Communications Officer Jobs
EPIC Restart Foundation empowers those recovering from gambling harm to restart positive lives and we are seeking a dynamic Head of Marketing & Communications to join our growing team.
If you are excited by the opportunity to change lives and support people in recovery to rebuild their lives, then we want to hear from you.
70% of our team and trustees have experienced gambling harm in some form - lived experience is not a requirement for this role, but you must be passionate about making a difference, purpose driven and believe in our mission.
Knowledge, skills & experience
- Proven experience in a senior marketing role
- Experience of website and campaign management, able to produce high quality content
- Excellent writing skills with a proven ability to craft compelling messages
- Experience in print, digital media production and publications. Able to manage external marketing & comms consultants and media relationships.
- Advanced IT and digital skills. Knowledge of graphic design tools and basic video editing software is a plus.
- Excellent planning, organisation, and time management
- Outstanding team working skills
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute marketing and communication strategies.
- Lead innovative campaigns across various channels, including digital, social, PR and events
- Build and manage the brand.
- Digital marketing including email, SEO, and website optimisation.
- Create compelling content, including website and marketing collateral.
- Develop and manage the website ensuring it is developed with knowledge of user experience (UX) and accessibility principles.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with media partners, agencies, and influencers to maximise brand exposure.
- Manage national PR outreach and track audience engagement.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Position: Press and Communications Officer (Wales)
Hours: Part-time (21 hours a week)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Office-based in Cardiff, Wales (CF24) with flexibility to work remotely.
Salary: £28,423 - £30,200 per annum FTE (£17,053.80 - £18,120 per annum actual) plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band D1
About us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.
About this job
This is a brilliant opportunity to join our hardworking, creative and supportive MS Cymru team.
You’ll be communicating with both Welsh- and English-speaking audiences, and you must be a fluent Welsh speaker.
We’re looking for a tenacious, proactive Press and Communications Officer to join our team and help us meet our ambitious goals.
Crucially, you’ll promote and deliver media coverage/strategies to promote our work with a particular emphasis on promoting our fundraising, campaigning and service activity.
You’ll also be our point of contact for media enquiries we receive. And you’ll support the development and delivery of our digital communications, ensuring we have a strong and representative social media presence.
The chosen candidate will have relevant experience (such as a press office, PR agency or journalism), and be comfortable managing competing priorities as part of a busy team. You’ll have excellent writing and communications skills in Welsh and English, and a positive attitude.
We recognise the significant and excellent contributions; experience; and skills our employees bring to the MS Society.
Working with external pay and reward consultants, we’re taking active steps this year to review our employees’ pay and benefits package. Ensuring we’re aligned with the most accurate and up-to-date benchmarks for the UK charity sector.
Please note this is a part-time role for 21 hours per week.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday 8 April 2024
Please note the successful candidate will require a standard DBS check.
PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.
More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
- 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
- More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
- Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
- Flexible working options
Caring for you and your family
- Generous sick pay entitlement
- More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
- Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
- Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
- Enhanced leave for new parents
- Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
- Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
- 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
- In the event of miscarriage or still birth
- To support fertility treatments
- For antenatal appointments for both parents
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service scheme
- Health cash plans to help offset the cost of health care for you and your family
Thinking about your finances
- Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
- Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
- New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing
Enriching your life at work
- Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
- Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
- New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
- Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
- Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal
Equal Opportunities
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.
We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.
Disability Confident Employer
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.
You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.
Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.
This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.
We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
Your right to work in the UK
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.
You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.
No agencies please.
As we head towards our ten-year anniversary in 2026, we are looking for a talented Communications and Campaigns Manager to amplify and promote our mission across the world!
As a key member of a small and busy team, the job-holder will manage and oversee all aspects of HQ communications including developing and managing day-to-day online communication via social media channels, creative ideation and management of communications projects (including work with corporate partners), proactively managing media relations, overseeing all external-facing content such as our website and annual Global Review, and supporting our programme of UK-based events. The job-holder will lead our annual flagship #ThisLittleGirlisMe social media campaign, building on the success of the campaign in previous years, and support our country teams to optimise the global visibility of the charity. Our ten-year anniversary in 2026 provides an exciting opportunity to amplify both our achievements and future strategy, and this role will play a central part in creatively ideating and planning for this.
We are looking for someone with significant experience working in a wide-ranging communications role, who can work effectively independently as part of a small team and brings a creative and agile approach to working in a non-profit environment. There is significant flexibility and autonomy in the role, with the opportunity to help shape how this team operates, and the potential for impact is significant. We’re excited to see what you might be able to bring to the team!
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
Essential
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Five+ years of experience in a communications role, ideally (but not necessarily) in a non-profit and/or international organisation
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Extensive experience of managing external communications, including social media, web presence, and press
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Proven experience of taking campaigns from ideation to delivery, with measurable success
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Comfortable working independently within a small team
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Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of stakeholders, including motivating and mobilising volunteers
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A proactive and creative approach to communication challenges, especially where resources are limited
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Passionate about the aims and values of Inspiring Girls International
Desirable
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Knowledge of Canva and Squarespace
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A working understanding of Adobe Premier Pro, After Effects and/or DaVinci Resolve
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Experience in managing freelancers, specifically briefing video editors
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Experience working with corporate partners
Please submit your CV and covering letter (max. 2 pages) outlining how your skills and experience fit with the role.
