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Check my CVWe currently have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Digital Marketing Officer. To join our award-winning team on an interim basis until the end of 2021. You will join us working 35 hours per week and in return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £30,209.35 per annum plus excellent benefits
Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2019 we helped around 191,000 cats and kittens, an average of more than 520 per day.
Cats Protection has seen a transformational growth in digital fundraising over the past couple of years and this is a very exciting time to join the digital marketing team. You will play a key role in implementing the digital fundraising strategy, maximizing income through digital channels.
Responsibilities of our Digital Marketing Officer:
As a Digital Marketing Officer you will work across multiple communication channels, focusing on digital advertising. This role will also support growth in digital across all income streams, from events to regional fundraising to retail. We have ambitious growth targets and you will be responsible for implementing the digital marketing programme from conception to delivery and analyzing the effectiveness of new digital channels.
What we’re looking for in our Digital Marketing Officer:
- previous experience working in digital fundraising, ideally with specific digital advertising experience
- proven track record of achieving income against agreed financial targets
- an assertive communicator, confident in managing external agencies and working with internal teams
- a selfstarter, able to use your own initiative
- indepth knowledge of all the latest digital fundraising best practice, trends and compliance
What we can offer you:
- salary of up to £30,209.35 per annum plus excellent benefits
- generous annual leave entitlement
- contribution pension scheme
- life assurance scheme
- range of health benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme
- and more
Join us as our Digital Marketing Officer and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!
Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.
Closing date: 25 April 2021
Virtual interview date: 05 May 2021
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Countryside Restoration Trust (CRT) is a champion of biodiversity, restoring farming landscapes and woodlands for wildlife. Through education and engagement, we inspire the wider countryside community to understand and appreciate the importance of wildlife to farming, food, the natural environment and wellbeing.
This brand new role will be responsible for the CRT website, including editing and updating content, SEO, mobile interface and other activities which maximise visitor numbers, length of engagement, etc. They will also design and develop digital content plans for all elements of the charity,producing multimedia content, including video stories, infographics, blog posts, web stories.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about raising awareness, developing engagement and securing funds through creative, innovative and targeted digital advertising, email marketing and social media campaigns. They will be an excellent communicator who can write for a range of different channels and audiences.
Interested candidates should send a CV and a cover letter of approximately two pages, outlining how your background, skills, qualifications and experience make you the perfect candidate for this position.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an online interview and should be expected to do an exercise first to prove their abilities.
Closing date for applications is: 7 May 2021, 12 noon.
The CRT is a champion of biodiversity, restoring farming landscapes and woodlands for wildlife.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Countryside Restoration Trust (CRT) is a champion of biodiversity, restoring farming landscapes and woodlands for wildlife. Through education and engagement, we inspire the wider countryside community to understand and appreciate the importance of wildlife to farming, food, the natural environment and wellbeing.
This brand new role has been designed to coordinate all marketing administration, supporting the entire Fundraising and Marketing department as required, answering incoming phone calls and providing impeccable donor care. An important task will be liaising with everyone at the CRT to ensure that they have the required marketing resources and managing the marketing resources library, ensuring all leaflets, flyers, brochures etc., contain up to date information.
The ideal candidate will be excellent at administration and be exceedingly well organised. This warm and welcoming person will be the first person our Friends and supporters are in contact with at the CRT. The candidate must be an excellent communicator and highly personable, prepared to talk to Friends on the phone regularly, some who just need to chat, having not spoken to anyone for days. We call our supporters Friends because they are important to us; therefore, they must be treated in a friendly manner.
Interested candidates should send a CV and a cover letter of approximately two pages, outlining how your background, skills, qualifications and experience make you the perfect candidate for this position.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an online interview and should be expected to do an exercise first to prove their abilities.
Closing date for applications is: 7 May 2021, 12 noon.
The CRT is a champion of biodiversity, restoring farming landscapes and woodlands for wildlife.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Commercial Marketing Officer will work closely with the Guest Services team at our Outdoor Learning Centre based in Avon Tyrrell in the New Forest. This role will build brand awareness of both Outdoor Learning and Avon Tyrrell (AT), integrating our existing messaging and campaigning with an outdoor learning focus.
