The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham are seeking a Director of Communications with a strong understanding/empathy with the aims, ethos and beliefs of the Church of England is essential as the postholder will be required to promote the Christian faith in all external facing communications.

Based in Southwell, the successful candidate will lead and coordinate communications activities across all teams within the diocese, whilst participating and supporting initiatives at a national level.  The Director will work with the Bishops’ Office to ensure the Bishops are fully supported and briefed in their public facing roles. Further development and deepening of support to the 320+ parishes will also be key to enable them to enhance their online digital communications.

The nature of the post will require a degree of mobility and flexibility, with work undertaken in locations around the Diocese and some meetings or training events taking place during evenings and weekends.

This is a great opportunity to work for Rainbows, the only hospice in the East Midlands for life-limited children and young people. We are here to make life brighter with amazing care and support for them and their families – you can be part of it too. Come and be part of something amazing. Come and be part of the Rainbow.

As a vital part of the Marketing and Fundraising Team, the post holder will build relationships with the Family Support and Care Team to proactively recruit and maintain long-term relationships with new and existing Rainbows families to help spread the word about the work we do across the East Midlands.

Reporting to the Head of Marketing and working very closely with the Family Support and Care Team to understand current issues facing our families, the person will provide continuous weekly content (written, video and photo) sourced from families for multi-channel marketing, fundraising, social media, and PR campaigns, as well as supporting fundraising events. They will also create, maintain and update family records on our database detailing how and where families have been involved in helping promote Rainbows.

Based at the Hospice a minimum of one day a week, the post holder will also be required to source, support and train families to talk about Rainbows at fundraising events. The person will be required to accompany families to fundraising events (evenings/weekends) to support the work of Rainbows.

The person will work as the key liaison between Rainbows and Rainbows families, ensuring the best interests of the family and the organisation are protected. 

You’ll have proven experience of working with individuals from diverse backgrounds including children with complex care / special needs and their families, and well as strong understanding of safeguarding processes and data protection.

An understanding of marketing campaigns and the use of social media for promotion / marketing purposes is essential, along with the ability to develop and maintain cross team relationships at all levels. You’ll be able to demonstrate experience of developing and working simultaneously on a number of campaigns, liaising and coordinating with various stakeholders.

Our Values are: Welcoming, Excellent, Co-operation, Accepting, Responsive, Energetic. If you can demonstrate these and have the necessary skills and attitude, we can offer you:

• A competitive salary, leave entitlement and pension scheme.
• Career development opportunities
• A full induction and on-going quality training
• The opportunity to become part of a great organisation.
• Flexible working hours

Closing date:  28th February 2021.

Please note that we are looking for a start no earlier than April 2021.

Applications:

For more information about the role, please download the Job Description and Person Specification. 

Please submit a copy of your current CV and a covering letter, no longer than two pages of A4, outlining your experience and skills relevant to the job description and person specification, an explanation for any gaps in your CV and other information that you feel we should know in order to assess your application.

No agencies please.

Are you an experienced project manager with experience of working in Digital?  Have you managed product development and delivery in the past?

The Digital Experience Team are recruiting a Senior Digital Product Officer to work for a 12 month period at the London office.

In this role you will help maintain our digital products with an emphasis on products within our website and microsites, ensuring they meet our organisational needs and have our customers at heart.  You will also have responsibility for the ongoing development and improvement of some of our user-facing digital products.

In addition, you'll contribute to our organisation-wide digital roadmap, taking ownership of specific workstreams, problems and prioritising effectively to find solutions. You will also work closely with our IT team to make sure we effectively integrate our digital products with supporting systems.

To be successful in this role you will have existing skills in technical problem solving and you will be required to build good working relationships with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

The role will be remote initially as we continue to be home based under COVID-19. However, the candidate should be able to commute into our London office in the long term. There is also occasional travel to our rehoming centres across the country in the long term.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button.  Our application process requires you to submit a CV and cover letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role.   

