Do you want a Marketing and Communications role where you can make a real difference, within a supportive team? Then this could be the job for you!

Dravet Syndrome UK is the UK's only charity dedicated to supporting people living with Dravet Syndrome a rare, life-limiting and life-long neurological condition affecting around 1 in every 15,000 people. In 2021 we launched an ambitious 5 year strategy to reach more families, educate more professionals and ultimately transform care and treatment. Marketing and communications are key to the delivery of this strategy.

Following on from the appointment of our first Head of Marketing and Communications in 2020 we are now looking for an experienced marketing and communications professional who can hit the ground running, has a background in healthcare, can right compelling copy, has excellent social media skills, and preferably also strong design skills. 

Reporting to the Head of Marketing and Communications, the Marketing and Communications Manager will manage digital and traditional media activities, keep DSUK’s website up-to-date and support on a wide range of projects aimed at supporting families living with Dravet Syndrome, raising awareness among professional audiences and the general public, and helping to drive fundraising.

Salary £45K+

Drinkaware is an independent UK wide alcohol education charity which exists to help reduce alcohol-related harm by helping people make better choices about their drinking. 

Never has it been more important to deliver brilliant communications to reduce alcohol harm across the UK. As we emerge from the pandemic, our sector-leading research programme has found that certain groups have been drinking more (as well as many others drinking less).

We are looking for a top-notch communications and media expert, passionate about the power of brilliant communications to deliver positive change. If you have a strategic brain but also love to role your sleeves up, then this is the role for you.

Our next media and communications manager will oversee Drinkaware’s integrated strategic communications approach, leading a small but brilliant media and communications team whose remit spans media, PR, stakeholder engagement and internal communications. They will also support our social media and content agendas.

They will be an all-rounder, great with both words and people. They will be able to take a step back to see the bigger picture and plan for the future, yet keen to leap on important opportunities as they arise.

Please download and read the attached job description carefully before deciding to apply. This role is a full-time role of 35 hours a week.

Drinkaware offers 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, a matched 5% pension scheme, life assurance cover, a range of discounted offers and perks, an Employee Assistance Programme, remote working one day a week (although all teams are working from home at present), a season ticket loan, support for your professional development and a fantastic office in a great, central location near Moorgate and Liverpool Street stations. 

To apply, please reviewed the attached job description and person specification and then submit your up-to-date CV with a personal statement of not more than 2 sides of A4 demonstrating how you meet the requirements. It is essential that you include a personal statement to fully demonstrate how you meet the person specification for this role. Submit your CV and personal statement via email by 5.00 pm on 31 May 2021.  Interviews will be held on Friday 11 June and shortlisted candidates will be notified by 4 June.  Please be aware that regrettably, due to the anticipated volume of applications, not all candidates will receive a response.  If you have not been contacted by us by 7 June please know that you have not been shortlisted for an interview.  You must be able to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK.

Please note that you must submit both your CV and a personal statement detailing how you meet the person specification requirements. Without both of these it is unlikely you will demonstrate the necessary skills, knowledge and experience needed for the shortlisting process. 

Interviews may be conducted in person or remotely via Teams or similar video call facility dependent upon Covid safety considerations.

Location: UK Office (Moorgate, London) and home-based*

*Due to the ongoing pandemic, we are unlikely to be fully reopening our London office for a period of 2021. Therefore, the role will involve a mixture of office and home working.  We will continue to review the situation in line with government guidelines.

We are not seeking agency support at this time.

This is a really exciting role in a small, focused charity which will provide the successful candidate with a range of powerful, challenging and rewarding opportunities. The position is central to our core goals and includes working with young people, children and their families, much-admired corporate partners and providing innovative campaigns across traditional and social media channels. Fundamental to the role is placing moving and inspirational stories in the press about the impact of a child’s cancer diagnosis on both the child and family, helping to raise awareness thereby driving early diagnosis and ensuring the charity has a strong digital and social media presence.

We are looking for a talented, experienced, highly motivated professional to continue to develop our communications ensuring the effectiveness of all our engagement with supporters, stakeholders, healthcare professionals and the general public.

