to a flexible, proactive, challenging approach to all activity – recognising how our own commitment to ‘being better’ can support the similar ambitions of our athletes and team;

Honesty – we will ensure that all engagement and communication is fair, open and grounded in an appreciation of others and their views, seeking to set and manage expectations of ourselves and others to ensure consistency and transparency; and

Trust - our interaction with each other with key partners and the wider community will be characterised by respect and will seek to engender a belief in the value, ethics and integrity of the BPA. 

This job description and person specification is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive.  It is intended as an outline indication of the areas of activity and may be amended from time to time in the light of the changing needs of the organisation through appropriate processes of consultation and the mutual agreement of both parties.

Women’s Programme Training and Engagement Lead x3

East Midlands, North West, London and South East

There are options for the roles to be based at home, within GamCare services, or our partner network services. This will be discussed with the recruiting managers and successful candidate.

Full time at 35hrs

Salary: £25,000-28,000 per annum, dependent on experience

Fixed Term up until 31 March 2023

There is a perception that problem gambling is only a male issue.  This is not true – gambling-related harms affect women too, and the impact can be particularly severe for some of the most vulnerable in our society.  Despite this, women are underrepresented in treatment services and there are few organisations that specialise in supporting women that have robust pathways into gambling-related treatment.

GamCare’s Women’s Programme is the UK’s first programme designed specifically to address the issue of women and gambling. We network with local public sector and third sector organisations that work with women in order to enhance their knowledge about gambling-related harms and where help is available, and to give them skills to support their service users.

We are excited to recruit Training and Engagement leads across North West, West Midlands, and London and South East. You will join our team and collaborate effectively with and be well supported by an enthusiastic and friendly national team. Training and Engagement Leads create excellent local links to embed this flagship programme in regions across the country. 

Candidates will need to demonstrate the ability to build successful relationships with partner organisations, deliver training, coordinate and facilitate networking opportunities and be a passionate advocate for both the programme and the treatment support services delivered by GamCare.  The work will not always be easy, as we will be working with partner organisations that have competing priorities and a constant demand on their time.  Passion, enthusiasm and commitment will help to you to make sure that this important issue is given the attention it deserves.

Successful candidates will be confident, self-motivated communicators, have good attention to detail and enjoy persuading and influencing. Working with a wide range of stakeholders, both internal and external, you will champion the work. 

If you are committed to seeing better support for vulnerable women and girls and think you would love to be a part of an innovative and dynamic initiative, then we would love to hear from you!

The role is a fixed term post, full time until end March 2023.  We are open to discussion about where the roles will work from in each region; some may be based in GamCare’s partner organisations, some home based.

Further information about the programme please visit our GamCare website.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

To apply, please go onto the GamCare and complete an application form.

If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and put the following subject in your email:

Job application: <NAME OF VACANCY>

Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

For further information, please email Marina Smith, Programme Manager.

Please note we do not accept CVs. Previous applicants need not apply

GamCare is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR. For further information on GamCare’s recruitment privacy notice please refer to our website.

Closing date for applications: Friday 12 March 2021 at 9am

Interviews will be held via video conference and will take place w/c: 15 March 2021