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

Social Media & Digital Officer

Circa £25,000 per annum

Initially temporary with the possibility of becoming permanent

Loughborough

Having worked in a social media role and gained experience producing multi-media content you are now looking for a bigger challenge and a learning opportunity. This Social Media & Digital Officer role with the Youth Sport Trust offers just that. We are looking for a talented and creative digital marketing and communications specialist to manage our social media presence and produce engaging content for our 100,000 followers, while growing our reach through digital marketing tools like Google Ads.

We are a charity which exists to improve the lives of young people through the power of sport and play. We create, develop and deliver programmes and initiatives that improve wellbeing and equip young people with vital skills for life. In 2020 we were ranked one of the best places to work in the UK by the Sunday Times Top 100 Not for Profit Companies to Work For list.

Join our corporate communications team and you will be responsible for managing our social media presence and campaigns across all of the charity’s platforms. You will lead on developing digital content which drives online engagement with the charity’s priority areas of work – from big national campaigns like National School Sport Week, to promoting our offer to schools and supporting our commercial partnerships. You will be responsible for driving online engagement through impactful Google Ads campaigns and will be adept at using Google Analytics and social media monitoring tools to capture and share audience insights and use these to continually improve engagement.

This is a busy role in a fast-paced environment where you will be working with teams across the charity to support a broad range of priorities.

You must have experience of producing copy content for a range of audiences across a variety of platforms and will be an expert proof reader with a sharp eye for detail

An excellent communicator, you will good interpersonal skills, be committed to contributing ideas and helping to drive forward activity within the overall corporate communications strategy. Critically, you will possess the ability to work creatively and find new and innovative ways of engaging different audiences.

Experience of building email campaigns in specialist email software (especially Pardot) would be an advantage.

In return you will get to join a dynamic and energetic charity passionate about improving young people’s lives where all staff are given the opportunity to engage in the leadership and direction of the organisation. Our values of trust, responsibility, integrity and partnership working underpin everything we do, and we pride ourselves on a work culture which fosters innovation, creativity and personal passion. Benefits include generous annual leave entitlement, health cash plan, employee assistance programme and volunteering days.

If you have the skills to support our work and share our passionate belief in the benefits of sport for young people, we would like to hear from you.  Please go to our website via the link and apply online.

Youth Sport Trust positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality. 

Closing Date: 10am on 19 April 2021

Interviews: 28 April 2021, via Zoom

Registered charity number: 1086915

Are you a fundraising or sales professional ready to help us fund life-saving cancer research? We're looking for an ambitious, confident and engaging Corporate & Community Fundraiser who can:

• Recruit, manage, and support businesses and potential volunteer fundraisers within the local community, helping them to reach their fundraising potential
• Identify and develop new relationships with corporate supporters, community groups and potential high net-worth individuals
• Inspire and bring out the best in supporters, corporate partnerships and community groups, engaging them with Hope Against Cancer’s life-saving work over the long term
• Enable our supporters to set and achieve ambitious fundraising goals
• Engage supporters in Hope-organised and third party events
• Be an ambassador for HOPE in the community, working with businesses, community groups and volunteers to unlock new opportunities. 

Have you got:

• Proven experience of exceeding targets and working to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Excellent ability to motivate, inspire and influence people
• Strong networking skills and proven ability to build long-lasting relationships
• Proven ability to track and report on income
• Flexibility and willingness to travel where needed to support events.

We want you to help us build great relationships with our supporters and to help them achieve their fundraising ambitions, allowing us to grow sustainable, annual income. This is a rewarding and fast-paced role, in a small team. No two days will be the same as you'll be working with individuals, trustees, groups and local/regional businesses, supporting them with their fundraising ambitions!

Are you looking for a career where no two days are the same, where you’ll be working with a friendly, supportive and caring team? If so, we’ve got the perfect role for you! Each day you’ll be helping us go the extra mile to be here for the children, young people and families who rely on us.

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

Directly supporting the Head of Community and Events, you will be working with the Community Fundraising Team, colleagues from other departments, supporters and volunteers to maximise participation and income from both Rainbows events, and third-party events. You will be responsible for both leading and supporting on the successful delivery of events - existing and new, and identifying and exploring new fundraising events and current trends.

You will be experienced in planning, promoting and organising events, as well as working with volunteers and committees. You’ll be confident working to budgets and providing financial data.

The successful candidate will also be an exceptional and confident communicator, able to prioritise a sometimes demanding and shifting workload, work well under pressure independently and as part of a team, motivating others to achieve demanding targets.

For more information please visit our website.

The closing date for applications is: 19th April 2021

Interviews are planned for: 7th May 2021

Rainbows is an equal opportunities employer.  No agencies.

Registered as a charity no 1014051

Location: Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19

This role will be working across Central England. Geographical areas include: Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire & Worcestershire.

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK, is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services and looking for Self-Employment Advisors to work on a DWP Work and Health Programme - Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS).

As a WHP JETS Self-Employment Advisor, you will be providing advice and support to guide and encourage participants to overcome barriers to start self-employment and achieve realistic job goals. This will be delivered remotely via phone, video conference and other digital channels.

Reporting to a Self-Employment Team Leader, you will be expected to support a caseload of participants, supporting them in self-employment, offering advice and direction to enable participants to access the support they need, and collecting evidence of Self Employment job starts. The role will also involve re-building participant confidence and self-efficacy following a period of unemployment.

You must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within Central England regions of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Herefordshire & Worcestershire and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

You will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we serve at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries in a fast paced, target driven environment. Additionally, an understanding of government funded employment programmes such as the Work and Health Programme would be an advantage.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance x 3 of your salary
• Enhanced annual leave

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format, contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

Salary: £33,000 - £38,000 (Regional salary weighting may apply)

Ref: 21520

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 per week

Location:This role will be working across CPA 1 - Central England - Geographical areas include: Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire & Worcestershire

Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services Work and Health Programme Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS) and looking for Employer Account Managers.

Reporting directly to the Regional Employer Manager, the Employer Account Manager WHP-JETS role is responsible for winning, developing and retaining key employer partnerships to support the contractual requirements of the WHP-JETS programme.

You will work in conjunction with Operational teams to provide employer relationship management to drive performance objectives, deliver sales tools, manage accounts, support recruitment initiatives, and drive employment outcomes for participants.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

The ideal candidate must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within one of two geographical areas – Central England and Home Counties and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

The ideal candidate will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we support at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance x 3 of your salary
• Enhanced annual leave

For further information and to apply online, please click the Apply on Website button quoting the reference number 21520.

Closing date: 30th April 2021.

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format please contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.