Communications and social media assistant jobs
The Institute of Physics (IOP) exists to help physics and the people behind it realise their potential for our lives, our society and our planet.
Working alongside our members and leaders from across the physics community and beyond, we’ve identified three priorities that will shape our work over the next five years: Skills, Science and Society. These priorities sit at the heart of everything we do.
We’re proud of our ambitious and forward‑looking 2024–2029 strategy.
We’re currently looking for a Brand and Marketing Assistant Scholarships on a fixed term basis, working 17.5 hours per week until the end of September, to help us deliver our mission.
What’s it like working at the IOP?
The IOP is a friendly, inclusive and ambitious organisation. Diversity and inclusion are central to how we work. We focus on supporting our people to thrive, offering competitive pay, great development opportunities and a generous benefits package.
Some of our benefits include:
- An excellent pension scheme
- Private medical insurance, life assurance, dental insurance and a healthcare cash plan
- Eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccinations, long service awards and access to an employee assistance programme
- 25 days’ annual leave as a standard, in addition to floating bank holidays
- Flexible working opportunities
The Role
What will I be doing?
You’ll be responsible for a range of activities, including:
- Assisting the wider team to deliver marketing strategies and plans for IOP priority projects.
- Building and maintaining excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders across the organisation.
- Acting as a brand ambassador and ensure that all materials are designed in accordance with the IOP’s brand guidelines and visual identity.
- Supporting the delivery and maintenance of high quality, effective offline and online marketing communications materials that meet set objectives and targets, adhere to brand guidelines and deliver consistent messages.
- Applying creative thinking to support the wider team and assist with developing new promotional opportunities.
- Working closely with the wider Marketing team and internal and external stakeholders.
- Assisting with the evaluation of the effectiveness of campaigns, using insight and monitoring tools. Utilise these learnings to optimise future campaigns.
- Copywriting, editing and proofing a range of online and offline marketing communications materials.
Projects you may work on include:
- Teacher scholarships promotion.
- Promoting teaching as a career to a range of target audiences.
- Working with student ambassadors to raise awareness of the IOP and our membership.
Who will I work with?
You’ll work closely with a range of colleagues and stakeholders, including:
- Predominantly within the communications and marketing team but also with a range of colleagues across multiple departments.
- The Department of Education.
- External freelancers and production companies.
Ideally, we hope you’ll apply if you bring:
Essential:
- Experience of working within brand guidelines.
- Understanding of basic marketing concepts.
- Strong writing and copy-editing.
- Working within a complex organisation and liaising with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
- Good organisation skills and attention to detail.
- Flexibility and willingness to learn new skills and adapt to take on new tasks.
Nice to have:
- Working with databases, reports and analysing research.
- Familiarity with social media, email marketing and search engines.
At the IOP, we know that great candidates don’t always tick every box. If your experience looks a little different, but you bring enthusiasm, curiosity and a willingness to learn, we’d love to hear from you.
How to apply
Alongside your CV, please include a cover letter explaining how you meet the person specification.
How will I be working?
We work in a flexible, trust‑based way through our How We Work model. This gives individuals and teams the independence to choose how, when and where they work best, while recognising that some in‑person collaboration is important for impact especially from an operational standpoint.
You’ll be assigned a base office, which can also be your chosen place of work. Most of our roles offer hybrid working as standard, with occasional office visits to help us stay connected and support our inclusive way of working. As an organization we meet in person once a quarter at our Head Office in Kings Cross, London.
Why join the IOP?
The IOP is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland. As a charity, we’re passionate about increasing public understanding of physics and supporting a diverse and inclusive physics community.
We’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive culture for everyone. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process, please let us know we’re always happy to help.
Please note whilst we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role, we warmly encourage applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK and Ireland.
We strive to make physics accessible to people from all backgrounds.


The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Project Trust is an education charity with over fifty years’ experience in international volunteering for young people. We organise challenging, long-term placements for 17–25-year-olds with partnership organisations in Africa, Asia and the Americas.
We annually select up to 200 young people from across the UK for immersive and focused teaching and youth development projects around the world. Our Volunteers are provided with training and support before, during and after their international placements and return home with broadened horizons and an impressive range of transferable skills, true Global Citizens.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and organised Digital Marketing Assistant to join our digital engagement team. This new role could be ideal for someone starting their career in digital communications, content creation or marketing.
As our Digital Marketing Assistant, you will support the day-to-day delivery of our digital content across social media, our website and other online platforms, telling the stories of our Volunteers and the impact of our work at Project Trust. You will support our digital marketing activity and fundraising campaigns, contributing to our digital engagement strategy. You will also be involved in wider organisational activities working directly with young people.
