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Job Title: Media and PR Officer
Hours: 35
Salary: £31,574 per annum
Type of Employment: Permanent
Dept and Location: Communications Department, hybrid role with a minimum of one day a week to spent at our London office
Line Manager: Media and PR Manager
Direct Reports: None
Are you an incredible storyteller who loves working with people to help them share their stories with a wide range of media? Do you have experience of working on major fundraising events, public awareness, and brand campaigns? Are you creative and have a proven track record of developing stories that achieve on-message national and regional coverage on a regular basis?
Teenage Cancer Trust is looking for a proactive Media and PR Officer to join their supportive and high-performing team. You’ll have the chance to work on a range of our exciting fundraising events, such as our flagship Royal Albert Hall concerts, corporate partnerships with major brands like Aldi, and media opportunities with top celebrities. You’ll also work closely with many of the inspiring young people we’ve supported through cancer to help them share their stories with a wide audience.
You’ll need to fully understand the needs of differing types of media and know how to develop and pitch stories effectively – bringing relevant existing media contacts to the role. You’ll also need to be confident advising internal and external stakeholders on the best route to achieving media coverage for their projects.
Alongside one other Media and PR Officer, this role shares responsibility for some core administrative duties and processes for the Media and PR team e.g., creating evaluation reports, to ensure a smooth and professional press office function. You will also take part in an out of hours rota with other team members.
Please note that for this role we are looking for somebody who is passionate about, and has relevant expertise in, PR for fundraising, brand and awareness purposes. The role is not focused on supporting our policy team and their related campaigns.
You do not need a degree to apply for this role if you have relevant experience.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
This role reports to the Media and PR Manager and has a strong focus on supporting our work with fundraising - and delivering a strong media profile that has young people’s experiences at its heart.
This role supports on promoting a range of exciting fundraising campaigns and activities such as our flagship Royal Albert Hall concerts and corporate partnerships with major brands such as Aldi and Omaze.
The post holder must be proactive in identifying and creating newsworthy stories and working with stakeholders to deliver activity.
The post will work with young people with cancer and their families to empower them to publicly share their experiences.
The post is a key part of the wider Marketing and Communications department which is responsible for raising awareness and understanding of the charity with key audiences, increasing engagement with our brand and supporting income generation.
The role will also undertake some core administrative duties and processes for the Media and PR team, to ensure smooth and professional press office function.
ROLE FOCUS
Deliver PR and Media plans and activity
- Lead or contribute to the development and implementation of effective, proactive PR and media activity that promotes Teenage Cancer Trust to a wide range of audiences.
- Contribute to and support team activity that ensures a strong and sustained media profile for Teenage Cancer Trust, including delivering media strategies as part of integrated brand/condition awareness-raising campaigns.
- Work, under the support and direction of the PR & Media Manager to create positive media coverage for Teenage Cancer Trust’s fundraising activities and ensure regular placement of real-life and celebrity stories target outlets.
- Identify news stories, trends and opportunities for Teenage Cancer Trust to comment on and proactively pitch to the media.
- Deliver regional media activity to profile fundraising, services and young people as required.
- Measure the success and impact of media plans delivered using a range of measurement tools, helping to share results with senior management as part of regular reporting.
Working with young people and their families
- Work, under the direction and support of the PR & Media Manager and Story Manager to ensure regular placement of real-life stories in national, consumer, online and regional media outlets.
- Brief, liaise with and support young people and their families with sensitivity and empathy, to help them share their stories.
- Under the advice and guidance of the Story Manager and Services department, support the stewardship of young people sharing their stories, ensuring it adheres with our safeguarding policies at all time.
- Work with the Story Manager to ensure the records, images and stories of young people we support are kept up to date and we have their full consent to use them.
Ensuring an effective and professional Press Office function
- Support the smooth running of the Teenage Cancer Trust press office, including being the first of contact as required, responding to a wide range of media enquiries and ensuring a professional service.
- Respond to enquiries from journalists and prepare verbal and/or written statements and provide spokespeople and case studies as appropriate.
- Builds and nurture relationships with journalists, especially national, regional and online outlets, youth media, documentary-makers and consumer press.
- Organise media interviews, write briefings for spokespeople/case studies and steward, support and advise individuals.
- Prepare a variety of high-quality effective PR materials including news releases, comments, features, briefings and letter to editors.
- Organise, support and execute press events, such as filming or photocalls at hospital units and other locations, acting as the Teenage Cancer Trust representative, overseeing media attendance and liaising with hospital Communications teams and services staff.
Support delivery of a media training programme
- Liaise with outside suppliers and agencies as needed.
Relationship Management
- Support and empower our regional fundraising teams and individual fundraisers to undertake media and PR opportunities, ensuring they are equipped with template resources and can deliver core brand messages.
- Work in partnership with third party PR teams such as corporate partners and hospital communications teams to develop proactive media campaigns and respond to news stories as required.
