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Job Title: Senior Communications Officer

Reports to: Communications Manager

Line reports: None

Contract terms: Full time

Salary: £39,629

Location: London-based, with hybrid working

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists is a membership organisation and the voice of the profession, with 4,500 members in the UK and overseas. Our role is to champion the specialty, set standards of training and practice, and influence change to make a difference to the lives of patients with eye conditions.

Job purpose

Part of the Policy & Engagement department, the Senior Communications Officer is responsible for devising and supporting strategic communication initiatives that elevate the College’s visibility, advocate for the importance of sustainable ophthalmology services, spotlight our work and values, and promote membership. Working with colleagues, members and external partners, you will craft, execute and evaluate multichannel campaigns, secure profile-raising media coverage, and create engaging content for all our communications channels.

Main responsibilities

Strategic communication planning

• Plan, deliver and evaluate multichannel communications campaigns and plans – working with colleagues across the College to identify objectives, target audiences and key messaging.
• Contribute to developing and implementing communications strategies to increase the College’s profile, promote its work and the importance of ophthalmology, and support membership recruitment and retention.

Content development and management

• Contribute to developing, delivering and evaluating the performance of our content strategy and organisation-wide annual content plan.
• Work with all College departments to develop promotional materials, and to identify and gather content, stories and information for sharing across College media.
• Produce engaging, and accessible content for the College’s member magazine, social media accounts, website and e-newsletters.
• Copyedit, proofread and format publications, and manage the production of printed materials, including liaising with printers, designers, and other external suppliers.
• Help keep the College’s photo library up-to-date, and work with colleagues to commission photographs.

Media relations

• Identify new and nurture existing relationships with editors, journalists, commentators and producers, expanding and updating our contact list.
• Develop and implement a schedule of strategic media engagement, identifying new opportunities upon which the College should capitalise.
• Handle day-to-day proactive and reactive media relations, including acting as the first point of contact for media enquiries; writing and pitching comments, press releases, quotes, and op-eds; arranging interviews; and working with international, national and local media.
• Record, monitor and report on the College’s media activities, coverage and performance.
• Work with the Communications Manager to brief and commission training for College spokespeople.
• Work with colleagues to keep our media lines on priority policy issues up to date.

 Digital communications

• Co-plan, produce and distribute targeted and segmented e-newsletters.
• Develop and implement a social media schedule that is aligned with organisational and departmental objectives, capitalises on external opportunities, reflects the latest trends and best practice, and delivers regular, timely and targeted posts.
• Manage the College’s social media channels day-to-day, producing topical and relevant content, and monitoring and responding to comments and messages.
• Support the Communications Manager in maintaining and managing the College website, including inputting to reviews and our ongoing redevelopment project and content audit.
• Support and train colleagues in using our content management system (CMS).
• Monitor and report on the College’s digital performance monthly.

Brand management

• Uphold the College’s brand identity and messaging across all materials and platforms.
• Help champion and ensure compliance with the College’s brand and style guidelines.
• Support the department in averting and handling communications crises as needed.

 Other

• Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the College
•  Working outside normal hours and/or overnight stays may be necessary to support the delivery of key organisational events.

Inclusion and diversity statement 

The College is committed to encouraging inclusion, equity and diversity among our staff, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation by complying with the Equality Act 2010. We want a working environment where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued. To do this, we will proactively tackle discrimination and disadvantage and ensure that no individual or group is directly or indirectly discriminated against for any reason. We expect all employees to champion and live our values through their work at every opportunity.  

Our values 

Inclusion

• actively welcoming a diversity of experiences and perspectives
• everyone being respected and encouraged to participate regardless of their background or role

Integrity

• being open and honest, demonstrating accountability in all its work
• evidenced-based and transparent decision-making, utilising a range of data, information, expertise and experience

Innovation

• creating novel opportunities to advance and deliver on its aims, anticipating changing circumstances
• actively welcoming fresh ideas and approaches
• fostering a climate of ambition and excellence drawing on expertise from across the College’s communities

Improvement

• being a learning organisation, reflecting on both successes and mistakes
• continuous and sustainable development across all its activities

Person specification

Knowledge, qualifications and experience

• Demonstrable expertise in strategic/corporate communications, with a professional qualification or evidence of learning in communications, public relations, journalism or marketing
• At least three years’ experience of working in a busy communications team, press office or newsroom
• Experience of devising, implementing and evaluating multichannel communications strategies and/or campaigns
• Experience of writing materials for a range of audiences, including blogs, magazine/news articles, newsletters, social media posts and website copy
• Experience of commissioning, editing, and proof-reading copy, ensuring adherence to brand and style guidelines
• Working knowledge of the media and experience of fielding enquiries, and developing briefings and press releases
• Experience of using CMS, website analytics, social media monitoring and scheduling tools, and e-newsletter software
• Knowledge of best practice and emerging trends in digital and social media
• Working knowledge of IT systems – including Microsoft Office, CRMs, and digital asset management tools

