We’re looking for a senior fundraiser and leader to drive income generation and external communications for an incredible social mobility organisation that has worked with children, families, and schools for over 30 years to break the long-term cycle of deprivation. They look beyond school settings to address the barriers affecting school attendance and learning, building a vital and effective bridge between school and home life that results in better attendance, pupil behaviour and attainment.

There is a great deal of untapped potential here for a proactive fundraiser to unlock and the case for support has never been stronger. They have high-profile patrons, highly active trustees who understand fundraising (including one who is herself a senior fundraiser), a phenomenal CEO who worked her way up to the top job and is brilliant with donors, and a loyal donor base that has more capacity to support. This new, senior role brings together their fundraising and external relations, and is a super opportunity for someone to build on a strong existing portfolio with an excellent team..

It's a brilliant job, please get in touch for a confidential discussion. Head office is in east London and the culture is one of pragmatic flexibility. 

About the role

• Reporting to the CEO, the Head of External Relations is a newly-created position that sits on the SMT that will provide the leadership needed to support income growth and brand development to meet robust expansion plans.
• The post-holder will lead and motivate staff in activities to grow voluntary income and build the charity’s profile, reputation, and brand externally to a broad range of stakeholders across government, the education sector, families and donors.
• The Head of External Relations will also support the CEO in strengthening relationships with the charity’s high-profile patrons and supporters, as well as managing and growing their own portfolio of influential, high-value donors.
• The post-holder will be responsible for managing two Senior Partnership Managers and the Communications Manager and will oversee seven other members of a fundraising and communications team which currently raises c£1.5m from a largely high value donor base. Full breakdown can be discussed.
• The role offers a range of benefits which include flexible working, a family friendly environment, and remote working.

About you

• You will have proven leadership skills, experience of managing and developing staff, personal experience of securing philanthropic gifts from major donors (or equivalent), outstanding communication skills, and a passion for education.
• This is a great opportunity for a talented leader and relationship manager who is highly motivated and excited by the prospect of building and developing their own team and shaping fundraising and communications at a crucial time in the organisation’s growth and for the families it supports.
• We are ideally seeking someone who has led a multi-income stream team in a small or medium size organisation

Salary

• £55,000-£60,000
• We will consider looking at the same salary for fewer days for an exceptional, senior candidate – please ask.

To Apply

• The final closing date for applications is Friday 12th June 
• Interview dates will be confirmed nearer the application deadline and arrangements made in line with any current government guidelines relating to Covid-19.
• In the first instance please send a CV that contains full fundraising figures.

Starting Salary: £42,440 - £44,137 p.a.

Contract: 10-12 months from September 2020

Job Profile

Are you an inspirational communications leader who is passionate about leading on powerful and persuasive campaigns that will change the world? And do you have experience of managing multi-disciplinary communications teams, a strong purpose-driven brand and the ability to source powerful content?

The Communications team is looking for a Head of Creative Content for the next 10-12 months to lead on the delivery of our new aspirational proposition that no one should be beyond reach of the love and care they need to thrive. You will manage a talented and diverse team of ten including photo/film producers, writers, graphic designers and a communications planner committed to telling compelling stories that will inspire our new younger target audience and embolden our existing supporters, particularly relating to how CAFOD is responding to the global Coronavirus crisis.

And you will lead on the implementation of our new content strategy that will help us to tell more powerful, authentic and emotive stories to connect with our new audience. You will work closely with colleagues in the communications group including media and digital as well as international teams, fundraising, campaigns and education.

We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others. As well as having a nose for a good story, experience of telling stories visually on a range of channels, and a flair for guiding the production of persuasive campaigns and simple, powerful messages within a purpose-driven brand. You will enjoy managing a diverse team and be adept at building relationships across teams to achieve engagement and fundraising objectives – always keeping CAFOD’s target audience in mind. And you will be skilled at providing constructive feedback and managing conflict with sensitivity and honesty.