Interviews will be held in the week beginning Monday 15th April
We embrace and celebrate diversity within the team and encourage people of every race, orientation, age, gender, sex, religion, origin, and ability to apply if they feel their skills meet the job description.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the U.K.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job title: Communications Officer
Reporting to: Communications Manager
Terms: Permanent contract, 25 days holiday
(exc. Bank Holidays), 5% pension contribution.
Place of work: Our central office (Bristol) with some hybrid working optional; regular visits to our warehouses
About FareShare South West
FareShare South West is the region’s largest food redistribution charity. We take good-to-eat surplus food that would otherwise go to waste, and share it with over 400 charities, schools and community hubs across the south west, joining the dots between food waste and hunger and transforming an environmental problem into social good.
Purpose of role
We’re restructuring our Fundraising and Communications team to increase our capacity to communicate engaging stories about the breadth of our work.
In this creative role, you will plan, create and deliver print and digital marketing content to support this important work, ensuring potential supporters (including volunteers, fundraisers, food suppliers and key local stakeholders) know about our social and environmental impact.
The pay scale for this role reflects that we're open to applications from experienced communications professionals, and also those looking to move into the sector who have transferable skills. Please note: the salary range for this post has been amended since it was first advertised.
Job description
• Work with the Communications Manager to develop and deliver an annual comms schedule, including proactively sourcing case studies and testimonials with video, photography and written content
• Work with the Communications Manager to develop and implement a social media plan with metrics for monitoring and evaluation
• Create and share engaging content across all our social channels (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X) to meet objectives
• Launch TikTok as a new content platform
• Design print materials including posters and leaflets
• Keep the website up to date
• Support the Communications Manager with the circulation and promotion of press releases and management of press database, comms crisis plan and FAQs
• Assist with the delivery of internal communications
• Regularly review and refresh our bank of testimonials and statistics, managing permissions for content
• Work closely with the fundraising team to creating compelling appeals content to generate income
• Act as an ambassador for our charity, sharing our values and engaging with the public
• Work collaboratively with staff teams (Food Sourcing, Volunteering, Membership, Fundraising, Employability and warehouse teams in Bristol and Plymouth) to ascertain and fulfil their comms needs
• Work collaboratively with young people on our FareChance employability programme, supporting them to learn new professional skills and developing an exciting new youth-led, inclusive aspect of our comms
• Support student interns, volunteers and warehouse-based comms leads with comms projects
• Proactively seek out examples of comms best practice and developments, including building relationships with partner charities in the FareShare network
Other
• Undertake any other reasonable duties to support the operations of the charity
• Assist on monitoring progress, impact, and success against KPIs
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join our team as an Entry-Level Communications Officer. You will be responsible for developing engaging and informative content for our website, social media platforms, and other communication channels, ensuring that our message reaches as many people as possible.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and creative digital communications professional to join International Alert’s global Communications team.
The role will shape and guide Alert’s digital strategy, building our online profile and reaching our target audiences through engaging and accessible content across our global social media channels, website and newsletter.
They will lead on identifying, setting and monitoring the digital priorities for the global Communications team, in support of the communications strategy. And they will collaborate with our country, regional and policy teams to help them communicate about peacebuilding in the places we work and on key topics such as the climate crisis, women’s and LGBTIQ+ inclusion, and ensuring peaceful economies.
The role will have a particular focus on managing our global social media channels and engagement, managing our global website and leading on our digital marketing, including our newsletter and social media advertising.
The successful candidate will be a creative and experienced content creator, with a talent for engaging audiences online and presenting complex ideas in an engaging and accessible way. They will be organised, with experience of digital project management and planning and managing multiple digital platforms, including social media channels and email newsletters.
They will also be someone who would relish the opportunity to work with people based across the globe, with the ability to build relationships with colleagues from a range of backgrounds.
Role duties and responsibilities:
Oversee our digital strategy
- Lead on identifying, setting and monitoring the digital priorities for the global Communications team, in support of the communications strategy.
- Advise programme teams and global staff on how to use digital communications to meet their objectives and reach their target audiences.
- Take the lead on communications plans for specific projects.
- Monitor and share key metrics to help inform our approach to digital communications.
- Stay abreast of the latest digital trends and approaches.
Manage our social media channels
- Manage our global social media channels and engagement.
- Produce high-quality and engaging social media posts about our work.
- Create images and video content for our social channels, and branded templates for country teams to use.
- Champion the use of social media among colleagues to help further their objectives.
- Advise and support our country and regional teams on using and setting up national social media channels.
- Use analytics to inform our use of social media.
- Manage the social media content schedule.
Manage our website
- Manage our global website using the WordPress CMS.
- Project manage ad hoc and longer-term development changes to the website.
- Manage the relationship with our external web support agency.
- Ensure the top-level webpages are engaging and kept up-to-date.
- Liaise with external translators to ensure consistency across our language sites.
- Ensure the website is optimised for SEO and that content editors follow good practices.
Lead on digital marketing
- Lead on the production of our newsletter via Mailchimp.
- Lead on and deliver social media advertising across our social media channels.
- Support country teams with their use of digital advertising via their social channels when needed, for example by providing trainings or support with in-country digital agencies.
- Maintain the Google Ads grant to ensure it is used effectively and efficiently.
Support on content creation
- Write and edit stories, blogs and videos about our work when needed.
