New opportunity not to be missed! Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Senior Social Media Officer to join our Communications team based in London. In return, you will receive a competitive salary plus excellent benefits.

This is a permanent opportunity with a closing date of 5 July, 12 noon. 

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently.

Together with our partners, we support thousands of homeless young people each year.

The Senior Social Media Officer is an exciting role, which is central to our growing communications team. You will plan, execute and evaluate audience-led content that builds and engages Centrepoint’s social media audiences to support Centrepoint’s strategy. The role will focus primarily on our organic social media presence, namely across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. This role requires an understanding of organic social media strategy, content development, and audience insight tools using social media platforms, content optimisation and analytics.

The role will also need experience of working with media agencies to support with paid social media campaigns for our policy and campaigns work.

The role will be asked to make recommendations and advise and shape the social media and content plans for key Centrepoint activity including fundraising appeals, event, policy and campaigns work and media. It will be the lynch pin for coordinating all activity across our social channels.

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build a new career
• Employer pension contributions of 4%
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan

We seek to challenge discrimination and are committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint. We welcome applications from anyone with direct experience of being homeless or using young people's services.

FaithInvest is looking for an experienced and highly skilled communications professional to join its team as Communications Officer. You will have proven experience in building impactful communication and engagement strategies, as well as excellent writing, digital communications skills (social media, video and photo editing) and website design and development. This is a key role within a growing and ambitious organisation at an exciting state of its evolution. Closing date: July 7, 2021.

About FaithInvest

FaithInvest was established in 2019 to support faith communities and institutions to align their investments more closely with their beliefs and values. Through its membership and outreach programmes, it works to build bridges between faith communities and the world of finance and investments. Its mission is to grow the scale and impact of values-driven, faith-consistent investing, for the benefit of people and planet.

Communications Officer role

Working alongside and reporting to the Director of Communications, you will play a key role in delivering compelling communications across our two main programmes: Membership – aimed at investment professionals in faith-based institutions; and Movement ­– aimed at a more general audience, including faith communities. 

Enthusiastic, flexible and full of creative flair, you will have demonstrable experience in shaping and implementing successful communication strategies for digital channels, as well as for specific campaigns and in writing compelling and accurate content and using storytelling alongside evidence and statistics. Experience or knowledge of the social investment/impact investing/finance world will be a distinct advantage. You will also have demonstrable experience in designing and updating web pages (ideally on the Wix platform) with exceptional attention to acuracy and detail. You will be adept at multi-tasking and have a can-do attitude; we are a small but growing team so we need someone who is willing to roll their sleeves up, get stuck in and support colleagues wherever needed. 

Deliverables

• Design and deliver communications strategies for specific campaigns
• Manage the FaithInvest websites, designing pages, updating content and developing innovative ways to increase traffic 
• Create high quality, relevant, compelling and original content, including videos, podcasts, infographics, press releases, news items and reports
• Strengthen FaithInvest's presence across social media, ensuring we are producing high quality content, engaging in sector-relevant online communities and growing our following 
• Produce quarterly reports on web and social metrics (user traffic, online mentions, social media engagement) and continually seek ways to improve engagement 
• Liaise with financial media globally to secure coverage about FaithInvest's activities
• Produce corporate publications including annual review and corporate brochures
• Help to identify opportunities to raise FaithInvest's profile, reputation and positioning 

Job Description 

Job Title:  Press Officer 

Reporting To:  Marketing Manager  

Salary:  £28-30k 

Contract type: 12-month – likely to be extended    

 
 

About The Felix Project 

The Felix Project is London's biggest food redistribution charity and the largest end-to-end food redistribution charity in Europe.

Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted. 

We rescue surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, restaurants and farms. This food is nutritious, in-date, and safe and includes a high proportion of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. If we did not rescue this food, it would be at risk of going to waste. Instead, we deliver it free of charge to London charities, schools, food banks, COVID food hubs and other organisations serving people in need. Our food is a vital lifeline for children and families, people on low incomes, people who have lost their jobs, the homeless, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, the elderly and keyworkers.

We are a very ambitious and dynamic young charity and we haven’t stopped growing since we were founded in 2016 in memory of Felix Byam Shaw, by his father, entrepreneur Justin Byam Shaw. We recently ran a very high-profile media campaign with the Evening Standard and Independent, raising £10million to feed London. We have celebrity endorsement from Reece James, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Jack Whitehall, Stephen Fry, James May and many others.

