We are looking for a Press Officer to help ensure PBE can fulfil its goal of being an influential, impactful evidence-based authority on the social sector, with a communications and media profile to match. This is a new role and is a terrific opportunity to join PBE’s External Affairs team and get involved at the heart of a growing organisation, with scope to develop the role as we continue to expand.

About us

Pro Bono Economics (PBE) uses economics to empower the social sector and to increase wellbeing across the UK. We combine project work for individual charities and social enterprises with policy research that can drive systemic change.

Through our projects, we have worked with over 500 charities since our inception in 2009. Working with our network of both experienced consultant economists and economist volunteers from across the private, public and third sectors, we help charities and social enterprises appreciate their economic and social impact and so improve their overall effectiveness.

More recently, we have embarked on an exciting new phase of our development, adding a dedicated in-house research and policy function to supplement our charity projects with ‘macro’ insights into the value and the potential of civil society in the 2020s. Armed with fresh content, we want to play an enhanced role in actively shaping the policy debate in the UK. Our new External Affairs department is core to delivering on this ambition through the team’s core functions of media, marketing and public affairs.

About the role

Post type: Full-time, fixed-term (24 months). Flexible arrangements will be considered.

Reports to: External Affairs Director

Due to the nature of the role, some out-of-hours and weekend working may be necessary, within reason.

Main duties & tasks:

Media coverage and relations

• To increase PBE’s media coverage by writing press releases, articles, statements and tweets.
• Selling in PBE’s flagship reports, high quality research and commentary to attract significant media coverage on a range of issues.
• Proactively seeking opportunities in national and trade media for statements, articles and features, including for broadcasters.
• Handling day to day media enquiries, including arranging TV, radio and print interviews, and briefing journalists on PBE policies and related issues.
• Organising interviews, press conferences, photo calls and roundtables, including relevant briefing.

Media Communications Strategy

• Developing and maintaining relationships with media across economic, policy, social affairs, health, educational, business and charity sector press outlets, as well as maintaining relationships between media and the senior PBE team.
• Collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders, including the CEO, trustees, directors, researchers and economists, as well as Commissioners, Patrons, and the communications leads and PR teams of charity partners, funders and collaborative research partners.
• Designing and delivering PBE’s op-ed strategy.
• Making the most out of the media hub pages on the PBE and Commission for Civil Society websites.

Monitoring

• Proactively seeking out opportunities for PBE to deliver its messages to the media.
• Managing an ongoing schedule of reactive opportunities - including statistical releases, political debates, current affairs and publications by other organisations - and coordinating responses to them.
• Building PBE’s reputation as an interesting contributor on a range of issues.

Internal Support

• Supporting colleagues in developing content for existing social media channels including Twitter and LinkedIn, to ensure PBE messages reach a wide audience of key stakeholders.
• Providing editorial advice to colleagues on drafting of reports and other written content, including fundraising materials.
• Drafting ad hoc copy such as website articles, case studies and blogs as needed, some of which may require research and interviews.
• Helping brief colleagues ahead of interviews, commissioning content from colleagues for briefings where needed.
• Providing encouragement, constructive feedback and on-the-job media training to colleagues beginning and developing their careers as spokespeople for PBE.
• Help to shape PBE’s brand and voice as it grows and develops.

Any other duties as deemed reasonable by the line manager.

About you

We are looking for an exceptional candidate who is switching from journalism or with experience working in PR in any of the sectors that are relevant to PBE. Familiarity with economic, policy, social affairs, health and/or educational press would be advantageous.

Ideal characteristics include:

• Experience in media relations or journalism.
• Knowledge of national, regional, trade and digital/social media.
• Knowledge and understanding of current affairs, and the social, economic and political environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people
• A keen eye for detail and a great level of accuracy
• Ability to work under pressure/meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to work as a self-starter in a close-knit team.
• Ability to be flexible/ think laterally in problem solving.
• Excellent creative writing skills.
• Sound judgement, strong news sense and political nous.
• Ability to create media opportunities – national, regional, online and digital – which help the organisation secure strong coverage.
• A commitment to PBE’s focus on using economics to drive wellbeing improvements in the UK.
   

PBE is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity

About Internews

Internews is an international non-profit organisation whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.

Internews provides communities the resources to produce local news and information with integrity and independence. With global expertise and reach, Internews trains both media professionals and citizen journalists, introduces innovative media solutions, increases coverage of vital issues and helps establish policies needed for open access to information.