- Support programme teams with the production of video and other multimedia content about their work.
Contribute to the effective working of the team and Alert generally
- Lead on the delivery of periodic webinars, including setup, promotion and running.
- Provide occasional training to staff on key subjects relating to your role.
- Collaborate with peer networks and coalitions.
- Maintain relationships with programme teams to ensure regular collaboration.
- Contribute to team-wide communications and knowledge management.
- Participate in organisation-wide events and discussions on related topics/projects.
- Any other tasks as may be reasonably required.
Please note that the above are just some of the role requirements. For the full role requirements, please view the job description.
All applicants must have existing and permanent right to work in the United Kingdom.
International Alert prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from underrepresented people including women, people from the Global South, BIPOC, LGBTIQ+ people, disabled people, and other historically marginalised people.
While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Daughters of Charity Services operates as a family of charities across Britain, providing a diverse range of services to various communities in need of support. We are seeking a Group Communications Manager who will support the mission of Daughters of Charity Services through leading our work on communications, advocacy and campaigns as we seek to secure social justice for those in greatest need.
Reporting to the CEO, and working closely with the leadership of our member charities, the Group Communications Manager will lead on communications and campaigns strategies for our national initiatives, and in finding effective ways of supporting both ourselves and our member charities to engage key stakeholders. The Group Communications Manager will seek to shape public awareness of the issues and challenges faced by those we seek to support, ensuring that their voices are heard by those who shape policy. The successful candidate will build awareness of our work and the issues we seek to raise through the creation of engaging impact reports, regular newsletters, the development of campaign materials, and through fostering effective collaboration with a range of organisations sharing our mission.
Prior experience of developing extensive, tailored communications strategies and campaigns is essential. We expect the successful candidate to be an outstanding communicator, and to possess significant experience of building successful, high-impact multi-stakeholder partnerships. Strong skills in managing social media and online content is also required.
We offer: 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays) pa pro rata; pension scheme; Life Assurance; hybrid working and flexible working requests are welcome.
Daughters of Charity Services is dedicated to upholding the Vincentian Charism, and the Christian heritage upon which it is founded. We are proud to employ people of all faiths and none, but it is essential that the post-holder is committed to learning about, acting in accordance with, and further promoting the Vincentian values which underpin all aspects of our work.
To apply for this exciting role, please download an application pack from our website: Daughters of Charity Services (click on the news tab) and return your completed application form to the email address provided by the closing date of: Monday 15 April 2024
Interviews: Wednesday 24 April 2024
Appointment subject to satisfactory references & proof of right to work in the UK.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior communications and media professional to lead International Alert’s global Communications team.
We are hiring this role at a pivotal time for Alert, as we implement our new organisational strategy. The postholder will have a unique opportunity to lead delivery of our global communications strategy, supporting the delivery of our organisational objectives and ensuring we maximise our peacebuilding impact.
The role will work in close collaboration with our country, regional and policy teams to deliver high-quality, impactful communications about peacebuilding in the places we work and on key topics such as the climate crisis, women’s and LGBT+ inclusion, and conflict-sensitive investment, centering the voices of the people and partners with whom we work.
You’ll be an excellent communicator and strategic thinker, with experience of delivery of communications across a range of channels and media. You will be responsible for driving up Alert’s visibility and profile and maintaining relationships with journalists, bringing with you good knowledge of the media landscape and excellent contacts.
You’ll have great interpersonal skills, able to work with people inside and outside the organisation across a range of geographies and backgrounds. You’ll be comfortable advising senior leadership within Alert and adept at identifying opportunities to raise Alert’s profile. You’ll be a good people manager, able to lead and motivate a team, and have experience of managing budgets.
Role duties and responsibilities:
Strategy and planning
- Develop and implement a three year communications strategy for Alert, in line with the organisational strategy, ensuring consultation and collaboration with Alert’s global and country teams
- Work closely with country teams to support the development of in-country communications strategies, ensuring regular co-ordination with country level communications colleagues
- Set clear objectives and KPIs for Alert’s communications work, developing robust frameworks for monitoring and reporting, and linking these to delivery of the communications strategy
Media relations
- Develop and deliver a media strategy, in line with Alert’s programme priorities, influencing and funding strategies;
- Lead on cultivating new and foster existing relations with key contacts in the media, building Alert’s credibility and ensuring effective working relationships with journalists;
- Lead on delivery of media strategy for discrete projects, developing plans, drafting key messages and press releases, identifying and working with target journalists and setting parameters for success.
- Lead on Alert’s response to breaking news stories and events, working with senior staff to develop appropriate responses
- Lead on crisis communications for Alert, drafting and holding the crisis communications protocol, representing the communications team on the Crisis Management Group, supporting and advising senior staff, and ensuring regular media training for relevant staff
- Proactively identify opportunities for coverage of Alert’s work in UK, European and international media, as well as by national/regional media in countries/regions where Alert works, and maximise profile opportunities for Alert’s spokespeople and experts;
- Manage and monitor the media email account and media phone, including out-of-hours media calls.
