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Job Title: Marketing Manage

About BookTrust

BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. Each year we reach over 1.3 million children and families across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, delivering evidence-informed programmes that make a measurable difference to children’s reading behaviours.  

Our work is rooted in the belief that every child deserves the chance to enjoy reading and all the lifelong benefits it brings. Children who read regularly are happier and healthier, they form stronger bonds, they are more creative and enjoy more success in life.

BookTrust’s most recent strategy, "Reading for a brighter future", sets out our mission - to get children from low-income households and vulnerable family backgrounds reading regularly and by choice. What we do has never mattered more; or been more needed.  

We deliver our mission through evidence-based interventions, with a strong focus on children in the early years and their families. Our carefully selected books and well-researched programmes are delivered by a network of over 30,000 local partners, bringing the magic of reading to children in every community in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We work with every local authority across England and Wales, as well as health visitors, schools, libraries, social workers and early years workers. We also have an excellent and increasingly diverse community of children’s authors and illustrators and committed and expert support from publishers.  

Everyone at BookTrust is committed to our mission, and are passionate about the real difference that shared reading from the earliest days can make. We are a genuinely family/life-friendly organisation, offering a caring workplace with supportive and expert colleagues.

Job summary

We’re looking for a Marketing Manager to join our team to create, deliver and analyse integrated marketing plans that utilise the full marketing mix to extend the reach and maximize the sales of BookTrust’s traded reading programmes to schools.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for using data and insight to develop and deliver marketing activity to support a wide range of BookTrust campaigns, events and initiatives to meet our ambitious targets. You’ll establish an ongoing evaluation process and utilise sector and customer insight to continually improve our marketing. 

Experience of working across multiple campaigns in an agile way and prioritising your workload effectively is essential. 

The ideal candidate will have a breadth of marketing skills and experience and a proactive and collaborative approach to working with colleagues across the charity to deliver marketing campaigns and activity to a consistently high standard. 

The successful candidate must have at least three years of marketing experience, have previously worked in a B2B, traded and/or commercial marketing role at a similar level including people management experience.

Full details about the role and candidate requirements can be found in the attached Job Description. 

Application deadline: 23:59 on Friday 20 February 2026.

We may choose to close applications early if we have received sufficient numbers of quality applications, so please don’t wait until the closing date to apply.

How to apply: Please apply via our vacancies website along with your CV and covering letter explaining why you think you are the right candidate for this role and highlighting any experience that may support your application. Your covering letter should not be longer than 700 words.

Shortlisting and interview schedule: 

• Shortlisting will take place w/c 24 February.

• First interviews will take place on Wednesday 4 March and Monday 9 March.

Please note: As part of the selection process, shortlisted candidates may be invited to attend a second interview to further assess suitability for the role.

Transform data into a lifeline for animals and become the strategic engine behind our global conservation efforts. As our Data Intelligence & CRM Officer, you will unlock the hidden potential within our data to drive life-saving results for orangutans, bears, and primates around the world.

Why This Role Matters

At International Animal Rescue, we don’t just rescue animals, we work to protect habitats, and work with communities to deliver holistic and sustainable conservation strategies that boost biodiversity and mitigate climate change.

Your expertise won't just live in a spreadsheet - it will directly inform how we connect with our supporters and fund our mission to release rescued animals back into the wild. You are the bridge between the fundraising team, the CRM and real-world conservation impact.

The Opportunity

This is a high-impact, hands-on role where you will act as the day-to-day lead for our fundraising CRM. You will:

Drive Income Growth: Create high-quality supporter intelligence that maximise the success of our direct mail and digital campaigns.

Uncover Actionable Insights: Analyse supporter behaviour and campaign performance to provide the strategic recommendations that guide our fundraising team.

Master the CRM: Take full ownership of data imports, quality control, and GDPR compliance within our CRM (Donorfy) ecosystem.

Shape the Future: Identify opportunities to improve reporting and data visualisation, helping us work smarter to save more lives.

