Senior communication manager jobs in godalming, surrey
SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, which exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. We are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.
We are now looking for an experienced Senior Programme Funding Manager to secure crucial support from grant-making organisations and institutional funders.
- Drive strategic growth by mapping global programmes to UK funding opportunities, developing innovative strategies, and pioneering our humanitarian funding approach.
- Craft compelling partnerships by transforming programme insights into standout proposals and building strong relationships with like-minded funders.
- Collaborate globally with international teams to ensure funding applications reflect real community needs and align with expert input across safeguarding, finance, and programme delivery.
- Innovate by forming strategic partnerships with NGOs, research institutions, and development actors to co-create impactful new approaches.
- Lead grant processes from end to end, ensuring excellence in donor communications, reporting, and internal collaboration across departments.
- Maintain rigorous standards by managing due diligence, tracking progress in Salesforce, forecasting KPIs, and ensuring compliance with policies and best practice.
If you are an exceptional relationship builder, experienced in international development, looking for a pivotal role within a friendly, flexible, and supportive team, then this could be for you!
To Apply
Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification, and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.
The deadline for applications is Friday 27 June 2025, 17.00 UK time.
Please note:
The post-holder must be UK-based and able to work on a permanent full-time contract. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.
Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification, and submit a copy of your CV and a role specific covering letter.
CVs submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Bipolar UK is the only national charity dedicated to supporting individuals affected by bipolar, including carers and families. We're launching an exciting new lottery-funded project in Northern Ireland to expand our peer support network.
As Senior Volunteer Co-ordinator, you’ll play a central role in growing and supporting our network of local support groups. You’ll recruit, onboard and induct volunteer co-facilitators, ensuring a welcoming, inclusive experience. You’ll supervise and support volunteers, helping them develop skills and confidence to deliver safe, effective peer support—whether online or in-person.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting the set-up and running of new support groups across Northern Ireland.
- Providing ongoing training and practical assistance to volunteers.
- Collaborating on the promotion of groups and services with internal teams and external partners.
- Ensuring compliance with safeguarding, GDPR and internal policies.
- Promoting Bipolar UK’s self-management courses and psychoeducation resources.
- Representing the charity within communities and building partnerships with local mental health services.
This is a varied, hands-on role ideal for someone with strong communication skills, experience supporting volunteers, and a passion for peer-led mental health support.
Salary: £28,000–£30,000 | Contract: 2-year fixed term (extension subject to funding)
Location: Home-based in Northern Ireland, with occasional travel to London
Hours: Full-time (35 hours/week)
Reporting to: Services Manager – Groups
Applications without the specified cover letter will not be considered.
Our mission is to empower everyone affected by bipolar to live well and fulfil their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re the charity helping millions of people feel happier and healthier by spending more time on and along our historic canals and rivers. Our tranquil and wildlife-rich spaces provide places to walk, run, bike, boat, fish and rest. It takes an extraordinary team to bring our waterways to life and that is where you come in.
Individual Giving Fundraising is at the heart of the Trust’s Fundraising Strategy, and with ongoing investment to grow our supporter database and accelerate income generation, it's a truly exciting time to join our Fundraising Team.
The Senior Direct Marketing Executive is a key role within the Acquisition & Development Team. They will be driving collaborative working as they lead on cross functional digital projects across Brand, Fundraising and more! We are looking for a digital expert who thrives in an independent working environment and who can hit the ground running to lead on email strategy, a digital fundraising audit and the projects that arise from that. They should be solutions focused, proactive, innovative and collaborative.
Location/base: This role will be based from home, but will require regular travel to London, Birmingham and other Trust locations for meetings and team days.
Key Accountabilities:
- Reviewing, owning and implementing our Digital Fundraising Audit project – taking the actions to complete the audit, and also leading on the workstreams that come out of it.
- Leading on email strategy and becoming a super user of Marketo, our email platform, and continuously looking to optimise ways of working regarding emails.
