Senior Media Officer

£34,000 - £37,000

London, and currently remote

To develop and deliver creative, national and regional media strategies for Red Nose Day 2021 that inspire the nation to get involved and highlight how donations are spent in the UK and around the world.  This role will also support the Comic Relief press office, including joining the on-call rota for out-of-hours media enquiries. UK travel may be required.

Key Accountabilities / Objectives

• Develop and deliver creative national and regional media strategies, ensuring plans meet agreed targets and are evaluated appropriately. Strategies will support wider organisational objectives and integrate all communications channels (media, social, digital)
• Develop appropriate content and stories for digital platforms and outlets as well as traditional media
• Profile the work Comic Relief funds and the difference it makes by working directly with funded projects and the people they support, to show the positive impact donations make. This may involve setting up and managing visits with journalists, influencers and high-profile supporters
• Draft and edit high quality, compelling written materials and ensure all materials are approved before released. This includes interview briefing packs, press releases, spokespeople quotes and lines against enquiries
• Set up and facilitate interviews with spokespeople
• Relationship management - establish and build collaborative, quality relationships with all relevant internal and external stakeholders. This may include partners (including broadcast partners), PR agencies, media, and taking the lead on media activity in internal project working groups
• Team management and processes – implement all teams’ systems and procedures necessary for the smooth and efficient running of the press office
• Risk awareness and reputation management - monitor the press regularly to identify appropriate opportunities and potential threats to the promotion of the work of Comic Relief and other key partners. Update senior stakeholders on any coverage with a high level of opportunity or threat in a timely manner
• Be flexible and support the wider media team with ad hoc tasks as directed, such as delivering PR events, launches, attending shoots to gather media assets and pitching stories to media

Essential Education:

PR experience, likely to be at Account Manager level or similar in a PR Agency or a Senior Press Officer/Publicist in-house

Key Competencies:

• Proven experience of developing, implementing and evaluating high profile media strategies
• Proven experience of working on sensitive subject matters
• An ability to develop and deliver fresh creative ideas that generate media coverage
• Proven experience of managing key stakeholder relationships (internal or external) and working with PR agencies, talent and their publicists to deliver high profile content
• Experience of managing and prioritising multiple complex projects to strict deadlines even when faced with challenges
• Excellent writer
• Line management experience is desirable but not essential

To apply please visit our website via the link.

Role closes - 12:00pm, 1st Oct 2020 BST (Europe/London)

Inclusivity at Comic Relief

We recognise diversity and inclusion are a source of strength in achieving our mission. We therefore welcome everyone, trusting what makes us different brings creativity, styles and experiences to help us collectively do our best work. That’s regardless of your gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and cultural identity. We especially welcome those from under-represented groups in modern grant-making and fundraising. We are on a journey, but if you join our team you will be part of a community that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where we want you to:

• Be valued for being yourself
• Do your best work, and be supported to break down barriers so you can succeed
• Be heard, respected, and treated as an equal, whatever your level, experience or background
• Be part of a team that is committed to making this happen – with our colleagues, partners, and contributors.

Comic Relief is committed to preventing and protecting all people from harm in their interactions with us. We expect all those that act in our name to uphold our approach to doing no harm.

Are you an exceptional administrator? Are you ready to join the UK`s leading educational charity in transforming futures?

The Workers` Educational Association is a unique charity and the UK`s largest voluntary sector provider of adult education. With a clear vision and a strong social purpose, we bring great teaching to local communities, with life-changing courses held in clubs, pubs, workplaces, schools and almost anywhere else you can think of. Since 1903, we have been giving disadvantaged people the opportunity to return to learning - inspiring them to realise their full potential and become active, engaged citizens. We see education as a tool for social justice, not just self-improvement, and we pride ourselves on making learning egalitarian and accessible. Volunteers play a central role in everything we do, from governance through to classroom support, helping us deliver courses to 50,000 people in 2,300 locations - and enabling us to reach 80% of the population.