The role has a specific focus on innovative digital marketing to increase engagement, bookings and enquiries, and we are ideally looking for candidates with experience of working in a commercial marketing and sales environment, experience using commercial marketing analytical tools as well as strong design experience. We also hope the successful candidate will have Adobe Creative Suite skills (Photoshop and InDesign especially) as well as knowledge of the Outdoor Learning sector
Who we are
UK Youth is a leading charity that exists to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and
empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. We work with others to ensure that the youth sector is strengthened, supported, and that provision is youth-led, evidence-informed and delivers high-quality outcomes.
UK Youth plays a unique role in addressing; the lack of investment in the youth sector, the lack of cross sector understanding in how youth work makes a difference and the limited opportunities to embed effective solutions. These factors lead to mass inequality of access to youth services for young people. To find more about us and how we make an impact, please visit UK Youth Website.
Why work at UK Youth?
We are a value-based, passionate and committed organisation offering a friendly working environment with lots of opportunities for professional development and socialising (even whilst we are all working remotely!) from lunch and learn sessions, staff quizzes to virtual coffee meet ups.
UK Youth prides itself on being an Equal Opportunity employer and we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under one of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Our selection procedures ensure that people are treated on the basis of their relevant merits, experience, skills and abilities and that no individual receives more or less favourable treatment.
We welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in our organisation including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities. We are also currently underrepresented by men, and so are seeking applications from different backgrounds, cultures, age, experience and identity to bring a wide range of experience, ideas, views and insights to UK Youth.
What we can offer you
We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture.
- Flexible/Agile Working
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)
- Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary
- Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally
- 20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell our New Forest Outdoor Centre including, camping, lodges and outdoor activities.
- Cyclescheme and Techscheme
How to apply
Candidates are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description for this role. Your experience, skills and passion will set you apart so tell us about your achievements, irrespective of whether they are personal or work-related, about your journey to date; how this has shaped you and the things you learnt along the way.
If you would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity, please click the link to be taken to our website where you can find more information on the role and how to apply.
- Closing date for applications will be 9.00am 3rd May
There are more than 11 million young people in the UK, they make up over a fifth of the population and represent Britain’s future.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for an Acquisitions Direct Marketing Officer to support the development and delivery of an exciting new test DRTV campaign and be part of the launch of the lead conversion programme through effective campaign management maximising relationship with internal stakeholders and external agencies.
- Full time / 8 month FTC
- £34,000
- Epsom, Ewell – Remote working
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategy, Planning, and Delivery
- Act as the day-to-day contact with the production team at the DRTV agency, ensuring the creative is developed in line with Samaritans’ requirements.
- Cross team working
- Ensure you work closely with the Marketing & Brand team, Data team, and Digital team to maximise productivity.
- Test and Learn
- Test different elements of the advert, and evaluate the overall success of different approaches.
- Budget Management
- Manage budgets, ensuring campaigns are delivered to budget.
- Third Party Management
- Develop excellent relationships with the DRTV, media and response handling agencies.
Skills and Experience:
- Previous experience of working on direct response television campaigns.
- Experience managing suppliers, agencies, and freelancers.
- Experience of reporting and analysing campaigns.
- Highly effective organisation and prioritisation skills with the ability to plan and manage a variety of projects to tight deadlines.
- A team player with a ‘one-team’ approach.
- Ability to take initiative and make proactive decisions.
At Samaritans, our vision is that fewer people die by suicide. We believe that suicide is preventable and that, together, we can make change that saves lives.
Samaritans is needed now more than ever. We answer a call for help every seven seconds and need to be able to reach and connect with a diverse range of people. Whether it’s through our life-saving helpline service, innovative partnerships or impactful campaigns, we work towards our vision in many different ways and our communications need to reflect this.
Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. We warmly welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences.
Full job description can be found on our website. The closing date for this role is 21/04/2021
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Job Description
Term: 1 year (renewable subject to funding and performance)
Hours: To be agreed (flexible working considered)
Salary: £25,000 per annum – to be reviewed after successfully completion of 6-month probationary period
Place of work: Kennington, Oxford - home working to be discussed due to COVID-19
Responsible to: Operations Manager
Aims of the post:
To raise awareness and promote the aims of Headway Oxfordshire through optimising marketing opportunities, publicity and community engagement. Increasing financial and practical support to improve the sustainability of the organisation into the future.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
Marketing
1. To review, update and implement Headway Oxfordshire’s Marketing and Events Strategy (including digital and comms) to generate income in support of business planning.
