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Project Coordinator

We have an exciting new role that will support the Programme Director in the technical, functional and administrative aspects of project delivery and oversight as the charity develops and implements a transformational organisation redesign.

Position: Project Coordinator

Location: Homebased

Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 per annum

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (flexible working)

Contract: Fixed term until 31/07/2025, with a view to extending up to 18 to 24 months

Closing Date: 10am, 17th June 2024

About the Role

As Project Coordinator you will support the oversight and delivery of the array of projects that fall within the Transformation Programme scope, to ensure that the vision, benefits, and value of this programme are fully realised whilst retaining a fully operational BAU.

About You

As Project Coordinator, you will bring with you the following key skills and experience:

• be able to demonstrate the ability to be proactive and solution focused, organised and methodical with a high attention to detail and have the ability to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and partners and use appropriate language/influencing skills,
• previous project management experience related to change management or in a mixed BAU/project delivery dynamic is desirable but not essential,
• prior knowledge of work scheduling, decision logging, RAI&D mapping and change control would also be beneficial but not essential,
• Strong IT skills including SharePoint and Excel are essential.

About the organisation:

This unique charity connects people and green spaces to deliver lasting outcomes for both, their vision is Healthier, Happier Communities for Everyone. They believe that green spaces are an essential part of healthy, happy communities.

The outcomes of their work:

Environment: Green spaces are created, protected and improved, for nature and for people.
Communities: Communities are stronger, working together to improve the places where people live and tackle the issues that matter to them.
Health & Wellbeing: People improve their physical and mental health & wellbeing, by being outdoors, active and connected with others.
Learning & Skills: People improve their confidence, skills and prospects, through learning inspired by the outdoors.

Join in, feel good.

The organisation is committed to increasing equality, diversity and inclusion. This means reflecting critically on issues of equality, diversity and inclusion within all that it does, identifying and taking appropriate actions to reduce inequality. We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, heritage, gender, sexuality, religion or socio-economic background.

Other roles you may have experience of could include Project Manager, Project Lead, Project Coordinator, etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation. #INDNFP

Our Business Engagement Coordinator plays a key role in developing and implementing a compelling package for  organisations to support FareShare GM (FSGM) which includes running corporate days (onsite team building and volunteering) as well as other ways for organisations to engage with us such as sponsorship, fundraising activities, events and so on. 

Alongside helping develop funding packages that support our important work, you'll take a proactive lead in coordinating the activities of our corporate partners and helping us identify new partnerships.  You'll build and maintain positive relationships with all our stakeholders including FareShare UK, our customers and the wider community to optimise the benefits of corporate engagement activities.

The successful candidate will need to: 

• have proven experience in building relationships with external stakeholders
• have strong communication skills including creating and giving presentations and writing compelling content for external audiences
• have a proven ability to work independently, set priorities and manage deadlines
• be able to work calmly and efficiently in a busy office environment
• have experience gathering, maintaining and analysing data for reporting purpose
• be enthusiastic about what we do and be able to share that with others
• have strong IT literacy and numeracy skills

We are Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking. 

We want to create a nation where walking is the natural choice for everyday, local journeys; free from congested roads and pollution, reducing the risk of preventable illnesses and social isolation. We want to achieve a better walking environment and to inspire people of all generations to enjoy the benefits the simple act of walking brings.

Join us and together we will create a walking nation.

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our team as Project Coordinators to coordinate the delivery of the Walk to School Outreach (WTSO) project. 

You will be part of a team responsible for ensuring the project achieves its behaviour change aims, as agreed by the funder. This includes but is not limited to recruiting new schools onto the project, keeping active schools engaged, organising the distribution of resources, behaviour change activities and ensuring monitoring and record keeping systems are up to date. You will also support the project aims of identifying and recommending improvements, to overcome barriers to walking all the way to school.

You will occasionally be required on site and will therefore live within a reasonable travel distance by public transport, of one the following areas:

-    NE/Tees Valley
-    York, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
-    Hull, NE Lincs
-    Cumbria, North Lancs
-    Nottingham, Warwickshire
-    Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire
-    Milton Keynes, Luton, Bedford

Living Streets is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk; and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be subject to background and criminal records checks as relevant to the job role.

We will be conducting rolling interviews. If we successfully recruit to all roles, Living Streets reserves the right to close the application window early. Please therefore submit your application as soon as possible.

Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide. 