Last year we delivered enough food for 21.1 million meals to help people in need. We have continuing major growth plans for the next 4 years, with a target of delivering enough food for 100 million meals by 2024. Because nearly all the food we receive is donated by the food industry and volunteers, every £1 of expenditure redistributes £10 worth of food.

Purpose of the Job 

This is an exciting new role designed to:
 

1) Broaden our media coverage in both consumer media and within the specialist food sector, with a focus on London audiences.
2) Expand our storytelling by developing case studies, photography, video and data that can be used across the organization – leading on a project to create a central case study/asset library.

The Marketing Team is a small team made up of two other members. Although all three members are involved in media, this role will be the most media and PR focused. The ideal candidate will be London-based and willing to be ‘always on the go’, with a brilliant eye for detail, strong research skills and a highly organized approach.

Duties and Accountabilities 

Media: 

• Implement our PR strategy, which supports the objective of the Marketing Strategy to become ‘one of London’s best-known charities’.

• Build relationships with key journalists across broadcast, digital, print, and radio (as outlined in PR strategy), targeting specialist food industry media as well as consumer. 

• Be on-call for journalists, responding to reactive requests in good time. 

• Research and pitch stories, providing all follow-through for journalists.

• Provide quotes, data and sign off for partner press releases.

• Write press releases and upload them to our website as news stories.

• Help to manage our existing media relationships, working closely with the Marketing Manager, Comms Officer and Relationship Manager.

• Use the Cision platform to pitch, research journalists, make notes, build lists and review progress – making sure we as an organization can track a history of our conversations and contacts. 

• Use the Cision platform to produce monthly reports and share these with analysis.

• Manage the media and news section of the website, working with the Communications Officer and Developer to improve the overall site experience.

Storytelling: 

• Project manage the development of a new asset library and, when live, upload assets and case studies to the new library, with correct tagging and permissions.

• Interview beneficiaries and charity partners for our case study library, managing consent and permissions, and being alert to safeguarding and sensitivities.

• Work closely with the relationship manager on certain pitches and celeb activity. 

• Keep an eye out for good stories, to be used in PR or elsewhere, and use research to make the stories really click.

• Build relationships with some of the 900+ charities and schools we work with across London, visiting in person as well as communicating via phone and email.

• Review our current process for consent and rights of use.

• Organize, manage and attend content/VIP visits with partners, media and/or celebrities.

Person Specification 

The Felix Project recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds. 

We particularly welcome applications from those of a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background, as BAME people are currently under-represented within The Felix Project. 

The ideal candidate will be passionate about selling a story, with an eye for what works in the media or on social media. You will be happy to be always ‘on the go’, moving across London to meet with different journalists, charities and people. At the same time, you will be organised, with an eye for detail, an understanding of what journalists want, with the skills need to produce brilliant pitches and deliver all the follow-through.

Essential skills/knowledge relevant to this role 

• Brilliant writer and researcher

• Proven results securing impressive media coverage 

• Familiar with Cision (formerly Gorkhana) and how to make the most of it

• Experienced interviewing beneficiaries for case studies

• Understands consent and safeguarding issues

• Strategic thinker and planner 

• Friendly & great with people

• Highly organized and methodical

• Energized by a good story

• Great attention to detail 

• Can work in a very fast paced environment

• Picks up the phone rather than emailing

• Confident managing logistics

• A real networker

• Creative, with lots of ideas about how to make a story pop

• Works well under pressure

• Able to prioritize workloads 

• Understands the importance of digital and social

• Experience at managing an asset library 

• Knowledge of GDPR 

Desirable skills/knowledge relevant to this role  

• Warm contacts at any of the following: BBC London, ITV London, The Guardian, TimeOut, The Grocer.

• Photography and/or video skills

• Experience with celebs a plus

What you’ll get in return 

You will be working in an upbeat, innovative charity with strong vision, ambition and a fantastic culture and leadership team.  This role is located across London, with some at-home working. The salary is c£28,000-£30,000 per annum (dependant on experience), 25 days annual leave + bank holidays. 

Contract Type:  1 year (to go perm)

Hours:  37.5 hours per week. 

