We are looking for a Creative Lead to develop and oversee Battersea’s integrated creative output to deliver against brand and organisational objectives through strategic and creative excellence.

About us

Battersea is here for every dog and cat and has been since 1860. We are a leading animal welfare charity and over the last 160 years we’ve grown from one home in London to three rescuing and rehoming centres across the South East. With c500 staff and 1000 volunteers, we have cared for over three million vulnerable animals We also campaign tirelessly to make things better for dogs and cats; sharing our expertise and educating the public and policymakers about responsible pet ownership. Join us and make a difference for every dog and cat.

Our Marketing & Communications Team

Battersea’s Marketing & Communications department is responsible for communicating the breadth of the organisation’s work in an engaging and memorable way. Though our award-winning campaigns, we use our influence to affect change for dogs and cats within and beyond our gates; building Battersea’s reputation on a national and international scale. Our work involves everything from innovative integrated advertising campaigns to rehome our animals, to supporting other departments with their strategic objectives. We also manage Battersea’s online communities, offer brand guidance, deliver innovative digital activity, and manage internal communications, ensuring that staff and volunteers stay informed and engaged. The department’s ultimate goal is to raise awareness of Battersea’s work, so we can be here for more dogs and cats.

Brand team

Within the Marketing & Communications department sits the Brand team. We work to build Battersea’s brand health – ensuring that Battersea and rescue remain front of mind. We are responsible for Battersea’s brand marketing activity, integrated marketing campaigns and our creative storytelling across design, content and proposition and messaging development. Ultimately, we are guardians of the Battersea brand and work to bring our purpose – to be here for every dog and cat – to life.

What we can offer you

Our dedicated people mean that we can be here for every dog and cat. Whether you are sharing an office with our dogs or directly caring for our cats, our animals show their appreciation every day. There is no better reward than seeing the difference you make to the lives of our dogs and cats first-hand; although we also provide a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental (£100), optical (£100), physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture (£325) every year
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Life insurance

During the recent Coronavirus restrictions, our animal-facing staff have continued to work on site and our office based staff have been working from home. We are currently piloting a hybrid working model for our office-based staff to split their time between site based and home working. We believe this will support office-based staff to maintain the benefits of home working, while allowing for collaboration and interaction with our animal-facing staff and maintaining a connection to our cause.

As this role is office-based, you’ll be expected to work in our Battersea office for a minimum of 50% of your working week.

So, if you are passionate about dogs, cats and about our work, then we’d like to hear from you.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together. We would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented at Battersea.

Closing date: Sunday 29 May 2022

Interview date(s): Thursday 9 & Monday 13 June

Second interview: Monday 20 June 2022

For full details, please download our recruitment pack. To apply, click the button below.  All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised; we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Your new role
This organisation is looking for a freelance designer that has a breadth of work to showcase in their portfolio ranging from digital to print. There will be an extensive amount of using Adobe CC (Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop), as well the use of After Effects and Premiere Pro. They are looking to bring someone in from the 23rd May until the 17th June.

What you'll need to succeed

• Must have own equipment Use to an agile working environment
• Time management is key
• Must be able to work on multiple jobs
• Must be able to grasp brand guidelines quickly and produce on brand work

What you'll get in return
You will receive a fantastic opportunity to work with a leading not-for-profit organisation, as well as a competitive salary of £200-300 a day.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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We’re pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a Graphic Designer to join our Communications team, based in South West London.

From quiet beginnings, parkrun has grown into a worldwide social movement with community at its beating heart.

Committed to breaking down barriers to participation in regular physical activity and bringing communities together, we deliver free, weekly timed events every weekend that people of all ages and backgrounds can take part in – as walkers, joggers, runners, volunteers and spectators.

Our mission is to create a healthier and happier planet. Now in our 18th year, parkrun is delivered in over 2,200 locations across 23 countries.

The role

We are seeking an experienced graphic designer to shape and develop an in house design function, based within our fast paced and dynamic Communications team.

The ideal candidate will have a strong graphic design portfolio that includes work across multiple platforms; with demonstrable experience in bringing complex concepts to life.

You’ll work on a wide range of projects, across multiple teams and campaigns, helping to bring parkrun’s ambitious plans to life.

We offer great flexible working conditions and a range of employee benefits including a contributory pension plan, 20 days paid leave (plus Bank Holidays) and a commitment to develop your skills and provide training.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring diversity of perspective to our thinking and conversation. We pride ourselves on being inclusive and it’s important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense. If you share our values and ambitions, and have the skills and experience, then we would be delighted to receive your application.

