Press Officer

Salary: £26k Full time

Location: Reading

Closing Date: 29th September 2019

The fast-paced marketing team drives activity that supports fundraising, wishgranting and brand development. Within this role, you will support us to generate national, broadcast and local coverage for wishes and campaigns.

You could be support us by telling our compelling stories of wishes, fundraising, fundraisers and our own corporate narrative. You could also be helping on campaigns with influencers.  In the event of a crisis, you’ll provide us with high quality, confidential support. You’ll be a key part of the press office function that faces the outside world.  You’ll also provide advice, support and guidance as our community team develop our ambitions around granting more wishes in the community, and the shifts this will mean in our current approach to supporting PR activities.

The focus for this role is owned and earned channel engagement.

You’ll be managed by our new PR and Influencer Engagement Manager but will need to work closely with fellow marketing team colleagues - we’re a close team and need to work together tightly and coherently (and with our fundraising and wishgranting colleagues) to deliver maximum results.

This is a busy role that requires a go-getting attitude and enthusiasm. You’ll need to demonstrate your experience of press and media, showing us how you craft releases, generate coverage and measure the impact you’re having with your work.  How you build and nurture relationships is key too – so we’ll be looking for someone with experience of working with a range of stakeholders.

You’ll need to be able to prioritise and demonstrate enthusiasm and a can-do attitude. The nature of our work is quite sensitive at times so a degree of emotional resilience is required.

Hours: This role is a full time role based on 37 hours a week.  We operate an agile working environment offering flexibility in working practices.

Working at Make-A-Wish UK is a rewarding place to work, every day you will be helping to make a difference granting life-changing wishes to seriously ill children.

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested where required.

Make-A-Wish is committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as it’s important that our trustees, employees, ambassadors and volunteers reflect the communities we serve at every level within the organisation.

Please read the full Job Description below before applying and apply ASAP as applications will be reviewed regularly with an aim for interviews to be held in late September / early October 2019.

To apply:

Please email your CV and covering letter including your response to the following two questions:

Question 1. What can you bring to Make-A-Wish?

Question 2. Thinking about a time where you’ve have developed a successful relationship – please tell us know how you contributed to its success and what were the key elements in guiding and maintaining that relationship?

This well known homeless charity are looking for a part-time media professional to come and join their team. Within this role you can look forward to join the charity during an exciting period, with many key projects and campaigns coming up to get stuck into. You will play a leading role in raising the profile of the charity to support awareness of their service impact and their key campaigns and fundraising initiatives. You will be leading on the coordination of media initiatives with key stakeholders, and support senior staff around media issues and reputational risks. You will be coordinating a more proactive approach to making and executing PR plans, and write, co-ordinate and issues media releases.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an experienced media relations professional
• Have experience in both a proactive and reactive press office
• Have strong experience in advising senior staff on media issues

Please note that applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.

Full time, Permanent

Grade EL, Salary £34,545 per annum                                                                     

Location: London

Close date:  4 October 2019

Interview date: TBC

The Royal College of General Practitioners is the ‘voice’ of general practice. As the professional membership body for family doctors we represent GPs on the issues that matter most to them – and their patients. We have an exceptionally high media profile and, over the last two years, have secured a record number of mentions in Parliament.

We are looking to recruit a highly-motivated colleague to join our PR and Corporate Communications Team to help us build on our success and take the College’s reputation to the next level, right across the UK. 

As Press and PR Officer you will be a part of the RCGP’s small but incredibly busy 24/7 Press Office, dealing with multiple queries from national and local journalists daily. You will use high levels of judgement to balance risk, raise the profile of the College across the UK and protect the reputation of both the College and the GP profession.

You will develop proactive media and social media strategies at both a local and national level – sourcing stories, pitching them to journalists and providing strategic advice to College spokespeople ahead of interviews. You will also source, write and produce articles for the College’s membership magazine GP Frontline and its supplements, which both go out to the RCGP’s 52,000 members.

The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions.

To apply please upload your CV and cover letter via the RCGP Vacancies page on our website.

