Are you driven by supporting communities and community action?  Do want to lead communications with a wide network on a range of social issues for a national organisation with local voice? We are looking for someone to step into our exciting role of Communications Officer to lead our communications work through a range of media. You will be pivotal to NAVCA fulfilling its mission, championing social action through effective local voluntary and community sector (VCS) infrastructure. 

NAVCA is the umbrella body for local VCS infrastructure, working to strengthen communities and promote social action.  We support a thriving local voluntary sector, working with our members locally so that anyone who wants to volunteer, start a community group has good, local advice and support.  NAVCA delivers outcomes against the four functions of infrastructure – leadership and advocacy, community support and development, volunteering, and partnerships.  As a small energetic team, we work collaboratively and flexibly, supporting each other as well as our members.  

The communications officer sits at the heart of our purpose, developing and disseminating a range of products and communications tools to communicate our work effectively with members and stakeholders. You will produce and design clear and engaging communications including member bulletins, blogs, press releases and website content.  You will work with members to maintain a clear understanding of them and their needs, using insights to inform your work.  You will maintain the website to ensure it remains fresh and relevant, and build and maintain a bank of digital resources for members.

Please see the attached documents for the full job description and personal specification for this position.

The role is full time (35 hours per week), with a salary of £25,625 per annum plus an 8% employer pension (no employee contribution required) and 25 days holiday plus 11 days public holidays.  You will be supported in your training and career development. We welcome applicants seeking flexible working patterns or job sharing and we welcome loan or secondment arrangements.

This is a remote working position, with travel to our Sheffield office required on a weekly basis. Our work with voluntary and community organisations requires a degree of flexibility and the post holders will occasionally be expected to work out of normal office hours.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. We welcome your application whatever your background or situation. Under-represented groups including ethnic minorities and disabled people are strongly encouraged. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it. If you have a passion for making a difference and share in our vision for empowering local community action, we would love to hear from you.

To apply, please download our application form and return it by 11:30pm on 6 January 2022.

NAVCA supports #ShowTheSalary - aiming to help address pay gaps and inequity - and #NonGraduatesWelcome aiming to bring in talent irrespective of whether they have been to university.

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

We are looking for a creative and organised communications coordinator to join our Marketing and Comms team!  The position covers two key areas for our organization: Giving comms and marketing support to our sabbatical officers’ team, and supporting the Internal Communications function alongside the Head of department, among other tasks.

If you are a content creator by nature, a creative & curious soul, or if “organised” is your middle name and Mailchimp and Typeform sound familiar, we want to hear from you!

See the details of the post and person especficiation below and apply by 17th December 4pm.

Interviews will be conducted the second week of January.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Shop from Crisis exists to deliver sustainable revenue streams to the organisation, raise Crisis’ profile with new audiences and provide opportunities for members. This role sits in a newly formed E-commerce team within the Shop from Crisis retail team. With 9 shops across London and an ambitious growth strategy, we have exciting plans to expand our E-commerce activity and need a hands-on and proactive team members to help us deliver this. 

Title: Social Media Assistant - Retail
Salary:  £19,200 per year (£24,000 per year full time equivalent)
Contract:              Fixed term contract for 6 months
Hours:   28 hours per week
Location:  Based in London - Working from home is available up to 4 days a week (in line with Crisis’ homeworking policy)

About the role
As Social Media Assistant - Retail, you will be working with in the newly formed e-commerce team in our London warehouse. You’ll support the ecommerce and retail team to develop and drive our retail social media strategy. This role focuses on content creation, social media planning, research and testing new creative and innovative ideas to drive traffic and engagement to the Crisis retail offer.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have experience of and skills in the following

- Working in retail or the wider fashion industry
- Outside-the-box, creative thinking with a passion for social media and fashion
- Keen interest in social media channels
- Prioritising workload and meeting deadlines within a fast-paced environment
- Engaging audiences via e-commerce and/or social media channels
- Have a can-do attitude
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to recognise and respond to current design, fashion and cultural trends

If you’ve never worked in social media before but can demonstrate your skills within your own personal social media platforms, as well as a keen interest in retail and fashion, we’d love to hear from you.

