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We are looking for a passionate and creative Digital Communications Officer to join our team at Headway – the brain injury association.

• Location: Home, hybrid or office based (Nottingham)
• Salary: £25,000
• Permanent 35 hours per week x 52 weeks per year.

Join Headway as a Digital Communications Officer and play a vital role in helping us improve life after brain injury. Be part of a passionate team, driving impactful digital engagement, increasing awareness of brain injury, and expanding Headway’s reach to support individuals, families, and communities across the UK. 

What you will do

• Use innovative techniques to grow the charity’s social media, email marketing and web presence, through the creation and optimisation of engaging content in a variety of formats.
• Continuously monitor emerging social media trends and platforms and assess their suitability to reach key audience members in the brain injury community.
• Use your expertise to schedule engaging content to promote Headway and raise awareness of brain injury
• Monitor and reply to comments and messages on Headway’s social media networks, including its online discussion forum.
• Analyse social media engagement data to extract actionable insights and create detailed reports that inform strategy and improve engagement.
• Be a passionate advocate for social media and digital communications across the Headway network.
• Use your passion for communicating with people to develop and tell the stories of brain injury survivors and their loved ones in order to raise awareness.
• Use your digital communication skills to facilitate internal communications, organising CEO online briefings and quarterly staff bulletins.

About you

We’re open-minded & welcome all applicants who believe they can succeed. Though ideally, you will have:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong writing skills with good attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise demanding workloads and work under pressure

Benefits

As a staff member at Headway UK, you’ll have access the following range of benefits.

Financial Security

• Competitive Salaries
• Pension - You will be automatically enrolled into the People’s Pension, with Headway contributing between 3–6% dependant on your contributions
• Occupational Sick Pay Scheme – Increasing with length of service.
• Death in Service Benefit - You’ll have the security of knowing if anything happens to you your loved ones will be provided for

Flexible Working

• Remote working – For the majority of our roles we can facilitate hybrid working.
• We understand that a healthy work-life balance is essential for our team to thrive. Headway offers flexible working arrangements, promoting well-being and ensuring you can take care of yourself while you care for others.

Wellbeing

• You’ll benefit from a fully comprehensive 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme including access to counselling services.
• Eye Test Vouchers
• Mental Health First Aiders

Holidays and leave

• You’ll get 25 days leave incrementally increasing to 30 days based on service plus Bank Holidays.

Benefits

• You’ll have access to a range of shopping and lifestyle benefits and discounts through our IMHR Plus Privilege membership.

About us

Headway - the brain injury association plays a pivotal role in supporting individuals and families affected by brain injuries. Our comprehensive services encompass rehabilitation, counselling, and practical assistance to help survivors regain independence and improve their quality of life.

Headway is at the forefront of raising awareness about the challenges faced by those with brain injuries and advocates for their rights, ensuring they receive the care and understanding they deserve. Through a combination of educational initiatives, community outreach, and personalised support, Headway strives to rebuild lives, offering a lifeline to those navigating the complexities of brain injury recovery.

Embark on a fulfilling career with Headway - the brain injury association and join our compassionate team and contribute to our mission of rebuilding lives after brain injury. Make a meaningful impact with Headway, where every role plays a crucial part in empowering those on the path to recovery.

Safeguarding

At Headway we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow best practice as set out within the Care Act 2014. All successful applicants will be subject to safer recruiting procedures and will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks including a DBS check and two satisfactory references.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We recognise, value and champion diversity and inclusion. We want to ensure our staff population reflect the diverse service users that we support. For us diversity and inclusion is about building happy teams, full of people who want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. Inclusion means providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.

We are also committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee.

Thank you for your interest in Headway and we look forward to getting to know you!

Next steps

• Closing date: Tuesday 8th October 2024
• Interview: w/c 14th October 2024

Find out more and apply on our website.

Please note that there are x2 positions available for this role.

This role sits within the Digital Section in the Communications Directorate, reporting into the Digital Marketing & Fundraising Manager. You will work within an ambitious and passionate digital team and across the organisation to develop our holistic digital strategy through the oversight and management of digital channels, plans, and schedules, and by implementing the plans as well as empowering the teams to manage their own digital campaigns.

The post holder will also provide training to teams as part of our objective to upskill the organisation. The post holder will also be responsible for finding opportunities to generate leads and push new and innovative ideas.