The Royal College of General Practitioners is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

                                                                      ~ Great doctors great care ~

JOB PURPOSE

• To further raise the profile of the RCGP and increase national and regional media coverage across print, broadcast, online and social channels, in line with College campaign and policy priorities, to influence decision-makers and opinion-formers
• To pro-actively promote the work of the RCGP and respond quickly and sensitively to negative or critical news stories, using astute judgement to manage risk and limit potential damage to the reputation of the College at both a national and local level
• To draft high-quality media statements and press releases across a wide variety of complex clinical and policy issues
• To identify potential storylines about the work the College does regionally that can be developed into positive, pro-active media stories or articles for College publications in order to raise the RCGP’s profile at a local level
• To write and edit material for internal and external audiences, including the RCGP Chair’s weekly e-bulletin to members and the College’s quarterly membership magazine GP Frontline
• To provide strategic advice and briefings to senior spokespeople identifying and promoting key College policies, highlighting risks and ensuring that the RCGP communicates consistent messages
• To work with the Digital Team to further develop the RCGP’s social media strategy ensure that traditional and social media activities are joined up
• To provide a 24/7 out of hours media rota, including weekends and public holidays, with other colleagues in the team

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES

Education

A Level English

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Previous experience in journalism, press office or media environment

Demonstrable track record in writing and editing newspapers or magazines (portfolio required)

Proven experience of running proactive public relations campaigns and crisis management

Experience of working in a national membership organisation, charity or similar organisation

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills (evidence of published work - articles, speeches, reports and other material aimed at a wide range of target audiences)

Ability to work authoritatively, knowledgeably and confidently with journalists and senior College spokespeople and College members

Excellent news sense and ability to identify pro-active stories

Demonstrable experience of crisis management 

Resilience and ability to use own initiative, manage competing demands, prioritise workload and meet deadlines

Creativity and ability to manage projects from ideas stage to implementation

Good team player

Excellent attention to detail

Thorough understanding of current affairs and health agenda

Pleasant and approachable manner and ability to deal with people at all levels

Conscientious and reliable

TPP is currently working with a specialist charity who provide food to children in disadvantaged areas, to support them with their education.

Supporting over 200,000 through their direct and partners' efforts they are going through a period of growth which will enable them increase the number of schools they work with, which is currently at 1800.

They are seeking to hire a Press & Celebrity Relationship Manager to join their organisation, reporting into the Head of Communications. You will support with press and media enquiries and with publicising the work of our client via print and broadcast media. It will involve working closely with teams across the organisation to raise awareness of their work, key activities and highlight their partnerships.

In addition, this role will be responsible for the relationship management of high profile and celebrity supporters of the charity, ensuring they feel valued and that their involvement is impactful and supports the wider objectives of the charity.

Your duties and responsibilities will include

• Ensure all PR activity has high impact; through co-creating and delivering an effective PR plan; building extensive external networks and actively seeking media opportunities.
• Foster good relations with the media
• Respond to journalist enquiries through email and phone calls
• Write, distribute and sell in press releases and feature ideas to journalists
• Be engaged with the activities of the Charity, seeking out new stories and campaigns
• Devise and produce proactive media campaigns in collaboration with the Head of Communications and Policy and Fundraising teams to support the charity's objectives
• Support the Fundraising Team to develop comms plans where required for specified funders.
• Secure appropriate and relevant
• Coordinate spokespeople to speak to the media on behalf of our client.
• Coordinate press events and associated media coverage
• Help to prepare regular reports on media coverage for our client's teams.
• Proofread, write and update communication materials (including media statements).
• Respond to the media during crisis PR events or negative incidents, in close collaboration with the charity's Senior Leadership Team

Your experience will include :

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong copywriting, editing and proofreading skills with the ability to make complex information accessible to the layperson
• Excellent attention to detail
• A minimum of 2 years experience of working as a PR professional either within the not for profit, commercial sector (In house or agency side)
• Strong interpersonal skills to build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Planning and campaign management skills.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering PR campaigns.
• Experience in managing and coordinating events

Communications and PR Officer

Salary: Up to £32,000

Octavia believe that good homes make for better lives.

Inspired by our founder, the social reformer Octavia Hill, we are a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality affordable homes, support, care and community services in London. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed housing to make a difference. We also believe in building happier lives and resilient communities by focusing on people as individuals, providing them with a range of services, and the opportunity to support themselves.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Communications and PR Officer to join us. The main purpose of this role is to support the Senior Communications and PR Advisor and the Assistant Director, Communications in all aspects of our Communications Strategy, including both internal and external communications. Within this role your main responsibilities will include writing well-researched copy for a variety of channels, including our resident newsletters, websites, staff intranet, stakeholder publications, marketing materials and press releases. You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to research and write positive stories and media releases and work proactively with journalists to get them published and broadcast. 