Key Responsibilities

Line management of the Creative Content Team:

• Line managing the Creative Content Team – a team of writers, designers, photographers, film-makers and a communications planner including carrying out regular 121s, agreeing objectives and development plans and facilitating team meetings. This includes 4 direct reports and 5 indirect reports.

 Leading on CAFOD’s content strategy and implementation: (2.5 days a week)

• Lead on implementation of CAFOD’s content strategy and plan, working alongside international staff, national offices and partner staff as well as supporter facing and communications teams in England and Wales to identify and gather content that supports CAFOD’s brand story.
• Lead on commissioning and sourcing content from both CAFOD’s overseas programmes and England and Wales, including commissioning overseas freelance photographers, film-makers and story tellers and leading on sourcing content from the Caritas network and sister agencies working closely with the media and international teams
• Lead on design and delivery of content gathering training in England and Wales and overseas to enable CAFOD staff, partners and volunteers to gather usable, quality content for the organisation to be delivered by Comms Group experts.

Managing CAFOD’s brand strategy

• Leading on messaging and strategy for CAFOD’s supporter communications alongside supporter-facing teams in line with No one beyond reach

• Developing and maintaining the No one beyond reach toolkit ensuring brand adherence across all channels and promoting the key values of the brand to internal stakeholders
• Leading on brand campaigns and communications that target new and existing audiences

Managing CAFOD’s priority messaging schedule and promotion:

• Responsible for producing a schedule of CAFOD’s priority messages for the year with colleagues from supporter facing teams and keeping the corporate priority schedule up to date

Overseeing the delivery of key communications outputs, alongside supporter-facing teams:

• Ensuring that all outputs are creative, well-targeted, engaging, professionally-produced and on-brand, with content suitable for a range of channels and supporting corporate priority objectives, and offering maximum Return on Investment for CAFOD
• Working with key teams to ensure that processes for commissioning, designing and producing key outputs are efficient and effective, and offering an ‘agency-standard’ quality of creative concepts and final product
• Overseeing the production of our supporter magazine, ensuring that its content, design and targeting fits with our strategic objectives and builds engagement with existing audiences
• Working with key teams on the development of fundraising and advocacy campaigns

Managing the team budget and overseeing the maintenance of key corporate management tools:

• Managing the team budget and deciding how it can be most effectively deployed for maximum benefit against the agreed strategic objectives of the team, including decisions on priorities and objectives for overseas travel by communications staff
• Overseeing the maintenance of an effective and efficient production schedule and content collection calendar

This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post has responsibility for people who have contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults. Applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues.  The post holder is required to present or obtain a Disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service). 

Person Specification /Essential Criteria

Understanding our context

-Understanding Catholic identity: Able to develop strong links with the Caritas Network and other organisations

-Understanding CAFOD: Able to explain what is distinctive about CAFOD as a Catholic development agency

- Understanding international development: Able to demonstrate an understanding of solidarity and human dignity in the way people are portrayed and recognise that there are complex challenges in development.

Working together

- Managing ourselves: can be relied on to achieve results, even in the most pressing circumstances

- Working with others: build positive and productive relationships with all colleagues; provide clear and honest feedback

-Communicating: confront conflict and disagreements to achieve a satisfactory conclusion

Making change happen

-Managing resources: proactively monitor expenditure and use of resources, aware of financial position.

-Achieving results: Look for better processes and ways of working to achieve results

-Managing our performance: take a proactive approach to managing performance and developing the team

-Taking the lead: share ideas and bring people with me in making change happen; act quickly and decisively to deal with emerging problems.