- Engage with and support funded staff to undertake media.
- Work closely with the Music and Entertainment team and Celebrity Manager on the PR for high profile supporters and events and hospital visits, liaising with external PR agencies and talent agencies as required.
- Work with the other teams within Marketing and Communications as part of an integrated and effective approach.
- Support internal communications/profiling and relationship building to represent the Marketing and Communications team across the organisation, raising understanding of the value of media and PR.
OTHER DUTIES
- Compile or support the creation of daily/monthly monitoring and coverage reports and media lists, including monthly and project specific analysis evaluations.
- Participating in daily communication updates, team meetings and planning sessions. Represent the Teenage Cancer Trust externally at events and meetings.
- The role will involve some out of hours work including providing on-call cover for the media on a rota basis. There will also be occasional travel across the UK.
- Undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the post as requested by your manager.
- Carry out the duties of post in accordance with Teenage Cancer Trust policies and procedures.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING CHECKS
This role will interact with young people and families, which may include visiting young people in hospital units and their homes from time to time.
This is therefore subject to a Standard disclosure check.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Internal – Marketing & Communications colleagues, especially Story Manager and Digital Marketing team; Fundraising department across all income streams; Regional Operations and Partnership Managers; Funded staff; Music and Entertainment team including the Celebrity Manager.
External - Young people and their families; Journalists across national, regional, consumer and online outlets; Corporate partners and their PR teams, Hospital Communications teams, key supporter groups and organisations, Suppliers and agencies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
No specific qualifications are needed for this role.
Experience
- Demonstrable experience of working in a press office, PR or similar communications role.
- Experience of implementing effective proactive PR and media strategies that reach target audiences, are on message and achieve positive media coverage.
- Experience of preparing a range of PR materials including news releases, comments, features, briefings, letter to editors, photo opportunities and press conferences.
- Experience of organising, or contributing to, the delivery of media events, filming, launches and photocalls.
- Experience of working with case studies (service users, patients, supporters) to support them to share their stories in the media.
- Proven experience of developing strong collaborative working relationships with journalists and colleagues from across the organisation.
Knowledge and know how
- Excellent knowledge of all aspects of the UK media, with a good understanding of the consumer media landscape.
- Strong news sense and initiative to develop proactive news stories.
Skills
- Excellent oral and written communications skills with ability to tailor approach to engage audiences.
- Creative thinker with the ability to generate original and innovative PR ideas.
- Time management skills and proven flexibility to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work well as part of a team and on your own initiative.
- Strong organisational, administrative and research skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work alongside team members and colleagues, young people and their families and supporters of any nature.
- Empathetic, with the ability to handle and assess sensitive situations confidently and calmly.
- Strong decision making and problem-solving skills.
Personal Qualities
- Accountable, with high levels of integrity and professionalism.
- Good judgement, initiative and discretion.
- A natural collaborator.
Values
- Commitment to the philosophy and ethos of Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you’d like to talk through the role before applying please email Claire Monger, Media and PR Manager at Teenage Cancer Trust.
How to Apply:
To apply please submit your CV along with a short supporting statement. Refer to the person specification and succinctly outline:
- Your experience
- Your knowledge and know how
- Your skills and personal qualities
Application to be received by: 25th August 2022
First interviews:Tuesday 30th August and Wednesday 31st August 2022
Second interviews:Monday 5th September 2022
At Teenage Cancer Trust one of our key focuses is around equity and making sure our services are accessible and inclusive to all young people with cancer, with no-one left behind. We have the same goal for people working with us. We want you to be yourself here and thrive doing so. In line with our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion commitments, we would love to see applications from LGBTQ+ people, people of colour/those from ethnically diverse communities, people living with disabilities and people of faith.
At Teenage Cancer Trust we take our commitment to safeguarding seriously and work to protect and promote the rights of the young people who we support. Our safeguarding responsibilities extend to the children and adults who work to support the charity, who we also have a duty of care to protect. Safeguarding is at the forefront of each activity we carry out. In line with our approach, this role is subject to a DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).
For information on how we collect, store and process personal data please refer contact HR.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential. If there is any assistance or adjustments, we can make to support you to make your application, Please contact HR.
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Role: Contract Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Across Cornwall (Home Based)
Hours: Full and Part Time Considered
Salary: £26,000- £32,000
About You
First and foremost, you’re deeply passionate about developing communities and supporting the most vulnerable to particiapte in their communities in a meaningful way. You’re an experienced relationship builder and negotiator and have a track record of developing partnerships that deliver results. You’re excellent at turning ideas into action and inspiring others to get onboard!
You have the ability to quickly understand and stay focused across a range of priorities and themes to ensure you deliver results every time. You have the interest and ability to utilise creative ideas as part of campaigns to engage the many and turn problems into solutions that create opportunities across the communities we serve.