Strategy, Policy and Engagement Directorate
£25,767 (£42,945 FTE) per annum
Part-time, 21 hours per week (0.6 FTE)
Fixed-term contract for 12 months
Based in London, WC1 – initially homebased due to Covid-19 restrictions

Physiotherapists transform and enhance lives and we need your help in developing the next generation.

As the UK’s professional body and trade union for physiotherapy, we are committed to building lifelong relationships with our 59,000 members that help them achieve that potential and improve the lives of patients across the country. In this rewarding role, you can play your part by helping us build those relationships from the moment students begin their journey.

We are looking for someone with a passion for working with students and a track record of using their creative and interpersonal skills to deliver organisational goals.

This is an exciting time to join the team (we’ve set ourselves ambitious targets for 2021!); and as we continue to transform CSP student recruitment to a local model. By building effective relationships with universities and programme leads, student societies and local CSP teams, you can directly contribute to the success of this initiative.

In this role, together with another student recruitment coordinator, you will lead on the co-ordination and delivery of university visits across the UK to recruit student members. You will play a key role in supporting student engagement with the aim of supporting conversion and establishing a lifelong relationship between the CSP and each student member.

You will use your knowledge, skills and experience to undertake a wide range of engagement activities to support the CSP’s nation-wide network of students. This includes delivery of key events, training and production of resources.

The Society provides a supportive culture for your own learning, with opportunities for you to stretch yourself and test out different ways of working.

So, if you are looking for an exceptionally rewarding and challenging role, would enjoy working in a matrix team environment and seeing the difference your input makes, find out more about this exciting opportunity.

Our Values

At the CSP our goal is to create a culture which is characterised by innovation, respect, encouragement, passion and teamwork.  We all strive for continuous improvement and to be the best at everything we do.  We aspire to work in a way that embodies our values of learning, courage, inclusive and integrity.  Our shared values are part of our organisational DNA and reflect the expectations we have of ourselves and others. They guide what we do and how we do it to have the greatest impact for our members.  Please click here for further information.

Closing date: 10am, 2nd February 2021.

Interview dates: w/c 8th February 2021.

We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

We offer an excellent benefits package, including 27 days annual leave (pro-rata), pension scheme and lunch allowance.

The CSP is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Within a newly restructured department, this is an exciting role taking main responsibility for planning and executing media relations initiatives.

Job Title: PR Media Coordinator
Main work base: 12 Meadway Court, Stevenage SG1 2EF
Hours of work: Full time or Part-time considered (minimum 20 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £25K - £29K (Band C1-2)

About us

Mercy Ships is a faith-based charity, bringing safe surgery to people in Africa who have no access to healthcare or money to pay for it. For over 40 years Mercy Ships has visited more than 55 developing nations. Passionate to serve those in need and to leave a lasting impact for the future of those we serve. Our volunteer crew represent our organisation onboard through excellence and diligence. 16 Mercy Ships offices around the world work on fundraising, recruitment and public relations.

The UK provides over 100 specialist volunteers to crew the hospital ship 'Africa Mercy’ each year, and provides financial resources for surgeries, healthcare, education and local partnership - bringing immediate relief to thousands of individuals and leaving a sustainable legacy of hope and healing in every nation we visit.

About the role

You will proactively seek out opportunities to drive fundraising and increase the general public engagement. You will involve our storytellers and thought leaders on relevant and timely issues of public interest. You will possess a great 'news sense’ and ability to think creatively to get 'cut through’ in the media and will be able to jump on and maximise opportunities.

Working across our USA based, Global Brand Team, and the UK team, you must have an interest in working with consumer media, have experience of working with national press and planning large public-facing campaigns and the desire to work in a fast-paced team committed to making a difference.