Job-specific competencies

1. Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team, preferably in a communications or creative environment
2. Experience or ability to devise and implement effective strategies to target key priority audiences based on audience research and data evaluations
3. Ability to spot good fundraising and media stories that will provoke an emotional reaction and increase income and engagement

Desirable Criteria

1. Experience of managing a purpose-driven brand
2. Experience of delivering skills training remotely: ideally in story gathering, photography and film
3.  Experience of working with photographers, film-makers and story-tellers, particularly those based overseas 

 CAFOD staff are currently working remotely due to the Coronavirus pandemic. We don’t yet have a date for staff to return to our office in London and are keeping the situation under review. We will try to accommodate varieties of working arrangements during this time. Please talk to us about flexibility in your interview. We are keen to discuss your requirements.

Please click here for a full list of CAFOD’s Staff Benefits

 Come and join us and help make a real difference in the lives of the world’s poorest communities.CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

This is a really exciting time to join our charity: we’re rebranding, developing a new website, and have just launched a new 3-year strategy. We’re ambitious for our future and are looking for a team player with a positive and enthusiastic attitude to join us.

As our Communications and PR Officer, you'll pursue press opportunities with trade and national media to help increase our profile. You'll oversee the maintenance of our case study database, and identify new opportunities in line with our key messages and priorities. You’ll also play a key role in creating and delivering high quality, inspiring multi-channel content to engage key stakeholders and attract new followers to our cause.

To download an application pack

We are looking for an experienced PR Account Director to work for a fantastic healthcare agency client of ours. Ideally someone with a strong background in PR/Media within a healthcare marketing or health charity environment would be great. 

Some of the key resonsibilites will include;

• Working in a busy commercially minded environment on media relations
• Liaising closely with journalists within the healthcare environment 
• Working on delivering communications across a range of channels
• Ideally experience breaking into new accounts from a business development  aspect
• Successfully managing budgets and delivery at an accountable level
• PR and Media releases writing and supporting the wider team in delivering effecgtive campaigns

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas;

• Working with an inhouse, healthcare, charity or agency environment
• Has worked at PR Account Manager level or above.
• Is a self starter but can work collabaritvely with wider team members.

Please get in touch if this could interest you. The client is open to both freelance and permanent options.

Al-Khair Foundation is a unique charity comprising the international delivery of humanitarian aid, three TV channels and four private schools. We are seeking a Marketing & Communications Manager. You shall report to and be supported strategically by the Head of Information, Communications and Technologies and you will be responsible for managing a growing team. You will need to be extremely hands-on and hit the ground running, delivering excellent marketing and communications activity across brand, content, digital and media.

Your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining, developing and delivering the marketing strategy and operational plan.
• Ensuring the strategy, plan and activity directly supports the delivery of organisational objectives through appropriate brand, marketing and communications activities.
• Leading brand activity, ensuring the implementation of plans, and effective management.
• Monitoring our audiences and charity sector trends and completing competitor analysis, using findings to inform strategic plans, operational plans and day-to-day activity.
• Hands-on delivery of social media and wider digital media, traditional marketing projects, events and marketing collateral for branches and organisation-wide fundraising initiatives.

Your experience will include:

• Charity sector experience is a must.
• Educated to degree level in Marketing or equivalent degree/qualification.
• Substantial experience of marketing and communications, having worked at a senior level with experience of brand development, content, creative services, digital and media.
• Demonstrable experience of planning and delivering integrated strategies and activities across teams.
• Managing a team, providing direction and motivation and delivering effective line management through supervision and development of staff.

Candidates interested in this role are encouraged to email their CVs via the Apply button.

Closing date: Midnight on 16th June 2020.

Due to the expected high response to this vacancy, we reserve the right to close this campaign once we have a suitable pool of applicants.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, faith or disability. Only candidates with the right to work in the UK will be considered. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Justice Studio is a values driven consultancy entering an exciting new phase of development in our mission to reduce social inequality.Effective communications are at the heart of this as a crucial tool in raising JS’s profile while making sure key social justice issues are part of the wider political and public agenda. 

In order to deliver on these objectives, Justice Studio is looking for a pro-active, thoughtful, and creative Communications Consultant to build our communications and transform how we engage with the social justice landscape. A primary focus of the role is to help design and implement a communications strategy that furthers Justice Studio’s work by developing our communications activities, raising our profile, expanding our reach and increasing our influence.In addition, the role includes using your communications expertise on consultancy projects for our clients.