The successful candidate will have worked in a communications role previously, will be exceptionally organised and will have excellent copywriting skills. You will have experience of social media management and be a confident user of website and intranet software. You will also have first-rate IT skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word).

If you have a passion for Communications and PR and believe you could flourish being part of a busy, creative communications team, then this opportunity could be the one for you.

Location: Emily House

Hours: 35 per week

Closing Date:  Midnight 23/ 09 2019

Interview Dates: Wednesday 02 October 2019.

Senior Communications Officer

Ending extreme poverty – whatever it takes

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Our mission is to transform the lives of people living in extreme poverty. We work with 25 million people each year, in some of the hardest to reach and most fragile places, places prone to conflict, natural disasters, climate change and extreme hunger. When an emergency strikes, we are among the first on the ground. We use our voice to bring the stories of extreme poverty to world leaders. Our mission doesn’t stop until extreme poverty does.

Position: Senior Communications Officer
Location: Battersea, London
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £36,572 (salary band 5A)

Closing date: 7th October 2019
Interviews to be held: 17th and 18th October 2019.

About the role:

The Senior Communications Officer will play a key role in driving awareness and understanding of Concern Worldwide (UK)’s work, and the issues we work on, with our target audiences.

Working closely with the Director of Communications this is a key post in developing Concern’s communications capacity and meeting its communications and fundraising objectives through the shaping and delivery of strategy and operational plans.

Responsibilities:

- Proactively assist in the development and delivery of the Concern (UK) communications strategy and operational plans.
- Deputise for Director of Communications when necessary, taking responsibility for the communications function in their absence, including staff management.
- Provide support and cover, as required, to the Senior Communications Officer (Belfast), sharing responsibility for planning and chairing cross-regional meetings.
- Write, edit and proof read materials to ensure consistency and compliance with Concern’s brand, values, key messages and style guidelines.
- Maintain and commission communications materials including leaflets, brochures, banners and other branded products.
- Research and proactively find stories that will be of interest to our audiences e.g. using social listening tools.
- Write high quality, compelling copy in a range of styles including for social media, websites and press releases.
- Work with external photographers, filmmakers and designers to commission and produce content including graphics and video.
- Work with the Senior Digital Communications Officer to plan, commission and produce website content.
- Help maintain social media accounts, including writing, editing and proofing copy, scheduling posts and monitoring channels.
- Manage public relations activities for key campaigns e.g. the Ration Challenge, Aid Match appeals.
- Respond to media enquiries and opportunities as they arise to provide a timely and accurate service to media contacts.
- Negotiate, set-up and provide briefings for media interviews with Concern spokespeople.
- Lead on the analysis and evaluation of media coverage.

About you:

- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Minimum 4 years work experience in a communications role.
- Excellent written and verbal skills with the ability to adapt and appeal to various audiences.
- Proven ability and confidence to communicate, influence and negotiate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the media with a track record of effective targeting and achievement.
- Confident self-starter, enthusiastic, highly motivated, creative, with excellent planning and organisational skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team and to lead team initiatives with other staff, but also comfortable working on own.
- General IT skills, with the ability to produce professional resources and presentations.
- Readiness to travel if required.

Desirable:

- Experience of working in international development.
- Experience of managing social media accounts.
- Journalistic skills.
- Interest in and understanding of the key issues in development, and of the target groups with whom Concern Worldwide engages.
- Experience of campaigning activity.
- Experience in the use of print design and video editing software packages.

You may have experience of the following: Communications Manager, Senior Communications Executive, Marcoms, Digital Communications, Press Office, Corporate Affairs, Press Officer, PR, Public Relations, etc.

Ref: 89088

The Media & Comms Officer is responsible for making the global public aware of our work. We use the media in its broadest sense – print and digital media, social media, webzines, blogs and other online platforms, magazines, TV, radio, podcasts and so on.

• You will devise short and long-term strategies for securing media coverage.

• You’ll be passionate about telling stories and creating content, and always put the audience first.

• You will be responsible for proposing, drafting, and sending out press releases.

• You will contact key journalists to interest them in running our stories. You will be persistent but polite, not be put off by frequent rejections, and able to think laterally about how to get coverage.

