We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our passionate and dynamic Development Team as a Creative Communications Lead.

Inspire North is an award-winning charity working across the north of England. We work to create a world where everyone matters, building brighter futures for people within the health and social care sector.

In this role you will lead on the development and implementation of the communications strategy for Inspire North, Community Links and Foundation, delivering a compelling and comprehensive communications service.

We are looking for applicants who can deliver inspiring and creative communications plans working across all media and digital communications. You will therefore have a sound understanding of managing websites and social networks and proven ability to produce high quality attention grabbing marketing resources.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced individual to use your skills and creativity to help an award-winning regional charity to flourish.

In return you will receive a competitive salary, enhanced annual leave entitlement, company sick pay, and daily mindfulness time, among other benefits. We believe in the wellbeing of our employees and will be offering a hybrid approach to work following the COVID-19 pandemic. 

You will need to visit our offices throughout the geographical spread of our Group region so will need to have access to a car for work purposes and hold a full current UK drivers license.

If you think that this role is right for you, then we'd love to hear from you.

You will be joining Inspire North, the parent company to regional charities Community Links and Foundation whose core values are: People, Integrity, Collaboration and Passion. 

We aim for our workforce to reflect the diverse and exciting region we serve. We want you to have every opportunity to shine and show us your talents. Please let us know if there is anything, we can do to make sure the assessment process works for you.

Closing Date: 02-Jan-2022

Provisional Interview Date: 17-Jan-2022

Location: London (preferable, with some remote working allowed)

Role:Full time, Permanent

Salary:  Up to £27,960 including London Weighting and on call allowance 

About the role

We are looking for a media relations professional to join our fast-paced, supportive and hard-working team at the NHS Confederation and help to place the experiences of health leaders at the centre of national health reporting. As External Affairs Officer you will be responsible for a range of activities, including:

• helping us to maintain a high profile and an excellent reputation with journalists and other key partners.
• liaising directly with journalists from across all forms of media as well as the press offices of our key national stakeholders.
• helping to develop a range of proactive stories, as well as responding quickly to emerging events, including enquiries from journalists and statements about breaking news.
• monitoring the news agenda, as well as supporting our social media presence and our internal planning
• helping to brief of our senior spokespeople, ahead of their media interviews

About you

We would love to hear from you if you:

• have experience in a media relations role and understand what makes a story
• have excellent written and oral communication skills
• thrive in working in a fast-paced environment and can juggle proactive and reactive workloads at the same time
• are organised, have fresh ideas and are great at building relationships

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their understanding of media relations, build their contact base and contribute to improving the NHS and the experiences of its workforce, while being exposed to broader communications disciplines, including stakeholder management and public affairs.

About us

The NHS Confederation is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment for our staff. A place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of inclusive employment policies including family friendly policies and flexible working and we have range of channels to support staff from different backgrounds including our staff networks and a staff forum.

The NHS Confederation is committed to being a flexible employer. We understand the value and benefit to our employees being able to work flexibly and our agile working principles are designed to empower our people to work with optimal flexibility and minimal constraints to support a work life balance and take care of employee health and wellbeing.

You will receive an excellent benefits package, including 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice schemes and travel season ticket loans.

To Apply

Please download the job description and complete the application form found on our website. Please note we do not accept CVs. 

Application deadline: 13th December 2021

Interview date: TBC

We need an Operations Director who is clearly committed to who we are and what we stand for and who has the skills and enthusiasm required to make a difference. This is an exciting new post which provides opportunities to do things differently by bringing fresh insight and vision.

We appreciate that this post requires a mix of management, finance, systems, and service development experience. If you feel that you have some rather than all the experience that we are looking for please apply. We will offer training and support to the right candidate who meets most but not all of the criteria.

We also welcome informal discussions to help you decide whether you want to apply.

Job description

Job Title: Operations Director

Salary Scale: Points 36-39 £38,813 - £41,675

Contract: Permanent

Pension: Employer will match employee contribution up to 6%. Minimum is 5%.