You need to be a great collaborator and a self starter. Your strong facilitation skills enable you to bring people together to explore ideas and have the ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of different players – from grassroots community groups to national corportate businesses, that will enable outcomes for all.
As Contract Manager you’ll join a team of hard working and dedicated people developing Tempo Time Credit networks across over 20 projects in England. This roles focus is to build and maintain the existing project in Cornwall which has been running since 2018. You will work closely with Cornwall Council commissioners, service providers who delivery Supporting Families, Housing, Substance Recovery, Young People and DASV, as well as community organisations in the Cornwall Tempo network. The current contract focuses on Penzance, Newquay, Camborne/Pool/Redruth, and St Austell, but the project covers the whole county.
You will be a confident public speaker and presenter and will raise the profile of the Time Credits programmes in Cornwall and beyond. You will build relationships with key influencers and stakeholders in each locality to support the development and growth of the network to enable groups to access Tempo Time Credits to increase volunteering and engagement and improve health and wellbeing.
About Tempo
Tempo works to support communities to flourish through enabling more individuals and more diverse groups of people to volunteer and support their local communities. Tempo is commissioned by Cornwall Council to work with vulnerable adults and families to support a range of outcomes.
We work in partnership with others engaged in community development, from grassroots organisations to statutory agencies. In this role you will be working directly with groups earning Time Credits to support them to get the best use of Tempo Time Credits by ensuring that their volunteers are registered on our digital system and are earning and using their Tempo Time Credits. You will also help build our network of local Recognition Partners- businesses who support Tempo and our volunteers through offering days out, theatre and arts, leisure and fitness, food and drinks and much more.
When we work together, communities are built, lives are transformed, and positive change happens.
People earning and using Tempo Time Credits report improvements in their quality of life, more social interactions, new friendships and skills, access to new opportunities, increased confidence and better physical and mental health and wellbeing. Organisations using Tempo Time Credits with their volunteer’s report that they can recruit and retain more diverse volunteers, do more with existing resources and reach more people with their services, and make new connections with other local organisations.
There’s never been a better time to get involved. We have an ambitious programme of work, full of challenges and opportunities in a fast-paced environment. COVID-19 has rekindled interest in community involvement and purpose, and we are here to help.
Working at Tempo
We are proud to be an accredited living wage employer and offer pay over the statutory minimum for all our team members. In addition, we offer a wide range of staff benefits including:
- 33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 5% ER contribution)
- Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7
- Family friendly policies
- Flexi-time Scheme (offering up to 13 days flexi leave each year)
- Wellbeing Centre offering the latest wellbeing articles, news and advice
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Healthcare Cash Plan - claim back money on essential healthcare costs.
- Shopping Discounts - online and in-store at over 850 retailers from groceries to wellness products, travel and more
- Death in Service Grant – 1 year
How to Apply:
If you think this is the role for you, please take a look at our candidate pack first as it will help you decide whether we’re a good fit for you. We would then ask you to submit your current C.V. with a detail cover letter telling us how you meet our competences and why you want to work for Tempo Time Credits
Please send your completed application using the post title and your name as the subject heading by no later than 9AM Thursday 8th September 2022.
As part of our commitment to Disability Confident, candidates who consider themselves to be disabled will also be given the opportunity to attend an interview if they meet the essential criteria for the role. By opting-in to this scheme, you are disclosing that you have a disability solely for the purpose of the interview guarantee and we will not assume nor infer that you wish to disclose or record your disability in any other way – including any reasonable adjustments you may need if you are employed.
The successful applicant will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.
We strongly believe in the benefits of having a diverse and inclusive workforce and encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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Role: Contract Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Across Lancashire and Birmingham (Home Based)
Hours: 30 hours per week
Salary: £26,000- £32,000
About You
First and foremost, you’re deeply passionate about developing communities and supporting the most vulnerable to particiapte in their communities in a meaningful way. You’re an experienced relationship builder and negotiator and have a track record of developing partnerships that deliver results. You’re excellent at turning ideas into action and inspiring others to get onboard!
You have the ability to quickly understand and stay focused across a range of priorities and themes to ensure you deliver results every time. You have the interest and ability to utilise creative ideas as part of campaigns to engage the many and turn problems into solutions that create opportunities across the communities we serve.
You need to be a great collaborator and a self starter. Your strong facilitation skills enable you to bring people together to explore ideas and have the ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of different players – from grassroots community groups to national corportate businesses, that will enable outcomes for all.
As Contract Manager you’ll join a team of hard working and dedicated people developing Tempo Time Credit networks across over 20 projects in England. This roles focus is to build and maintain the existing projects across our network. You will work closely with our commissioners, service providers and community organisations in the Tempo network.
You will be a confident public speaker and presenter and will raise the profile of the Time Credits programmes locally. You will build relationships with key influencers and stakeholders in each locality to support the development and growth of the network to enable groups to access Tempo Time Credits to increase volunteering and engagement and improve health and wellbeing.