Providing comprehensive administrative support to our local educational teams, you will enjoy involvement in student recruitment, publicity and marketing, course delivery and policymaking. Depending on your background and interests, you could find yourself specialising in facilities management for a key location, classroom ICT provision, volunteer and member development or regional communications. Wherever you fit in, we`ll give you everything you need to stand out - and make a measurable difference every day.

Our students come from every walk of life, and we want to be as diverse as they are, so we are keen to hear from candidates from minority backgrounds. However, it’s not about where you’ve come from so much as what you can contribute: we need someone with great organisational and event management skills, a strong administrative background and the highest standard of IT literacy. Needless to say, you will be self-motivated, team-spirited and very flexible, and you will share our passion for education as a tool of transformation.

This role will be based in Liverpool to cover - Cheshire Cumbria and Lancashire

Islamic Relief Worldwide

Islamic Relief UK (IRUK)

Senior Media Officer

BASE LOCATION: London, UK

REPORTING TO: Media Manager

LINE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES: N/A

Islamic Relief:

Islamic Relief is an international non-governmental organisation (INGO) founded in the UK in 1984 by a group of medical doctors and activists. Established in response to the widespread famine in Africa, Islamic Relief has grown to become one of the world’s largest Muslim INGOs with a presence in over 40 countries worldwide.

Since 1984, Islamic Relief has saved and transformed the lives of over 110 million people. By responding to disasters, rebuilding lives and preparing people in case disaster strikes, we save lives before they are lost. In addition to providing disaster and emergency responses, we also promote sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities – regardless of race, religion or gender. Islamic Relief is a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and an implementing partner for DFID, ECHO, the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNHCR.

PURPOSE OF DIVISION (IRUK):

Islamic Relief UK (IRUK) is a Strategic Business Unit (SBU) that is part of Islamic Relief Worldwide. IRUK’s focus is strengthening effective funding, mobilising for change through advocacy and awareness-raising, and strengthening programme development and delivery. IRUK works with various partners and institutions, from governments, non-governmental organisations and local authorities to grassroots communities.

PURPOSE OF DEPARTMENT (Communications & Creative Content):

The role of the Communications & Creative Content Department is to provide strategic and operational leadership to Islamic Relief UK in the areas of media, advocacy, internal comms and creative content. There is a focus on all internal and external communications and reputation management.

The Department also works in partnership with other Islamic Relief departments to provide creative content and communications expertise ensuring that high quality information, material and resources are delivered and sustained to support and promote our work on advocacy, fundraising and programme work.

JOB PURPOSE:

To promote Islamic Relief’s work and concerns to the UK media through relationship building with key journalists, responding to media enquiries, issuing press releases and other information, and pitching and placing news stories and features. To project manage selected media events (e.g. press conferences) and projects (e.g. fundraising campaigns and products), working across teams.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Nationally and internationally-based print, digital and broadcast journalists, producers, bloggers, film-makers, photographers and freelancers, working for UK-based print, broadcast and online news outlets, including newswires
• Media Manager and advocacy team within the Communications & Creative Content Department
• Colleagues in the Marketing and Fundraising departments, including social media/digital engagement staff
• Media, communications and programme contacts at Islamic Relief Worldwide, Partner Officers, Field Offices and partners

SCOPE AND AUTHORITY

Scope of the Role:

Reporting to the Media Manager, the Senior Media Officer is responsible for promoting Islamic Relief’s work and concerns to the UK media through relationship building with key

journalists, responding to media enquiries, issuing press releases and other information,

pitching and placing news stories and features. Some day-to-day editorial and content decisions rest with the job holder, with a degree of initiative and independence expected, but particularly

sensitive or major strategic issues are referred to the Media Manager or the Head of

Communications & Creative Content. The post holder will work closely with the Media Manager to develop media and PR strategies and plans and to provide media advice and general assistance to staff at all levels.

Responsibility for Resources:

The post-holder will be responsible for managing a small budget and reporting on planned and actual expenditure (although overall responsibility for the budget rests with the Media Manager).