Corporate Performance: A growing number of companies and financial institutions are seeking to mitigate their impacts on nature. But many have made commitments that are not being met, and others are failing to take any action at all. Through our Corporate Performance work and Forest 500 project, we assess the policies and performance of influential companies and financial institutions. Our newly launched Deforestation Action Tracker monitors financial institutions with significant climate commitments to track their action on deforestation and associated human rights abuses.

We also support financial institutions and investors by providing a suite of guidance including our Deforestation-free finance Roadmap, Pensions Guidance and our Deforestation-free investment mandate. And we support the finance sector, policy makers and other stakeholders by providing market-leading data on deforestation and ESG metrics through our Forest IQ project. 

You will be part of a leading, multinational, multidisciplinary, and multilingual team of experts, delivering this exciting program in a way that is effective, manageable and fun! We value diversity, inclusivity and creativity at the core of what we do.

This role sits in the Forest IQ team, along with a Research Associate, a Project Manager and the Forest IQ Lead. The Researcher will take on responsibility for the development and maintenance of the Forest IQ data held in its database, including the implementation of updates and ensuring the smooth addition of new datasets and indicators.  Alongside other research responsibilities required of the role, you will draw insights from this research which inform Global Canopy’s work and provide content for communication products and engagement strategies.

To be successful in this role,  these are the things that will matter the most: 

• Data management and analysis skills

• Ability and initiative to take ownership of developing and carrying out research plans 

• Highly organised and able to set/agree to realistic plans 

• Proactive and independent approach to managing own work 

• Strong communication skills 

• Ability to communicate complex ideas to non-expert audiences in writing and verbally

• Ability to think creatively and identify innovative ways to use existing and new data and metrics to strengthen Forest IQ

• Ability to problem solve and identify opportunities for improvement in existing systems, research approaches, and ways of working

• Ability to work in a team and to follow shared project plans

Education, Experience, and Knowledge

• Experience in research work, and production of analysis, including in an applied setting.

• Experience producing methodologies and awareness of key methodological concepts.

• Experience in working on related issues such as sustainability, international development, corporate social responsibility, finance, deforestation.

• Knowledge of relevant IT packages including everyday office suites.

• Depending on the area of research, knowledge and use of GIS, R-scripts, statistical testing/data analysis software would be an advantage. 

• Depending on the research area, if you have knowledge of languages other than English, in particular Portuguese, Spanish or Bahasa Indonesian, there could be opportunities to use them.

At Global Canopy, we value diversity and inclusion. You can read our diversity statement on our website. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to having a team with a diverse set of skills, experiences and abilities. We are committed to reducing systemic barriers in our recruitment processes. 

Global Canopy works on issues of tropical deforestation. We are particularly interested in strengthening our team to include those with a background from forest regions such as Latin America and South East Asia. We welcome applications from people from these regions.

Global Canopy is an inclusive employer and accommodations will be made to allow anyone who requires additional support to apply for this role. Please get in touch with us if you require any additional support.

To find out more, download the recruitment pack or visit our website. 

Prospectus is delighted to support Material Focus to recruit for a Local Authority Partnerships Officer.  They’re an independent, not for profit organisation on a mission to stop electricals being hoarded and thrown away, and ensure they’re reused and recycled instead. To do this, they fund technical research on the barriers to recycling; work with partners to improve the current system; and make it easier for people to change their behaviour through their nationwide Recycle Your Electricals campaign.

The focus of this role is to make it easier for local authorities to help their residents reuse and recycle their unwanted electricals. You will help support local authorities by supporting them to effectively use and develop our campaign communications, carrying out desk-based research and communicating with potential local authorities about how Material Focus can help support them and encourage them to take part in the Recycle Your Electricals campaign.

You will contact local authorities and provide advice and guidance on how best Material Focus can help support them, attend conferences and support with presentations to key stakeholders, gather data and evaluation information to highlight the work of the team and monitor progress. Ultimately, you will be working with the Local Authority and Environmental Partnerships Manager to identify marketing and communications opportunities where we can promote our core message and educate and motivate more people to recycle their electricals.
 
Material Focus is looking for someone with experience of building effective relationships and working collaboratively, including with external partners, Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage work with attention to detail and comfortable collecting and analysing data.
 