Internews programmes create platforms for dialogue and enable informed debate, which bring about social and economic progress. Internews’ commitment to research and evaluation creates effective and sustainable programs, even in the most challenging environments.

Internews operates internationally, with administrative centres in California, Washington DC, and London, as well as regional hubs in Bangkok and Nairobi. Formed in 1982, Internews has worked in more than 90 countries, and currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

Our commitment to a culture of belonging

Internews is passionate about our core values and about supporting positive change in the world. We pride ourselves on our commitment to innovation and flexibility. We believe that diverse teams are strong teams, and work to support an ethic of belonging, dignity, and justice for all people. Our current team includes a mix of genders, parents and non-parents, the self-taught, and people of multiple races, nationalities, ages, sexual orientations, and socio-economic backgrounds. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage candidates of all races, genders, ages, abilities, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply, and actively welcome those with alternative backgrounds and experiences.

About the role

Internews Europe is looking for an experienced Press Officer with good media contacts in the UK and international media and particular expertise in the field of international development and/or healthcare, technology, and media sectors.

We are looking for a strong and engaging writer and careful editor with the energy, connections and skill to get stories and opinion pieces into leading international media and relevant local press. You will create campaigns linked to our major strategic priorities of healthcare communication, internet platform accountability, and media sustainability – and strategically target communication to key press targets. You will write press releases, opinion pieces, reports and other materials and secure media opportunities in broadcast, online and other media for experts within the organisation.

You will report directly to the CEO of Internews Europe, with a dotted line to the Vice President of External Affairs and will be expected to work as part of an international team and with communications colleagues based in the United States and elsewhere.

Key responsibilities:

• Regularly scan media landscape for opportunities to share Internews’ expertise on topics related to international development, media sustainability, the role of local news organisations, internet platform accountability and healthcare information, among others.
• Research new outlets that target specific audiences to publish Internews stories
• Build on your current network of media contacts
• Propose ideas for opinion pieces and stories, write and edit such articles and get these published in target publications as well as on the Internews website
• Propose ideas for broadcast and other media opportunities for experts within the Internews alliance
• Build on your existing network of journalists by developing relationships with staff writers and editors to reach new audiences

Essential skills and attributes

• At least 5 years’ journalism or media relations experience, including editing
• Network of media contacts, including at leading international publications
• Impeccable writing skills and the nose for a ‘good story’
• Eagle-eyed attention to detail and factual accuracy
• Ability to work with a small team, initially remotely
• Ability to spot media opportunities and execute delivery at high speed
• Ability to work flexibly across a number of time zones

Desirable skills and attributes

• Knowledge of the media and information development sector and/or healthcare and tech beats

Recruitment timeline:

Closing date for applications: 25 January 2021

Candidates must submit a succinct covering letter of no more than 2-pages explaining how they satisfy the requirements of the person speciation in addition to a CV highlighting relevant experience. The successful candidate will also be asked to provide three professional referees, one of whom must be from their most recent employer.

The above noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, all the tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the job holder a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of his/her position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position.

This position will be located in the United Kingdom and therefore a successful applicant must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.

Press Officer (Corporate and Fundraising Communications)

Salary: £29,750 per annum

Location: Stratford office-based, London with flexible working opportunities

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 35 per week

Application deadline: Wednesday 20th January 2021, 23:59pm

Application method: CV and cover letter

Interview: date TBC, interviews will be over video conference

A bit about us

Our purpose at Cancer Research UK is to speed up progress in research and beat cancer. The pioneering work we do into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives, but we still have a long way to go. That's where you come in…

A bit about the role

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with a minimum 2 years' communications experience to join our Corporate and Fundraising Comms team. As part of the Communications department, the Corporate and Fundraising Comms team tells the story of Cancer Research UK through the media to help build understanding of our purpose and support for our work.

As a press officer, you'll plan, prepare and execute communications activities and campaigns that support the charity's fundraising and corporate activities. We're looking for someone with experience and/or understanding of corporate comms as this role will focus on our fundraising, corporate and philanthropy comms. Reporting into the senior manager, you'll join a team of senior press officers and press officers with a range of communications skills and backgrounds.

What are some of the things you can you expect to be doing? (Full list in candidate pack link below)

• Work on communications campaigns and events; drafting and executing comms plans, and creating press materials, with support from a senior officer or senior manager?