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

The post holder is accountable for fulfilling his or her roles and responsibilities in line with
Islamic values and principles of fairness, humanity, honesty, respect and fair treatment of
his/her colleagues and staff. The following are the main responsibilities that the role holder will
be accountable for:

1. Establish and maintain relationships with key journalists

• Develop a plan for contacting journalists/editors/broadcasters
• Attend IBT briefings and other media networking events in order to establish relationships with journalists
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key journalists and broadcasters to facilitate strong coverage
• Act as first point of contact or referral for media enquiries, ensuring a prompt and professional response
• Proactively sell in stories to journalists and broadcasters; and react to enquiries and breaking news
• Travel as required to accompany media and celebrity field visits.

2. Deliver media plans in order to promote the work of Islamic Relief

• Support the Media Manager to develop and implement a media strategy to ensure good PR for Islamic Relief’s programme, fundraising, marketing, volunteering, and campaigning work and advocacy messaging
• Assist in the development of an annual media plan, aligned with the communications strategy and organisational strategic objectives
• Work with colleagues to manage the media budget, including regular review against planned activity and reforecasting
• Proactively seek means of raising the profile of Islamic Relief, including working with celebrities and influencers to promote the organisation’s work
• Gather stories and background information as required to support media relations needs
• Research and write press releases, media briefings, articles for publication, Q&As, key messages and position statements
• Organise press conferences and other media events as required
• Ensure a prompt and effective media response to humanitarian emergencies, including working in the press office of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) during DEC humanitarian appeals
• Write and submit award applications and manage any PR coverage achieved as a result
• Work with the Media Manager to secure communications partnerships, such as UK Aid Match applications.

3. Create media lists and monitor press coverage

• Contribute to the maintenance of media contacts databases and target lists
• Monitor key media to identify opportunities for positive coverage and any negative coverage requiring rebuttal
• On a rota with other members of the IRUK and IRW media teams, produce a daily press cuttings report
• Contribute to the monitoring of media coverage, and reviewing the best way to quantify the impact of media activity.

4. Provide media briefings to spokespeople

• Establish strong relationships with spokespeople to identify regular media opportunities
• Assist in the media training of key staff and volunteers acting as spokespeople
• Brief spokespeople as required for media interviews.

5. To support the wider work of the Media team and organisation

• To travel within the UK as required to deliver key events and to be able to travel internationally if required
• Carry out due diligence of potential speakers/celebs/performers in order to help protect the reputation of the organisation
• Comply with all organisational policies and practices.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty that is consistent with the job and its level of responsibility, as and when required by management.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

It is essential that the post holder shows a good understanding and empathy with the Islamic values and principles as well as commitment to Islamic Relief’s vision, mission and values.

Essential

Experience

• Experience of working as a Press Officer in a busy newsroom
• Experience of organising media events, such as press conferences
• A proven track record of securing national, regional, and trade media coverage
• A proven track record of generating new ideas and carrying them forward
• A proven track record or negotiating difficult or delicate situations with celebrities and their agents
• Experience of gaining press coverage on humanitarian, development and advocacy/campaigning issues
• Experience of devising and delivering media plans and PR tactics to generate coverage
• Experience of dealing with journalists and other internal and external stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications

• Excellent communications skills – written, verbal and listening
• Excellent journalistic skills – including research, writing and editing
• Strong networking and inter-personal skills
• Passionate about international development/humanitarian relief
• Ability to handle multiple projects and a variety of work simultaneously
• Proven ability to think ‘outside the box’ in order to generate a wide range of media and PR coverage
• Established media contacts
• A professional or academic qualification in media, public relations or marketing
• Excellent understanding and working knowledge of online media
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong team player
• Flexibility, including willingness to travel at short notice and work unsocial hours, particularly during emergencies
• Highly organised with an ability to multi-task
• Able to maintain calm under pressure
• Proactive, innovative thinker with a strong news sense for what makes a good story.

Desirable

Experience

• A proven track record of securing BME press coverage
• Experience of working in the third sector
• Experience of submitting applications for PR awards, including researching, writing and pitching
• Overseeing video news releases to pitch to broadcast
• Understanding of Islamic and other faith-related issues.

Are you passionate about family life? Do you want to see transformation in the hardest to reach families and see an end to cycles of deprivation? Come help shape the work and the future of Kids Matter!

