Managing Editor Jobs in Birmingham

The Latin Mass Society (LMS) is a London-based Roman Catholic charity (No. 248388). Founded in 1965, the charity is focused on the Traditional Latin Mass and other sacraments, organising devotional events and training, and maintains an online shop.

Working with the Society’s General Manager, Trustees, and local volunteers, the Communications Officer will drive the charity's advertising and promotion -- profile raising, for membership, and for the chairty's press releases and events -- creating advertising copy and planning its appearance in print and online, including video presentations, and engage with journalists and influencers across all media platforms for the same purposes, managing the charity's social media accounts.

Attendance at some key events is essential.

Status: Self-employed.

Hours: variable, averaging 10 hours a week.

Salary: £8,320 pa.

It is envisaged that the Communications Officer will work mainly from home with some on-site meetings and attrndance at events required.

Key relationships: Chairman, General Manager (line manager), Editor of Mass of Ages, Local Representatives.

Main duties and responsibilities:

· Cultivate relationships with people in the social media and Catholic and secular press (e.g. Catholic Herald, EWTN, bloggers, Catholic journalists, prominent Catholics)

· Put the Chairman and/or leading members of the Society forward for interviews, provide quotations, or compose articles for various media

· Evaluate the success of press and publicity activity to aid future planning.

· Work with volunteer Local Representatives to promote grass roots activities

· Produce newsletters, posters, promotional material and adverts

· Coordinate membership, retail and fundraising campaigns

· Maintain on the Society’s website and social media accounts a flow of news, announcements, videos, and developing resources pages

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

· A good knowledge and understanding of the UK and international Catholic environment and the Traditional Latin Mass

· Knowledge of and experience in offline and on-line media

· Knowledge of graphic design for print and digital content along with basic video editing skills.

· Experience of working under pressure

· Experience of working independently and in a small team

· Excellent and persuasive interpersonal skills

· Creative written communication skills

Closing date for applications: 31 March 2025.

Interviews will take place in London in April.

Applicants must have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom. 

Our Time Charity is a unique and pioneering organization dedicated to supporting children and young people who have parents with mental illness. Our mission is to ensure that these young individuals do not feel isolated, misunderstood, or overlooked, and to provide them with the tools and resources they need to thrive. We achieve this through innovative programmes, education, and advocacy, making a tangible difference in their lives.

This is an exciting time to join Our Time, we have recently invested in a new website and are in the process of rolling out our new brand. Series 3 of our podcast My Family, Mental Health…and Me will launch later this year and we have a number of other ambitious projects in the pipeline.

We are looking for a hands-on, all-round marketing and communications professional who will be supported by and work closely with a Strategic Communications Consultant to help manage our social media channels, roll-out campaigns, and progress sustainable, low-budget marketing and communications approaches. A large part of the role will include being responsible for maintaining our existing social media channels, including developing content ideas from start to fruition, and organic posting across Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn.

Requirements

• Knowledge of best practice for social media, comfortable working closely with an animator / video editor with minimal supervision, with evidence of publishing on social media for a business or charitable organisation
• Able to write for a variety of channels including social media, email, web with minimal supervision
• Experience of optimising posts for different audiences and platforms
• Experience of using Canva, Adobe or other graphic design and editing software
• Comfortable performing outreach to key stakeholders of professional psychiatrists, teachers, healthcare workers, volunteers and community leaders, with support
• Interested in supporting PR campaigns such as conducting press outreach using a template and with support
• Mature approach, comfortable working with research papers and other materials to create content for a range of channels
• Organised and flexible, with the ability to maintain a communications calendar and other Google docs as required 
• Resourceful, happy to contribute ideas and work collaboratively 
• Able to follow through a task from start to completion
• An eye for design and attention to detail

As we are a small team, it is key that you have a strong sense of initiative and personal responsibility, and are comfortable working independently in an environment where each of us has a role to play in increasing the support available to children and young people with a parent with a mental illness. In return, you will be part of a friendly team where your time and ideas are valued.

We are fully remote and meet in-person approximately 2 – 3 times per year in a range of locations easily reachable by public transport (recently London and York).