We are seeking to appoint a Membership and Marketing Director to increase ASDAN’s member­ship base through building an inclusive community identity and brand for customers and partners. As we embark on the next stage of our journey to be a leader in personal, social and work-related learning, our new Membership and Marketing Director will play a pivotal role in developing a marketing and membership strategy to support the charity’s targets to retain and attract new members, grow mem­bership income, and extend our impact.

Being a director of ASDAN will require a real com­mitment to our beliefs, values and principles. In return, you will be joining a team charging themselves with a truly reward­ing mission - transforming the life chances of children and young people.

About ASDAN

ASDAN is a successful national educational charity and awarding organisation for a range of qualifications, programmes and curriculum resources used by more than 3,000 schools, colleges and other education providers in the UK and internationally. 

Job purpose

To sustainably increase ASDAN’s membership base through building an inclusive community identity and brand for customers and partners.

To lead the development, implementation and review of a marketing and membership strategy to support the charity’s targets to retain and attract new members, grow membership income, and support growth in product sales.

Key responsibilities

1. Deliver the annual membership income budget by achieving targets for member retention, new members and growth in member spend, with responsibility for reporting to the trustees, including the Performance, Audit, Risk and Compliance (PARC) committee, on performance
2. Develop and implement a coherent membership and marketing strategy to build an inclusive community identity and brand for ASDAN through fully integrating three key areas of activity: marketing and communications; customer experience; customer relationships
3. Create fully integrated membership and marketing strategies that support the charity’s overall strategic direction, and are fully integrated with its education, product development and business operations functions
4. Deliver extended reach for ASDAN’s courses to a wider membership and secure evidence of the charity’s increased performance, impact and contribution to its overall charitable purpose
5. Share collective responsibility for the overall leadership of ASDAN with the director team and trustees

For full details including role description, person specification and terms and conditions, please download the Membership and Marketing Director recruitment pack.

How to apply

To apply, please follow the link below to our website.

• Applications close: Thursday 14th November, with shortlisting completed by Tuesday 19th November
• Interview date: Tuesday 3rd December 2019 in Bristol

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health gets support and respect. Right now, more people than ever are talking about mental health and we have a unique opportunity to maximise our reach and ensure no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.

We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic marketing professional to help deliver our ambitious marketing programme to reach more employers and support more people with mental health problems in the workplace. You will work with key teams across Mind (including Workplace Wellbeing, Corporate Partnerships, Policy and Campaigns, Legal, Media and Digital) and external partners, to develop messaging and use a range of online and offline marketing techniques to reach our target audiences.

You will have experience with delivering integrated marketing campaigns to both B2B and B2C audiences, and will be confident managing both internal and external stakeholders across a variety of levels.

The Communications and Marketing team sits within the External Relations directorate at Mind and its purpose is to tell our story in a planned and audience-driven way and deliver strategic, life-changing communications. We are currently expanding so it’s a very exciting time to join us and use your marketing skills to help us deliver our mission to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.

If you are passionate about developing audience-led marketing campaigns, and looking for a new challenge, then we want to hear from you.

To apply, please follow the link below to our website below.

Closing date: 4th November

We are expecting to hold interviews in the last two weeks of November.

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Marketing Manager

Reports to: Director of Marketing & Communication

Based at: Coeliac UK Head Office, High Wycombe with the possibility to regularly work from home by prior agreement with your line manager

Salary grade table: Specialist (SP3), c. £35k

Hours: 35 hours per week. Hours to be agreed with your line manager. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required

Holiday:36 days holiday a year including bank holidays

Line management: No direct reports

The Role:

Coeliac UK has a complex agenda and array of health and food stakeholders. The Marketing Manager will be accountable for accelerating the marketing function within the charity, working closely with key internal stakeholders (Commercial, Membership, Research and Fundraising) to develop marketing plans for priority audiences; manage integrated marketing plans; increase awareness of the charity and its services; and in doing so, ensure the charity can help more people affected by coeliac disease

Particular emphasis will be placed on building relationships, identifying and following through opportunities for marketing collaborations with existing and new commercial organisations and partners (retailers, manufacturers, caterers, food outlets) with a stake in the gluten-free market.