The role is home-based with some UK travel and the occasional requirement to work evenings and weekends.
Main areas of responsibility include:
· Collect stories, quotes, photos and videos from Volunteers before, during and after their placements
· Create engaging content and share on Project Trust’s social media channels (including posts, stories, reels, and simple graphics)
· Support digital campaigns to promote Volunteer opportunities, increase applications and fundraising
If you are passionate about youth development and want to use your digital skills to inspire the next generation, apply now.
DIGITAL MARKETING ASSISTANT
Responsibilities & duties
Digital content and communications
· Create engaging content for Project Trust’s social media channels (including posts, stories, reels, and simple graphics)
· Help plan, draft and schedule content in line with marketing and fundraising campaigns and key dates
· Support with maintenance and updating of Project Trust’s website
· Create digital assets such as images, short videos, blog posts, and email content
· Create content for and distribution of our newsletters
Story gathering and impact
· Collect stories, quotes, photos and videos from Volunteers before, during and after their placements
· Turn these into compelling digital content that shows the impact of Project Trust’s work
· Curate our library of digital content
· Support basic reporting on digital engagement and audience response
Volunteer recruitment and applications
· Develop digital campaigns to promote Volunteer opportunities and increase applications
· Assist with keeping application-related web pages and digital recruitment materials used up to date
Team and organisational support
· Work closely with the Digital Engagement Coordinator and Volunteer & Schools Engagement Team to support campaigns and day-to-day digital activity
· Contribute to wider organisational work with young people directly, such as Volunteer selection, training, pre-departure briefings and ongoing Volunteer support where needed
· Participate in events such as virtual open evenings and in-person sessions
Miscellaneous
· Administrative tasks associated with all of the above
· Within the job holder’s skills and abilities, support the Digital Engagement Co-ordinator and Volunteer & Schools Engagement Manager as required in other tasks or activities which contribute to the achievement of Project Trust’s objectives and its development
· Travel to attend meetings elsewhere in the UK, plus some evening and weekend working, required
Essential skills
· A demonstrable genuine interest in digital media, social platforms and storytelling
· Experience in creating content for social media, blogs or websites (this could be personal, voluntary or from studies)
· Good written communication skills and attention to detail
· Creativity and willingness to try new ideas
· Ability to organise your time, work independently and manage multiple small tasks
· An interest in international volunteering, youth development or the charitable sector
· Ability to travel to other parts of the UK as required
· Ability to work remotely from an appropriate home base
· Willingness to undertake work outside standard office hours
· Commitment to Project Trust’s purpose, approach, ethos
Desirable
· Understanding of running and supporting digital advertising, such as paid social or search ads (eg setting up campaigns, monitoring performance or supporting optimisation)
· Skills in tools such as Canva, Adobe, social media platforms or content management systems
· Knowledge of analytics tools (eg platform insights, Google Analytics) and an interest in using data to improve content
· Interest in photography, video or design
· Marketing or digital marketing qualification
Conditions of Service
The appointment will be made subject to Project Trust’s detailed terms and conditions of employment. Candidates should be aware that:
· The post holder will be required to obtain an enhanced Disclosure Scotland check (PVG)
· Any offer of appointment will be made subject to the receipt of satisfactory references
· The post holder must have the right to work in the UK
If you are passionate about youth development and want to use your digital skills to inspire the next generation, apply now.
How to apply
Download the job pack and return completed documents by 4 March 2026.
Please don't use AI in your applicaiton.We want to hear about you, your genuine interest in the role and why your skills, personality and values make you a great fit for the role.
First round interviews will take place in the week beginning 9 March 2026, on Microsoft Teams. Short-listed candidates will be asked produce a piece of work as part of the selection process.
Please note, we will be reviewing applications as they are received and reserve the right to close the advert early if a suitable candidate is appointed. We therefore strongly encourage early applications to avoid any disappointment.
The start date is late March/early April 2026.
Project Trust recognises the positive value of diversity and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Project Trust empowers young people to develop their confidence, resilience, awareness and leadership skills in cross-cultural exchange.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are looking for an enthusiastic Events Assistant to play a key role in delivering our inspiring programme of charity events. Working closely with the events team, you’ll help bring our challenge events programme to life by providing high-quality administrative support, confidently handling phone and email enquiries, and making outbound calls to supporters to engage them with the charity and its sporting events. You’ll also offer friendly, knowledgeable fundraising guidance to participants at every stage of their journey.
