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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.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Vacancy Reference Number:
UI/UX-D/C&D/FR/UK-R1
Position title:
UI/UX Designer
Reports to:
Creative and Brand Manager
Location:
HYBRID with some travel to our Nottingham or London offices
(Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE OR Muslim Hands UK, 595-597 Commercial Road, London, E1 0HJ.)
Hours of Work:
Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary guideline:
(Up to) £35,000.00 per annum (commensurate with experience)
Terms of Employment:
12-Months’ Fixed Term Contract (subject to successfully completing a 6-Month Probationary Period)
Application Process & Closing Date:
Please send an introductory email telling us why you are suitable for the role along with your CV and 3 samples of recent work by no later than 18th April 2024. Use Vacancy Reference Number and your NAME in the Subject Line.
Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):
Interviews: AS AND WHEN SUITABLE APPLICANTS IDENTIFIED
Start: ASAP
Note: Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold an Online Interview with Muslim Hands; therefore, please familiarise yourself with ZOOM, MS Teams, and Skype post successful submission of your application.
Other Information:
Muslim Hands is a UK based international relief organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. The Head Office in Nottingham and a fundraising team in Whitechapel London; occasional travel between the two locations. Muslim Hands UK is seeking an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our team during an exciting period of growth and change as we have ambitious plans to grow our activities by 2025.
Muslim Hands is an NGO that is at the forefront of delivering live saving aid and emergency relief to those who need it most, as well as building long term solutions that help the needy and impoverished worldwide.
The Fundraising team is active, diverse and dynamic and is set up to deliver and turn around tasks efficiently in a fast-moving sector. We thrive on new and creative ideas, always keeping the needs of our donors first and foremost.
The Role:
The UI/UX designer will be responsible for producing an effective, visually appealing and intuitive digital experience for our donors. The ideal candidate will be skilled in both UI and UX design, with a strong understanding of user-cantered design principles. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to produce user-centric engaging designs for our new website redesign and upcoming mobile application.
Reporting to the Creative and Brand Manager, you will also act as a guardian of our brand identity.
Responsibilities:
· Create high quality, engaging designs for the new website redesign and upcoming new mobile application which will allow us to better communicate and engage with our donors and potential donors. This is a key project for FY24, and will take up most of your time within this role – key tasks to support our digital transformation include but not limited to:
o Produce wireframes, flows, mock ups and prototypes which put the donor at the heart of the journey.
o Iterate designs based on feedback and user testing.
o Ensure consistency and brand integrity across all design elements.
· Collaborate with developers and marketing professionals to deliver designs based on learnings. You will be part of a team of three creatives, headed up by the Creative and Brand Manager.
· Support in conducting user research and testing.
· Support in creation of other creative assets as needed, especially during our busiest period over Ramadan.
· Communicate ideas and designs through storyboards, site maps and process flows.
· Stay up to date with industry trends and new tools.
Person specification:
· Proficient in design tools such as Adobe and Figma.
· Proven experience in UX and UI design.
· A self-starter, able to work independently to deadlines.
· Strong communication skills.
· Strong project management skills.
· Comfortable in an agile fundraising environment.
· Creative thinker and problem solver.
· Passionate about supporting the world’s most vulnerable and alleviating poverty.
· Eager to learn new skills – were we will support your career development.
Essential for Successful Postholder to:
- Possess the ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
- Be able to either:
1. Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands;
OR
2. Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.
AND
- Demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach and conduct
- Support with other Fundraising activities from time-to-time, committing to partake in live TV-Appeals during our peak periods.
- Undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by Line Manager
- Promote and adhere to all Muslim Hands Policies, Procedures and Professional Practices
How to Apply
Please send an introductory email telling us why you are suitable for the role along with your CV and 3 samples of recent work by no later than 18th April 2024. Please note your application may not be considered if you do not send a covering letter.
We reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found ahead of the advertised closing date
NB: This Job Description is illustrative and non-exhaustive in scope. The post-holder may be required to undertake any reasonable tasks as and when required by Line Manager from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the Organisation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Raising Futures Kenya is an award-winning small UK charity, working closely alongside a wonderful partner NGO in Kenya to deliver a hugely successful vocational training and business skills programme called Seed of Hope.
Since 2002 Seed of Hope has supported over 4,000 disadvantaged young people aged 14-25 in Kenya with the opportunity to learn a skilled trade, computer skills and business skills. Many of these young people are unable to finish their formal education as they are experiencing poverty, so our courses are completely free, to ensure no-one is excluded from the opportunity to learn.
Our free training courses also address any of the barriers which may stop a young person from being able to learn. We offer the Seed of Hope students in Kenya;
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free lunches everyday, you can’t learn when you’re hungry.
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menstrual hygiene packs to ensure girls don’t miss lessons because they can’t afford sanitary pads.
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childcare vouchers to ensure young mothers can learn.
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Life skills lessons addressing sexual and reproductive health, gender based violence, knowing and asserting your rights, advocating for gender equality etc.
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and perhaps most importantly, counselling and mental health support. Many young students are coping with the most unimaginable trauma and mental health conditions.
We’re here to support young people with whatever they need in order for them to achieve their best in their training course and to go on to secure a job, or start a small business.
We are looking for a talented storyteller and writer to join our small team in the UK and create exceptional content. You’ll support with crafting engaging funding applications, which stand out from the crowd and capture the funders hearts. You’ll create bright and positive social media and blog posts to share the uplifting stories of students and graduates from Seed of Hope and grow our online supporter base, in turn increasing our donors.
We don’t mind if you don’t have charity experience, we’re willing to train you and show you what we do. We are looking for someone who can write excellent content and showcase what we do.