- Leading on onward journeys and reporting on them on a regular basis.
- Working closely with the CRM Manager and Supporter Journey Manager to ensure excellent supporter experience, clear data flows and journey maps are completed for all digital campaigns.
- Developing strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders – from brand marketing and web development teams to creative and paid media agencies.
- Working closely with the Acquisition Team to help us deliver detailed digital analysis of campaigns.
- Ensuring we explore new and innovative digital opportunities, while remaining compliant.
- Reforecasting income and expenditure for areas of responsibility.
- Support the wider Individual Giving & Legacy team as required, including stewardship of other donor audiences during peak seasons and campaign support as required and agreed with their team manager.
Person Specification
Essential
- Demonstrable digital experience, particularly within a role or organisation focused on conversion and direct response
- Strong interpersonal skills, skilled at building internal and external relationships.
- Experience of analysing digital campaign performance and optimising in order to meet fundraising targets.
- Experience of email marketing and email marketing platforms.
- Ability to work independently and drive projects forward proactively.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Willing to adopt the Trust’s values as your own: caring, openness and transparency, supporting the local community, involving others, and striving for excellence
- Proficient in the use of MS office applications, particularly Excel and Word.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a digital fundraising role in a charity
- Technical experience of digital platforms
- Experience of building reports and using PowerBI
- Understanding of Fundraising regulation and statutory data compliance,
- Knowledge of Fundraising databases and customer relationship management programs
- Experience of working in a fast paced and ambitious team environment.
What We Offer
In addition to your salary of £39,250, you will benefit from a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, great holiday entitlement and numerous other employee benefits, including several salary sacrifice benefits.
- 25 days paid holiday, plus paid Bank Holidays, increasing to 27 days plus Bank Holidays after 3 years
- Annual £200 personal learning & growth award to spend on any learning related activity – hobbies; aspirations etc.
- Free access to specialist counselling on a range of issues – health; financial; lifestyle; well-being; domestic & neighbourly matters.
- Access to a range of employee benefits including – store discounts; boating holiday discounts; holiday purchase scheme.
- 2 days paid volunteering leave, volunteering for local community project work.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Placement Manager to join our Business Commissioning and Placements Team. This role of Placement Manager is key to the successful management of children’s placements across school residential, neurorehabilitation and community rehabilitation services (UK and International).
You will provide centralised administrative support during a child’s placement, coordinating effective and timely communications between internal and external stakeholders from pre-admission through to discharge.
Staff benefits include, shuttle bus, and more… Read more below
Role Requirements
- Work in collaboration with the Senior Placement Managers and multidisciplinary team to manage the child’s pathway from the time they are accepted for admission, through their care pathway and discharge.
- Work with Senior Placement Managers and Senior Business Development & Commissioning Manager to ensure the package and contract issued to funders is appropriate for the child’s needs and is regularly reviewed to ensure the care needs.
- Work with multi-disciplinary teams across school and child and family services to ensure that all clinical and contractual requirements for the child are comprehensively managed.
- Escalate complex and unresolved issues for support to ensure a positive outcome.
- Ensure the parents/guardians, multidisciplinary team are aware pre-admission and throughout the admission of the arrangements for the admission, including length of stay and discharge plans.
- Take on the lead role for discharge coordination for children and young people accessing neurorehabilitation and step-down placements. Proactively plan discharges including liaison with multiagency teams required to take over care. Where appropriate, chairing discharge planning meetings.
For more detail, please see the Duties and Responsibilities in the candidate briefing pack.
Interviews will be scheduled for week commencing 16th June 2025
Strictly no agencies, please.
Terms and Conditions
PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
General Overview of Role
The post-holder will be responsible for writing bid applications within Combat Stress. This will include:
- Support the development and delivery of Combat Stress's bid writing under the leadership of the Director of Fundraising (DoF) and Head of Trusts and Foundations (HTF), in order to support our role as a specialist UK-wide provider of mental health services to veterans with complex mental health needs.