Skills and abilities

• Strong strategic planning, prioritisation and organisational skills
• Excellent communications and editorial skills, with an outstanding command of written English and an exceptional attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate impact and identify opportunities for improvement
• Search engine optimisation writing and editing skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including the media
• Ability to generate new ideas, take initiative and problem solve
• Adaptability and an ability to work well under pressure and manage often conflicting demands within tight timeframes

Personal qualities (attributes)

• Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and understanding of how this applies to own area of work
• Commitment to own continuing professional development
• Demonstrates a positive ‘can do’ attitude

Staff benefits

We offer a friendly and supportive working environment and make sure our employees are well looked after with a great benefits package, which includes:

Work life balance and family friendly benefits

• Hybrid working
• 25 days of annual leave, increasing to 30 days with length of service (plus bank holidays and office closure between Xmas and New Year)
• One day of paid leave to move house
• Enhanced parental leave

Planning for your future

• Employer pension contributions up to a maximum of 12%.

Career development

• All staff are offered opportunities for learning and development, in addition to a comprehensive e-learning package
• Study loans

Travel

• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing

• Health cash plan
• Summer Fridays (staff can finish 90 minutes early from mid July to the end of August)
• Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme (with access to free counselling sessions)

Please submit your CV (maximum two pages) and a covering letter (maximum one page). 

The cover letter must explain what makes you suitable for the role. Please use the job description for reference.

Interviews will be held at our office in Euston, the week commencing 18 August 2025. Please indicate if you are likely to need any reasonable adjustments to successfully complete this interview.

Applicants must already have the right to work within the UK without restriction. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The closing date for applications is 11 August 2025.

Sense International are currently recruiting for a Fundraising Officer to join their Fundraising team. This permanent opportunity will work on hybrid basis from our office in King's Cross, London, working 37.5 hours per week.

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering and growing income to support the charity’s mission. Working closely with the Senior Trusts Funding Manager, you will help implement fundraising plans across multiple income streams, including trusts and corporate foundations, events and individual giving.

As a key member of the Fundraising Team, you will work closely and collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation, including programmes, communications and finance. Your excellent communication and relationship-building skills will be essential as you identify and assess partnership opportunities and ensure these are effectively passed to the relevant fundraising leads for cultivation and development as well as having ownership yourself in developing a portfolio of donors.

Key Responsibilities

• Prospecting and researching new trusts and corporate donors who align with Sense International’s mission and can support our work.
• Writing compelling grant applications and proposals to new potential donors.
• Working with the programmes team and Senior Trusts Manager to draft compelling funding reports for donors.
• Track and report on income, KPIs, and donor engagement activity.
• Support the delivery of our Big Give fundraising campaign to grow income and individual donor engagement.
• Manage our small group of eventers including London and Paris Marathons.
• Work with colleagues across fundraising, communications, programme delivery and finance to ensure consistent messaging and reporting.
• Supporting with other adhoc duties that may arise as requested by the CEO and Associate Director, including supporting other members of the Sense International team.

Manage an unrestricted annual mailing to small trusts and foundations to secure target 

Key skills and experience

• Experience in a fundraising, communications, or marketing role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Demonstration of developing excellent proposals, reports and supporter communications.
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to use own initiative.
• Be able to communicate and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders and colleagues
• Ability to operate in a fast paced, multi-stakeholder environment – comfortable working across a diverse range of issues and campaigns simultaneously. 

For a full job description and person specification, please see the link on the left hand side of the page.

About Sense International

Sense International is the only international non-governmental organisation dedicated to supporting people with deafblindness and their families around the world. Sense International supports programmes in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Romania, Peru, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. 

The Sense International team provides strategic leadership to the Sense International global family and supports global programmes and fundraising in addition to day-to-day support on operations including finance and human resources. Additionally, the Director of Sense International is line manager to the Regional Director of East Africa, who overseas programmes and operations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and she also line manages the Director of Sense International Romania and the Director of Sense International Peru.  The Director of Sense International also sits on the boards of Sense International Kenya, Sense International Uganda, Sense International Tanzania, Sense International Romania and Sense International Peru. 

To apply

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly.  We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Are you passionate about creating innovative virtual experiences that inspire people to take action for a healthier heart?

We are seeking a Senior Events Executive to lead the development and delivery of our Virtual Mass Participation portfolio. These fundraising products are designed to raise vital funds, build awareness, and encourage healthy habits.

About the Role 

You will play a crucial role in the development and continuous improvement of virtual products from start to finish. You will test, learn, and innovate to create compelling and supporter-focused experiences. Working closely with our Innovation team, you will help expand our growing portfolio of virtual fundraising products each year. 

You will collaborate with teams across marketing, digital, events, and supporter services to bring our virtual events to life and ensure they deliver strong return on investment. 