Key Responsibilities:

•Develop, implement & evaluate effective marketing plans to create shifts in the awareness, engagement & income generating capacity of the organisation.

•Drive awareness of Coeliac UK, the charity’s work, brand and impact to increase our reach to 400,000 actively engaged people

•Lead on the development and delivery of high impact, low cost, behaviour change campaigns

•Plan and run our integrated marketing campaigns and day to day marketing activity working closely with the Head of Communications for content alignment

•Take an active role in the development of marketing plans for the charity’s Crossed Grain (XG) trademark licensing scheme used by manufacturers, the Gluten Free (GF) accreditation scheme used by caterers, and any new scheme that may require developing according to commercial opportunities

•Track and measure assigned marketing campaigns to determine success or areas of improvement for future campaigns

•Promote advertising and sponsorship opportunities available through the charity, working closely with the Head of Advertising Sales

•Ensure asset development for the promotion of advertising activity to generate leads develop and grow partnerships

•Write creative briefs as necessary to internal colleagues or external suppliers

•Ensure all assets and content on channels used to promote the commercial activities (via website, print, SM or other means) are coherent with existing communication guidelines and tone, up-to-date and relevant, updating these in agreement with colleagues as necessary

•Work in tandem with the social media team (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram) to provide business focused tone/style/content

•Develop and deliver marketing plans for other events and activities for the charity which support or involve Commercial Partners, e.g. Industry Day, Food Festival

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

•At least five years marketing experience ideally in the charity, health or food sector

•Strong copywriting skills with the ability to generate insightful articles, website copy and other marketing collateral

•Demonstrable experience in setting meaningful metrics, using analytics and using agile marketing tactics to deliver successful campaigns

•Strong experience in reporting and evaluating campaign successes and developing learnings to apply to future projects

•Solid experience and/or understanding of campaign development

•Digital marketing prowess and good understanding of the principles of developing engaging multichannel content for a range of audiences

•Proven past accountability for spotting opportunities and translating organisational and marketing objectives into marketing activity and appropriate tactics

•Team player with practical, positive and flexible attitude

•Highly organised, able to meet deadlines and prioritise tasks

•Working with a range of stakeholders while project managing and delivering successful activity/campaigns, including external suppliers

Competencies

1: General profile

·Monitors, co-ordinates and supervises the daily activities of staff in an assigned work area in similar or related disciplines

·Experienced. Fully competent in own area. Shares own expertise with others; provides guidance and support to others

·Resolves problems through immediate actions or short-term planning and sets priorities to ensure task completion

·Maintains orderly work processes by co-ordinating work flow and work quality. Adheres to established practices and procedures in work area

·Builds an environment that supports cooperation and cohesiveness among the direct work team and within other areas in the organisation

2: Technical expertise; building & maintaining

·Demonstrates depth/breadth of knowledge/skills in own area; may be acquiring knowledge of other disciplines/areas

2: Technical expertise; applying & anticipating

·Applies knowledge/skill through handling complex problems and/or managing work which may extend beyond own area of expertise; shares expertise with teams and other work groups

3: Client/organisation orientation; client response

·Understands client needs and identifies solutions to non-standard tasks/queries; actively seeks and closes opportunities

3: Client/organisation orientation; organisation understanding

·Decisions impact primarily on own work group/team; may have an impact on department objectives

3: Client/organisation orientation client response; costs

·Manages departmental costs

4: Creating & delivering solutions; problem solving

·Resolves problems through immediate actions or short-term planning and sets priorities to ensure task completion

4: Creating & delivering solutions; planning & organising

·Maintains orderly work processes by co-ordinating work flow and work quality. Adheres to established practices and procedures in work area

5: Working relationship; communicating, negotiating & influencing

·Builds an environment that supports cooperation and cohesiveness among the work team and with other areas within the organisation

5: Working relationship; teamwork, coaching & guiding

·Oversees the day-to-day activities of work group/team; accountable for work group/team results

5: Working relationship; networking

·Creates extensive networks internally and externally

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties to be performed by the employee. This job description may be altered to reflect the needs of the charity.