About Tempo
Tempo works to support communities to flourish through enabling more individuals and more diverse groups of people to volunteer and support their local communities. Tempo is commissioned across Lancashire and Birmingham to work on several projects meeting a range of outcomes.
We work in partnership with a number of services as well as others engaged in community development, from grassroots organisations to statutory agencies. In this role you will be working directly with groups earning Time Credits to support them to get the best use of Tempo Time Credits by ensuring that their volunteers are registered on our digital system and are earning and using their Tempo Time Credits.
When we work together, communities are built, lives are transformed, and positive change happens.
People earning and using Tempo Time Credits report improvements in their quality of life, more social interactions, new friendships and skills, access to new opportunities, increased confidence and better physical and mental health and wellbeing. Organisations using Tempo Time Credits with their volunteer’s report that they can recruit and retain more diverse volunteers, do more with existing resources and reach more people with their services, and make new connections with other local organisations.
There’s never been a better time to get involved. We have an ambitious programme of work, full of challenges and opportunities in a fast-paced environment. COVID-19 has rekindled interest in community involvement and purpose, and we are here to help.
Working at Tempo
We are proud to be an accredited living wage employer and offer pay over the statutory minimum for all our team members. In addition, we offer a wide range of staff benefits including:
- 33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 5% ER contribution)
- Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7
- Family friendly policies
- Flexi-time Scheme (offering up to 13 days flexi leave each year)
- Wellbeing Centre offering the latest wellbeing articles, news and advice
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Healthcare Cash Plan - claim back money on essential healthcare costs.
- Shopping Discounts - online and in-store at over 850 retailers from groceries to wellness products, travel and more
- Death in Service Grant – 1 year
How to Apply:
If you think this is the role for you, please take a look at our candidate pack first as it will help you decide whether we’re a good fit for you. We would then ask you to submit your current C.V. with a detail cover letter telling us how you meet our competences and why you want to work for Tempo Time Credits
Please send your completed application to using the post title and your name as the subject heading by no later than 9am Thursday 8th September 2022.
As part of our commitment to Disability Confident, candidates who consider themselves to be disabled will also be given the opportunity to attend an interview if they meet the essential criteria for the role. By opting-in to this scheme, you are disclosing that you have a disability solely for the purpose of the interview guarantee and we will not assume nor infer that you wish to disclose or record your disability in any other way – including any reasonable adjustments you may need if you are employed.
The successful applicant will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.
We strongly believe in the benefits of having a diverse and inclusive workforce and encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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Coalition Communications Manager
- Full time: 35 hrs per week
- Fixed term contract for 2 years
- Full time salary: £40,000 - £42,025 per annum
- Location: Office in Rivington Street EC2A 3AY, with opportunity for blended working
About us
Transparency International is a global movement sharing one vision: a world in which government politics, business and the daily lives of people are free of corruption. Transparency International UK is the UK national chapter of this movement. We work with the British government, parliamentarians, civil society and the private sector to tackle corruption at home, addressing the UK’s global corruption footprint and helping multinational companies prevent corruption by operating with integrity. We are also home to two major global programmes tackling corruption in the Defence and Security sector and Global Health on behalf of the wider Transparency International movement.
About the role
As Coalition Communications Manager you will work with the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition’s (UKACC) Illicit Finance Working Group (IFWG) to develop and deliver a shared communications strategy which helps to bring about meaningful change in legislation and policy over the next 24 months to end Britain’s role as global hub for dirty money.
In addition you will:
- Regularly review the objectives in any existing strategy, based on what works and as our audience understanding grows, in order to refine objectives and tactics. You will work to identify opportunities relevant to UKACC’s illicit finance objectives and advise on where the group works best with a shared voice and where members work best with diverse voices coordinating behind the scenes.
- Coordinate and collaborate across the IFWG members, supporting the group to draw on its collective strengths and key moments. You will contribute to building members’ capacity and ability to represent the group and their own organisations to the media and in videos etc through sourcing or providing training for spokespeople and coaching sessions.
- Be responsible for producing shared messaging and content for the IFWG informed by audience insight and understanding. This includes visual content for digital media such as videos, infographics, animations as well as written content, based on the Coalition’s calls to action, reports etc. This is likely to involve commissioning and managing agencies providing design and content production services, but may also include in-house content creation.
- Manage the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition website and the linked IFWG webpage as shared communications platforms, ensuring the content is relevant to key audiences, compelling and up to date. You will also manage and grow the Coalition’s social media activity, content and profile, developing a digital plan to drive engagement. Key to this will be using analytics to monitor and assess what works.