Key responsibilities: 

• Manage the full lifecycle of virtual mass participation products, ensuring they are engaging, impactful, and meet performance targets
• Use data and insight to drive continuous improvement and deliver the best possible supporter experience
• Work with colleagues across the organisation to plan, deliver, and evaluate all aspects of product activit
• Design and implement creative stewardship journeys that inspire and retain supporters
• Track financial performance and KPIs, ensuring accurate data is captured and used to inform decisions

About You 

As our ideal candidate, you’ll bring experience managing income-generating products from start to finish, ideally within product marketing, fundraising campaigns, or events. You have a strong understanding of marketing and fundraising principles, including insight, customer journeys, and multi-channel communications. You are confident managing projects with multiple stakeholders and have experience presenting to both internal and external audiences.

You are proactive, creative, and commercially aware, with strong analytical skills and experience in budget management. You are familiar with content management systems, email marketing platforms, and customer databases, and stay informed about emerging technologies and trends in the marketing and fundraising space. 

Working arrangements

This is a hybrid role, where your work will be split between your home and at least one day per week, on average, in our London Office. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause. 

About Us 

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we’ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world where everyone has a healthier heart for longer. 

We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day. 

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed. 

Benefits 

To find out more about the benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of our advert page. 

Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage. 

Interview process

The interview process may take place in-person or virtually via MS Teams. Frist Stage Interviews are planned for the 25th July 2025.

The Community and Partnerships Lead is a varied, fast-paced and creative role, ideal for someone who enjoys working as part of a team, building community, and proactively contributing to REUK’s growth and mission.

As part of the Operations Team - which empowers the effective delivery of our work with young refugees - you will need a practical, imaginative, and solutions-focused mindset, strong administrative and organisational skills, and an energetic, values-led and people-centred approach to your work.

The successful candidate will be the helpful and friendly first point of contact for all those engaging with REUK - from team members, young people and building users to supporters, partner organisations, and press. As the public relations lead and the Operation Team’s focal point, you’ll take an eager interest in the full scope and reach of REUK’s work so that you can resolve and triage enquiries, develop beneficial and positive connections, and deliver appropriate solutions and support.

You’ll play a key role in shaping the day-to-day experience of those who use The Lighthouse (REUK’s home in NW10). You will take joy in hosting people and facilitating events and will demonstrate a strong sense of ownership for ensuring that the building is a welcoming, well-functioning, and hospitable environment for staff, tenants, young people and visitors alike.

Alongside practical tasks like liaising with contractors, setting up spaces for different user groups and day-to-day troubleshooting, you’ll take a lead on business development - including by designing and implementing a marketing strategy, networking with multiple diverse communities, and managing venue bookings - to ensure that The Lighthouse is widely known and used to its full potential.

Turn2us is a national charity tackling poverty and the structural causes of financial insecurity. We work with co-producers and partners to provide people in financial crisis with the means and agency to get back on their feet, build resilience, move forward with their lives and thrive.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to equity, inclusion and diversity and the value people from different backgrounds bring to a team. If, like us, you believe everyone has the right to have enough to live on, and you are ambitious about eradicating poverty, join us and build your career with a charity dedicated to ensuring dignity and equity for all.

We're now looking for an exceptional Senior PR and Press Officer to help us amplify voices, challenge persistent, negative narratives around the social security system, and shift public attitudes about financial insecurity. Ideally, you’ll already have solid PR and press experience within a charity or comparable organisation’s press office, excellent media contacts, and the strategic mindset to put people’s real lives and complex challenges front and centre in your storytelling.

You’ll be someone who writes clearly and persuasively, handles sensitive topics with genuine care, and who’s excited by the challenge of finding creative ways to engage diverse audiences. Your strong relationships with journalists will help us ensure the voices of people facing financial insecurity are represented accurately, widely, and compassionately in the media.

We offer flexible working patterns, both in terms of hours and remote working. All team members come into our welcoming Farringdon office at least once a week, and you'll be joining a warm, supportive team that believes in each other, celebrates great work, and loves what we do.

Please note that all employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 1 day a week.

Some roles may be required to be in the office more often than others and this will be agreed with the hiring manager upon starting at Turn2us.

Please note that all job offers are subject to 2 – 3 satisfactory references and a disclosure satisfactory to Turn2us from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). 

We’re genuinely excited to hear from you.

Closing date: 20th July, 23:59

Interview date: 11 Aug for first interviews, 18 Aug for second interviews

The Cardinal Hume Centre works to prevent and tackle youth and family homelessness.

Job title: Employment & Learning Advisor
Westminster, London
Hours: 35 hours (full time) working at least 3 days in our office near Victoria

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the world? Do you want to leverage your skills to combat homelessness for children and young people? Then we have the perfect opportunity for you.