• Help devise bold, ambitious content, feature and story ideas to sell-in to national media and use across multiple comms channels ?

• Build relationships with journalists and key opinion leaders to ensure Cancer Research UK is front-of-mind and the go-to charity for comments, info and stories related to cancer and/or fundraising

• Receive and respond to media enquiries in a timely manner, including news desk duties, and advise/brief spokespeople on media opportunities?

• Assist with crisis comms issues, drafting media lines and updating key stakeholders

• Liaise with comms colleagues on the development and roll-out of media stories and campaigns to ensure the right comms channels are used and key audiences are reached

What are some the key skills we're looking for? (Full list in candidate pack link below)

Essential

• Minimum 2 years' experience working in PR, either in-house or agency

• Experience in corporate PR, or able to demonstrate an understanding of corporate PR

• A good knowledge of media landscape

• Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to find creative ways to publicise our corporate and fundraising initiatives

• Able to identify and solve problems with minimal guidance

• Can provide routine advice, guidance and support to colleagues and key stakeholders

• Accountable for a busy workload while receiving a moderate level of supervision and direction from management

• Able to prioritise day-to-day tasks and make decisions within established guidelines and policies; can allocate time to meet deadlines

• Can explain information clearly and encourage colleagues to understand different points of view

If the above sounds like you, and for the full role profile, please see our candidate pack here:

Head of Press – Maternity Cover
Location: King’s Cross, London*
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum, pro rata
Contract: 10 Months Fixed Term Contract

Art Fund is the national fundraising charity for art. We believe that art can make you see, think and feel differently, and through our work we help make art more accessible to as many visitors as possible, wherever they are. We give grants to help museums and galleries acquire works of art for their collections, share them with wide audiences, and support the training and professional development of curators. We are supported by our growing membership of 159,000 through the National Art Pass, as well as the generosity of many trusts, foundations and other individuals.

The Head of Press will widely communicate Art Fund’s work as the national charity for art. They will work with our hundreds of museum and gallery partners across the UK to publicise how Art Fund’s support has helped them do more: from buying, commissioning or conserving works of art, to sharing them across the UK, to providing funding and opportunities for curators.

The Head of Press also plays a key role in helping shape and deliver the communications campaign for Art Fund Museum of the Year, the largest museum prize in the world. They will contribute to the fundraising activities of Art Fund through supporting media relations campaigns for projects on our crowdfunding platform Art Happens to promoting the National Art Pass to ambitious public appeals to help save important works of art. They will also work closely with colleagues on Art Fund’s work lobbying for positive changes to policies to better protect UK museums and their collections.

They will implement and evaluate the Art Fund’s PR, communications and public affairs strategy, working in close collaboration with the Director of Communications and other key staff members. The post holder will be thoroughly involved in all aspects of Art Fund’s work and be a ‘go to’ person for members of the media and the internal staff team for their wide knowledge of the sector and our support. 

They will be skilled at managing and getting the best from external PR agencies, freelancers, suppliers and partners. They will be confident creating position statements and Q&As, briefing media, managing complex media enquiries, and preparing senior staff for interviews, being keenly attuned to reputational risk. They will work closely and collaboratively with other members of the Communications team to actively contribute to a communications and content strategy which serves the needs of the organisation.

Closing date: 19th January 2021

For more information:
Please download the Job Description included below and click the apply button to attach your CV, it will be sent automatically to us. 

Thank you for your interest in Art Fund. We will review your application and will contact you if you have been selected for interview.

We receive an overwhelming number of responses to our posts and unfortunately, are unable to reply individually to every applicant or provide feedback.

*The role’s location will be our King Cross office (2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH), with all staff currently working remotely, as will the successful candidate initially. However, once we are back in the office, there would be a reasonable expectation for them to work from the office, as regularly as everyone else.

No agencies please. 

Press & Communications Officer

We are seeking a Press and Communications Officer to generate and maximise positive media coverage of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, in order to further the aims and objectives of the campaign.

Press & Communications Officer Responsibilities:

To date the campaign has been entirely run by volunteers, but as it has grown and developed there has been an increasing need for staff support to ensure that we are as effective as possible and have the best possible chance of achieving our campaign objectives. The Press and Communications Officer will provide wide-ranging support to the campaign in ensuring effective media coverage and achieving maximum engagement with social media channels. This will include media liaison and monitoring for opportunities, interview booking as well as prepping and training spokespeople, sharing content on our social channels, as well as a proactive and innovative approach to getting our campaign in the news.