Hours: 14 hours per week, to be worked as either full 7 hour days, or spreading the hours across the week. Regular days and hours to be agreed in advance.
Salary: £28,000 (pro-rata for 14 hours a week)
Pension: 3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution (opt-out available).
Contract: 1 year fixed term contract. With a view to making it permanent if resources allow.
Base: The role will be home-based and require your own computer. Occasional travel may be required for meetings, expenses will be paid in accordance with our Expenses Policy. Our other 2 part-time staff are based in Sussex, but you can be anywhere in the UK. You must have the right to work in the UK.
To apply
Please take a look at the role description and person specification and if this seems like a perfect fit for you, please send us your CV, or download of your LinkedIn profile, along with a cover letter (max 2 pages) telling us why you’d be the best person for the job to Kirsty Erridge, CEO by Wednesday 17th April 9am.
We believe in a fair recruitment process
We won’t bring the closing date forward, so you can plan when you have time to apply. We’ll notify everyone who applies of the result of their application. We’ll share interview questions in advance, so you can prepare. We share the exact pay we can afford, not a scale, so you don’t have to start your role with a negotiation.
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!
Please visit out website for current openings
Job description: Social Media Manager
Full time contract. Up to £33k
Hybrid with some travel to London or Notts office.
Job purpose:
The Social Media Manager will lead our social media strategy to drive engagement thorough all social channels. From post planning, scheduling and creating content to reporting and optimising our content across both organic social media as well as paid social.
If the outline above excites you and you want to join us to make the difference - APPLY TODAY!!
Please see Full Details of the Role attached.
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!
Vacancy Reference Number:
ME/C&D/FR/UK-R1
Position title:
Marketing Executive
Reports to:
Social Media Manager
Location:
HYBRID with some travel to our Nottingham or London offices
(Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE OR Muslim Hands UK, 595-597 Commercial Road, London, E1 0HJ.)
Hours of Work:
Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary guideline:
(Up to) £24,000.00 per annum (commensurate with experience)
Terms of Employment:
12-Months’ Fixed Term Contract (subject to successfully completing a 6-Month Probationary Period)
Application Process & Closing Date:
Please send an introductory email telling us why you are suitable for the role along with your CV and 3 samples of recent work by no later than 19th April 2024. Use Vacancy Reference Number and your NAME in the Subject Line.
Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):
Interviews: AS AND WHEN SUITABLE APPLICANTS IDENTIFIED
Start: ASAP
Note: Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold an Online Interview with Muslim Hands; therefore, please familiarise yourself with ZOOM, MS Teams, and Skype post successful submission of your application.
Other Information:
Muslim Hands is a UK based international relief organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. The Head Office in Nottingham and a fundraising team in Whitechapel London; occasional travel between the two locations. Muslim Hands UK is seeking an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our team during an exciting period of growth and change as we have ambitious plans to grow our activities by 2025.
Muslim Hands is an NGO that is at the forefront of delivering live saving aid and emergency relief to those who need it most, as well as building long term solutions that help the needy and impoverished worldwide.
The Fundraising team is active, diverse and dynamic and is set up to deliver and turn around tasks efficiently in a fast-moving sector. We thrive on new and creative ideas, always keeping the needs of our donors first and foremost.
The Role:
The Marketing Executive will support the delivery of our marketing strategy across channels such as organic social media, paid social, paid media, as well as supporting offline marketing efforts. You will report to the Social Media Manager, but this role will support across all of the marketing functions. We’re seeking a team player, with a willingness to learn, and a passion for supporting the beneficiaries we serve.
Responsibilities:
· You will support the delivery of our marketing strategy across all existing channels, as well as new ones we seek to test. This includes but is not limited to:
o Support on organic social media including the creating, scheduling and reporting of content across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and LinkedIn with support from the Social Media Manager.
o Support on paid social media including the creation, scheduling, optimising and reporting of content across Meta and TikTok with support from the Social Media Manager.
o Support of our paid search efforts in accordance with our agency’s directions.
o Support on the TV appeals, OOH, events and more as needed.
· You will support the Social Media Manager and Marketing Manager with administrative tasks as needed.
· You will take part in campaign planning and creative brainstorming sessions, showcasing a confidence to share ideas on how we can fundraise and communicate with our donors successfully.
· Engage with key followers of our social media accounts including influencer management, strategy and reporting.
· Time will be split across all marketing functions with an emphasis on social media marketing.
Person specification:
· Experience in an agile fundraising environment where priorities can change without warning.
· Test and learn mindset to deliver the best performing marketing activities.
· Data driven to optimise performance across channels.
· Experience in Meta, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest and TikTok.
· Stays up to date with social media trends including new social channels.
· Willingness to learn and get stuck in with fundraising efforts which may fall outside of this role’s usual remit, such as TV appeals.
· Good organisational and time management skills.
· Strong copywriting skills including the ability to story-tell.
· Creative thinker to do things differently.
· Strong communicator and able to work collaboratively.
· Ideally degree level education.
Essential for Successful Postholder to:
- Possess the ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
- Be able to either:
1. Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands;
OR
2. Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.
AND
- Demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach and conduct
- Support with other Fundraising activities from time-to-time, committing to partake in live TV-Appeals during our peak periods.
- Undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by Line Manager
- Promote and adhere to all Muslim Hands Policies, Procedures and Professional Practices
How to Apply
Please send an introductory email telling us why you are suitable for the role along with your CV and 3 samples of recent work by no later than 19th April 2024. Please note your application may not be considered if you do not send a covering letter.
We reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found ahead of the advertised closing date
NB: This Job Description is illustrative and non-exhaustive in scope. The post-holder may be required to undertake any reasonable tasks as and when required by Line Manager from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the Organisation.
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.