- With guidance and support from DoF and HoTF contribute to the various stages of a bid or tender process.
- Support the team in managing service contracts.
- Ensure compliance with the business development framework and governance processes - with support from DoF and HoTF.
Main Duties and Key Responsibilities
- Complete bid writing in support of the business development agenda of Combat Stress, working with all departments in promoting our services to attract new business and supporting cost-effective service delivery.
- Contribute to our revenue generation agenda by owning and contributing to bid documents such as mobilisation or communication plans.
- Support the assessment of the healthcare market within which we operate, to ensure we are best placed to achieve growth and have the appropriate strategies to mitigate risks
- Support the development, monitoring and delivery of business developments plans, systems and processes in line with our strategy and targets
- Work across departments in order to adhere to the full service specification of the bid or tender.
- Work with the DoF to develop existing partnership arrangements and to develop the case to support new service and business partnerships, commercial ventures, and creative contract solutions to further our strategic aims.
- Manage the "bid/no bid" process to lead our responses to ITTs, lead on bid writing and project management of bid submissions
- Produce reports and proposals, including spreadsheets, involve bids for additional funding from commissioners.
- Review and refine all business development processes and templates to maintain "fit for purpose"
Contract Management
- Assist with the development, monitoring, management, and review of contracts.
Communication
- Contribute to the communication strategy within and external to the Charity
- Support the team on any other projects as requested by the DoF
General responsibilities
- Ensure data collection in general is kept up to date, in accordance with legislation and the policies of the Charity, and incident reports are completed in accordance with the policies of the Charity.
- We reserve the right to ask you from time to time to undertake any other reasonable duties as required within this role.
Risk Management
- As an employee of the Charity, the postholder is required to be risk aware and readily able to identify risks faced in the course of day-to-day duties. Where a new risk is identified it is to be reported through the postholder's line manager
Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues




Job Description and Person Specification
Reporting to: Head of Trusts and Foundations
Location of work: Remote, with some requirements to travel to our London office (monthly team meetings + around 4 ad hoc days across the contract length)
Contract type: Full-time, 35 hours per week, although 3 or 4 days per week will be considered. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work.
Contract Length: Initial 6-month contract with potential to be made permanent.
Salary: £37,500
JOB PURPOSE
We are looking for a Trust and Foundations Manager to join our ambitious and friendly team, initially for a six-month contract. We are seeking to grow our funding partnerships, with a team focus on multi-year and £50,000+ grants. The successful candidate will have a particular focus on researching, cultivating and applying to new prospects. We are looking for someone with excellent writing and interpersonal skills to join our dynamic and passionate team to fight child hunger and unlock opportunities for the next generation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
New business
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Prepare, compile and submit high quality funding proposals and budgets in accordance with timetables and application criteria, with a particular focus on larger, multi-year and project funding opportunities.
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Develop cultivation pathways for potential funders, including creating tailored engagement plans for high level donors, arranging school visits, attending key meetings (or briefing senior stakeholders) and delivering presentations to secure their support.
Account management
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Successfully manage relationships from your own portfolio of trusts and foundations, ensuring timely reporting and effective communications.
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Champion the interests of trusts and foundations across the organisation, ensuring grant conditions are met and project outcomes are achieved.
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Support the team to deliver strategic, multi-year partnerships and to steward key funders.
General
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Maintain accurate financial, performance and account management records via Salesforce.
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Work with the Head of Trusts & Foundations to support the forecasting of income from current and potential donors.
Please find attached our job pack
APPLICATION PROCCESS
Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, recruitment @magicbreakfast. com
Shortlisting - w/c 9th June
Interview 1 - 16th and 17th June
Interview 2 - 20th June
All interviews will be held online via Teams.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
We are now at an exciting time where we must grow to meet the ambition of our new 10-year strategy. To support our team and community in this next stage of our development, we are now looking for a Communications Officer.