The deadline for applications is 5pm,  20 May 2022.

Are you experienced UX Designer? Do you have a strong technical skill set, able to create exceptional digital customer experiences that deliver value and impact quickly?

We're looking for an experienced UX Designer to join our dynamic team and help embed user insight and user centric thinking across the business, ensuring we offer an outstanding digital experience for our users.

About the role

 

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is driving a period of dynamic digital change and growth. To support this, a Digital Content & Experiences Centre of Excellence has been developed to step change the impact of digital experiences for BHF customers.

We're focused on deepening engagement for our wide and varied customer-base, as well as growing our marketable universe for all our products including high traffic mass participation, third party events, individual giving fundraising offers, branded experiences, innovation MVPs and more.

Creating intuitive, functional, and beautiful digital products, you’ll work on end-to-end sprint-based delivery from ideation through to delivery. This will include undertaking user research, creating low-fi sketches, ideation and visual concepting, wireframing, UI design, creating fully interactive and responsive production prototypes, usability testing and supporting delivery teams as your designs are built and delivered.

You'll use analytics and research to optimise our offering across multiple channels.

This is a fast paced and creative role which is both exciting and challenging in equal measure.

Working arrangements

 

This is a dual location role, with your working time split between your home and approximately one day per fortnight in our London Office. This will allow us to unlock our best work for our cause, blending the best of home and office working.

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life. Many of our people work flexibly in many ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.

About you

With an outstanding first class UX and UI portfolio and deep knowledge of design principles and methods, you’ll be a bold and brilliant UX designer with strong expertise delivering conversion focused products and content offers to market, that serve and delight customers across mobile and web.

Delivering the best customer experience through a design thinking process is your passion and you’ll be able to bring all stakeholders on the continuous improvement journey.

You’ll be a strategic problem solver with the ability to intuitively understand a wide range of audiences and customer needs and build lasting relationships across the organisation.

You’ll deepen our understanding of a product development lifecycle, design process and audience interaction using your knowledge of digital analysis tools including Google Analytics and GlassBox from which you’ll develop evidence-based recommendations.

What can we offer you?

Our MyBHF Career Academy provides you with support, inspiration, and opportunities to help you unlock your full potential. 

Our generous staff benefits include:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Dental health cover
• Contribution towards gym membership
• Pension with employer contribution up to 10%
• Life assurance

We have been recognised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) for our Live Well. Work Well. Programme. Heart health is central to our mission, and that starts with you. We provide a programme of activities, opportunities, and guidance to inspire and support you to live a healthy and happy life, at home and at work.

About us

When people affected by heart and circulatory diseases are in need, they turn to us. With our research we give people hope. With our expert advice and training, we give people knowledge and support. And with our campaigning we help build a healthier world for everyone.

We celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Diversity and Inclusion forms a main pillar in our People Experience Strategy. Our aim is for all our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work, so we can continue to fund life saving research.

Interview process 

The interview process will be held virtually over MS Teams.

How to apply 

It’s quick and easy to apply, all you need is an up to date CV and a link to your portfolio. Just click on the apply button below to get started.

As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, the BHF will use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

Please note the internal job title for this role is Digital Product Designer.

We’re looking for a creative and passionate Junior Designer to join our busy team, and use their design skills to make a difference to the lives of seriously ill children.

As one of our in-house designers, you will create inspiring designs and artwork for digital and print communications. You’ll work on a wide variety of design projects to support fundraising, engagement and brand activation activity across the charity and hospital.

About the Team

The Design team plays a vital role in communicating the urgent need to fund the work of Great Ormond Street Hospital. The team is part of Brand Marketing & Creative which in turn sits under the Marketing & Communications directorate. We work to elevate the profile of the charity and hospital brands, and build support for the cause.

The Junior Designer is line-managed by the Senior Designer. The Design team has one Junior Designer, three Designers, two Senior Designers, and reports to the Design Manager. Everyone in the team has the opportunity to work on varied and interesting projects.

About You

You are passionate about design and motivated to use your skills as a force for good. Resourceful and organised, you’re comfortable managing projects and working both independently and collaboratively.

You’re confident interpreting creative briefs and applying design concepts across a range of materials, through to final delivery. This will include sourcing appropriate external suppliers, print-buying, preparation of final artwork and/or creation of digital assets. You are a creative thinker but have a practical, delivery-focused approach.