We are based in London and work both in the UK and across the world for governments, charitable and not-for-profit organisations, and social enterprises that are striving to promote global social equality.Our work for them spans strategy, research, policy and advocacy and demonstrates impact. Since our establishment in May 2011 we have undertaken over 75 social justice consultancy and research projects for a range of clients in over 30 countries.

Job title: Communications Consultant
Salary Band: £35,000 – £45,000 per annum, pro-rata, depending on experience 
Hours: 3 days a week. We can be flexible on how this is worked for the right candidate. 
Job Location: Caledonian Road, London, N7
Reports to: Managing Director
Anticipated Start Date: July 2020

Overview

As Communications Consultant you will use communications tools and techniques to inspire people from different professional and personal backgrounds to notice, address, and take action to resolve social justice issues. You will manage the day to day comms platforms as well as design and deliver our communications strategy as part of our vision through 2022. In addition, you will have the opportunity to deliver communications projects for our consultancy clients.

Roles & Responsibilities

Strategic vision:

• Contribute to the creation and formulation of a clear integrated communications and engagement strategy, advancing Justice Studio’s objectives, increasing its profile and developing its ability to influence the social justice landscape. 
• Devise engaging and targeted messages that clearly communicate Justice Studio’s wider social justice objectives, as well as those of individual projects, raising JS’s profile and increasing its influence. 
• Learn Justice Studio’s existing target audiences, while identifying and expanding future target audiences as part of medium and long-term engagement strategies. 
• Embed comms planning and frameworks into JS outputs from outset, thinking strategically about how publications will raise JS profile, including communication through and reception by press, social media and other engagements channels. This will also require thinking about how and with whom this could lead to other opportunities for future work. 

Press, PR, and media 

• Create, collate, and maintain weekly and monthly media grids, planning ahead and ensuring communications objectives and outputs are disseminated to relevant audiences through the appropriate channel(s).
• Plan and manage the delivery of PR, including public affairs and media campaigns, in line with a broader communications and engagement strategy. 
• Create and maintain Justice Studio’s media monitoring and press database, building a targeted list of relevant media, journalist and other contacts in order to ensure JS’s objectives and messages reach the right people, at the right time, through the right channel(s). 
• Manage the production and dissemination of Justice Studio written and digital outputs, ensuring maximum reach and impact. 
• Develop and manage media relations, building a network of expert commentators and good relationships with key journalists, to enhance media coverage of Justice Studio and its social justice objectives. 
• Draft PR and press materials, including briefings, press releases, comments and opinion pieces, as well as setting reasonable coverage and pick-up targets.
• Monitor and identify opportunities for comment in line with Justice Studio expertise, strategic objectives and areas of focus, including UK government and parliamentary consultations and inquiries, and other opportunities as appropriate. 
• Work with colleagues to support the planning and delivery of major events and launches, with special attention to engaging appropriate target audiences, communicating relevant messages in the appropriate format. 

Consultancy

• Design and lead Justice Studio’s communications consultancy projects and contribute to communications aspects of other consultancy projects in the UK and internationally. 
• Develop and design proposals, and methodologies for a range of large and small consultancy projects. 
• Develop effective and collaborative working relationships with key clients in our consultancy work. 
• Write clear and accessible reports using the findings from a mixture of quantitative, qualitative and other innovative data collection methods.

Communication platforms, messaging, and brand identity 

• Manage and develop Justice Studio’s digital and social media footprint through its website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook, maintaining integrated communications between platforms, as well as with offline outputs and ensuring consistency in message frequency and dissemination; establish reasonable, measurable social media targets. 
• Manage, safeguard and develop Justice Studio’s brand identity both online and in print, ensuring consistency and continuity in its deployment and implementation across channels and in public engagement.
• Produce regular reports evaluating communications performance and progress, including web and social media analytics, press hits, and PR and other profile-raising activities. This will require establishing and agreeing reasonable performance targets.