At Prospectus, we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

Prospectus is delighted to support Material Focus to recruit for an Environmental Partnership Officer. Material Focus is an independent not-for-profit established to help the UK meet its electrical reuse and recycling targets. They fund technical research on the barriers to recycling; work with partners to improve the current systems; and make it easier for people to change their behaviour through their nationwide Recycle Your Electricals campaign.

This role is part of their work to improve the UK electrical recycling system. All businesses who manufacture, import and sell electricals (producers and retailers) in the UK must comply with environmental obligations. These include ensuring electricals are responsibly recycled to protect natural resources, and manage waste. Businesses who don’t comply are called ‘Freeriders’.

This role will support the Local Authority and Environmental Partnerships Manager to educate electrical producers and retailers on their environmental obligations. You will carry out desk based research to help identify, map out and contact new and existing electrical producers and retailers (on and offline). And you’ll work with the inhouse team to develop communications and toolkits to help these businesses understand their environmental obligations. You’ll also work with the Environment Agency who are responsible for managing and investigating any potential ‘Freeriders’.
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Material Focus is looking for someone with excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage work with attention to detail and comfortable collecting and analysing data. As well as any additional experience of building effective relationships and working collaboratively, including with external partners.

At Prospectus, we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

LWS Ecologist - Species Survival Fund: 'Bogs and Bitterns'
Salary: £28,544 - £31,025
Contract type: Fixed term until end of December 2025
Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Callow Rock, Shipham Gorge, Cheddar, with opportunities for hybrid working

“Bogs and Bitterns": Somerset Wetland Restoration is one of twenty schemes being funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund.

As Project Ecologist you will be at the forefront of delivering, working with landowners and communities to undertake the survey and monitoring work across Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) in Somerset.

This project is funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund. The fund was developed by Defra and its Arm's-Length Bodies. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency. “Bogs and Bitterns: Somerset Wetland restoration is one of twenty schemes being funded across the country. Within our project area we aim to deliver 50 hectares of wetland habitat, restoring and expanding to improve and create quality ‘stepping stone’ sites of high quality biodiversity and to enable species abundance across the wider county.

As Project Ecologist you will be at the forefront of delivering, working with landowners and communities to undertake the survey and monitoring work across these sites. Year one of the project will be focused on targeted ecological surveys and engagement with year two focused on completing surveys and delivering small-scale capital works. The outcome of the project is to better understand the condition of our Local Wildlife sites and to have delivered targeted individual small-scale actions.

Responsibility 1: Develop and Oversee Relationships

Share knowledge and expertise by:

• Taking responsibility for a range of ecological and habitat consultancy and advisory projects.
• Being responsible for corresponding with landowners and communities to access survey sites.
• Carrying out preliminary appraisals.
• Undertaking LWS habitat survey work and producing high quality technical reports within the project area whilst liaising with the SERC LWS Ecologist on this delivery.
• Undertaking and coordinating with volunteers and the wilder project team including Reserves and Nature Recovery Team species survey monitoring and evaluating work across the project area.
• Undertaking a wide range of complex, technical and professional tasks in differing situations, with a degree of personal responsibility and autonomy. It is important to be able to work both alone and as a member of the team.
• Adopting environmentally friendly working practices, setting, and maintaining high personal standards of efficiency and customer care and fostering a ‘can do’ culture based on ownership, initiative, teamwork, and exchange of information.  All staff are ambassadors for the organisation both internally and externally and are expected to always act in a professional manner. They are required to abide by organisational rules, policies and procedures as laid down in the staff handbook.

Responsibility 2: Data Collection and Records

Be responsible by:

• Supporting the ongoing LWS Programme in Somerset, following LWS protocols.
• Capturing and recording LWS habitat/species and condition data and aid in the inputting of this data, supporting updating of LWS records and feeding into the SERC database.

Responsibility 3: Project Fund Management

Support and be accountable by:

• Identifying, coordinating and delivering small scale capital funding and actions across LWS and PCNR network, whilst managing project budgets.
• Working with the communications team where applicable to promote and highlight the project achievements.