You’ll take ownership of maintaining accurate participant records, ensuring our database and registration systems are always up to date, and helping to create a smooth, positive experience for everyone involved.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with excellent communication and customer service skills who is confident and professional on the phone, enjoys being organised, proactive, and thrives as part of a collaborative team. Experience working in a charity fundraising environment is desirable, but above all we’re looking for someone who shares our passion for making a difference and delivering standout events.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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If you are someone who likes a varied, exciting working environment where every day is different, this role may be just what you are looking for. As the Media & Communications Assistant, you would be involved in creating content for our social media channels, and newsletter. The role would also include working with Press and Corporate Comms teams as well as handling Community volunteer enquiries and bookings. After a successful probabtion period there will be the opportunity of developing the scope of the role as our communications lead. We would discuss this during the interview process.
Whilst largely Comms based you will also help lead volunteer days interacting with green spaces, older peoples centres, schools and coprorate volunteer teams big and small.Whilst every week is different, you would typically spend three days on comms work and two days helping lead volunteer teams.
Confidence and good interpersonal skills are essential, as is good organisation and time management,
HandsOn London are committed to maintaining an inclusive workplace, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you have any questions or accessibility accomodations related to the application and interview process, do not hesitate to get in touch.
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held on Thursday 26th February and Friday 27th February.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Title: Digital Marketing Assistant
Location: Hybrid, Home and London office
Hours of Work: Full-time: 9:15 am – 5:15 pm (35 hours pw)
Contract: 12 Months FTC (Maternity Cover)
Salary: £26,500 per annum
Reporting to: Digital Marketing Manager
Premier, Europe’s largest Christian Media organisation, is seeking a Digital Marketing Assistant to support our mission of making a real impact through media. In this vibrant, purpose-driven environment, you will immerse yourself in the fast-paced world of email marketing, social media, and audio advertising, working alongside experienced marketers to develop your skills across a range of digital channels.
You will play a key role in supporting creative campaigns, collaborating with both sales and marketing teams, and contributing to the implementation and optimisation of digital marketing activities. From assisting with content creation and campaign scheduling to engaging audiences and analysing performance metrics, you’ll be at the heart of our digital strategy and learn new skills every day.
If you are enthusiastic, organised, and eager to learn, this is your opportunity to gain hands-on experience, grow your marketing career, and contribute to Premier’s mission to connect people with God through media.
Role Overview
• Building and executing successful marketing campaigns across multiple channels
• Monitoring and providing accurate reporting
• Assisting on various marketing projects
• Providing administrative support to the digital marketing team
Why Join Premier?
• We offer a competitive salary
• Hybrid working
• Extra annual leave in addition to statutory entitlement
• Additional leave on your birthday
• Competitive sickness absence pay scheme
• Life Assurance scheme
• Employee Assistance with online GP scheme
• Eye care scheme
• Enhanced Family leave / pay
In addition to competitive pay and benefits, Premier offers:
• A great place to work, with people that support, encourage and look after one another. You will love coming into work, both in person and virtually.
• Mission-driven work where you make a tangible impact by contributing to a mission that reaches millions worldwide.
• Dynamic team culture with supportive, creative, and passionate team that values innovation and collaboration.
Ready to make a lasting Impact? Apply now
Premier exists to help people encounter God through media.


The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Bikeability Trust is entering a new exciting phase of our strategy to 2035 to ensure more children can cycle with confidence. A year into our strategy we have reviewed Executive Team roles and responsibilities and are now looking for a creative Communications and Fundraising Director to lead our mission driven communications, income generation and impact reporting functions.
You will be an experience senior leader in communications, who has the drive to take our strategy to the next level. A key member of the Executive Team, working across the home based diverse staff team to bring together the impact of our work through corporate communications and influencing. We recommend reading our annual reviews on the Bikeability website to see a flavour of the work you could be leading.
Our income generation work is focussed on small impactful corporate partnerships, we have tested some individual giving and are planning to host a fundraising Ball in 2026. Experience in fundraising is desirable, with communications experience as essential as this role will ensure strong relationships with Government.
If you would like to have a short discussion with the CEO before applying please contact Emily Cherry CEO. We are looking to interview shortlisted candidates on the 23rd or 25th February. We are looking for a candidate to start from 1st April or sooner.
Equipping more than five million children with the skills and confidence to cycle on today’s roads
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Harris Hill is seeking an interim Communications Assistant for 12 weeks, to start 13th March, supporting a busy media team.
Duties:
Act as the first point of contact for journalists calling and emailing the press office, following up and assigning press requests and enquiries to the team as appropriate.
Compile and distribute a news summary to staff and key international stakeholders, featuring organisational coverage and related news stories each morning.
Undertake the monitoring of the organisation within the media, including recording TV news, assisting in the daily monitoring of print, online, digital, social and broadcast coverage.
Log, monitor and evaluate all media coverage that the press team secures.
