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The Communications Officer will work closely with the Communications and Media Manager to support stakeholder communications and engagement at Action Tutoring. You will produce high-quality written and visual content for use
across a range of our channels to engage new and existing audience members (tutors, funders, schools and partners) with Action Tutoring’s work.

Closing date: Thursday, 4th January 2024
Interviews: W/c 8th January 2024
Start date: Ideally February 2024

Place of work:
We would prefer to have the candidate based in London  (we operate on a hybrid working model). We will consider remote working from England for the right candidate. Willingness to travel to London once per month is crucial for this role. 

Our London office address is: Fivefields, 8-10 Grosvenor Gardens, SW1W 0DH

Contract and hours: 
Permanent, full-time. We offer flexible hours with 9.30-4 as core hours. A full working week is 37.5 hours.
 

 Duties and responsibilities

• Write relevant and engaging emails/newsletters and blogs for MarComms campaigns as well as policy and fundraising campaigns with the aim of growing the audience and engaging and motivating stakeholders to engage actively in our mission. 
• Use engagement data from Campaign Monitor, Google Analytics and Salesforce to inform and improve the content you produce.
• Support the Communications and Media Manager to shape and build our brand, ensuring its positioning remains relevant to our audiences and is supporting the goals of the charity. 
• Support your MarComms colleagues and wider teams to use the brand well, shaping and refining tools and guidance as appropriate. 
• Build Action Tutoring’s bank of engaging film and photography for use across all our channels, ensuring content is engaging and in line with Action Tutoring’s brand and style. 
• Support your Communications colleagues to produce interesting and relevant pupil and tutor case studies throughout the year. 
• Collaborate with our Programme Team and your MarComms colleagues to source appropriate case studies from our partner schools and volunteer network. 
• Working with MarComms colleagues, adapt email campaign content for use across our social media platforms (Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube) using design software such as Canva or Adobe Suite. 
• Support the Communications and Media Manager with outreach to national and regional media to raise Action Tutoring’s profile and encourage volunteer applications from across England. 
• Support as one of the charity’s proof-readers, reviewing content produced by the team for errors and inconsistencies, supporting others in the team to replicate the Action Tutoring style. 
• Any other duties deemed reasonable by the Chief Executive Officer. 

Person specification

Person specification

Qualifications criteria:

Right to work in the UK. 

We are looking for some of the following attributes, though you might be more experienced in some areas than others: 
 

• Able to interact with a range of audiences and have outstanding verbal and written communication skills. 
• Able to work independently and use initiative in different situations. 
• Able to think creatively when producing content tailored to different audiences, replicating the Action Tutoring style. 
• High attention to detail, to produce accurate communications, manage mailing lists and proofread content effectively. 
• Experience of design software such as Canva or Adobe Suite. 
• Experience of film production. 
• Able to think creatively and generate content to effectively convey messages. 
• Confident using new technology, different digital tools and software. 
• Able to meet deadlines and undertake administration to a high standard, using data where appropriate to identify key areas of need to prioritise and adapt approach. 
• Enthusiastic and open to new ideas. Action Tutoring is a young organisation and values the creative input of all staff members to innovate and drive improvements. 
• Adaptable and open to learning. You will need to be willing to adapt and to grow and develop with the organisation. 
• Detailed and organised, able to plan and manage your workload.
• Efficient and able to work under pressure when required, able to multi-task and juggle a varied workload. 
• Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. 
• Committed to the mission and values of Action Tutoring. 
• Committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children. 

Could you help to support bullied children and their families? Kidscape is an award-winning national charity looking to develop our work in Wales.

As a senior leader within the organisation, the Director Cymru will work closely with our CEO, Director of Operations and Head of Finance to ensure we continue to develop and deliver our high-quality services, build strategic networks and support the fundraising strategy.