Recruitment timeline 

Applications close: 9th June 2021 

First interviews: 14th June 2021 

Press Officer, RHS Gardens

Permanent

circa. £30,000 per annum, plus benefits

35 hours per week

London SW1

Are you seeking an exciting Press Officer role at an ambitious, leading UK charity? Are you creative, proactive and organised and looking to join a friendly, busy communications team? We are seeking a self-motivated and experienced Press Officer to help promote the five world-class RHS Gardens: RHS Wisley (in Surrey), RHS Rosemoor (Devon), RHS Hyde Hall (Essex), RHS Harlow Carr (North Yorkshire) and the newly-opened RHS Bridgewater (Salford) which together attract more than 2 million annual visitors.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate with a proven record of delivering excellent high-profile PR results to drive visitor numbers for attractions or events.  Experience of issues management, working effectively with multiple stakeholders and managing competing deadlines in a fast-paced, team environment are important requirements for this role. You will have a positive and proactive approach, and be a great communicator. Knowledge of the current UK media landscape and of carrying out PR for a consumer-facing heritage organisation or charity are also highly desirable.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has been the force behind gardening for more than 200 years. We believe everyone in every village, town and city should benefit from growing plants to enhance lives, build stronger, healthier, happier communities and create better places to live. We want to enrich everyone’s life through plants and make Britain a greener and more beautiful place.

For more information about the RHS, visit www rhs org uk

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity

The post of Global Press Officer is an integral part of the team responsible for the development and promotion of Plan International’s external profile in the media as the go to organisation for girls’ (and children’s) rights to a wide and diverse range of audiences. The role involves creating compelling content and dealing with international, national and regional media and specialist press across print, broadcast and digital platforms.

You will work as part of the Media Team and in close collaboration with the Digital and Global Campaigns teams to create compelling content, implement international public relations campaigns, proactively profile the organisation and its experts, and promote Plan International’s work to the media across print, broadcast and digital platforms. You will share responsibility and ownership of international press coverage for Plan International’s operational regions and during emergency responses you will play a significant role in the coordination of dynamic global communication campaigns, including travelling to the affected area as required.

About You

With proven experience in journalism, media relations or PR, success pitching stories to the media and a strong understanding of development issues, you will proactively manage the delivery and quality of content, absorbing, adapting and creating engaging, accurate copy to strict deadlines. Basic video editing and production skills would be highly desirable. You will collaborate effectively both internally and externally, utilising your interpersonal and communication skills to build effective relationships, negotiating and influencing where required and supporting the requirements of other departments. You will have the ability to balance priorities and work effectively in a sometimes pressurised, fast paced environment, navigating complex, sensitive and rapidly changing situations with ease.

Location: Global Hub in Woking UK or flexible where Plan International has a legal entity and the applicant has the pre-existing right to work. Those locations closest to the point of impact are preferred.

Type of Role: Permanent where this is feasible. Some locations may mean that a fixed term contract must be offered.

Reports to: Head of Communications

Salary: We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore it is not possible to include full details here. If based in the UK the associated salary would be circa £35000 per annum.

Closing Date: Sunday 4th July

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Location: Flexible: London, Chesterfield or homeworker
Hours: Full-time 35 hours, including participation in out of hours press rota
Salary: £31,977 per annum (London), £28,876 per annum (rest of UK)
Benefits: Read more about what we offer on our website
Contract type: Fixed Term to 31 March 2022
Closing date: 28 June 2021

Summary

Versus Arthritis is looking for a Press Officer to join our news and PR team. Working with campaigning teams across the four nations, you will put pressure on decision-makers by raising awareness of the issues that matter to people with arthritis in the media.

About the role

Reporting to the News and Campaigns Manager, you will work on high profile campaigns, championing the needs and voice of people with arthritis in the media. You will work with colleagues across the organisation to get stories and investigations into the media. You will be a key part of our press office function, responding to a fast-paced external and internal environment, to ensure that arthritis gets the coverage it needs and deserves.

Key requirements

You will be driven by a desire to make real change for, and with, people with arthritis. You will have a passion for media relations, with proven experience of influencing and campaigning at a national level. You will be an excellent communicator, who works well with others to get the job done.

Specific experience and requirements:

• Experience of media advocacy, securing impactful national and regional media coverage.
• Experience of communicating campaign and influencing related issues, by using investigative approaches, data, case studies and comment to gain coverage.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced media environment, drafting and agreeing media statements and releases based on key messages, working constructively with colleagues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including how to engage audiences on social media.

How to apply

To apply you MUST submit:

1. a concise, up-to-date CV
2. along with a completed supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the key requirements set out in the job description and person specification for the Press Officer, News and Campaigns role.
3. please include where you've seen this role advertised.