Produce general and specific reports of media coverage, as needed.
Share weekly priorities with relevant internal teams on a weekly basis.
Demonstrate and model a commitment to our shared values, behaviours and inclusive practices (known as Our Shared Commitment) in all aspects of your work.
Relevant experience
Experience of providing effective administrative support to a busy team.
Experience of using Microsoft Office packages.
Experience of media monitoring databases such as Onclusive is desirable.
Specific knowledge and skills
Basic knowledge of media relations and an interest in international development issues.
Skilled at managing tricky enquiries and dealing tactfully and efficiently with enquiries from external contacts, including at a senior level.
The role will require one day per week in their London office, which will be a Wednesday.
If you are available and interested, please get in touch.
We’re looking for a Creative Communications Lead to help shape how St Stephen’s communicates, both internally and externally. You’ll combine strategic oversight with hands-on delivery, creating high-quality design, social media, and film content that brings our vision and ministry to life.
This role is ideal for someone with a passion for creative communication, strong practical skills, and the ability to turn ideas into engaging, impactful content
St Stephen’s is a vibrant Church of England church in East Twickenham.

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The role
We are looking for a Communications and Outreach Assistant (maternity cover) to support ELF’s communications and engagement activities over a 12-month period.
This early-career role blends digital communications with hands-on outreach. You will help produce content for social media and newsletters, support patient education activities and contribute to building strong relationships with individual patients and patient organisations around the world.
Our communications evolve in response to audience needs and the changing digital landscape. We are looking for someone confident in a dynamic environment, eager to contribute ideas and motivated to learn and grow. Whether your strengths lie in content creation, community building or inclusive outreach, there is space to grow and shape your work.
You will join an experienced and supportive team where collaboration is key. Your colleagues bring knowledge, kindness and enthusiasm, working together to deliver clear and impactful communications.
What you will do:
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Develop and share engaging social media content (graphics, posts, reels) to raise awareness and encourage participation
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Coordinate and edit ELF’s bi-monthly newsletter, reaching 12,000+ subscribers with relevant and timely updates
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Keep website content current and accessible, using WordPress and lay language principles
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Write and suggest news items on a variety of topics, from the latest medical research and policy to patient activities and achievements.
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Support education outreach, ensuring materials are translated and published in multiple languages to reach patients and families across Europe
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Build and manage relationships with individuals and patient organisations through email, phone, video call or in-person at events
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Help coordinate patient-led events and drop-in sessions, managing logistics and ensuring inclusive participation
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Encourage patient and public involvement in ELF’s projects, surveys and opportunities
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Assist the wider team with administrative tasks as needed
What we are looking for:
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Some experience in communications and/or outreach (through study, volunteering or previous roles)
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Strong people skills—confident, compassionate and able to connect with a wide range of audiences
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Excellent written communication, with the ability to turn complex ideas into accessible content
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Organised, proactive and able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
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Comfortable using Microsoft Office and Canva; basic WordPress skills are a bonus, although training is available
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Interest in health communications, education equity or patient advocacy
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Willing to pick up the phone and engage directly with patients and stakeholders
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Some experience engaging with communities, with an understanding of grassroots outreach and how to encourage participation and connect people with relevant information and opportuntiies
Why this role matters
This role provides the opportunity to work closely with patient organisations and engage directly with individuals through accessible communications. Too often, those who could benefit most from support are the least likely to access it. At ELF, we are committed to changing that. This maternity cover position offers the chance to build meaningful relationships, shape communications and make a real difference across Europe.
Your outstanding delivery of communications for the Woodland Heritage Skills project means you are a core part of how Woodland Heritage is achieving its mission which should make for an incredibly rewarding and varied experience!
Your work with the charity will be as part of a small, dedicated team of staff and a wider group of passionate trustees. Everyone will want you to succeed and will support you along the way.
Woodland Heritage is creating a thriving UK wood culture that benefits our environment, all people and our economy. We do this by championing the good use of home-grown timber from sustainable, productive woodlands for the benefit of present and future generations. Through a combination of demonstration sites, research, education, membership and outreach, we build on the wisdom and skills of the past to weather the challenges of tomorrow.
About the role
- The role is 22.5 hours per week for a fixed term of two years with a salary of £15,000 PA
- We can offer flexible working and hybrid working. You may wish to work at Whitney Sawmills, Herefordshire, for example for a day per week, though this is not required.
- Planned evening and weekend working as required.
- 25 days plus Bank/Public holidays as paid leave pro rata
- Your line manager will be the Woodland Heritage Skills Project Manager
- Employer contribution from nest pensions
All other terms and conditions will be as per your contract. More details are available via our staff handbook which can be provided to shortlisted candidates.