Full details including a Job Description and Person Specification are contained in the Recruitment Pack attached below.

The deadline for applications is 30th May 2021, however we will be calling the strongest candidates for interview as soon as possible so please do not delay your application.

We are looking for an experienced Communications and Campaigns professional to come up with exciting, creative ways of sharing our important work with the outside world. We need someone who can deliver amazing results with minimal budget in a short timeframe, and who thrives on juggling multiple demands on their time. The role will require you to maximise our impact across all channels and deliver engaging content to grow our membership.

So if you have experience of delivering creative and impactful integrated campaigns, balancing planned communications with reactive messaging and prioritising busy workloads, then we want to hear from you. We can offer flexible working, a friendly, supportive working environment, the chance to be part of history and to create a lasting legacy for change that transforms women’s lives.

We are an exciting, young and ambitious family support organisation, and this is a key new role for us, reflecting a successful period of expansion and a future focused on sustainability and continued growth.

As Marketing and Communications manager you will lead on implementing our communications strategy, creating content that tells the story of Home-Start Cymru and our work, in a way that reflects our values, personality and the voices of the families we support, and advances our mission. You will be a dynamic marketing specialist, able to raise Home-Start Cymru’s profile, plan and execute high quality digital campaigns, and reach varied stakeholders through different channels.

Engaging those we support, and working closely with the Head of Business Development, you will play a pivotal role in increasing our profile and positioning, and developing our supporter base.

Children need happy, healthy homes in order to thrive but with many parents finding the pressures are greater than ever, Home-Start Cymru is providing vital support through our volunteer-led, home-visiting model. We are there for parents when they need us most, because childhood cannot wait. 

2021 is shaping up to be a significant year for climate action. With major international climate talks planned for November and governments and businesses alike making big announcements, change is in the air.

Bioregional’s communications team is vital to ensuring that we play our full part in maximizing the opportunities of unprecedented environmental awareness and action, and helping set the world on a path to net zero emissions.

We are looking for a strategic communicator. Someone who can help us cut through the noise to reach our target audiences within the built environment, retail and local government sectors, and to lead our small but mighty communications team in raising our profile, promoting our services, and sharing our brilliant stories. Our aim: to show others that a better future is still within our grasp, and inspire them to take bold action now.

Responsibilities and experience required

Our Head of Communications oversees all communications and marketing activities. This includes working with our advisory teams to promote their services and expertise through digital communications and PR, overseeing a programme of events, and supporting our CEO to add our constructive voice to relevant policy debates.

They are also responsible for promoting wider use of our internationally recognised sustainability framework, One Planet Living®.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A strong track record of achievement in a communications, marketing or PR role
• Excellent writing and editing skills for a range of audiences
• A good working knowledge of a broad range of digital communications channels and tools
• Experience in leading teams, able to bring out the best in people
• Experience of working within a sustainability or purpose-led organisation
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills
• A deep personal commitment to sustainability

About Bioregional

Bioregional has been winning awards and creating cutting-edge solutions to sustainability for over 25 years. Our ambition is simple. We want to inspire people to live happy, healthy lives within the natural limits of the planet, leaving space for wildlife and wilderness. We call this One Planet Living.

Bioregional is known for being an exceptionally friendly place to work, with a strong team culture that continues to thrive even during the pandemic.

Diversity and inclusion

Bioregional is committed to increasing diversity within our organisation, and the environmental sector as a whole. We welcome job applications from everyone, and treat all applications equally, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other equality characteristic. We expressly welcome applications from people of a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background.

More information

The post is permanent and full-time and is normally based at our offices at BedZED in South London, on the mainline Victoria and Thameslink train lines.

Salary: £49,000 to £55,000 depending on experience, plus 6% employer’s ethical pension contribution and 25 days of annual leave, rising by one day a year up to five years’ service.

Deadline for applications

9am, Monday 24 May 2021

We aim to hold interviews on either 3 or 4 June 2021. We regret that as we have limited resources, only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Prospectus is excited to be supporting the team at Autistica to recruit for an Interim Head of Marketing and Communications on a 9-12 month contract (maternity cover).