Email your completed application by 28 June 2021.

Interviews

First interviews expected: 2 July 2021 on Microsoft Teams.
Second interviews expected: 7 July 2021 on Microsoft Teams.

About us

Arthritis causes pain, fatigue and isolation for 17.8 million people in the UK every single day. It can impact on the ability to work, our relationships and take away our independence. We don't accept this.

We are Versus Arthritis. We are volunteers, healthcare professionals, researchers and friends, all doing everything we can to push back against arthritis. We're reaching out to everybody with the information and support they need, funding vital research and changing the way society sees arthritis. Together we'll keep running, researching, in?uencing, volunteering, advising, chatting, baking, listening. We won't stop until no-one has to tolerate living with the pain, fatigue and isolation of arthritis.

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us defy arthritis.

Read more about what we do, working for us and what we offer on our website.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Versus Arthritis is a Registered Charity No: 207711 and in Scotland No. SC041156.

Our vision is a sustainable food system which delivers health and wellbeing for all. The Food Foundation is a young, dynamic, impactful, and independent charity with a mission to change food policy and business practice to ensure everyone, across the UK, can afford and access a healthy diet supplied by a sustainable food system. We use surprising and inventive ideas to catalyse and deliver fundamental change in the food system by building and synthesising strong evidence, shaping powerful coalitions, harnessing citizens’ voices and driving progress with impactful communications. We continually identify new opportunities for action, and trial new levers for change. We are independent of all political parties and business, and we are not limited by a single issue or special interest. We work with others who believe there is a problem with the system and want to change it. We have a terrific and dedicated group of trustees and expert advisers who support our work.

Key Responsibilities

Working with the Head of Communications to create and implement the communications and PR/Media/Social Strategies.

Supporting daily press operations including:

• Writing and issuing press releases and comments.
• Creating and curating our media lists on Vuelio.
• Drafting editorial and blog content as needed.
• Building relationships with journalists and developing a strong network of media contacts.
• Dealing with incoming requests from journalists.
• Monitoring and responding to shifting policy environments and media landscapes.

Reports and Food Foundation output:

• Seeking out new opportunities to promote our work.
• Supporting The Food Foundation’s report publication schedule by drafting, copy editing and proof-reading briefings and reports.
• Working closely with project leads to develop communication strategies for launches and events.
• Helping to develop and maintain a diverse network of stakeholders across local and national government, parliament, academia, the third sector and citizen groups.

Key Competencies

• At least five year’s work experience in a press, PR and communications-related role.
• Excellent writing skills with a track record of articles, blogs and press releases.
• Experience in environment, food policy and sustainability press and public relations.
• Exceptional communication skills, (both written and verbal) for a range of audiences; the ability to draft excellent copy, accurately and to short deadlines.
• Experience in Parliamentary engagement, and political PR.
• Ability to work in a fast-moving environment with a clear focus on delivery.
• Strong team player and good at using own initiative.
• Interest or experience in working with young people.
• Highly organised.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft programs Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
• Good attention to detail and copywriting skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

Desirable Qualities

• Knowledge of Vuelio or equivalent media database
• Knowledge or interest in food systems and the work of the Foundation in this space
• Knowledge of Agile or equivalent CRM software.
• Knowledge of website Content Management Systems (CMS) such as Drupal or WordPress

Exeter Phoenix is a vibrant arts venue located in Exeter’s city centre, with a programme spanning music, theatre, contemporary arts, cinema, dance, comedy workshops, talks and more, as well as providing support and opportunities for the region’s creative community.

The vacancy of Marketing & Press Manager offers an exciting opportunity to shape the venue’s comms channels and raise the venue’s profile locally, regionally and nationally. The role will be well suited to an experienced arts marketer who thinks analytically as well as creatively. The ability to manage a heavy workload with competing priorities will be important, as will experience in developing and delivering marketing campaigns. You will play a key role in promoting our programme of activity, building the profile of Exeter Phoenix, and helping to deliver the organisation’s strategic aims.

• Salary - £23,500 - £27,000 p/a depending on experience.
• This is a full time post (5 days a week, 37.5 hours)
• Holidays – 24 days p/a plus one day per year of service up to 5 years.
• Responsible to: The Director
• Responsible for: Graphic Designer, Marketing Officer, Publicity Assistan
• Salary - £23,500 - £27,000 p/a depending on experience

The organisation

A social and environmental justice charity

The role:

To develop stories to promote the campaign in the print and broadcast specialist media.