This role is part of a £238,442 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to create ‘Woodland Heritage Skills’; two years of educational workshops, digital educational assets and collaboration with its members and partners to deliver the charity’s new Open Woods & Workshops initiative.
A tremendous £13,547 of this grant is matched funding from the outdoor furniture B-Corp Gaze Burvill, a corporate member of Woodland Heritage, alongside fellow personal and corporate members of the charity.
About you
You will have a committment to the vision and values of Woodland Heritage and a desire to bring about positive change in the relationship between people and woodlands. You will have demonstrable experience of communications delivery and a willingness to learn and to be flexible.
You will join a small, dedicated team of staff and a wider group of passionate trustees. Everyone will want you to succeed and will support you along the way.
Visit our website to download the job specification and learn how to apply. We'd love to hear from you!
NB - This role is closing early, due to a high volume and quality of applications. The new deadline is midnight on Sunday 8th February 2026.
Woodland Heritage is creating a thriving UK wood culture that benefits our environment, all people and our economy.
Wells Cathedral is on an exciting journey.
We have embarked on an ambitious ten-year plan. We are on a mission to become the UK’s most joyful cathedral, and we want to have a genuinely positive impact on individual lives, on the City of Wells, the County of Somerset and far beyond.
We are carefully conserving our stunning world-class, 850-year-old heritage site, and we remain committed to being a beacon of light and hope, a sacred space of prayer and a place of wonder – now and for generations to come.
We also want to elevate our brand and grow our visitor numbers. We are investing in making our visitor experience even better, for everyone. We want to ensure Wells Cathedral is known as one of the UK’s top ‘must see’ tourism attractions, and we want to reach and engage a much wider range of people. And as part of that mission, we are now investing in growing our Marketing & Communications Team.
Wells Cathedral’s Marketing & Communications Team delivers direction and support across all areas of Cathedral life, including visitor experience, fundraising, worship and music, events, venue hire, library and archives, as well as our Cathedral Shop and Loft Café. The Team covers the full scope of marketing and communications activities, including researching and identifying target audiences, designing strategic marketing plans, generating earned media exposure through PR activity, developing and implementing brand identity, and delivering integrated campaign creative across social, digital, print, broadcast and OOH channels.
Reporting the Director of Marketing & Communications, the Marketing & Communications Assistant will play a significant role in supporting the delivery of all of this, effectively and efficiently, across the organisation. This is a truly unique early career opportunity for an ambitious marketer looking to gain hands-on experience across a wide range of disciplines.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting efficient workflow by responding to incoming requests and scheduling projects
- Enhancing online customer experience and engagement by providing real-time responses to social media DMs, comments and reviews
- Timely display and removal of onsite promotional and information banners, posters, flyers and POS material
- Assisting the Director of Marketing & Communications, Head of Filming and Content Creator during film crew, photographer, influencer and media visits
- Assisting the Director of Marketing & Communications in strategic marketing campaign planning
- Actively participating in team meetings both within Marketing & Communications, and with stakeholders across the organisation
- Supporting the Content Creator in capturing photographic and video content at services, events and activities, as required
- Assisting the Design and Digital Services Executive in the production of on-brand artwork for corporate literature, signage and point-of-sale material
- Ensuring website content is always up-to-date
- Capturing marketing performance data to create KPI dashboards and inform campaign strategies
Person specification
Criteria
Essential
A clear and demonstrable interest in marketing and communications, with ambition to progress within this field
Excellent written communication skills and a confident proof-reader
A professional approach to both internal and external communication
An eye for audience-appropriate graphic communication, including typography and photography within brand guidelines
A specific interest in working within the arts, culture and heritage sector
An understanding of online data analysis for monitoring and informing marketing
A confident and collaborative team player, able to work with direction
An energetic and enthusiastic creative thinker
Ability to meet deadlines and remain calm under pressure
Able and willing to attend occasional evening and weekend events as required
Demonstrable commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults
Desirable
A marketing-related qualification at degree or diploma level
A good working knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Demonstrable experience of using Adobe Creative Cloud applications such as InDesign, Photoshop and Acrobat
Demonstrable experience and/or knowledge of any of the following subjects: Christianity, Tourism, History, Music, Live Events, Hospitality, Retail
A confident verbal communicator
An understanding of marketing campaign strategies
Main Terms and Conditions
Employment status: Permanent contract of employment
Location: Wells Cathedral Offices, Wells, BA5 2RB
Hours of work: full-time, 35 working hours per week (Monday to Friday). Flexible working will be considered.
Remuneration: £25,000 per annum, payable on the 24th of the month or the nearest working day thereto
Discount: A discount of 10% is available from the Cathedral Shop and The Loft Café.
