The Job Context: The Head of Marketing, Comms & PR will work directly with the CEO as a key member of the SMT. The candidate will take lead responsibility for development and implementation of the marketing and communication strategy.

The Organisation: Best Beginnings is a national charity established to help give every child in the UK the best start in life and reduce inequalities in outcomes. We aim to improve the health, wellbeing and life-chances of young children of all backgrounds, with a firm focus on tackling inequalities. We forge partnerships and collaborate with parents, local communities, front-line professionals, service providers, professional bodies, academics and policymakers to create, disseminate and evaluate innovative interventions and drive positive change

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a marketing and communication strategy for the organisation, in collaboration with CEO and the Senior Management Team (SMT).
• Lead strategic communications to drive the impact of our campaigns and messaging, grow our profile and increase our influence.
• Take responsibility for our overall communications strategy and planning and delivery all our digital activities and the positioning of our brand.
• Working with the SMT and relevant peers and teams like Fundraising, Delivery, Evaluations & Policy, Digital and Engagement to ensure their marketing and communications plans are created and delivered effectively.
• With a strong Editorial eye, develop and execute the delivery of presentations, videos, written content and infographics in line with current and upcoming projects
• Lead and develop a team to ensure all details are covered and that there is complete consistency and polish across all comms & marketing streams from the bottom up.
• Provide leadership and direction across member and volunteer engagement, ensuring good collaboration and consistent messaging.
• Manage the relationship with outsourced agencies where applicable and ensure they are fully briefed and aligned with the organisational goals and message.
• Bring innovation and best practice to your role, blending creative thinking with organisational operations and strategy.
• Optimise process within the wider marketing team, evaluate and implement new tools to drive efficiencies and maximise returns on campaigns.
• Bring digital product marketing experience to the team to ensure the app and technical team are supported in their communications and delivery.
• Work closely with the CEO and COO to raise the profile of the team via thought leadership opportunities, keynote speeches, awards, events, articles etc.

Are you driven by supporting communities and community action?  Do want to lead communications with a wide network on a range of social issues for a national organisation with local voice? We are looking for someone to step into our exciting role of Communications Officer to lead our communications work through a range of media. You will be pivotal to NAVCA fulfilling its mission, championing social action through effective local voluntary and community sector (VCS) infrastructure. 

NAVCA is the umbrella body for local VCS infrastructure, working to strengthen communities and promote social action.  We support a thriving local voluntary sector, working with our members locally so that anyone who wants to volunteer, start a community group has good, local advice and support.  NAVCA delivers outcomes against the four functions of infrastructure – leadership and advocacy, community support and development, volunteering, and partnerships.  As a small energetic team, we work collaboratively and flexibly, supporting each other as well as our members.  

The communications officer sits at the heart of our purpose, developing and disseminating a range of products and communications tools to communicate our work effectively with members and stakeholders. You will produce and design clear and engaging communications including member bulletins, blogs, press releases and website content.  You will work with members to maintain a clear understanding of them and their needs, using insights to inform your work.  You will maintain the website to ensure it remains fresh and relevant, and build and maintain a bank of digital resources for members.

Please see the attached documents for the full job description and personal specification for this position.

The role is full time (35 hours per week), with a salary of £25,625 per annum plus an 8% employer pension (no employee contribution required) and 25 days holiday plus 11 days public holidays.  You will be supported in your training and career development. We welcome applicants seeking flexible working patterns or job sharing and we welcome loan or secondment arrangements.

This is a remote working position, with travel to our Sheffield office required on a weekly basis. Our work with voluntary and community organisations requires a degree of flexibility and the post holders will occasionally be expected to work out of normal office hours.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. We welcome your application whatever your background or situation. Under-represented groups including ethnic minorities and disabled people are strongly encouraged. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it. If you have a passion for making a difference and share in our vision for empowering local community action, we would love to hear from you.

To apply, please download our application form and return it by 11:30pm on 6 January 2022.

NAVCA supports #ShowTheSalary - aiming to help address pay gaps and inequity - and #NonGraduatesWelcome aiming to bring in talent irrespective of whether they have been to university.

Are you a digital marketing expert ready to put your skills into action to achieve progressive change? We're recruiting for a part time (21 hours per week) digital marketing specialist to join the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the global leading institute for research, teaching and learning, and impact and communications, based at the University of Sussex. Reach a global audience and inspire action as part of our communications team.

The Communications and Support Officer – events and digital – is responsible for a range of marketing communications activities that improve awareness and engagement with the institute, its research, learning, fundraising and partnership opportunities. Applicants will have demonstrated digital marketing experience including experience in digital content production. Strong all-round communication and interpersonal skills are essential along with multimedia and design skills.

We can consider applications for hybrid / part remote working from candidates able to work 40 - 60% of their time in the IDS building.