You’ll also have great people skills, building strong relationships with your colleagues in the Design team and across the charity.

The ideal candidate will have:

· experience of designing for print and digital
· competency in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
· ability to generate original, creative work within brand guidelines
· strong stakeholder management and people skills
· a passion for making a difference to the lives of seriously ill children across the UK.

Please include your CV as well as a PDF showing three examples of your work with your application.

This is a 9-month FTC role. It’s based in our central London office with the option to work from home up to three days a week.

About the Charity

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill
children starts with you.

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation' and placed number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list - we offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We recognise that people from some backgrounds are under-represented in our workforce and across the wider Charity sector. In April 2021 we launched our ambitious three-year EDI strategy committing to becoming a more inclusive workforce, reflecting the diverse communities that we work with and for and demonstrating this through all our areas of work.

A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority backgrounds, people with a disability, people who are LGBT+ or who are from less advantaged socioeconomic groups.

Our approach to hybrid working

This role is based in our Central London office (WC1N, opposite Russell Square underground) with the option to work remotely up to three days a week.

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application, and should refer to the 'GOSH Charity Information Pack' on the Careers page of our website before you apply.

You must address the criteria in the job description and person specification in your application.

Please include your CV as well as a PDF showing three examples of your work.

You may also include a link to your online portfolio if you wish.

Closing date: 25th May

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

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Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (Fundraising & Trading)

Location: Stratford based (with high flexibility, office-based 1-2 days a week)

Contract: 9 months fixed-term

Salary:?£50,000 to £60,000 per annum dependent on experience?

Closing date: 23:55 on the 11th June. Please do not delay applying as we will be shortlisting on application.

Are you a Software Engineer looking for exposure to a diverse range of products/ initiatives within an organization that's investing heavily in software engineering whilst seeing the direct impact of your work in saving lives?

Why we need you

It's an exciting time to join the Technology team at Cancer Research UK (CRUK), our teams are now aligned to product portfolios ensuring we can deliver the best digital products and solutions to enable our pioneering work on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer.

CRUK has an ambitious approach to Engineering which is an integral part of CRUK's strategy. We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Senior Software Engineer with experience of TypeScript/JavaScript, AWS, PHP to partner with our Fundraising & Trading portfolio to take digital products to the next level. Our Fundraising & Trading products play an invaluable role in securing CRUK funding for our lifesaving research into curing all cancers, for example, our bespoke payment platform has raised £39m+ for the charity making up c.60% of our fundraising income.

We have fantastic technology professionals across all our tech teams, who are not only?skilled?at what they do but also passionate about our main aim of beating cancer sooner. We're looking for an engineer who can join us in our mission.

What will I be doing?

As a Senior Software Engineer at Cancer Research UK you are responsible for the delivery of specific packages of development for software applications within our Fundraising & Trading product teams, and for running these applications in production.

• Applying Lean and Agile principles to develop high-quality code that has minimal bugs, adheres to CRUK standards, and is highly supportable.

• Working either independently or in collaboration with Solution Architects to design new solutions in line with the Software Engineering strategy.

• Working autonomously to deliver backlog items for an existing product.

• Work in collaboration with Product Managers, Service Designers, UX Designers, Business Analysts, etc to identify user needs, discuss capabilities and iteratively design solutions

• Supporting the development of more junior software engineers through mentoring

What we're looking for

Essential

• Experienced Software Engineer with experience in TypeScript/JavaScript, AWS, PHP

• Ability to write clean, readable, and properly tested code based on tried and tested design patterns.

• Ability and willingness to learn new languages, frameworks, and tools.

• Experience building modern user interfaces and single-page applications using the React/NextJS ecosystem. Experience developing APIs and other back-end components using Node.js and PHP.

• Experience in acting as a technical lead in a team, starting the development of new features from scratch, defining the overall solution, and reviewing more junior engineers' work.

Desirable

• Some experience with cloud-native architecture and AWS services, various SQL and noSQL databases, as well as queues such as SQS.

• Some experience in running critical services in production and designing highly available, scalable, and secure solutions.

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn't be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes:

• Flexible working - office-based 1 or 2 days a week

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 1 CRUK day (option to buy up to 5 days per annum).

• (Less than 10-minute walk to National Rail, Jubilee, Central, and Elizabeth lines; Westfield Shopping Centre, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Gym…)

• Pension (employer contributions up to 10%).

• Life insurance.

• Brilliant learning and development opportunities.?