Responsible to: CEO

Hours: 35 per week

Based: Manchester

Summary of the post

This is an exciting opportunity to increase GMIAU’s management capacity so that we can maximise our impact in support of people living in North West England who are affected by the complex immigration system. The post-holder will be responsible for strengthening our internal processes, developing income streams, and act as Deputy CEO on all matters operational, financial, and strategic.

Main Purpose of Job:

GMIAU’s offer of high-quality immigration legal advice and representation to people in need in the north west puts it in a unique and special position. We have a responsibility to assist people who face the challenges of a harsh and hostile immigration system and who would otherwise not have access to justice through legal representation. Supporting adults, children and families, many who face homelessness and destitution, and a significant policy and influencing profile, we are looking for someone who has the passion, skills, and aptitude to help develop the organisation over the next few years.

This is a newly created position which is designed to shape and strengthen the Unit’s management structure so that we remain strong, sustainable and capable of withstanding the many challenges we face. This is a significant leadership role which provides opportunities to do things differently.  After a recent review of risks it was identified that, as a priority, we need to create a position which can provide back-up and deputise for the CEO and who can provide new insight, skills, and energy to take the organisation through the next stages of its development.

Summary of main duties and responsibilities

1. To develop positive relationships and networks of people and organisations that will further develop the strategic interests and development of GMIAU and the people it serves
2. To work with the CEO to develop income streams to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of GMIAU.
3. To lead and support staff and volunteers to develop services that meet the needs of people most affected by immigration control, and to ensure that people with experience of the immigration system are central to every level of the organisation.
4. To ensure that GMIAU has the necessary systems and structure in place to report effectively on all of its activities.

Main duties and responsibilities

Relationships:

1. To develop strong, trusted relationships with external partners to further develop GMIAU’s strategic priorities (funding, services, policy, people)
2. To work in collaboration with individuals and agencies across the North West to enhance and develop joint approaches to tackling the issues that many people face, including access to quality immigration advice, homelessness and destitution, and having no recourse to public funds.
3. To lead on the development of systems which will ensure that people and communities that are most isolated and affected have access to immigration legal advice.

Funding:

1. To work with the CEO to identify funding opportunities to sustain GMIAU’s core work and to fund new service and policy developments;
2. To lead on the development of GMIAU’s public fundraising campaigns.
3. To lead on the development of commissioned services to underpin longer-term service developments
4. To manage the process of identifying and funding new service and policy developments, including identifying need, securing funding, managing the service or project throughout its development, and reporting on outcomes and achievements.

Planning and Development:

1. To work closely with the CEO and the Board to give effect to, and keep under review, the strategic plan and to make recommendations.
2. Lead on the development of initiatives to ensure the involvement of people with lived experience of the immigration system at all levels of the organisation
3. Design and develop new services to effectively meet the needs of people

Services:

1. To provide effective line management and support to staff within the team
2. To develop data management processes to ensure that GMIAU can report effectively on its work, including to funders and the Board.
3. To be responsible for the quality and delivery of GMIAU’s services through monitoring, evaluation and improvement plans to ensure they meet the needs of people most affected by the harshest and most damaging elements of immigration control.
4. To work with the CEO to address issues of access to immigration legal advice and capacity to meet demand

Management systems:

1. With CEO ensure annual delivery plans are developed and implemented.
2. Provide timely and accurate management information to inform strategic planning and development
3. Line manage a number of posts
4. To ensure internal staff support, supervision, and management systems in place including
   1. staff development, appraisal and training plans
   2. an ongoing review of staffing requirements.
   3. system for reviewing GMIAUs policies (including health and safety, employment, data protection)
   4. ensure effective implementation of Units policies and keep them under review.
5. To lead on administration systems management and to devise improvements and new ways of working.
6. Review IT and digital systems and make recommendations to ensure best use of IT and digital systems
7. Identify and manage operational risks.

Do you want to use your marketing skills to inspire change in health and social care? The UK has a huge shortfall in specialist digital skills and you could help us bridge the gap.