Content, branding and profile
- Ensure robust sign-off processes, comprehensive policies and quality systems to facilitate the work of programme and/or country teams and to ensure that all Alert’s communications are consistent with Alert’s brand, coherent in tone and messages, and high in quality;
- Lead a brand review for Alert in line with the new organisational strategy, including robust audience testing
- Oversee the maintenance and implementation of Alert’s brand guidelines, supporting the marketing and publications officer to ensure brand consistency across all of Alert’s work
- Work collaboratively with other organisations and deepen relationships with donors and funders to increase the profile and visibility of Alert and the peacebuilding sector.
Events and outreach
- Ensure excellent profiling and positioning of Alert’s brand, image and impact throughout Alert’s external communications and events;
- Oversee the design, planning and implementation of specific activities or events and campaigns using a variety of media, and ensure that opportunities for contributing to Alert’s funding, media and influencing strategies and building/maintaining excellent relations with potential supporters and contacts are optimised for each event;
- Ensure that all Alert outputs are disseminated successfully, using different media and messages to reach out to and engage different target audiences, and that dissemination strategies and budgets are set for each output.
Digital communications
- Support the Senior Digital Engagement Officer to develop an annual content plan that reflects the requirements of the strategy and delivers against its objectives
- Maintain understanding of and engagement with the latest digital trends and approaches, ensuring Alert is compliant with relevant regulations
- Oversee the development of a digital plan and ensure it contributes to Alert’s programme priorities, influencing and funding strategies;
- Ensure the furthering of Alert’s reach and profile through more effective and targeted use of the website, digital marketing and social media channels
Programmatic communications
- Support programme and country teams in strengthening their communications and outreach, and facilitate the development of their own communications and influencing strategies;
- Identify deficiencies and gaps in programmes’ communications capacity, skills and materials and make plans to remedy them as appropriate;
- Ensure that quality trainings are provided for programmes, country teams and partner organisations on relevant aspects of communications;
- Provide quality technical assistance and advice to programme and country teams for project planning, proposals and reporting, ensuring communications is incorporated into programme design and budgets.
Line management, budget management and organisational leadership
- Line manage the Communications team staff, and interns, volunteers and consultants where appropriate, setting clear and manageable workplans, ensuring structured, regular support and supervision, and tailored personal development plans;
- Ensure strong team co-ordination and support, with regular team meetings and awaydays
- Accompany, mentor and functionally supervise communications staff in programmes teams;
- Set, manage and monitor the Advocacy and Communications budget, ensuring robust oversight of spend and adherence to finance and procurement policies;
- Work closely with the Director of Policy, Advocacy and Communications to review and strengthen communications strategy and delivery, developing strong relationships with the Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer and the GPU Director to ensure advocacy and communications objectives are co-ordinated and complementary;
- Ensure efficient team-wide communications and knowledge management, and contribute to organisation-wide communications, knowledge management, events and discussions on related topics/projects;
- Deputise for the Director of Policy, Advocacy and Communications where appropriate.
Please note that the above are just some of the role requirements. For the full role requirements, view the job description.
All applicants must have existing and permanent right to work in the United Kingdom.
International Alert prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from underrepresented people including women, people from the Global South, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ people, disabled people, and other historically marginalised people.
While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources.Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Role
As Marketing & Communications Manager, you will play a crucial role in shaping and implementing a comprehensive marketing strategy for SafeLives. You will work closely with the Head of Communications and Marketing, who will set the overall direction for our work to build brand credibility, communicate our Whole Picture strategy and market our products and services. You will also line manage the Communications Officer.
Your role will be instrumental in shaping stakeholder perception, raising awareness and securing support, making our key messages compelling and our content engaging, helping us visibly shift the conversation and drive real change in the UK’s domestic abuse response.
You will support the development and implementation of our brand, and you’ll take ownership of our digital channels and work with the Head of Team to develop our digital strategy and annual plan.
You’ll lead marketing campaigns planning for key areas of work, including our practice and training offers, helping to bring together robust data, the voice of survivors, and the view of practice experts to position SafeLives at the centre of the conversation with key decision makers and influencers.
Benefits include a generous package, including:
- 34 days’ holiday, including public holidays
- Flexible working, e.g. compressed hours
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Eyecare vouchers
- Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
- Childcare vouchers
- Employee assistance programme
- Clinical supervision
- Holiday purchase scheme to buy up to an additional 5 days
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Enhanced sick pay
- Professional development fund
- Individual learning budget
- Restorative practice training
- Time off in lieu
If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.
Closing date: Monday 1st April 2024.
SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all; please see our job description for full details.
No agencies, please.
Job Title: Communications Manager
Location: Remote, UK
Type: 37.5 hours a week
Experience Level: Minimum 2 years
Salary: 30k - 35k (based on experience)
You will be joining an established charity and one that is expanding and changing dramatically to meet the growing needs of empowering Pharmacists and Pharmacist Associations to improve health and wellbeing across the Commonwealth. Our vision is to reduce health inequalities, aid the reduction of mortality and morbidity and enhance the quality of life.
We look forward to receiving your CV reflecting appropriate experience and a supporting statement of no more than one A4 page, setting out how you meet the person specifications and what attracts you to this role. To apply for this position, please fill out the form below and attach the relevant documents as requested no later than the 1st of April, 2024
Overview of the CPA Charity
The CPA is a registered charity (CIO) and membership body; leading and developing the pharmacy profession to benefit the people of the Commonwealth. This voluntary network of member states encompasses one third of the global population, including many lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). The CPA works towards its core charitable objectives to build strong and diverse collaborations between pharmacists and health networks; develop and improve the quality of Pharmacy Practice; strengthen health systems; improve the safe and effective use of medicines, and promote healthier lifestyles and reduce health inequalities. Its unique position as an accredited organisation of the Commonwealth allows for many advocacy opportunities for the profession.