To manage media enquiries and to brief and work with senior colleagues and other campaign spokespeople.

To write media releases and comment pieces to promote campaign and to contribute to other organisational publications and events.

The candidate:

At least 2 years communications or media experience including engaging actively with the news media

An excellent writer with experience of writing across various media platforms with the ability to identify media opportunities

A genuine commitment to the campaign and excellent organisational skills.

Deadline: Thursday 8th July

Are you interested in telling the inspiring and powerful stories of the children and families that come to Great Ormond Street Hospital? Do you thrive on coordinating and organising content across an organisation? Are you excited at the prospect of working for a renowned, well-loved national brand? Then this role could be for you.

We are looking for a Stories and Case Studies Officer to join Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity’s busy and ambitious communications team.

You will work closely with patients and their families to sensitively interview and communicate their stories. The role will also be responsible for ensuring our centralised asset management system, ResourceSpace, is kept up to date with all family content, through collaboration with teams across the charity. We can offer brilliant opportunities to develop your communications career in an inspiring and stimulating professional environment.

About the team:

Reporting into the Stories and Case Studies Manager, the Stories and Case Studies Officer will be joining a high achieving, fast-paced Communications team, whose remit covers Stories & Case Studies, Press, Internal Communications and Artist & Celebrity Liaison.

About you:

You will be a highly efficient organiser and passionate storyteller, with the ability to sensitively interview patient families and write thorough family stories that demonstrate the impact of our funding areas. A natural relationship builder with a keen eye for detail, you’ll be comfortable interacting with a range of stakeholders to coordinate stories and family content across the organisation.
The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of working with children and families in sensitive situations
• Proven experience in database management and administration
• An understanding of consent and maintaining the confidentiality of personal data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to manage competing priorities and to work to tight deadlines

About the charity:

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help?fund?ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for
seriously ill children starts with you.?

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation’ and placed at number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list – we offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.

As part of your application, you should include a cover letter detailing how you meet the person specification, why this specific opportunity is right for you, and why you want to join the charity.

The Charity is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.

Location: Central London, WC1N
Contract Type: Fixed Term, 12 months
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week
Salary: £31,000-£34,000 per annum

Closing date: Friday 16th July 2021

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found.

Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, we are unfortunately only able to inform shortlisted candidates of the outcome of their application. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. If your application is unsuccessful, we hope that you will not be discouraged and will still apply for other suitable vacancies in the future.

You may have experience of the following: Communications Officer, Content Manager, Marketing Communications Officer, Press Officer, Journalist, Journalism, Communications Officer, PR, In-House Journalist, Newspaper, Creative Copywriter, Content Creator, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 100283

The vacancy

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

About the role 

You’ll have an opportunity to make an impact in a time of growth and change for the charity. We have bold and exciting ambitions for the next few years to raise our profile, support more people affected by Parkinson’s and significantly change public understanding of the condition.

You will lead this work in NI, influencing policy development and implementation to improve health, social care, welfare and transport services for people affected by Parkinson’s in NI.

What you’ll do

You’ll play a key role in…

• Leading on the development and implementation of an agreed NI campaign priorities and plans.

• Identifying opportunities to influence policies in health, social care, welfare and transport across relevant departments and bodies.

• Engaging in and raising awareness of the needs of people affected by Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s UK in NI with key stakeholders including political, health, social care and welfare personnel, the third sector and Parkinson’s community. 

• Undertaking research and gathering insights from people affected by Parkinson’s and provide robust evidence to improve health, care and welfare services.

• Co-ordinating, researching and responding to consultations and ensuring charity policies are applicable in NI.

What you’ll bring

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of running successful campaigns, organising events and managing and being active in coalitions and alliances. 

• Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with high profile contacts, coalitions and networks.

• Understanding of the political structures impacting people affected by Parkinson’s in NI and ability to use this to influence locally and nationally.

• Proven experience of influencing key decision makers at all levels and the ability to maintain political impartiality and be discreet.

• Knowledge of appropriate health, social care structures, transport and welfare services relevant to Parkinson’s in NI.

• Experience of recruiting, training and motivating volunteers

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!

Interviews will be held w/c 26 July 2021.

Please note: supporting statements must fully demonstrate how you meet all the essential criteria of the role ("What you'll bring").

The successful candidate will be required to 

• provide their own broadband service with a minimum download speed of 2Mb 

• have a confidential space in which to work

Flexible location (Nottingham, London or remote working considered) – £32,000

This is an exciting opportunity to join the UK’s leading charity working to improve life after brain injury.