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics is a young and dynamic organisation, focused on giving professional leadership to clinical informaticians across the UK.We’ve already recruited 1,000 members from many disciplines, all are health and social care professionals who use their specialist knowledge through data, information and information technology, to ensure safe, effective and efficient person-centred care.Through our influence and the expertise of our members we have a pivotal role in providing guidance on the commissioning, design, development and delivery of health and care information systems to benefit patients and system users. 

We have created this new role of Marketing Manager as we rapidly expand our work, with the aim of boosting the number of people with these much needed skills and supporting comprehensive training and development. We’re aiming to double our membership by 2025 and diversify our income generation into new areas, including events, sponsorship and learning resources.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop and deliver our marketing strategy and to establish a digital marketing programme.  You will be adept at multi-tasking, with the skills to lead our programme to attract new members and to retain our existing members.  You will also help us to market effectively to our wide range of stakeholders, including funders.  You will relish the opportunity to show your marketing experience and flair in creating new ways to connect with stakeholders through a variety of channels.

We are looking for a special person, used to working flexibly in a small team and with experience across the marketing mix. You’ll relish the challenge of uncovering insights from our data to deliver commercial success and enhance impact in our influence and voice. You will be equally at home leading on marketing strategy as you are focused on the delivery of the tactical detail.

In return you will have the opportunity to work for an organisation driven by purpose, values, passionate people and impact. The role offers blended working from our London office and at home.

Grants and Contracts Manager Maternity Cover – (12 months)

This is an exciting and busy time to be joining UK Youth having recently launched our ambitious Unlocking Youth Work strategy to 2025. We believe every young people should have access to the opportunities they need to thrive and be empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives.

This role offers an exciting 12 month opportunity to join a supportive and highly ambitious Partnerships and Philanthropy Team, which sits within the wider External Relations Department. It will enable you to build your knowledge and expertise across relationship management and securing new support from prospective funders with a focus on Trusts and Foundations, Statutory and Government Contracts.

You will be working closely alongside the other Grants and Contracts Manager, playing an integral role in ensuring UK Youth can triple its income in the next three years (from c. £12m in 2021/22) to meet the growing needs of young people and the youth sector. You will manage a portfolio of existing funders, building relationships with key stakeholders, managing the cycle of feedback and reporting as well as developing compelling propositions to take to prospective funders.

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 believe youth work is a critical, yet under-valued mechanism for delivering this support and so we work 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 values-based, passionate and committed organisation offering a friendly working environment with lots of opportunities for professional development and socialising (even for those 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

If you would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity, please click here and complete an application via our completely anonymised recruitment system (provided by Applied)

• Closing date for applications will be Fri 10th December at 17:30pm.

• Interviews are due to take place Mon 13th Dec and Tues 14th Dec.

As this role involves working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks which include criminal record check and employment reference.

As part of the recruitment process UK Youth will be gathering and uses certain information about you. For further information regarding this please review our Data Protection Privacy Notice which explains what data of yours we process and how we use it.

We are recruiting a full-time I&A Adviser to join our exceptional Information & Advice Service. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a good background in advice work to provide genuine, high impact person-centred, accredited advice for older people to help them improve their health and wellbeing.

Given the significant impact of Coronavirus on older adults, Age UK Merton has been successful with a bid to the City Bridge Trust to provide specialised advice for older adults on issues like money & benefits, community care, housing, health and transport.

This is an exciting time to join the organisation at a period of growth in size and reputation. You will be given training, regular supervision and development opportunities to help you excel in this role.

This role is funded by a grant from the City Bridge Trust and subject to extension.

Due to the nature of the role a car driver with access to own transport or ability to travel independently around Merton is important.

Job summary

The I&A Adviser will have an essential role in the response to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, working directly with older people to triage and identify needs and provide advice to help people to access high quality support.

The role will provide information and advice, including casework, in a wide field of subjects, including welfare benefits, housing, health, community care, and local services, to older adults (66+) across the London Borough of Merton.

We anticipate that the role will deliver support face to face at our centre, in client’s homes, on the phone and by email. You will be joining an accredited (AQS) advice service, high caliber team and given opportunities to train and develop in the role.