We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make  their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.
 

Working at Crisis
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
- Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
- Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
- 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation. 

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
Closing date: Tuesday 14th December (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held on Monday 20th December

Accessibility
We welcome applications from people who identify as neuro diverse and want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team, contact details can be found on ur website.
 
 Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Job Title: Communications Coordinator
Reporting to: Communications and Marketing Manager
Contract Term: Full Time, Permanent
Location: Based at SIA House, Milton Keynes (Flexible & Agile arrangements offered)
Salary: £31,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

We’re the expert voice and leading source of information and advice for people affected by spinal cord injury (SCI). For over 45 years, we’ve been supporting spinal cord injured people and representing the wider SCI community to government and other decisionmakers. Our work in campaigning, education and support is based on the personal experiences of our members.

We have been shifting our modus operandi from a ‘delivery-at’ approach, to one based on engagement, enabling and network building in all our services, in all our advocacy, and in all our digital communications channels.

Working closely with the SIA staff team, and reporting to the communications and marketing manager, the Communications Coordinator will implement the organisation’s communications, PR, and marketing strategies, providing creative, flexible and measurable communications that meet the overall aims of the organisation.

In so doing they will ensure consistency of messaging and branding across the organisation and will strengthen its external profile and activities with key stakeholders, funding bodies, supporters, volunteers and within the Third Sector in general.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Marketing

To be the main point of contact for all staff across the organisation and their marketing needs to promote the work we do and working alongside our design agency BlueCube. 
To lead all projects related to marketing (in-house and external) including requests of production from inception to delivery.
To support the cCommunications and Marketing Manager with brand and asset management, including communication of visual brand, tone of voice and messaging internally.

2. Content curation

To manage and develop a content curation calendar for each year, including observance days, key dates, and other partnerships.
To develop a photography plan and video production planning calendar each year

3. Social media

To support with SIA’s social media strategy (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram), coordinating with stakeholders across the organisation and encouraging adoption of relevant social media techniques.

4. The successful candidate will also support Public Relations, Internal Communications, Cross-Departmental Support and maintain records and produce statistics of communications campaigns and some digital activity for monitoring, evaluation, and development purposes.

Benefits:

• Annual Leave: 25 days per annum plus paid Bank Holidays
• Access to Group Pension scheme (6% employer contribution)
• Access to Group Life Assurance scheme on commencement of employment
• Free car parking at SIA House

Closing date: Thursday 9 December 2021 at 5pm
Interviews: Monday 13 December 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more, please click the 'Apply' button to be directed to the SIA website, where you can download the candidate pack and complete your application. 

At SIA, we value diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment as we believe diversity fosters a more innovative, creative, and caring culture. We are striving to create a culture that fully represents all the communities we serve. We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, family or parental status, or disability status. Disabled candidates who meet the standard job criteria will be offered a guaranteed interview.

No CV’s or agencies please.

This is a brand new role for our organisation, so you will have the opportunity to shape and improve how we tell our story.

Voice

You will work with our team to amplify the voices of young people with lived experience, as well as tell the stories of our work and our team to ensure that the world knows about our work. You will:

• Oversee and coordinate a strategy to amplify the voice of young people through social media, mainstream media, blog posting, newsletters, etc as deemed most appropriate

• Responsible for overseeing internal and external communications and acting as the first point of contact for press enquiries and liaison with our partners on join external communications

• Lead and develop a team of Young Advisors, young people aged 18-25 with lived experience of the mental health system, including:

  • Acting as main point of contact for Young Advisors for day-to-day duties

  • Working with central team colleagues to support young advisors with their development plans and wellbeing. 