This role will work with two other paid roles, the Campaign Manager and Campaign Coordinator and be line-managed by the Campaign Manager. Support will also be provided by a large pool of volunteers with a range of responsibilities and expertise. We are really excited for the potential these new roles bring to take our campaign to the next level and amplify the voices of bereaved families to secure positive change.

Press & Communications Officer Requirements:

• An understanding of the role news coverage plays in winning campaigns
• Experience of providing media services to an organisation dealing with contested matters of public interest
• Ability to advise, support and lead staff in carrying out media activities
• Ability to formulate and implement media strategy solely and within teams
• Ability to craft compelling messages that influence news coverage
• Demonstrable and detailed knowledge of the workings and needs of media in the UK
• Ability to advocate for and represent the campaign in meetings and publicly, if required
• Ability to solve problems relating to the work of a press office
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of communicating clearly in face to face meetings and in difficult circumstances
• Experience of developing strong and enduring relationships with journalists
• Ability to manage the social media accounts of an organisation

About Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK:

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice is a newly formed not-for-profit organisation working to provide a voice for families bereaved by Covid-19. We have more than 2,000 members who are all personally bereaved and at the heart of everything we do. We’re campaigning for a statutory public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the pandemic so that families can get answers and lessons can be learnt to prevent further loss of life. Alongside our campaign to secure an inquiry, we are also campaigning for improved bereavement support for families and to ensure that those bereaved are protected from hardship.

As a group of volunteers we've already produced agenda-setting front page news stories, garnered support from hundreds of thousands of people, given oral testimony to influential parliamentary committees, held high-level political meetings and been discussed by the Prime Minister in Parliament. Now we’re recruiting paid staff to take the campaign to the next level.

Location: Anywhere in UK - Home Based

Job type: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract (12 months, possibility for extension subject to funding)

Salary: £28,000 per annum

Benefits: 3% employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and additional closure days in December

You may have experience of the following: Communications Officer, Media Manager, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Officer, Project Management, Charity, Third Sector, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, Press Officer, etc.

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Job title: Regional Social Media Officer
Salary: Up to £30,209.35 per annum, plus excellent benefits
Location: National Cat Centre, Chelwood Gate
Job type: Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Closing date: 24 January 2021
Virtual Interview date: w/c 8 Feb 2021

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Regional Social Media Officer to join our Digital Engagement team. You'll be working with the Digital Engagement Manager and Social Media Officer to support our branches and centres across the UK with their social media presence, while delivering our brand values in accordance with our social media strategy.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. We help around 200,000 cats and kittens every year - that’s around 500 a day!

Cats Protection’s Digital Engagement team, based in the Communications department, looks after social media, email marketing and video production for our popular social media and YouTube channels. Small but busy, the Digital Engagement team produces informative cat care videos and emails as well as the charity’s e-newsletter, and works hard at building an engaged community of cat lovers online so that we can talk all things “cat” with supporters and promote better feline welfare across the UK. No two days are the same – with a busy content calendar, one day could involve jumping on a trend, the next we could be launching a major national campaign. You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with lots of teams across Cats Protection so it’s the place to be if you’re a people person!

As our Regional Social Media Officer you'll work closely with our Social Media Officer to plan and create content for our wider network’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels. You'll develop new, effective ways to provide branches, centres and shops with the support they need as well as guidance and resources to help them achieve their objectives.

You'll have previous experience working in social media for a large organisation, adhering to brand guidelines and creating an engaging tone of voice online. You will have excellent customer service, communication and copywriting skills as well as outstanding attention to detail and in-depth knowledge of the individual social platforms. If you're creative, have a positive attitude and are customer focused, this role is for you!

To apply for this position please click the APPLY ONLINE button. Our application process requires you submit a CV and answer screening questions – including explaining your interest and suitability for the role. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.

Please note the recruitment process for this position will include an assessment centre.

Media Officer (South West)

Please note the deadline for submitting applications for this vacancy is 10am on the closing date.

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Media Officer Responsibilities:

At Alzheimer’s Society, we are passionately committed to creating a dementia movement that inspires people to take action and unite against the UK’s biggest killer.

Have you got what it takes to build on our success so far in making dementia the health and social care issue of our time? Then we can promise you a stimulating and varied role in our busy Regional Media Team, helping to build and maintain a high impact, positive media profile for the charity.
Working within the Regional Media team, the Media Officer will deliver Alzheimer’s Society’s external communication work at a local and regional level – raising the charity’s profile while increasing public understanding of dementia in the South West and Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands.