We are looking to recruit an Employment & Learning Advisor to work effectively as a member of the Centre and the Employment & Learning team to progress a caseload of clients on their journey into meaningful and sustainable employment. You would be responsible for coordinating a range of employment-focused provision through 1:1 interventions, workshops, courses, and supplementary training opportunities to improve clients’ confidence and skills to increase their employability and household income potential. You would also be responsible for identifying, developing and maintaining external relationships and partnerships with relevant organisations, employers, and training providers. In addition to this, you would also work alongside your line manager to deliver a comprehensive learning and employment service, that meets client need and is delivered in line with the organisation’s strategic aims, objectives, and outcomes-based approach. This role is pivotal in order to reach the Centre’s ultimate goal of helping people achieve greater resilience and wellbeing.

In your cv and cover letter, please outline how you meet the requirements of the role and why you would like to work for us. You must account for any gaps in your employment history.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We require job applicants, staff and volunteers to complete a criminal records self-declaration. This role requires an enhanced DBS check plus children’s barred list. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas. 

Benefits

· 26 days’ leave rising to 28 days’ leave after two years’ service (pro rata for part time staff)

· Discretionary wellbeing and celebratory days

· Access to Blue Light Card discounts

· Pension: stakeholder pension scheme and we will match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%.

· Life assurance cover (after probation passed)

· Season ticket loan

· Training and development opportunities

Closing date for applications: 9am Wednesday 6th August 2024
Interviews: W/C 11th August

If you’ve not heard from us three weeks after the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Please note that due to an overwhelming number of applications we will be closing this role early on Monday 21 July at 9am.

A little bit about the role 

As our communications officer, you will join our communications and marketing team. Part of our external relations division, the team play an essential role, crafting engaging communications that help achieve our mission and supporting colleagues across the charity to do the same.

This role is perfect for a creative comms professional with a passion for writing and storytelling. Through compelling and strategic communications, you’ll help raise awareness of Frontline’s mission, attract supporters, influence public perception, demonstrate our impact and promote our vital work. 

From fundraising to programme recruitment, from influencing policy to promoting our commercial offer, our work would not be possible without the impactful storytelling you will create in this role.

If you’d like to use your storytelling skills in a fast-paced role to make life better for children at risk of harm, we’d love to receive your application.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Working with colleagues across external relations, you will identify what storytelling is needed to achieve our charity objectives and make life better for children at risk of harm.
• Manage Frontline’s social media channels, create our social media plan and engage with our followers as needed.
• You will collaborate with our Fellowship team to keep our fellows – our programme alumni – engaged with our work and young people on our advisory board to amplify their voices and incorporate their perspective.

Please review the job pack for full list of responsibilities.

A little bit about you 

The ideal applicant would be an excellent writer and editor who excels in creating content for a broad range of multimedia and digital content channels. We’re looking for someone with a creative mind who enjoys actively seeking out stories to tell and deciding how and where to tell these stories so they have the most impact.

We have a fast-moving culture within the team and organisation, so we’re looking for someone who is who is well organised, details-focused and can use their initiative to do what works. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to build relationships with people and be willing to learn. There are lots of opportunities for growth and development in this role – and for the right candidate to make the role their own. 

If you feel you have the skills to make a real impact and contribute to creating lasting social change for children and families, we would love to hear from you. 

Important information

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater racialised minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value racialised minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities.

We recognise that artificial intelligence (AI) such as ‘ChatGPT’ etc can be useful for applicants e.g. to shorten an initial draft, so we do not attempt to have an absolute ban on AI in applications. However we would caution applicants not to rely too much on AI in drafting answers to application questions. We want to hear your authentic voice arising out of your experience, and we will be looking for answers that use examples and experiences that are specific to you. You are more likely to be able to produce that kind of content yourself than an AI will.

We reserve the right to close this role ahead of the deadline once we reach a suitable number of applications, so please apply as soon as you can!

This role is ineligible for sponsorship and so all applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Role Purpose

Responsible for documenting and maintaining up-to-date fundraising income processes, ensuring the accurate and efficient integration of donation data from multiple platforms into the organisation’s CRM (Salesforce). Focus on maintaining current and comprehensive supporter records to optimise engagement and maximise fundraising income. Provide strategic insight through audience analysis and data reporting. Collaborate with colleagues in the Corporate Services Team to reconcile income streams monthly. Offer database support, guidance, and training to fundraising staff to improve data quality and enhance the overall effectiveness of Salesforce.

Main Responsibilities

Specific Duties

• Conduct a comprehensive audit of existing fundraising income recording processes to identify inefficiencies, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Manage income data processes ongoing, imports and exports of all fundraising data.
• To manage and execute data imports from the Winston’s Wish website and various online giving platforms, ensuring accuracy of data, monitoring, and reconciliation.
• Ensure all donation income paid into the bank account is entered accurately onto Salesforce.
• Supporting the setup of events & campaigns in Salesforce to ensure effective tracking and reporting.
• To continuously review processes to ensure optimal, and compliant ways of working.  Proactively making recommendations to the Director of Corporate Services and Head of Data and IT to ensure accurate, efficient, and timely data management.
• Ensure that the capture of all data from supporters conforms to data protection guidelines including GDPR.  Optimise processes relating to managing supporter preferences and consent, to enable personalised, targeted, and effective supporter journeys.
• Work with relevant colleagues to provide audience insight and analysis for the fundraising team to support income generation.
• Undertake any other duties or responsibilities as reasonably required by the Head of Data and IT, in line with the scope and level of the role.