• Discounts - Westfield Shopping Centre, travel, technology, gym memberships, and much more…

If you're as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save and extend lives- apply here!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Learning Designer to join the [Learning and Development team working from home, 37.5 hours a week.

Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?

Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?

If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…

What we offer:

At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:

• Flexible working options including hybrid working
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 30 days plus Bank Holidays
• Pension with 5% employer contribution
• Enhanced sick pay allowances & maternity payments
• High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts
• Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
• Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
• Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression

About the role:

This is a home based role that will include some travel across England and Wales for meetings etc.

As a Digital Learning Designer you will be: -

• Support the scoping of learning needs with L&D colleagues and make recommendations on potential digital based learning interventions
• Design and implement e-learning modules and other digital learning interventions including short video resources, animated videos etc
• Be the organisations expert on digital learning interventions and how best they can be utilised to address learning outcomes and in turn support the improvement of performance
• Maintain and develop our Online Learning Site (Moodle based LMS) working with internal and external stakeholders
• Support the organisation to promote blended learning packages and digital only interventions to improve engagement with learners

You will need:

• Experience of instructional design and ability to design effective e-learning modules using Storyline software
• Experience of scoping out learning needs and addressing these through a digital or blended learning approach
• Experience of Moodle administration or similar e-learning systems
• Ability to work across multiple projects at the same time, manage stakeholder relationships including working with Subject Matter Experts and deliver high quality products within deadlines

About Us:

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities

How to apply:

To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website, and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria. We looking forward to hearing from you.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.

Senior Development Manager – Individuals

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)

London, UK

Salary range of £35,000 - £42,000 pa, plus benefits

Since our establishment in 1904, RADA has been a world-leading training centre in acting and theatre production disciplines, and inspired students of all ages to fully experience the transformative possibilities of stage and screen.  As award-winners and leaders in their fields; actors, directors, writers, producers, lighting, sound and costume designers, prop makers, scenic artists, stage managers, production managers, our diverse student and alumni body make a significant contribution to the creative industries globally.  

Our Development Department exists to ensure that the most talented students can access our pioneering and practice-led training in the dramatic arts, regardless of their personal or financial circumstances.  Our team secures philanthropic and in-kind support to provide vital funding for scholarships, bursaries and our widening participation programme.  Like many organisations, we have been significantly impacted by Covid-19 in 2020 and last year, we launched Stage Critical, a four-year campaign to raise £3.2m to strengthen and future-proof our work.  We are therefore seeking a new Senior Development Manager – Individuals to join us.  

Reporting to the Head of Development, the Senior Development Manager - Individuals will play a critical role in building relationships with individual supporters, and review and enhance our regular giving schemes to develop attractive pathways towards our major gifts programme.  Supported by a Development Manager, you will have experience of securing donations from individuals and/or members, and delivering excellent stewardship that engages and retains supporters.  Your ability to build relationships and engage supporters, and your demonstrably excellent interpersonal skills will underpin your success in this role.

In return, you will have ample opportunity for progression, exposure to campaign fundraising and direct appeals, as well as strategic philanthropy.  At an exciting time for RADA, under a new principal Niamh Dowling and new Chair Marcus Ryder, to deliver a vision for the future of a world leading academy in dramatic arts training, this is a great opportunity for an ambitious individual to take a step-up.

Please contact our recruitment partners, Richmond Associates, on +44 (0)20 3617 9240 or visit their website to download further details.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 09:00 ON FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022

Description

Location: London, Edinburgh, or UK remote

Position Status: Full-time, Open terms

Salary: London: circa 35K, Edinburgh: circa 30K; depending on experience

Reporting to: Head of Media & Communications

Closing date:  May 17th. 

Please note that applications should include CV and a Cover Letter to be considered.

Candidates must hold independant right to work in the UK at the time of appointment.

About Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organisation powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In conflict, in disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future.

Mercy Corps Europe has grown rapidly in terms of volume of activity and complexity. With offices in Edinburgh, London, The Hague, and Geneva, we now attract over £120m in income. The breadth and impact of our programmes makes Mercy Corps a unique and truly rewarding place to work. Our teams are proud of what we achieve in the field and we are always looking for talented individuals who share our passion and commitment.

The Team

The Senior Digital Content Officer will be part of Mercy Corps’ Resource Development (RD) team, advancing the organisation’s strategic goals and supporting our worldwide team by raising flexible funds, profile, and influence. The RD team encompasses several dozen dynamic professionals who possess a wide range of skills. We are gift officers, direct response fundraisers, web developers, marketers, and media relations strategists. We are database managers, digital specialists, strategic designers, storytellers, and teachers. Most of all, we are passionate about Mercy Corps’ mission and creating compelling, authentic experiences for current and future supporters.
 