Working closely with the Senior Communications Manager and our Engagement and Events team, the new hire will help to promote the capitals approach and position the Capitals Coalition as the central and leading organization in this space.
Collaboration, communication, and shared ownership are central to our way of working. We are looking for a candidate with a strong ‘can-do’ attitude, great communication and organizational skills, who can work independently to a high standard, and have a creative eye. If you are passionate about working at the intersection of climate, biodiversity, social development, equity, and economics, believe people and planet must be at the heart of decision making, and are keen to learn, then we want to hear from you!
Download the job description and application form and learn how to apply at our website. The final deadline to apply is 15th June.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Population Matters is a growing UK charity with a global remit. We are a dedicated small organisation of individuals who has big ambitions. We adopt a can-do approach and belief to implementing our vision - a world in which our human population lives fairly and sustainably with nature and each other.
Through collaboration, creativity and commitment our work addresses the negative consequences of ever more people using ever more of the planet’s resources. We do this by inspiring and engaging with others to find, share and promote ways to make our vision a reality as quickly as possible.
We have recently launched our 5-year strategy, and we have now entered an exciting new phase of growth and influence.
About You: The Role
- You are someone who can adeptly apply your hands-on experience gained from designing and implementing impactful communication strategies.
- You bring tenacity, curiosity and passion in designing and delivering digital campaigns that influence and shift public and media narratives to enable our human population to live fairly and sustainably with nature and each other.
- With always this end in sight, your management experience of digital mass communications, platforms and presences will ensure digital communications, campaigning and fundraising is fully leveraged through applying continuous monitoring, evaluation, learning, accountability and innovation.
- You will be responsible for our content strategy across all digital channels and play a lead role in the design and delivery of communication strategies and assets.
- You bring significant knowledge and experience of digital communications, marketing, infrastructure and project management, and ensure that our digital communications inspire and engage audiences to support our mission.
For further information, please refer to the attachement below. We look forward to hearing from you!
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave per annum; additional three days’ closure over Christmas; employer pension contribution 6-8%, employee matching contribution min. 2%; Employee Assistance Programme; we fund and encourage continuing professional development (CPD).We promote and encourage flexible working all types, in line with our flexible working policy.
Location: Remote working in the UK, with occasional travel and access to our London office space. Must have right to work in the UK.
Interviews: There will be two rounds of interviews. The first interview will take place on Wednesday 11 June 2025 (virtual) and the second on Tuesday 17 June 2025 (in-person at our office in London).
Deadline for Applications: 08-Jun-2025 23:30
Please apply by sending a CV (no more than two A4 pages) and covering letter (no more than two A4 pages), addressing the Job Description and, in particular, the Person Specification.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Marketing & Communications Manager
May 2025
1 Job Details:
Reports to: Director of Finance & Operations
Hours: 28 - 35 hours per week (negotiable)
Location: Home based (with occasional travel)
Salary: c £37,000 (with an excellent benefits package including life insurance and private healthcare)
Start Date Immediate
2. About us:
The UK Cyber Security Council works to bring together stakeholders to build and drive engagement in the cyber security profession, through developing standards and ethical practice, demystifying career routes into the profession and promoting the profession.
In collaboration with multiple UK Government departments and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), our approach is to co-ordinate existing programmes and shape new initiatives, in support of the ambition to make the UK the safest place to live and work online.
We are also a membership organisation, with corporate members, who share our interest in promoting, supporting and developing the cyber security profession.
3. The role:
If you’re successful, you will have a unique opportunity to join a growing organisation at an important phase of its development. This exciting strategic and operational role will enable you to lead on the dynamic marketing and communication approach of an organisation with a very important mission which engages with a myriad of important stakeholders
4. Main Duties and Responsibilities
· To lead the delivery of the organisations marketing and communications (marcomms) strategy plan.