Autistica is the UK's national autism research charity, and are proud to be in the top five of the Third Sector Best Charities to Work for 2020 list. Their objectives are simple; they want to close the autism life expectancy gap; end health inequality, and ensure autistic people have an equal access to a high quality of life. Later in 2021, Autistica will launch a major campaign to dramatically improve the lives of autistic people. To ensure success, they are expanding their team, which will enable them to reach new audiences and maximise relationships with existing stakeholders.

The Interim Head of Marketing and Communications will join their small but passionate communications and engagement team. You will support the team and external agencies to communicate their vital work to a wide variety of people and organisations, encouraging them to support or get involved in their life-changing and life-saving research and campaigning. You will identify appropriate ways to inform and inspire both existing and new audiences. To ensure that their communications activities supports the fundraising team, you will work closely with the Director of Fundraising on an integrated strategy for 2021/22.

The ideal candidate will be strategic, organised, with a marketing background and broad communications experience including an understanding of media/PR. You will have experience of working with a fundraising function, and enjoy turning insights into engaging, accessible content, campaigns and events. You will be creative and excited about trying new things, yet committed to measuring performance to ensure that activities have maximum impact. You will enjoy the rapid pace of modern communications, comfortable with making decisions quickly and responding to the latest trends, topics and content in innovative ways.

Prospectus will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis therefore you are encouraged to apply ASAP. Please apply with your CV and a Supporting Statement of up to 2 pages (in Microsoft Word format) highlighting your motivation for the role, your motivation for working for the charity, as well as your key skills/experience in relation to the Person Specification. Following your application you may be contacted by Prospectus for an informal discussion, and may be asked to provide further information to assist with the recruitment process.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Please note, due to high volumes of interest in vacancies it may not be possible to answer all individual queries on positions prior to an application or registration.

Head of Marketing and Communications

As a leading social mobility charity, WeMindTheGap transforms futures for under-served young people across North Wales and Northwest England.

Marketing at WeMindTheGap is at the heart of creating and deepening our relationships with our young people, our funders, our employee partners and our other stakeholders.  Telling compelling and engaging stories about our young people and their journeys is key to the success of this role.

We are currently recruiting for an experienced communications professional to create and lead our marketing strategy and charity brand awareness as we expand into new areas. You will be responsible for embedding our new website as the starting point to all of our communications as we prepare for our next phase of growth.

Description

• Applications close: TBC
• Salary: £30,000 – £37,000 p.a., pro-rata
• Contract: Part-time, permanent
• Hours: 30 hours per week. We are open to agreeing a flexible working pattern that is beneficial to the candidate and our charity.
• Location: Flexible base location, working from either our Wrexham or Manchester office, however you will be required to be in the Wrexham office at least once a week.
• Interviews: TBC
• Start date: ASAP
• Reporting to: CEO

About the role

The pandemic has put the national conversation on social mobility into the spotlight. WeMindTheGap has the insight, data and stories to be prominent in this conversation. Growing the charity’s profile will play a central part in attracting more funders, partners and donors, raising awareness of social mobility and influencing change.

The successful candidate will be passionate about levelling the playing field for disadvantaged young people, with significant experience of communications strategy development. You will have a strong editorial eye and copywriting skills. You will build strong relationships with colleagues across the organisation and with journalists and ambassadors for our cause.

About WeMindTheGap

We transform lives with love and meaningful opportunities. How? By giving new opportunities in life and work to under-served young people in our local communities  through the provision of totally holistic programmes that address any gaps in maturation, aspiration, confidence, care and skills.

This is not about CV-writing workshops and tea and toast for poor unfortunates…or ticking boxes… This is about delivering real and lasting change for young people who deserve better.

This is social mobility in action.

Some initial focus areas for the role will be:

1. Work with the CEO, our charity’s founder and Chair of the board and senior leadership team to create and deliver an integrated marketing and communications strategy. As part of this, you’ll identify key pieces of work to take forward, develop and deliver.
2. Ensure the new website is refreshed and maintained regularly.
3. Proactively spot and take advantage of media opportunities to promote the work of WeMindTheGap.
4. Develop a relationship with our Ambassadors and Voices to support and build our profile.
5.  Line management of our Social Media Officer

Please see below for role profile and person specification.