All Staff

• Contribute to the vision and mission of Winston's Wish; whilst embedding the values into your daily work activities.
• Promote equality of opportunity and diversity in accordance with Winston’s Wish policy.
• Contribute to the overall success of the charity’s fundraising needs by providing case studies, attending events and adding value to the experience of our supporters as required.
• Contribute to the brand and reach of the charity by working alongside our Marketing & Communications Team when relevant press opportunities arise or when required for social media and online content (including the use of photography).
• Work to objectives, targets and work plans agreed with your line manager.
• Undertake specific projects and other ad hoc duties agreed with your line manager, fulfilling any deadlines, reviews and reporting procedures required.
• Take an active part in the quarterly review process and participate in training agreed with your line manager.
• Recognise and champion the lived experience of children and young people with bereavement within your work.
• Ensure the health and safety of all colleagues, volunteers and visitors in accordance with Winston’s Wish policy.

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience of using a database (Salesforce) to enter, maintain, and import data.
• High computer literacy with comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft office applications especially Excel.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and to take initiative when appropriate.
• Strong understanding of data protection guidelines including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Desirable

• Salesforce Experience.
• Experience of working in fundraising or a charitable organisation.

Recruitment Timetable

• Application deadline: Sunday 3rd August 2025
• Interview date: Thursday 14th August 2025
• Interview location: MS Teams

Winston’s Wish reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications for the role before the closing date.

Role Purpose

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the voice and public profile of one of the UK’s most impactful social justice charities. As Head of Communications, you’ll lead our communications function at a strategic level, inspiring and influencing how we share our story with the world. You’ll craft and deliver bold, creative, and inclusive communications that raise awareness of Pact’s work and help us achieve our ambitious goals. From digital campaigns and media relations to powerful storytelling and brand development, you’ll ensure our voice is clear, compelling, and deeply rooted in the lived experiences of those we serve. As a key member of the Executive Team, you will also play a vital role in shaping the overall strategic direction of the organisation, leading organisation-wide projects and championing a culture of open, values-driven communication.

Key Responsibilities

• You will provide strategic leadership for all communications activity across the charity, working closely with colleagues to develop and deliver multidisciplinary communications plans that support corporate objectives. You will be responsible for evaluating communications performance, reporting against KPIs, and using data to drive improvement. You’ll play a key role in horizon-scanning and forward planning, ensuring our messaging is proactive and responsive to external developments.

• You’ll oversee all of Pact’s digital platforms, including our social media channels and websites, as well as those for the Prisoners’ Families Helpline. You will lead the creation and delivery of compelling content to engage and grow our audiences, ensuring a dynamic and consistent presence across both organic and paid-for channels.

• Marketing and branding will be central to your remit. You’ll lead the development of high-quality, accessible and inclusive marketing materials and publications that inspire and inform stakeholders, staff, volunteers and service users. You’ll ensure the organisation maintains a strong and coherent visual and written identity, and you’ll manage a library of media assets and case studies that bring our work to life. You will also offer trusted support and guidance to colleagues and volunteers promoting Pact’s services locally.

• A core part of the role will involve amplifying the voices of people with lived experience. You’ll oversee the regular generation of powerful case studies and service user stories to be shared across internal and external channels, always ensuring ethical and inclusive storytelling.

• You’ll also contribute to the planning and promotion of key organisational events, including staff and volunteer gatherings, stakeholder roundtables and receptions.

• Ultimately, you will be the guardian of the Pact brand and the leader of our communications culture – someone who empowers others, inspires creativity, and champions clear, compassionate communication at every level.

Person Specification

• You will have significant experience in a senior communications, PR or marketing leadership role, with a proven ability to develop and evaluate impactful strategies. You’ll be an exceptional communicator with a keen eye for storytelling and audience engagement, and you’ll have experience managing digital platforms and growing audiences through content innovation.

• Strong leadership and team management skills are essential, as is a collaborative, facilitative approach that brings out the best in others. You’ll need to be a confident relationship-builder, able to influence at senior levels and build trust with stakeholders, media, and partners.

• Ideally, you will bring experience or understanding of the voluntary, criminal justice or social justice sectors. A strong grasp of inclusive communication and accessibility standards is highly desirable, along with an ethical approach to storytelling that respects and amplifies lived experience.

How to apply:

Please note - interviews will be conducted during the final week of August and the first week of September, 2025.

If you feel that you meet the requirements of this exciting new role please complete an application form by clicking the 'apply now' button.

* We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Other information:

Pact (the Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a pioneering national charity that provides caring and life changing services to men and women in prison, to people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families.