Sussex Community Foundation is looking for a Marketing & Communications Executive to drive engagement across our stakeholder and audience base. We are an expert local grant-maker, supporting grassroots charities across Sussex. Over the last year we have given grants totalling £4.7million to hundreds of frontline charities to support local people through the pandemic.

As well as responding in a crisis, we are there for the long term – building a sustainable source of funding for local communities for generations to come. We raise funds by providing a bespoke service to high-net-worth people and organisations, helping them to make a difference to the local causes they care about.

This is a new role and the successful post-holder will help us make our relationships with donors even stronger, inspiring them to give more by increasing their opportunities to see the impact of giving through the Foundation. You will develop the Foundation’s content marketing plans, both online and offline, to achieve the overall marketing strategy and organisation goals. This will include implementing practical campaigns to attract and inspire new and existing audiences e.g. using our compelling grant recipients’ stories, to strengthen engagement with our existing stakeholders.

Sussex Community Foundation is one of the fastest growing community foundations in the country. Our success is based on deep and trusting relationships with our donors. Trustees and ambassadors have played a key role, helping spread the word about the charity and by introducing us to potential donors and professional advisors.

The Foundation is deeply committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from people who are disabled, people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, LGBTQ people or those who have lived experience of disadvantage of any kind.

We are looking for a Marketing Executive to work across the different functions of the organisation providing marketing materials and brand support to promote the charity’s work and to support interactions with supporters. 

Key Responsibilities

• Working with the full Adobe Creative Suite (e.g. Photoshop, PremierPro, After Effects and Indesign) to produce high quality video pieces.
• Producing in-house video assets that respond to digital trends, including shooting, lighting and audio
• Promotional collateral and materials (e.g. leaflets, booklets, brochures, visitor experience materials, HT museum marketing materials)
• Monitor strategic brand guidelines and branding for The Horse Trust, ensuring we always align with The Horse Trust’s core values in our marketing materials
• Deliver marketing and branding support across all organisational functions.
• Create and design marketing materials for fundraising appeals, events, brochures
• Responsible for asset library including photos, videos, etc whilst introducing new assets where appropriate and required
• Assist with merchandise stock, research trends in market to increase shop revenue

•Support The Horse Trust social media channels when required
• Manage delivery of sponsorship and content, updates, materials, for bronze, silver and gold sponsorships
• Help increase supporter engagement by leading activities for educational groups
• Any other duties or activities which may arise

Essential Skills

• Must have excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite. In particular, Adobe light room, premiere pro/premiere rush, InDesign, video editing.
• A high attention to detail
• Organised and a team player, willing to support the wider team with projects
• Effective yearly planning
• Strong understanding of persuasive marketing
• Excellent time management and ability to meet deadlines
• Skill in videography

Desirable

• Passion for animal welfare
• Comfortable occasionally working with horses for photo and video content ( no horse experience is required as horse handling training will be provided)
• Interest in photography
• Able to be able to communicate with our supporters and engage with the public

About Police Now  

Police Now’s mission is to transform communities, reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, and increase the public’s confidence in the police by recruiting, developing and inspiring outstanding and diverse leaders in policing. We are working towards a day when every community, whatever the socio-economic background of its residents, can thrive without being fearful of crime. We are looking for high-performing, committed, mission-aligned individuals who will actively contribute towards this goal. 

It is important that Police Now’s workforce reflects the communities that we serve and are empowered to contribute their best. We are an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion in policing and our Head Office, and view workforce diversity as a business imperative. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds and walks of life. 

Police Now trains graduates and career changers with leadership potential to become inspirational police officers and outstanding crime fighters on our National Graduate Leadership Programme and our National Detective Programme. Our officers are supported for life so they can confidently progress through policing ranks as innovative leaders. We are a not-for-profit organisation of ~120 employees, with ambitious goals; we need impact and solutions-focused individuals who will accelerate us towards our mission. Everything we do and our culture reflects the Police Now Leadership Principles which are attached at the bottom of this page.

What you’ll do

Police Now is looking for a Marketing Coordinator, who will be part of the team responsible for ensuring that Police Now has a pipeline of talented and diverse individuals committed to our mission of community transformation. The role will focus on supporting the wider marketing and recruitment activity and report into the Marketing Manager. This team has won over 21 recruitment and marketing awards and recently launched a brand-new graduate training programme so it's an exciting time to join.

Having our mission and values at heart, you will drive to hit our ambitious and growing targets to ensure Police Now delivers quality hires in a number of regions across England and Wales.

We are looking for an individual who has recently graduated from a marketing degree, looking for their first role, or someone with marketing experience who is looking for their next step. We need someone with a results-driven attitude and a drive to exceed ambitious targets. You must be comfortable with a varied workload, supporting the marketing team on our marketing campaigns; from planning and execution through to analysis and review along with supporting on the Onboarding and Recruitment side wherever needed. You will need to have a can-do attitude and be comfortable working as part of a team and independently. Ideally, you will be passionate about the user journey, all the way from attraction to onboarding and ensuring an inclusive experience for all. 