Our dynamic bold vision is for every child in need to be raised in a strong family. We train and support facilitators from local churches to run a parenting programme to equip parents and carers facing disadvantages with confidence, competence, and community, enabling their children to thrive.

We are looking for two individuals to join our Partnership Engagement team (one based in the North and one based in the Midlands or London) to engage new churches and Christian organisations on their partnership journey, with a key focus on filling our termly facilitator trainings.

The successful candidate will have:

• An understanding of how churches and Christian organisations operate
• Excellent communication skills to be able to inspire potential partners
• Previous line management experience desirable, not essential

Location: North and London – Midlands, will need to attend occasional meetings in London
Hours: 3 days (24 hours) per week

To apply, please fill in and email across the attached application form.

All applicants must be committed to the basis of faith, vision and ethos of Kids Matter.

This post is subject to an Occupational Requirement:
Kids Matter serves and supports clients within the Christian sector, the nature of the work requires that this post holder has an active faith in Jesus under the Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9.

Equal Opportunities
We actively support and welcome integration of people from diverse ethnic background of varied experiences and skill set to help shape the work and the future of Kids Matter. We are particularly keen to receive applications from African and Afro Caribbean, Asian and other diverse Ethnic communities.

Are you an exceptional administrator? Are you ready to join the UK`s leading educational charity in transforming futures?

The Workers` Educational Association is a unique charity and the UK`s largest voluntary sector provider of adult education. With a clear vision and a strong social purpose, we bring great teaching to local communities, with life-changing courses held in clubs, pubs, workplaces, schools and almost anywhere else you can think of. Since 1903, we have been giving disadvantaged people the opportunity to return to learning - inspiring them to realise their full potential and become active, engaged citizens. We see education as a tool for social justice, not just self-improvement, and we pride ourselves on making learning egalitarian and accessible. Volunteers play a central role in everything we do, from governance through to classroom support, helping us deliver courses to 50,000 people in 2,300 locations - and enabling us to reach 80% of the population.

This role will be based in Liverpool.

Providing comprehensive administrative support to our local educational teams, you will enjoy involvement in student recruitment, publicity and marketing, course delivery and policymaking. Depending on your background and interests, you could find yourself specialising in facilities management for a key location, classroom ICT provision, volunteer and member development or regional communications. Wherever you fit in, we`ll give you everything you need to stand out - and make a measurable difference every day.

Our students come from every walk of life, and we want to be as diverse as they are, so we are keen to hear from candidates from minority backgrounds. However, it’s not about where you’ve come from so much as what you can contribute: we need someone with great organisational and event management skills, a strong administrative background and the highest standard of IT literacy. Needless to say, you will be self-motivated, team-spirited and very flexible, and you will share our passion for education as a tool of transformation.

Young Carers Activities, Engagement and Participation Worker 17.5 hours per week (regular after-school sessions with some evening and occasional weekend working) Salary: £23,493 pro rata plus generous benefits 28 days, pro rata in addition to statutory Bank Holidays

We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic and skilled person, with exceptional communication skills, who can develop creative ways to reach and help Young Carers speak up and be heard, as well as grow as people. This includes advocating for their rights, influencing local and national strategic decision-making, and increasing their ownership over the delivery of Young Carers’ service provision. Applying your demonstrable experience, you also will organise and develop a range of social and educational activities alongside these Young Carers, events that will enable them to have short-term breaks from their caring roles and the opportunity to develop their lives, aspirations and abilities.

Overview:

Women for Women International works in some of the most dangerous places to be a woman. We serve women survivors of war in conflict and post-conflict areas around the world in 8 countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Eastern Congo, and Northern Nigeria. Our core belief is that stronger women build stronger nations; and with access to knowledge, resources, and a support network, a woman rebuilds her life and improves her community.

Our model works and we have the data to prove it. In our 26-year history, Women for Women International has reached over half a million women. The women we work with across 3 continents earn just $0.81 a day when we enroll them. At graduation, it’s $2.11, nearly tripled.

Our impact goes beyond income. The number of women who say at least one household member went to sleep hungry in the last four weeks has gone from 18% to 5%. And more women say they speak out against women's abuse: 26% report having publicly spoken in the last 6 months against physically abusing women.