This role will give you a chance to really make a difference to people affected by dementia who need our support, more than ever.

Media Officer Requirements:

We are looking for a tenacious, committed and ambitious Media Officer who has a great news sense and an ability to think creatively to secure media coverage. You must have a good understanding of regional media and will be able to spot, and maximise, PR opportunities.
You will be required to work autonomously and as part of different project groups to deliver a range of creative and integrated campaigns across regional broadcast, print and online media to reach key audiences. Through powerful storytelling you will engage and inspire people to help us support the 850,000 people with dementia in the UK and their families.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.

Position: Media Officer
Location: South West England
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Job Share, 14 per week Monday and Tuesday (9am-5pm)
Salary: £10,120 - £11,051.20 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)

Closing Date: 21 January 2021
Interview Date: 2 February 2021

You may have experience of the following: Media Officer, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, PR, Public Relations, Campaign Management, Policy Officer, Researcher, Marcoms, Marketing Communications, Press Officer, Journalist, Journalism, Voluntary Sector, etc.

Ref: 96283

This role can be based at any of our 9 offices; Croydon, Central London, Brent, Oxford, Coventry, Birmingham, Rotherham, Liverpool or Newcastle.

About us
Crisis is the UK’s national homelessness charity. We work side-by-side with people to help them rebuild their lives. Through decades of experience of working with people who are homeless, we know what’s needed to leave homelessness behind for good. We use this experience to shape the services we provide and the changes we campaign for. 

The News and Media team play a central role in building Crisis’ public profile, awareness of our year-round services and securing the changes we need to ensure everyone has a safe and stable place to call home. We tell compelling stories of people who’ve experienced homelessness, support our fundraising efforts on a national and regional level and highlight our work at Christmas and throughout the year in new and creative ways. 

About the role
As Crisis’ Senior Media Officer specialising in services, engagement and fundraising, you will play a key role helping us plan and deliver creative media campaigns that bring our work to life, demonstrating how we end peoples’ homelessness for good through education, training and support with housing, employment and health. You will also help raise the profile of our range of fundraising events, campaigns and corporate partnerships with key target audiences.  

Your role will be stimulating and varied. You’ll work with our frontline staff to identify people facing homelessness who want to share their stories and empower them to do so. You’ll also work alongside our Artist Liaison Manager to devise creative ways for our high-profile supporters and ambassadors to engage with the cause publicly and play a crucial role in some of our biggest organisational campaigns, like our annual Christmas campaign. You will also help make the most of reactive opportunities that come through to our press office and help build relationships with key journalists. 

About you
You’ll be a skilled communicator with experience of working within a busy press office environment/PR agency or as a journalist. 
You’ll have a track record of delivering high-profile, integrated media strategies that secure quality coverage in national, regional and consumer outlets. 
A passion for writing, and experience of working with and interviewing case studies, will mean you know how to tell a compelling story that will capture the attention of journalists and build public support for our goal of ending homelessness for good.

Benefits
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% 
- 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.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Wednesday 27th January 2021 
Interviews will be held from w/c 8th February

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

UKLGIG, the leading UK charity dedicated to supporting LGBTQI+ people through the asylum and immigration system, is recruiting its first campaigns role dedicated to improving the asylum and immigration system for LGBTQI+ people.

UKLGIG has been supporting LGBTQI+ people through the asylum and immigration system and campaigning for their rights since 1993. We are now looking for a Senior Campaigns Officer to help galvanise a new supporter base in favour of an asylum and immigration system that treats LGBTQI+ people fairly and with dignity, and provides safety to those in need of international protection. This is a unique opportunity to apply your experience and knowledge of public campaigning, building relationships with allies and ensuring meaningful involvement of people with lived experience to mobilise LGBTQI+ audiences to campaign for reform of the asylum and immigration system.

You will:

• Work closely with the Executive Director to develop and deliver an impactful campaign strategy that mobilises new audiences and influencers, particularly those outside the refugee and migration sector, to build pressure for reform of the asylum and immigration system to the benefit of all those who go through it.
• Build relationships with potential allies and mobilise LGBTQI+ audiences to take campaign actions.
• Ensure people with lived experience are meaningfully involved in UKLGIG campaigns.

UKLGIG is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this vacancy.