This role will sit on the onboarding side of the wider marketing team to support the successful delivery of marketing and communications campaigns to programme applicants and their influencers to ensure we retain the highest quality, most dedicated candidates.
 

Key responsibilities:

• Provide general marketing support to the Recruitment and Marketing team.
• Support the marketing team to deliver campaigns and projects where needed, working with other departments and managing stakeholders.
• Be the first point of contact by email, phone, online platforms, live chat and social media.
• Assist in the preparation and running of marketing events virtually and face to face across the country where needed. These may be on university campuses or at London venues.
• Maintain and update the online recruitment system and produce reports.
• Feed into the planning and creation of marketing and communication campaigns, helping to shape them on behalf of the business
• Support initiatives which develop our onboarding process into the most inclusive, diverse user journey it can be.
• Processing invoices and getting manager approval
• Manage our social media platforms by scheduling posts on a weekly basis 
• Linking in with the Comms team on any upcoming activity that needs to be shared across social channels.
• Managing different stakeholders in a professional manner within key projects and campaigns
• Making updates to the website via our CMS system 
• Looking at data to constantly inform decisions on what you’ll do next, pulling reports and understanding the metrics which can inform marketing decisions and activities.

Other duties:

• Have diversity and inclusion in the heart of all you do, contributing to the ideas and delivery of our strategy to hire outstanding and diverse individuals.
• Commit to your own personal development and ensure skills are always up to date.
• Any ad-hoc duties and projects.
   

Who we’re looking for

Although prior experience in a similar role is helpful, we are more interested in your attitude, and your willingness and ability to learn new skills and apply knowledge quickly. We would like someone who has lots of energy and can take the initiative to see where you can add value to the work that we do. This is an exciting and varied role within a growing organisation with lots of opportunities for you to gain some amazing experience.  

We are looking for someone with strong organisation, prioritisation and administrative skills, with outstanding attention to detail. You’ll take initiative, with proven problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently as well as in a group setting.

You’ll be comfortable working at pace and being flexible, able to work comfortably within challenging timescales and shifting priorities. And you’ll be able to maintain a positive ‘can-do’ attitude, even when under pressure.

You’ll also have strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain positive stakeholder relationships. Key to this will be your excellent verbal and written communication skills, and an ability to ‘muck in’ and help others when the going gets tough. Finally, and most importantly, you’ll be passionate about our mission, and you’ll have a thirst for professional development, eager to develop and learn on the job.

What you’ll need

Essential:

• Knowledge and motivation of our Police Now mission.
• Experience in a marketing role or from a university degree.
• Strong attention to detail including good use of numeracy and grammar.
• Good communication skills both oral and written.
• A strong team player, with the ability to use initiative, work at speed and demonstrate common sense.
• Resilience with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexibility and commitment.
• Strength of character and robustness.
• Enthusiastic individual who is prepared to take ownership of managing their workload.
• Personable and approachable style in order to communicate well at all levels.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines.
• The ability to multi-task and be effective under pressure.
• Demonstrable good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Desirable:

• Degree-level educated or one year’s marketing experience.
• Knowledge of graduate marketing and recruitment. 
• Experience using a content management system (CMS).

What you'll get from us

• A bright, airy, modern and buzzing office near Liverpool Street, Central London (Zone 1) Please note that during the Covid-19 pandemic, online/remote working and inductions will occur. Employees are expected to be based 3-days per week in the London office. 
• A supported working from home set-up with the technology and certain equipment required.
• Competitive salary of £20,000-£28,000 per annum dependent on location and experience. 
• Flexible working
• 27 days holiday each year plus bank holidays 
• Sanctus coaching (private mental health coaching for the workplace)
• Access to the Vitality programme which includes healthcare benefits, an Employee Assistance Programme and discounts
• Training opportunities for personal development 
• Participation in a pension scheme (with 5% employer contributions and 3% employee contributions)

Please note

This role will involve working a minimum of 3 days a week at our London office, as well as travel nationally as and when required for events.

This job description is issued as a guideline. It is not exhaustive, and we would be pleased to discuss any constructive comments you may have. Due to the evolving nature and changing demands of our business this job description may be subject to change. You may, on occasions, be required to undertake additional or other duties within the context of this job description and according to the needs of the organisation.

Applications will be screened as they are received and invited to interview accordingly.  Police Now reserves the right to close the advert prior to the advertised date, should a suitable applicant be appointed.  Early applications are therefore encouraged.  

Please note that some roles within Police Now require certain levels of National Security Vetting or screening in order to effectively work with our partners. Therefore, we may ask you to complete this if you are successful.