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Marketing Officer 
Central London, EC4

About Us

Money Advice Trust provides free information, advice and resources to help people successfully manage their finances. With demand for money advice consistently outstripping supply, finding more efficient ways of helping people is at the heart of our work.

We’re now looking for a Marketing Officer to promote our training and consultancy services which provide free training to money advisors and commercial training and consultancy services for creditors.

Your Rewards

- Salary of c£32,000 DOE
- 26 days’ annual leave, plus Bank Holidays, option to buy further leave and one duvet day per quarter (taken out of leave allowance)
- Contributory pension (rising with service and contribution levels)
- Health and wellbeing benefits including eye tests, discounted private healthcare, free flu vaccinations, and support services
- Enhanced maternity and parental leave
- Life insurance (x4)
- Season ticket loan
- Rewards portal with discounts and savings

This is the ideal role for a marketing professional to take their next step with our vital, nationwide charity and help to promote their key training initiatives which support debt management and the debt industry.

You’ll discover an impressive array of benefits and a strong set of organisational values that drive our work. We’re balanced, supportive and innovative, focused on learning and development and understand that our people are the most important element of our organisation.

So, if you are looking to take your marketing career to the next level while helping to manage the UK’s debt crisis, this is the role you’ve been waiting for.

Your Role

As a Marketing Officer, you will promote our incredible training and consultancy services to both money advisors and creditors.

Planning and delivering marketing campaigns, you will promote our Wiseravdisor training scheme and our commercial training and consultancy services that help creditors to identify and support vulnerable customers.

Additionally, your role will include:

- Planning and delivering the social media digital marketing activity
- Helping to manage our website
- Meeting SEO goals
- Working with the Training & Consultancy and Business Development teams to create marketing campaigns
- Co-ordinating and delivering cross-channel campaigns

About You

To be considered as a Marketing Officer, you will need:

- Vast experience of working on marketing campaigns 
- Experience with digital marketing and social media 
- Exceptional communications kills 

Other organisations may call this role Marketing Executive, Marketing Co-ordinator, Marketing Campaign Executive, Marketing and Communications Officer, Marcomms Officer, Marcomms Executive, or Campaign Executive.

Webrecruit and Money Advice Trust are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you are seeking your next challenge as a Marketing Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Marketing Campaigns Manager - Acquisition, an excellent opportunity for a talented marketer to join a known National Charity, based in Central London.

As the Marketing Campaign Manager, you will be responsible for managing individual giving acquisition campaigns, aimed at attracting new supporters to the cause, along with the initial supporter journey, to increase overall income.

You will be responsible for;

• Day to day management and optimisation of supporter acquisition campaigns and welcome campaigns through multiple channels such as; DRTV, telemarketing and digital.
• Coordinate campaigns from briefing, delivery and evaluation, working with agencies; creative agencies, media agencies, printers and fulfilment houses.
• Assist with creative ideas and write copy where required.
• Source compelling stories and information in order to produce appeals, fundraiser materials and other information for supporters.
• Ensure all campaigns are delivered on time and to budget

We are looking for a talented marketer with a passion for supporter engagement who has proven knowledge and experience of:

• Direct marketing to individuals, with ideally experience in one or more channels: telemarketing, Direct Response TV (DRTV), managing Face to Face agencies.
• Working with a variety of suppliers (e.g. creative direct marketing agencies, face to face or telemarketing agencies) to deliver acquisition campaigns
• Experience of planning, scheduling, allocating and evaluating work and suppliers.
• Experience of monitoring results and income and expenditure performance versus budget

The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is seeking a Director of Marketing to develop the NMRN brand and increase footfall and spend at their many attractions including the largest historic fleet in the world from the nation’s flagship HMS Victory to the heroic Falkland war landing craft Foxtrot 7.