· To lead the development of strategic marketing and communication plans across all programmes, products and services.
· To ensure that marketing and communications across the organisation reflect and align with the UK Cyber Security Councils brand, vision, mission and values.
· To oversee and deal with brand governance issues and to drive, manage and implement marketing solutions and promotions that support agreed brand awareness targets.
· To manage our digital and social media channels and to ensure that all programmes and services are promoted effectively through these channels.
· To write high quality content, briefs, press releases and social media posts as part of our marcomms requirements.
· Working with the leadership team to develop a plan and process for internal communications across the Council.
· To lead on collaboration with licenced bodies and partners on joint marcomms and promotions
· To maintain an awareness of the Council’s strategy and wider cyber security landscape and propose content that will speak to key audiences.
· To update the website content on a regular basis as the window to the organisation.
· To work with internal and external colleagues to agree marketing and communications strategies for each programme and support the delivery of e-marketing and social media campaigns.
· To lead on the delivery of consistent, branded marketing collateral – print and digital in support of identified brand awareness targets.
· To lead on promoting our events management activities working closely with internal and external colleagues.
· To develop and evaluate customer research, market conditions and competitor data to ensure that annual marcomms plans remain refreshed and up to date.
· To work with senior managers to develop annual engagement targets based on
increased engagement and influence.
· To measure and report performance of all marketing activity, assessing against
targets, together with other relevant metrics and analytics.
· To prepare progress reports as required for the Chief Executive and/or Board of Trustees.
· To ensure effective data management concerning members and supporters to ensure that GDPR compliance is maintained at all times.
· To represent the Council in a professional manner and to act at all times in a manner which will not damage its reputation.
· To undertake other tasks from time to time as required by the Leadership Team.
This job description is intended as a general guide to the scope of the post and may change in line with the needs of the service or at the request of the line manager.
5. Person Specification:
5.1 Essential Criteria:
· Experience and willingness to be hands on in content development and production including graphic design of marketing collateral
· Experienced in copy writing, proof reading and editing content
· Experience of content management systems (CMS)
· Experience of working with creative agencies and PR companies
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Experience of using customer relationship management systems (CRM)
· Excellent project management skills
· Attention to detail and driven by high quality outputs
· Ability to work autonomously, work under spikes of pressure and meet deadlines
· Ability to think outside the box, dynamic and innovative
· Experience of managing the social media area including content and campaigns
· A track record of successful programme and organisational marketing
5.2 Desirable:
· A degree in marketing or communications or equivalent
· An understanding of the Cyber Security Profession
· Experience of managing staff, volunteers or interns
· Experience of creating high impact comms design
· Experience of commissioning content from external authors
· Experience working in a professional body context, and/or with committees and volunteers
6. Diversity
We actively encourage applications from a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our positions as we are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities people.
We actively support diversity and inclusion and ensure that all our employees are valued and treated with dignity and respect as we want to encourage everyone in our business to reach their potential.
7. How to apply
Please forward an up-to-date CV, along with a supporting letter (max 2xA4), indicating how you meet the person specification criteria outlined above.
8. Timetable
Closing Date: 06/06/2025
Interview: Week beginning: 09/06/2025
Start Date: ASAP
Important note:
We will be interviewing on a rolling basis and so we may close the recruitment process early if an outstanding candidate is secured. Please do not contact members of the Council directly around this role but use the website’s formal application process. We will not be engaging with other recruiters in relation to this role.
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Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance is seeking a strategic and creative Communications, Engagement and Policy Manager to lead our outreach, advocacy, and communications efforts. This part-time leadership role is ideal for someone passionate about empowering disabled communities, building influence, and shaping impactful campaigns in a flexible, supportive work environment.