Interview dates
To be confirmed

Are you a real team player with experience of working in a marketing team across multi-channel campaigns?  Are you an excellent communicator with a keen eye for detail?

Dogs Trust has grown at a fast pace in recent years. In several areas we are the UK’s leading dog charity, but we can always do more. Engaging the public with our brand is essential and the Marketing team oversee the growth of our brand awareness and the delivery of our objectives through targeted creative campaign activity.

As we grow, the Marketing team will need to ensure a consistent tone across all our communications, and that all departments understand more about our growing audience and the most effective ways we can communicate with them to help achieve our mission. This includes, delivery of our values, both visually and through our tone of voice, supporting other departments in applying the brand to their everyday work and managing national and regional advertising activities.

Collaborative, inclusive, organised and self-motivated are just a few of the key skills required of the postholder to support their team’s delivery of high-performing marketing activity.

To apply for this position, please send your CV and cover letter explaining your interest in and suitability for the role by clicking the APPLY NOW button.

JOB DESCRIPTION – HEAD OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Purpose of Job

To support people with dyslexia to achieve their potential by strategically planning and managing the BDA’s social media, website, marketing and publications and leading a growing team in developing the BDA marketing function.

Reports to

CEO

Direct reports

· Marketing & Communication Manager

· Marketing & Communication Assistant

Hours of work

Full time, 35 hours per week.  Will include occasional evening and weekend working.

Location

Home-based, but with some visits to British Dyslexia Association office in Bracknell expected.

Duties and Responsibilities

(to include, but not limited to)

• Work alongside the CEO and Marcomms Manager to raise the profile and understanding of marketing across the charity.
• Manage the marketing team to coordinate high quality and engaging journeys of integrated communications across all digital and print channels
• Review the marketing strategy and internal processes to enable growth across the charity
• Direct on our high-profile Dyslexia Awareness Week programme and campaigns
• Prepare and manage monthly, quarterly and annual budgets for the Marketing team
• Set monitor and report on team goals
• Ensure our brand message is strong and consistent across all channels and marketing such as events, email campaigns and web pages
• Analyse client behaviour and determine client personas
• Identify opportunities to maximise on existing clients and identify new ones

Managing social media, website and email marketing

• Overseeing social media content strategy, with a focus on forward planning and continued follower growth across all channels, and analysing digital performance
• Strategic development of engagement and interaction with audiences and  answering queries where necessary
• Oversee the Marketing team in the planning, creation and scheduling social content for all aspects of the BDA from blogs to facts and stats, focussing on three key areas of educate, engage, amplify

Media and external relations

• Proactively seek media opportunities across press, radio and broadcast media
• Develop a long-term PR and media relations strategy
• Lead the planning and implementation of media targets and media relations for all campaigns and Dyslexia Awareness week
• Reporting into and working with the Marketing and Communications Sub-Committee regarding brand and communications needs
• Work with internal teams to set up Google Ad grants to fit in with existing

strategic marketing goals.

Publications & Brand Management

• Facilitating the successful rollout of the refreshed brand to maximise impact, including:
  • Oversee visual development in partnership with Marcomms Manager.
  • Leading internal engagement.
  • Training staff on the application of tone of voice and visual identity.
  • Creating templates and resources to facilitate roll out and uptake of new identity with teams and external partners.
  • Update core publications into refreshed brand such as Dyslexia Code of Practice, Dyslexia Friendly Schools Guide etc.
  • Review and refresh website in partnership with Marcomms Manager.
• Responsible for ensuring that all branded materials meet brand guidelines and are of a consistent tone of voice.
• Acting as brand guardian across the organisation
• Reporting into and working with the Marketing and Communications Sub-Committee regarding brand and communications needs
• Review the publications strategy and determine best approach moving forward (i.e. free digital format vs paid for).

Events and fundraising

• Providing support and direction on existing marcomms and fundraising activity where necessary
• Work with the CEO, Fundraising and Marketing colleagues to oversee the development of materials to support the fundraising strategy to include:
  • Case for support
  • Shopping list
  • Flexible fundraising asks for campaign and BAU activity
• Working with our Fundraising Officer to support the creation of fundraising copy and content for large scale fundraising events throughout the year, such as London Marathon and Giving Tuesday

General

• Representing the British Dyslexia Association in a positive and professional manner, which promotes the visions, aims and objectives of the Association
• Being flexible, adaptable and available to take on other tasks or duties, as requested