Owing to the nature of the work with vulnerable adults, the successful applicant will be required to undergo a basic DBS check and to disclose all unspent criminal records at the point of conditional job offer.

HOURS: Full-time (35 hours per week). Job sharing will be considered. Occasional work in the evenings and at weekends may be required when face-to-face working resumes but with plenty of notice.

LOCATION: UKLGIG’s offices are based in Borough, central London. All UKLGIG staff are currently working from home due to Covid-19. A mix of working at home and/or the office is likely for the foreseeable future. When face-to-face working resumes, there might be occasional travel outside London with plenty of notice.

ANNUAL LEAVE: 25 days per year, increasing by one day per holiday year after two years of employment up to a maximum of 28 days

CLOSING DATE: 10.00 am, Thu 21 January 2021

INTERVIEW DATES: 3 and 4 February 2021

HOW TO APPLY: Please read the job description and person specification. Email your completed application form and optional monitoring form to the email address in the Job Description. We do not accept CVs.

I'm thrilled to be working with a wonderful health focused charity who have a strong name in the sector because of their brilliant work. You will work to increase awareness and understanding of, and support for the charity across the UK with a particular focus on amplifying the charity's policy, research and campaigning work to improve the lives of those they support.

You will also play a key role in covering the charity's work in the North West region by securing meaningful media coverage for agreed projects, and developing positive relationships both across the organisation and with regional media and key external stakeholders to support wider comms.

They are looking for someone with excellent working knowledge of national and regional media, the ability to brief key stakeholders ahead of interviews with the media and an understanding of how PR campaigns work as part of wider marketing mix.

The successful candidate must have a strong background in PR or Journalism and any experience in working across major policy, academic research or campaigning work is advantageous.

The role is a maternity cover role, until end of May 2021 (approx. 5 months), and may be extended. You'll need to be available to start in January.

Location: Home based currently.

Salary: £26,044 to £33,858 pa (pro rata) plus £3500 pa London Weighting if based in

London - depending on experience

Closing Date: ASAP- we will review applications on a rolling basis.

Application Process: Please email your CV to [email protected] for more information.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sufra NW London is a Community Hub that provides a lifeline to people in crisis – including families living in extreme poverty and people who are vulnerable, homeless or socially isolated. We provide them with the food and support they need to survive, empower them to learn new skills and improve their wellbeing, and help them to find work and become financially stable.

Role Description

We are recruiting a temporary Communications Officer to cover a period of 9 months of maternity leave. This position will implement the charity’s communications strategy and support the Fundraising Manager. The post will work closely with senior staff to manage internal and external communications and marketing campaigns to raise the profile of the charity, engage new audiences and existing stakeholders, and generate income.

We are seeking a highly articulate and proactive individual with a flair for communications and 3 years’ experience in a similar communications role. The candidate will have excellent writing skills, be a confident communicator and an organised self-starter. You will have demonstrable experience of managing a diverse workload and being able to prioritise tasks and work under pressure. Graphic design skills would be desirable but not essential.

This is an immensely rewarding role working in a dynamic charity built on an ethos of sharing, hospitality, and inclusivity. We are looking for an exceptionally committed individual who is willing to go the extra mile and has flexibility to work during evenings and weekends when necessary. Through your activities, you will be able to convey the charity’s passion and commitment to supporting vulnerable people and demonstrate the impact of our interventions in transforming the lives of beneficiaries.

Flexible working hours/days are available to fit around childcare or other needs, including some home working.

To apply for this role, please submit the following by email:

1. A CV and a short Covering Letter that is no more than 2 pages long.
2. A completed Equal Opportunities Form, which can be downloaded here.
3. A completed Work Task, which includes the following piece of work:

Produce a Communications Plan to launch and drive a Winter Emergency Appeal for the charity. Please include a Press Release and a graphic design we could use on our website/social media pages. Note: The Work Task is not designed to test your understanding of the charity; it is to assess your writing, strategic and graphic design skills (graphic design skills are not essential for the role).

Deadline for applications Monday 1 February 2021

The role

You will provide strong leadership both internally and externally, working with the staff, the Board of Trustees, volunteers, partners and stakeholders to position SMA UK firmly as the SMA Community’s leading charity and voice.

Your key responsibility of developing and driving the strategic plan and vision for SMA UK includes ensuring the ongoing delivery of our support services to the SMA Community; increasing our financial resources through fundraising, partnerships, and campaigns; building public awareness and understanding of Spinal Muscular Atrophy; ensuring the highest standards of governance.