You will have experience of using digital marketing and fundraising techniques with a test and learn approach, including social, PPC, display and email.

If you are an ambitious experienced digital expert looking for your next challenge and would like to play a key role in The Salvation Army’s digital growth, this could be the role you’re looking for.

Happy to talk flexible working

At The Salvation Army we strive to make flexible work arrangements available to everyone. Therefore, for this position, we are open to considering options that meet your needs and the needs of the department.

Our flexible options include agile working (a mix of remote and a minimum of 40% Office Based), agile flex (Less than 40% office based), home-based working (irregular office attendance less than 1 day per month at a Salvation Army site), job sharing and compressed hours (full-time hours condensed into a shorter week). If you would like to know more or discuss any details about this vacancy, please contact us.

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Working hours: Minimum of 35 hours per week

Closing Date: Wednesday 2nd October 2024

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK,

For details of how to prove your right to work in the UK please visit the Government website and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship. 

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.

Benefits:
25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time) a contributory pension scheme; an employee assistance programme

Age UK Westminster is seeking a Digital Inclusion Coordinator to join our home visiting digital inclusion team funded by Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust. The Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Social Isolation project supports and enhances existing Older Adult Mental Health services provided by CNWL by providing targeted outreach digital inclusion support to vulnerable older people with the aim of reducing the impact of loneliness and isolation. We are looking for someone who has confident Digital Inclusion experience and ideally some experience of working with people living with dementia.

The role will include providing intensive coaching, support and troubleshooting with IT skills and equipment as well as working closely with Age UK Westminster’s other services including digital inclusion group sessions and dementia activities.

The role will demand a division of time in the office and in client’s home in Westminster.

Age UK Westminster is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from all sections of the community. We would particularly welcome applications of speakers of Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea’s main community languages other than English (Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Tigrinya, Somali, French, Farsi).

We are currently seeking a Digital Marketing Lead as part of the Communications Team at Carers First. The Digital Marketing Lead will play a central role in enabling us to deliver our 2024-2027 strategy and provide support to unpaid carers. This will include:

· Raising the profile of Carers First, building our brand awareness and engagement levels to reach new carers and to             raise awareness of the issues affecting carers.

· Building on how Carers First engages with carers and supports them in accessing timely and relevant information.

· Managing Carers First’s digital marketing activities using a variety of digital marketing tools

· Overseeing Carers First’s digital presence, focusing on promoting our digital offer to reach more carers 

To be successful you will be a digital expert, with proven experience of developing and delivering exceptional digital work as part of an overall communications strategy. You will be data driven with a passion for implementing and analysing effective marketing campaigns.

This role is hybrid with the expectation that it will be mostly remote working with some travel to Carers First locations required.

In return, you will benefit from working for a not-for-profit organisation that delivers a service which makes a real difference to people’s lives. We offer training and development to help you grow your career, good annual leave entitlement, flexible working options, access to our work-place pension, employee assistance programme and a Benenden Healthcare package.

If you are interested in becoming part of our team and have the skills and experience, we are looking for and are passionate about making a real difference then please read the Job Description and Person Specification within the candidate pack and complete our application form.

Appointments are subject to Carers First receiving an appropriate disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service that we consider acceptable.

We encourage and welcome applications regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age. 

If you would like to discuss this role confidentially, please contact us and we will be happy to organise for one of the Team to contact you.  Please note that if you have not been contacted within one week of the closing date, your application has not been successful.

Carers First is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Digital Marketing Manager
4 days per week - flexible working arrangements
Homebased within the UK with a requirement to travel to occasional meetings, mostly held in London
Contract role 

The organisation

At Overcoming MS, we are here for everyone with MS who wants to take control of their health and wellbeing. We provide clear, practical actions for people to take and a supportive community to help people living with MS. The Overcoming MS Program uses substantial scientific evidence to show how lifestyle choices, alongside medication, benefit physical and mental health.

Knowing people with MS can reduce their risk of disease progression through lifestyle choices gives hope to us all. Our vision is a world in which living a full and healthy life with MS is possible for everyone.

Once people with MS know about the potential impact of a healthy lifestyle, they need to feel that the information is coming from a reliable source, in order to believe in it and adopt the key changes. The Overcoming MS Program is based on broad-based, high-quality scientific evidence, and lifestyle is an area that has growing interest and development.