2. To assist in the development and implementation of Headway Oxfordshire’s overall strategic initiatives including, business planning and corporate engagement.
3. To assist the Management Team to maximise the opportunities for income generation, including generating “leads”.
4. To act as main point of contact and link in with outsourced marketing opportunities.
5. To develop and maintain our social media presence.
6. To develop, maintain and disseminate publicity materials.
7. To ensure that good relationships are established and maintained with fundraising individuals, companies and organisations and with donors.
8. To prepare and maintain database of potential donors, supporters and partners to increase engagement with the organisation, sponsorship, donations and giving.
9. To develop and increase visits and engagement with our website and social media platforms.
10. To promote the organisation and raise awareness of brain injury within the community including campaigning.
11. To identify areas of fundraising activity.
12. To manage and oversee the practical provision of activities.
Events
13. To organise and run fundraising events.
14. To prepare budgets for events and ensure that fundraising potential is maximised.
15. To act as main point of contact and link in with outsourced events companies.
16. To maximise the publicity of such events to increase engagement and income generation.
17. To source and research “outside” fundraising events and encourage individual fundraising throughout the county.
18. To develop and organise the engagement of volunteers in fundraising for the organisation.
19. To organise and manage volunteers with regard to the running of fundraising events.
20. To arrange and attend such events when required, to represent HWO, to promote awareness of HWO and encourage donations.
Bid Writing
21. To work alongside CEO and Management team to identify grant funding opportunities.
22. To work alongside CEO in writing bid applications.
23. To maintain bid writing records and track progress of applications.
General
24. To prepare/present written reports on fundraising activity for/to the Board of Trustees.
25. To work to targets as identified within the departmental budget, controlling cost versus benefit ratios. .
26. To maintain ongoing relationship with donors and develop and nurture such relationships to engage further support, such as Patrons.
27. To work to and implement all policies and procedures of Headway UK and Headway Oxfordshire.
28. To attend regular supervision sessions with manager and attend Headway Oxfordshire staff meetings.
29. Other duties as required by manager.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This exciting post will engage target audiences to take part in UK’s leading biodiversity training courses and a renowned portfolio of wildlife identification guides.
By using a full range of marketing activities, the post holder will recruit and retain young people (age 16+) and adults to learn about the environment to take practical actions to help nature recovery.
The scope is 200+ online and in-person training courses per year about biodiversity, natural history and environmental art, plus 300+ publication titles distributed through trade and consumer channels.
These marketing the activities are part of FSC’s Eco-Business Directorate. The role is focused on delivering outcomes of specific projects funded by commercial and philanthropic funding, including ‘Biolinks’ and ‘Generation Green’ projects focused on improving biological recording and supported careers of young people.
This post holder will be part of a small marketing team with ambitious targets to create and deliver marketing plans with stakeholders. This is an ideal opportunity for somebody wishing to develop a career in marketing at a leading environmental charity.
The successful candidate will have marketing or related qualification and two or more years’ experience working in a marketing department. They will demonstratable success in campaign planning, delivery and measurement, and knowledge of digital marketing methods to engage target markets and increase online sales.
The successful candidate will also have excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing, and positive and passionate attitude towards your work, including whilst working from home.
As an Investors in People charity, we realise that to achieve our vision we need diverse teams of staff who have a wide range of skills, a real passion for the work of the charity and a pride in their role within it. No matter what role you perform at the FSC, everyone can make a difference and every role is vital to delivering our mission and vision…if this inspires you, we would love to hear from you.
We want to create a world where everyone feels connected to the environment, so that they can enjoy the benefits it gives and makes choices that help protect it – especially now when our planet is facing issues such as climate change and loss of biodiversity.
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Do you want your experience to count; to make a real difference to the environment? To Epping Forest? If you are an experienced marketing, communications and membership professional, this role could be for you!
This is a new and exciting wide-ranging role at the Trust, and we need someone with vision and confidence to build our public profile, engage support and implement new ways of working with the new CRM system.
Join the team working in a unique environment in the Forest, and lead on marketing and membership to engage the existing membership, increase contributions and reach new diverse audiences and drive individual giving and support.
Epping Forest Heritage Trust is looking for someone to support our mission to conserve, protect and celebrate the heritage of the Forest and engage, educate and inspire others to so the same.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a confident and creative marketing officer to promote our resources to different audiences across a range of platforms.
The Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF) is a Christian charity that is passionate about enabling people of all ages to grow in faith and understanding of the Bible. BRF resources the spiritual journey of individuals and the mission and ministry of local churches.
Main responsibilities
- Assist in delivering and growing direct sales of all BRF resources by maximising marketing and promotional opportunities
- Create add and maintain content on the BRF Online shop
- Maintain apps and day to day admin of the BRF Online website
- Grow sales and customer engagement on the BRF Online shop
- Create content and format text into a Mailchimp email template for direct and trade customers
- Create and develop marketing content including catalogues, leaflets, and contribute content for web and social media
- Develop and deliver a direct mail strategy to BRF’s direct customers and supporters
- Report on the effectiveness of direct marketing activities
- Plan and deliver promotions, offers and competitions (including trade promotions) in collaboration with the Digital Marketing Officer
- Engage the BRF team in publicity and promotion of resources and events
- Provide telephone and email support for trade and direct customers
- Be involved in planning and attending events and exhibitions
For full details on the role, please see the job description.
Please note, there is an occupational requirement for the role to be held by a Christian, as defined by the Equalities Act 2010.
Closing date: Monday 19 April at 9:00am
Interview date: Thursday 29 April
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Part Time – 21 hours
Mind have over 160 shops across England and Wales raising money to fund the charity’s vital mental health support services.
As Marketing Officer, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of the retail marketing programme, working closely with the Retail team in London HQ, the 500 staff across our shops and our 3,000 shop volunteers to ensure continued engagement.
Reporting to the Retail Marketing Manager you will play a key role in helping to drive more people into our shops, recruit more volunteers and increase donations to help us raise more funds for the charity. You will play a key role in helping to grow our e-commerce channels and our social media footprint, aligning any activity to the Mind brand.
The role sits within Mind’s Communications and Marketing team. You will work closely with the team to help promote Mind Retail and position it firmly as a strategically important channel as well as playing a key part in building a culture of shared learning and improvement.
You will work closely with colleagues from Corporate Partnerships, Fundraising, Wales, Networks and Communities, building relationships with Local Minds where appropriate.
As this is a new role, the nature of the duties may change and develop, according to the needs of the team. This will require a flexible and adaptable approach.
To be successful in this role, you will have experience in a marketing/ communications role, delivering to a wide variety of audiences across multiple channels. You will have excellent written and verbal skills and a genuine interest in digital marketing and social media.
An interest in charity retail, coupled with a personal awareness and empathy for mental health problems, would be desirable, however is not essential.
Closing date: 20th April 2021
This position will initially, in line with current government guidance be based from home, with an expectation of being home based for the next six months or until updated government guidelines are published. However, if / when government guidelines change the role may then revert to being office based, whilst retaining some flexible working options.
Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.
Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria.
Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference?
If so, we could have the perfect opportunity for you.
We are looking for a Digital Marketing Officer to join our team at Tanio (formerly Valley and Vale Community Arts).
Working in a small team based in Bettws, you will be pivotal in our mission; to offer a range of community arts-based activities to help a diverse range of people develop new skills, confidence and self-esteem through creative self-expression.
At Tanio, we strive for all community members to have access to inspiring, aspirational and high-quality arts experiences in safe environments.
Could you join us and help us achieve our mission?
In return we offer the chance to work with a dedicated and passionate team, a competitive salary, flexible hours, and an attractive benefits package including a stakeholder pension scheme.
Salary: 22K (pro rata)
Hours: 0.8 (equivalent to 4 days per week)
The core skills we are looking for:
· Experience of Working in Marketing and Communication in a similar role
· Experience of working in an arts or charity sector role and/or in marketing with minimal budget
· Experience of writing press releases
· Knowledge of Social Media Platforms and how best to use them for a small arts charity
· Knowledge of analytics, data creating and evaluations
· Experience of social media platforms, building and engaging audiences
· Knowledge of copyright and data protection laws
· A high level of computer literacy
· Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing
· Excellent visuals skills
· Experience of Adobe packages including Photoshop
Highly desirable (extra) skills:
· Degree or relevant qualification applicable to the skills required in this role i.e. Marketing/ Communications
· Knowledge of Social Media Platforms and how best to use them for a small arts charity
· Competency with video editing software
· Good presentation skills
· Fluency in the Welsh language both verbal and written and/or the desire to learn
To apply for this role please send a CV and covering letter by Friday at 5pm on 30th April 2021 explaining why you believe you are suitable for this role.