Who We Are Looking For

You are a data enthusiast who thrives on finding the story behind the numbers. We need someone with proven CRM management experience and a solid grasp of creating meaningful information who can present technical findings to non-technical colleagues with clarity and passion. If you are a collaborative problem-solver who wants to apply your analytical skills to a mission that truly matters, we want to hear from you.

Please read the full job specification for more information.

Play to the Crowd (incorporating Theatre Royal Winchester, Hat Fair and Playmakers) is looking for a Fundraising Manager. 

Hours/contract: Permanent, full time, 36 hours per week (job share or part-time hours will be considered for the right candidate)

Salary: £28,950 - £32,754 depending on length of service 

Base: Theatre Royal Winchester / Hybrid

We’re looking for a confident and enthusiastic fundraiser with a track record of delivering and leading major donor fundraising, membership schemes, corporate partnerships as well as securing significant funds from Trusts and Foundations.

The Fundraising Manager is responsible for implementing the charity’s fundraising strategy to increase our fundraised income to support all areas of our activity. This will be achieved by connecting donors and supporters to our mission to delight and unite communities through the power of live performance and participation.

The charity has ambitious plans for the future. We will continue to invest in the beautiful Theatre Royal Winchester. With the absence of Arts Council England National Portfolio funding, we will be transitioning to a new structure and funding model for future Hat Fair festivals. Through our engagement projects we will continue to have impact on our local community both in central Winchester and the wider district.

The Fundraising Manager role will be vital in:

• Helping to develop a sustainable fundraising model to secure future Hat Fair festivals

• Securing funding from Trusts and Foundations for community projects, core revenue to support our artistic and creative ambitions, and capital works

• Cultivating and securing large gifts from Major Donors

• Growing our membership base – our members are loyal and key advocates of the charity and audiences for our events

• Managing the relationships and developing our Corporate Partnerships 

How to Apply 

Application deadline: 10am Tue 17 February 2026 
Interviews: Wed 25 February 2026 

Interested? If you would like to find out more details about this role please visit our website where you can find the Job Description and Person Specification. Our website also contains our application form. Please note that we require fully completed application forms. We are unable to accept CVs. 

Keen on this role but seen something you’re not sure about? Don’t rule yourself out, get in touch to talk it through. For an informal discussion about the role, please get contact Kirstie Mathieson, Communications and Development Director (email available in the job pack) 

Play to the Crowd is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures and experiences and is also open to job share proposals. 

Job Title:                   Individual Giving Manager           
 

Reporting To:           Senior Individual Giving and Legacy Manager   

Salary Range:          38,000 - £42,000     
 

Contract Type:         Permanent          
 

Location:                  Main sites - Acton, Deptford, Enfield, Poplar, Canary Wharf and Old Street 
 

Days/Hours per Week: 35 hours per week, working from 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM with a 1-hour lunch break. The role covers 5 out of 7 days per week, Monday to Friday
 

Requirements: The Felix Project can only employ applicants who currently have the right to work in the UK.  Please note the requirements of the location and days/ hours per week

Our Vision: A UK where “No good food goes to waste”. 

We are UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to approximately 8,500 frontline charities and community groups. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

There has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.  

FareShare is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities and as a Disability Confident Employer, we provide reasonable adjustments.
 

We aim to recruit from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our commitment to redistributing surplus food, come and join us.  
 

Purpose of the Job 
As the Individual Giving Manager, you will proactively help deliver our supporter acquisition and retention programmes through the development, implementation and management of multiple campaigns. The post holder will support with strategic development of Individual Giving and proactively adopt a test and learn approach to campaigns. The post holder will work alongside a second Individual Giving Manager and have the responsibility of an Officer. 

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Working closely with the Senior Individual Giving and Legacy Manager, develop, implement and manage a portfolio of acquisition and retention campaigns
• Maximise opportunities for cross-team campaigns
• Develop and implement continuous test and learn strategies
• Proactively contribute to the development of an effective Legacy programme
• Line management of an Individual Giving Officer

Working closely with the Senior Individual Giving and Legacy Manager, develop, implement and manage a portfolio of acquisition and retention campaigns

• Develop and manage a comprehensive programme of cold and warm campaigns at all stages from initial briefs to data selection and post-campaign analysis.
• Create seamless supporter journeys and consistency of messaging from the initial touchpoint through to longer-term giving
• Develop and manage a rolling programme of reactivation, cross-sell and upgrade activities
• Develop a portfolio of new fundraising offers and means of support and manage related processes.