The CPA is in official relations with the World Health Organisation (WHO), with an approved collaboration plan in place for 2022-2024. Our mission to ‘empower pharmacists to improve health and wellbeing throughout the Commonwealth’ is achieved through our core strategic goals:
1. Develop the Commonwealth pharmacy workforce and build capacity through education and training.
2. Support pharmacists to strengthen healthcare systems and enhance the safe and effective USE of medicines, prevention of disease and promotion of healthier lifestyles, across the Commonwealth.
3. Advocate for improved ACCESS to and QUALITY of medicines and vaccines, embedding pharmacists at all levels of medicines management, across the Commonwealth.
These goals are realised through a variety of mechanisms including:
● Knowledge Transfer
● Provision of resources and tools
● Advocacy and Research
● Partnerships and Collaborations; for innovation and quality improvement
Job Overview:
The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) is seeking an experienced Communications Manager to join our team. This role is pivotal in shaping how we communicate our mission and impact. You'll be responsible for managing CPA's social media channels, ensuring a consistent and engaging presence. You'll develop compelling content, including stories that highlight the real-world impact of our work. Additionally, you'll support various CPA programs by crafting effective communications materials. This position is ideal for candidates with proven social media management experience, graphic design skills and excellent writing and editing abilities.
Key Responsibilities:
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Manage and grow CPA's social media accounts, ensuring active and engaging online presence.
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Manage CPA’s website content uploads and updates.
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Curate and publish a quarterly newsletter.
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Collaborate with Program leads to develop program-specific communications strategies.
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Design captivating images, flyers, ebooks, and print assets using platforms like Canva; knowledge of Photoshop is advantageous but not essential.
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Assist in drafting and publishing blog posts, requiring strong writing skills and familiarity with WordPress (training on WordPress backend can be provided).
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Contribute to various CPA programs and work streams through creative and innovative communication approaches.
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Ensure consistent and effective messaging across all communication channels.
Qualifications:
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At least 2 years of experience in a communications role.
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Demonstrated proficiency in managing social media platforms.
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Strong design skills, with experience in Canva and/or Photoshop.
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Excellent writing ability and experience in content creation.
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Knowledge of WordPress or willingness to learn.
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Creative and innovative thinker with the ability to work independently.
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Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
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Interest in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry is a plus.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter outlining their qualifications and experience. Please include links to or samples of previous work, especially any relevant social media campaigns or design projects.
Additional Information
Standard working hours are 09:00 to 17:00 although flexibility is required in order to ensure core objectives are achieved. The CPA maintains a virtual office, with occasional face-to-face meetings in London.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Dear Applicant,
Launched in 2004, Crisis Action is a pioneering organisation that works behind the scenes to enable civil society to respond more effectively to violent conflict. Crisis Action’s unique model and record of impact earned the organisation the 2012 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions and the 2013 Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship.
We work through innovative campaigns that shift power towards populations at risk and spur collaborations to ensure the safety and rights of affected people in line with international human rights and humanitarian law. We strive to empower those we work with and provide platforms to those with direct experience of conflicts to tell their stories and speak truth to power. You can watch this video for an insight into our model and find out more about our work from our recent annual reports.
We are international, independent, and not-for-profit, with a diverse global team of about 50 people strategically located in Addis Ababa, Beirut, Johannesburg, London, Nairobi, New York, Paris, and Washington DC. Crisis Action’s Board is composed of respected leaders and sector experts from across the humanitarian, human rights, policy, and business spheres.
We are looking for an exceptional, strategic, and dynamic Communications Director to help drive forward and enhance the impact and effectiveness of our work.
If you’re hungry for a challenge, are creative and passionate about driving change, and experienced in influencing the world’s most powerful people to uphold rights and protect civilian lives, we look forward to receiving your application.
Nicola Reindorp
Chief Executive Officer
Overview of the Role
As Communications Director, you will play a pivotal role in advancing Crisis Action’s unique model of campaigning by driving maximum innovation and impact in our campaigns; communicating Crisis Action’s story in new and compelling ways to our diverse network of partners and donors; and by building allies and creative coalitions globally. We are looking for an exceptional changemaker who is an all-in-one storyteller, strategic communicator, newshound, and mentor, with the ability to ensure maximum innovation and impact in our campaigns and communications for the protection of civilians from conflict.
This is not a typical Communications Director role. We do not want our profile raised: in fact, while keeping us entirely behind the scenes, you will help our campaign teams and partners develop and deliver ever-more creative, strategic, and digitally aware campaigns that can achieve cut-through in a dramatically changing geopolitical landscape.
Our new Communications Director will be a seasoned communications professional with a strong understanding of the media landscape, but also an experienced changemaker with the soul and energy of an activist. You understand how change occurs and have a demonstrable passion and track record for making it happen. You seek and drive excellence but are also unafraid to embrace experimentation and failure. Your knowledge and experience of using a broad range of approaches for influencing decision makers, strong news sense, political instincts, and knowledge of different media markets, including – ideally – established relationships in key outlets and platforms - will be critical in shaping our work and fulfilling our mission to protect civilians affected by conflict.