  • Leading on young advisor support and development within the Voice team

  • Supporting central team with Young Advisor administration, including creating and communicating rotas, timesheets and relevant tasks

  • There are currently 2 direct reports to this role, and we expect your team to grow by a further 2 people within the first year of employment

• Support and lead where necessary on recruitment

• Provide meaningful opportunities for Young Advisors to engage our audience and share the work of HTM and our projects

Brand

You will work with our team to help develop amazing, recognisable brands for Healthy Teen Minds and our projects, ensuring that we are reaching the right people with the right messaging. You will:

• Further develop Healthy Teen Minds’ brand identity and ensure that branding guidelines are adhered to across all outputs

• Work with external agencies and colleagues to develop unique brand identities for new projects

• Develop comms plans to ensure that our network is kept up-to-date with our work

Job Description: Senior Communications Officer

Salary: in range £35,000-£40,000 including London Weighting

Working pattern: Full-time or Part time (21-35 hours per week), Permanent

Pension: USS

Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays

Location: Based in central London but with occasional UK-wide travel and flexible working options

Reports to: Deputy CEO

Purpose

GuildHE is seeking a full-time Senior Communications Officer to support our communications and public relations activities, helping to amplify our key messages to enhance the delivery of GuildHE’s core mission and to deliver better value for members. GuildHE is a representative body for 57 smaller and specialist universities and colleges. We are a small, dynamic and friendly team championing a diverse higher education sector that drives cultural, social and economic development throughout the UK.

Job Description 

Strategy and planning 

• Develop, manage and deliver the communications strategy and annual communication plans in liaison with the Deputy CEO and CEO

• Lead proactive external communications promoting GuildHE activities such as our events, reports and consultation responses and responding to other organisations reports and releases as well as seeking other opportunities to promote our key messages such as through days of celebration (Mental Health Week, Black History Month, Apprenticeship week, A level results day etc)

• Develop and execute strategies to raise GuildHE’s profile among external audiences and demonstrate the impact of GuildHE’s (and its sub associations) work to the membership and potential members. 

Content generation and communications delivery 

• Support the staff team to create compelling, creative content to provide a consistent, targeted, and impactful message that promotes the image and ethos of the organisation

• Generate content across various channels including newsletters, social media and websites 

• Manage and update the GuildHE Brand Tools as necessary and be responsible for brand compliance across our outputs

• Provide advice and support to staff about engagement or in producing communications collateral (such as reports, leaflets or videos) for GuildHE’s different audiences 

Web presence and social media

• Ensure our websites (GuildHE, GuildHE Research and UKADIA) are up to date and effectively displaying our work and policy positions

• Manage the GuildHE, GuildHE Research and UKADIA’s social media presence, producing regular content. Monitor engagement and reporting on impact.

• Monitor search engine optimisation and data analytics and suggest and execute ways to support the team in engaging in online discussions about policy and member activity

Other duties 

• Assist in the preparation of papers on relevant matters for the GuildHE Board

• Actively support the delivery of the GuildHE strategy

• Undertake any other reasonable duties as may be required

Person Specification

Core Skills

• Implementing, analysing and improving communications initiatives, using relevant communications and marketing tools when appropriate 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong proofreading skills

• Basic design skills 

• Understanding of search engine optimisation

Core Attributes

• Ability to proactively manage GuildHE’s strategic and operational communications activities

• Able to meet deadlines with strong attention to detail

• Ability to build professional relationships with members and a wide range of stakeholders. 

• Be self-motivated and communicative with colleagues, with the ability to support the wider team when required in a flexible and dynamic working environment

Ideal Experience

• A communications background with a demonstrated record of success including experience of day to day management of multiple communication channels

• Expertise in brand identity and communication styles

• Experience of using social media and digital tools to horizon-scan, spot opportunities and successful promote an organisation

• Knowledge and understanding of the higher education sector would be desirable and/or experience of working in a membership organisation

• A professional communications/ marketing qualification (e.g Chartered Institute of Public Relations/ Chartered Institute of Marketing) or equivalent would be desirable 

About GuildHE

GuildHE is an officially recognised representative body for UK Higher Education. Our members include universities, university colleges, further education colleges and specialist institutions from both the traditional and private sectors. Member institutions include some major providers in professional subject areas including art, design and media, music and the performing arts; agriculture and food; the built environment; education; law and business; health and sports.