• You will help plan our communications output, and think strategically about how it can best further our aims and objectives.

• You will always be thinking of the “angle” – a way to interest the media and the public in our work and secure coverage in a highly competitive environment.

• You will maintain existing media contacts and cultivate new ones.

• You will respond to media enquiries, liaise with research staff, and always push for Survival and our work to be at the heart of any story.

• You will look to expand coverage of our work into those sectors and geographical areas, especially the US, which are a high priority for us.

• You will help to coordinate media and comms work across our international offices, and work to increase collaboration between offices for greater efficiency.

• You will help out on all comms tasks, stepping in when needed to create content, engage supporters on our social media channels, and much more.

Requirements
Besides an enthusiasm for, and commitment to, Survival’s work:

• It is crucial that you be highly literate with flawless written English (native-speaker level) and extremely strong writing skills. Please do not apply unless you meet these criteria, which will be rigorously tested.

• You must be able to simplify complex details into hard-hitting copy that will grab people’s attention. This is a different skill to writing for an academic audience!

• An interest in communicating complex messages simply is essential. You must be actively interested in how the comms sector works, and up to date with the latest digital developments.

• You will need to be confident about giving interviews.

• You will need to be able to juggle a heavy workload, coordinating Survival’s comms output, responding to queries, and liaising with Survival’s offices in other countries.

• A desire to take responsibility for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization is paramount.

• Additional languages (eg. Spanish, French, German) are also advantageous.

• Video and photo editing skills are a distinct advantage.

• You should be able and willing to work outside normal office hours, if and when required.

Personal attributes

• Confidence, resourcefulness, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• An enthusiastic and personable manner – energetic and committed.

• Ability to keep calm under pressure.

• Take pleasure in completing a variety of tasks to a high standard, including routine ones.

• Excellent organizational and time management skills, and the ability to plan and prioritize effectively.

• Good IT skills, including MS Office and databases.

What can we offer you?

When you join Survival, you’re getting more than just a career: you’re gaining a unique opportunity to be at the heart of one of the most exciting campaigning organizations around. You will be working with a team of passionate people who really care about human rights and want to change the status quo.

• Communications are a vital part of our campaigning, so your work will be central to all aspects of Survival’s mission.

• Being part of a small team, you will not be pigeonholed by your job description. Your voice counts and we welcome your ideas.

• We strive to be an equal opportunities employer, with a close-knit and friendly internal culture. We treat our employees well.

• We have a pensions scheme and generous annual leave (25 days’ holiday + bonus days over Christmas and New Year).

• MacBook Pro or similar.

• Annual international team get-together.

  This is a full time position (Monday – Friday, 10am – 6pm), based in our London office. The contract is for 12 months (renewable), with a 6-month probationary period.

  Salary £22,000 – 27,000, dependent on experience.

Senior Digital Communications and Media Officer

September 2019, Full time, permanent

Salary: £28,000 per annum

Location: London

Hours: 09.00 – 17.00

Job type: Full time, permanent

Holidays: 27 days annual leave + public holidays

The Sutton Trust is a foundation committed to improving social mobility in the UK. Our work is focused on improving social mobility through education opportunities. We want to level the playing field for young people from low and middle income backgrounds so that they have a fair chance of accessing leading universities, apprenticeships and jobs.

The Trust is recruiting a creative and committed Senior Digital Communications and Media Officer, to join a small, high-performing team. Reporting to the Associate Director of Media and Communications, the successful candidate will play an important role in communicating the work of the Trust – including its research, policy priorities, programmes and alumni stories - to external audiences. They will manage the Sutton Trust’s digital presence, including its website and social media profiles; support the Trust’s media work; and design reports and infographics.

We are looking for someone with strong digital skills, who is confident in using a wide variety of social media platforms and who can write crisp copy for a range of different audiences.

Safeguarding statement

The Sutton Trust believes that a child, young person or vulnerable adult should never experience abuse of any kind. We all have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people and to keep them safe. Therefore all posts undergo a safer recruitment process, including but not limited to, disclosure of criminal records where necessary and eligibility to work in the UK. We have procedures in place to promote safeguarding and a safe culture at the Trust.

To apply

Please download the candidate application pack from our website, complete the application form, and submit it to us.