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

• Minimum of 5 years experience across several years of working in a fast-paced marketing environment
• Experience as Head of Marketing and/or SMT
• Leading a team in digital and print communications
• A good understanding of graphic design programs such as Adobe, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Canva
• A creative approach to marketing, with an artistic eye 
• Previous experience of creating compelling marketing or publicity copy for social media, print and for websites; and updating as required.
• A good understanding of how people engage with brands digitally, and how to use this to improve the user experience
• Demonstrable experience using web Content Management Systems
• High level of IT competency inc. Microsoft Office programmes
• Ability to proactively engage and influence a range of stakeholders at all levels, volunteers, members, and external organisations.
• Demonstrable ability to prioritise and organise resources to deliver to time, budget and agreed quality standards
• Self-disciplined and confident with a friendly and diplomatic manner
• Project management skills
• Excellent written, oral and listening communication skills
• Excellent inter-personal skills and ability to work well within a small team, as well as within the wider organisation
• Ability to work to targets and deadlines
• Ability to work independently, be a self-starter / motivated
• An understanding of SEO and Google Analytics

Desirable

• Marketing qualification
• Fundraising experience
• Knowledge of dyslexia
• Experience working within the charitable sector

Direct Response Marketing Officer

Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Home Worker (England, Wales and NI)
Salary: £25,806 - £28,181 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience) + London allowance of £3,600 (if applicable)
Working Hours: 35 per week

Closing Date: 17 December 2021
Interview Date: TBC via Zoom/Teams

Reference Number: VAC2708

Please note the deadline for submitting applications for this vacancy is 17:00pm on the closing date.

About Alzheimer's Society

Dementia devastates lives. By 2021, 1 million people will be living with the condition. But dementia won't win. Until the day we find a cure, Alzheimer's Society will be here for anyone affected by dementia - wherever they are, whatever they're going through. Everything we do is informed and inspired by them.

We are the UK's leading dementia charity. Every day, we work tirelessly to find new treatments and, ultimately, a cure for dementia. We provide expert information, training, and support services to all those who need our help. And we are creating a more dementia-friendly society so people with the condition can live without fear and prejudice

About the role:

We are currently recruiting for a Direct Response Marketing Officer to join our growing team on a permanent and full time basis. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to help deliver a variety of direct response marketing campaigns to recruit participants across a range of sports and mass events. You will write marketing copy for their campaigns, and work with internal and external designers to develop creative.

Additional you will work with our media agency to brief, optimise and evaluate marketing campaign and focus on monitoring performance and coordinating evaluation. You will make recommendations to help inform and improve future campaigns.

About you

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition, and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance.

You will be;

- Enthusiastic, creative and highly organised.
- Able to write compelling marketing copy for a range of channels.
- Able to simultaneously manage multiple marketing campaigns.
- Experienced with working collaboratively and be able to prioritise your workload effectively
- Able to remain solution focussed throughout your areas of work.
- Experienced in developing marketing plans utilising data and insight to inform your decisions.
- Demonstrating a strong ability to account manage both internal and external stakeholders.
- An outstanding and personable communicator, with great attention to detail.
- Driven and passionate and will work to maximise our income to increase the impact we have on the lives of people affected by dementia.

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely. All contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.?

You may have experience of the following: Direct Response Marketing Coordinator, Marketing Coordinator, Marketing Assistant, Marketing Administrator, Marketing Executive, Marketing Officer, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, Fundraising, etc.

This is a great time to join our new marketing and communications team focused on managing communications across ACF. We work closely with membership, external affairs and the events team to shout about the amazing work they produce for our trust and foundation members, prospective members and stakeholders.
 
The last 18 months have seen a lot of development for ACF. We have launched a new website and CRM system, introduced new email marketing software, and launched new events and initiatives. But there’s plenty more to come!

We are looking for a marketing and communications officer to support the senior marketing and communications manager. The newly formed team will deliver communications and marketing activity and plans that build ACF’s brand and reputation and improve ACF’s communications reach and impact. This role is an integral part of the team and will enable us to innovate, create and test so that we can share more of our work with our audiences and further develop our communications activity. 

This is a general marketing and communications role, giving exposure to a broad range of channels and marketing tactics. It is ideal for someone who wants to gain experience of marketing and communications while making a big impact in a small staff team.

You will gain hands-on experience of a website content management system, email marketing, comms planning, design, social media, copywriting, proofreading and editing. You will develop close working relationships with all colleagues, be able to see the impact of the team’s work and learn new skills for your developing career in communications or marketing.

This role is full-time (35 hours per week) with flexible working between home and our central London office.

2. JOB PURPOSE 

To support the senior marketing and communications manager to deliver communications and marketing activity and plans to build ACF’s brand and reputation and improve ACF’s communications reach and impact

Assist colleagues to ensure they have good understanding of the marketing and brand strategies and all communications meet organisational needs. 

3. KEY RESULT AREAS/PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

3.1

Assists senior marketing and communications manager with website maintenance by adding, editing and archiving content in line with style guides and supporting ongoing improvements to accessibility, layout and performance of the ACF website. 

Assist in the effective operation of all ACF communications channels including blogs and articles, newsletters, infographics, photos, videos, adverts and guides to maximise audience reach and brand awareness as well as ensuring organisational objectives are met.Monitor online resources and information to ensure they are up to date, accessible, on brand and in high quality format for all ACF website and social media users. 