This post is within the small dynamic team based in central London, which provides policy support to GuildHE’s members and promotes their interests to a wide audience. The office team also develops briefings, guidance and opportunities for members and their staff to share good practice.

Application Process

To apply please send a CV and covering letter.

Interviews will be held in London on Wednesday 26 January 2022.

If you have the skills to engage communities through events and social media, and are passionate about the benefits of growing your own food, healthy eating and physical activity, then this role could be ideal.

The ASPIRE project is piloting a new holistic model to support people in the south of England and northern France to grow their own food, live healthier lives and strengthen skills for employment. 

Events and Volunteer Coordinator: (25hrs pw) Salary range: £19,188 to £21,400 pro rata

The ASPIRE Project is seeking an Events and Volunteer Coordinator to join the team at the East Kent hub, based at Bechange in Aylesham, to deliver community events, to partner with referral organisations, and co-ordinate volunteer activity.

Application Deadline: Wednesday 15th December 2021

Interviews: 20/21 December 2021

Please apply with CV and covering letter outlining your skills and experience, together with your motivation and suitability for the role. 

I. Position Summary
Reporting to the Editorial Manager, the Editorial Coordinator will support Malala Fund’s Communications and Creative team in amplifying the voices of girls around the world and in covering Malala Fund’s work in its programmatic countries (currently Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan and Tanzania). This position will provide administrative support to the editorial team within the Communications and Creative department and assist in proofreading, editing and writing for Malala Fund’s external facing content — including for Assembly, Malala Fund’s digital publication and newsletter. The ideal candidate is a highly organised individual with strong writing skills who thrives in a fast-paced, detail-oriented, creative environment. 

II. Responsibilities 

• Provide administrative support to the editorial team, including meeting notes, expense and budget tracking, transcribing interviews and other duties as assigned.

• Manage projects between Communications staff and consultants — including translators, graphic designers, printers — and other Malala Fund departments.

• Maintain communications databases to track outreach, content and metrics, as well as published articles, photos and other assets.

• Help maintain Assembly’s website and Apple News by formatting posts and updating content. 

• Research and reach out to social media accounts and influencers to help grow awareness of Assembly content

• Develop optimisation strategies to improve Assembly’s website search engine ranking results. 

• Assist in proofreading and fact checking Assembly articles in accordance with Assembly’s style guide. 

• Assist in proofreading (e.g., website copy, letters, reports, essays and other written materials) in accordance with Malala Fund’s style guide.

• Research and write a variety of original content for Assembly and correspond with potential contributors.

• Participate in editorial meetings to brainstorm and generate ideas for Assembly.

• Translate posts (if fluent in a second language that is relevant to Malala Fund’s work).

• Upholds the values of Malala Fund.

• Actively contributes to making Malala Fund a diverse and equitable workplace through inclusive practice and openness to different perspectives, cultures and ideas.

• Maintains behaviour and conduct that uphold the highest standards for safeguarding, professionally and personally.

• Acts as a role model for a ‘learning organisation’ culture by seeking insight and using problems as opportunities to learn.

III.  Knowledge, Experience and Behaviours

Essential 

• Relevant work or internship experience in communications, publishing or media.

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with previous experience in proofreading and copyediting.

• Knowledge of AP style.

• Strong research skills.

• Ability to tailor writing to different contexts and audiences. 

• Demonstrated ability to multitask and prioritise a professional workload while working well under pressure and deadlines.

• Proven capacity to maintain a high degree of confidentiality of sensitive organisational matters.

• A demonstrated commitment to gender and racial equality.

• Legally authorised to work in the United Kingdom or the United States.

• Strong commitment to Malala Fund’s mission, purpose and values.

• Strong commitment to gender equality, anti-racism, anti-discrimination, decolonisation and social justice

• Strong commitment to professional development and continued learning.

• Excellent team player with ability to work independently and in collaboration with colleagues at all levels across departments and external stakeholders.

Desirable 

• Written fluency in any language(s) relevant to Malala Fund’s work 

• Experience improving website search engine ranking results. 

• Knowledge of Squarespace, Apple News or Mailchimp.
   

