Temporary Director Of Policy Campaigns And Communications Jobs
Our fundraising team is made up of passionate people dedicated to making BCUK’s mission a reality, so we can prevent even more people from getting Breast Cancer. Fundraising income has grown significantly over the last few years thanks to a talented staff team, and we have an ambitious strategy to grow this income even further.
Working with agencies, including a digital mobilisation agency, The Senior Individual Giving Officer will be responsible for leading growing our individual donor and supporter base and delivering an excellent supporter experience.
You’ll need to be a digital native with experience in building digital-focused approached to supporter acquisition and development.
This is an exciting time for a talented and ambitious fundraiser to build on this growth as BCUK invests significantly in fundraising and particularly in individual giving and legacy fundraising.
We are a national breast cancer charity focussed entirely on breast cancer prevention:
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We fund scientific research into environmental and chemical links to breast cancer
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We educate and raise awareness about the lifestyle and environmental risk factors of breast cancer, empowering people to reduce their risk of developing the disease
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We campaign for policies that protect people’s health and promote the prevention of breast cancer.
We are scaling up our work and our impact so we are building our team with talented, motivated, and ambitious individuals who want to contribute to helping us become the leading voice in breast cancer prevention.
If your goal is to develop your career in fundraising in a rewarding role with plenty of opportunities to make a difference to the lives of many people, then we want to meet you.
About you:
You will be a highly motivated individual with experience of working in a growing charity ideally you’ll bring the following skills -
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Knowledge and experience of leading digital acquisition programs
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Knowledge and experience of email marketing
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Experience of working towards funding and donor engagement targets and tracking progress
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Experience in developing, coordinating and implementing regular giving plans, in-memory giving, and stewardship plans for individual givers and major donors.
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Experience of monitoring and operating within agreed budgets.
What we can offer:
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To be part of a fantastic supportive team.
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Work for an organisation that values a positive and inclusive culture.
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Fully remote working.
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Competitive salary £30,560 - £33,583 PA (depending on experience)
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29.5 Days Annual Leave Plus Bank Holidays.
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Option for full time colleagues to compress hours and work a 9 day fortnight.
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Healthcare cover and employee assistance programme.
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Enhanced Sickness, Maternity and Paternity pay.
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Great supportive culture with generous professional training and development programmes.
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For full details see our benefits guide (Downloadable from our website)
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!
Role Overview:
The Talent Set is thrilled to be supporting a leading health charity as they recruit a Senior Media and Campaigns Manager to support them for 6–7-month fixed term contract.
The successful candidate will lead the organisation’s media strategy, overseeing a Senior Media and Communications Officer. You’ll pitch stories, brief journalists, and secure coverage. Building relationships with national journalists, you’ll drive the organisation’s digital content and public campaigns, playing a key role in communications and external affairs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Devise and deliver media strategy, including story development and placement.
- Advise senior colleagues and independently negotiate with journalists.
- Manage relationships with internal teams to drive policy changes and media coverage.
- Ensure diversity and inclusion in media representation.
- Support colleagues in securing news coverage and manage reputation.
- Develop and maintain public position statements for consistency and responsiveness.
- Advise on public campaign strategy, drawing on internal intelligence.
- Lead representation of policy and political work on digital channels.
- Develop audience-led content strategies for LinkedIn and Twitter.
- Identify opportunities for public mobilisation campaigns.
- Manage relationships with journalists and place stories in national media.
- Foster collaboration with internal departments and advise on media strategy.
- Provide media advice to contacts, including directors and CEOs.
- Build relationships with external partners.
- Manage press office operations, budget, and on-call rota.
- Develop media measurement framework.
- Line manage and develop Senior Media and Communications Officer.
- Support staff in media interviews and enhance media communication skills.
Person Specification
- Exceptional writing skills.
- Significant experience in a Media/PR professional role.
- Able to contribute creative ideas to generate content for news and features stories.
- Experience of developing media strategies that deliver exceptional news and features coverage.
- Demonstrable experience of developing media relationships and partnerships and outstanding interpersonal skills, including the ability to negotiate on challenging stories with senior journalists.
- Understanding of how ‘traditional media’ interfaces with multi-channel integrated campaigning, and a strong eye for effective and engaging digital content.
- Work in accordance with and promote our organisational values at all times – collaborative, compassionate, inclusive, innovative and knowledgeable.
- Experience of reputation management
- Knowledge of healthcare policy and public affairs landscape and trends advantageous but not essential.
What’s on Offer:
- A full-time, 6/7-month contract in a fantastic organisation.
- Competitive salary of up to £43,500 for the right candidate.
- Hybrid working with just 1-day per-week in their London office.
- Great opportunity to work in an amazing organisation that helps people all over the UK.
How to Apply:
To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role.
Commitment to Diversity:
The Talent Set and our partner organisation are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.