 Maximise opportunities for cross-team campaigns 

• Work with mass participation on deepening relationships with community fundraising audiences
• Work with the major donor team, identifying and stewarding prospects for major and philanthropic giving. Support on the development of a mid-value programme
• Maximise supporter engagement opportunities through cross-working with internal teams including Corporate Partnerships and Volunteering.

Develop and implement continuous test and learn strategies

• Build and implement a framework for testing and rolling out supporter acquisition strategies
• Keep up to date on the latest trends and techniques in fundraising and apply learnings as appropriate on new and existing supporter acquisition initiatives
• Work with the Individual Giving Manager to maximise the impact of supporter welcome journeys
• Monitor Supporter attrition levels and implement measures to mitigate disengagement.

Proactively contribute to Felix’s Gifts in Wills programme

• Working with the Senior Individual Giving and Legacy Manager, develop and implement a test and learn programme of Gifts in Wills campaign to both warm and cold audiences
• Manage supporter relationships with free Will provider agencies and keep records up to date on the CRM

Line management of an Individual Giving Officer

• Provide management to an Individual Giving Officer, including daily support and development opportunities
• Support with management of Individual Giving Officers workload.

Person Specification

1. Previous experience of developing and managing multi-channel supporter acquisition and retention programmes across F2F, digital and direct mail.
2. Knowledge of latest trends and best practice of supporter stewardship
3. Able to demonstrate being a Team player
4. Ability to work analytically 
5. Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable track record in planning, implementing and managing multi-channel direct marketing campaigns
• Experience of supporter care both at a practical and a strategic level
• Experience of briefing agencies and working with marketing teams
• Demonstrable track record in generating new income
• Demonstrable experience of strategic planning 
• Experience of working as part of a high-performing team, achieving and exceeding income
• Experience of using a CRM system to produce reports, data selections and run analysis.
• Strong project management, prioritisation and planning skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Experience of line management and providing development opportunities
• Up to date knowledge of the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice, data protection and other relevant legislation, guidance and practice.
• A passion for fighting food waste and food waste and food inequality 
• Experience of Gift in Wills marketing (cold and/or warm)

Equity Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

At The Felix Project, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in everything we do. We value the unique contributions of every individual and strive to create a respectful, inclusive environment free from discrimination or prejudice. Our commitment extends to all employees, and volunteers, ensuring equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of background or characteristics. 

Application Procedure

Once you apply, you will be directed to our recruitment portal. Please upload your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role and make sure that they are both uploaded before submitting your application. After you have submitted your application, you have 24 hours in which you can access your application and make edits. We will only consider applications with both CV and cover letter submitted. 
 

Recruitment Timeline

We reserve the right to close advertisements early and we might assess candidates and arranging interviews as applications comes in, so please apply as soon as possible, to avoid missing out on this opportunity. 

Due to the anticipated large number of applicants, if you do not hear from us within four weeks of your application, we regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful. Consequently, will not be able to provide feedback. 

The ISM website is the organisation’s shop window: showcasing everything ISM offers in a visually engaging, modern way. It supports sales, marketing and external affairs, strengthens our profile, and drives member recruitment and retention through high-quality content, functionality and forward-thinking digital design. This role leads the management, development and optimisation of the ISM website, ensuring it is engaging, accessible, technically robust and aligned with brand, SEO and marketing priorities. It oversees content quality, suppliers, and web projects, while keeping ISM’s digital presence user-centred and ahead of trends.

The role also manages digital marketing and insights, optimising paid and organic campaigns, analysing performance across all digital channels, and delivering clear reporting to support membership recruitment, retention and strategic decision-making.

Additionally, it supports CRM development, brand consistency, and cross-organisational initiatives to strengthen ISM’s profile and understanding of member and prospect behaviour.