Malala Fund is committed to racial equity and social justice. We actively seek applicants from diverse backgrounds, experiences and identities, to provide a wide range of perspectives, ideas, views and insights into the strategy, policies, culture and ambitions of Malala Fund. We would particularly welcome applications from candidates who have lived in countries in which Malala Fund is operating.

Note: This position is eligible for immigration sponsorship in the U.K.

IV. About Malala Fund

Registered as a public charity in the U.K. and U.S., Malala Fund is working toward a world where all girls can learn and learn and lead. With more than 130 million girls out of school today, we're breaking down barriers that hold girls back.

Malala Fund advocates for resources and policy changes needed to give all girls a secondary education. The girls we serve have high goals for themselves and we have high expectations for leaders who can help them. We invest in local education leaders and front-line organisations — the people who best understand girls in their communities — in regions where most girls are missing out on secondary school. We give girls the tools they need to advocate for education and equality in their communities and a platform for the world to hear their voices. We believe girls should speak for themselves and tell leaders what they need to learn and achieve their potential.

V. How to Apply

Please respond to the following writing prompt and submit together with your cover letter, resume and writing samples through the application link by 13 December 2021: Tell us about your ideal way to spend a Saturday. Send two additional writing samples or press clips (four to six pages total).

Please be advised we are reviewing applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close the vacancy should a suitable candidate be identified before the closing date.

Please note that due to the very high number of applications we receive every time a position is posted, we are unfortunately only able to respond directly to candidates with whom we wish to move forward in the interview process. 

Malala Fund is an inclusive organisation and welcomes applications from under-represented and intersectional groups including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities. We are seeking people from different backgrounds, cultures, age, experience and identities, to provide a wide range of experience, ideas, views and insights into the strategy, policies, culture and ambitions of Malala Fund.

Malala Fund is committed to ensuring the safety of those involved in our work. Our first priority is protecting everyone who comes in direct or indirect contact with our organisation. Malala Fund has a zero-tolerance approach to abuse and exploitation by any of our staff, representatives or partners. We commit to ensuring that those who work with Malala Fund or on our behalf are able to work in an environment that is free from harm. 

Malala Fund is committed to safeguarding children and employment with our team. To this end, Malala Fund reserves the right to conduct background checks on prospective and current employees.

upReach is an award-winning charity working to create equal opportunities for students across the UK. We help university students from less-advantaged backgrounds achieve their career potential by providing an intensive programme of support that addresses socio-economic barriers to graduate employment.

We are seeking to hire a Student Attraction and Communications Coordinator. This is an exciting opportunity to directly contribute to the growth of the charity through raising our profile and status among our potential beneficiaries, and to play a key role in all aspects of marketing our work to students, directly and via collaboration partners. This role would suit individuals with at least a years’ experience in marketing and/or communications, and who have a passion for social mobility and are used to operating in a fast paced environment. The successful candidate will take responsibility for delivering our plans for student attraction, and for marketing upReach and our work throughout a range of different platforms and networks. They will have the opportunity to steer the creative direction of our student-facing comms as a key member of a dynamic and growing national team. 

Key Information

Student Attraction and Communications Coordinator: This individual will play a pivotal role in all aspects of our marketing and communications to students, both before they join an upReach programme and during their time on the programme. They will seek to raise the profile of upReach and reach students who might benefit from our work. They will work on upReach’s outreach work to students and particularly on raising our presence on university campuses, including working with University Societies and Brand Ambassadors. They will create varied, engaging content to energise and excite students and universities. 

Location: Bristol, London, Manchester, Nottingham or Newcastle

Hours: 40 hours per week, 9am - 6pm (with some flexibility) 

Start date: January 2022

Salary: £23,000 - £26,000 per annum, including London weighting if based in London

Application deadline:  9am on Thursday 9th December

Early applications are encouraged as we may interview and/or appoint before the closing date.

Person Specification 

This position would be suited to individuals who are committed to upReach’s mission. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about social-mobility and believe that background should not be a barrier to graduate employment. 