Key responsibilities: 

• Lead on development and delivery in Wales

• Contribute to business growth in Wales

• Manage Volunteering in Wales

• Coordinate Delivery of Training and Workshops in Wales

• Direct evaluation and impact in Wales

What you'll get working at Kidscape: 

• We support flexible working 
• We work remotely
• We are a family-friendly employer
• We promote staff health, wellbeing and personal development
• We are very friendly and approachable
• You'll be contributing to an incredible cause

What we are looking for: 

• Ability to develop and deliver project plans, ensuring objectives and timescales are met.
• Ability to manage and motivate both staff and volunteers
• Strong understanding of the issues and challenges that arise when working with associates and volunteers
• Strong awareness of equality and diversity and ability to translate to effective action
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to network effectively
• Good planning and organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities to successful conclusions
• Ability to work on own initiative to find creative solutions to problems
• Experience of programme management; ideally within a child or youth setting
• Experience of developing and delivering systems and processes to support programme delivery
• Relevant, recent and substantial experience of coordinating support, advice and training to the children’s workforce
• Experience evaluating and improving services through impact measurement
• Management of Freelance associates and volunteers with a good working knowledge of HR Processes
• Developing partnerships and managing contracts with external providers
• Experience of promoting charity programmes and building networks either at a national or regional level
• Experience of people management and coaching
• Experience of setting up projects in a target driven environment
• Facilitation, training and public speaking

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you! To apply, please go to our website.

We’re a small, ambitious team looking to maximise our impact by raising awareness of what we do, building our community and developing strategic partnerships. We’re looking for someone who can communicate our mission, get people on board and pave the way for new projects and activities. The responsibilities of the Partnerships & Community Manager will include:

• Creating and owning the partnerships and community strategy, goals, monthly plan and budget for 2024 and beyond
• Strategy and execution of external communications to position CAIF as an inclusive hub for shared expertise, updates and resources on Cooperative AI.  For example: a monthly newsletter; the website and YouTube channel; a regular blog
• Planning and hosting CAIF events, for example: a retreat of 25-50 leaders in the field; a summer school for high-potential grad students; online seminar series; online panel discussions on Cooperative AI; competitions & workshops at major conferences
• Delivering programs and events with other organisations in our network (such as the Centre for the Governance of AI, the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, the Collective Intelligence Project, or the Center on Long-Term Risk), and helping to build new connections to other organisations
• Providing non-technical input to support the development of learning resources on Cooperative AI such as an online course, bibliography, and modules for inclusion on other organisations’ curricula. Leading on the promotion of these resources
• Owning our social media policy and managing our mailing lists
• In order to achieve all the above, you may also be responsible for hiring and managing at least one direct report, and managing the work of external contractors

Can you make sure that kinship carers in England receive high quality, user centred training online and in person?

About the role

We have been awarded the Department for Education contract to deliver high quality training to kinship carers across England. You will be responsible for delivering high quality online and face-to-face training and managing a team of inhouse facilitators and external partners.

This is a new team so you will need to be someone who is comfortable with a high level of ambiguity and who is able to build outcome and target driven services from a user centred approach. We have a lot to do over the next 18 months.

From April 2024 to March 2025, your team will need to deliver exceptional training to 4,000 kinship carers in England through in person and online sessions. These are divided into introductory and advanced training. We will be delivering at least 16 roadshows across England so travel will be required in this role. In person training will also involve experiential learning in peer support groups and community venues. Introductory training will be delivered in-house.

You will also work with external expert facilitators and partners to develop new advanced training sessions and modules. Subject experts within Kinship, will also deliver training and you will need to ensure content and delivery meets a consistent standard.

The right person will need to work collaboratively with colleagues across Kinship and be used to working in cross-functional teams. You’ll need to be curious, detail orientated with an improvement mindset.

What we’ll offer you 

Kinship offers 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time) as well as a generous pension scheme. This fixed-term role is open to flexible working (school hours would be considered). We have an excellent wellbeing offer including the Employee Assistance Programme and clinical supervision. We will invest in your professional development with training and career development opportunities.

Kinship is committed to championing equality, diversity and inclusion.  We believe our work is greatly enhanced by the varied backgrounds, experiences and views represented within our teams.  We aim to create inclusive teams, celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be their true self at work. We therefore encourage applications from anyone who fits our values, whatever their religion or belief, sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality or disability and are actively seeking candidates that can bring real innovation and commitment to us. 