A full job descriton can be found on the ISM's website along with details of how to apply.

You hold a critical and integral role for the growth and development of the DEC’s website and digital marketing, taking an audience and insight led approach to innovation and supporter engagement. The role builds on various workstreams, projects and innovation processes that have been developed in recent years.

You will be digitally astute with expertise in paid media and digital product development, and a confident communicator, who project manages with ease and leads and engages with diverse internal & external stakeholders to develop an effective, responsive and agile approach to fundraising and supporter engagement in the digital environment. You must have demonstrable knowledge of UX principles and tools, a working knowledge of Drupal (or equivalent CMS), HTML and CSS, and excellent knowledge of digital analytics, particularly Google Analytics and social platform analytics.

Key Responsibilities for this role, include:

Website Management: Act as Product Owner, oversee roadmap, UX testing, security, hosting, and SEO.

Digital Fundraising: Manage paid search, social media, programmatic advertising, and evergreen campaigns; optimise performance and ROI.

Innovation & Strategy: Develop new digital tools, lead AI strategy group, drive product development from ideation to MVP, and foster a culture of innovation.

Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate across teams, manage external agencies, and lead digital collaboration with member charities.

Financial & Risk Management: Oversee £100k+ budgets, ensure compliance, report on performance, and mitigate digital risks.

Digital & Innovation Strategy and ensure adherence to legal and ethical standards, maintaining best practices in equality and accessibility.  Design and deliver programmes that build awareness and capability around inclusive behaviours.

Data & trends: Monitor, analyse, and report on D&I metrics to measure progress and inform future actions. Stay ahead of trends, lead new initiatives, and represent the organisation in external forums to promote our commitment to inclusion.

If you are are able to confidently pick up and adapt to new technologiues and systems, can communicate digital technology to non-rechbnical audiences and have outstanding planning, organisaitonal, project and time management abilities & skills, then we would love to hear from you.

How to apply

If you have the skills and passion for this role, please apply by 9am, Monday 09th February 2026.

We are unable to support applications for our vacancies if you do not have the right to work in the UK

The DEC is an equal opportunities employer and provides opportunities to learn and grow in an inclusive, supportive, and productive environment. We encourage applications from anyone who can meet the criteria, regardless of gender, race, age, disability, sexuality, or religion.

The DEC is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults and participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. 

By applying, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent, to these recruitment procedures.

As part of an ambitious Business Development team, you’ll work closely with partners from the commercial, not-for-profit and government sectors to plan and implement activities that enable people to report crime without fear.

Reporting to the Head of Business Development, you will work collaboratively, whilst showing initiative and proactivity. Much of the work we do is cutting-edge for the sector and as such, we welcome creativity, curiosity and a solutions-based approach. 

The Account Manager position is very varied – liaising closely with Operations, MarComms and our Data teams and of course, at all times, overseeing and meeting partners, producing reports and writing evaluations. 

You'll find the job pack below, and you can apply via our careers page via the link.

Please note that you must submit both a CV and a covering letter to be considered for this role.

Please ensure that your application reflects your genuine voice and experiences that demonstrate your suitability for this role.

We’re a fast-growing digital agency, working with exciting organisations in the Christian space, charity sector, and beyond. We organise and optimise digital spaces, helping brands to build online audiences and achieve their objectives.

The Digital Ads Lead will oversee all aspects of digital ads campaigns for clients, using creativity and expertise to drive performance and results via Meta, Google and other platforms.

Day-to-day you’ll be presenting strategies to clients, briefing designers and videographers on adverts, setting up tracking and analytics, exploring new ways to improve campaign performance and leading on all work across digital ads.

This role requires experience working with Christian organisations, and/or a deep understanding of what motivates people with faith.