Internal communications:

• Manage and maintain regular communication with Justice Studio’s stakeholder groups, including its core team and associates, ensuring each group is properly informed of JS activities and has the opportunity to offer expertise in advancing JS’s strategic objectives, where appropriate. 
• Design and curate Justice Studio’s newsletter, ensuring relevant information is included in a timely, informative and engaging manner. 

Qualifications

• A good degree or equivalent, ideally in a social science or a social justice oriented discipline, coupled with a passion for social justice.
• Experience of successful project or communications campaign planning and implementation.
• Strong, creative communicator with excellent spoken and written English; expertise in writing for various channels, including websites, blogs, social media, and press.
• A proven ability to understand the interplay between research and comms, with an ability to communicate complex social justice issues in engaging ways to both professional and public audiences.
• Experience in dealing confidently and professionally with high profile external stakeholders.
• Ability to secure buy-in of comms objectives to JS team, ensuring clear explanations and understanding of their role in JS strategy.
• Experience of tools and approaches to monitoring and evaluating communications, social media, and PR impact.
• Strong IT skills, including Mail Chimp and web CMS, and uploading and management of content.
• Confidence and awareness of various social media platforms, including tools, techniques and styles necessary to maximize social media exposure and reach. 
• Attention to detail as well as the ability to set organisational priorities and see how these feed into long-term strategies. 
• Political acumen, including an understanding of domestic and international political landscape as it relates to social justice, along with an understanding of the social justice sector and players more broadly. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrable success in relationship building and stakeholder management.
• Imagination, creativity, and an ability to think outside the box.
• Ability to work as part of a small team, and to support others when necessary, embracing Justice Studio’s values and ethos. 

Inclusion London is seeking to appoint a highly motivated, skilled and experienced Deaf or Disabled person for the post of:

Communications and Media Officer

Inclusion London is a leading disability equality organisation run by and for Deaf and Disabled people. We have built a national reputation for effective policy and campaign work and for providing innovative business and organisational support to local Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations (DDPOs) in London.

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Communications and Media Officer to help Inclusion London take our communications to the next level: developing and improving the coverage and effectiveness of our campaigns, justice and policy work across print, broadcasting and social media.

You will have experience of successfully using print, broadcasting and social media to support and raise the profile of campaigns; establishing relationships with key media contacts and influencers; developing high quality content for communications for diverse audiences including blog posts, emails, press releases, infographics and films and using the latest social media tools and approaches.

Inclusion London is committed to equality, diversity and human rights and reflecting the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from Deaf or Disabled people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

We support flexible working and large aspects of these jobs could be done remotely, however some travel to London to attend face-to -face meetings may be required depending on the Public Health advice. 

Salary:   £34,000 per annum pro rata

Hours:  21 hours per week

Length of employment: 12 month fixed term contract

Pension contribution:  Non-contributory pension 5%

Annual Leave:  25 days per year plus bank holidays pro rata

To Apply:

Please click on the APPLY ON WEBSITE button below or above where you can download the application pack.

Closing date for applications: 9am, 15 June 2020

Candidates invited to interview will be informed by: 19 June 2020

Interviews will take place on: Week Commencing 29 June 2020 via Zoom

Industrial animal agriculture is at the root of many of the most pressing global issues of our time, from climate change and global hunger, to increased disease risk and poor animal welfare. 

The Good Food Institute Europe (GFI Europe) is at the forefront of the movement to use food technology to replace the products of industrial animal agriculture with plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated alternatives. Please check out our U.S. affiliate’s website (gfi [dot] org) and read the 2019 Year in Review (gfi [dot] org/2019) to find out more about who we are and what we do. 

We are at an exciting stage in our growth and are looking for a Communications Manager to join our team. For more information about this role, please check out the job brochure: shorturl.at/JW367.