Good luck and we look forward to hearing from you.
Application guidance
- Please submit an up to date CV and a letter outlining why you are suitable for the role.
· In your covering letter when telling us about your main strengths in applying for this post, please address each point in the Person Specification from the job description in turn.
· Any statements that you feel are relevant to the post should be backed up with evidence and examples. Do not use general phrases such as “I have the necessary skills ...” or “I am confident I can do the job well”. We need to know how you meet the requirements based on the evidence you provide. If, for example, you tell us that you are a good project manager, tell us why and where you have used these skills before.
· You should include details of any current or previous jobs, outlining tasks, responsibilities, and achievements that would be relevant to this post.
· Experience gained outside paid employment may also be just as important. For example, you may have done voluntary work in the community, or have skills acquired through other interests.
· Concentrate on relevant information and experience, transferable skills from your home life, voluntary work, past and present employment.
· Sometimes it may feel like you are stating the obvious but remember that we can only assess the application on the information you give us.
· If at all possible, please ensure you provide a daytime telephone contact number on your CV or covering letter.
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Digital Marketing Officer
Full time or 4 day week considered
Salary: c£25,000+ pa (dependent upon experience)
Digital engagement is transforming how environmental charities connect with our supporters and how we inspire a love of nature.
Surrey Wildlife Trust has recently experienced exponential growth in both engagement and support through digital marketing and online activities. We are now looking for a talented individual to join our small, high performing marketing team and take our digital offering to the next level.
The successful candidate will bring a winning combination of both technical and direct marketing expertise, with an ability to produce engaging content to bring key audiences closer to the work of the Trust. The role requires someone who is equally at ease whether writing persuasively, analysing data or creating innovative online campaigns using customer insight.
This role offers an opportunity to be part of an innovative, collaborative and friendly team that inspires a love of wildlife and generates support to protect it for future generations. If you’ve got the skills and you want to help us realise our vision of a Wilder Surrey, rich in biodiversity and abundant with wildlife, then the time to act is now.
In return for your hard work and dedication you’ll enjoy a busy environment, working with people passionate about our cause, plus internal training opportunities.
If you can fulfil the criteria outlined on the job profile, please complete an application form and send it to Charlotte Magowan (email address on our website) by midday on Thursday 15th April 2021.
Job profile and application form available on our website.
We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applications from backgrounds which may be underrepresented in our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities.
We are committed to offering an interview to all candidates that meet the essential criteria for the post and will consider both full and part time applications (a job share may be feasible). Please let us know if you require any adjustment to make our recruitment process more accessible; recruitment is likely to be virtual using Zoom or Teams.
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About the role
We are looking for a Marketing Strategist to join our Marketing and External Engagement team to focus on increasing engagement and income from our individual giving supporter base.
You will be responsible for developing deep audience and channel insights to propose and drive marketing and communications strategies that deliver to Practical Action’s wider mission and specific objectives for your audiences.
You will take the lead on understanding what drives and motivates our existing audiences, why they engage with us, their capacity to support and their marketing preferences.
Increasingly our marketing is a digital and analogue blend, so you will be planning activity that includes mail, email, website content and social media. You will plan expenditure, monitor progress and enact course corrections based on results.
You will work with our Brand and Content team to develop messaging and creative approaches and our Campaigns team who will plan and execute campaigns.
About you
The successful candidate will be educated to degree level with a qualification in or considerable experience of marketing, market research or related discipline.
You will have extensive marketing experience, ideally gained in multi-disciplinary settings and experience of marketing planning, as well as significant current experience of digital marketing planning and execution across major public-facing campaigns. Recent experience of charity marketing and fundraising is preferred.
You will have strong analytical, conceptual and problem solving skills with the ability to clearly and simply communicate insights to a diverse set of stakeholders. You must have a strong marketing planning experience coupled with digital and social media skills.
The successful candidate will be highly numerate, able to assimilate and make sense of complex data and research, with a proven understanding of the skills and methods needed for planning and measuring engagement with target audiences.
Why join us?
You will join a high performing team of marketing professionals, all committed to making the world work better for everyone. You will experience and contribute to a friendly and supportive culture, where we value work life balance and flexible working.
Our brand new open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station but we also offer free parking.