Summary of Duties:

1. To explore the needs of older people, identifying options, providing high quality information and advice to older adults across multiple channels including face to face, clinics, home visits and telephone
2. To perform benefit checks using our benefits calculation programme
3. To support clients with forms and applications for benefits and other relevant matters such as accessible transport schemes e.g. Blue Badge, Taxicard, Dial-a-Ride
4. To act as the client’s representative where required
5. To complete case records and follow up actions on our confidential database
6. To collect and report monitoring information
7. To work with the Information & Advice Manager to support and train volunteers
8. To liaise with external partner agencies in order to promote, develop and deliver the service
9. To deliver outreach work and support events as required

Person specification

Experience

1. At least 12 months’ experience of providing information and advice to the general public. Experience of face to face service delivery is desirable
2. Experience of researching information from written and digital sources
3. Experience of working with statutory (NHS, Local Authority, DWP etc.) & voluntary sector organisations
4. Experience of working in a team

Knowledge

1. Strong knowledge in at least one of the following: housing, health, community care, money and benefits. Knowledge of local services in Merton is useful but not essential
2. Understanding of the challenges faced by older people in accessing advice and information (sensory, cognitive, mobility etc.)
3. Willingness to undertake and update knowledge and skills with training

Skills

1. Strong communication skills with an ability to relate to people at all levels and from a variety of cultural backgrounds
2. Strong communication skills suitable for dealing sensitively with clients who may be vulnerable and distressed
3. Ability to work competently across organisational boundaries
4. Ability to organise your own work to ensure that priorities and deadlines are met
5. Strong numeracy skills
6. Ability to write clear, concise, and comprehensive case notes and letters
7. Excellent IT skills particularly Microsoft word, email, Internet, and management database, such as Charity Log

We are looking for Health Promotion Specilaists to work in our Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham services, to support the efficient and effective delivery of health promotion services including an adult (18+) PrEP Promotion Service, ensuring the service is reaching target beneficiary groups and ensuring key messages are cascaded to the community through direct delivery and capacity building and increasing the knowledge and skills of professionals working within the community.

The successful applicants will be responsible for developing and maintaining effective blended outreach interventions, collaborative working partnerships with community organisations, community businesses and community champions in order to ensure the target beneficiary groups are benefiting from good sexual and reproductive health education, support and services. They will work with a wide range of target beneficiary groups including (but not limited to) LGBTQ communities, MSM, Black Africans and other BAME populations, refugees and those with learning difficulties.

We have a total of 7 days to fill, and would welcome applications from people wanting to work 22.5, 30 or 37.5 hours per week. We would particularly welcome applicants who have experience of working with BME communities and/or experience of PrEP promotion.

Please note - this role requires the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Candidates must be able to provide paperwork demonstrating their right to work in the UK. 

For more information on what it means to work for Brook, please read the ‘Working for Brook’ document on our Current Vacancies page, where you will also find the application form.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.

Due to the high number of applications for this post, it will not be possible to respond to every application.

If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks, then you have not been shortlisted for this role. Thank you for your interest in working for Brook.

You will be joining PEAS at an exciting time as we move into implementing our new ambitious strategy, PEAS 2022-2026 – Growing PEAS schools. Supporting all schools. During this period we will grow our school networks to double their size, launch in a third country and expand our wider impact by strengthening education systems.

Since starting in Uganda 12 years ago, we’ve gained a reputation as a reliable and impactful operator of low-cost school networks. Our new strategy is to build on that solid base to focus on ambitious growth - through expansion of our school networks but more crucially through systems strengthening. This new role will support PEAS to raise our profile to a range of diverse audiences - from technical funders and institutions to corporates and philanthropists - with the ultimate goal of significantly increasing our influence and attracting new funders.

This is an ideal role for a candidate looking to transform PEAS external communications and play an instrumental role in establishing PEAS as a global thought leader in secondary education. 