 Integrated Communications Strategy

• Development and implementation of integrated communication strategy to support WMTG’s strategic plan
• Set appropriate indicators of success for effective delivery
• Develop processes, tools, and ways of working to deliver integrated communications
• Ensure best practice in crisis communications and reputation management for WMTG

Raising WMTG’s profile

• Develop impactful marketing campaigns and secure local, regional and national press and broadcast coverage to raise the profile of WeMindTheGap, placing us in the national conversations around social mobility and employability.
• Build relationships with journalists, proactively pitch stories and maintain a media contacts database.
• Make the most of local and regional press opportunities within the communities where our projects are based.
• Keep track of relevant news and policy developments in social mobility and employability.
• Help to source and support Ambassadors and Voices for WMTG.
• Help to grow our profile in the social mobility sector, promoting us as leaders in our field
• Ensure WMTG is nominated for relevant awards
• Work with MPs and relevant sector committees to gain traction for WMTG on priority policy areas.

Communicating our impact and gappie stories

• Ensure our sector-leading impact is clearly communicated on our website, social platforms and other channels
• Ensure our gappie stories are compiled and shared in a compelling way.
• Develop publicity materials for WMTG including our strategy document, brochures, leaflets and short films.
• Ensure the privacy and safety of the young people we work with in all communications and media work.

Developing our messaging and brand

• Ensure our brand guidelines are up-to-date, practical and accessible
• Ensure WMTG has suitable messaging and materials for their key audiences (e.g. funders/commissioners, employer partners, etc)
• Develop and share a monthly newsletter for stakeholders
• Ensure mailing lists and stored data are GDPR compliant

Line managing our Social Media Officer

• Provide oversight and guidance; work with postholder to develop and monitor objectives
• Create opportunities for professional development

Person specification

Essential

• Confident communicator, with experience of working at board or senior leadership level
• Experience developing and implementing an organised communication strategy
• Proven track record of pitching and securing press and broadcast coverage
• Superb copywriting skills
• Ability to convey complex information in an appealing way, understanding the needs of different audiences
• Ability to form excellent working relationships with colleagues, journalists and ambassadors
• Flexible and able to work under pressure to short deadlines
• Good knowledge of digital communications and what a good digital and social strategy looks like

Desirable

• Knowledge of the social mobility policy environment
• Line management experience
• Experience of brand development
• Experience of crisis communications and reputation management

Benefits

WeMindTheGap offers:

• A friendly working environment!
• 20 days annual leave per annum (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure
• Coaching support
• Employer’s pension contributions (3%)
• Commitment to supporting your professional development
• WMTG welcomes requests for flexible working arrangements

Further information

References

All appointments are subject to verification of employment and suitability of the candidate for the post applied for. We will request your permission before taking up employment references.

Disclosure of Criminal Record

The Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986 does not apply to posts where there is access to children. This means that applicants for employment which involves working with children and young people must disclose any criminal record. If your application is successful, you are required to make these disclosures and consent to WeMindTheGap verifying the accuracy of your response with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 37 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

Islamic Relief UK is looking for a Head of Communications & Creative Content as we go through a period of exciting growth and change.

The Head of Communications & Creative Content will work to raise the profile of Islamic Relief UK to internal and external audiences, will deliver strong leadership so we can maximise our impact and effectiveness and achieve our strategic ambitions, and will also play a key role as a member of the UK Senior Management Team.

