Head of Communications & Advocacy
Location: Hybrid – flexible, to be discussed at interview
Salary: £41,000–£46,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Contract: Permanent, full-time (35 hours per week)
At Allergy UK, the leading national charity supporting people living with allergic conditions, we are passionate about raising awareness, driving policy change, and providing trusted advice to millions. Every campaign we run and every story we share helps make allergy visible as a serious health issue and we’re looking for a new Head of Communications & Advocacy to help us take this mission even further.
What You’ll Be Doing
As our Head of Communications & Advocacy, you’ll shape and amplify the charity’s voice across the UK. Leading a dynamic team, you’ll drive strategy, lead high-impact campaigns, and ensure that Allergy UK remains a trusted, credible, and influential voice.
You will:
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Develop and deliver integrated communications and advocacy strategies
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Lead creative, impactful campaigns to raise awareness and influence policy
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Guide our media relations and secure high-profile coverage
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Provide expert advice on sensitive and strategic communications issues
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Build strong relationships with policymakers, healthcare leaders, and industry stakeholders
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Act as an ambassador for Allergy UK at the highest levels
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Inspire and lead a skilled communications and advocacy team
What We’re Looking For
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
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A proven track record in strategic communications and advocacy
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Experience leading multi-channel campaigns that achieve real impact
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Excellent stakeholder engagement skills — from media to government to industry
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Strong leadership experience, with the ability to inspire and develop teams
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Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
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Confidence in providing senior-level advice on high-profile issues
It would be a bonus if you also bring experience of policy development, the UK health sector, or working with lived experience storytelling.
What We Offer
We believe in looking after our people and helping them thrive. As part of our team, you’ll enjoy:
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£41,000–£46,000 salary (dependent on experience)
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28 days holiday + bank holidays
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Annual pay review in line with market rates
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Flexible hybrid working and free onsite parking
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Pension scheme and employee benefits hub
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Employee Assistance Programme (counselling, GP service, wellbeing support)
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Training and development opportunities
How to Apply
If you’re passionate about using communications to create real social change, we’d love to hear from you.
Please send your CV and supporting statement via Charity Job. Your supporting statement should highlight how your skills and experience meet the role requirements, and what you could bring to our team.
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Closing date: Sunday, 21st September 2025 (midnight)
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Online interviews: Wednesday, 1st October 2025
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In-person interviews: Friday, 10th October 2025
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, and are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive recruitment process. If you would like to apply in a different format or need adjustments, please get in touch.
Be part of something impactful. Join us and help shape the future of allergy care.
No one should die from allergy We provide expert advice, and advocate for better healthcare and support for those affected by allergy
About the Role: We wish to appoint a Social Media Coordinator to join our small Communications and Engagement team. This is an exciting opportunity to increase the engagement of the Diocese of Winchester through digital media channels.
You will be responsible for sharing the life of the diocese and positive content about Christian faith through social media with particular relation to sharing news and stories about the 2025 Bid for national funding (awarded by the national church to dioceses to support them to undertake transformational programmes aimed at revitalising mission and ministry and growing the Kingdom of God in terms of numbers of worshippers and depth of faith).
This role also includes equipping our churches to reach out using digital tools and social media platforms with a particular emphasis on younger audiences, in line with our Bid’s priorities to grow younger and more diverse as a diocesan community.
Our values
- Serving - Our diocese has played a major role in shaping this nation, and the life of the diocese is still marked by loving service, in innumerable ways, reaching out in love to those on the margins, serving the wider community, the nation and the wider world.
- Learning - Our diocese has been a major engine of Christian learning and education, from the time of King Alfred onwards, and remains a centre of education, learning and discipleship, through its universities and colleges, through its schools and churches.
- Growing - Our diocese has been a huge catalyst for church growth and mission. Today, we are still working for the revitalisation and renewal of our churches, equipping and enabling them for the challenges of this generation and beyond, nationally and internationally.
- Loving - Our diocese has emanated love that has changed our communities and the wider world. Today, as people encounter our churches, schools and chaplaincies, they find themselves brought face to face with the love of God in Christ, and find their lives changed as a consequence.