About you

Essential:

• Relevant degree or equivalent media relations or qualification/s and experience
• 3 or more years as a media liaison, PR officer or brand buzzer
• Experience of liaising with PR agencies, the media and journalists
• Organising and delivering high profile engagement events
• 'News Sense’ and able to 'sell’ stories

Candidates will be interviewed as and when suitable applications come in, so please don’t hesitate in applying.

If you would like to apply for this position and join us in transforming the lives of the forgotten poor, please click the apply button and attach your CV and covering letter, it will be sent automatically to us. A job description is attached to help with your application. 

Mercy Ships UK is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all individuals and value diversity in our workforce.

No agencies please.

Department

The Public Affairs and Policy team is responsible for the Carers UK’s policy, media, research, campaigns and public affairs function working with colleagues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

About you

You thrive in a fast paced environment. You will have a strong interest in politics and social justice, with a desire to deliver change for carers. You will have experience of either public affairs, policy and research or media and campaigns.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing team with an excellent track record of campaigning for change and influencing public policy to improve the lives of carers. The role works on issues ranging from social care, employment, welfare and health. You will play a pivotal role in the team supporting the policy, public affairs and media work.

About us

Carers UK is the national membership charity for the 6.5 million people in the UK who are unpaid carers – and whose care is valued at a staggering £132 billion per year. We are seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate who is looking for an exciting opportunity to effect lasting change.

Please send in your application as soon as possible. Carers UK reserves the right to appoint at any stage, should an outstanding candidate emerge.

Network Advisor - Pensions and Treasury Management

Are you innovative, enjoy developing partnerships and comfortable with public speaking? Do you want to take a leading role in CIPFA’s commercial and policy activities around pensions and treasury management activities?

If the answer is yes then we would love to hear from you.

We are looking to recruit a Networks Advisor to support CIPFA’s highly respected Pensions and Treasury Management Networks, which provide support to practitioners around investment, administration and governance.

Network Advisor Responsibilities:

- Development and delivery of regional and national events, training and consultancy services
- Researching and writing technical briefings on latest issues facing public sector pensions and treasury management
- Regular contact with our stakeholders and respond to complex enquiries and proactively meet their needs

Network Advisor Requirements:

- Have a professional accountancy qualification with significant post qualification experience in pensions and / or treasury management.
- Have significant practical knowledge and experience of local authority pension investment, treasury management practices, legislation, administrative framework and governance.
- Have a current appreciation of the financial and other challenges facing local government pension funds and treasury management practices.
- Be effective at working independently, developing relationships, comfortable reporting at a senior level, and possess practical 'hands on' approach, together with excellent communication skills.
- Be a self-starter and have excellent commercial awareness of the public sector market.

About CIPFA:

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) is a UK-based international accountancy membership and standard-setting body. We are the only such body globally dedicated to public financial management.

CIPFA believes that improving public services is the key to changing lives for the better and that good public financial management is central to achieving this ambition.

Our educational and advisory services support our members, students and other public finance professionals throughout their careers – helping them add value to their teams and the organisations for which they work.

Through our work, we help ensure public money is raised and spent with the highest degree of openness.

We are committed to making a real difference to the world we live in.

Location: Flexible

Contract type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: up to £56,000 per annum

Benefits: 36 hour working week (normally between the hours of 9.00 am to 5.00 pm), 25 days annual leave, Up to 10% employer's pension contribution, Season ticket loans, Employee Assistance Helpline, Exclusive employee discount and rewards at many major brands including health & well-being, retail, restaurants and mobile technology providers.

Closing date for applications: 8th February 2021

You may have experience of the following: Networks Advisor, Financial Advisor, Financial Consultant, Pensions Management, Treasury Management, Accountant, Accountancy, LGPS, Public Sector, AAT, ACCA, ACA, CIMA, etc.

Ref: 96668

The National Deaf Children’s Society is the leading charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people.

Head of Media and PR 

London

£40,574 - £43,279 per annum 

35 hours per week

Permanent

Eager to play a key role in transforming the lives of deaf children?