Support the preparation of regular and ad hoc email campaigns to ensures all e-communications are sent on time and on brand. 

Actively contribute to developing the ACF brand by championing the use of house style guides and supports colleagues to apply them to their work. 

Support the coordination of communications activities across the organisation by maintaining a comms planner and assisting colleagues with producing tailored comms and marketing plans for specific activities and ensuring a culture of forward planning 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Skills

• Developed IT Skills including Office 365, social media 
• Developed ability to time manage 
• Good communication skills 
• Developed written skills 
• A willingness to learn 

Personal attributes

• Rational, logical thinking 
• Creative thinking 
• Flexible 
• Resilience 
• Rational compassion and empathy 

Benefits 
ACF has a developed a range of benefits to enable staff to perform and be supported in times where personal situations change.Annual leave is 25 days per year, plus all the bank holidays, as well as time off during Christmas and New Year which does not affect the leave above.  We also make a pension contribution of 10% of base salary into Now Pensions on staff members behalf. 

We have a generous sick leave policy to support staff in the event of illness or accident, and a Parental, Maternity and adoption leave policy designed to significantly support staff above our legal obligations. 

ACF offers flexible working and ensures that any working from home is supported by equipment to ensure your home office set up is optimised. 

An inclusive workplace
We have flexible working practices that support the needs of carers, parents, women, older and younger team members, those who have disabilities or long- term illnesses. These include home working, part time employment and flexible hours. ACF is a London Living Wage employer. We work to create an open, supportive, welcoming culture that is inclusive and celebrates diversity.

The application process 
ACF uses Be Applied as its recruitment platform to remove as much bias as possible in the process.Candidates will complete questions on the platform, which are scored for every candidate who completes an application by a suitably trained and qualified panel. Those selected to be interviewed are as a result of these scores; we do not take CVs into account at this point in the process. 

Interviews will take place online, with the structured questions shared in advance to enable candidates to prepare thoroughly. The Panel will score independently each candidate’s responses with a review of candidates’ summary scores only reviewed when all interviews are completed.

Communication will be via email through the platform and managed independently by the HR team. Any support a candidate needs can be directed to the HR team, which will not impact their application, negatively or positively. 

Lottery Marketing & Promotions Manager

£26,928– £31,683 (pro rata, dependant on experience)

22.5 hours, Permanent

Location: Southport, Merseyside

Do you excel in sales or marketing, and have exceptional interpersonal skills? Then we would love to hear from you!

The new Lottery Marketing & Promotions Manager is vital to generating much-needed income for our charity through Queenscourt Enterprises, a subsidiary company of Queenscourt Hospice. You will be able to deliver ambitious financial targets on an annual basis, managing our Lottery Team to achieve the best financial results for Queenscourt Hospice. You will work alongside the Head of Income Generation and Communications to ensure that the aims and objectives of Queenscourt’s Lottery Strategy are met, and that financial and marketing targets are exceeded.

The primary focus of the role will be to increase Queenscourt Lottery membership, as well as growing the income generated by our twice-yearly raffle. You will also ensure that we retain existing supporters through effective stewardship.

You will produce excellent marketing and promotional campaigns for Queenscourt Lottery through the creation of relevant marketing literature, social media campaigns and other media promotions, e.g., radio, using a compelling case for support.

The right candidate will need to demonstrate experience of successfully managing people and achieving challenging targets. As well as excellent interpersonal skills, the post holder will have the ability to cope with a diverse range of tasks and activities, all aimed at increasing player numbers and the net revenue contribution from Queenscourt Lottery to our charity.

Please view the full job description on our website;  and use the online application form to submit your application, cv’s are not accepted.

Closing date for applications is 12th December 2021

Interviews will take place week commencing 4th January 2022

Interested?

We offer:

1. We offer enhanced employer contributions to our workplace pension scheme on completion of probation period
2. Working in a modern, bright, and welcoming environment
3. Free on-site parking and subsidised meals
4. Staff receive excellent support and supervision from our management team
5. 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
6. Excellent training and development opportunities, including support to undertake professional qualifications or academic study

Marketing and Events Assistant

Unifrog’s mission

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counselors to manage the progression process effectively.

Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with more than a third of UK secondary schools and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our partners, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer.

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact our UK Diversity Champion, Samar (details on our website).

The role and your key responsibilities

As Marketing and Events Assistant, you’ll play a key role in making sure all our events are delivered to the highest standard. Our Unifrog webinar series and Unifrog University and Careers Fairs are a growing part of the company that we’re really excited about, and you’ll play a big role in driving their success.

You’ll be working closely alongside our Marketing Manager and Marketing and Events Lead to make sure all our events help students to make informed decisions about their next steps. You’ll also help inform our social media content, work on graphic design projects, and support with other day-to-day marketing responsibilities.