The role

Reporting to the Director of Brand and Digital you will be part of a small team, responsible for delivering a new digital marketing approach, through the creation and delivery of projects and activities to increase leads, donations and engagement for Overcoming MS charity. We are looking for someone who is at ease with digital analytics and digital tech and who understands how to test, learn and optimise to deliver the best results.
With our digital ecosystem now established, we’re recruiting a Digital Marketing Manager to steer us in the next stage of our journey. This is an exciting development of an existing role and will allow the successful candidate to make the position their own.

With our community app now well established, our new website launched earlier this year and having transitioned to Dot Digital for email, we are now working with some great external partners. Could you be the missing piece of the jigsaw ready to put our digital ecosystem to work to support people with multiple sclerosis and make an impact through our organisation’s marketing?

Application is by way of a CV in the first instance and applications are considered on a rolling basis - please apply via the apply button for further information.

JOB PURPOSE 

UK for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency's national charity partner, is looking for an agile, creative, and proactive team player who can join us as a Digital Acquisition and Mobilisation Manager within the digital fundraising team.

Working closely with the Head of Digital Fundraising, you will lead and deliver a multichannel acquisition strategy to mobilise and inspire new and existing donors to take action and donate.  Collaborating with the wider fundraising and communications teams, you will produce creative campaigns and content across a variety of channels – with a focus on digital donor acquisition and lead generation– to help grow our donor base, increase lifetime value and generate vital funds for families forced to flee. You will be a confident communicator and an experienced project manager with an enthusiasm for experimentation and digital fundraising. 

You will be joining the charity at an exciting moment, becoming part of a small but high performing team with big ambitions. If you think you have the relevant skills and crucially, the passion to support the refugee cause, please apply, we’d love to hear from you.
 

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO  

United Kingdom for UNHCR is the United Nations Refugee Agency’s national charity partner for the United Kingdom. We generate public awareness and funds to protect refugees through UNHCR’s humanitarian operations across the world.

Our supporters include UK private individuals, communities, corporate partners, trusts and foundations. The funds we raise help UNHCR deliver emergency relief such as shelter, medical care and basic supplies to people fleeing conflict and persecution, as well as healthcare, education and livelihoods opportunities for those who remain displaced over the long term.

Nobody chooses to be a refugee, but we can all play a part in their protection, and we want those who work with us to share our values and passion for the cause.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING 

We strongly value diversity and recognise that it is critical to our success and the cause that we serve. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all who work with us and strongly welcome applications from diverse backgrounds, particularly those with lived experience of being a refugee, asylum seeker, internally displaced person, or a stateless person.  

UK for UNHCR is proud to have an Inclusion Network as well as a Diversity & Inclusion Working Group. Our Inclusion Network team work to create safe spaces that brings colleagues together for events, discussions and learning experiences that celebrate and support diversity and tackle barriers to inclusion. The Diversity & Inclusion Working Group is a group of colleagues focusing on tasks that drive action in the implementation of our D&I (Diversity & Inclusion) Approach. 

We are also open to flexibility in many different ways, including an element of working from home and flexible hours. Please don’t be afraid to speak to us about this at the interview stage, so we can explore what’s possible. 
 

Role Responsibilities  

• Lead digital donor acquisition activities and journeys across a variety of channels including paid social, paid search, display, email and telemarketing. 
• Develop and implement a lead generation strategy to grow our supporter base, utilising and testing tools and tactics such as quizzes, petitions and hand-raisers to recruit and convert new leads and engage existing donors.
• Collaborate closely with fundraising and communications colleagues to deliver and optimise integrated, multichannel campaigns and effective, donor-first journeys to mobilise and inspire new and existing supporters to take action and donate. 
• Ensure all activities are aligned with strategic objectives, managing the multi-million-pound income and expenditure budget for digital acquisition and lead generation. 
• Actively test and optimise new products, channels and propositions to maximise fundraising and engagement opportunities, analysing progress and results.
• Manage relationships with agencies and campaign stakeholders to deliver agreed KPIs and fundraising targets, monitoring performance and budgeted spend. 
• Ensure that prospective donors receive an excellent supporter experience, working closely with the fundraising and comms team to develop a seamless journey across channels, including email, paid media and telemarketing. 
• Working with communications colleagues to ensure the website and social media channels are up to date with key messages and reflect content related to lead generation and acquisition activities.
• Produce persuasive, high-quality email, social, display and web copy to motivate the public to act and donate and proofread and collect necessary feedback from relevant stakeholders and signatories in a timely manner.
• Remain flexible and quickly respond to emergency situations, identifying fundraising opportunities and develop relevant communications and journeys as needed, collaborating with colleagues from across the organisation. 
• Use data and insights to produce at minimum monthly reports on performance against KPIs and use analytics to identify trends and optimise activities based on user behaviour. 
• Stay up to date with digital best practices and technology, including sector trends and follow industry policies, including GDPR, PECR regulations, attending training and optimising plans accordingly.
• Stay up to date with issues affecting displaced communities, campaigns from international, content and reports from the field.
• Share creative and insights with UK colleagues, global teams, and HQ.
• Participate in training seminars, workshops, and skill shares where applicable. 
• Work collaboratively with digital engagement and communications colleagues to maximise fundraising and engagement opportunities.
• The role, in the future, may include line management responsibility.
• Complete any other tasks as outlined by the Head of Digital Fundraising. 