- Build relationships with influential media to help get the Coalition’s issues and calls for change on the agenda in key publications. This would include a focus on proactive engagement to generate interest in key publications and events in the pipeline such as member organisations’ launches and reports, upcoming Bills, events, as well as the run up to party political conferences and the UK election.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have:
- A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Substantial experience of working in communications, or other relevant employment
- In-depth knowledge of print, broadcast and digital media operations
- Experience of working with digital and social media, and measuring the impact of related content
- Experience of enabling different groups to coordinate and collaborate
- An ability to identify opportunities for influence and develop a tactical plan to do so
- The ability to think quickly and innovatively to solve complex and difficult issues, both independently and in collaboration with others.
- Ability to navigate dynamics between stakeholders with high levels of diplomacy
- Ability and confidence to present complex technical information to a non-technical audience
Highly desirable:
- Experience of producing basic digital content for social media
Benefits
In exchange we will offer:
- A competitive salary
- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Up to 5% contributory pension
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced sickness and family friendly policies
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A flexible and friendly working environment, with the opportunity for blended working (more details of this can be found on our website)
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Internal Communications Manager – Campaign Delivery
Fixed Term Contract [until 16 December 2022] (Covering secondment)
Hours: Full time (34.5 hours). We are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location: Flexible (UK Wide) Home-based or split between home and our London Office
Salary: London; £42,500 - £47,500, National; £39,000 - £44,000
Are you an experienced communications professional looking for a new challenge? Do you have a strong track record of compelling storytelling and building strong relationships?
This role could be for you!
About the role
We’re looking for an experienced communications professional to join our high-performing strategic communications and engagement team.
You will lead the development and delivery of internal communications campaigns which help the organisation to elevate the most important priorities. Using your knowledge and creativity you will be able to quickly grasp and translate complex issues into engaging communications that help our employees feel informed, engaged and inspired by Macmillan's work.
About you
- You will have a proven track record of managing multiple communications campaigns, targeted to various audiences and sequenced effectively
- You will have experience of translating complex messages into simple and accessible communications that cut through the noise
- You are comfortable working with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leaders, and are a skilled relationship builder who can use your networks to get things done in a busy and changing working environment
- You will have experience of using insight to drive best practice, whilst consistently learning and improving to achieve the best results
- You are able and comfortable challenging the status quo and can act as a critical friend
About us
Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to be their best self to work.
We welcome applications from everyone who meets the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another ethnic minority background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan People Services Team on for advice and recruitment adjustments. In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (for example, she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs).
Location and working pattern
The location of this role is flexible, with an option of working from home with 1-2 days per week in our Head Office (Vauxhall, London) or home based in the UK with some occasional travel to London for meetings and events. The working hours are 34.5 hours a week with flexibility on start and finish times.
Further information
Applications to this role will close on 25th August 2022. Interviews will be virtual (using Microsoft Teams) and will take place on Thursday 1st September and Friday 2nd September.
In order to ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all of our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed so that shortlisting is based solely upon the suitability of the candidate’s experience.
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Quartet is at an exciting moment in its development. It recently launched a new brand identity and website, together with a new strategic plan that sets out its key goals and objectives over the next three years.
We are now looking for an experienced and highly motivated marketing professional to be responsible for leading the development and implementation of a comprehensive marketing and communications strategy for Quartet. This will support our achievement of the over-arching strategic plan, deepening our reach and engagement across both existing and new supporters, and raising our profile across the West of England.
This is a new role and, as such, you will help direct the narrative and image of Quartet, identifying and developing the messages that will promote it to a wide range of stakeholders across multiple platforms. You will play the key role in directing our communications in order to create the conditions needed for the strategic plan to succeed and for Quartet to flourish, including: the planning and delivery of high-quality content, both digital and print; management of our social media presence; upholding and promoting the new brand identity.
As a first step, you will recruit a new part time Marketing & Communications Officer to support you in delivering this work, and you will help review our marketing structure and approach and its relation to other teams at Quartet.
You will be a creative communicator with a track record of delivering successful strategies and campaigns across marketing and communications. You will have excellent writing skills and digital know-how and be motivated by the chance to promote philanthropy and its role in helping to create thriving communities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS & PR MANAGER (TRADING)
Salary: Circa £42,000 per annum
Reports to: Head of Corporate Communications
Department: Policy, Information and Communications
Location: Stratford, London
Employment type: Office-based with flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)
Contract length: Permanent
Working hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Closing date: Wednesday 24 August 2022, 23:55
We have an exciting opportunity for an Internal Communications & PR Manager to manage to the communications for the Trading department, at both national and local level.
In this role, you'll be responsible for the Internal Communications and Public Relations for all Trading staff, the retail chain online shop, online marketplaces, new commercial opportunities and other activity as determined by the Trading growth strategy? It's an exciting time to join our organisation, so if you have experience of delivering multi-channel communications in a complex organisation, top-tier influencing skills, excellent stakeholder management, and strategic thinking skills, then apply today.
What will I be doing?