How You Will Make a Difference 

You will lead on planning and delivering impact across the entire spectrum of communications disciplines, including media and public relations, brand marketing, digital and social media, and the production of content and materials. Your ‘North Star’ will be to advance the alternative proteins sector across Europe, and to ensure that GFI Europe is the go-to thought leader within the sector. As our first communications hire in our growing team, you will be responsible for:

• Developing and executing a strategic communications plan for GFI Europe.

• Work closely with our Managing Director on developing and executing an impactful public relations programme, including writing and placing press releases, op-eds, articles and blogs, etc, to deliver and shape positive coverage for GFI Europe and the alternative proteins sector. 

• Developing a clear, impactful narrative and key messages, and delivering these across all communications channels. 

• Building relationships with journalists in the fields of science, academia, business, innovation, entrepreneurship, food/ag, and policy. 

• Acting as a spokesperson for GFI Europe when necessary.

• Understanding, listening, and following the European conversation around alternative proteins to identify new opportunities to promote the sector and GFI Europe’s work in key European countries.

• Identifying, building relationships with and influencing key organisations and opinion leaders across Europe to strengthen the narrative that supports the alternative protein sector.

• Working with fundraising colleagues to develop and implement strategies for reaching, recruiting and stewarding supporters.

• Collaborating with our policy team to ensure our political communication is effective and reaches the right audience.

• Managing GFI Europe’s social media activity and potentially developing online tools such as a new website and webinars.

• Coordinating with colleagues, and potentially external consultants, to oversee the production of GFI Europe publications and material including brochures, presentations and one-pagers, and act as our ‘brand guardian’ to ensure consistency.

• Potentially working with and overseeing agencies, freelancers and others to help deliver the above. 

• Performing other tasks as required as a member of our small start-up team.

Who we’re looking for: 

You must have:

• A passion for GFI’s philosophy and mission.

• Significant (ideally 5 or more years) communications experience, for example in public relations, media relations, social media or journalism. 

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including the ability to write persuasive press releases and articles.

• A passion for, and demonstrated success with, proactive media outreach, including effectively developing and pitching stories to journalists that resulted in positive coverage.

• Good judgement and news-sense: to successfully spot opportunities and ‘hooks’ to secure coverage, and to get the substance, tone and nuance of our message right. 

• The ability to devise a well-informed strategy for GFI Europe’s comms work, in terms of audience mapping, channels, messaging. 

• Excellent people-skills: the ability to influence, network, build alliances and work well in a team.

• A can-do approach: a self-starter with the drive and initiative to take responsibility for delivering communications impact.

• Comfort working remotely in a rapidly-growing and evolving organization: the ability to work well independently and under pressure, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines. 

• Fluent English, both written and spoken. We would also welcome applications from candidates who, in addition, can work in other major European languages.

We want the best people and we don’t want biases holding us back. We strongly encourage people of every colour, orientation, age, gender, origin, and ability to apply. Because we value a diverse workplace, we prioritize an inclusive climate absent of discrimination and harassment during the application process and after you join the team.

The Fine Print:

• Terms of employment: Full-time, permanent

• Location: Flexible - we will consider applicants from anywhere in Europe. You will mainly be working remotely: from your home, or wherever you choose. Once the COVID situation has cleared, you and the whole GFI Europe team will get together in-person approximately once every six weeks for around 3-4 days at a time, most likely in the London area or Brussels. There may also be other occasional work trips within Europe or to the US.

• Salary: £38,000 - £44,000.  This range is based on a UK hire and will be adjusted if hired elsewhere in Europe.

• Right to work requirements: We are only able to consider applicants who are eligible to work and travel in the EU or UK.

• Application Deadline: 29 June 2020, 11.59pm BST. We will be assessing candidates on a rolling basis, so please apply now!

Any questions?  If you have any questions about this role, please do reach out to us at  europe (at) gfi (dot) org. If you’ve read this far but decided not to apply, please feel free to share this job description with someone else in your network who you think might be a good fit for the role! Thank you.