When women have the right tools, they realize the power within themselves to transform their lives, their families, their communities, and finally their entire nations.

Purpose:

Women for Women International has the ambition to dramatically increase grant funding to support programming that has been proven to be transformative for marginalized women survivors of war in fragile and conflict affected countries. The Director of Global Business Development will collaboratively weave together existing strategies at national and regional level into a comprehensive Global Business Development Strategy that can guide business development across the geographic footprint of the organization. This position will be responsible to ensure that the strategy is adaptive to a dynamic and sometimes disruptive global context, supporting the global organization to build the relationships and partnerships needed for global BDU staff and staff in county to go after the most strategic opportunities. This position is responsible to ensure that the Global Board of Directors and the Executive Leadership Team remains informed of progress towards targets and engaged, as appropriate or advantageous, in BDU activity.

In addition to strategic coordination and leadership, the Director of Global Business Development will take an active role in identifying suspects, cultivating prospects, leading proposal development processes as needed and ensuring effective stewardship of current funding partnerships. The global organization has strong teams that carry forward business development from the first identification of a prospect all the way through to the final grant report. This position is envisioned to help ensure that all the teams and the processes continue to work smoothly, efficiently and effectively. Given an ambitious growth strategy, a high volume of opportunities, proposals and activity, the ideal applicant will also have demonstrated experience in contributing to the nuts and bolts of successful proposals and the willingness to take part in any part of the process to ensure success.

Women for Women International offices around the world are increasing their business development capacity and, in some instances, hiring dedicated professional business development staff. The Global Business Development Director will support the continued capacity building of the global fundraising operations and help to ensure that country offices get the support they need to grow their capacity to raise money locally. In addition, this position will help to ensure that implementing country offices can have the most efficient and streamlined engagement with business development staff globally.

The location for this position is flexible with a preference for candidates from a region where WfWI currently works (Africa, Central Asia, Middle East, Europe or the US).

Duties and Responsibilities:

Global Business Development Strategy

• We have an adaptive and rolling strategy process. Keep track of global trends and new developments and draw up analysis from each fundraising operation in order to update and implement a multi-year strategy and an annual business development workplan that will enable WfWI to meet ambitious revenue targets.
• Ensure that the Global Pipeline is regularly updated and serves to help teams track progress towards revenue targets and informs decision-makers on progress toward goals.
• Report progress to and discuss challenges with the Leadership Teams and appropriate Board committees and the Global Board of Directors.
• Work closely with key fundraisers, program staff and other teams across WfWI to implement effective strategies and approaches to grow funding and scale our programs.
• Work across all parts of the organization that are engaging in various forms of partnership to ensure that we can leverage these partners in global BDU efforts, including identifying and cultivating strategic partnership relationships.
• Coordinate fundraising activities of relevant WfWI actors.
• Support Country Office and program staff to understand and implement best practice in fundraising and partnerships with governments, institutions, foundations and corporations.
• Builds strong relationships across the organization to strategically deploy programmatic experts, staff and leadership towards implementation of the Global BDU Strategy, including support to the CEO and other Executive Leadership and staff in country offices in efforts to build relationships with donors, steward current philanthropic partnerships and achieve strategic goals.

Identify Funding Sources and Cultivate Donors

• Manage business intelligence collection efforts by staying abreast of overall funding developments and understanding overall funder priorities and calls for proposals.
• Coordinate & manage the research and strategy for pursuing viable funding opportunities from foundation, corporations and government donors.
• Build and maintain an active pipeline of prospects, in keeping with revenue targets.
• Develop leads on promising funding opportunities by initiating outreach and strengthening relationships with current and potential donors, as required.
• Identify and build partnerships with other NGOs for joint proposals.
• Regularly communicate with country offices to gather business intelligence and keep them abreast of new areas of business development and ensure that each country has a comprehensive donor mapping and a business development strategy.
• Ensure that there is a strategic approach for key priority funders including mapping our approach to funding.