The above list is not exhaustive, and the post holder may be required to perform duties that are not detailed above. 

Personal Attributes and Experience  

Essential Experience 

• Substantial experience in digital marketing and fundraising, with a proven track record of planning and delivering multichannel campaigns, preferably within the charity sector. 
• Experience of working across a broad channel mix (social, web, email, SEO, SEM and other Direct Marketing channels would be advantageous).
• Experience of using digital channels for lead acquisition to grow a supporter base and deliver sustainable income.
• Experience of using data to effectively measure, evaluate and report on fundraising activities and KPIs across multiple channels.
• Experience of working with and managing external agencies and suppliers. 
• Experience managing an annual budget and forecasting income projections.
• Experience using Google Analytics and other analytic tools for tracking and analysis.

Essential Skills/Knowledge 

• Solid understanding of digital fundraising practices and principles.
• Excellent written communication skills: able to produce compelling, persuasive, and concise copy for a range of specific target audiences.
• Attention to detail and proofreading skills and an ability to give clear and constructive feedback on creative and copy.
• Experience working with Salesforce (or similar CRM platform).
• Experience working with Wordpress and iRaiser (or similar CMS/e-commerce platforms).
• Experience working with digital campaigning or advocacy platforms and tools. 
• Proven proficiency with design principles and tools (Canva/Adobe suite). 
• Proven knowledge and use of digital marketing tools, CRM databases, CMS experience, Email Marketing and Automation platforms. 
• Able to demonstrate flexibility and ability to quickly change and adapt plans. 
• Able to act proactively and identify new fundraising opportunities.
• Able to juggle and prioritise multiple tasks, meeting programme deadlines.
• Strong presentation, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent stakeholder and relationship management.
• An understanding of GDPR, PECR and other regulatory compliance for fundraising and electronic communication.

Desirable Skills/Experience 

• Experience using telemarketing to convert and cultivate prospective donors.
• Understanding of HTML and other coding languages.
• Experience of, or a passionate interest in, the charity sector and the drive to mobilise supporters to stand with refugees. 

WHY JOIN UNITED KINGDOM FOR UNHCR? 

You will be part of a high performing agile team of talented people, all committed to build solidarity and raise funds for refugees and displaced people worldwide. You will be working in a flexible, supportive and inclusive environment, where your work will be recognised and appraised. 

What else?

Wellbeing

• 28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays (or pro-rata for part time).
• Employee Assistance programme providing 24/7 access to online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing. 
• Hybrid and Flexible Working.
• Access to 100s of perks with discounts on everyday purchases.
• Office wellness perks.
• Discount on gym memberships. 
• Staff socials.

Financial

• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8%.
• Non-contributory group life assurance scheme.
• Non-contributory Income protection scheme.
• One-off contribution towards homeworking set up.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay.
• Enhanced sick pay scheme. 

Development

• Comprehensive training and continuing development opportunities.
• Individual training budget. 

 
HOW TO APPLY

If you have the relevant skills and the passion to use them to support refugees, please apply by completing our application form which is available in the documents section.  

Closing date: Midnight, Tuesday 24th September. 

Interviews date: w/c 30th September.

If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation, please contact us on the email address on our online portal. We will make every effort to respond to your request for assistance as soon as possible.

United Kingdom for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is registered with the Charity Commission (England & Wales), charity no. 1183415. It is the UK national partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency.