Job Title: Communications, Engagement and Policy Manager
Location: Flexible (with occasional travel required)
Reports to: CEO
Salary: £17,280-18,720 gross per annum (£36,000-£39,000 FTE)
Hours: Part-time, 18 hours per week
About Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance
Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance is a charity dedicated to empowering, supporting, and advocating for individuals living with neuromuscular conditions. Our mission is to ensure that those affected by these conditions have access to the resources, representation, and information they need to live fulfilling and independent lives.
Job Summary
We are looking for a creative, driven, and collaborative Communications, Engagement and Policy Manager to lead on internal and external communications and to deepen engagement with our members, stakeholders, and the wider community. This is a key role in growing our influence, raising awareness of our work, and supporting our mission to empower people with neuromuscular conditions. Your work will ensure that our user base remains actively engaged, well-informed, and central to our projects and campaign planning. You will oversee an Engagement Officer, Social Media Officer, and Campaigns and Advocacy Officer, working collaboratively to amplify our impact, strengthen user connections, and further our mission.
Key Responsibilities
1. User Engagement and Relationship Management
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Develop and implement strategies to enhance engagement with our users across projects, events, and online platforms, ensuring their voices are integral to our work.
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Work with the Engagement Officer to design and coordinate events, workshops, and other engagement activities, both in-person and online, that support community connection and provide valuable resources to users.
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Gather and analyse feedback from users to ensure our services, content, and campaigns remain relevant and responsive to their needs.
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Manage the CRM and membership of the charity in line with the membership policy.
2. Content Creation and Communications
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Develop and implement a communication strategy for the organisation to set our key messages, approach and KPIs for engaging with individual, community and professional audiences as well as for internal communications.
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Support the Social Media Officer in developing and implementing a communications plan in particular focused on our social media based activities and content creation.
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Oversee and produce high-quality content for digital platforms, newsletters, reports, and publications that engage and inform our audience.
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Lead on creating and placing feature articles, policy briefings and press releases, and serve as the main media contact to ensure consistent, clear messaging.
3. Policy, Campaigning, and Advocacy
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Work with the CEO to develop and implement, through the Policy and Campaigns Team, a campaigns strategy that responds to the needs of the neuromuscular community and creates positive, meaningful change for our community.
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Collaborate with the Campaigns and Advocacy Officer to formulate and promote evidence-based policy positions, engaging key stakeholders in government, healthcare, and related sectors.
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Support the Campaigns and Advocacy Officer to expand the Pathfinders advocacy service and drive referrals to the service.
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Represent the organisation at events, sector meetings, and forums to build our profile and increase our influence on policy issues relevant to our community.
4. Team Leadership and Development
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Manage, support, and foster the professional growth of the Engagement Officer, Social Media Officer, and Campaigns and Advocacy Officer, building a collaborative and empowered team.
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Set team objectives and KPIs, monitor progress, and provide regular feedback to ensure alignment with organisational goals and impact.
5. Stakeholder Engagement and Partnership Development
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Cultivate relationships with relevant stakeholders, including influencers, partner organisations, funders, policymakers, and the neuromuscular community.
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Work closely with the CEO to manage community partnerships, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and expanding opportunities for user engagement.
6. Organisational management
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Support the CEO with the overall running of the organisation by attending meetings of the management committee as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, taking on additional tasks as agreed.
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Provide contingency support to the Senior Leadership Team to cover essential tasks such as reporting hours to our payroll team in the event of staff absence.
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Maintain an overview of projects and teams across the organisation to provide short-term management and HR support in the event of staff shortages or incapacity.
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Review, approve and document payments in the charity using our software and finance process.
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Support the development of funding bids and project plans for introducing new projects.
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Represent the Senior Leadership Team at external events and in meetings with Trustees and Members.
Qualifications and Experience
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Bachelor’s degree in communications, public policy, engagement, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
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3-years experience in a communications, policy, or engagement role, ideally within a charity or non-profit setting.
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Experience engaging directly with user communities and developing outreach initiatives.
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Strong writing and editing skills with experience producing content for a variety of platforms including Youtube.