Outcomes of the role

• PEAS is increasingly viewed as the go-to organisation for all things relating to the delivery of quality secondary education in challenging environments
• PEAS has a bank of engaging communications materials (including videos and case studies), that can be used to attract and retain a variety of funding partners, which is refreshed periodically
• PEAS has an annual communications plan in place
• PEAS audience and engagement across PEAS owned channels has increased specifically email and social media 

Roles and Responsibilities

Strategic Communications

• Work with the CEO, Head of Partnerships and Technical Team to identify opportunities to establish PEAS as a global thought leader in secondary education e.g. conference participation, hosting events, inclusion in publications, and via PEAS own communications channels
• Translate complex/technical thought leadership into forms, formats, and channels that better reach and engage audiences 
• Work with our in-country teams to craft their expertise into external communication tools

Content development/Fundraising and marketing support

• Work with the Partnerships Team to develop content and collateral to engage with current and potential funding partners e.g., developing a case for support, pitch deck, case studies, videos, photos etc
• Lead on the delivery of an annual content gathering (case studies, photos, videos) trip (with coordination support from the Partnerships Officer)
• Reframing complex, technical documents e.g., research reports and evaluations, into shorter, clear and compelling communications for our non-technical supporters
• Communications support for fundraising events

Managing PEAS external communication channels

• Developing a social media strategy and working closely with the Partnerships Officer to deliver it.
• Managing PEAS website and working closely with the Partnerships Officer to ensure it remains up to date, relevant and engaging to a range of target audiences

Other

• Strategy and Planning: Lead on the development and delivery of an annual external communications plan
• Brand management: supporting colleagues across the organisation to use PEAS templates and adhere to PEAS brand guidelines to ensure PEAS external image is consistent
• Project management: ad hoc communication and design projects that are outsourced to external agencies 

Our Ideal Candidate
No matter the role, we are looking for people who believe in what we do and how we do it; you will be passionate about transforming lives through education and aligned to our values.

Has

• A passion for communications and at least 5 years experience in communications within the not-for-profit or commercial sector
• Strong communications skills and the ability to get people excited through writing, presentations and other forms of media
• An ability to take complex information and distil it into external-facing communications relevant to different audiences
• High standards for their own work, including a keen attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage a varied workload
• The ability to lead projects in collaboration with others and take ownership of their own projects
• Excellent MS Office skills, particularly MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience using communications platforms such as Squarespace, MailChimp, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram
• A creative flair with some design skills
• An understanding of current international development issues and /or experience working in Uganda, Zambia or sub-Saharan Africa

Should be

• Collaborative not competitive - interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships with peers across multiple departments across multiple countries of operation
• Open minded – willing to listen to others and consider new ways of approaching problems
• Resilient and professional – works well under pressure; deals with challenges professionally and calmly and doesn’t let setbacks hold them back or discourage them
• Egoless – prepared to get stuck in
• Entrepreneurial – excited by the opportunity to join a fast growing, fast changing teams; adaptable and able to work flexibly

Benefits

• Salary of £36,000 - £40,500 (pro rata) DOE
• 28 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Matched contributory based pension of up to 6%
• Access to an Employee Assistant Programme
• Flexible working
• International travel

We offer a blended style of working working remotely from your home and in our office in London (currently based in Borough) 

Are you able to provide an exciting, fun, young people-led Digital experience at Carmarthen Youth Project?     

The role will provide young people aged 8-25 years old with opportunities to learn skills in Digital using technology, software and hardware.

You will engage and support them to develop skills through activities helping them to overcome the barriers that prevent them from reaching their full potential through youth work principles and practices.

You will have te ability to actively encourage and promote young people’s engagement in community work, volunteering and skill-sharing with community members and as part of Dr M’z projects.

You will have te knowledge to support the Information Technology at the youth centre and support the staff team to utilise the system and collect data through a Views Data Management System, to add and manage members on the system and provide information to the Manager for reports to stakeholders.

The role requires evenings and weekend working on a rota basis.

eCommunity Moderator - part time, sessional hours up to 15 per week

2-Year Fixed term contract – Nationwide, homebased with occasional travel to meetings.

Bipolar UK is the only national charity dedicated to empowering individuals and families affected by bipolar. Peer support is at the core of our work. This means people affected by bipolar helping others.

We are seeking a confident and motivated Moderator to support our growing eCommunity service (currently 10,000 members). This position will report to the Senior Peer Support Officer and will be remote based, with occasional travel to staff meetings.