Digital Officer
Aldgate, London
£36,707 pa plus excellent benefits
Full-time (35 hours per week)
12 month fixed-term contract

We have an opportunity for a Digital Officer to support the day-to-day running of the College website. You will work closely with staff, members and volunteers to produce, manage and improve content for the website. As part of a small and busy team, this role would suit someone who enjoys collaboration and working with a range of stakeholders.    

We are going through an exciting period of digital transformation and this role will work on a variety of digital projects to support this area of work. The role will also provide support on a project to move our website onto a new content management system (CMS.)    

You’ll have experience of website editing and using CMSs, with strong technical knowledge. In addition, you will be comfortable scoping and testing new website developments, working alongside our web developers. You’ll have the ability to draft and edit engaging copy for the web, adhering to a house style. You’ll also have excellent communications skills to develop positive working relationships with colleagues and members. An interest in medicine, science or healthcare would be advantageous but is not essential.  

The College is a professional membership organisation dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of pathology. There are currently approximately 12,000 members, all of whom are pathologists based in hospitals, universities and laboratories in the UK and overseas. The College’s main tasks are to set and maintain training standards for doctors and scientists, to advice on the appointment of consultant pathologists, to ensure the membership is kept up to date with current practice through the continuing professional development scheme, and to promote the latest developments in pathology by holding scientific meetings.

The College’s mission is to promote excellence in the practice of pathology and to be responsible for maintaining standards through training, assessments, examinations and professional development.

We offer attractive staff benefits including 25 days annual leave (pro rata) rising with length of service, an employee discount scheme, and season tickets, as well as a cycle to work scheme. The College values diversity, welcoming applications from all members of society. We offer a mix of remote (home) and office working, with hybrid working arrangements in place.

The closing date for applications is 9am, Monday 23 September 2024.

We may close this vacancy early if we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible

Interviews currently scheduled to happen w/c 7 October 2024

Emmaus Oxford is in the process of setting up a digital learning centre to deliver accredited digital literacy qualifications to our companions [what we call those ex-homeless men and women that form our community]. People experiencing socio-economic exclusion are further marginalised if they lack basic digital skills. A lack of digital proficiency can prevent companions at Emmaus from successfully engaging in essential life tasks, such as applying for jobs and housing, completing online forms (e.g. universal credit forms), paying bills, managing bank accounts, as well as day-to-day activities like booking / attending remote GP appointments.

We are conducting a 20-week pilot to deliver the Essential Digital Skills (EDS) Level 1 Qualification. The qualification will be offered onsite in our learning hub. Your role, as digital coach, will be to deliver the course to companions in a manner that supports their individual learning and well-being needs. The role includes recording lessons learned and making recommendations on the roll-out of further digital skills qualifications and courses

The Digital Coach will be responsible to deliver the Essential Digital Skills (EDS) Level 1 Qualification Pilot Project. You will support companions to develop digital and life skills so that they realise their full potential to find employment and move on from Emmaus when they are ready.

So, if you have great communications skills, experience of digital training and supporting people with complex needs and a positive “can do” attitude we would love to hear from you. You will be joining a friendly and enthusiastic team who are passionate about what they do.

To apply please download an application form and send your completed application form, a supporting statement showing: ‘why you want the job’, ‘what you will bring to the team’ and ‘how you meet the person specification’ and the additional details form by 9:00am on 23rd September 

Interviews will be held week commencing 30th September 2024.

Closing date for applications: 16 October 2024, 23:59 (BST)

Organisation: Scriptoria Sustainable Development Solutions

Contract: Full time, permanent

Location: Flexible (UK only): remote and/or London office, plus possible business travel

Salary: £35,000

Start date: ASAP

Are you a friendly and outgoing communications professional interested in working for the Communications Services team in a value-driven company that’s focused on doing good? If you’re creative and highly organised with demonstrated experience producing first-class social media and online digital/video content, and confident coordinating and delivering a range of communications projects, then this is the job for you.

Who are we

Scriptoria is a values-driven, ethically focused company with a strong international reputation for excellence. We specialise in helping third-sector and research clients around the world with their work to tackle sustainable development, poverty reduction, health, and climate and environmental issues. We work with governments, foundations, research institutes and international development organisations globally. The company is made up of four service-delivery teams: Communications, Training, Data and Software, and Consulting.