The National Deaf Children’s Society is looking to recruit a Head of Media and PR to lead the media team and initiate and deliver national and local media campaigns which capture the attention of key stakeholders and drive change for deaf children and young people. 

We’re looking for a highly motivated multi-tasker with the diplomacy and influence to win the support of colleagues and the attention of media contacts. 

You’ll be joining at an exciting time as we accelerate the organisation’s digital transformation and pivot to address the challenges faced by deaf young people and their families due to the pandemic. 

This is a great opportunity to put your proactive and creative skills to work to maximise the contribution of media activity to the National Deaf Children’s Society’s vision of a world without barriers for every deaf child. Are you this special person?

To apply for this role you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. To do this, we suggest that you download the job description from our website prior to starting your application.

Currently, the application process works best on desktop / laptop devices. 

The closing date for applications is on Monday 8 February 2021 at 23.59. 

We expect first round interviews to be held via Zoom on Monday 22 February.

A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form. 

We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form. 

Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment. 

We are also committed to promoting work-life balance amongst our staff.

Job type: Maternity cover until April 2022

Location: London EC2A / Initially remote

Hours per week: 35 weekly hours

Salary details: £53,785 annually, inclusive of London weighting

Closing date: Monday 8 February 2021 at 12:00

Interview date: Friday 5th March 2021

Amnesty International UK (AIUK) wants to inspire and mobilise more people with its message of freedom, justice and equality. To do this, we are searching for a Digital Engagement Manager to lead the Digital Engagement Team of ten, directly line managing five, taking overall responsibility for the day-to-day development and management of our digital communications, platforms and presences.

About the role

You will make sure that the potential for digital campaigning and fundraising works to maximise engagement between Amnesty International UK, digital audiences and our existing supporters and activists. You will oversee our digital content and digital marketing strategies and lead the development of a clear and coherent digital personality in line with our brand. You will be accountable for the development and implementation of our digital product roadmap on time; ensuring it is within budget and to the agreed scope.

About you

A leader who has the experience of managing teams to deliver project-based, complex and deadline-driven work. You will have previous experience of managing public facing websites, social media, digital marketing and complex digital development projects. With an ability to balance reactive requests with the strategic view of an organisation you’re able to prioritise effectively and coordinate the work of a busy team so that projects are delivered as efficiently and effectively as possible. You will be experienced at briefing and managing external agencies and consultants. And you'll also be an excellent communicator, able to guide your colleagues in the effective use of digital communications.

Do you want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world? If your answer is yes, then we would encourage you to apply.

About us

Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they are denied. Already our network of over seven million people is making a difference in almost every country in the world. Whether we are applying pressure through powerful research or direct lobbying, mass demonstrations or online campaigning, we are all inspired by hope for a better world. One where human rights are enjoyed by all.

We are dedicated to being an inclusive employer and offer the following benefits:

• 35 days annual leave FTE (including bank holidays) moving to 37 after 5 years service
• Generous pension where 2-5% employee contribution is matched at 6-9% by AIUK
• 6 months full pay enhanced maternity / adoption / shared parental
• Life Assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Opportunities to volunteer at major events
• Flexible working wherever possible
• Interest free Travel / Bike / Computer loans
• Range of wellbeing and social activities

Amnesty International UK as an organisation values equality, diversity, and inclusion, we want to be an organisation that tackles any structural discrimination or prejudice. We are working to increase diversity in our organisation, particularly at senior levels, and encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Apply for this role

For further details about the role and to apply, please click 'apply now' and complete an application before midday on 08 February 2021. The vacancy may be removed from job boards and our website early if it receives an overwhelming amount of applications so please download the documents and make a note of the deadline.

Applications are anonymised before they are seen by the hiring panel. Please do not send CV’s or covers letters and ensure all information to be considered is included in the application form.

Interviews will be held online on 05 March 2021. Date for possible second stage interviews will be confirmed.