The Head of Communications & Creative Content will need to operate effectively and efficiently in a continually developing and changing workplace context and be capable of motivating others to embrace change.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Substantial experience, operating at a senior level in communications, creative content, public relations, journalism, or advocacy & campaigning  
• Practical experience of developing, monitoring and evaluating communication strategies and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and converting strategy into delivery
• Experience of tailoring communication messages to key audiences  including media and hostile/antagonistic audiences
• Demonstrable experience of handling complex and sensitive issues in a high-profile organisation with multiple stakeholders
• Experience of managing crisis comms
• Proven ability to lead, mentor and coach  a wide-ranging team
• Strong understanding of international development and humanitarian work
• Proven track record in public speaking

If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on or around 16/06/2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job 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 submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

Role: Digital Officer

Hours: 37.5 per week Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £20,000

Holiday: 25 days per year plus Bank Holidays

Based: St Agnes, Cornwall

Probationary Period: 3 months

Reports to: Head of Communications

Benefits: Additional 1 day holiday per year after each year of service, up to 3 years / Employer pension scheme / Flexitime policy with core hours of 10.30am - 3.30pm / 24-hour employee support line / Incredible ocean location

We are Surfers Against Sewage.

A national marine conservation and campaigning charity that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife. Our mission is simple: to Create Ocean Activists everywhere.

We’re dedicated to protecting the ocean and we won’t stop until it’s completely clean, safe and protected for everyone, forever. Our projects target coastal environment issues including marine plastic pollution, water quality, climate change and ocean protection.

From our headquarters in St Agnes, Cornwall, we protect beaches, monitor water quality, organise beach cleans, run educational programmes, lobby government and industry, report pollution and campaign for the conservation and protection of our ocean.

Together we are the voice of the ocean, together we are #GenerationSea

Our vision is simple: Thriving ocean, thriving people. This simple phrase captures everything that matters to us, not just in SAS, but humankind. It’s a mantra, a motto, a rallying cry to drive us on, with a huge collective goal to help tilt our delicate planet back on its axis. This sounds huge, but when you love what you do, and work as one, that future draws ever nearer.

We value:

Openness. Together, we’re passionate, down to earth campaigners, born out of the community, with a deep unrelenting love of the ocean. We believe in building diverse, inclusive and active communities.

Dynamism. We are dynamic, radical, active, energetic doers and campaigners. From the beaches to the front benches, we bring people together, empowering them to get stuck in and make real change happen.

Authenticity. We are human, doing our best. When we don’t get things right, we learn from it. We believe in authenticity. You can’t fake trust.

Creativity. We are creative and entrepreneurial. We move fast, think far and believe the future is bright. From our humble home, we make waves (of all shapes and sizes) to improve our greatest gift. A healthy ocean = a healthy society.

About the role:

We are looking for a Digital Officer to join our office in Cornwall. This role will support the Head of Comms in increasing SAS’s impact through digital marketing, with a particular focus on social media; writing engaging copy, designing graphics and editing platform-specific videos as well as helping to plan, measure and optimise digital campaigns across the organisation.

With ambitious goals for the organisation and a focus on the ocean within the climate crisis, this is an exciting time to join the Comms department as we deliver a number of crucial projects over the next few years. As our Digital Officer, your role will be both creative and strategic, as you support, collaborate with and empower various teams to deliver impactful digital campaigns. You’ll work closely with the Head of Comms to optimise our output, acting as a gatekeeper for the SAS brand on all of our digital channels. If you can inspire people to take action with a single tweet or create emotive 20-second videos, we’d love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities:

• Co-ordinate and gate keep social media and digital content calendars
• Write copy for social media, website, newsletter and other digital channels
• Devise and create effective social content (video, graphics) on a day-to-day basis
• Advise and support teams on communication strategy for campaigns
• Create and develop brand-led social growth and engagement strategies
• Optimise social media channels, implementing best practice tactics
• Oversee social media and digital channel reports
• Deliver reports and recommendations to Head of Comms and internal teams
• Manage social media tools and platforms
• Act as a brand guardian, sense checking output to ensure consistency
• Respond to ad-hoc requests and any other duties that are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the post

Skills and experience:

• Proven track record of managing and growing busy social media platforms
• Familiar with the tactics and strategies that sit behind impactful social content
• Confident to work across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and other social media platforms as well as website and email
• Proficient in writing copy with a strong eye for detail and the ability to write for multiple audience groups
• Exceptional design skills across Photoshop, PowerPoint, Canva and video editing software
• A good understanding of performance reporting, how to set benchmarks, measure against KPIs and provide recommendations for improvement
• Used to working in a fast paced, busy environment
• Prior experience within the charity sector, especially campaigning charities, is a bonus but not a necessity