As an inclusive employer, we welcome requests for job adverts and descriptions in accessible formats (for e.g. larger text) for candidates with disabilities, including those with neurodiversity. Please contact us if you require any support in engaging in our recruitment process.

Location: Two days a week in Central Office (Wandsworth / Wormwood Scrubs) with regular travel across England & Wales
Department Marketing and Communications
Job Type: Full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £46,225 per annum £3,000 market supplement
Benefits: Generous Holiday allowance Season Ticket loan Cycle to work scheme Charity worker discounts Enhanced maternity package Wellness, inclusion, and diversity groups EAP scheme Life assurance

You may also have experience in the following: Communications Officer, Media Manager, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Officer, Communications Manager, Marketing Communications, Campaign Manager, Project Management, Charity, Third Sector, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

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An incredibly rare in-house opportunity for a self-motivated & collaborative Communications Officer to join one of the City of London’s most historic and prestigious organisations. 

Founded in 1617, The Society of Apothecaries was set up as a members’ association specifically to support doctors, pharmacists, and other health professionals, with the purpose of furthering education, research and innovation in the medical field. Today, the Society, continues to support medical students who are struggling financially and through our Centre for Health Studies, runs a wide range of educational programmes including, post-graduate Medical Diplomas, courses and lectures open to the General Public.  Our members are still predominantly medical professionals.  We are based at the wonderful C17th Apothecaries Hall, a Grade 1 listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, where we host a wide range of events including black- and white-tie dinners.   

The Communications Officer reports directly to the Senior Leadership Team and sits at the centre of all the Society’s activities.  This is a fantastic opportunity for a professional who believes that excellent communications have the power to bring people together to facilitate change.  You will have the opportunity to develop this role, which is creative, varied and has huge impact.

You will:

1. Manage the communications and engagement functions in-house to serve all areas of the Society.

2. In collaboration with the Senior Leadership Team & key stakeholders, manage the annual pattern of communications & engagement activities required and ensure key deadlines are met.

3. Be the guardian of the Society’s brand including visual content, tone of voice and owned channels of communication; working with external branding consultants where applicable, act as the main point of contact for checking & editing materials destined for Society and external audiences to ensure they comply with agreed branding.

4. Work across the Society to ensure consistency of message in all communications.

5. Build and maintain relationships across all internal departments to develop, coordinate and facilitate effective communications.

6. Through excellent relationship management with all key stakeholders, be aware of current activities across all of the Society’s branches.

7. Develop & deliver content across the Society’s communications channels, e.g. website, digital newsletters, social media, media relations, printed and digital leaflets, following agreed approval processes and in collaboration with relevant teams.

8. Act as the webmaster for the Society’s website; administering updates within agreed approval processes.

9. Market the Society’s activities including events, lectures, examinations, and courses to attract attendance.

10.  Lead the annual production of key Society engagement materials, including the Society Members’ Handbook, Apothecary journal and Galen Awards Ceremony brochure, managing and liaising with key contributors (including volunteers) to ensure timelines are met.

11.  Evaluate the success of communications activities against the Society’s goals and objectives to inform the way forward.

12.  Report and collaborate on communications activities by organising and minuting monthly comms meetings.

13.  Have a strong awareness of the Society’s purpose and objectives, through familiarity with the Communications Strategy, Society’s Standing Orders & By-laws, output of Committees and operational strategic plans.

Please note that due to the high level of interest in this role, you must have hands-on experience of creating and implementing content, including using digital platforms.  You will be a wordsmith with a proven track record of producing content appropriate for the target audience(s).

The Society takes pride in offering key benefits such as flexible/hybrid working arrangements, 28 days annual leave per year and enhanced maternity provisions.

We will be holding interviews w/c 28th July 2025 with second interviews in early August.  Please let us know in your covering letter if you are unable to make this timeframe, as we may be able to arrange an alternative.

Charity People is delighted to be partnering with a leading advice charity to recruit for their next Digital Communications Officer.

Since 1979, this charity has been supporting advice organisations by helping them to be efficient, competent and effective, and by campaigning for a policy environment that supports advice agencies and people needing advice. They are a small but mighty charity who support their members to provide advice to 2.8 million people in 2024 alone. They are working towards a world in which every individual, regardless of means, is able to access the advice they need in order to exercise their rights and deal with any legal and social welfare challenges they may face.

The Digital Communications Officer is responsible for developing and delivering dynamic digital content to inform, engage, and motivate diverse audiences, helping to raise awareness of the charity's work and the support they offer to the advice sector. The role will ensure a consistent voice across social media, websites, and email communications to enhance visibility, strengthen member and stakeholder engagement, and market benefits, products and services to customers, members and potential new members.