Reporting to Crisis Action’s Director for Emergency Response, Learning and Innovation, you will lead and support our small but powerful Communications team. While this is a senior, strategic role, this position also requires hands-on implementation. You will have the ability to deliver work through your own team, as well as a complex ecosystem of colleagues, partners, and allies from all over the globe, including many of the world’s largest and most high-profile humanitarian and human rights groups. Therefore, the ability to work with and motivate others across teams, organisations, and time zones will be crucial.
We are looking for an outcome-focused individual who enjoys working in small, flexible teams, leading with rigour, initiative, and a high degree of professionalism. You will be comfortable in a fast-paced but fun and highly supportive environment that is laser-focused on impact. You will need to hit the ground running and be ready to engage with your new colleagues and partners to harness their resources and ambition to deliver effective campaigns.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
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Develop and implement innovative and impactful campaigns to protect civilians and prevent conflict
A core part of your responsibilities will be working with the Communications team and colleagues from our other offices to lead, strategize, or contribute to the global campaigns that Crisis Action coordinates. Your success will depend on your ability to build and nurture trusted relationships with our partners and allies from across sectors; and the agility to catalyse and leverage the collective power of our coalitions to generate impact. This will require you to:
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Lead and support teams in devising smart and savvy media and communications strategies for campaigns
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Boost organizational creativity and impact by implementing bold and ambitious ideas, and actively scanning for new and creative campaign tactics, tools, and partnerships
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Ensure Crisis Action has strong relationships with key journalists across different markets and develop and nurture creative partnerships with organisations and individuals from across the world of media, advertising, tech, film, and more
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Working closely with our different offices, build and strengthen a diverse and innovative communications network by proactively engaging current and new partners and bringing on board creative allies
2. Crisis Action’s chief storyteller and a global communicator for change
You will be responsible for developing a wide array of internal and external communications products for our partners and network. As a creative engine for the organisation, you will drive innovation in how we work with traditional and new media, develop creative partnerships, and help tell the stories of our campaigns and the organisation in compelling and impactful ways. You will measure success, capture learnings, mentor colleagues through training, and communicate our behind-the-scenes work to various stakeholders in a way that enhances Crisis Action’s reputation with partners and donors. This will require you to:
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Ensure timely and impactful communications to key stakeholders such as partners, donors, and board members, including overseeing the coordination, drafting, and editing of the content
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Working in close collaboration with the fundraising team, coordinate and oversee the vision, design, production, and dissemination of Crisis Action’s annual report
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Enhance our ways of storytelling to diverse audiences by developing bespoke content on Crisis Action and its campaigns, and training our teams on it
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Maintain oversight of Crisis Action’s website to ensure it is fit for purpose and updated with the latest campaign and organisational information at all times
3. Contribute to the strategic growth, leadership, and impact of Crisis Action
You will be responsible for consolidating and expanding Crisis Action’s relationships and reputation with our communications and media partners, and civil society network, and for developing and implementing the Communications strategy that aligns with Crisis Action’s overall organisational strategy. As a member of Crisis Action’s Directors Group, you will also play a leadership role on organisational strategy and decision-making, oversight of team performance and well-being. This will require you to:
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Supervise and mentor the communications team, and any consultants or volunteers that may work with the team or on Crisis Action campaigns
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Develop and implement a Communications strategy for Crisis Action that enables our campaign teams to deliver real change for civilians in conflict, and helps Crisis Action communicate with diverse stakeholders more effectively
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Strengthen our systems and enhance learning across teams by aassessing campaign needs periodically, and developing and delivering appropriate trainings
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Work in close collaboration with Office Directors, and support the Senior Management Team on key aspects of organisational leadership including strategy, team management, recruitment, resource allocation, budgets, and fundraising
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential skills and experience:
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Commitment to Crisis Action’s mandate and values
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10+ years of professional experience in relevant fields and knowledge of the international NGO sector
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Expertise in media and communications; including knowing when and how to engage the media, a deep understanding of different targets and audiences, crafting communication strategies and media stories to effect change, producing high-quality communication materials, and working across platforms, including mainstream, social, and new age media
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Excellent political mind, with an understanding of the levers, tactics and processes that shift power and drive change
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Excellent instincts in leading and organizing for change, with a broad range of established relationships and industry networks in the media, communications, or private sector
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Impeccable interpersonal, writing, and editing skills, with fluency in written and spoken English
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Skilled at stakeholder management, with an entrepreneurial attitude and a talent for building trust and relationships quickly
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High levels of ambition, determination, and focus, with a hunger for collective outcomes rather than personal limelight
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Self-aware, emotionally intelligent, and a strong team player with demonstrated ability to work as a member of a small and diverse team, and empower them to deliver their best
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A multi-tasker, with excellent administrative, project management and information technology skill
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Awareness and commitment to preserve your own well-being and resilience to manage the pressures of working in a fast-paced environment
The following would be desirable:
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Fluency in languages other than English – written and spoken
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Social media/digital campaigning experience including content commissioning and dissemination strategies
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Experience of coalition campaigning, working with the corporate sector, social movements, or faith-based organisations to drive social change
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Knowledge of and familiarity with conflict issues or conflict resolution, international human rights and humanitarian laws, understanding of foreign policy, and the workings of key international and regional institutions (e.g. United Nations, African Union, ASEAN, European Union etc.)