This job is for you if:

• You love creativity, data and thinking strategically
• You know how to use digital ads to get results
• You get excited by a great CPC, CTR or ROAS
• You’re a fast learner who can get to grips with new platforms
• You have exceptional people and client management skills
• You’re a keen, proactive problem solver
• You’re high capacity, managing multiple campaigns at once
• You have an eye for detail, and notice things other people miss

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate clients’ problems and goals into effective paid social or paid search campaigns
• Set up conversion tracking including pixels, analytics, Google Tag Manager etc.
• Work with clients and members of the Neighbourhood team to create engaging ads
• Conduct competitor, market and keyword research
• Plan strategies, create audiences, write ad copy and build campaigns
• Bring clarity and insight to clients with regular meetings and reports
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, changes and best practices

Salary & Benefits

• £36,000-£42,000 per annum DOE, with a 6-month probationary period (including 3-month review)
• 25 days annual leave + statutory bank holidays
• 40 hours a week–typically Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm

Our preference is for the role to be full time, but for the right candidate we would potentially consider a part-time role

We’re a remote-first business. We have team days once a month (based in East Sussex) so the successful applicant will be expected to attend in person for those 2 days. Accommodation costs are covered. 

About African Rainbow Family

African Rainbow Family (ARF) is a UK-based, lived-experience-led grassroots organisation working with and for LGBTIQ+ refugees and people seeking asylum of African heritage and the Global Majority.

ARF was founded in 2014 in response to the criminalisation and persecution of LGBTIQ+ people across parts of Africa and the Commonwealth. The organisation provides advocacy, peer support, advice, training and counselling, while campaigning locally, nationally and internationally to challenge injustice and promote equality and human rights.

ARF operates from its head office in Manchester and has centres in Leeds, Birmingham, London and Swansea.

About the Role

The Operations Manager role is a new and senior position within African Rainbow Family and will play a key role in supporting the organisation’s strategic and operational development.

The postholder will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day running of the organisation, managing staff and volunteers, ensuring effective service delivery and leading on income generation and funding applications.

The role works closely with the Chief Executive Officer, Trustees, staff, volunteers and external stakeholders to ensure ARF operates effectively, sustainably and in line with its values and objectives.

Key Responsibilities

The postholder will be responsible for:

• Managing the day-to-day operations of African Rainbow Family, ensuring efficient and effective organisational delivery

• Line managing staff and volunteers, including recruitment, induction, supervision and performance management

• Overseeing service delivery across all ARF centres to ensure consistency, quality and compliance with funder requirements

• Managing organisational budgets and monitoring expenditure against agreed targets

• Leading on income generation, including researching funding opportunities and writing grant and funding applications

• Developing, reviewing and implementing organisational policies, procedures and systems

• Ensuring compliance with governance, safeguarding, health and safety and regulatory requirements

• Building and maintaining relationships with funders, partners, commissioners and key stakeholders

• Supporting strategic planning and reporting to the CEO and Board of Trustees

Person Specification

Essential

• Minimum of two years’ experience in an operations, project or organisational management role

• Proven experience of managing staff and volunteers

• Experience of managing budgets and financial reporting

• Demonstrable experience of researching and writing successful grant or funding applications

• Knowledge of charity governance, compliance and operational processes

• Strong organisational, communication and leadership skills

• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities

Desirable

• Experience working within the charity or voluntary sector

• Experience working with LGBTIQ+ refugees or people seeking asylum

• Knowledge of asylum, immigration or human rights policy

• Experience using databases or CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce)

• Experience in advocacy, campaigning or media work

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

• NEST pension scheme

• Flexible working arrangements

• Birthday leave and two wellbeing (duvet) days per year

• Cost-of-living support

• Paid sick leave after six months’ service

• Training, development and progression opportunities

• Salary review and employee reward scheme

• Free on-site parking

• Accredited Living Wage Employer

Equality, Diversity and Safeguarding

African Rainbow Family is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from people with lived experience of the asylum system, LGBTIQ+ people and individuals from Black and Global Majority backgrounds.

This role is subject to a Genuine Occupational Requirement and is therefore open only to applicants who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex.

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. ARF is committed to safeguarding and to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

The role

Are you a social media and paid expert that wants to change the world? Have you spent your career building your digital skills, and you now want to use them to tackle the biggest issues of our time? Do you want to create paid and organic social solutions that drive impact in the real world?