The NMRN’s vision is to be the world’s most inspiring naval museum, enabling people to enjoy, learn and engage with the epic story of the Royal Navy and its impact on the modern world. With their headquarters in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, the NMRN care for capital ships, frigates, submarines, airplanes and nuclear bombs.

The NMRN has ambitious plans to increase financial resources and are now recruiting a Director of Marketing to work alongside a new Director of Fundraising to ensure the best use of all opportunities to build on existing fundraising growth and double their income.

The Director of Marketing will be responsible for all marketing programmes and activities and for developing and implementing a long-term marketing strategy. They will also ensure that marketing income is maximised through effective development of motivating products and offers and will work closely with the Director General and other Directors.

NMRN are looking for candidates with significant knowledge of marketing including brand, digital, communications and PR, as well as an understanding of visitor attraction market dynamics and requirements.  You will have a strong desire to exceed and have a highly pro-active, creative approach to marketing and to motivating your teams. You will have a track record in developing and delivering successful marketing strategies for complex organisations with multiple products, locations and target audiences and have significant experience of consumer brand development. You will also have experience of marketing in a digital context across a variety of digital media channels.

If you have the relevant skills and experience and would like to be part of an amazing organisation that celebrates and preserves the history of the Royal Navy, then please do apply.

For an informal conversation prior to applying to this role, please contact Anton Packheiser +44 (0) 7749 858597 or Suzie Spooner on +44 (0) 7960 932 315.

Please click through to the pack for more information.

Location: Portsmouth or London or part work from home

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 + pension
 

Humentum is a global nonprofit/charity focused on advancing operational excellence for social good. We build the capacity of staff at international development and relief organizations to address the operational challenges they face while working toward their missions. 

Position Overview 

Reporting to the Marketing Manager, the Marketing Assistant will provide support to Humentum’s overall marketing efforts, with a focus on digital marketing, content scheduling, and digital asset management. The Marketing Assistant works with both the Learning & Product Development and Membership, Advocacy and Client Services teams. This is a fixed-term part-time position until February 2020.

Core Competencies

Key Responsibilities

• Create and assist in the creation of targeted emails in Silverpop IBM Watson email system; pull queries from Salesforce and create content for promotional emails
• Work with the Marketing Manager and Marketing Coordinator and on creating, maintaining, and delivering on a content schedule for social media
• Assist in curating content for the blog and internal/external outreach to potential writers; edit content for e-publishing
• Create flyers for trainings, in-house workshops, and other events as needed
• Collect and archive all photos, videos, testimonials, and collateral materials
• Research and outreach to societies and organizations about upcoming training opportunities
• Assist with preparation for our annual conference and other events as needed

• Other duties as assigned consistent with the spirit and intent of the position.

REQUIREMENTS 

Qualifications and Desired Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required; in communications, marketing, advertising, journalism, or a related field preferred
• Strong writing and communications skills;
• 1-2 years experience in digital communications, some nonprofit experience preferred but not required
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience with email marketing platforms, specifically Silverpop IBM Watson or similar CRM driven platform

• Experience with social media marketing and analytics
  Experience with Salesforce or other CRMs and Drupal or other CMS a plus
• Experience with Google Analytics a plus

Skills and Attributes

• Enthusiasm for marketing, analytics, writing, and research in a nonprofit environment
• Strong attention to detail – demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, organized, monitors own work to ensure quality
• Excellent editing and writing skills 
• Independent problem solving ability; motivated learner
• Customer-oriented, positive attitude combined with ability to multitask and meet deadlines while juggling multiple priorities
• Excellent writing ability;

Job Related Information

Employment regulations applying to the country of each employee’s job assignment apply.  This position is:

• Based remotely
• A fixed-term part-time position (3 days a week for 18 weeks)

Application Instructions

Please apply on the our job board

Equal Opportunities Statement 

Humentum is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.