This is a fantastic time to join a supportive and well-established team within an organisation with rapid growth ambitions. This role will be what you make it and we’re looking for someone to seize this opportunity! 

To apply:

Please apply for this role through BeApplied. You will be asked to answer five questions and attach your CV. You will have max 250 words per answer.

1. Describe how your experience and your values are a good fit for this role
2. This service needs to deliver 4,000 training experiences for kinship carers over 1 year, please clearly describe your experience of delivering high quality training at this scale and pace.
3. If you were offered the role, what would you prioritise in the first two months and why? Tell us about what you’d need to find out and what would be your approach to the role.
4. Please describe how you would ensure that training is meeting the needs of kinship carers (think about outcomes, evaluation and participation).
5. How would ensure your team are motivated, high performing and delivering exceptional training – both in person and online?

Application deadline: 9:00am on Wednesday 13 December 2023

Interview date: Tuesday 19 December 2023 – in-person (Vauxhall). It is anticipated that this will be a one stage in-person interview process, but this may change depending on the volume and calibre of applications.

If you are a fundraising professional and love dance and the arts, then we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team at Déda as freelance Trusts and Foundations fundraiser.

The purpose of this role is to kick start our fundraising ambitions after a period of inactivity and the completion of long-term support from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Garfield Weston. If you are a fundraiser with an excellent track record with these grant givers we would like to hear from you. We encourage any talented Fundraiser, from any background, who can demonstrate a strong track record to apply.

To apply download the job brief as there are links to other actions you need to take for us to consider your application.

Send a CV and a covering letter, which must include:

• your daily fee;
• information on your fundraising record and success rates;
• A view on how you would go about fundraising for Déda; and
• Details about how you might manage any conflict of interest with existing clients.

Hours: 1 - 2 days a week initially for 6 months.

Location: The work can be done remotely with occasional visits to Déda in Derby.

Fee: £200 - £220 a day depending on track record and experience

Expected outputs:

• Research and develop a pipeline of potential new funding sources whose criteria match our aims and activities and prepare and submit applications (with an emphasis on larger, multi-year grants)
• Assess existing and new funding needs and prepare an action plan, with targets and timelines, for approaches across the next six to 12 months.
• Develop approaches and applications for already-identified potential funding sources.
• Help manage reporting and relationship engagement requirements.
• Keep databases and other internal information sources up to date.

Experience and skills required:

• Success in securing five and six figure multi-year grants and donations from trusts and foundations, particularly grants that cover core activities.
• Ability to absorb information quickly, know what information is needed, and how best to present it in interesting and engaging content.
• Good working knowledge of preparing fundraising and proposal budgets.
• Confidence and ability to communicate with donors and potential supporters with passion and expertise.
• A creative and affective approach with attention to detail and ability to work to deadlines.
• Honesty and integrity.

Déda is registered with the Fundraising Regulator. We abide by the Fundraising best practice and expect you to do so too. You will be an external contractor responsible for your own taxes.

Head of Service

We are looking for a Head of Service to join the team in this home working role.

If you want to play a pivotal part in shaping the lives of children, young people, and families within Birmingham, then we would love to hear from you.

Position: 2394 Head of Service

Location: Homebased

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum

Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 24th December 2023

Shortlisting Date: 27th December 2023

Stage One Interview Date: 3rd January 2024

Final stage interview Date: 17th January 2024

You will be working for one of the UK's leading children's charities, firmly supported by Christian beliefs and values, helping to support disadvantaged children and their families through delivering projects to support children, young people, their families and communities to find long-lasting solutions to the challenges they face.

The Role

The organisation provides support to families in Birmingham with children aged 0 – 5 as part of the Birmingham Forward Steps partnership.

You will be responsible for leading a team of passionate professionals, ensuring the provision of high-quality services and programmes that meet the diverse needs of children and families. You will work closely with multiple partners and the communities of Birmingham to ensure that Birmingham Forward Steps deliver effectively throughout the Children’s Centres and Family Hubs.