To be successful it is anticipated that you would have at least a years’ experience within Marketing and/or Communications. You should be proactive, resilient and used to managing competing priorities within a varied workload.  You should be flexible and willing to perform varying duties depending on the shifting needs of the charity.

Essential Skills/Experience:

1. Experience working in a fast-paced environment and working independently to find solutions to problems.

2. At least 1 years experience working within marketing and/or communications or within a Student Attraction role.

3. Ability to turn complex ideas into concise and effective communication materials

4. Basic understanding of google analytics and tracking of online campaigns

5. Creativity, strong storytelling skills and a proactive attitude.

6. Proven experience in creating content for online sources and marketing materials.

7. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with an eye for varied and engaging content, and the marketing flair to flex stylistically for different audiences.

8. Exceptional eye for detail, including excellent proofreading and editing skills.

9. Strong project management and problem solving skills, in addition to superb organisational skills to manage a varied workload.

10. At least a Grade ‘B’ in Maths and English GCSE (if you have extenuating circumstances, let us know)*

11. University degree (2:1 or higher)* in any discipline, or equivalent experience.

* The nature of the role requires a high standard of Maths and English, and the ability to quickly review a large amount of information and identify and communicate key themes clearly. Applicants may demonstrate this through the academic qualifications shown above and/or other relevant experience. As our beneficiaries are all undergraduates, a good understanding of the university experience is essential, although it is not necessary that this was acquired through personally gaining a degree.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

1. Experience of running social media platforms and campaigns.

2. Experience working with a communications team in the charity sector

3. Sound knowledge of GDPR legislation and regulations.

4. Familiarity with Canva, G Suite and Zoom video conferencing software.

5. Experience using Mailchimp, video editing software and Hootsuite

6. Understanding of social mobility issues in the UK, the university landscape and graduate recruitment.

Communications Co-ordinator Labyrinth Project

Location: Hybrid working - Home Working & Islington

Salary: £15,600-£16,800 pro-rated from full time FTE £26,000 – £28,000 (0.6 FTE)

Hours: 22.5 hours per week

Contract: Fixed term contract to September 2022

Vacancy Reference: S021

Closing date: 12th December

Interview date:  17th December

Solace is an innovative, exciting, grassroots charity working across London. Our purpose is to bring to an end the harm done through domestic and sexual violence to all survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

About the Service

This is part of an exciting national project and sits within the influencing and collaboration part of Solace’s Business Development Team.  The Labyrinth Project will develop a team of navigators across the UK to join up women’s centred outcomes across women’s centres, children’s centres and older women’s spaces, providing holistic support to women to untangle the complexities within their lives. The Project also includes a grants scheme and Centre of Excellence to build capacity, supporting sustainability of the women’s sector for the future. 

About the Role

We are seeking a Communications Co-ordinator used to working at scale and pace.This is part of an exciting new national project and sits within the influencing and collaboration part of the Business Development Team.  Reporting to the Project Manager on a day-to-day basis but with dotted line responsibilities to the Communication Manager.  This is to ensure that project communications align with the Solace media and communications strategy and complies with our brand guidance and digital platform and social media requirements. 

The Role 

• To develop and support an online Centre of Excellence, working closely with the partners and external stakeholders 
• Create and publish content on the website, social media posts, news bulletins to partners, press releases and blogs 
• To help create an engaging look and feel for the project communications and maintain the brand values through effective communications 
• Monitor media coverage and reporting 
• Attend both internal and external events and meetings 
• Organise project events including webinars and seminars 

Solace Women’s Aid values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applicants from black minority and ethnic communities.

Solace is a Disability Confident employer. Please email us at

.This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

As part of safer recruitment we require all successful candidates will be required to complete a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) disclosure.

No agencies.

Shout Out UK (SOUK) is now a multi-award winning education platform and creative social enterprise. Fusing education and tech with film production and animation ensures we create world-class programmes on Media & Political Literacy and high impact Democratic Engagement campaigns.

Our Mission

Shout Out UK is on a mission to protect and amplify democracy by ensuring Political Literacy education is as widespread as possible, and available to all citizens in and out of school, regardless of their socio-economic background, ethnicity, or gender. We believe that Political Literacy education should be as widespread as possible, and available to all citizens in and out of school, regardless of their socio-economic background, ethnicity, or gender. Do you?