Creating and delivering impactful internal communications to Trading's 2,000 staff and 15,000 volunteers, in line with CRUK's brand and tone of voice
Leading the Trading internal comms team on a day-to-day basis, managing team members to deliver first class internal communications support for CRUK
Working with the national and regional PR teams to set strategy in-line with Trading goals, identify newsworthy stories, and deliver guidance to the field and shop staff so that they can successfully engage with local press. Sign off press releases as necessary
Working closely with other internal communications colleagues to deliver central organisation wide messaging appropriately to Trading staff
Planning, coordinating, and signing off for all communications to Trading, including weekly newsletters
Managing the Trading communication platform to ensure Trading staff are updated within an appropriate timeframe on retail specific news and instructions
Supporting the Trading leadership team to deliver a continual process of recognition to staff and volunteers
Evaluating the effectiveness of Trading's internal and external communications, making improvements where required
Actively reviewing the impact and success of communications and engagement with staff and volunteers, through Trading and CRUK engagement surveys
What skills are you looking for?
Internal communications expertise: significant internal communications experience, with an excellent track record of delivering multi-channel communications that support business objectives. Ideally, this would have been gained in a large organisation with the commercial and charity retail sector
Stakeholder management: experience of building relationships and working with a variety of stakeholders within a large organisation
Influence: ability to influence senior members of staff, and instil confidence in your decision making. You will have the ability to hold your own, whilst maintaining good working relationships
Strategic thinking: a strategic thinker, who uses feedback and data to inform improvements
Communications skills: you will have excellent communications skills, and deal with complex and sensitive information in a professional way; always showing a high level of self-awareness
Line management: Experience of line management, setting expectations, and ensuring your team delivers to a high level
Positive attitude: positive and can-do, ambitious in your desire to get things done to a high standard and to drive positive impact, with the ability to motivate others and get buy in from stakeholders across the charity
Decision making: experience of planning and prioritising internal comms projects and messaging, as well as prioritising and planning the workload of yourself and others
Good technical IT skills: experience using a content management system for internet and intranet publishing - experience with Microsoft SharePoint would be a significant advantage
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
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The organisation:
A health and social welfare campaign.
The role:
To develop the media strategy and oversee the resulting activities
To lead the media office and line manage an officer. And oversee the content including media announcements and social media.
To work closely with the campaigns team on public awareness communications to raise awareness and change behaviours.
The candidate:
Significant experience of producing communications activities for broadcast, print and digital media.
Successful experience of gaining relevant and targeted media coverage in national and regional media.
Knowledgeable on how social media can be used to maximise press coverage for the campaign.
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PR and Influencer Manager
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 35 per week
Location: London (possibility of hybrid working)
Salary: £35,377 - £39,959 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). Please note the starting salary is £35,377 per annum with the opportunity to progress up the scale over time.
Closing date: 11 September 2022
Job ref: VA560
About the role
As PR and Influencer Manager, you will be working with senior colleagues, leading and managing Freedom from Torture’s high profile stakeholder relations. You will be acting as the main point of contact for celebrities and influencers, proactively researching new potential supporters and effectively engaging them with the charity’s work. You will bring good knowledge of PR and the Influencer landscape with the aim of building extensive contacts across a broad range of media.
About You
We would like to hear from you if you have the following:
· Knowledge of the global celebrity and influencer landscape
· Knowledge of UK and international media
· Exposure to devising and implementing celebrity engagement strategies for discrete projects and to deliver brand activation objectives
· An influential communicator in both oral and written communications
· A confident editor of work for external distribution
· Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
How to Apply
To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click on the attachment.
To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter outlining how you would be a great fit for the role.
Your statement should be no more than 2 pages long, answering the following questions:
1. What is your motivation for working with Freedom from Torture and this role specifically?
2. What skills and experience can you bring that will enable you to be successful in this role?
3. Please tell us about the approach you would take in reaching out to potential influencers and/ or celebrities on behalf of Freedom from Torture.
In return we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, flexible working and 6% employer pension contribution (minimum 1% employee contribution)
Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.
We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.
Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.
Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
No agencies please.
The Talent Set are excited to be working with Action for Children to find their new Consumer PR Media Manager.
Action for Children has a wonderful flexible working environment, and this role is offered as a primarily remote home working position with the expectation of travel to AFC’s Offices in London or Watford 2 times monthly. For those who prefer a hybrid working pattern office work is available more frequently.
Action for Children protects and supports children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives.
We are looking for an accomplished PR professional to Manage, plan and deliver consumer PR strategies and activities across the UK to highlight the work of Action for Children and issues relating to disadvantaged children, young people and families, raising our brand profile, build our celebrity PR profile and the media profile of our fundraising and corporate partnership work.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as an expert advisor with staff and stakeholders on broad ranging PR and media relations issues and events, utilising this expertise to develop and deliver effective and compelling consumer media relations strategies, relating to the organisation’s core business objectives e.g. for campaigns, services, policy and fundraising initiatives.