The successful candidate will have experience of supporting people affected by bipolar and of using or moderating online forums and feel confident interacting with others in an online environment. The position requires excellent communication skills and the ability to support a wide range of service users, many of whom are facing difficult challenges and rely on our service for support. In addition, the post holder will maintain statistical records and work with the Senior Peer Support Officer to identify improvements to the eCommunity platform and procedures.

The role calls for an individual who is:

• Confident and comfortable working on their own, as well as part of the wider team.

• Flexible in their availability as we have moderation cover seven days a week and weekend working are required.

Specific Responsibilities

As part of the Peer Support team, providing day-to-day administration and moderation of the eCommunity on a rota basis, ensuring that posts abide by our House Rules and providing support to forum members as required.

Referring difficult and concerning content to the other moderators and Senior Peer Support Officer to ensure consistency and so that users can receive further support from the charity where appropriate.

Refer any safeguarding issues to the safeguarding lead and provide reports of incidents and actions.

To provide technical support and guidance to service users on how to use the eCommunity, answering any queries regarding problems they may have accessing the service.

With the Senior Peer Support Officer develop and market the service to reflect the needs of our service users. Provide feedback to the rest of the Bipolar UK team on topical issues and concerns of the eCommunity.

Attend and contribute to team meetings.

To act as an advocate for Bipolar UK within your work.

Other duties deemed appropriate by the Chief Executive to assist in achieving the aims and objectives of the charity. The Person.

The experience, skills, and knowledge we are looking for are:

• Experience of using or working within an online community setting.

• An understanding of and empathy for people living with bipolar.

• An understanding and commitment to working as a team.

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.

• Excellent organisational skills

• IT skills specifically MS Office

We’re looking for an immediate start so will interview as soon as suitable applications come in.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND CONTENT COORDINATOR

Contract: Full Time

Location: 2 days in the central London office per week with flexible hours and home working on other days

Reporting to: Marketing Manager

Line Manager Responsibility: No

Salary: £27,500

Want to be part of something special, to work in a passionate team who believe that everyone deserves access to life's essentials and that no useable product should go to waste and who work to positively impact the lives of almost 250k people every week?

About In Kind Direct:

At In Kind Direct we exist to enable more communities to thrive. We receive donated consumer products, which we then sort, store and distribute directly to charitable organisations in our network across the UK, helping their services go further. We work closely with organisations like P&G, ASDA, Kimberly-Clark, PZ Cussons, Unilever, and Amazon, finding a home for all donated goods, stopping them going to landfill, extending their life, and ensuring they end up where they are needed.

Since being founded in 1996 by HRH The Prince of Wales, we have:

• Distributed over £287m worth of essential products
• Diverted 31,800 tonnes of usable products from going to waste
• Supported over 11,400 charitable organisations

We make product giving easy, creating powerful partnerships enabling more communities to thrive.

Job Purpose:

The Coronavirus pandemic has driven a huge increase in need, both in the number of charitable organisations seeking support, and the volume of products required to keep people clean, safe and well. The reliance on local charitable support has never been greater at a time when our sector is struggling. As our initial increased crisis response is evolving to meet a sustained period of change; we will be delivering a new strategy to achieve 3x growth in impact by 2025.

We’re looking for a proactive and creative Social Media and Content Coordinator, who will lead the social media strategy and implementation to help us grow and expand our social following. The Social Media and Content Coordinator will be creative, with a passion for designing engaging, shareable content to generate engagement with different audiences across our channels. They will have experience writing targeted copy and designing content to specific audiences, whilst also supporting other areas of the marketing team with building/ updating webpages, designing email banners and supporting the Marketing Manager with the delivery of key marketing and brand campaigns in line with annual comms calendar.

We are looking to recruit someone with proven experience of growing social media platforms, creative design and copy writing skills, excellent prioritisation skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks at one time. This role will help to build our brand awareness, support PR activity, source case studies and ensure our brand guidelines and tone of voice is maintained throughout. The Social Media and Content Coordinator will be a self-starter, operate with initiative and agility, have an analytical mindset and work closely with the Marketing Manager to deliver against KPIs and ensuring insight is at the heart of decision making.