Contract: Permanent role
Salary: £27,365 plus Regional Weighting (up to £4,677 in London). All staff also receive £600 per year work from home allowance
Location: Hybrid role which will be predominantly home-based with some travel and meetings in London
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week with flexible working options fully supported
Closing date for applications: Thursday 7th August
Interviews: Interviews will be held in person at the charity offices in London on the 21st and 22nd August with travel reimbursed

As Digital Communications Officer your core responsibilities will include:

• Creation of engaging, accessible and inclusive digital content to promote the charity's services and campaigns, upholding their brand identity across all digital channels.
• Filming, photographing, creating, and scheduling organic and paid digital media content.
• Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to tell impactful, human-centered stories from members and stakeholders.
• Leading on social media strategy and daily activity across social media platforms, identifying opportunities for storytelling and member engagement.
• Maintaining, improving and optimising the charity's websites using WordPress, ensuring SEO optimisation and user-friendly design.
• Support on the delivery and tracking of the charity's annual communications plan across target audiences.
• Creating and maintaining resources such as; news posts, articles, case studies, infographics, images, vlogs and blogs for the website.
• Support with email communications including newsletters and email communications using tools like Bee Pro and Marketing Cloud.
• Identification and implementation of improvements to enhance marketing effectiveness; including staying up-to-date with the latest trends, innovations and practices in web design and digital communications.
• Provision of analysis and reporting to support decision-making, collaborating with colleagues to maintain data quality.
• Conducting market research and gathering member and customer feedback to inform future marketing strategies.
• Analysis of digital performance using tools like Google Analytics, Hootsuite Meta Business Suite, and Marketing Cloud Account Engagement email reports to inform strategy.

We'd love to hear from candidates with the following skills and experience:

• Strong experience in a digital communications or marketing role, ideally in a similar sized organisation with a social purpose. Commercial B2B experience is desirable but not essential.
• Proven ability to plan and deliver digital campaigns across social media, websites, and email.
• Strong copywriting, editing and storytelling skills with a flair for creative communication.
• Experience creating a range of digital content including video, infographics and blogs.
• Confident using digital communications tools including Hootsuite, WordPress, Salesforce or other CRM, and ideally Marketing Cloud Account Management
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to inform decision making.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• A collaborative approach with strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder engagement experience.
• A commitment to social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

If you're interested in hearing more about this opportunity, please send your CV to Alice Wood at Charity People in the first instance. 

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

About the Role

Sense is recruiting for a National Events Fundraiser to join our fantastic Engagement Team in Kings Cross, London on a hybrid basis.  

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the recruitment, marketing and logistics of many exciting events within the National Events portfolio. This will include delivering an exceptional standard of administrative and logistical support for these allocated Events, delivering a fantastic supporter journey for all participants. This will include application calls and emails, managing administration of places and responding to participant enquiries.  

The main duties and responsibilities include:

• Manage an allocation of core Events within the National Events portfolio including the marketing, recruitment, stewardship and logistics of said Events.
• Manage the income and expenditure budgets for allocated Events and ensure that financial reporting, reforecasting and budgeting is accurate and timely for these Events.
• Build strong relationships with event participants in order to maximise net income, encourage repeat participation and ensure the Event’s success.
• Manage the Events Team inbox, responding to all emails and recording on Raiser’s Edge.
• Maintain and develop accurate and up to date records on Raiser’s Edge of participant information, for all allocated Events.  

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Confidence in communicating via phone and email with a range of stakeholders, including supporters and suppliers.
• Understanding of current event trends across the sector
• Confidence in communicating via phone and email with a range of stakeholders, including supporters and suppliers
• Ability to manage and analyse data to make informed decisions
• Experience of digital marketing and other marketing channels.

For a full job description and person specification please see the link below.

About Sense

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world.

We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

To apply

Please use the link below to complete your application. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification before applying.

Sense is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in all of its work. We want to ensure that the diversity of our workforce is reflective of the people we support and the communities we serve. We encourage applications of those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds as well as women, trans and non-binary people, and those with different accessibility needs. All offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Overview

This role offers the opportunity to plan, create & deliver a variety of communications, leading on design and digital deliverables across internal & external channels for Glass Door Homeless Charity.  

The Digital Communication Officer works in the Communications team, reporting to the Head of Communications & Fundraising and manage Glass Door design, web & socials.  

Through this role, we will deliver a robust plan of impactful and on-brand content, raising the profile of our work and ensuring we are known amongst existing and new audiences in London 

Job Spec 

Editorial & Design 

• Ability to produce fresh, emotive and informative content across print & digital platforms - including profiles of guests, news stories, blogs and speeches

• Lead on design and delivery across the organisation – digital & print: including posters, informative leaflets, presentations, graphics and images for social media, newsletters and website as needed 

• Work collaboratively across the organisation to solicit content from other members of staff, including caseworkers, operations and fundraising colleagues to support Communications’ strategic aims 

• Support the design of campaigns, appeals & events - working alongside the Head of Comms & Fundraising, and key members of the fundraising team to bring alive the vision of the campaign. 

