This is a full time post in the Communications Team at University Hospitals Birmingham Charity (‘UHB Charity’), the official NHS Charity for the four hospitals of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital.

UHB Charity is dedicated to improving the experience of patients, their families and the staff who care for them.

The Charity raises funds to support patients of the four hospitals by providing new and innovative equipment, funding research and supporting patient and family welfare projects.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in particular has a world class reputation, and specialises in cancer treatment, organ transplantations and trauma care. It is also home of the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, where the UK’s military patients are treated.

Heartlands Hospital has a specialist neo-natal unit and very busy children’s and maternity units.

Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital serve the towns of Sutton Coldfield and Solihull.

The post offers flexible working from home and the opportunity for office working at any of our four hospital sites as suits the job holder and line manager.

The Communications Assistant will work closely with other members of the hospital charity, in particular the Communications Manager and Charity Chief Executive, to efficiently promote the activities of the hospital charity to a wide audience.

This role would suit someone looking to develop their skills in media, communication plans and creative content.

You'll be pitching stories to TV, radio, press and magazine contacts and supporting those stories on social media, planning innovative and exciting social media campaigns, writing features, promoting our wide range of fundraising events and appeals and telling stories about people who do extraordinary and heart-warming things to help support patients at Birmingham’s busiest hospitals. 

As well as generating positive media coverage, the successful candidate will update the Charity’s websites and social media pages, attend Charity events and help compile the Charity’s quarterly newsletters.

Location: Flexible within England & Wales

Department: Policy Team

Interview date: w/c 8 March 2021

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We are looking for an outstanding person to recruit for the position of Principal Policy Manager, Energy Company Performance and Monitoring at Citizens Advice for a fixed term of 12 months. 

We’re an organisation with a relentless focus on making society fairer. Each year we help 2.8 million people to solve their problems face to face and see over 34.5m visits to our website. This data and our reputation give us unparalleled influence. We have a unique insight into emerging trends and issues affecting people, and we use it to work with government, regulators and industry to improve people's lives.

Citizens Advice is the statutory advocate for energy consumers. We use research and evidence from the people who contact our advice service every day to understand the problems facing energy consumers in Great Britain. We help solve these problems by engaging with industry, changing policy and supporting consumers to navigate the market.

In recent years we have done this by representing the views of energy consumers including: 

• Advocating for an energy price cap, which is saving energy consumers over £1 billion each year 
• Persuading the regulator to strengthen the licensing regime for energy suppliers and to improve protections for consumers at risk of self disconnecting from their prepayment meters
• Marshalling evidence that convinced the regulator to reduce the cost of capital for energy network companies, potentially saving energy consumers up to £5 billion over the next 5 year price control period 

You will lead the energy team’s work on energy company performance and monitoring, developing our research and advocacy programme largely focussed on the retail energy market. This includes managing a team of policy specialists. You’ll work closely with colleagues across the energy team, as well as our data, public affairs, campaigns and media teams to maximise impact for energy consumers. 

You’ll also support our wider energy advocacy work as well as supporting junior members of the team to reach their potential. Our strong brand will give you unique opportunities to engage with those who have the power to make change. You’ll influence regulators, MPs, civil servants, industry on behalf of energy consumers and the people who rely on Citizens Advice. 

We’re looking for someone with a wide range of skills, from exceptional judgement and excellent stakeholder management, to being able to lead in a large organisation. 

We are always happy to consider flexible working, which may include arrangements such as part-time working, formalised flexitime, fixed (non-standard) working hours, working from home and job-sharing.  

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

We are looking for a person who is highly motivated and enthusiastic to support the Chief Executive, Chairperson and Boards of Trustees of Age UK Birmingham and Age UK Sandwell. You will undertake a range of administrative and secretarial duties for the organisations, as well as support the Chief Executive and Board to facilitate the general efficiency and governance of Age UK Birmingham and Age UK Sandwell.

You will administer HR activities and utilise and develop a range of systems to support efficient, high quality HR processes and practices across the organisations.

You will be able to demonstrate commitment to the values and mission statement of Age UK Birmingham and Age UK Sandwell, by providing the highest possible level of service to your internal customers.

Application forms must be completed fully; CV’s will not be accepted.

The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Friday 26th February 2021 

Interviews will be held on a date to be arrange, week commencing 8th March 2021