- Overall responsibility for all aspects of key proactive consumer PR launches and reactive opportunities, including coordinating sell-ins to national and regional news, trade and consumer PR media.
- Build effective working relationships with key internal stakeholders, fundraising, communications and policy colleagues and relevant services to create and deliver innovative, integrated consumer PR campaigns.
- Work with the celebrity partnerships team to build campaigns that maximise PR opportunities with our high-profile supporters, helping to build more awareness of our work.
- Line manage the Media Relations Specialist - Consumer, ensuring they have clear and achievable objectives and promote a positive work environment through support, guidance, and problem solving where needed, in accordance with Action for Children’s policies and procedures.
To do this the right candidate will have experience in these key areas:
- Proven track record of working in a busy press office or PR agency
- Experience of designing compelling, creative, and effective consumer media PR strategies
- Experience of building and maintaining good working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including internal clients, corporate partners, and journalists
- Experience of managing projects from planning to delivery stages, including evaluation
- Proven knowledge of working in a UK media with consumer PR outlets
- Ability to work in a complex, fast paced environment, juggling multiple priorities and remain calm under pressure
If we receive a high number of applications, we may need to close earlier than advertised so get your application in quickly! Regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.
Along with Action for Children 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.
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Closing date: Wednesday 17th August at noon
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 29th August
NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate. NHS Providers has all trusts in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £92bn of annual expenditure and employing more than one million staff.
Reporting to the head of media and line managing a media and communications officer, the purpose of this role is to lead NHS Providers’ handling of media relations activities, as well as helping with the effective running of our extremely busy press office and delivering great engagement and better awareness of key corporate messages.
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter setting out why you are interested in the role and how you meet the person specification to the HR Team.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Media Manager
£33,926pa
Woking, Surrey GU21 4LL / Hybrid Working
If you have experience of working in a fast-moving press office or newsroom and know how to use compelling storytelling to generate strong media coverage and help drive change, this is a unique opportunity to use your talents for good.
WWF UK is the leading global environmental charity and we’re bringing our world back to life. With nature in freefall, we’re urgently tackling the underlying causes driving this decline – especially the food system and climate change. And we’re finding solutions so future generations have a world with thriving habitats and wildlife. You can join the fight and help drive this change in the role of Media Manager (News).
As Media Manager, you will develop media strategies to secure positive news coverage across UK national TV, print and online outlets for key advocacy and programmatic campaigns, you will develop strong relationships with relevant journalists and become a natural ‘go to’ contact for environmental stories. We want you to help make our message the loudest, most respected and reliable in the UK media, and to grab the attention of the public and decision makers so they join the fight for our world.
This will involve collaborating with colleagues to commission high impact content and identifying opportunities to land our key messages in UK media. You will write press releases and pitches for multiple and fast-paced work streams too. You will be on the front line to answer journalist enquiries, accompany journalists to report on our work as well as monitor and evaluate the success of media activities. It is important that you have the ability to take part in our ‘out of hours’ press office service (rota basis).
For this high-profile role, you must have worked in a fast-moving press office or newsroom and can demonstrate a track record of delivering high quality media coverage. An excellent communicator, you will also write and produce content to a high standard, at short notice and often under pressure. You will have a natural ability to spot and utilise proactive media opportunities and must possess good multitasking and relationship building skills. You will have an excellent understanding of the UK media landscape and the ability to sell in international stories to UK media too.
Sound knowledge of current affairs, global wildlife conservation and environment issues would be an advantage.
If you have the skills to change hearts and minds through great media work and are passionate about building a movement to bring our world back to life, we would love to hear from you.
Please click on the link and apply via our website by submitting a copy of your up-to-date CV and the Supporting Statement to highlight what makes you a good fit for us.
Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of; race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well you. Here at WWF we’re committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.
Our policies and benefits reflect the importance of people being able to have a good work-life balance and being able to bring their ‘full self’ to work.
Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We’re looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.
We are recruiting for a National Media Manager and a Regional Media Manager to work with the Head of Media & Social Engagement and other managers in the media team to develop and implement the media strategy to ensure we are targeting the right audiences with the right messages at the right time.
You will support your line reports to plan proactive communications campaigns, seize on opportunities for responsive communications and handle reactive enquiries to enhance the charity's reputation in the national print, broadcast and online media.
The role will be hybrid working from our South East Regional Hub - (Southwater West Sussex) or our London Hub in Blackfriars with a high focus on remote working. Trips to our hub will be for core collaboration.
Why work for the RSPCA?
It's an exciting time to join us in the decade of our bicentenary as we focus on our Strategy to 2030. The RSPCA works 365 days a year, rescuing all animals of all types from abuse, neglect, and injury.