Do you want to use your marketing and branding skills to help transform society’s attitudes and behaviours around mental health? 

MHFA England are looking for a Brand and Marketing Content Executive to join our vibrant and busy Marketing and Communications team. The successful candidate will play a vital role in marketing our training courses and programmes while helping us protect our growing brand. 

Who we are: 

We are Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England, a community interest company on the forefront of the mental health movement. We provide training courses to workplaces, schools and communities, to give people the skills they need to look after their own and others’ wellbeing.

Mental health education empowers people to care for themselves and others. By reducing stigma through understanding, we hope to break down barriers to the support that people may need to stay well, recover, or manage their symptoms – to thrive in learning, work and life. 

Who we’re looking for: 

We’re looking for someone with a passion for mental health, a background in marketing and content creation, and exceptional copywriting and editing skills. You will need an eye for detail combined with a keen understanding of the importance of brand integrity. 

Why work for us: 

You will be working for the leading provider of mental health skills and awareness training in England, joining us as we strive to ensure society recognises mental health as equally important to physical health.

We are a friendly, supportive, fast-paced organisation and are striving to be an exemplary health and wellbeing employer. It’s important that we look after you and we are proactive in supporting all our employees’ health and wellbeing. You’ll enjoy 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, along with a winter and summer office closure in addition to your annual leave.

We provide a pension contribution for you which is matched up to 5%. We’ll support your development and growth and help you develop your experience and skills to achieve your personal and the businesses goals.

Over the last 18 months we have embarked on an ambitious journey of growth and if you are looking for the next exciting step in your career, this a great time for you to join us and play your part in training one in ten of the population in Mental Health First Aid skills. We are looking forward to welcoming the successful candidate in to our talented and dynamic team.

MHFA England values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and sections of the community. 

How to apply 

For the full job description and person specification please see the attached document. 

To apply please submit a covering letter and CV demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role. 

The closing date for applications is 27th October. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 6th November.

By applying for this job you are confirming that you have read the MHFA England Privacy Notice and accept the conditions under which your details will be processed. 

3 Month temp role - Possible extension - Marketing Officer - Start date ASAP

Your new company
A modern, vibrant, market leading health charity based in London/East London

Your new role
We're looking for a Marketing Officer who will bring lots of creativity and enthusiasm to this key role within the Marketing team. They will be responsible for providing effective and creative marketing solutions for all areas of the organisation. You'll deliver engaging, integrated and audience-led marketing communications that use a multi-channel approach. This individual will act as the account manager for a number of different projects, liaising with internal and external stakeholders to make sure they are delivered on schedule.

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed you must have a minimum of 3 years generalist marketing experience or equivalent who has experience of managing projects to a tight deadline. As you are managing a number of different stakeholders experience with this is a must. This role is very creative and you will be the point of contact for a range of different internal team, adding market value as the project progresses. For this role attention to detail and good communications skills are a must. Ideally you will come from the not for profit sector. As this is an interim contract you must be able to pick up new ways of working very quickly.

What you'll get in return
A competitive daily rate, and to be a part of a modern charity that is striving to be the best.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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The Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF) is a Christian charity that is passionate about enabling people of all ages to grow in faith and understanding of the Bible. BRF resources the spiritual journey of individuals and the mission and ministry of local churches. BRF also provides a professional education service equipping primary schools to explore Christianity creatively and confidently.

We are looking for an enthusiastic marketer to join our marketing and communications team for approx. 12 months while our permanent Marketing Officer is seconded elsewhere in the organisation. This is a great opportunity for someone with excellent communication skills with experience of using social media and creating web content to further develop their marketing skills.

Based in our Abingdon office but with the possibility of some homeworking.

I am eager to speak to a Marketing Manager, who will join a vibrant team in the children's education charity.

Based in London, you will manage the Marketing Officer and report into the Head of Marketing. You will join a fast-paced, ambitious team. You will have lots of energy, a can do attitude and great personal skills to fit in to the team and also to manage the many relationships that interact with the position.