If you want to work with leading non-profit and good cause clients, helping them launch campaigns on issues like the climate crisis, renters rights, tech freedom, combating misinformation and hate speech - join our growing team of world-class communications talent at 89up.

Who are we?

89up is the global agency for not for profits and good causes. Our mission is clear: to help our incredible clients tackle the world’s greatest challenges, with a focus on climate action, social justice, economic fairness and helping to deliver the UN sustainable development goals.

We work with organisations across the UK, Europe, US, and beyond. Across the agency we deliver public relations, creative campaigns, website development, advocacy, insights, and mobilisation. 

Our insight-led approach builds award-winning campaigns that drive meaningful change. .

You are joining a team of people who…

• Are passionate about driving change

• Love tackling complex problems and inspiring action

• Believe in collaborative working and creating integrated solutions

• Want to create industry leading work for causes that matter

Who are you?

In this role, you will work on some of the world’s most pressing issues - you will create and launch best in class digital campaigns that mobilise audiences across the world to make change.

We are looking for a digital and social expert, who has varied digital campaigning expertise: you will lead and implement paid and organic campaigns, analyse audience and insights data,, and co-develop multi-platform creative ideas.

You will build relationships with a broad range of clients, advising and consulting on how they can launch genuinely innovative digital campaigns - delivering fantastic results and measurable impact.

Ideally, you will be someone with 3-5 years experience activating digital campaigns in a communications agency or inhouse. You will need to have both a strategic and hands-on approach, and you will have in-depth knowledge of all digital and social media channels, in particular Meta, LinkedIn, X, Search, web and analytics.

Key responsibilities

Campaign management/optimization

• Develop efficient and effective multi-channel digital campaigns, that integrate into wider strategies to help our clients change the world

• Developing and implementing paid media plans including forecasting, KPI setting and audience development for channels including: Google Ads, Linkedin, Meta, TikTok, Twitter/X and beyond.

• Develop standout social content concepts that are tailored to each platform’s best practice – from thumb-stopping hooks and visuals to smart use of formats, trends and tools.

• Run paid and organic social media campaigns - from drafting copy, setting up paid social media advertising, and developing digital strategies. 

• Leading the analysis of campaigns in real-time and on a going basis, to recommend and deliver optimisations against key metrics e.g. impressions share, quality score, conversion rate and budgets.

• Undertake social media analytical work with support from social listening to social mapping

• Work within our integrated team structure - helping to developing campaign solutions that use digital alongside PR, advocacy, insights, web and design to create impact

• Concept and co-create/brief petition text, social copy email journey text, news stories, letters, articles and campaign case studies based on performance analysis

Team management

• Line management of Mobilisation team Junior executives

• Account leadership – helping to lead client strategy in conjunction with the wider team & representative from the agency leadership team

• Undertake research for clients or new business proposals and present them to potential new clients

Strategic account management

• Proactively manage and work with a portfolio of clients working on campaigns that are changing the world

• Understanding your clients’ organisational objectives, building strategies and implementing work that smashes KPIs

• Building an understanding of your clients campaign goals and issue areas - delivering integrated digital solutions and continuously planning across channels and platforms

• Becoming the primary point of contact for your clients – leading weekly calls and monthly meetings

Job Title:                                                   Head of Policy & Campaigns

Grade and Salary:                                     Team lead - £56,000 to £60,000 (depending on experience)

Reporting To:                                             Director

Number of direct reports:                           Three (currently)

Location:                                                    Brighton/Hybrid (At least two days per week in Brighton Office)

Contract:                                                  Full time, permanent (35 hours a week)

Travel Requirements:                                The post involves some UK travel and may include occasional travel to Europe.

Background

Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) is the only charity in the UK focused solely on tackling the problems caused by pesticides and promoting safe and sustainable alternatives in agriculture, urban areas, homes and gardens. It is an independent, non-profit organisation, which works nationally and internationally to eliminate the use of the most hazardous pesticides, reduce dependence on pesticides overall, and to increase the adoption of sustainable alternatives to chemical pest control.