General

• The job holder is required to follow and comply with all policies and procedures of Somerset Wildlife Trust which includes our health and safety and safeguarding procedures, ensuring the personal safety of all staff, volunteers, young people and vulnerable adults involved in the project.
• To carry out other duties relevant to your post as reasonably required by your line manager.
• To reflect the Somerset Wildlife Trust Values in all areas of work.
• To work collaboratively with other Wildlife Trusts to share learning and achieve greater impact collectively.
• Somerset Wildlife Trust is committed to creating a more digital culture across the organisation. We aim to become more collaborative, agile and efficient through the use of digital technology.  A basic level of digital skills is expected of all staff with the opportunity to improve these skills with career progression.
• We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to people with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Additional benefits of working for the Somerset Wildlife Trust include:

• 7% employer pension contribution
• Life insurance
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Flexible and agile working
• Wellbeing support – EAP, wellbeing champions
• Diversity networks through RSWT/TWT
• Paid volunteer days
• Continuous Professional Development opportunities
• Minimum 33 days of holiday (25 annual leave + bank holidays)
• Active staff social events

The opportunity to make a real and positive difference to nature, communities and the climate.

Closing date: Sunday 30 June 2024

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

Project Coordinator - Species Survival Fund: 'Bogs and Bitterns'
Salary: £29,784 - £31,320
Contract type: Fixed term until end of February 2026
Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Callow Rock, Shipham Gorge, Cheddar, with opportunities for hybrid working

“Bogs and Bitterns": Somerset Wetland Restoration is one of twenty schemes being funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund.

As Species Survival Project Fund Coordinator, you will provide project management and co-ordination of the Species Survival Fund project and work on the development of specific species and habitat works at the Brides Mound and St Brigid’s Chapel site in Glastonbury.

We are looking for an individual with both hands on experience of delivering nature conservation work and project management expertise.

This project is funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund. The fund was developed by Defra and its Arm's-Length Bodies. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency. “Bogs and Bitterns: Somerset Wetland restoration is one of twenty schemes being funded across the country. Within our project area we aim to deliver 50 hectares of wetland habitat restoring and expanding to improve and create quality ‘stepping stone’ sites of high quality biodiversity and to enable species abundance across the wider county. We are looking for an individual with both hands on experience of delivering nature conservation work and project management expertise.

As Species Survival Project Fund Coordinator, you will have two main areas of work. The main part of the role is to provide project management and co-ordination of the Species Survival Fund project, ensuring we are on track, including meeting budget requirements, collating information and reporting as required, and providing line manager support to the project Ecologist. The second part of the role is to also to work on the development of specific species and habitat works at the Brides Mound and St Brigid’s Chapel site in Glastonbury; here SWT is working in close co-operation with the Friends of Brides Mound and Southwest Heritage Trust and is funded by the Glastonbury Town Deal Fund.

Responsibility 1: Manage the Project

• Share knowledge and expertise by:
• Providing project management and coordination and building relationship with key stakeholders.
• Ensuring concise information gathering and reporting for the Species Survival Fund project.
• Providing and sharing expertise on species survival, whilst coordinating evidence and monitoring of the project.
• Undertaking a wide range of complex, technical and professional tasks in differing situations, with a degree of personal responsibility and autonomy. It is important to be able to work both alone and as a member of the team.
• Adopting environmentally friendly working practices, setting, and maintaining high personal standards of efficiency and customer care and fostering a ‘can do’ culture based on ownership, initiative, teamwork, and exchange of information.  All staff are ambassadors for the organisation both internally and externally and are expected to always act in a professional manner. They are required to abide by organisational rules, policies and procedures as laid down in the staff handbook.

Responsibility 2: Line Management

Provide leadership and support by:

• Providing direct line management to the Species Survival Fund Project Ecologist to ensure best practice and to drive the project forward.
• Managing the workload, performance, and personal development of the Species Survival Fund Project Ecologist.
• Having budgetary responsibility for the project and expenditure.
• Keeping abreast of national and international species recovery programmes and relate these to Somerset.

Responsibility 3: Work with Partners and Volunteers

Provide leadership and training opportunities as an influencer for the Trust by:

• Contributing to discussions, workstreams and providing support to the developing St Brigid’s Chapel and Brides Mound Project.
• Leading on working with other partners to design and implement habitat works across this landholding.
• Enabling the development of volunteering and training opportunities with the Friends of Brides Mound so they are resilient as a community to continue managing this land as part of the nature recovery network at the end of current funded works.
• Working in close collaboration with the communications and fundraising teams to promote the project including the production of articles, blogs and social media posts.