Please note that unfortunately we cannot provide visa sponsorship, and to be considered for this role, candidates must be able to provide proof of their eligibility to work in the UK.

The Organisation

Russam are delighted to be supporting Age UK Plymouth with the search for their next Chief Executive.

Age UK Plymouth is an independent local charity, which has operated for over 70 years in the City of Plymouth. They provide a variety of excellent services to over 1,000 people over the age of 50 every week, including those who may be vulnerable or socially isolated.

The Role

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about helping people to make the most of later life.

The Chief Executive will be responsible for the effective and proper leadership and management of the organisation and its resources. Other key responsibilities include:

• To support the Board in setting the vision, mission, strategic objectives and strategic priorities for the charity and develop its philosophy and values.
• To lead the business development plans for development of the charity in its purpose of supporting older people.
• Maintain financial stability and identify innovative ways of ensuring funding.
• To promote the mission, aims, values and objectives of Age UK Plymouth (AUKP) as the public facing representative of the charity.
• To provide forward looking strategic leadership and management of the organisation and its resources to promote the objectives of the charity.
• To ensure the charity fulfils all its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities.

Based in Plymouth, Devon's 'Ocean City', this role presents a rare chance for a balanced and high-quality way of life.

The Person

Age UK Plymouth are looking for an ‘ideas person’ capable of delivering change, developing services and continuously improving what the organisation offers.

You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to nurture relationships with key partners, motivate the incredibly dedicated staff and volunteers and persuade others of the need to support the cause.

Important Information

For full details about Age UK Plymouth, the role, and the person they are looking for, please download the Candidate Information Pack.

Timetable

Closing date for applications: Monday 15 February 2021

Preliminary interviews with Russam: Week commencing 22 February 2021

Final interview and informal meetings with Age UK Plymouth: Week commencing 15 March 2021

How to Apply

To apply for this position please provide the following two pieces of information:

• A comprehensive CV, including details of your achievements in each role and details of two referees.
• A supporting statement, explaining how you believe your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly addressing the criteria as outlined in the person specification within the Candidate Information Pack.

Head of External Affairs

Would you like the opportunity to lead the development and delivery of our External Affairs strategy and have a lasting impact on the issues surrounding gambling related harm?

Appointment of a Head of External Affairs

Gambling with Lives (GwL) has had a remarkable impact on the discourse surrounding the risk of gambling since it was established in 2018. Prior to GwL’s contribution there was little to no mainstream recognition of the link between gambling and suicide. The charity’s founders have become central to the case for gambling reform and were instrumental in campaigning for the review of gambling legislation in the UK which was announced at the end of 2020.

The campaign and the charity’s broader development are now at a critical and exciting juncture, which makes the role of Head of External Affairs a fantastic opportunity.

Reporting into the CEO, the purpose of this newly created role is to develop and deliver an external affairs strategy, aimed at influencing the reform of gambling legislation and regulation in the UK and of promoting GwL’s programmes. This will involve building on the charity’s existing leadership role in advocating for reform, supporting the creation of a research and policy function to underpin the advocacy strategy, and developing and delivering high-impact communications.

We are looking for someone with experience of working at a senior level in a campaign or policy environment, with excellent knowledge of the workings of government at different levels in the UK, and with experience of delivering high impact communications across a range of channels.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a start-up environment, and to create a role with the backing of a charity that has access to substantial resources. We are looking for a Head of External Affairs who shares our passion and determination for the work we are doing. If you want to play a leading part in shaping the future of GwL, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Application is by CV and a covering letter which should indicate why you are interested in applying for the role and how you meet the role requirements.  Please read the candidate information pack before applying.

The closing date for applications is Monday 15th Feb with shortlisting telephone or online interviews taking place that week and the week after.  Interviews with GwL will take place week commencing the 1st March.