Terms and conditions
Starting date: June 2024
Contract: Permanent, full time
Reports to: Director of Emergency Response, Learning and Innovation
Location: Nairobi, London, or Johannesburg
Salary: Nairobi and Johannesburg: US$90,000 per annum , London: UK£80,000 per annum
Travel: As required (up to 20%)
Benefits: Excellent benefits package including health cover and pension; 25 days annual leave increasing to 30 days after 3 years; 3 months paid sabbatical after 5 years of service; and a family friendly work environment.
Well-being considerations: Flexible work arrangements with a policy of a minimum of 2 days in the office and 3 days work from home, plus an additional day off every month for your mental health and well-being.
Right to work: You must have the right to work in any of our preferred locations.
DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Commitment
Crisis Action values and nurtures an inclusive culture that sees the diversity of its board, staff, partners, and all we work with as a strength and source of innovation and creativity. We welcome applications from anyone no matter your background, gender identity and expression, nationality, language, ethnicity, colour, caste, race, sexual orientation, ability, religion or belief, age, marriage, civil partnership, or parental status. Equality among all is a driving force in our work and a feature of our recruitment. We strive to ensure that all employment decisions are made entirely on merit.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role description, March 2024
Salary: £47,388 - £51,255, plus benefits.Annual inflationary pay award pending (decided 25 March 24)
Reports to: Director of Communications and Marketing
Direct reports: One (Digital Marketing Manager)
Role Summary
This role will play a crucial role in coordinating delivery of Alcohol Change UK’s flagship Dry January® campaign and ensuring that other campaigns throughout the year (Sober Spring, Alcohol Awareness Week and more) connect with audiences across the UK and internationally. Working closely with external agencies and the Director of Communications and Marketing, you will be part of driving significant growth in the number of people taking part in our campaigns and increasing the profile of our work.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Project Management of the Dry January® campaign
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In collaboration with the Director of Communications and Marketing, play a leading role in developing our ambitious strategy to grow our Dry January® campaign
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Project manage delivery of the campaign, enabling wider members of the Communications and Marketing team to play their part
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Act as a key point of contact at Alcohol Change UK with an external agency, ensuring excellent lines of communication and coordination through the campaign planning process, delivery and evaluation
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Be committed to insights gathering and evaluation, taking learnings from previous years, testing new approaches to grow our impact and monitoring our success
Delivery of campaigns through the year
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Bring strategic thinking to an annual campaigns plan, creating clear opportunities for audiences to engage with our work and explore their relationships with alcohol
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Support the continued development of Sober Spring (March-June) and Alcohol Awareness Week (July) as key moments to develop new audiences
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With the Director of Communications and Marketing, explore new opportunities for significant national ‘Partnership Campaigns’ in our Culture Shift strategic strand
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Explore audience journeys between all our campaigns, working closely with Communications Team and Engagement Team colleagues – particularly on digital and online platforms
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Guide members of your team to deliver Marketing and Digital Communications (including social media) plans throughout the year, which support our wider strategic plan
Financial Planning and Budget Management
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Managing/overseeing the Dry January® budget, and other campaign spending throughout the year, in consultation with the Director of Marketing and Communications
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Develop and maintain income and expenditure tracking and evaluation systems
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Work closely with agencies and suppliers to agree spend, monitor invoicing
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Maintain good communication with our Fundraising Department
Line Management
You will have direct line management for the Digital Marketing Manager (who in turn manages our Digital Communications Officer) and will be responsible for:
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Agreeing objectives and work plans
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Managing workload and performance through regular one-to-one line management discussions
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Planning and implementing personal development programmes in all relevant skills
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Undertaking annual performance reviews
Other
You will also be expected to:
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Work closely with colleagues across the charity to support their work and to act as ‘one team’
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Contribute actively and positively to charity-wide strategies
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Continually develop your knowledge of alcohol harm and solutions to it
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Act as a positive ambassador for Alcohol Change UK at all times
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Know, embrace and actively uphold the values of Alcohol Change UK at all times
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Work flexible hours as necessary to meet the needs of the charity, time off in lieu (TOIL) will be earnt for any work required outside of normal working hours
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
TSSA is a trade union representing people working in transport and travel. Our overall aim is to support members in building bigger and stronger workplaces with employees that are respected and have agency to challenge and create impactful change.
We need to campaign on issues that are important to our members and the transport industry. To do this, we need to have a strong political voice where we can encourage our members to challenge and create change within their workplaces, their industry and their wider community.
TSSA is undergoing cultural change and we need highly experienced and driven individuals to play a role in ensuring this change.
Within this role you will need to continuously develop and deliver on our political strategy. You will work on campaigns to deliver our industrial and political policies and objectives and communicate these to our membership.
TSSA is affiliated to the Labour Party and you will need to build positive working relationships with politicians, political parties, other trade unions and campaigning organisations to ensure we have avenues for a growing political voice not only at Westminster but across the devolved nations and regions. You will also find ways to engage our membership in politics that impact on them via education and awareness programmes.
As the right candidate for this role, you will have leadership and influencing skills within a range of audiences, strong verbal and written communication skills to include digital content and be able to work as part of a collaborative communications team. It’s fundamental that you value the role of trade unions in society and understand the role they play in working environments and you must have knowledge of and preferably experience of engaging with political and parliamentary structures.