Who we are looking for

Our Communications Services team is seeking a talented Communications Officer, Social Media and Digital, with a background in sustainable development, science or health communications. The successful applicant will be educated to degree level with at least a 2:1 or 1st class honours degree.

You will need to be creative with the ability to produce social media campaigns, digital content and videos, and lead the development of engaging websites to tell our clients’ stories. Plus, you’ll need to be highly organised and able to juggle multiple tasks to coordinate and deliver a wide range of engaging communications materials. You should also be open to travel, as the role could require you to visit projects in Africa or Asia.

What you will do

You’ll lead our social media and digital services for international development and research organisations around the world, as well as coordinating and providing advice on a range of other communications projects – covering topics such as climate change, health, poverty reduction, social equity, agriculture, water resources management, and green cities. You’ll need to think strategically and creatively, respond effectively to emerging trends, and help our team develop and grow.

Your role will include:

• Leading social media and digital communications services: you will conceptualise, coordinate and deliver social media campaigns, videos, websites, newsletters and other digital products for our clients – leading innovative content strategies that drive engagement.
• Content creation: you will create social media content and assets, graphics, videos and animations. You will also develop design templates and mock-ups, format presentations and Microsoft Word documents, produce event materials and make website updates.
• Project management: you will be the main point of contact for specific clients and projects, gathering requests for new products and services, and coordinating content development and graphic design work with other team members to ensure that projects are delivered efficiently and effectively. This may lead to overseas trips for some clients.
• Managing Scriptoria’s social media and website: you will lead Scriptoria’s external social media marketing and ensure our website and digital landscape remains dynamic and up to date. You will test and advise the team on new tools or programs.
• Business development as part of the team: you will explain our work to potential new clients, showcase our many successful projects, increase the amount of digital work flowing into the company, and so ensure that Scriptoria’s Communications team moves from strength to strength.

Working at Scriptoria

This role offers the opportunity to get involved in a variety of projects, gain experience in different areas and contribute to the diverse range of services that Scriptoria provides. As a small and collaborative team, we are looking for an enthusiastic team player who is happy to support a variety of tasks and develop further skills, as needed, in the role.

Our staff have the flexibility to work wholly or partly from home or from our office in Tooting, South-West London, during regular operational hours (08:30–17:30; 40 hours/week). If working from home, staff must have a working environment suitable for holding video-call meetings with clients. Wherever you work, you will interact regularly with other team members to share skills and exchange ideas.

You will have 25 days of annual leave per year, plus UK public holidays.

Key skills and experience required

1. A 2:1 or 1st class honours degree in a subject area relevant to our work. A postgraduate qualification would be an advantage.
2. A minimum of five years’ work experience in a communications role.
3. Extensive knowledge and use of social media channels (X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram etc.), marketing platforms (e.g. for newsletters) and management tools (e.g. Hootsuite).
4. Experience using a range of tools to create digital communications materials (e.g. Canva and video editing software; Illustrator and Premier Pro would be an advantage) and content management systems (e.g. WordPress).
5. Understanding of the digital landscape, emerging trends, tools and best practices in social media and digital communications (including SEO, UI, UX, Information Architecture).
6. Demonstrated experience developing and implementing social media, digital and campaign strategies, and using reporting and analytics tools – with proven success in driving engagement and followers.
7. Strong creative flair with a strong understanding of best-practice design principles.
8. Strong project management skills and the ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and cope flexibly with a range of jobs to meet (and exceed) client expectations.
9. Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills, with strong attention to detail.

Desirable characteristics

• Motivated and driven, with a strong desire to expand and build the company’s social media and digital communications services work, including building a team around you.
• Innovative, able to think outside the box and develop inspiring campaigns and products that stand out and showcase our clients’ amazing work.

How to apply

Please email the following to apply:

• CV and a one-page (one-side) cover letter. In your cover letter please (a) explain briefly why you would like to work for Scriptoria and why you’re the type of person we are looking for, and (b) outline how you meet the criteria for the job, making clear reference to the numbered list above. Please include examples of your most relevant experience, using specific examples wherever possible.
• A statement of when you would be available to start work, where you saw this job advertised, and confirming that you have the right to work in the UK.

Please apply by 16 October 2024, 23:59 (BST)

N.B. By submitting your application to us you agree for Scriptoria to retain your details in line with GDPR. These will only be used in relation to recruitment.

Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on a rolling basis. Invitations to interview may be sent to candidates before the closing date for applications. Our advice is to apply early.

Please note: if you do not receive a response from us within six weeks of the deadline then we have not decided to proceed any further with your application.

Location: Either in one of our global offices (Kenya, Senegal, Madagascar, Belize, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Bristol or London - UK), or home-based within countries where Blue Ventures has administrative capacity (Mozambique, Tanzania) 

Closing date for applications: 22 September 2024

Start date: As soon as possible

Contract duration: Permanent

Remuneration: Competitive based on experience

Grade: B1 

Organisation overview

Blue Ventures is an award-winning marine conservation organisation working to rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities. We’re committed to protecting marine biodiversity in ways that benefit coastal people. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies and where there is a fundamental unmet need to support human development, thriving fishers and thriving oceans.

Position in organisation

The Global Digital Lead is a pivotal role within our global team, responsible for setting the overall strategic direction for our digital capabilities from an internal perspective. This role reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer and collaborates closely with the global finance and operations teams.

Summary job description

The Global Digital Lead will oversee the digital transformation of Blue Ventures, evaluating our current tech stack and developing a digital transformation roadmap to ensure the organisation uses the appropriate digital tools and software for collaboration and communication. This role will manage all software systems, including financial software, CRM, communication software, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, file management, workflow, and collaboration software. Additionally, the Global Digital Lead will be responsible for ensuring that the organisation is set up to succeed from a hardware perspective, managing the procurement and efficient use of hardware across various regions.

For full job description, please find attached. 

I am excited to be working with an amazing international huma rights charity in search of a Digital Assistant. This is an immediate start, part-time (30hrs per week), London based hybrid (1 day in office bi-weekly) role for around 3-months. As the Digital Assistant your role will be to support the maintenance, development, reporting and monitoring of the organisation’s website.

Main duties:

Create visually appealing pages using the WordPress Gutenberg page builder in collaboration with colleagues, providing guidance on layout and content presentation.

Implement content updates on the WordPress CMS, ensuring the site is dynamic and up to date, including refreshing hero banners based on agreed priorities.

Study site analytics and make recommendations for UX improvements to address user pain points.

Ensure accessibility compliance, regularly monitoring the site for accessibility, making fixes, and suggesting improvements.

Troubleshoot bugs or errors under the guidance of the HDE and escalate to the web development agency when necessary.

Conduct quality assurance using tools like Google Search Console, performance checks, and broken link checker software.

Advise colleagues on on-page SEO, using Yoast to improve page rankings.

Provide support to web editors by troubleshooting upload issues and assisting with the creation and approval of web resources to ensure adherence to style guidelines and upload procedures.

Onboard new web editors, giving training sessions and updating the web editor’s guide and style guide when necessary.

Source and edit photography for news stories and web pages, maintaining an organized image folder structure with properly labelled and captioned images.

Assist with monthly website reports, using tools such as Matomo.

Review and action web contact requests, providing timely support with requests based on HDE guidance.

Support digital development projects as requested by the HDE.

Maintain the CRM by supporting data updates as necessary.

Process supplier invoices and assist with administrative tasks related to digital projects.

If you have the above skills and experience and are immediately available, please apply online today!

Digital Editor

Contract: 12-month fixed term contract, to start as soon as possible. Full-time (35 hours per week)

Salary: £39,358 – £41,325 (depending on experience) with excellent benefits 

Location: London, UK
Hybrid working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

About WaterAid:
Want to use your skills in digital content production to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.

Join WaterAid as Digital Editor to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. 

About the Team:
Fundraising and communications at WaterAid is ambitious, dynamic and rewarding. This post sits within the Digital Content and Experience team (DCX), which manages our online platforms and content, and delivers unique digital experiences designed to raise awareness, inspire brand love and stimulate action through a variety of channels. The team also supports WaterAid colleagues globally.

The Digital Content and Experience team is part of the Communications Department within the Communications and Fundraising Directorate. The team is at the forefront of sector-leading, award-winning campaigns and products, thanks to a multi-disciplinary outlook and a test-and-learn culture. 

About the Role:
As our creative and meticulous Digital Editor you will take day-to-day responsibility for content on WaterAid's UK audience focussed digital channels, creating high-quality, user-centred material which compels people to act, while communicating organisational priorities.