Personal profile:

• 1-3 years in a similar role
• A desire to make a positive difference for the ocean and planet
• Highly creative with a keen interest in social media growth and engagement tactics
• Excellent communication skills, internally as well as outward facing
• Self-motivated, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Not afraid to experiment, innovate and come to the table with new ideas
• Happy to get stuck in and work with the team to achieve ambitious goals
• Well organised with both a structured and agile mind-set to do what’s required
• A willingness to learn and take onboard feedback
• Ability to work independently and take initiative to solve problems
• Inspired by SAS’s mission, vision and values
• Likes to spend time near, on or in the sea
• Full, clean, UK drivers licence

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter explaining how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role.

Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 23rd May

Interview Date: Interviews are expected to be held w/c 31st May via video call.

Surfers Against Sewage values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (Uniting) is a partnership which advocates and lobbies for increased funding for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The mission of Uniting is to create political will and an enabling environment for countries to achieve the World Health Organization’s 2030 road map goals to control, eliminate and eradicate NTDs. We are hosted by Sightsavers and offer a great place to work.

Job title: Communications Manager

Office Location: Remote/home-based (UK)

Salary: Circa £45,000

Contract: 2 year fixed-term contract, with possibility of extension

Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases is looking for a motivated Communications Manager to play a key role in helping us to increase the recognition and relevance of NTDs in global and regional agendas, increase resources to tackle NTDs, and build greater engagement from the wider public to encourage commitments and action.

We’re looking for a passionate and committed individual to develop and implement communication campaigns, create compelling content, support events, and drive traditional and social media engagement.

The role will include campaign development and management, partnership engagement, content creation, and channel management (including website and social media). Our audiences include donors, governments, policymakers, NGOs, influencers, researchers, and the public. 

The right candidate will have significant communications experience and be confident developing integrated communication, influencing and campaign plans. They will be experienced in developing on and offline communication products and content to deliver on these plans. Experience using insight to create compelling content to influence agenda outcomes and/or change behaviours would be an advantage.

If you’re passionate about making a difference through compelling communications, are equally comfortable working as part of a team as you are taking initiative and working independently, have a creative flair and can write clear, concise and compelling copy for a range of channels, this is the role for you.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills, so if you are interested in the role and finding out more, please read the Job Description for further details.

Interviews will take place remotely and candidates will be asked to prepare a short presentation as part of the interview process. 

We anticipate that interviews will take place w/c 7 June 2021.

Application closing date: 25 May 2021

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. 

SolarAid is looking for a skilled and creative Digital Communications Manager who will help us elevate our digital work and create engaging content helping us amplify the stories of people living without electricity.

There are 548 million people in sub-Saharan Africa living without electricity. When the sun goes down at night, families are reliant on dangerous and expensive forms of lighting such as candles and kerosene lamps.

SolarAid has played an important role helping to create vibrant and sustainable solar markets across Africa through a trade-not-aid model in rural areas, but there is still a long way to go to reach everyone who is being left in the dark, and we are stepping up our efforts.

About the role

SolarAid is in growth mode and over the past years we have stepped up our digital efforts. In 2020, we launched our new website. We are now looking for a Digital Communications Manager who can combine a data-led approach with creative, capturing content to take our digital efforts to the next level where we have a consistent, engaging and well thought-through presence on all our digital channels allowing us to grow.

Together with the Head of Communications you will develop a digital engagement strategy including a content strategy. In this role, you will get the room to be creative and test ideas that can help us amplify our message and reach new audiences. Your focus will partly be to grow our social media platforms, but as important will be to increase engagement and visibility.

This is a new position and we are looking for someone who can take a data-led approach to grow engagement on our website and our social media and who has an understanding for analytics, SEO and advertising, but also, a person who has a creative side and enjoys producing content that engages and spreads our message. Storytelling is at the heart of our communications strategy and we are looking for a person who is a sharp storyteller, with an ability to turn complex issues into captivating stories.