In the current environmental, political and economic crisis that we are in, never has there been a more important and challenging time to play a part in creating change, drive social engagement and challenge discrimination via pro-active and positive campaigns in the public and private transport industry.
The role will require national travel and an element of out of normal office hours working. Your office base will be in London Liverpool Street.
In addition to a challenging yet rewarding position, the Political Officer role at TSSA offers a highly competitive remuneration package including:
32 leave days plus bank holidays
Generous defined benefit pension scheme
Well-being provisions and flexible working practices
TSSA is an equal opportunities employer striving to maintain and grow our diverse workplace community therefore we welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
We are a family friendly employer and pro-actively support staff with disabilities.
We are proud to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion and have joined Investing in Ethnicity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
At City Rise Battersea we're passionate about developing and deepening relationships, equipping the church and transforming the city.
We're looking for a new Creative Lead to continue the development of City Rise voice and brand by creating a distinct tone with a strong recognisable design style.We take pride in our forward-thinking, open, and transparent approach, making a tangible difference in the lives of those we serve. Are you ready to join our passionate team as we see Faith Rise, the Church Rise and the City Rise?
Role Summary
To promote and amplify the strategic vision and missional activities and objectives of the church through an effective digital communications strategy. To lead on delivery and establish a team of volunteers who together inspire a culture of creativity and implement all elements of media, design and communication. This role will continue the development of the ‘City Rise’ brand, creating a distinct tone of voice with a strong, recognised design style. Through a range of communication channels including copy, print, web, videography, photography, social media, internal signage and visuals, this role will actively collaborate with ministries to promote, capture and convey the energy and life of our diverse and growing community.
Role Responsibilities
- Effectively create and deliver the communications strategy, in line with the vision and missional objectives.
- Serve the City Rise vision by contributing to the wider operations and ministries of the church where needed.
- Grow a team and establish a creative community at City Rise - Identify, develop and support a team of volunteers who can dream and deliver creative ideas to enrich our vision and mission in line with our values.
- Identity, develop and lead a team of volunteers for involvement in Sunday services & key events throughout the year, developing a consistent style of photography and videography across services and events, including editing all Sunday and midweek content, compiling/organising photos.
- Manage all digital platforms and access to church accounts.
- Socials - Manage all social media accounts and continually develop ways to grow and engage viewers, including concept creation and development of social media campaigns, and creating and designing social media content from Sunday and weekly events, scheduling and posting as required.
- Create templates and oversee social media delivery for other ministries e.g. youth and young adults.
- Design and produce print and digital assets, from lanyards and flyers to signs and T-shirts. (for e.g. online, Sunday services and other events and ministries) ensuring all publicity adheres to our brand guidelines.
- Website - Design, review and update content of the website as necessary.
- Digital Display - Oversee and create the media used through screens onsite: notices, adverts and slides.
- Communicate effectively, both internally (with leadership and team volunteers) and externally (relating to our broader community).
- Support the termly planning for events and activities, attending planning meetings for creative input as required.
Hours: Full Time - Sunday to Thursday, (4 days could be considered for the right candidate, but will include Sundays)
Responsible to: Chief Operating Officer
Location: Battersea, London SW11 1EJ. Hybrid and remote working by negotiation.
Leave Entitlement: 28 days (pro rata) annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays
Salary Band: £27,000-£34,000
This role has an Occupational Requirement to be a Christian, as permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. This will be demonstrated by a commitment to supporting and demonstrating the Church of England Statement of Faith. Due to the core responsibilities of the role, the candidate should, if not already, be an active member in the City Rise St Mark’s congregation.
This role may require an enhanced DBS.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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Job title: Supporter Care Officer
Reporting to: Fundraising Manager
Terms: Permanent Contract, 25 days Holiday (exc. Bank Holidays) pro rata, 5% pension contribution.
Place of work: Our central office (Bristol) with some hybrid working optional and occasional visits to our Plymouth and Bristol warehouses
About FareShare South West
FareShare South West is the region’s largest food redistribution charity. We take good-to-eat surplus food that would otherwise go to waste, and share it with over 400 charities, schools and community hubs across the south west, joining the dots between food waste and hunger and transforming an environmental problem into social good.
Purpose of role
FareShare South West’s (FSSW) fundraising strategy and income streams have developed and diversified rapidly in line with major growth since 2017. Individual giving (IG) became a new major fundraising stream for us during the pandemic and is essential for ongoing sustainability as we expand and launch new programmes and operations to fight hunger and food waste.
The Supporter Care Officer (SCO) is responsible for all donor support processes, systems, strategies and individual giving fundraising appeals, which ensure we have excellent relationships with our donors to retain and grow our IG income. Powerful narratives, storytelling and engagement with donors is crucial to ensure that our funding need and impact is shared with supporters.
The SCO will work with the Fundraising Manager (FM) and Chief Fundraising and Communications Officer (CFCO) to grow our major donor, regular giving, appeal and legacy income alongside sustaining our irregular giving and Gift Aid income. The SCO will work with the Fundraising Assistant to thank supporters, record donations and support individuals with their own fundraising events.
The pay scale for this role reflects that we're open to applications from experienced Supporter Care and Individual Giving fundraisers, and also those looking to move into the sector who have transferable skills.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.