• Co-lead on our work with content producers (photographers, videographers, designers, etc), ensuring content meets Glass Door’s standards and is signed off by appropriate staff members

• Maintain Sharepoint for digital content – including photos, social images, video and written content 

• Provide quality-control support (eg proof-reading and editing) on all materials outside of the Comms team and externally, ensuring all content, imagery and branding are consistent with house style and on brand 

• Create & deliver video content to support the digital strategy and on an ad-hoc basis 

Digital

• Manage and maintain all social media accounts in-line with Glass Door's social media guidelines, focusing on building awareness, driving traffic and increasing engagement

• Manage and update Glass Door's website in-line with the digital strategy and content planner 

• Co-develop & oversee a digital content calendar 

• Co-manage delivery of multiple/congruent campaigns, appeals and events to engage existing and attract new supporters, often working alongside key members of other teams including fundraising, operations and advocacy teams. 

• Support with digital marketing, working closely and collaboratively with the Marketing Officer, Head of Comms & Fundraising Team to plan, track and successfully deliver paid and organic digital journeys. 

• Monitor social media and advise key staff on any issues arising that could jeopardise the reputation of the charity, ensuring all Crisis Comms is managed in line with Crisis Comms Policy 

• Support the development and delivery of bi-monthly internal e-newsletters.

Monitor impact 

• Work closely and collaboratively with the Marketing Officer to ensure all conversions of paid promotion are tracked effectively and efficiently 

• Support the monitoring and tracking of website usage 

• Support the evaluation of social media and online reach, create monthly reports, and assist with evaluating the effectiveness of campaigns and appeals 

• Support the monitoring and tracking Google ads and analytics 

• Support the vision and production of a new website, ensuring it is on brand and meets our content and communication needs 

• Monitor, assess and report to relevant teams of our content performance to ensure our channels are hives of activity and relevant to our audiences. 

• Monitor and follow trends within digital and innovation to improve the organisation’s digital presence and activities 

Strategy 

• Co-lead on the planning and delivery of the Glass Door Communications Strategy – specifically on the digital and content plans 

• Support the delivery of Fundraising key deliverables – specifically on the digital content, stories and campaign key deliverables 

• Co-manage the Comms Team’s and cross org deliverables via project management platform monday(dot)com 

Events 

• Support co-ordination of events, by designing and delivering print and digital materials, online support to fundraisers, and representing the charity as needed in-person and online. 

Other

• Attend and participate in relevant team meetings, and other ad hoc meetings when necessary. 

• Undertake other ad hoc tasks as directed, such as assistance on Glass Door events and occasional administrative support to the CEO. 

• Carry out the functions of the post with proper regard to Glass Door’s Equal Opportunities Policy. 

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with a fantastic Cancer Charity to find their Senior Individual Giving Executive - Acquisition

The charity offers a flexible working environment, with hybrid working and an expectation to work from either their Chelsea or Sutton site 2 days per week. 

Reporting into the Individual Giving Manager, you will play a pivotal role in the Individual Giving team. You will be responsible for the delivery of core elements of the Supporter Acquisition programme, developing engaging communications / products and activity across multiple channels, such as paid search and social, email, telemarketing and offline channels. You will lead and deliver projects for the recruitment of new supporters to identify new audiences, optimise response, grow the supporter base and contribute to the lifetime value of supporters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead in the development and delivery of Supporter Acquisition campaigns/activity/products across a range of media, with a specific focus on digital channels, in line with strategy, planned budgets and targets, ensuring campaign deadlines are met.
• Work closely with the Individual Giving Manager – Supporter Acquisition to plan, manage and deliver the annual operating plan, including end-to-end project management, making decisions within agreed parameters, providing recommendations for final approval.
• Be responsible for the briefing and the day-to-day management of internal and external suppliers including copy and artwork development through to production, broadcast and final print.
• Monitor and report on campaign/activity/product performance/KPIs (e.g. end of campaign reports, monthly reporting) and analyse results to enhance campaign performance and inform campaign planning, decision making and improvements to Supporter Acquisition.
• Manage the briefing and liaising with the Data team to deliver complex and accurate data selections and reporting requirements.
• Deliver draft budget and reforecasting figures as part of the planning and budgeting process, providing information required, and working closely with the Individual Giving Manager – Supporter Acquisition, to review and reforecast activities for Supporter Acquisition.

Person Specification: 

• Experience of applying the principles and techniques of Individual Giving / Direct Marketing within a multi-channel, multi-discipline environment, especially through supporter acquisition channels.
• Good project-management experience, including managing budgets, schedules, creative development, and supplier relationships for fundraising direct marketing campaigns.
• Knowledge of best practice digital fundraising, with particular experience of running Search, Social and online campaigns to increase supporters and gather data for future marketing opportunities.
• Experience of managing campaign budgets, reforecast of activity, monitoring, reconciling and reporting on results in line with KPIs.
• Experience of managing external relationships, for example with suppliers, agencies, including effective negotiation re costs and contractual obligations.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.