This is an exciting and senior new role within a growing business development team and an important time for Solace. In the last five years we have doubled the number of people we support rising to nearly 23,000.  We know that our services are valued and we are now looking for someone who can drive growth through media engagement and effective communications. This is a senior role in the charity and you will have the opportunity to lead and deliver on our ambitious plans for the future.

This your chance as an experienced media manager and feminist to play an influential role in ensuring the voices of women and girls are put centre stage and contribute to ending violence and abuse against them. You will manage a small team and report to the Director of Business Development.

Solace is an innovative, exciting, grass roots charity working across London. We offer great employee benefits including three per cent employer pension contribution, generous holiday entitlement and a focus on learning and development. You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men and children in the capital. 

Solace values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applicants from black minority and ethnic communities.

The purpose of the role is to support the development of SIFA Fireside through successful communications. The role focuses primarily on external communications: social and print media, website, e-newsletters, posters and flyers; and will also support the fundraising team with communications. The role will also support internal communications with staff and volunteers and support the service teams with communications to clients. This role reports directly to the Head of Organisational Development and is critical in raising SIFA Fireside’s profile and in communicating our vision and the difference we make.  

Cord is an international charity working with people in highly sensitive and oppressive contexts to transform dysfunctional relationships into those that create peaceful and inclusive societies. Our vision, inspired by the Christian faith, is of a world where all people live in the fullness of peace, have the freedom to flourish and live free from fear. We work towards this through employing and working with people of all faiths and none.

The focus of our global strategy is on transforming dysfunctional relationships between those in power and citizens (like you or I), into those that create peaceful and inclusive societies where everyone can live free from fear and with the freedom to flourish.

Cord is looking for someone to support our the implementation of our private fundraising and communications strategy, with communication skills, who is passionate about seeing positive change in our world and who is enthusiastic about engaging others to support Cord’s work as donors or volunteers.

The ideal candidate will need to have the following skills/experience:

Degree and advanced understanding of communications, marketing or fundraising;

• At least two years’ demonstrable results in fundraising
• Proven experience of successfully engaging people with a cause and motivating giving
• Experience of engaging, supervising and developing volunteers effectively
• Creative and able to produce engaging written and visual communications
• Advanced digital communications skills
• Excellent administrative skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence engaging with people
• Awareness of the needs of others and flexible to respond

If you like what you read and are passionate about making a real and lasting difference, come and join us and be part of the Cord story.

A detailed recruitment pack and application form is on Cord's website. 

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and interviews will be organised according to availability. As such, the application window may close prior to the date below if a suitable candidate is appointed.

The application deadline is: Sunday 24th May 2020 – 23.59 GMT

Great opportunity for a comms all-rounder with excellent editorial skills, happy to work across the comms mix. This is a varied and exciting role that will provide the right candidate with constant challenge, opportunity for development and exposure to issues impacting people’s lives.

About us

National Voices is the leading coalition of health and care charities in England. We work together to strengthen the voice of patients, service users, carers, their families and the voluntary organisations that work for them. We have more than 160 members covering a diverse range of health conditions and communities, connecting us with the experiences of millions of people. 

We do this by influencing policy, improving practice, and acting as a voice for voluntary organisations. We are well-respected, influential, and have a reputation for punching above our weight. 

Over the last 12 months we have restructured our team, developed a new business model and redesigned our strategy. Our goal is to close up the gap between policymakers and the people whose lives their decisions affect. This means we need to work more closely than ever with our members and the people they work with and for. We see it as part of our role to facilitate and strengthen action by people who use health and care services – advocating for better quality care for themselves and others.

Our new strategic focus means we now work through high profile partnerships and projects and we need to develop bespoke and overarching communications plans that explain our purpose and activities to a range of audiences. Good communication, with members, partners and stakeholders, is key to our success and we want to strengthen our capacity, which is why we are creating this new role. 