2022 Key Projects

We have some exciting projects in the pipeline starting in the new year including a new website and online shop redesign and we’ll also be celebrating our 25th Anniversary which will drive a full calendar of campaigns and activity next year!

Key Responsibilities:

Social media

• Lead on the development of the social media plan, identifying different audiences for each channel and plan how to increase engagement on each. Take ownership of the social media schedule, ensuring activity is planned well in advance for key campaigns, ad hoc brand collabs and business as usual content.
• Utilise strong copywriting skills and storytelling to deliver our brand tone of voice across all channels. Apply to a range of media including PR, campaign creative, CRM, website, case studies and external partner comms and reports.
• Work with Charity Network Manager to source and deliver compelling case studies to bring our end user stories to life.
• Regular monitoring, reporting & analysis across social channels to ensure we are meeting growth KPIs and increasing engagement, adopting a test, learn and reiterate approach.
• Day to day responsibility for data protection functions across the Marketing team.

Marketing campaigns

• Support marketing manager and collaborate with internal teams to plan and execute campaigns `during key times of the year.
• Support Marketing Manager in creating new campaign concepts/ designs, copy writing and end of campaign reports to highlight the impact to be shared externally.
• Work with our PR agency, supporting with press release creation, image and case study sourcing to bring our stories to life.
• Work with creative agency to ensure our Brand guidelines and TOV are maintained, and our key audiences are being considered in the campaign planning and execution phases.

Graphic design

• Design and deliver engaging social content across our key social media channels, using resources to create impactful stories, case studies, competitions and other content to engage with our audiences.
• Work closely with the Ecommerce Manager to design the product email banners and monthly newsletters using DotDigital and MS Dynamics.
• Create and maintain a library of optimised webpages and templates.
• Champion the internal and external use of branding guidelines.
• Use video editing skills to create impactful, end of campaign reports in video form, shareable via social media, email and internally.
• Edit and repurpose existing footage in usable formats.

What you will bring:

Relevant Experience

• 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role
• Demonstrable experience of growing followers and increasing engagement on one or more social media platforms 
• Proven experience in identifying target audiences and tailoring content
• Experience using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
• Knowledge of website and content management such as WordPress, SharePoint
• Strong examples of using impact measurement tools for reporting and analysis to demonstrate success

Skills and knowledge

• Strong copywriting and written communication skills
• Knowledge and experience of Google Analytics or similar analytics tools

• Commitment to and understanding of good data protection and practices
• Sensitive to the needs of our charity partners and their beneficiaries
• Action focused and able to get things done at pace to a high quality
  • Confident team player with the ability to persuade / enthuse / negotiate with others and work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders
• Photography skills and video editing skills are desirable

Content Marketing Executive - £28,000 - £34,000 - Surrey

THE COMPANY

Our Client is the UK's largest network of extra-curricular performing arts schools for children and young people, with over 46,000 students enrolled in weekly classes. With 350 franchises and 3,500 teachers worldwide, they operate in over 1800 schools and also have a presence in Canada, Germany, Malta, Spain, Gibraltar, Australia and South Africa.

THE ROLE

The Content Marketing Manager is responsible for

- delivering the content marketing strategy
- managing B2B and B2C content across their national websites and producing engaging and inspirational content for their organisation and franchise network.

YOU

The successful Content Marketing Executive has

- experience of delivering a content marketing strategy
- the strong ability to guide the content creation process from ideation through to execution
- excellent story telling skills and the ability to make basic copy sound engaging and appealing
- a track record of editing and repurposing existing copy into new forms and different audiences

The job is based in the office in Woking, just a short walk from the station with parking available.

If you can tick these boxes, we'd like to hear from you NOW!

Content Marketing Executive - £28,000 - £34,000 - Surrey

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Marketing, Digital and Creative Recruitment - The Stopgap Way.

We have an exciting opportuntiy for a Digital & Communication Manager to join our  team, hitting the ground running.