Prepare Proposals

• Depending on the size and complexity of the proposal, serve as lead coordinator, proposal reviewer, and/or lead writer on submissions.
• When coordinating a submission, manage technical writer, researchers or consultants where applicable, and anyone else directly involved in the application to produce compelling and competitive proposals.
• Train other staff members to coordinate all aspects of proposal development and to write high-quality proposals.
• Develop and cultivate relationships with technical specialists, subject-matter experts, and professional writers to contribute to technical solution designs, reviews, and analysis of proposals and business development strategy.
• Contribute to technical solution design processes as needed.
• Ensure that relevant internal stakeholders contribute to proposal design and that, when appropriate, relevant staff approve the final proposal.
• Liaise with colleagues in the development of a coherent budget, ensuring adherence to grantor criteria in relation to accepted costs, percentages, and format.

Support Country Office Business Development

• Coach and mentor Country Office teams to pursue local opportunities.
• Support Country Offices with updating of their business development plans
• Identify resources needed to strengthen fundraising capacity in countries.
• Develop a plan for strengthening business development in each Country Office.

Communication & Teamwork

• Prepare and communicate analysis and trends to the Leadership Team and Global Board of Directors.
• Communicate with colleagues in Global Programs Unit, Finance, Development, and the UK office. Must be able to operate in an environment with over-lapping roles.
• Develop an effective process for sharing proposals, templates, and cases for support so that all WfWI fundraisers can access material helpful to support their fundraising efforts.
• Participate in internal meetings and processes to represent the global BDU teams as needed.
• Performance manage direct reports in line with WfWI’s performance management framework, including setting of annual performance objectives, development plans, appraisals throughout the year, and regular one-on-one meetings
• Responsible for training, developing, managing and leading staff as well as hiring appropriate staff
• Ensure safeguarding measures are implemented within area of responsibility
• Follow up, and address Code of Conduct or Safeguarding issues appropriately
• Adhere to WfWI’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding Policies and report concerns

This position will require regular national and international travel, estimated at 25% but subject to change.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree required and Master’s degree preferred, in a relevant subject, or the equivalent in experience.
• At least ten years of experience in fundraising with hands on experience across at least two funding channels (i.e., foundations; corporate partnerships; or government (bilateral or multi-lateral) for an international NGO.
• Proven track record of success in fundraising with evidence of personal engagement and leadership of successful, large, and complex proposals and pitches.

• Proven successful grant writing experience.
• Adopts a growth mindset and has demonstrated experience in relationship-based fundraising strategies.

• Experience managing staff and working cross-departmental, cross-country contexts with a proven record of building, managing and working with virtual teams and creating an enabling environment.
• Current and strategic understanding of the global humanitarian, development and gender funding environment and future trends.
• Excellent spoken and written English to include research, writing, and communication skills.

• Editing experience and strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated experience building the capacity of staff in country offices.
• Independent, but good at working with a team and ability to coordinate with others to produce material on deadline, usually managing multiple deadlines.

• Proven ability to build consensus and support across, up and down the organization.

• Excellent budget management skills including the ability to oversee complex program budgets in compliance with donor requirements.
• Certification or formal credentialing in nonprofit fundraising management or philanthropic leadership a plus.

• Proficiency in French, Arabic, Swahili or Dari is a plus.
• International work experience delivering restricted/unrestricted funded projects a plus.
• Commitment to and respect for Women for Women International’s mission and values
• Computer skills including working with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Email
• Ability to travel as required and have flexible work schedule which may include early mornings, evenings and weekends. May be required to occasionally work beyond normally scheduled hours.

Organizational Values:

Adhere to WfWI’s Code of Conduct and organizational values -

Empowerment, Integrity. Respect. Resilience

The duties, responsibilities and activities of this job description may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Chab Dai UK is recruiting for an exciting new role in its international program office.  This role of International Operations and Development Director will work closely with the Executive Director in the UK, as well as with the National Director in Cambodia and Chab Dai’s US office.  

Chab Dai is looking for a dynamic, competent, self-motivated, emotionally and culturally intelligent candidate who will have had experience in the charity sector as well as working internationally.  

This is a work from home position, requiring international and UK travel with a compensation of £35,000 per annum.

Please apply with your CV.