We would look favourably upon candidates who are experts by experience of either gambling related harm or suicide.  GwL is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity to ensure that we reflect the full breadth of the people we aim to support. We warmly welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

Background

Gambling with Lives was established in 2018 by the families and friends of people who had taken their own lives as a direct result of gambling. These were all very normal, bright, popular and happy young people who had great futures ahead of them … gambling was their only problem.​

Their deaths were sudden – “out of the blue” with no warning. They were not the result of massive gambling debts; rather what gambling had done to their hearts and their heads.​

Research indicates that there are between 250 and 650 gambling related suicides every year in the UK … a minimum of one every working day.

​Gambling with Lives aims to:

• Improve mental health and save lives through raising awareness of the risks to health of gambling
• Provide support to the family and friends of the victims of gambling related suicide and those suffering gambling addiction

• Do you have a proven track record in fundraising, development, and communications, and would you like to join an innovative, place-based partnership?
• Do you thrive on rolling your sleeves up and personally getting stuck in, as well as working collaboratively with partners, teams, and boards?
• Are you passionate, as we are, about addressing issues around poverty and inequality?
• If so, then you might be just the person we are looking for to lead our ambitious development and communications strategies for Islington Giving and Cripplegate Foundation.

About you

The new Director of Development and Communications, in addition to having a strong track record in fundraising from a range of donors and sources, will need to be consultative, with strong listening skills and respect for the opinions of others. They will need the confidence and expertise to advise and guide their small team, board, and governors. They will need to be able to relate to the big picture and vision, whilst also being able to consider the detail. We would be delighted to hear from you, especially if you:

• Have a strong track record in fundraising and development.
• Enjoy rolling your sleeves up and leading and implementing fundraising and development plans yourself, as well as guiding others.
• Are flexible, collaborative, and work very well as part of a committed team within a small organisation.
• Have experience of leading and managing.
• Are a strong communicator and relationship builder.
• Have a commitment to ensuring that Islington Giving and Cripplegate Foundation continue to flourish.

We value diversity, equality, and inclusivity. Applications are especially welcomed from underrepresented backgrounds, including but not limited to gender, race, age, sexual orientation, disability, and religion. Please let us know if you would like any additional support with this application, or the role.

Find more information in application pack or on Islington Giving webpage

• £40,000-£43,000 (FTE; dependent on experience; contract or day rates will be considered)
• 12-month contract
• Based in London (currently working from home; other locations will be considered, but when possible, the ability to work from London on a regular basis is essential).

The Cares Family is an anti-racist organisation committed to advancing anti-racism. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, who are under-represented in our organisation. We are an equal opportunities employer.

ABOUT THE CARES FAMILY

The Cares Family’s mission is to help people find connection in a disconnected age. Our objectives are to reduce loneliness and isolation amongst younger and older people alike; improve people’s connection, belonging, purpose and power in a rapidly changing world; and bring people together to reduce social, generational, digital, cultural and attitudinal divides.

Those relationships have had a dramatic impact. 98% of young people involved say they have a stronger connection to the community. 73% of older neighbours involved say their isolation is reduced; 86% are better able to appreciate the changing world; and 77% say their relations with young people have improved. Neighbours report feeling reduced loneliness, improved understanding across generations, a deeper sense of belonging, and “part of something bigger”.

But as the Covid-19 pandemic has shown, loneliness is not just a personal crisis for younger and older people; it’s also a broader public health crisis and a national political crisis. It affects millions of people – from people newly working from home or cooped up in university halls, to new parents; middle aged men to digitally savvy teenagers; LGBT+ people to new migrants. In fact, those who are already marginalised in society experience its consequences the most.

So, as well as improving individual lives and community togetherness, The Cares Family has started to have an impact at the systemic and cultural levels too – through storytelling and campaigning work that are rapidly increasing our profile and making an even bigger difference.