In this role, you will create, commission and publish first-class digital content in a variety of formats (text, image, video etc.) to support our communications, fundraising and advocacy objectives, across web, social and email.

You’ll also: 

• Act as digital lead for select projects, planning and developing web, social and email components, working across all levels to influence, advise and negotiate this content.
• Work closely with colleagues across Fundraising and Communications to ensure integration and consistency of messages with all campaign activity, and ensuring content meets the needs of identified audiences. 
• Demonstrate a meticulous attention to spelling, grammar and editorial style, adhering to guidelines and ensuring copy is suitable for its target audience.
• Analyse web, email and social traffic data to maximise the potential of all content.

About You:

• A track record in, and passion for, digital communications and copywriting.    
• A solid understanding of content design, SEO techniques, user experience and web accessibility.
• Proficiency in Google Analytics, analysing large amounts of data and making decisions that bring about positive change.
• Significant experience of working with content management systems and basic HTML. 
• Strategic understanding of the social media landscape, platform best practice and social media marketing.

Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:

• Excellent stakeholder and project management skills, diplomacy, written and verbal communication skills.  
• Experience in the third sector in a digital content role.  
• Experience of producing videos for social media. 
• Experience of using an email service provider such as Dotdigital.

Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 22nd September 2024. Availability for interview is required the week commencing 30 September via Microsoft Teams.

How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click ‘Apply’. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format. 

Pre-employment screening: In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. All our vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.

Our Benefits:

• 36 days' holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangement
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free annual eye tests
• Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
• Sabbaticals
• Volunteer Day

Our Commitment

Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have.  We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.  

Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.

Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.

At a time when our digital offering is expanding, we are now looking for a Digital Projects and Infrastructure Assistant. This post is ideal for someone who has some prior digital experience and is looking for an opportunity to grow.

Reporting to the Digital Projects Manager you will work within a passionate digital team, providing support to the team’s workflow, including key digital initiatives such as digital projects, and infrastructure enhancements.

You will support the Digital Projects & Infrastructure team to develop project briefs, embed digital products within the organisation and advocate for the use of compliant and approved digital tools.

You will have a good familiarity with digital tools, and an up-to-date knowledge of digital innovations.

If you are ambitious, looking for your next challenge, and would like to play a key role in The Salvation Army’s digital growth, this could be the role you’re looking for.

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Working hours: 35 hours per week minimum

Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 22nd Sep 2024

Interview Date: w/c 30 September 2024

Benefits 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time) a contributory pension scheme; an employee assistance programme

Additional Salary information £30,404 per annum (working a minimum of 40% across each month at our London Headquarters) or £27,146 (Less than 40% attendance at our London Office)

Appointment subject to satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK.

Location: At The Salvation Army we strive to make flexible work arrangements available to everyone. Therefore, for this position, we are open to considering options that meet your needs and the needs of the department. Our flexible options include agile working (a mix of remote and a minimum of 40% Office Based), agile flex (Less than 40% office based), home-based working (irregular office attendance less than 1 day per month at a Salvation Army site), job sharing and compressed hours (full-time hours condensed into a shorter week).

For details of how to prove your right to work in the UK please visit the Government website and search ‘Right to Work’ and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship. 

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.

The Talent Set are working with a well established medical charity who are seeking their next Digital Marketing Officer. This is a chance to join a team at a pioneering organisation driving transformative change through its impactful work and research. This role offers an opportunity to take charge of their digital channels and bring creativity and innovation to their marketing efforts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and create compelling digital content for their website, social media channels, and email marketing campaigns. From promoting key events to increasing fundraising efforts, your work will shape our online presence.
• Optimise digital platforms to boost traffic and engagement. You will focus on improving user experience, ensuring the website is SEO-optimised and delivering accurate analytics.
• Take ownership of social media accounts, creating dynamic campaigns that enhance our brand visibility and engagement with a wide audience.
• Regularly assess the performance of digital marketing activities using tools like Google Analytics, providing insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.

Person Specification:

•  A proven track record in managing digital campaigns, ideally with experience in fundraising or charity sectors. Familiarity with email marketing platforms, SEO, and social media management is essential.
• You’ll need a creative flair and a strategic mindset to produce content that resonates with our supporters and stakeholders.
• Experience with content management systems (CMS), Google Analytics, and social media scheduling tools will be crucial.
• You’ll have the ability to analyse performance metrics and adapt strategies to enhance results.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.
We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.