The applicant pack includes:

• Job description and person specification
• Application form

Applications should reach us by 1:00pm on Friday 27th September, with interviews held on Friday 4th October.

Please state your name and the role you are applying for in the subject line of the email, and it would also be greatly appreciated if you could note where you saw this job advertised.

If you require any materials in an alternative format, or have any questions, please get in contact with us.

Any information you provide as part of your application will be treated as confidential and managed in accordance with relevant data protection legislation and guidance. Our privacy statement can be found on our website.

Are you interested in finding and telling compelling stories? Join Bliss as Media and Stories Officer and help shine a light on important issues affecting premature and sick babies and their families.

Role summary

The Media and Stories Officer is responsible for raising Bliss’ profile by securing regular media coverage for our cause, campaigns and services.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a fast-paced media role in a newsroom or press office, be able to anticipate the needs of journalists, and be able to meet their deadlines.

You will use your passion for storytelling to support Bliss’ many case studies to share their story on our digital channels and within the media. You’ll use this skill, and your excellent copywriting abilities, to help curate and create content for Bliss’ social media channels.

You will be motivated by working closely with colleagues to find the right news hook to secure high-impact coverage, and be able to demonstrate all points in the person spec including:

• An understanding of the requirements and organisation of the media
• Good understanding of social media including its role in supporting and facilitating media work
• Demonstrable experience of content creation and/or copywriting
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Professional approach and sensitivity when dealing with case studies
• Ability to build relationships with people of different backgrounds and a variety of setting
• Excellent time management – ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
• Experience of using website CMS and excellent IT skills

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop and refine your skills as a press officer and content creator in this varied and creative role. For more details please view the job description and person specification below.

Why work for Bliss?

Bliss values and celebrates the work of its Communications Team and we take pride in our collaborative work culture.

We understand that we all have different priorities at home and we therefore aim to offer a mix of financial and non-financial benefits. Our benefits include financial, health and well-being, lifestyle and career development options:

• 25 days paid holiday (pro-rata for part-time employees)
• Flexible working practices, TOIL and a contributory Bliss pension scheme
• Relaxed work life and dress code, time off for volunteering
• Interest free season ticket loans, salary sacrifice schemes (cycle to work, payroll giving)
• 24x7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Family friendly policies
• Learning and Development via peer to peer, blended, cascaded, self-directed learning, mentoring and coaching

How to apply

Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents by directly clicking on this advert and address it to Gemma Collins-Ellis, Communications Manager.

Or you can apply via post to: Senior HR Officer, Bliss, 4th Floor, Maya House, 134-138 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB. Your application must include the following:

• CV
• Supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification
• Equal Opportunities Form - this will be sent to you when you apply to this role

Recruitment timeline

• The closing date for applications is midnight Wednesday 2 October and please note that early applications may be prioritised
• First round interviews are provisionally scheduled for 7-8 October 2019, with the second round provisionally on 10 October 2019, both at the Bliss head office

It is Bliss’ policy not to contact applicants who have not been invited for interview so if you have not heard from us by 6 October you should assume that, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful.

This is a great opportuntiy to work at an amazing university with a unique and engaging story. They genuinely reach students from all walks of life, giving opportunities to those that never thought it was possible.

The Communications team works to advance the profile, reputation, and strategic development of the University. The PR Officer will be tasked with researching and proactively seeking good news stories for the University, working closely with the media.

The PR Officer will support the team in proposing key messages to promote the University and responses to defend the University’s reputation in times of crisis. Proactive and reactive media experience is vital for this role.

Location: London, UK

Closing date for applications: 6th October 2019 

Start date: ASAP

Contract duration: One year fixed term contract with potential for extension

Contract hours: 30 hours per week, flexible.  (Office hours are between 8:00 am – 6:30 pm)

Remuneration: circa £27,500 FTE  (£22,000 pro-rata)

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities

Blue Ventures develops locally-led approaches to marine management that benefit people and nature alike. By listening and responding to basic needs, we design our models to catalyse and sustain marine conservation, unlocking the potential of coastal communities to manage their resources. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and are committed to advancing the rights of small-scale fishers throughout the coastal tropics.

Summary Job Description

We are currently seeking a Recruitment Officer to join our expanding Human Resources team to support our global operations.  It’s a really exciting time to join Blue Ventures as we are growing rapidly and this position will provide valuable and necessary recruitment services.  The role will implement more effective and efficient recruitment strategies and all its related processes. Reporting to the Head of HR, this is a full-time role based at Blue Ventures’ London headquarters.