In 2018, the then Prime Minister launched the government’s first ever loneliness strategy (which we lobbied for and helped shape) at a Cares Family social club. We have received coverage in The Economist, The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph and on BBC1’s News at Ten and Channel 4 News, as well as support from Russell Howard and Florence and the Machine. And in 2018, our Founder and CEO was appointed one of 20 inaugural Obama Fellows, bringing new attention to our issues and work.

We are therefore at a moment of opportunity to make an even bigger difference in the year ahead. We plan to do that with our ‘Action, Voice, Power’ strategy – increasing our local action with new projects, raising up the voices of human experience through new campaigns, and working to ensure national and local government make new investments to reduce loneliness, and build connections across perceived divides.

ABOUT OUR CAMPAIGNS PLANS

That’s why we are looking for a Campaigns Lead to put rocket boosters under our systemic and cultural impact. Specifically, you will work with our CEO to develop and execute a cross-party, public-facing campaign coalition, which is already in development, to rally public and political support for a major government investment in building connection over the next generation; with our creative Programmes teams to enable local intergenerational activism in London, Liverpool, Manchester and other places to help build togetherness and change systems locally; and with our innovative Projects team to guide national campaigns like Intergenerational Week.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

We are looking for someone who:

• Has significant and proven experience driving change at the national level – and knows how to build the campaign architecture, narratives, relationships, coalitions and media coverage to affect national policy change in Westminster.
• Is collaborative – and knows how to bring together and coordinate a coalition of organisations with their own distinct goals to create a coherent, powerful message that will achieve its goal.
• Knows how to mobilise people – through clear, actionable ‘asks’ of the public, online and offline, and by bringing our neighbours, teams, partners and politicians with them.
• Has the expertise to appraise data, create targeted emails and social media content that motivate people to take action, and tell beautiful stories that inspire change.

TO READ THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION AND FIND OUT HOW TO APPLY, PLEASE VISIT THE CARES FAMILY'S WEBSITE. 

Switchback is an award-winning small charity with big ambitions to expand our reach and use our evidence to transform the justice system. Building on over a decade of impact supporting young-prison leavers in London, we want to ensure that everyone leaving prison has the chance to build a stable, rewarding life as part of society. As the communications lead in a small dynamic team, this new exciting role is your opportunity to work creatively across all aspects of communications to help us achieve that vision.

We’re looking for a brilliant communicator with a proven track record of working across a range of channels including social media and press. Working closely with the Director of Impact & External Affairs to develop Switchback’s communications and campaigns strategy, you will be responsible for managing the day-to-day communications activity for the charity and creating great content and campaigns to support our aims. Crucially, you will be passionate about Switchback’s mission and ensuring the voice of the young men we support stays at the heart of all our work, working collaboratively with Switchback Trainees and colleagues at all levels to do so.

This varied role will include managing and growing Switchback’s social media channels, website and e-newsletter, while overseeing integrated campaigns to promote our policy messages, raise our profile and expand our audience. By bringing a solid understanding of campaigns, digital and media, as well as quality writing skills, you’ll create compelling content such as social posts, press releases, comment pieces and case studies. You will also plan and produce engaging digital content including videos and infographics, drawing on Switchback’s network of technical support where needed, while building relationships with journalists to place stories and grow our media profile. 

This new role will be pivotal to Switchback's development in the coming months, enabling the charity to significantly raise its profile and transform its reach and impact. 

How to apply: 

Please download and read the full job description (PDF). Then submit the following with the subject COMMUNICATIONS AND CAMPAIGNS MANAGER:

1. Your CV

2. Cover letter (max 600 words – see below for instructions)

3. A completed equalities monitoring form available to download below (this will be treated anonymously and separated from your application entirely).

In your cover letter, please explain why you want to work for Switchback, and why you are the right person for this role, making clear reference to the person specification. 

Applications which do not follow the above application process will not be considered. We regret that as a small team we will be unable to provide feedback to candidates that are not shortlisted for interview.