In addition, we offer the following benefits:
- Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.
- Most staff in the UK are currently working from home due to coronavirus and we expect to it be this way for some time. It is however our practice normally that we operate an agile flexible working policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working (between 2-3 days per week depending on the role).
- 26 days holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public
- Pension scheme – employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.
- Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental
- Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
- Bike to Work
About us
We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.
Additional information
Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.
We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.
The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.
How to apply
If you want to work for a charity with significant people ambitions, then we would like to hear from you. To apply go to Practical Action to view the full recruitment pack.
Closing date for applications: Thursday 15th April
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
BE INSPIRED…
St Margaret’s Hospice Care has been at the heart of Somerset’s community for 40 years. Our dedicated teams provide high quality, compassionate care and support to help patients, their families and carers facing a life-limiting illness. Last year we supported more than 4,900 people.
Our success depends upon recruiting and developing the very best people, who can innovate as well as bring experience and fresh new ideas to the hospice, so that we can provide the best care possible for patients and their families.
Our Values:
We are patient-centred, compassionate, respectful, brave, self-aware, informed and driven.
Marketing & Events Officer
Location: Taunton/Yeovil – travel between sites will be required, and flexible working considered
Hours: 37 hours a week – evening and weekend work will be required
Salary: £25,869 per annum
Our patients, their families, our staff, volunteers and supporters are at the heart of our charity.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Fundraising & Communications Team in a new role, which will see you take responsibility for developing and marketing our portfolio of events as we phase our return to public fundraising in line with the roadmap out of lockdown.
After twelve months of restrictions, which have limited our ability to organise fundraising, we are eager to start engaging again with our local community and putting on exciting new events. As well as taking ownership of our flagship St Margaret’s mass participation events, you will have the chance to bring your own ideas and experience to help innovate our event portfolio and ensure that it continues to appeal to a range of audiences, both physical and virtual.
Whether it’s organising a fun run for 600 people, or hosting a celebratory black-tie Ball, you will have the knowledge, skills and experience to put on fantastic events, which focus on offering supporters a first-class experience. You will understand the brand awareness opportunities of events, but also recognise the importance of achieving a good return on investment for the charity.
This post will report to our Marketing Manager, reflecting the emphasis we wish to place on engaging and recruiting new supporters to take part in hospice events, through a range of communications and digital techniques.
As part of a wider team, you will play a pivotal role in delivering our three-year strategic framework, which has at its heart the need to embed first class supporter experience. You will ensure that our supporters receive tailored communications and are fully supported in their journey with the hospice.
Everyday St Margaret’s Hospice Care helps patients, families and carers across Somerset who are facing a life-limiting illness. This care and support is provided in the community, in patients own homes, as outpatients and day patients at our Taunton and Yeovil hospice hubs and in our In-patient Unit.
If you would like to make a real difference to patients and their families across Somerset, we look forward to hearing from you.
About you
- Proven track record of planning and implementing successful charity, mass participation and challenge events that generate a profitable return
- Knowledge and working experience of using a range of marketing techniques to target and engage audiences
- Experience of working with, motivating and managing a team of volunteers
- Excellent communication and relationship skills
- Ability to plan and organise busy workloads, taking into account changing priorities
What we offer
In return we offer a rewarding role in a stimulating and positive working environment, with active support for training and opportunities to develop new skills, while knowing that you are helping to make each day count for individuals and families in Somerset.
Benefits include:
- Auto enrolment for eligible staff in Workplace pension scheme.
- Free car parking.
- Initial 28 days annual leave (including bank holiday) pro rata increasing dependant on length of service.
- Eligibility for NHS discounts – Blue Light Card etc
- Confidential and free 24 hour Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:
- Counselling
- Support
- Legal, Financial and Medical Information and Advice
- A Vitality & Wellbeing health portal
Closing date: 21st April 2021
Interviews: 30th April 2021
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the 'Apply' button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.
No agencies please.
Promote the world of tidal mud. Create our Communications Strategy, help us implement it and develop and manage our website and our social media.
- A collaborative team player.
- A confident communicator with strong interpersonal skills
- A proven track record of Communications and Digital
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Experience of working and communicating effectively with various stakeholders
- Well organised and able to manage a variety of tasks
Creekside Education Trust (CET) runs the Creekside Discovery Centre on Deptford Creek. The Centre provides an exciting range of outdoor activit... Read more
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.