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Experience managing a small team to achieve strategic objectives.
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Knowledge of or strong interest in the healthcare, disability, or neuromuscular sector is desirable.
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Lived experience of a neuromuscular condition is desirable but not essential.
Skills and Attributes
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Strategic thinker with the ability to balance advocacy, engagement, and communication initiatives effectively.
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Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to build relationships across diverse audiences.
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Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritise, and maintain high standards under tight timelines.
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Proficient in social media management, content creation, and analytics.
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A commitment to advocating for and advancing the rights of individuals with neuromuscular conditions.
What We Offer
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The opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a purpose-driven, supportive organisation.
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Flexible working arrangements to promote work-life balance.
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Ongoing professional development opportunities and the chance to lead impactful campaigns and user engagement efforts.
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Finance Manager
Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) was founded by Frank Mullane in memory of his sister Julia Pemberton and her son Will who were both killed by her ex-partner in 2003.
Each year, around 150 families lose a loved one to domestic homicide. The actual number of suicides as a result of domestic abuse remains unknown. AAFDA’s prime function is to provide families in England and Wales with specialist peer support and expert and specialist advocacy for the range of statutory reviews that will take place after domestic homicide.
As a growing charity, AAFDA is looking for an exceptional candidate to join our supportive team and lead our finance and resource management functions. The role will provide and manage the HR, administration and finance activities of the charity and sit within the Senior Leadership Team.
This role is offered on a full-time basis (subject to funding). Although home based, occasional travel will be required. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and strongly encourage applications from those with Black and/or Minoritised backgrounds.
Role - Finance Manager
Reports to: CEO/Deputy CEO
Location: Home Based (with occasional travel required)
Salary: £36,000 per annum (full-time equivalent), depending on skills and experience.
Contract Hours: Full Time / 40 hours per week. Permanent subject to funding
ROLE OVERVIEW
AAFDA (Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse) is a growing Charity and to meet the demands of this growth, we are looking for a full time Finance and Resources Manager to join our team.
MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE
To work with the Board, CEO and Deputy CEO to ensure efficient and effective financial management, including setting and monitoring budgets, producing financial reports, and overseeing day to day financial management, including payroll and bookkeeping via Quickbooks, and providing advice and guidance, to inform the development and delivery of AAFDA’s strategy and business plan.
To work with the CEO and Deputy CEO to ensure that AAFDA meets its funder obligations, including reporting on time, gathering data from across the team and compiling reports for CEO/Deputy CEO sign off.
To work with Trustees and staff to ensure AAFDA fulfils its legal and regulatory requirements, including; coordinating the implementation of health and safety, GDPR and other policies and procedures; leading on human resources support; and overseeing office management and IT. Note that specialist HR advice and support and IT are provided to AAFDA by external contractors.
The role provides and manages the HR, administration and finance activities of the Charity and sits within the Senior Leadership Team.
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
· Ensuring the day-to-day financial and accounting operations (Quickbooks) are delivered and maintained.
· Administering and managing Payroll, expenses, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, managing the bank including reconciliations and other financial management.
· Managing AAFDA’s budget planning, monitoring and review and year-end accounts processes.
· Meeting AAFDA’s funder reporting deadlines, including oversight of the compilation of information for the funder and the provision of financial reports.
· Supporting the development of AAFDA’s strategy and business plan including providing financial projections and conducting risk analysis as and when required.
· Ensuring effective day-to-day management of book-keeping and financial administration.
· Ensuring financial, payroll and data protection policies and procedures comply with relevant legislation/regulations, reflect best practice and are applied throughout AAFDA, reporting non-compliance to the CEO and/or Deputy CEO.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Finance:
· In conjunction with the Leadership team, undertake regular finance operational duties including;
- Preparation and setting of a three-year outline budget to accompany AAFDA’s three-year strategy.
- Preparation and setting of the annual budget.