Our Head of Policy & Campaigns leads our work in the UK which aims to better protect both the environment and human health from pesticide harms. Through policy work, lobbying, research, media and strategic communications, we aim to influence a range of decision makers, from the UK government and devolved administrations to local councils and the country’s biggest supermarkets. The role also includes working alongside PAN UK’s Director to secure funding to cover the UK team’s salaries, overheads and activities. It is an incredibly varied role, involving everything from leading on strategy development for the UK team while also being intricately involved in writing and editing publications and executing other activities such as events and mobilising the public.

The Head of Policy & Campaigns is part of PAN UK’s Senior Management Team (along with our Director, Head of Finance and Governance and Head of International Programmes) which sets the direction of the organisation and ensures it is well-managed and delivering on our mission. 

Specific responsibilities

1.       Advocacy, policy and campaigning

• Lead the UK team in developing advocacy strategies, and fully utilising opportunities to make progress towards achieving PAN UK’s mission.

• Conduct high quality research and analysis aimed at influencing decision makers. Ensure it is presented in a way which is both technically accurate and compelling.

• Develop and/or maintain expertise in pesticide policy with the aim of being able to represent PAN UK credibly in a range of external fora.

• Build relationships with a wide range of decision makers including government ministers and civil servants, parliamentarians, devolved administrations, local councils and supermarkets.

• Ensure that the organisation’s policy positions on UK pesticide issues are clear, well thought out and will lead to positive change.

• Find creative ways to involve the UK public in PAN UK’s work, including enabling members of the public to contact decision makers directly.

2.       Communications

• Secure media coverage for PAN UK outputs, including writing press releases and liaising with journalists. Provide written quotes for media outlets and give interviews for radio and TV.

• Write materials including policy reports, political briefings and public-facing communications such as blogs and supporter emails. Edit and sign off all outputs from the UK team, ensuring they are both well-written and accurate.

• Conduct public speaking at a range of events, from high-profile events in parliament to community gatherings (and everything in between!).

• Work closely with PAN UK’s Communications Manager to provide content for the organisation’s website and social media channels. Support the Communications Manager in their broader work which includes raising PAN UK’s public profile and leading on individual giving.

3.       Fundraising and financial management

(Please note that PAN UK does not employ fundraisers).

• Raise sufficient funds to cover the UK team’s salaries, activity costs and contribution to organisational overheads.

• Contribute to efforts to raise core funds, which are led by PAN UK’s Director.

• Identify and build relationships with new funders, particularly trusts and foundations, with the aim of securing funding.

• Maintain excellent relationships with existing funders, making sure to meet reporting deadlines.

• Follow PAN UK protocols to ensure that the UK team’s finances are well-managed.

 4.     Leadership and strategy

• Manage a high-performing team, leading on strategy development and implementation and ensuring that the team runs effectively.

• Line manage the staff of the UK team, running regular 121s, annual appraisals and generally making sure they are happy and productive.

5.       Contributing to the organisation

• Contribute to the effective and smooth running of the organisation through membership of the Senior Management Team.

• Report to the PAN UK Board of Trustees as and when required.

• Other duties as may reasonably be requested by the Director and commensurate with the post.

Person specification

Essential

• At least eight years’ advocacy experience, including experience of designing, developing and implementing both policy work and public campaigns.

• Experience of developing, implementing and reviewing strategies designed to create change. 

• Excellent writing and editing skills and experience of producing both technical and public-facing materials. Exceptional attention to detail and a personal commitment to accuracy.

• An understanding of the political context, actors, and processes relating to key policy areas that intersect with pesticides such as food, farming, environment and/or health.

• Experience lobbying decision makers and knowledge of how the UK political system works.

• Demonstrable experience of preparing successful funding applications and building relationships with funders.

• Experience of managing, leading and motivating staff.

• Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice.

• Proven ability to work on own initiative, meeting objectives and tight deadlines under pressure.

• The right to work in the UK.

 Desirable

• Knowledge of problems and solutions associated with pesticides and/or other chemicals. 

• Experience working in sectors related to pesticides including environment, health and/or social justice. 