A brain injury can affect anyone at any time. When it does, Headway are here to help.

Each year, around 350,000 people are admitted to hospital in the UK with an acquired brain injury. Most of these people will need help and support in rebuilding their lives.

That’s where we come in. At Headway, our role is to provide information and support to people affected by brain injury while campaigning to reduce the number of people sustaining such injuries and calling for better support for those that do.

To do this, we need your help!

You’ll be joining a small but effective communications team that is already making a difference. You’ll have the chance to drive our campaigns, generate strong UK-wide coverage, and directly improve life after brain injury by making more people aware of the support available from Headway.

This is a great chance to use your communication skills to make a real difference to the lives of people affected by brain injury. So…what are you waiting for?

• Closing date for applications: 9 July 2021
• Interviews: w/c 12 July 2021

Headway is an equal opportunities employer.
Registered Charity No 1025852.

Download a job description, person specification and apply on our website. 

Do you have a passion for writing? Can you adapt your writing style to suit internal communications, corporate publications and social media? Looking for a place where you can put your heart, soul and skills into making a difference?

NFER is a not for profit charity with a worldwide reputation as a leading independent provider of education research and analysis.

Joining as a Communications Officer, you’ll be part of the team who play a pivotal role in increasing the awareness of NFER and the impact of its work. The team oversees the internal and external communications strategy, engaging with policy makers and education experts as well as ensuring our colleagues are kept well informed.

Your focus will be to plan and deliver a wide range of high-quality and appropriately targeted communications content for both internal and external NFER audiences. From working on NFER’s corporate communications material to implementing our internal communications plan, dealing with journalists and working with colleagues in our International team to identify opportunities to support visibility and business development activity - you’ll be turning your creative writing skills to developing case studies, brochures, social media content, editing blogs, new stories, website and intranet updates, press releases, event material and video content.

You’ll be a self-starter whose proactive nature means you’ll seek out opportunities to communicate and deliver meaningful content. To be successful in the role you’ll have;

• exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills.
• experience of writing for a range of audiences and channels.
• knowledge of creative design, video and print production processes.
• a professional approach to working with internal teams as a communications expert.
• strong communication skills and be flexible and creative.
• strong organisational and project management skills.
• experience of media liaison.
• and ideally you'll have some experience of briefing and working with creative agencies and third-party suppliers.

You don’t need to have our industry experience as we will teach you that. It’s likely though that you would have had some experience in a similar positions as a communications executive, internal communications executive, comms officer, press officer, as a blogger or content writer or editor.

Why NFER?
As a registered charity that has contributed evidence, in-depth knowledge, and research expertise to support the creation of an excellent education for all children and young people for over seventy years - Improving the lives of children and young people is at the heart of everything we do.

• Competitive salary £30,000 - £35,000
• Generous pension scheme
• Free parking in modern offices based in Slough on 5 acres of green park land
• 42 days’ holiday per year including Bank Holidays + additional discretionary days
• Excellent support for professional development
• Great work/life balance and flexible working options

Initial closing date is midnight 16th May 2021, we wil still be accepting application after this date until the position is filled. 

This role is initially a 1 year fixed term contract. Our teams are currently working from home, when we return to the office the role will require some weekly attendance in the Slough office.

We are an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all sections of the community. So, if you are looking for a fresh, new challenge apply via the button shown.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Media Officer to join Barnardo's small but high-achieving National Media Team.

The right candidate will be a creative, highly-motivated and experienced media professional , ideally with a background in newspaper or broadcast journalism .

Barnardo's is the UK's leading children's charity, helping hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children, young people, parents and carers across the UK and its National Media Team works to place issues facing them right at the top of the news agenda. Since the Covid-19 pandemic struck this work is more important than ever.

This is an opportunity to use your ideas, talents, enthusiasm and media contacts to maintain and build Barnardo's media profile across national print, broadcast and online media , to influence decision-makers to bring about positive change for children, young people, parents and carers across the UK and help us generate income so we can continue to deliver our vital services. You will use your eye for a story to generate strong ideas for news and features, and use your understanding of diverse audiences to develop and deliver innovative media plans.

You must have a proven track record of generating excellent coverage, writing compelling copy to suit different audiences and working in a busy press office. You will also have strong relationships with journalists across print, broadcast and online media and will be a digital enthusiast who uses social media to add reach to your stories.