General

• The job holder is required to follow and comply with all policies and procedures of Somerset Wildlife Trust which includes our health and safety and safeguarding procedures, ensuring the personal safety of all staff, volunteers, young people and vulnerable adults involved in the project.
• To carry out other duties relevant to your post as reasonably required by your line manager.
• To reflect the Somerset Wildlife Trust Values all areas of work.
• To work collaboratively with other Wildlife Trusts to share learning and achieve greater impact collectively.
• Somerset Wildlife Trust is committed to creating a more digital culture across the organisation. We aim to become more collaborative, agile and efficient through the use of digital technology.  A basic level of digital skills is expected of all staff with the opportunity to improve these skills with career progression.
• We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to people with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Additional benefits of working for the Somerset Wildlife Trust include:

• 7% employer pension contribution
• Life insurance
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Flexible and agile working
• Wellbeing support – EAP, wellbeing champions
• Diversity networks through RSWT/TWT
• Paid volunteer days
• Continuous Professional Development opportunities
• Minimum 33 days of holiday (25 annual leave + bank holidays)
• Active staff social events

The opportunity to make a real and positive difference to nature, communities and the climate.

Closing date: Sunday 30 June 2024

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Plantlife as an Individual Giving Officer to provide a high quality and efficient service to Plantlife’ s members and supporters. We are looking for an enthusiastic and diligent team player to join our friendly, motivated and dedicated team. This vital role helps us generate funds critical to the delivery of our strategy; of securing a world rich in plants and fungi.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.  Are you up for the challenge? 

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who is a a strong team player who is supportive, positive, and capable of managing a busy and varied workload. You will be well-organised, proactive and confident in all aspects of customer service, with excellent written and verbal communication skills. The candidate will possess strong interpersonal skills evidenced by a friendly, polite and helpful manner and demonstrate a willingness to go the extra mile with a can-do attitude.

What will you be doing?

You will be a key member of the Supporter Care Team, working closely with the Supporter Relationship Manager, Supporter Development Manager and the Supporter Care Administrators.
You will be responsible for providing a high quality, efficient service to Plantlife members and supporters, ensuring that communications and engagement contribute to supporters’ sense of Plantlife as being an efficient, reliable, and helpful organisation that appreciates and values their support. You will help to contribute to current and new engagement activities and initiatives.
You will be using our CRM database alongside Microsoft Excel for a large proportion of yourtime to process and deliver administrative tasks and will share ideas on how to improve processes and implement where necessary. You will provide day to day guidance to the team of administrators, as required. There will be a shared responsibility for administrative and financial admin tasks as well as some individual responsibilities.

The role is based in our Salisbury office (Monday to Thursday) and you will be working from home on Friday. The role occasionally requires some weekend or evening working. 

To apply for the role or view the full recruitment pack, please visit our website. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please note we do not accept CV's and we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date.

Groundwork are recruiting for 7 Energy and Retrofit Advisors, one for each of the major local authorities.

Energy & Retrofit Advisor
Salary: £24,735 – £27,338 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Initially fixed term to March 2025 with potential to be extended
Location: Gateshead, Sunderland, North Tyneside, Newcastle, South Tyneside, Durham, Northumberland

About us

Groundwork works across the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face. We provide training and create jobs, reduce energy use and waste, re-connect people with nature and transform whole neighbourhoods. Step by step we’ll go on changing places and changing lives until everywhere is vibrant and green, every community is strong enough to shape its own destiny and everyone can reach their potential.

About the role

Advisors will provide energy advice and raise awareness of domestic retrofit, supporting increased retrofit awareness and activity as well as working alongside staff within Local Authorities to develop and deliver projects to engage our communities and stimulate retrofit activity across the region. Energy and Retrofit Advisors will work closely with Groundwork Green Doctors supporting households suffering from fuel poverty and referring them into more specialist support where needed.

This role requires a dynamic and dedicated person who can think on their feet, someone with a caring nature who has a strong desire for helping people and is passionate about making a difference. You will need to be highly organised and adaptable as no two days will be the same.

As Groundwork’s Greener Living team grows, this role offers potential for extension and progression toward a career in Energy and Retrofit Assessment.

This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure endorsed by the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Essentials

• Level 3 Domestic Retrofit Advice Course or willingness to undertake this within the first 3 months of the role.
• Experience of running community events/ activities
• Highly developed communication skills
• Excellent team player
• Strong motivation and a determination to provide excellent service to customers
• Commitment to equality and diversity

It’s a unique and challenging role that gives you the chance to make a difference to people’s lives every day.