Please see the job description for more information.

Applicants are invited to email their CV and a covering letter, which explains how you meet the criteria in this job description and why you are a good fit for SolarAid.

Submission deadline: 26th May

Carers UK is looking for a Communications and Marketing Manager to join a team of six, as we launch our Vision 2025 which sets our organisational direction of travel, taking us through to our 60th anniversary.

The pandemic has shone a light on what the UK’s unpaid carers do, with as many as one in four of us now providing care. We believe there is an urgent demand to bring about change for the future, as well as providing carers with the support that they need right now.

We're looking for someone who will bring dynamism to the team, and who will demonstrate the value of coordinated communication strategies and plans in achieving our organisational objectives. They will understand the opportunities created in testing new channels and approaches to reach audiences; be creative with communications plans and deliverables; and value the importance of measuring content performance against agreed KPIs.

About you

You will be an experienced communications and marketing professional with a proven track record of both creating and delivering audience focussed, multi-channel campaigns – as well as inspiring, developing and supporting your team. Collaborative in approach and with excellent relationship-building skills, you will be driven to use your experience across a truly varied range of projects, big or small, and will bring enthusiasm, dynamism, and professional expertise, helping Carers UK deliver our truly ambitious programme of work.

About the role

Working with the Head of Communications and Marketing, this role will help build the communications and marketing team, ensuring our ability to deliver high-quality, inspiring content that is audience focussed, and has demonstrable impact, during an ambitious period of growth that will match the increasing needs of unpaid carers.

About us

Carers UK is the leading national charity, supporting, advocating for, and connecting unpaid carers across the UK.

Established in 1965, Carers UK has a long heritage of making life better for carers, wherever they may be, through providing advice, information and support and campaigning for improved rights, recognition, and support. With over 37,000 members Carers UK is the voice of unpaid carers in the UK.

With over 6.5 million unpaid carers in the UK and 6,000 individuals becoming a carer every day the need to support them is growing and urgent. Unpaid carers save the state an estimated £530 million each day and are vital to the friends and family members they support, as well as to the wider community.

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected carers across the country. Our recent polling suggests that the figure for unpaid carers could now be as high as 13.6 million, with an estimated 4.5 million people starting to care overnight due to the impact of coronavirus on services and individuals.

This is an exciting time to join Carers UK as we enter our new strategic period, Vision 2025, taking us to our 60th anniversary.

The closing date for applications is Monday 07 June, 9am

First interviews will be held w/c 14 June

Communications and Marketing Manager

20 hours per week flexible working across Brighton, Seaford, and opportunity to work part of the week at home.

Qualification: Relevant skillset and experience.

Salary: Dependent on skills and experience.

We are looking for an experienced, creative and strategic Communications and Marketing Manager to take ownership of and lead on our marketing strategy for the charity. You will develop effective and inspiring marketing communications to showcase the wonderful work we do and drive our organisation forward and make a difference to the lives of our children, young people and adults

You will be solutions-focused and engage with a very wide range of stakeholders  in all aspects of your work. You will identify unique and creative ways to raise the profile of our charity and drive a digital, progressive campaign to reflect this.

You will be organised, proactive and imaginative in your work, with outstanding communication skills across a range of platforms.

We can offer you a competitive salary, flexible working, and the opportunity to work with outstanding multi-disciplinary colleagues across our charity. You will be part of our friendly and positive community and feel a sense of belonging.

We are proud of what we do, and we look forward to you joining our team.

This role is essential for our charity moving forward and we look forward to receiving talented applicants for the role. Interviews will be held via Zoom but you may want to have an informal Zoom chat prior to this with our CEO , Simon Charleton .

St. John’s is committed to the safeguarding and protection of young people, vulnerable adults and children. Employment will be subject to the receipt of two satisfactory professional references, an enhanced DBS certificate and occupational health clearance. We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills, and stories to join our staff team and influence and develop our working practice. We are particularly keen to hear from people who are currently underrepresented in our staff team and will invite for interview all candidates who meet the role criteria and identify as disabled and/or from a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic background. St. John’s school and College are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.