1. Webinar series and University & Careers Fairs

• Work alongside the Marketing and Events Lead, the main point of contact for Unifrog’s webinar series and University and Careers Fairs.
• Make sure that all our events are relevant and provide value to our student audience.
• Ensure the smooth running of our University and Careers Fairs. Become an expert user of the Airmeet platform – send reminders of session start times, spark conversations on the chat function, and solve any technical issues.
• Act as a host for some of our events – run live sessions, field questions from participants, and facilitate discussions between our expert panelists.

2. Conferences

• Work with the rest of the Marketing team to organise our annual Unifrog teacher-facing conference. This will involve sourcing a venue, organising refreshments, putting together a line-up, liaising with speakers, and providing on-the-day support.
• Manage the logistics of our conference equipment and make sure equipment and materials are delivered to external conferences and returned to the office in time.
• Maintain an up-to-date inventory of all our conference equipment and work with the Marketing Manager to update conference equipment and printed materials as and when needed.

3. Ad hoc marketing responsibilities

• Help inform our student-facing social media content. You’ll help us to stay relevant and connected to our student audience.
• Work on ongoing projects including updating our marketing collateral using Visme, our graphic design software.

Essential skills and characteristics

• Experience in organising events (ideally both online and in person).
• Confident and engaging in front of the camera.
• Excellent communication skills, in person, written, over the phone and via video call.
• Confident with Google sheets and docs, and happy to learn new platforms such as Airmeet and Visme.
• Highly organised, detail-orientated, and able to juggle different projects and deadlines.
• Comfortable working as part of a team, but also able to take the initiative when required.
• An interest in the education sector.
• Experience with using graphic design software to work on simple graphic design projects.
• Proactive attitude and willingness to get stuck in. You need to be excited about going beyond the core responsibilities detailed above to improve what we do and make it a success.

You will be joining a team of highly motivated people who are passionate about our mission of helping students to find the best next step for them after school. If this excites you, you love organising events, and are an energetic person who is willing to learn, then we’d love to hear from you.

Key benefits

• Become part of a committed, dynamic and growing team. We want to build the team at Unifrog for the long term – if you do well, we will do our best to make you want to stay at the company for a long time.
• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.
• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.
• Join one of the most talked about edtech startups and help transform careers and destinations in schools.
• For details of further benefits we offer our staff, please see the jobs page of our website.

Key details

• £26,000 - £28,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Share in company-wide performance bonus.
• Full-time. Working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm or 9:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 4:30pm on Friday.
• Split your time between working remotely and at our office in Hoxton, London.
• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).
• Start date: we’re looking for someone to start as soon as possible.
• To discuss any details about the role before applying please contact Stephen (details on our website).
• To discuss working at Unifrog from a diversity perspective please contact Samar (details on our website).

Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog

Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from. We also believe in the power of diversity in all its forms, including in terms of culture, education history, religion, age, socio-economic background, race, gender, sexual orientation, personality, life experiences and disability. We want to encourage applicants from every different background to apply for our roles, and add their perspectives to our team.

Application process

• Deadline: Sunday 12th December 2021.
• To apply, please visit our website to upload your CV and answer the questions below:

i. Why do you want to work for Unifrog? (200 words)

ii. With reference to the job description, what makes you an excellent candidate for this role? (300 words)

iii. In your opinion, what are the top three things that would make a Unifrog University Fair a success? (250 words)

• The next stage of the application process will be a short phone interview. We will send you instructions if you are successful in the first application stage.
• Final interviews will be held by Zoom w/c 20 December.

Job purpose

This is a fantastic opportuniity for someone with a passion for digital marketing to bring their expertise to the fore in this pivotal role promoting the charity's mission to work with young people who have been impacted by social and economic inequality. The post holder will work with the Head of Marketing & Outreach to promote City Gateway's services primarily by managing our digital marketing and social media activity and campaigns. This is a key role working within a busy marketing department. You must be a dynamic, strategic thinker with the ability to drive projects forward and apply an evidence-based marketing approach. 

Roles and responsibilities

Digital Marketing

• Update City Gateway’s website and learner hub and manage the back end processes and data downloads.
• Lead search engine management activity including SEO and PPC campaigns via management in-house of digital account.
• Review Google Analytics regularly and make recommendations to optimise the user journey and experience.
• Keep abreast of the latest digital marketing trends and techniques, liaising with similar charities and other organisations to employ best practice.

Strategy

• Evolve and develop City Gateway’s social media strategy to increase visibility and engagement with City Gateway’s audiences managing content creation and building our social media communities.
• Assist the Head of Marketing to implement the Marketing Strategy and subsequent annual plans, taking ownership of digital and media output and promotional activity.
• Understand City Gateway’s delivery model and all the options available to service users.