• Relevant degree in a related discipline (science or social science).

• Experience of dealing with the media and acting as a spokesperson.

• Experience in managing project budgets.

• Knowledge of UK libel laws.

This is an exciting position for an exceptional person with a strong campaigning background to work for one of the UK’s leading rights NGOs. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to devise high-impact campaigns to achieve real change, co-ordinating a multi-disciplinary high-performing team to further privacy, free expression and data protection rights. Ideally, you’ll also be a key Big Brother Watch spokesperson in the media.

You’ll have both people and project management responsibilities, leading our campaigns on key civil liberty issues such as digital ID, free speech and protest rights, facial recognition, AI and mass surveillance. 

You’ll plan, execute and evaluate campaigns across all areas of our work.

Big Brother Watch

Big Brother Watch is a UK civil liberties campaign group fighting for a free future. We’re determined to reclaim our privacy and defend freedoms at this time of enormous technological change. And we fight to win.

We’re a fiercely independent, diverse, non-partisan and non-profit group of campaigners and researchers who work to roll back the surveillance state and protect the public’s rights in parliament, the media or the courts if we have to. We publish unique investigations and pursue powerful public campaigns to pursue real change. We work relentlessly to inform and empower the public to collectively reclaim privacy, defend our civil liberties and protect freedoms for the future.

We’re a small, dedicated and highly effective team of seven full-time staff and five volunteers.

Job description

Campaigns

• Develop and execute quarterly campaigns plans to manage and schedule relevant advocacy, policy and research work to further our strategic aims

• Co-ordinate a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team to pursue campaign goals

• Identify advocacy and press opportunities to further campaign aims

• Strategise/oversee development of campaign materials & engaging supporter actions 

• Promote Big Brother Watch’s campaigns in the media, writing articles and giving quotes/live interviews to press and for our social media channels

• Uphold Big Brother Watch’s reputational excellence in public fora 

• Work with Director to periodically set campaign priorities in our organisational strategy

• Communicate complex issues to varied audiences, whether parliament, press or public; whether through traditional means (e.g. print media) or public stunts and actions

• Build strong relationships with parliamentarians and advisors across all parties

• Identify opportunities to further our strategic aims in parliament through committees, parliamentary questions and other activities; as well as regional assemblies and on occasion local government

• Work with stakeholders and pursue collaborative campaigns/coalitions on key issues

• Develop and advance Big Brother Watch’s relationships with allies across Government, legislative bodies, international organisations & NGOs in a strictly cross-party manner

• Reflect, evaluate and implement learning from Big Brother Watch’s campaigns

Events

• Organise Big Brother Watch’s party conference fringe events annually

• Seek other opportunities to organise Big Brother Watch events at appropriate times, including report/campaign launch events, public events and stakeholder roundtables

Management

• Oversee the organisation’s execution of campaigns, ensuring appropriate delegation

• Ensure the highest level of quality of all campaigns output

• Line management responsibilities for the advocacy team (currently two Legal and Policy Officers)

• Manage staff performance and development, and ensure wellbeing

• Help foster a positive, supportive and high-performance work environment 

We are looking for a Communications and Campaigns Officer to join the Birth Companions Institute staff team. The Communications and Campaigns Officer will play a key role in raising awareness of our work and the issues we are seeking to address; influencing policy and public opinion; and amplifying the voices of the women we support. They will help shape public narratives around inequity and disadvantage, and contribute to Birth Companions’ mission to lead systemic change. 

What You will be doing

The role is responsible for managing social media channels, delivering impactful digital campaigns, coordinating external advertising across print and digital platforms, and producing high-quality marketing materials. By creating consistent, compelling communications and supporting the promotion of key initiatives, the postholder will help strengthen awareness, broaden reach, and support the charities’ aims.

Social Media (both charities)

• Plan, create, and schedule content across social media platforms for both charities.
• Ensure content aligns with campaigns, awareness events, and strategic priorities.
• Monitor performance, engage with audiences, and track analytics to inform growth.
• Work with colleagues across the charity to source stories, visuals, and updates for posts.