Here's a snapshot of some of the key work you'll be doing:
- Provide professional support to line reports acting as the first point of contact assisting in the production of press releases, Q&As and statements and checking them to ensure quality, accuracy, newsworthiness and consistency with brand style.
- Advise, support and mentor the Press Officers; supporting them to plan, execute and evaluate campaigns - integrated fundraising campaigns, advocacy campaigns and Thought Leadership programme.
- Take responsibility for the recruitment and selection of national press officers in consultation with the Head of Media.
- Support press officer training during the induction programme, and continuing ad hoc training requirements.
- Act as a spokesperson for the RSPCA on general animal welfare issues, undertaking print / broadcast /online interviews where necessary.
- Liaise with other charities to facilitate joint working and determine when it is appropriate/beneficial to the RSPCA.
- Seize opportunities and identify matters within the media on which we should comment or take action.
What we are looking for in you:
We think this is a great role and to add value we are seeking a match of these skills, but don't worry if you don't tick every box, we'd still love to hear from you.
- A journalism or marketing qualification - or extensive experience of managing a busy press team
- Line management experience
- Sound legal and data protection knowledge
- Excellent writing skills and news sense
- Good people management skills
- Strong decision-making skills
- Strong communication skills
If you have a positive can-do approach to daily tasks and thrive in an inclusive people orientated environment then we'd love to hear from you!
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Main purpose of the role:
To drive the strategic development of comms across the organisation with an emphasis on the development and delivery of compelling content, powerful campaigns, and effective communications partnerships, to drive engagement to help us achieve faster progress in making ovarian cancer a survivable disease. You will use your comms experience in content creation, multichannel marketing and relationship management to support fundraising, awareness, and charitable activities across the organisation, whilst being data and insight-led and evaluating all activity so we can learn and grow.
Scope of the role:
- Content creation – create powerful and compelling content that makes the reader want to take action (sign up for an event, donate, join our mailing list, sign a petition etc.)
- Communications campaigns – to take the lead on the development of a programme of communications campaigns to increase income, leverage partnerships and significantly raise our profile’
- Earned media – to take the lead and manage OCA’s ambassador, celebrity and patron engagement and case studies
- Marketing and communications – Work closely with teams across the charity to develop and deliver key marketing activities e.g. fundraising appeals, events, magazines, promotional material.
- General Team support - Supporting the Head of Communications and Marketing across a range of communications projects and activities.
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As the Fundraising and Communications Manager you will manage our current fundraising initiatives for the sport of boccia which include individual giving, community events, corporate partners and trusts and foundations, alongside our external communications.
We are looking for someone with the ambition to take our fundraising strategy forward and develop new ideas and initiatives over time.
If you are highly organised, like to think outside of the box, are passionate about making a difference and are people focused, come work for us!
Boccia is a fully inclusive unique sport that is growing in popularity. A key priority for our team is to increase more opportunities for people to play and to do this we need to increase public awareness of our fantastic sport through various communication channels and campaigns.
Boccia England is a registered charity and the National Governing Body (NGB) for boccia in England. We are responsible for all aspects of the sport in England from beginner to expert, providing for all levels of participation and are dedicated to improving the physical and emotional well-being of children and adults with disabilities through boccia.
It is an exciting time to join the team as we begin our new ambitious strategy for 2022-2032 and we return to our competition and events programme following the pandemic, supported by our core values of Passionate, Empowering, Resilient, Focused and Collaborative.
As Fundraising and Communications Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Working in accordance with the fundraising strategy and developing the delivery of a planned annual programme of fundraising activity, to generate income,
- Raising the profile of our charity and need for support amongst key fundraising audiences and manage relationships to secure and retain support,
- The development and broadcast of high-quality, timely external communications which lead to meaningful engagement and help the organisation meet its objectives.
We are looking for an individual with ambition to develop the role and who has:
- Experience of leading or participating in fundraising initiative
- Experience of coordinating and supporting projects,
- Excellent customer service,
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written,
- Creative thinking,
- Excellent organisational and time management skills,
- Ability to work on their own initiative,
- Ability to build effective relationships,
- Ability to self-motivate and motivate others
We want to hear from people who can make a positive contribution to our charity and will bring new ideas and insight.
Please refer to the job description to view the full list of tasks and responsibilities of the role.
If you think you have the suitable skills and attributes for this role, then we would like to hear from you. It’s an exciting position with scope for continued professional development in a friendly and supportive working environment.
We positively welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and with disabilities.
Further information about Boccia England can be found on our website.
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.
Boccia England is fully committed to the principles of the equality of opportunity. It is responsible for ensuring that no job applicant, employee, or volunteer receives less favourable treatment, on the grounds of age, colour, disability, ethnic minority, parental or marital status, nationality, religious belief, gender, social status, or sexual preference, than any other.
Equality and Diversity Monitoring
It would help us if you were able to complete our equality and diversity monitoring form. Please note this does not form part of the recruitment process.
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