- quarterly reviews – including cashflow and operational re-forecasts.
- Monthly management accounts and variance analysis.
· Prepare quarterly finance reports for the Board, including variance analysis, re-forecasts and ad-hoc reports, as necessary.
· Assist the third-party accountant with the preparation of year-end accounts.
· Manage and operate the internal finance and accounting systems and databases.
· Oversee delivery of payroll, through the use of third-party providers software and using the staff time management recording system.
· Manage all staff expense systems and ensure compliance with relevant AAFDA policies.
· Manage and operate a purchasing system and ensure appropriate levels of pre-expenditure financial authorisation are in place and followed and that suppliers are paid on a timely basis.
· Ensure that all receivables are billed and collected on a timely basis.
· Be the main contact with and management of, the day-to-day operations of the Charity’s banking arrangements, seeking secondary authorisations where required.
· Ensure compliance with HMRC, including monitoring VAT threshold, tax and gift aid, and undertake necessary returns where necessary.
· Commission specialist VAT and other financial advice as required and in conjunction with the Board and CEO/DCEO.
· Support and advise the Trustees, CEO, Deputy CEO and other Leadership Team colleagues with financial forecasting/planning, and allocation and funding of staff and other resources.
· Support Fundraising staff with preparing and managing grant applications and project budgets with the aim of ensuring a minimum of full-cost recovery and provide financial implementation data to enable the Charity to comply with any grant reporting obligations, including by creating and maintaining records of costs by grant received.
Effective Organisational Administration
· Oversee policy and procedure development and implementation, including safeguarding, data protection, Health and Safety, complaints, etc, in conjunction with other Leadership Team members.
· Conduct horizon scanning and recommend opportunities to revise policies and procedures to ensure legal/regulatory compliance and/or in line with best practice.
· Review, improve and ensure implementation of project management processes.
· Ensure appropriate equipment and infrastructure resources are in place for staff, volunteers and Trustees.
· Ensure insurance is in place for all activity and potential organisational risks.
· Continually improve and manage operational costs and budget.
· Collaborate with colleagues to ensure optimal use of the AAFDA customer relationship, case management, time recording, expense management and other operational systems.
Other
· To work with the Trustees, CEO/DCEO and staff to develop and implement the strategy and business plan.
· Provide support for effective governance.
· Take part in Leadership Team meetings.
· To work with the rest of the staff team to carry out any other task or project required from time to time, as directed by the CEO or Deputy CEO.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL
Experience
Experience of the range of financial management and management accounting, including analysis and commentary.
Experience of audits, invoices, bank reconciliations, accounts payable and accounts receivable and budget preparation.
Experience of working with and co-ordinating income and expenditure across multi-project budgets.
Ability to work to tight deadlines and some ad hoc schedules.
Knowledge
Knowledge of financial regulations and accounting processes.
Working knowledge of using QuickBooks.
Knowledge of health and safety legislation and employment law.
An understanding of equality, diversity, inclusivity and intersectionality and how this relates to this role.
Skills
Strong attention to detail with a strong sense of commerciality and value for money.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage time-sensitive tasks.
Ability to work flexibly and occasionally out of hours.
Other
Ability to manage payroll and HR administration.
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel.
DESIRABLE
Experience of charity sector accounting/finance.
Experience or understanding of project management.
Experience of line managing staff or volunteers.
Experience of developing and delivering HR, IT, Health & Safety, and data protection policy and procedures.
An understanding of the needs of families impacted by domestic abuse and/or domestic homicide.
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Location: Homebased with occasional travel for meetings
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Contract: Fixed term for 12 months
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- range of health benefits
- 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
- and much more, which you can learn about
Interested? Here’s how to apply:
Application closing date: 5th June 2025
Virtual interview date: 11th & 12th June 2025
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.
If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable. You may be just the right candidate.
If successful, your recruitment journey will include:
1. Anonymised application form
2. Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams
Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.
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