If you are looking to take your recruitment experience to the next level, then look no further. The successful candidate will be motivated, proactive and highly organised individual who relishes the opportunity to work for a global organisation which offers vast opportunities to grow and develop in the role you take on. 

You will ideally have some in-house recruitment experience, with strong communication skills in both English and French. You will thrive in environments that are dynamic, fast-paced, collegiate and ambitious, and be able to demonstrate experience of working independently and solving complex problems in challenging situations.

Blue Ventures is a fast growing and mission-driven social enterprise, offering excellent opportunities for further professional development, and a motivating and dynamic working environment.

WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, is the leading global charity dedicated to the conservation and protection of whales and dolphins. We defend these remarkable creatures against the many threats they face through campaigns, lobbying, advising governments, conservation projects, field research and rescue.

We are now looking for a full-time communications officer to join our UK campaigns and communications team based in Chippenham, Wiltshire to help develop and implement an integrated digital communications strategy that supports WDC fundraising, campaigns and policy work, and engages supporters and potential supporters. Reporting to the UK communications manager, you will be instrumental in developing and managing WDC’s busy social media activity, increasing impact and growing awareness of WDC and its work.

We are looking for a hard-working person with proven experience of developing and delivering digital communications plans, experience in the use of social media to support communications, marketing and/or fundraising functions, and a good understanding of digital platforms and social media (especially Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn).

The role requires solid copywriting skills, an eye for detail, creative thinking, commitment and enthusiasm for the cause. Some experience of media relations would also be desirable.

This is a full-time, permanent post.
Salary c£22,700.
Closing Date:  30th September 2019 - 3pm GMT.

Apply with CV and covering via the link below.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Interviews will commence at the start of October.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Coming from either a campaigning or communications background, you must have a proven ability to write great copy, the digital skills to make the best use of our website and social media, and the energy and ideas to organise campaigns.

This role is responsible for making our constituency and the general public aware of JM’s work through the media (print and digital, social media, blogs, direct communications and other online platforms etc.) and giving them a chance to engage in campaigns which can help to apply pressure for change where it is needed to achieve our campaign goals. Central to this purpose is the need to communicate in an appropriate and relevant way the mission and values of Jesuit Missions as a Catholic, Ignatian organisation.

You will help devise and deliver a strategy which identifies opportunities and stories which build the profile of Jesuit Missions with existing and new audiences. While the work is challenging, this is an unrivalled opportunity for a rising campaigning or communications professional to build on their experience and make their mark on a great cause.

The role is varied and involves drafting and producing materials; developing campaign actions;, as well as keeping up to date with all relevant issues relating to our work in this area.

For over 50 years, Jesuit Missions has been working with poor communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Their story deserves to be told and we’d like you to help us do it.

We provide financial support for projects in poor communities across the world. We work in schools and parishes in the UK promoting reflection and action in line with the Jesuit commitment "to serve the faith through the promotion of justice."

Our small team of nine staff is based in South London. We have an annual income of c£1 million and lots of ambition to grow our work.

As the Jesuits are a global religious order, we’re also part of an international network which creates real opportunities for collaboration so that we can maximise our impact. 

If you'd like to be part of our life-changing and inspiring work, we'd love to hear from you.

The Fundraising Officer sits within the Development team in the External Relations Directorate, which is responsible for the message and reputation of Frontline, and inspiring support for the charity. The Development team leads on fundraising and events and the Communications Team lead on press, public affairs, online content, and branding. This is one of two new Fundraising Officer roles within the Development team, who will work closely with the Partnerships Manager and the Fundraising and Events Coordinator. This role will be responsible for engaging new trusts and managing our existing portfolio of trust funders to inspire them to support Frontline’s work.

The successful candidate for this role will be responsible for researching, engaging and applying to new trust funders, including national trusts and regional-focused trusts (as part of a regional fundraising project). They will also be responsible for managing existing trust fundraising accounts and designing stewardship plans to engage stakeholders, including visits to local authority partners, writing reports and sharing updates. The role will work closely with the rest of the Development team to support on other sources of income including the planning and writing of applications, funder account management and organising fundraising engagement events.

For a full job description please download the job pack.