You will also be the lead advocate, spokesperson and liaison for SMA UK engaging with the SMA Community, Regulatory Authorities, Government, Pharmaceutical Companies, Patient Groups, clinicians, media, press and other national and international SMA organisations.

We are committed to safeguarding all children and adults at risk and expect you to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will have:

• A proven track record in leadership
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to engage with people from different backgrounds
• An ability to present people’s views and experiences in ways that will be accessible and capture people’s attention
• Creative vision and drive to develop new ideas
• An interest in quality of life for disabled people and a commitment to gaining an in depth understanding of SMA and the challenges faced by people affected by the condition
• All the qualities of an effective team player with a willingness and ability to work with and across all teams to meet the wider organisation’s objectives.

Diversity and equality of opportunity matter at SMA UK. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of our team – the more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect the breadth of our Community. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to, you are welcome. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

About us

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a rare, genetically inherited neuromuscular condition. It causes progressive muscle weakness and loss of movement due to muscle wasting (atrophy). This may affect crawling and walking ability, arm, hand and neck movement, breathing and swallowing.

Established for over 35 years, SMA UK is a national charity committed to providing support and services to those impacted by this rare and complex genetic condition. We are also active in funding research into SMA, involved with advocacy for access to drug treatments, and raising public awareness.

Location

SMA UK’s office is in Stratford-upon-Avon with staff living within commuting distance. Volunteers are UK wide. The charity has a good IT infrastructure. Working from home is possible but regular travel to the office and other locations will be required.

Closing date: Friday 14th February. Provisional Interview Date: Monday 1st March.

Digital Officer

• Salary: £24,000-£26,000
• Full-time, usually based in central London, with remote working during the Covid-19 pandemic.

We are recruiting a Digital Officer to work in the British Association of Dermatologists’ Communications Team reporting to the Director of Communications. We are looking for an experienced communications professional, with digital expertise, to manage the day-to-day running of our social media channels, websites, and other digital initiatives, including apps and podcasts. The successful candidate will be the main website editor for all BAD websites.

Candidates for this role do not require development/programming skills but should be able to communicate project requirements to external agencies.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience working in digital communications, either in-house or agency, within a charity or healthcare setting
• Plenty of experience using CMS systems – specifically WordPress
• The ability to create compelling digital campaigns
• Excellent skills when it comes to creating engaging content for social media and websites, be that copy, images, video, or audio
• An excellent understanding of social media marketing
• Experience in the use of monitoring and analytics tools to evaluate digital platforms and content, and to plan future work
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, ensuring that brand guidelines are met, and that content produced is consistent
• Good interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, as this role will be working across all teams in the organisation, supporting their digital projects
• A history of delivering digital projects, such as websites and apps, working with agencies (either from the in-house side or agency side)

The successful candidate will also be expected to support the work of the wider Communications Team, as necessary, including public relations, public affairs, and events.

We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse organisation, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The deadline for applications closes on 1st February at 13:00.

To apply, please upload a CV and cover letter in Word format in the first instance – applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Interviews will take place on Friday the 5th and Tuesday the 9th of February.

Want to help scale up some of the best innovations to social problems?

Do you want to support us to scale up solutions to the world’s most pressing social needs? Interested in working in an innovative, flexible and dynamic team? We’re looking for someone to join our UK team as a Programme Officer supporting with the delivery of our flagship Scale Accelerator programme, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.

The organisation

Spring Impact is an organisation with a bold social mission.

We work with social impact projects around the world that are doing truly transformative work but are frustrated that they are reaching fewer people than they could. We help these organisations develop the plans, the systems and the processes they need in order to reach many more people.

We support organisations primarily through direct consultancy with charities and social enterprises. We also run training and publish tools supporting mission-driven organisations to understand how they can scale and reach more people. We also aim to influence the sector, with a focus on trusts and foundations, to create an environment that supports mission-driven organisations with proven solutions to scale them up. 

Spring Impact is a registered charity, but one that operates with bags of entrepreneurial drive. We are innovative, imaginative and highly skilled in doing a lot with a little. The team you will be joining are an exceptional bunch who have been drawn from highly successful careers in a variety of fields and who have chosen to focus their talents on scaling social impact.

The programme

Scale Accelerator is Spring Impact’s flagship programme. It provides fully-funded support to some of the most exciting mission-driven organisations in the UK, helping them to develop the strategies, plans and systems they need to reach more people and change more lives. Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund, it has the potential to make a real difference to how the UK social sector scales impact.