Your role will be to create, deliver and analyse integrated marketing plans that utilise the full marketing mix to extend the reach and maximise the sales of the charity's programmes.

Responsibilities will include:

* Contribute marketing insight and deliver marketing activity to support a range of charity events, campaigns and initiatives.
* Contribute marketing insight to campaign and fundraising project plans.
* Establish and maintain successful relationships with marketing and media agencies to ensure best value for money and report on effectiveness

The ideal candidate:

* We are looking for someone that is extremely organised, a strong project manager who has experience planning and evaluating multi-channel marketing campaigns.
* The majority of the campaigns tend to be below the line, so experience of this would be advantageous.
* Experience managing ecommunications (you will manage all mass communications through our CRM). The Marketing Officer builds and runs the campaigns but you will have digital experience to monitor those campaigns and improve our emails.

The organisation are looking to interview ASAP, therefore if you are keen, please get in touch ASAP, by e-mailing your CV to [email protected]

The organisation can wait up to 1 month for the right candidate, so if you have more than 1 months' notice, unfortunately this role won't be applicable.

Need Marketing Manager

9 month Fixed Term Contract
£40,000-£43,000pa

London

To lead the Communications and Marketing strategy around Need Messaging, developing the over-arching marketing and communications approach around money buys (fundraising shopping lists), need messaging and to shape the ongoing approach to communicating money buys and maximising fundraising potential.

Key responsibilities:

Servicing requirements for money buys for Comic Relief and its associated Campaigns (Red Nose Day, Sport Relief). Working across the organisation to give guidance and produce money buys to al all departments (community, schools, and workplace fundraising, individual giving, partnerships, challenges, broadcast – radio and driver shows). This will include:

· Managing copy writing existing list and gaining approval from I&I

· Responding to briefs – logging use/ working with photography on imagery and content producers on film

· Sourcing and compiling, in conjunction with Storytelling and I&I

Need messaging: supporting the marketing team to implement the results of our need testing underway and work on copywriting/ updates/ imagery and content commissioning. Working with the Digital Marketing Manger to ensure need is creatively and adequately represented.

Money buy films: working with production team to project manage the delivery of these assets Long term strategy for money buys: project manage a cross organisational piece of work to analyse and evaluate the need for and approach to money buys, including market research and testing, in order to understand their value and how they can be used forward to ensure we have a solid plan in place and can resource appropriately and build in process accordingly

Deliver money buy solution: working with the relevant teams on delivering the new approach and formalising cross org processes on how money buys are collected, developed and signed off for the future.

Need comms strategy and developing a plan: looking at the year-round comms calendar and developing a need comms strategy in collaboration with the Head of Marketing and Comms and Marketing Lead to ensure we have a clear plan on how we focus our channels

Essential Education and Competencies:

· Extensive experience of working in a fundraising environment

· Marketing and Campaign Experience

· Analytical and strategic thinker

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Role closes - 12:00pm, 31st Oct 2019 GMT (Europe/London)

Contract Type: Fixed Term until December 2021

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: Manchester

We are looking for a marketing manager to join our team to co-ordinate and manage the marketing for a ground-breaking new initiative in the Greater Manchester area.

Our new manager will play a key role in delivering one of the largest and impactful initiatives in our history. This a truly unique role, based in Manchester, working closely with multiple stakeholders and the London marketing and digital team.

To learn more about the role, please go to our website.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Direct Marketing Manager (Maternity Cover)

Salary circa £40,000 plus benefits

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is the leading welfare charity supporting
current and former members of the RAF, their partners and families, providing practical, emotional and financial support, whenever they need us. 

This is a key position in the RAF Benevolent Fund’s friendly and hardworking fundraising team in London.  It involves raising significant support from individuals from cash and regular gifts.  You will lead on the programme to attract new supporters to the cause and to retain our exiting supporters.  We will also give you opportunity to show your fundraising experience and flair in creating new ways to connect with supporters through a variety of channels from direct mail and telephone to TV and digital. 