Brand

• Be a brand guardian for the Charity, ensuring best practice and consistency throughout our public profile while also building brand presence and recognition.
• Design and produce marketing materials and content in various forms (film, imagery, copy) to promote the services of City Gateway, whether on digital channels or in printed materials.
• Exciting opportunity to work on a big-name media partnership that is about to launch.

Campaigns

• Develop and implement innovative and measurable digital marketing and social media campaigns to potential students, partners and funders. 
• Develop end-to-end understanding of the recruitment cycle of learners and coordinate marketing initiatives internally to ensure adequate retention through the engagement and onboarding period.

Reporting

• Produce regular reports, measured against core KPIs, on the effectiveness of marketing activity including social media and website activity and take optimisation action as required.
• Complete evaluations of projects and make recommendations for future campaigns.

Other

• Manage relationships with print and creative agencies to the agreed performance criteria.
• Deputise for the Head of Marketing as needed. 

Recruitment process

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

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

City Gateway is committed to championing equality and valuing diversity. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

Work with us

The Vegan Society is an anagram of The Nicest Voyage. Quite fitting, we think, as for many people veganism is a journey – and a pretty remarkable one at that. Regardless of where you are on your vegan journey, our staff are on hand to make it easier, healthier and more fun. If you think you’d be great at helping others with this, read on, as this may be right up your street.

The Vegan Society makes veganism more accessible and an easily adopted approach by supporting individuals, policy and decision makers, caterers, manufacturers, health care professionals and the media.

Who we’re looking for

Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce damage to our environment? Do you want to encourage people to enjoy healthy vegan food that looks good and tastes great? We’re looking for an enthusiastic Marketing Assistant who can help to support both individual behaviour change and system change.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The Vegan Society as an organisation values equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that tackles any structural discrimination or prejudice. We are actively trying to increase diversity in our organisation and encourage applications from all sections of the community. We will offer an automatic interview to all candidates who meet our essential criteria and who identify as from an under-represented race or ethnicity or as deaf, neurodiverse, or living with disability.

The role

The Marketing Assistant role will be responsible for supporting B2B & B2C marketing activities for the Vegan Trademark and VEG 1. This includes a mix of online advertising activities, content creation & moderation for our social media channels, attending events, talking with Trademark holders, and general support to driving business growth.

This role requires a candidate with experience in marketing, graphic, and content design. The position is suitable for someone with 1+ year of Marketing or Design experience, as well as other essential criteria listed below.

As Marketing Assistant you will:

• Develop marketing materials as needed to support the Senior B2B Marketing Officer and B2B Marketing Officer.
• Create content for a variety of channels.
• Assist the B2B Marketing Officer with social media platform growth.
• Support with Vegan Trademark B2B social media channels with moderation.
• Assist in the collation and design of newsletter-style updates to Trademark holders and VEG1 wholesalers.
• Support the Senior B2B Marketing Officer with material creation for international development
• Collaborate with the Senior B2B Marketing Officer to deliver Trademark holder support from a variety of countries.
• Monitor various inbox’s relating to marketing, responding to requests and enquires efficiently.
• Maintain awareness days tracker and work alongside the Brand Marketing Officers to deliver engaging content at relevant times.
• Document the Trademark B2C activity and communications in our CRM.
• Support the VEG 1 Marketing Officer on projects such as product launches.
• Work collaboratively with the Events Officer to support with Trademark and VEG1 events or contributions to The Vegan Society events and tradeshows.
• Attend trade and consumer shows as required

To be considered as our Marketing Assistant you must have:

• Relevant Business/Marketing qualification or 1-year equivalent work experience in a marketing or design role.
• Proficiency in the Abode editing suite including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, to create artwork for print and online
• Experience of delivering marketing activities for sales teams for UK and international markets.
• Experience creating content and scheduling for social media.
• Excellent written, verbal and numerical skills including writing for various audiences and following tone of voice guidelines
• Good knowledge of the wider vegan movement and issues relating to veganism
• Understanding of a variety of marketing functions: social media, PR, sales, corporate identity, positioning and branding.
• Good understanding of the importance of customer service and proven experience of delivering effective customer service.
• Understanding of B2B & B2C customer needs.

What we offer

• A fun and supportive team
• A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment
• Flexible working hours
• Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Childcare vouchers scheme
• Animal companion compassionate leave
• Ethical pension scheme (5-7% employer contribution)
• Death in service benefit
• 28 Days leave + 8 Bank Holidays (25 days annual leave & 3 closure days)

Additional information

This is full time role (37.5 hours per week) role with a salary of £22,074 - £24,372 per annum

This is a predominantly home-based position, but the successful candidate must be willing to travel to our head office in Birmingham when required.

The application deadline is 9am on Friday 10th December 2021.

Interview’s will be held w/c 10th January 2021.

Find out more about what it is like to work for The Vegan Society by reading our recruitment pack.