Parking: Limited parking is available in the Cathedral car park. Cars are parked at the risk of the owner.
Pension: Defined Contribution Scheme. Contributions as % of salary:
Age Employee Employer
<50 3% 5%
50–55 4% 8%
>55 5% 10%
Expenses: All reasonable working expenses will be met in line with Cathedral policy.
Holiday (inclusive of bank holidays): 6.8 weeks per holiday year. The holiday year runs from 1 January to 31 December.
Probation: This post will be subject to a probationary period of 6 months.
How to Apply
To apply, please fill in the Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form available on the Vacancies section of Wells Cathedral's website and return them to the HR Manager.
Closing date: 9am Friday 20 February 2026
Shortlisting date: Monday 23 February 2026
To ensure the fairness of the selection process, shortlisting will be based upon the information which you provide in your application and assumptions will not be made about your experience or skills. We will look for demonstrable evidence that you meet the criteria set out in the Person Specification. Information provided on the Application Form will be viewed by HR, the recruiting manager, and interview panel. All applicants will be notified of the outcome of the shortlisting process.
Interview date: Wednesday 4 March 2026
Further details about the selection process will be provided to shortlisted candidates.
The appointment will be subject to the completion of pre-employment checks, including references and a satisfactory basic DBS check.
Safeguarding
We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of all children, young people, and adults, and the care and nurture of children within church communities. We will carefully select, train, and support all those with any responsibility within the Church, in line with Safer Recruitment principles.
This means that we will:
· Ensure that our recruitment and selection processes are inclusive, fair, consistent, and transparent;
· Take all reasonable steps to prevent those who might harm children or adults from taking up positions of respect, responsibility, or authority where they are trusted by others; and
· Adhere to Safer Recruitment legislation, guidance, and standards.
The successful candidate will be required to complete a Declaration of Suitability as part of our recruitment process when an offer of employment is made. This form is strictly confidential and, except under compulsion of law, will be seen only by those involved in the recruitment process. All forms will be kept securely in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Please fill in our Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.
At Wells Cathedral, our mission guides what we do as a church and organisation, while our values shape how we do it.


Job Title: Policy and Advocacy Manager
Position Type: Maternity Cover
Reports to: Founder/Chief Executive
Based at: School Food Matters, Blackfriars Settlement 9 Rushworth Street SE1 0RB
Salary: £40,500
Working Hours: 9am-5pm (flexible)
Pension: School Food Matters pays pension contributions at 7% of pensionable earnings
Holiday: 31 days including bank holidays
School Food Matters is closed between Christmas and New Year
Job Purpose
· To lead and shape School Food Matters’ policy and advocacy strategy, ensuring our voice influences national and local decision-making on school food and food education
· To design and deliver campaigns that support and advance SFM’s mission
· To line manage the Policy and Communications Assistant and Press and Communications Officer
Key Tasks
· Lead and provide strategic input to campaigns, convene groups and partnerships
· Represent SFM at external meetings and coalitions such as the School Food Review
· Monitor, analyse and interpret relevant research, policy developments and news, identifying implications or opportunities for SFM
· Oversee the strategic direction of SFM’s external affairs and communications, ensuring all policy, campaigns, and public messaging align with the charity’s mission and priorities
· Provide policy research and analysis to support the activities of the School Food Review
· Oversee meetings and governance for the School Food Alliance
· Provide policy and communications expertise for the Food Education Network workstreams
· Represent SFM at relevant policy consultations, meetings and conferences to influence and inform policy discussions, and deliver presentations as required
· Lead drafting of responses to government consultations
· Working closely with the Press and Communications Officer, provide insights to inform timely media responses to policy developments
· Ensure colleagues are regularly briefed on policy activities, priorities and messages, and run internal workshops to keep them up to date with the school food sector
· Provide strategic input to meeting content for the School Food Review, and support the Policy and Communications Assistant to organise meetings for workstreams
· Oversee the development web content, articles, blogs and newsletter content by the Press and Communications Officer and the Policy and Communications Assistant
· Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures
· Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times
· The Policy and Advocacy Manager will also undertake any other tasks relevant to the affairs of SFM that may arise from time to time. Therefore, being flexible and approaching the job with an open and positive mindset is essential!