Closing date: We are recruiting on a rolling basis with applications closing at midnight on Sunday 30th June 2024.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Make yourself at home

We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work. As a Disability Confident employer we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.

At Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people and adults.

No agencies please.

Digital Content Creator

Are you looking for an opportunity to put your digital marketing skills and creativity to use for a socially responsible cause? Do you have a flair for creating engaging videos, a passion for social media and a love of all things digital?

We are looking for a highly creative digital marketing specialist to create and deliver engaging and inspiring content across our range of digital channels.

Ensuring our digital presence supports and enhances our business offering and delivers our messages effectively, the role requires a creative, digitally savvy individual with proven experience of developing and delivering successful digital marketing campaigns.

You will be a social media whizz, have strong design skills, know your way around a digital camera, and have experience in copywriting and proofreading. From coming up with new ideas for delivering digital content, to managing social channels and developing our websites, this is a truly varied role and the opportunity is there for you to really make it your own.

Sound like the challenge you're looking for? To apply, please submit a covering letter indicating how you feel you meet the person specification and why this might be the role for you, together with your CV.

• Contract length: 3 months with possibility of extension. 
• Hours: 35 hours per week
• Salary: £29,656-£32,000 per year (dependent on experience)
• Based: Remote with occasional travel to the London office
• Closing date: Ongoing
• Interviews: May be arranged at short notice
• Start date: As soon as possible.

Please see the full job description and person specification for further details.

ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS INC

Communications INC is a team of highly skilled professionals who make a positive impact in the world through hard work, collaboration and commitment.
We are a small communications agency with big ideas, which works with non-profits around the globe. We put our specialist experience and wide-ranging network of contacts to work for our clients, addressing social and environmental issues across the globe, yet we remain approachable, adaptable and passionate.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Communications INC’s Delivery Coordinator is a dynamic and creative professional with great organisational skills. The role holder demonstrates expertise in project management, balancing tight deadlines and budgets to produce high quality materials for a wide portfolio of clients. 
The role holder works closely with their Delivery team colleagues and Account Managers to create materials that advance a portfolio of clients, projects and campaigns’ communications efforts. 
Alongside the Production Manager, the Delivery Coordinator drives forward production of innovative, attention grabbing written and visual content for print and digital applications and is a champion for enhancing systems and processes within the team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Production
- Coordination of end-to-end production processes for campaign materials, including videos, graphics, and print collateral.
- Support the liaison with external vendors, printers, and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials.
- Assist in sourcing and evaluating new suppliers aligned with the Communications INC's values and the values of environmental and social responsibility.
- Contribute to the request for estimates from sustainable suppliers, aligning with project timelines and budgets.
- Coordinate client requests for media and OOH advertising, liaising with designers, advertising agencies and the client as needed.
- Produce and manage production briefs, timeline and budgets as required.
- Source high-quality images for campaigns while adhering to copyright and licensing regulations.
- Maintain a comprehensive database of licensed images and provide proper documentation for usage rights.
- Manage and organise a centralised filing system for final product files, ensuring easy accessibility and version control.
- Support team with proofreading requests.
- Maintain a keen eye for detail across all deliverables, ensuring delivery of the highest quality materials.
- Project management and lead on clients and projects to be agreed.

Creative
- Basic design and layout for assets such as event invites, save the dates, social tiles, factsheets, business cards, PPT decks.
- Basic video-editing for social media including adding subtitles, intro/outros.

Digital
- Support the coordination of digital asset management and distribution for campaign content across various online platforms, optimising for different channels.
- Maintain clients' websites to ensure they are kept up to date with the latest content,news stories, and blogs using CMS platforms. Serves as main content uploader to clients’ websites, ensuring accuracy, consistency and adherence to brand guidelines and SEO best practices.
- Assist with the coordination of email newsletters using CRM platforms as needed.
- Collaborate with senior team members, web developers, and designers in the planning, execution, and maintenance of web design and development projects.
- Work with creative teams to provide support in creating visually compelling content for events.