About You

As the Head of Service, you will be a principled and visionary leader with a track record of expecting and eliciting high standards and driving strategic direction in a complex and dynamic environment.

You are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children, young people and families. You will have knowledge and experience of developing and implementing appropriate services that support children and families holistic development, resulting in successful, quality outcomes, with a focus on continuous improvement and learning.

Your effective communication skills will see you work successfully in collaboration with a diverse range of stakeholders and partners and you approach change with adaptability, resilience and kindness.

If you are ready to make your mark in the largest service and develop it for the future, we look forward to meeting you.

When you click to apply you will be able to view the Job Description/Person Specification.

About the Organisation

An innovative leading children's charity delivering projects to support disadvantaged children, young people, their families and communities, working with a range of partners to provide creative solutions including children and family centres, school counselling, pre-school nurseries, family support and children affected by imprisonment and offending.

Benefits include:

• Continuous professional development
• Regular support through supervision, appraisal & wellbeing initiatives
• In house learning platform
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Charity discount scheme

We actively encourage applications from a broad and deep range of backgrounds and experiences.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people we serve. This post is subject to necessary safeguarding checks including an appropriate level DBS Disclosure.

The organisation is a Living Wage Employer.

Other roles you may have experience of could include Service, Service Manager, Director of Service, Head of Service, Children’s Service, Family Service, Children and Family Service, Head of Childrens Service, Service Manager Children and Young People, Children’s Registered Manager, Social Work Manager, Director Childrens Services, Social Worker, Family Support Service Manager.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Marketing Lead

Salary: £34,237 - £38,235

About Voice 21 

Tackle a vital challenge, with great people. Voice 21 exists to transform young people’s learning and life chances through talk. We are aiming to be working with 2,000 schools by 2025. Follow the links to find out more about why oracy is so vital and the impact Voice 21 has.

In July 2023, the Labour party announced its commitment to prioritise oracy and speaking lessons as part of its future mission for education. As a result, oracy’s impact is becoming recognised, with the topic and Voice 21 appearing on the front pages of the national newspapers. 

About the role

Voice 21 is an agent for change, a thought leader in the oracy space, and a continual professional development partner to schools. We’re really clear about the impact oracy has on young people, especially those experiencing economic disadvantage, and we have established strong brand awareness in the space. 

This year, we’re launching direct marketing to schools. Your role is to help position and market the Voice 21 membership (our product) to paying schools (our customer) and tell the story of oracy across the buyer journey. You’ll generate leads for our new business team to sign up and help position our services for long term impact.

What you’ll achieve in your first six months

• Build the foundations and take ownership of demand generation for Voice 21 and create campaigns that convert well, are imaginative, and educate and delight schools

• Build up a digital ecosystem of landing pages, webinars, content and collateral 

• Define and refine how we use copy and email marketing to capture new leads

• Understand and develop how we to talk to schools about oracy and what makes them tick

• Become a whizz on Hubspot and able to use it to convert leads

About you

• Experienced in B2B marketing, ideally in education or public sector for 3+ years

• You’ve planned and delivered marketing strategies and know what industry-leading practice looks like

• You can weave channels together to create a compelling buyer journey

• Your writing teaches and inspires, you make complex concepts come to life and feel relatable

• Commercially-minded, creative and analytical, you’re comfortable digging 

into data and experimenting with ways to enhance performance

• An adventurer - you’re happy treading a new path, you’ll creatively solve problems and aren’t afraid of experimentation, failure or changing direction

• You always plan ahead and make collaboration with other teams feel seamless

• A founder’s spirit - you bring a deep sense of ownership to what you do and can see things through

Your team

You’ll report into the Head of Growth and work alongside our Events and New Business roles. Around you, you’ll draw on the skills in our Learning, Impact and Influence team, Product and Customer Success. 

Application details 

To apply: Please send your most recent CV and a document answering the questions below.