You will have proven success in a busy direct marketing environment, experience of providing excellent supporter care as well as managing a member of staff.  You will have strong communication and problem-solving skills and enthusiasm for the work of the RAF Benevolent Fund.

A detailed job profile is available on the Fund’s website. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Louise Gibson, Head of Individual Giving.

To apply, please send your CV together with a covering letter detailing why you believe you are suitable for this role to, Pete Thompson, Head of HR, RAF Benevolent Fund, 67 Portland Place, W1B 1AR, email.

The closing date for applications is Monday 28th October 2019 at 17:00.

Interviews will be held Friday 1st November 2019.

Please note that due to the high number of applications expected, only candidates shortlisted for interview will be notified.

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is a Registered Charity (No. 1081009) which encourages applications from all sections of the community

1.  MAIN SUMMARY OF ROLE:

Support from individuals through the direct marketing programme is a significant source of income and the programme has been instrumental in identifying legacy pledgers and supporters for other areas of the RAF Benevolent Fund’s work.  The person in this role has responsibility for organising all aspects of the direct marketing programme and managing the Fundraising Executive.

2.  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Set income and expenditure budgets for supporter recruitment and development in line with the Fundraising Strategy and annual Business Plan.
• Manage the Fundraising Executive and ensure he or she meets annual objectives.
• To maintain, monitor, review and develop relationships with external agencies and suppliers.  Ensure they meet the agreed Service Level Agreement.
• Brief and provide information to the Direct Marketing agency for each Direct Marketing activity.
• Monitor the income and expenditure of each activity against the agreed targets
• Regularly review the mix of Direct Marketing activities to ensure maximum reach and targets are met.
• Working with Finance Team colleagues ensure one-off and regular donations processed by the fulfilment house are added to the database.
• Make selections from the database for mailings and produce suppression files for cold direct mail.
• Liaise with other members of staff to ensure the needs of the organisation are met through the Direct Marketing programme in terms of promoting appropriate activities/events and raising money for particular areas of work.
• Ensure head office and regional colleagues are kept up to date with current Direct Marketing activity
• Ensure revenue from gift aid is maximised.
• Produce reports on KPI’s for the Head of Individual Giving when required.
• Manage the Direct Marketing budget to ensure we receive good value from suppliers and projects are met within the pre-agreed expenditure.

Other

• To ensure implementation of all relevant Fund policies and procedures
• To attend meetings, conferences and training events as agreed with you line manager.
• Such other duties as may reasonably be required.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR THE ROLE

Essential

Relating and Networking  - establishing good relationships with colleagues, beneficiaries and external contacts, relating well to people at all levels

Persuading and influencing – analysing data, probing for further information and making rational judgements from the available information and analysis

Writing and reporting – writing clearly and succinctly, in a well-structured and logical way

Applying expertise and technology – applying specialist knowledge and developing expertise through continual professional development

Planning and Organising – managing time effectively, meeting deadlines and prioritising workload

Desirable

Achieving personal work goals and objectives – accepting and tackling goals with enthusiasm and demonstrating a strong work ethic

Adapting and responding to change – demonstrating flexibility in adapting to changing circumstances, accepting new ideas

QUALIFICATION(S), KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE ROLE

4.  Academic/Professional Qualification(s) or equivalent:

Essential

• Degree level education or equivalent vocational qualifications/experience

Desirable

• Membership of the Institute of Fundraising

5.  Knowledge/ Experience:

Essential

• Minimum 2 years experience of direct marketing
• Proven experience of supporter care
• Proven experience of using a computerised data for fundraising

Desirable

• Experience of on-line supporter recruitment and development
• Experience of using the CARE Database

6.  Skills/Abilities:

Essential

• Able to communicate effectively, empathetically, concisely and confidently on the telephone, in writing and in person to a wide and varied audience
• Able to manage and prioritise own workload
• Have budgetary and financial skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Be committed to the values and ethos to the RAFBF