General delivery duties
- Collaborate with virtual, cross-functional teams to accomplish organisational, project and campaign objectives.
- Proactively contribute to campaign logistics and general administration.
- Provide input into overall delivery strategies.
- Work alongside the team to troubleshoot and resolve any production or digital delivery issues that may arise during the campaign lifecycle.
- Provide timely handover of delivery materials to colleagues and management when going on leave.
- Proactively monitor delivery processes and systems through reporting and feedback.
- Carry out ad hoc duties as requested by Directors and Production Manager.
- Project manage and lead on delivery-related projects as requested by Directors and Production Manager.
- Attend key events on behalf of a range of clients, performing ad hoc delivery duties as required.
- Promote equality and diversity in all aspects of your work by developing and maintaining positive working relationships, ensuring that colleagues, consultants and clients are treated fairly and with respect/dignity.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential requirements
- Familiarity with wordpress and/or a similar CMS.
- Experience with SEO/SEM and digital marketing campaigns.
- Video-editing experience.
- Strong design/layout skills.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and thrive in a high change, international, and virtual work environment.
- A can-do attitude, with an ability to keep calm under pressure and to use your own initiative, good at prioritising, managing reactive work, balancing multiple requirements and adapting to new situations.
- A flexible, reliable and conscientious approach, with the ability to work independently and as part of a small virtual team.
- Demonstrates a ‘value add’ mindset by harnessing knowledge of the team, the client base and Comms INC offerings to deliver excellent output and client experience.
- Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Excellent communication and writing skills.
- Flexible and creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
- Interest and commitment to the environment.

Desirable requirements
- Demonstrated understanding of key ocean and ocean-climate issues.
- Experience working with NGOs.
- Languages.

TO APPLY | please send your CV and a covering letter detailing your interest and suitability for the role.

Are you a great storyteller with excellent writing skills? Do you have experience in media relations, developing relationships with journalists to secure positive media coverage? Are you passionate about gender, racial and social justice issues? Then this might just be the job for you! 

This is a new role at Wen, with a focus on building Wen's in-house media relations and story gathering capacity while also getting involved in all areas of communications, particularly social media. To help you settle into the role and support your development you will receive mentoring from a PR consultant. 

Part of your role will be visiting Wen's projects and events to gather content, impact stories and case studies for use in the media and on our social media channels. It will also include leading on social media day-to-day, including at Wen events, so you will need experience of running multiple social media channels efficiently.

You will have an interest in Wen’s areas of work and have an understanding of gender, racial and social justice issues at a personal and political level. You will take an inclusive, intersectional feminist and anti-racist approach to your work. This will be vital for engaging on social media and creating stories and content aligned with Wen's values.

Key information

Salary - £35,284 FTE per annum, pro rata (Grade 3)

Contract - 4 days/28 hours per week, Permanent. Tuesday is a core working day for the majority of Wen staff. 

Location - Hybrid working -  One day a week at Wen office in Shoreditch and/or at Wen's local hub in Mile End, London, more in-person days required on an ad-hoc basis. Occasional travel may be required.

Reporting to - Head of Communications and Engagement, Heidi Ringshaw 

Deadline - Sunday 16th June 2024 at 23.59 

Interviews

1st interview - Wednesday 10th July via zoom. 

2nd interview - Wednesday 17th July in person in Shoreditch, East London

Key tasks

Strategic Communication: You will work with the Head of Communications and Engagement to deliver Wen’s Communications Strategy.

Content Creation:  You will actively look for new content ideas and opportunities to collaborate with like-minded individuals/organisations. You will write compelling content, including press releases, articles, blogs and impact stories.​

Media Relations: You will build Wen's in-house media relations capacity, to include developing and delivering media plans, cultivating relationships with journalists and securing positive media coverage in national, local and sector media. You will also brief Wen spokespeople for media opportunities and interviews. 

Social Media: You will lead on the development of a social media strategy, plan and calendar, scheduling organic and paid content and campaigns. You will run Wen's social media channels , engaging with other accounts, communicating Wen’s position on relevant issues.

Digital Comms: You will support Wen's digital communications, including creating content for Wen's website and e-newsletter and help maintain and update Wen's CRM system. 

This job is for you if:

• You have excellent communication skills in spoken and written English.

• You have experience working in media relations and/ or social media management.

• You have demonstrable experience developing relationships with journalists and devising and implementing media plans, to secure media coverage.

• You have experience running social media channels for an organisation or individual, able to respond to comments and proactively engage on relevant posts. 

• You are able to write social media content, press releases, blogs, articles and case studies, translating complex themes into accessible content. 

• You can analyse and evaluate communication performance and metrics.

• You have experience or a commitment to taking an inclusive, intersectional feminist approach to communications.