Person Specification
Essential
· Experience of research and analysis, ideally in a policy environment
· General knowledge of issues around school food, children’s health and food education
· Comprehensive understanding of the UK’s political system
· Experience of coordinating policy/research-based projects
· Experience designing, coordinating and delivering campaigns
· Experience of working in coalitions
· Strong interpersonal skills and ability to maintain relationships with a range of individuals and organisations
· Confident and competent IT skills across Office suite of programmes
· Exceptional oral and written communication skills in fluent spoken and written English, with strong attention to detail and the ability to translate complex data and policies into accessible language and engaging stories and communication materials
· Strong understanding media landscape and social media platforms to oversee the communications activity of the organisation
· Ability to work independently, with high levels of self-motivation
· Good project management, time management and organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
· Energy, enthusiasm, creativity and tenacity
Desirable
· Strong knowledge of the public health, food and education policy landscape
· Experience managing others
· Experience managing projects
· Experience managing meetings
· Experience of working with Drupal CMS
· Experience of working within a network or coalition of campaigning organisations
· Established contacts with media outlets/journalists/bloggers
· Digital campaigning and social networking skills
· Experience writing news articles and blog posts with clear structure, purpose and an engaging narrative
· Experience managing or supervising team members to deliver communications projects effectively
We campaign for a better school food system. We support schools, local authorities and MATs to improve food in schools.



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Join our expanding Peer Support Services team to reach more people affected by lymphoma
Services Administrative Assistant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part-time – 10 hours per week
Based: Home based role
Salary: £23,500 per annum, pro rata (£6,714 per annum for 10 hrs per week)
We are looking for an Administrative Assistant to join our expanding Peer Support Services team. This role provides essential administrative support to the Support Service and Healthcare Professional Liaison Manager and offers a varied and interesting workload within a friendly team.
Lymphoma Action is an employer of choice, with staff receiving excellent benefits such as life assurance, employee assistance programme, flexible working, generous holiday entitlement and enhanced leave entitlements.
Your responsibilities will include assisting with the preparation and delivery of online Special Focus Meetings, managing administrative tasks for the Lymphoma Action Facebook Support Group and supporting its volunteer moderators, and helping to identify independent cancer organisations to ensure they remain informed about support services.
This position is ideal for someone who is:
- Confident with a proactive approach
- Can demonstrate strong organisational skills and great attention to detail
- A team player who can communicate and collaborate effectively
- Experience of social media, in particular, Facebook groups
- Open to learning about lymphoma and willing to grow their knowledge alongside the role.
Additional Information
This is a remote role, with opportunities to meet your team and other colleagues at head office (Aylesbury, Bucks) at staff events throughout the year. You will need a private space for homeworking and availability to attend our Special Focus Meetings on the second Thursday of the month (10am to 12.30pm) and the fourth Tuesday of the month (5.30pm to 8pm)
About Us
Lymphoma Action has been providing expert information and wide-ranging support for 40 years, helping thousands of people affected by lymphoma, the most common blood cancer in the UK. We have developed a great working culture that focuses on our values, as well as prioritising a creative, inclusive and supportive environment.
Closing date: Wednesday 25 February 12pm
Interviews: Thursday 5 & Friday 6 March 2026 – online
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We actively welcome applications that will help increase the diversity of our workforce, welcoming applications from those with disabilities and from minority groups and from different backgrounds and experiences.
No agencies please.
The Bishop of Gloucester, The Rt Revd Rachel Treweek, is seeking a highly organised, discreet and proactive Personal Assistant to support a busy episcopal ministry and the smooth day-to-day running of the Bishop’s Office.
Working as part of a small, welcoming team (alongside the Chaplain and Administrative Assistant), you will manager her diary, provide excellent administrative support, handle a wide range of enquiries and correspondence, and help coordinate meetings and specific events. You will bring strong discernment, a systematic approach, exceptional confidentiality, and the ability to remain calm and professional at all times, along with a positive attitude and sense of humour.
We expect that those who support the ministry of the Bishop of Gloucester are sympathetic to the Diocese’s mission to share the transforming Gospel of Jesus Christ, so people may know life in all its fullness.
We do this by supporting, enabling and equipping the Church of England in and around Gloucestershire.
Recruitment information.
The closing date for applications is Monday 16 February at 9.00am. Shortlisted Candidates will need to be available for interview on
Friday 27 February
The Diocese of Gloucester is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
This post is subject to the usual Church of England required safer recruitment and DBS checking processes.
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This represents an incredible opportunity for a hands on delivery role to be involved in a very active, transformational education charity. You will be looking for a challenging and demanding role on a freelance basis. *Applicants must be UK based.*
About Us:
The Cowrie Scholarship Foundation, established in June 2020 (Charity Number 1191471), was set up to enable talented economically disadvantaged Black British students to attend UK universities by providing full scholarships. Black British students are found to be under-represented at many of our universities, and individuals from affluent areas are five times more likely than those from deprived areas to attend a high-tariff university. The Cowrie Scholarship Foundation aims to remove one fundamental obstacle – the financial cost of university education.