We're Hiring! Green Space for Health Programme Director (Maternity Cover)
This is an exciting senior role for an environmentally committed leader to cover maternity leave. We are looking for someone who can take strategic oversight of our Green Space for Health programme and provide effective management of the project and its staff.
- Home-based with monthly travel to Oxford (expenses covered)
- Full time (37.5 hours per week)
- Salary: £42,230 per annum (plus contributory pension)
- Fixed term for 8 months (with potential to extend to 12 months subject to funding)
- Apply by midnight 19th May 2024, interviews will take place w/c 3rd June
About the role
This is an exciting senior role for an environmentally committed leader to cover maternity leave. We are looking for someone who can take strategic oversight of our Green Space for Health programme and provide effective management of the project and its staff.
Our Green Space for Health programme helps to realise the value of green space for physical and mental health, both at healthcare sites and in the wider community. Our flagship project, the NHS Forest, promotes tree planting and woodland creation at NHS sites, supporting and encouraging sites to plant and maintain trees through offering free trees and advice. We support NHS sites to develop their greenspace for the benefits of patients, health staff and communities, while improving biodiversity and combatting climate change. We do this by encouraging green space enhancements such as meadow areas, vegetable growing, orchards and therapeutic gardens, as well as supporting the delivery of nature-based interventions for health.
The Green Space for Health Director will oversee the development of the NHS Forest and other Green Space for Health projects, delivering the programme strategy. This will include managing the Green Space for Health team, overseeing the delivery of our funded projects including budget management, coordinating reports to funders and trustees, and taking a strategic lead on the development and funding of the Green Space for Health programme in consultation with other stakeholders. See the full roles and responsibilities below.
The Green Space for Health Director will deliver our programme strategy through fulfilling the following responsibilities:
- Provide line management for the Green Space for Health Team’s 5 staff members. This will include one-to-one meetings, appraisals and regular team meetings.
- Oversee the delivery of the Green Space for Health funded projects, including NHS Forest tree planting projects and our Nature Recovery Ranger programme.
- Raise income for, monitor and oversee the programme budget in consultation with CSH’s fundraising and finance team.
- Coordinate reporting on the programme, including liaising with funders and producing reports for funders and for CSH’s board of trustees.
- Oversee the development and delivery of Green Space for Health training course, working with Green Space for Health staff and with administrative and strategic support from CSH’s education team.
- Work with the team to coordinate the NHS Forest Advisory Group.
- Build partnerships that will further the development of the programme and contribute to fundraising in line with the programme objectives.
- Act as a spokesperson for the programme, including making presentations, responding to media requests and participating in relevant national policy fora, including for the purposes of wider policy development.
- Be an active member of CSH’s senior management team, helping to develop CSH as an organisation, including strategy, employment and oversight.
For more information, please see the full job description and person specification attached or visit our website.
Closing date: 19th May 2024
Interviews: w/c 3rd June 2024
About us
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
It is an exciting and crucial time to be joining us at Crisis. We work with thousands of people across England, Scotland and Wales so they can leave homelessness behind for good. We have increased our capacity to work with people one to one and strengthened our ability to support those people facing the most barriers to preventing or ending their homelessness.
Contract: 12-month fixed term contract - maternity cover
Location: Based in Crisis Skylight Croydon, 12 Surrey Street, CR0 1RG
About the role
As a Coach in the Structured Coaching Team, you will be the lead worker for people who engage well with the service and are able to work with you to develop and follow a personalised plan to end their homelessness. You will work collaboratively across departments to support Crisis' mission to end homelessness by delivering services that are person-centred, sensitive and responsive to the diverse needs of Crisis Members. You will understand and promote the importance of evidencing our impact in preventing and ending homelessness. Also evidencing the barriers faced by members to directly inform our Policy and Campaigns strategies, using the Crisis Member Achievement and Progression System (MAPS) and case management standards.
About you
You will as part of the Crisis team, make and maintain collaborative, consistent relationships with our members, staff, volunteers and other organisations.
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Exceptional knowledge of relevant sector, e.g., housing, homelessness, and welfare legislation.
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An understanding of psychologically informed approaches when working with people who have experienced complex trauma and marginalised individuals.
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Effectively manage your own workload, including a varied caseload, with excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage conflicting priorities, exercise judgment under pressure and balance competing demands.
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An understanding of the importance of protecting an individual’s personal and sensitive data when working with someone’s information.
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Excellent communication skills, spoken and written, including the ability to promote Crisis’ services to a wide variety of audiences.
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Knowledge and experience of safeguarding and commitment to act in compliance with safeguarding policy and procedures.
We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.
Working at Crisis
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
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Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
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Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
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28 days’ annual leave
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Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
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Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
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And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
Closing date: Sunday 12 May 2024 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held W/C 20 May 2024 at Crisis Skylight Croydon, 12 Surrey Street, CR0 1RG
Accessibility
We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Talent Acquisition team to discuss how we can help.
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.