Job Summary
- Developing the diocese’s social media presence on its current platforms – Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn– developing content and campaigns according to an annual content plan which incorporates all church seasons, awareness days, liturgical events, as well as sharing the key messages and events from the Diocese particularly in relation to the 2025 Bid for national funding.
- Working closely with the Comms team, Strategic Development team and senior staff to identify stories and examples of good ministerial practice and creative ideas that can be communicated with our wider diocesan community through social media, fostering a culture of information and ideas sharing across the diocese.
- Being part of wider strategic conversations to consider the role of social media in how the diocese can effectively communicate information about the Bid process and how benefices can engage with it, particularly in communicating with children, youth and families and youth leaders.
- Assist with the development of a strategic plan which grows the diocesan presence on new platforms, such as TikTok and BlueSky, with the specific aim of generating content that reaches younger audiences and that is more missional and ‘gospel-centred’, keeping up to date with online trends.
- Working closely with Mission and Ministry Team to communicate their training and events in ways tailored to younger audiences, and building collaborative networks of young people and youth leaders and comms people around the diocese who will share our content.
- Equipping our parishes with digital skills in using social media through training, getting them started on appropriate platforms and advising them on content and strategy to connect with existing and new audiences, as part of a suite of interventions offered as part of the 2024 Bid for funding and aligning with aims to help our diocesan community grow younger and more diverse.
- Using online tools in data analysis, reporting on social media engagement, and scheduling tools such as Buffer.
- Engaging with other social media users within and outside our community, including regularly interaction with parishes and diocesan communities, sharing their stories and commenting, replying to messages and queries, and being an ambassador for the diocese and our Christian faith and values.
- Ensuring our social media platforms allow stakeholders to provide comments and feedback on all that we do and to create a culture of shared ownership and storytelling.
- Working consistently within and upholding the diocese’s brand values/tone of voice and within the Archbishop’s social media guidelines as well as the diocese’s own social media policy.
- Supporting the other members of the comms team with creating designed content using tools like Canva and video for use on social media sites and offering creative ideas within the team context.
Key role requirements
This is an office-based role, with the expectation to work from the office 1 day per week.
About you
We are seeking someone who can demonstrate the following qualifications, experience and skills:
- Educated to at least degree level is preferable
- An excellent level of English is essential
- Good skills in both written and verbal communication
- Experience of using social media and designing campaigns to share stories of Christian faith, grow online community and reach younger audiences
- Some experience with audio, photography, video editing for multi-channel use
- Familiarity with graphic design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite or other editing tools
- Experience of working within, or alongside, the Church of England or another Christian charity or mission organisation desirable
Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.
What we offer
Your Salary
- A salary of £30,366 per annum. Approx £12,146 per annum for part-time – 2 days/14 hours per week.
Your Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays (pro rata for part-time)
- Employer’s pension contribution of 10% of your salary
- A recently refurbished office environment with landscaped gardens and plenty of on-site parking
- Access to Health Assured, an Employee Assistance Programme
For an informal discussion about this role please contact Jemima Lewis, Head of Communications and Engagement via email.
CVs not accepted. To apply, please complete and return the 2-part application forms.
Applications must be received by 12 noon on 11 September. Interviews will be held on 25 September in person at Old Alresford Place, SO24 9DH.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Beacon is looking for a friendly and enthusiastic youth engagement worker to work as part of a small team to deliver our SHINE offer to young people. SHINE offers early intervention support to all 11-17 year old’s in Stockport to provide information, advice or guidance regarding their emotional wellbeing. It includes: 2 weekly wellbeing groups, a weekly arts group (delivered by Beacon’s partner), signposting and advice. SHINE develops skills to support emotional wellbeing, build resilience and confidence with weekly themes over 12 weeks.
You will be the main point of contact for young people and their families, providing information, advice, guidance and support to access services. You will work with colleagues and the young people to devise and cofacilitate group sessions which are fun, engaging and support young people to develop skills and improve wellbeing. You will liaise with our partner delivery organisation, and support the future development of the service. You will responsible for completing all administrative duties in relation to the service, including the collection of monitoring and feedback data.
The role is for 17.5 hours per week. The hours are to be agreed, but must include Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4pm to 7pm. The salary for this role is £26,481 per annum pro rata.
We want to live in a society where everyone is able to enjoy positive mental health and wellbeing.