The Foundation has already allocated 70 scholarships and maintains a busy annual schedule of activity across partner and scholarship management; fundraising, communications and governance. The charity is led by the founder, Professor Richard Oreffo, and the Trustees, with the support of a freelance Project Manager.
Job Description
An experienced Project Assistant role is offered on a consultancy (freelance contract, applicants must be self-employed) basis, initially on a 6 month contract with opportunity to extend a further 6 months; possible renewal to follow. This represents an incredible opportunity for a hands on delivery role to be involved in a very active, transformational education charity.
Key targets for the role are:
- Undertake day-to-day administration of the charity using Gmail, Google Drive and (Beacon) CRM database;
- Support the Project Manager in the operations of the charity, including in fundraising, events, and Scholar and partner collaboration, compliance and working.
- Support the founder, trustee board and Project Manager to develop strong relationship with core university and business partners, ambassadors, supporters, Scholars, alumni, and Friends of Cowrie;
- Undertake social media planning and scheduling;
- Support the running of the mentoring programme for Cowrie Scholars;
- Liaising with universities and corporate partners to share opportunities and information.
About You
You will be looking for a challenging and demanding role as a project officer and administrator in a
fast-paced charity.
- You must have at least 3+ years’ demonstrable experience in a comparable role in the charitable or corporate sector, and you will be motivated and passionate to achieve our aims as we are.
- Demonstrable familiarity with Gmail and Google Drive, CRM databases is essential (Beacon experience desirable), and social media scheduling would be an advantage.
- The ability to be proactive, a motivated self-starter, have discretion and be organised is essential. The role is not suited to entry-level applicants or applicants needing supervision or extensive training.
- Experience in Higher Education sector is desirable but not essential.
About the role:
The role is offered on an initial basis of 6 months’ probation to be upgraded to a year, with the opportunity to renew.
A weekly commitment of 10 hours per week will be paid at £25/hour. Times worked will be negotiable, but some key hours to be worked on a Thursday to support the founder. The role is predominantly virtual and the successful candidate will provide all their own working equipment, including a computer and office space. Annual opportunities to meet up with the board in person and scholars at a fundraiser annually will be available, but attendance for the Project Officer is not mandatory.
Duties to include:
Administration / Governance
i) Day to day running of the charity’s ‘virtual’ office (email / Microsoft Office / use of Beacon CRM database / Google Drive).
ii) Managing correspondence and email flagging, filing, online storage / filing and retrieval of documents.
iii) Setting dates for trustee meetings and updating board papers.
iv) Prepare board notes for regular board meetings.
v) Support the Project Manager and founder with any other project tasks.
Partner Management
i) Ensure regular communications are sent to Scholars and universities as required.
ii) Ensure Cowrie donors (businesses and individuals) are kept up-to-date with progress.
iii) Manage administration with regards to university partnerships and annual student intake.
Communications and Events
Support the marketing communication sub-group of the Board; elements will include:
i) Assist with coordinating a range of events each year including annual summer events and the annual student festival.
ii) Handling and supporting with press / external enquiries for Professor Richard Oreffo.
iii) Assist with implementing planned content through social media to engage fundraising activities, potential donors, universities and students.
Consultancy Terms
i) The role will be paid hourly - initially typically around 10 hours a week as required (will require typically hours on a Thursday) (timings and induction to be agreed) at a rate of £25 an hour on an initial six month consultancy contract with the opportunity, on joint agreement between the Charity and consultant, to extend to a further 6 months and by negotiation thereafter.
ii) Hours – Flexible working hours across the week – with ~3 core hours on a Thursday. Occasional early evening board meetings (~2 hours, 3 times per year).
iii) Location – work from home with regular meet ups with members of the board by MS Teams/Zoom and occasional UK meet up F2F as events allow/required (travel expenses will be covered on top of hours worked).
iv) Must have access to own computer, appropriate software (MS Office etc.) and phone.
v) Please note this is a freelance opportunity and as such, will require the successful individual to manage their own tax, national insurance, invoicing and associated activity upon entering a contract for services with the Charity.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a closing date of March 1st set.
How to Apply
1. Please provide a cover letter detailing how your demonstrable experience with Gmail, Google Drive, CRM databases aligns with The Cowrie Scholarship Foundation activities and our vision/mission, why you feel you would be a good fit for the role, your values.
2. Please enclose a separate copy of your CV - 2 pages maximum.
3. Please provide a detailed separate 400 word statement on how you have delivered on a specific project or programme with skills and steps used within funding constraints and how you managed risk/accountability. Applications that do not address this question will not be considered.
4. To ensure a fair process, we ask that all applications are written by the applicant. AI applications will not be considered.
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