National Voices has a strong commitment to equality and diversity. We provide flexible and supportive working environment. We particularly welcome applications from people with a BAME background, as they are currently underrepresented in our workforce. We would also like to encourage applications from candidates with personal experience of health and care. 

The role

The role of Communications Manager sits at the heart of the new National Voices team.

As our Communications Manager you will oversee and shape the organisation’s communications channels across social media, email campaigns, webinars (and when it is possible, physical events). Using these existing channels, and by introducing others if they are needed, you will ensure our members are aware of and engaged with our collaborative projects. Additionally, looking beyond our membership, you will devise communications strategies and plans to ensure the research and insight developed through our projects are noticed by the right people. These audiences could include health policy experts, decision-makers within the health and care system, government and parliamentarians, and users of health services among the general public.

This is a varied and exciting role that will provide the right candidate with constant challenge, opportunity for development and exposure to issues impacting people’s lives. You will already be a comms all-rounder with excellent editorial skills, happy to work across the comms mix. We don’t expect you to be an expert in every facet of communications yet, but this role will enable you to develop further whilst owning and driving forward the organisation’s communications function. 

The role reports to our Head of Membership and Engagement and you will also work closely with our CEO and Head of Policy. You will have line management responsibility for junior staff as well as managing a mix of specialist agency and consultant support. You will also work with communications and policy colleagues from our diverse members and partners, who span the health and care sector.

We are a small, collaborative and supportive team with big ambitions for the future of health and care. If you are looking for your next challenge, are keen to learn and develop, and want a role that will make a difference to people’s lives, please get in touch.

The position of Administrator of the British Moroccan Society, a registered charity dedicated to promoting closer links between the people of Morocco and the United Kingdom, will be key to the good running and the impact created by the Society. The job holder will be selected by and report to the Chair, the Trustees and the Committee of the Society, in practice working to one or two Committee members. The job holder will:

• Ensure the Society membership is kept in good order and that prompt and clear communication is carried out
• Act as the central manager of the website and other means of communication with the membership
• Communicate personally with members and enquirers
• Contribute to ensuring consistency in the Society’s output and quality
• Assist in, and on occasion take a lead in, organising Society activities (meetings, conferences or events
• Keep simple accounts (the Society uses external accountants)

Essential competences

• Organisational ability and experience
• Experience of communication platforms
• Telephone and personal communications skills
• Windows, Outlook, Excel
• Experience and skills in cross cultural communications
• Languages: fluent/native spoken and written English
• UK resident

Desirable experience and skills

• Languages: French, Moroccan Arabic, Classical Arabic a non-essential but desirable extra
• Knowledge of Morocco
• Experience in a core Society area – culture, economic and social, charity giving

Working hours/contract terms

• Four half days a month guaranteed; flexible to four days a month
• Three year contract with first year on probation (during which termination can be proposed by either side)
• Remuneration: £60 per half-day

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a paragraph explaining why you are applying for this position.

Llamau is daring to imagine a world without homelessness – will you help us to create it?

Llamau’s mission is to end youth homelessness and homelessness for women in Wales. It’s a big ambition and to some people it might seem impossible, but we know that if we all work together, homelessness genuinely doesn’t have to exist.

We’re looking for passionate, talented and tenacious people to join Team Llamau.

You’ll have good experience of successfully planning and managing complex high profile events and you will be able to use your organisational and creative skills to shape and manage Llamau’s fundraising events programme. You’ll be target-driven with excellent attention to detail and will be motivated to deliver a continuously improved fundraising events programme.

You’ll be working alongside passionate and supportive colleagues in a rewarding environment, where you’ll be making a huge contribution to creating a Wales without homelessness, every single day.  

Reference: SFFC02

Contract: Fixed Term Maternity Cover from August 2020 to September 2021

Department: Fundraising and Communications

Location: Cardiff

Salary: £24,684 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week, Mon-Fri, with some weekend and evening work required for which TOIL is given

Essential: Driving License