• Tell us why you want to work at Voice 21. What is it about us and our mission that excites you? (Max. 300 words)

Please also click here to fill out our Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form

Closing date: Sunday 10th December 12:00

Interview date: Between Monday 11th December to Tuesday 19th December

Start date: by the end of January 2024

Interview process

1. Apply online and submit and optional cover letter

2. Phone call: 20 minute call with Head of Growth, Rachael Forster 

3. 1st interview: CV based interview, competency and scenario-based questions

4. Short task prior to second interview

5. 2nd and final interview: task review and culture and technical interview

Tech stack:

• Hubspot Marketing and Sales Pro

• Salesforce

• Slack

• Campaign Monitor

• Zoom webinars

Where you’ll work: Remote, with travel to our London office (Stratford) and elsewhere for meetings. Occasional overnight stays may be required depending on where you are based.

Contract: Permanent, subject to successful probation review after 3 months.

Why work for us?

We hope that we have given you a good sense of what life at Voice 21 is like and what the role entails - please see below for some more reasons to apply!

Holiday:  25 days annual leave plus additional Christmas closure period. Holiday entitlement increases are linked to length of service.

Benefits: Employer contribution to pension (5%), interest-free season ticket, cycle and technology loans and work from home allowance. 

Wellbeing: We provide an Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured which provides all Voice 21 employees 24/7/365 support if needed.

The way we work: We have an agile and flexible approach – our team can work when and wherever works best to deliver the requirements of their role. For staff working at home, we support them to create a workspace and provide technology that enables them to work effectively. You will also have regular opportunities to get together as a whole staff and in your team, including away days, social events and other development events.

Development opportunities: We believe in supporting people to develop the skills they need to be excellent – whether this means funding external training, finding a mentor to support them or giving them the time to learn from others in the organisations through our regular CPD sessions. We also offer paid study leave for team members taking part in formal studies outside of work. If you want to volunteer as a school governor, trustee or in some other capacity for a mission-aligned organisation we’ll support you without you needing to take annual leave.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an outstanding individual to join APF as a Support Networks Manager as we take the organisation through a significant period of development and growth.

Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis is a dynamic and energetic charity with a strong purpose and values (compassionate, expert and bold). Your leadership, coordination and active involvement will embody these values: influencing, supporting and driving change through networks to better meet the needs of people affected by pulmonary fibrosis. You’ll ensure that the voices and needs of people affected by this devastating condition are at the heart of everything you do, and you’ll prioritise those who are least well heard. 

What you will do:

• Extend our reach to the widest range of people with PF and families across the UK, actively supporting and guiding your team in fruitful partnerships with support groups and healthcare professionals and in regional events, and personally leading our communication with those groups where it is coordinated nationally.

• Support and guide your team to nurture a thriving, comprehensive PF support group network across the UK so that everyone affected by PF in the regions has access to high quality support.

• Enable people affected by PF across the UK to access the best possible care and support from the NHS, APF and other relevant providers, ensuring effective collaboration with our national policy work and being bold with trying out new approaches to influencing in the regions

• Help join the dots between the regions and nationally organised functions of APF for maximum impact on the lives of people affected by PF

You will need:

• Outstanding people, influencing, networking and communication skills
• A track record of building strong partnerships (especially with the NHS)
• Passion for amplifying the voices of people with lived experience, prioritising those who are least well heard
•  Experience of support groups and/or volunteering
• A good track record of empowering people management
• An understanding of the challenges of life with pulmonary fibrosis (personal experience of PF is very helpful but not essential)
• Strong IT skills for a modern digital workplace
• Highly organized, planning, prioritising and driving your team’s workload
• To work flexibly; can drive and regularly travel across the UK, including occasional weekends and evenings

 Why join us?

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to benefits as one of our employees.

• Make a difference to the lives of those that are affected by Pulmonary Fibrosis

• Inclusive and supportive culture

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with longer service)

• Company Pension Scheme

• Training and development

• Employee assistance programme

• Hybrid working (Equipment provided to work from home)

Application Details

If you are interested in applying, you will need to provide the following:

• a supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification. This should be no more than two sides of A4, font size 11. 
• a completed equal opportunities form
• your CV