We are looking for someone with a deep understanding of digitial and communication principles, with strong interpersonal and relationship building skills. You will a self-starter with the ability to multitask, plan and prioritise a dynamic workload in a busy small remote team.

This role will give you the opportunity to contribute to the evolution of a new approach to our strategic communication for the charity.  Working in a small, talented people focussed organisation with big ambitions.

About us

Remap is a charity that helps disabled people of all ages to live more independent lives. Our network of skilled volunteers design and custom-make equipment free of charge. We help to improve the quality of life and increase independence for disabled people of all ages, providing solutions to everyday problems when there is nothing commercially available.Our national network of over 900 skilled volunteers respond to thousands of requests for our help every year. 

Key responsibilites of the role

This is a key role for the organisation, involving strategic planning and tactical implementation for Remap’s communications, with an emphasis on digital, social media, recruitment campaigns and internal communications.

• Delivering Remap's Communication Strategy
• Managing internal communication processes and resources to meet operational goals
• Forging strong internal and external relationships through media platforms to raise the profile of Remap
• Ensuring that objectives are delivered on time, within budget and to Remap's standard of quality, to support the successful development of the organisation.

The ideal candidate will be

• able to produce original, engaging content and deploy it across multiple channels
• abile to produce creative content with a particular awareness around charity sector engagement, including social media platforms, with attention to detail
• able to explore new and innovative techniques to engage with a variety of audiences
• self-motivated and able to work by themselves as well as colloboratively with colleagues and other stakeholders
• flexible, diligent and able to effectively manage a busy diverse workload
• positive, proactive and solution focussed, who is a real team player

What we offer

• Permanent Contract - 37 hrs
• 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays
• Workplace pension scheme (3%)
• Homeworking, fully remote.

For the right person, we will consider some level of flexibility on working routine, 

Please assume that if you do not hear from us by 10th December that your applications has been unsuccessful.

Virtual interviews will be held w/c 13th December 

Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with Kinship, the leading kinship care charity in England and Wales.

Kinship works to inform, support and empower kinship carers, providing tailored support (both in home and community settings), and connecting carers via their national community and local support groups. They also support professionals to understand kinship families and improve support for them, and research and campaign for continued systemic change.

At an exciting time of growth, Kinship is now looking to appoint an experienced Content and Engagement Manager to support in the delivery and national scaling up of a new Peer-to-Peer Support Service. It will be your job to create user led content ensuring everyone understands what the service is and how they can get involved.

Funded by the Department for Education, the Peer-to-Peer Support Service is a new £1 million national initiative, delivering peer support groups for kinship carers through face to face and digital channels across England.

This is a game changing service for kinship carers and builds on Kinship's 10 years' experience of developing peer support groups, as well as a successful pilot of a regional support group network model in the North East. There are strong digital ambitions across the organisation and this is a key position to bring those to life. Reporting to the Associate Director of Peer Support you will play a pivotal role in creating fantastic user led content which is co-designed by kinship carers, colleagues and local authorities.

You will take editorial ownership for content on the new microsite and e-Learning platform and work closely with the Digital Project Manager to creatively enhance them with film, imagery and podcasts. You will play a critical role in ensuring accessibility and that the tone and voice reflects the audiences which Kinship serves, notably kinship carers and also working collaboratively with local authorities. Other outputs include the development of toolkits and a monthly e-newsletter, all conducted within an engaging and collaborative way of content development.

About you:

This is a unique opportunity for a creative, curious and collaborative content and engagement specialist to drive high levels of interest and interaction with this transformational support service.

To apply for this role, you will have a proven track record of producing authentic and impactful content for a range of audiences and platforms. With a 'sustainability' mindset you will see the bigger picture and longer-term potential of your work alongside a passion for trying new things to amplify the voices of kinship carers you will represent.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, Prospectus is committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please initially submit your CV (in Word format). Suitable candidates will then be contacted and will be asked to complete a tailored supporting statement (cover letters are not required at this stage).

Please note, this role is initially offered as a 12-month fixed term contract (likelihood of extension, dependent on funding). Please, only apply if you are available asap, or have no more than a one month notice period.

First stage interviews to take place - week commencing 13th December.