The role

We are looking for someone to join our dynamic and growing UK team to support the Programme Manager to coordinate and deliver the Scale Accelerator programme.

This role combines the opportunity to provide hands-on support for charities and social enterprises (helping shape and deliver the group-based element of the programme, and provide coaching support to alumni) with the chance to support and influence the wider sector in the UK (by supporting our funder advocacy work and sharing scale-related tools and learning with the wider sector).

We are looking for candidates with a passion for supporting the UK not-for-profit sector to develop. You will be confident in taking responsibility for your own work and communicating complex information, and will be driven by the opportunity to learn and develop within the role.

Other details

• Salary: starting at £26,700 per annum. Salary may be negotiable dependent on previous consultancy experience
• Fixed term (18 months)
• Work location is London Bridge, London (Exact location TBC as the team is currently relocating to the London Bridge area)
• Starting from February or March 2020
• You will need existing permission to work in the UK
• Full time, with option for part time (3 days per week plus)

Deadline and interview dates

Deadline for application: 5 pm, Tuesday 19th January 2021.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a short telephone interview, taking place on Monday 25th January 2021.

A smaller shortlist will then be invited to a final video interview, taking place on Thursday 28th and Friday 29th January 2021.

Please keep these dates free and be aware that there will be a short notification period before each interview.

Diversity

Spring Impact understands that in order to provide the best possible advice to our diverse client base across a wide range of sectors, we are strongest when our team has a variety of experience, expertise, and insights to draw from. For us, diversity isn’t merely a strategy: it’s an essential part of our organisational success. We are committed to ensuring that Spring Impact is representative of our society at large, and is an inclusive environment for all, regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, and socioeconomic background.

Safer Recruitment Practices for COVID-19

We know there are many challenges with recruiting staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Being unable to meet candidates in person, needing to recruit new staff in a timely manner presents its own challenges.  Spring Impact have adjusted its recruitment practices to ensure the safety of candidates and our staff whilst adhering to Government guidelines.  To keep you fully updated throughout the recruitment process, we will:

• Continue to accept applications submitted through the recruitment platform
• Notify shortlisted candidates of interview or assessments via email or telephone
• Arrange interview using appropriate technology – primarily Zoom
• Notify successful candidate by telephone with confirmation email

However, in the event that it is possible and desirable to do this interview face to face, in order to ensure that candidates face no barriers to attending interview, Spring Impact will reimburse the train fare of anyone travelling from outside of London.

Flexible working

Because we understand that an office-based 9-to-5 will not suit everyone, staff at Spring Impact are encouraged to make use of our generous flexible working policy. Wherever possible we aim to give each person responsibility to choose when and where they work, and to find the right balance between office-based and home working. We are also happy to discuss further accommodations you may require to fulfil this role.

We are open to hearing from candidates that would prefer a part-time role, as long as the candidate is able to work at least 3 days a week.

Your career at Spring Impact

This post is fixed term for an 18-month period in line with the funding period for the Scale Accelerator programme.  Potential to transition into another position within Spring Impact upon programme completion, as fit and business need allows.

To make an application

You will need existing permission to work in the UK to apply for this role.

To make an application please submit a written application, carefully following our guidance below.

The written application should include:

• An email / cover note, detailing:

• Which role you are applying for
• How you heard about the job
• When you would be available to start
• Whether you are interested in a part time role (if so, how many days)
• Whether you require any reasonable adjustments in the interview process (including details)
• Confirm that you have the right to work in the UK for at least the 18 month contract period
• Confirm that you have a degree and which institution this was from (this is for due diligence purposes, the recruiters will not see this information)

• A supporting statement of no more than 500 words, demonstrating:
   
  • Your understanding of Spring Impact’s mission and what, therefore, attracts you to the organization and to the Scale Accelerator programme in particular
  • The respects in which your skills, knowledge and experience are a good fit for the role, with specific reference to the Job Description and Person Specification

Please note: We are committed to diversity and want to reduce room for unconscious bias in our recruitment processes. Therefore please do not submit a CV and do not include your name or university attended in your supporting statement.

We aim to keep our recruitment processes as fair and open as possible. We are therefore unable to meet with potential candidates before interview. If you have any questions about specific elements of the application process, please direct your enquiries to [email protected] email address.

Please note that the job offer will be subject to references.