You will be joining our small, passionate team to coordinate our education communications. The role involves expanding, improving and running our strategic communications with schools and politicians. The aim is to engage with more schools, young people and MPs/Lords in Parliament.

We are looking for someone with a passion for political literacy and experience with communications and facilitation, who wants to support the expansion of Shout Out UK as an organisation.

The applicant needs to be motivated, dedicated and confident working with young people, teachers and politicians. You will be reporting to our head of Education Technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruit, coordinate  and support schools and teachers across the UK to take on our political and media literacy course, workshops and projects.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with teachers, and maintain our CRM
• Seek opportunities to enhance the reputation of the brand, and coordinate events as required.
• Collaborate with management to develop and implement an effective communications strategy based on our target audience.
• Support with day-to-day management and supervision of a team of local education project staff, including recruitment, staff evaluation, and on-the-job orientation and training.
• Assist and support in the design and development of educational materials.
• Research new topic areas, maintaining up-to-date subject knowledge, and devise and write new curriculum materials.
• Deliver to schools, youth groups and other organisations our courses, workshops and conferences.
• Mark work, give appropriate feedback and maintain records of pupils’ progress and development.

Requirements:

• Excellent writing and communication abilities for relevant target audiences.
• Good customer service skills, with the ability to answer queries professionally and clearly.
• Confidence in public speaking in front of large groups of people.
• Confidence to build and maintain relationships with teachers and politicians.
• Flexibility and a willingness to get stuck in and help with any tasks the team requires support for.
• An understanding of and interest in UK politics.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage a diverse workload.
• Dedication to and passion for political literacy, democratic participation and engagement of young people.
• Ability to self-motivate and manage own time 

Benefits:

• Unlimited holidays (we have no cap on paid leave).
• Being part of an innovative, forward-thinking and engaged workforce.
• Gaining experience in communications and education.
• Gaining experience in stakeholder relations.
• Being a part of an open and creative workplace.
• Ability to create projects that are close to your passion.
• Small team, meaning you will be able to get involved in a number of different aspects of work.
• An important, varied, decision-making role in which you have the power to make positive change.

Customer Experience Coordinator

As part of our commitment to young people, UK Youth has operated an Outdoor Centre at Avon Tyrrell for over 75 years. Operated as a financially self-supporting and sustainable social enterprise business that supports UK Youth charitable  activity, our outdoor learning  provision is intentionally inclusive and champions effective youth led engagement to highlight the importance and raise understanding of the breadth and positive outcomes of youth work. 

 The ‘Customer Experience Coordinator’ aids our best in class outdoor learning provision by:

• supporting the entire customer life cycle

• proactively promoting and selling outdoor learning programmes and facilities carefully matched to customer requirements and their learning objectives

To thrive in this role you will be confident working in a fast pace environment with a wide range of organisations and individuals to build strong customer relations and be able to deliver high levels of customer service.

Who we are

UK Youth is a leading charity that exists to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives.

We work with others to ensure that the youth sector is strengthened, supported and that provision is youth-led, evidence-informed and delivers high-quality outcomes.

UK Youth plays a unique role in addressing; the lack of investment in the youth sector, the lack of cross-sector understanding in how youth work makes a difference and the limited opportunities to embed effective solutions. These factors lead to mass inequality of access to youth services for young people. To find more about us and how we make an impact, please visit UK Youth Website.

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.

• 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

• Cyclescheme and Techscheme

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.

Why work at UK Youth?

Based at Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Centre you will be working as part of a small friendly staff team in a beautiful location.

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 Black, Asian, minority ethnic groups, 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.

We are looking for a passionate self-starter to lead our social media and digital engagement, as well as supporting on media engagement and content development. The Communications Officer role supports the awareness and influencing functions of the charity. This includes producing content for media and social media (including organic and paid-for marketing through Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and newsletters) to grow our audiences and levels of engagement, while ensuring that women with lived experience of economic abuse inform this work.