The role

The Senior Digital Content Officer will support Mercy Corps Europe’s strategy and growth objectives by promoting compelling content across our digital channels, including our website, emails, and social media. In close collaboration with our Europe and Global teams, this role will identify storytelling and campaign opportunities that strengthen our relationship with current and future European supporters.

You will be stepping into a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment. We need someone who is excited by change and new challenges, has deep experience in digital marketing, and is highly effective at working across teams to make an impact.

Essential Job Responsibilities

●Develop and deliver social content plans designed to deliver reach, awareness and engagement.

●Collaborate with Mercy Corps Europe colleagues to understand and stay informed of key digital audiences and their needs

●Develop compelling content to engage, cultivate and nurture Mercy Corps’ online communities.

●       Produce or edit social media content, including writing, copy editing, and designing graphics/videos using Canva, Adobe Illustrator, or Premier pro.

●        As needed, collaborate with and lead creative teams in developing additional social content including evergreen concepts, templates, etc.

●Share digital content ideas through participation in editorial processes supporting our digital channels

●Improve coordination and editorial alignment between Europe and Global digital marketing through process improvement

●Lead integrated marketing campaign production and execution for European audiences, sharing potential concepts as well as leveraging concepts and creative generated by the Global team

●Assist with creating and maintaining landing pages, evergreen pages, and blog articles on our website

●Translate digital content, as needed, from American English to British English, to support UK audiences

●Analyse social and digital channels using insight tools to refine plans in real time, set KPIs and make recommendations for the adaptation of plans or future strategies.

●Identify new potential platforms and digital marketing channels to reach current and prospective European supporters

●Ensure UX consistency and brand guidelines are followed across all digital channels

Supervisory Responsibility

None

 

Accountability

Reports Directly To: Head of Media & Communications (Europe); Managing Director, Digital Marketing (US)

Works Directly With: Mercy Corps Europe Fundraising, Policy and Advocacy, Programmes teams. Mercy Corps Global Managing Director Digital Marketing and Brand Marketing Director

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders

Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects. 

Minimum Qualifications & Transferable Skills

The ideal candidate for this role is someone who:

●has a relevant degree, qualification, or expertise

●minimum 4 years of social media and digital marketing experience, including integrated campaign development and execution, content strategy, website content management, and email marketing

●has a deep understanding of the social media universe including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and LinkedIn, and demonstrated knowledge of emerging platforms

●is an excellent communicator and writer

●has experience making improvements to processes

●has ability to own the planning, development, and implementation of projects

●has computer skills including Adobe Illustrator, Canva, Microsoft Office Suite, social listening platforms, and Google Analytics.

●has the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment while maintaining the respect of team members

●is adept at working across teams and geographies

●has a strong understanding for cultural, political, and religious environments among staff and in the countries we work with

●be driven by a passion for international development, social justice, and ending global poverty

●work well under deadline pressure

●some evening and weekend work may be required

Success Factors

●Excellent organisational and time management skills

●Systematic, with a strong eye for detail

●Advocates for the needs of our digital audiences and user-first UX

●Can work quickly, accurately, and to deadlines

●Able to build and maintain effective internal and external relationships

●Strong team worker and communicator 

●Able to cope with changing priorities, often at short notice, and work well under pressure

●Proactive and solutions-based attitude

●High levels of motivation, professionalism, and resilience

●An exposure to and interest in international development issues is important, along with an empathy for MC's mission

Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions

The position is based in the UK. Travel will be minimal. Mercy Corps team members represent the agency both during and outside of work hours when deployed in an international posting or on a visit/TDY to an international posting. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC's policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.

Ongoing Learning

In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development 

 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives.

We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.

 

Equal Employment Opportunity

Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact.

We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.

 

Safeguarding & Ethics

Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC and have signed on to the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct elearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.

 As a safeguarding measure, Mercy Corps screens all potential US-Based employees. This is done following the conclusion of recruitment and prior to assuming full employment.

Our screening process is designed to be transparent and completed in partnership with new Team Members. You will have the opportunity to disclose any prior convictions at the conclusion of the recruitment process before the check is initiated. We ask that you do not disclose any prior convictions in your application materials or during the recruitment process.

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (Fundraising & Trading)

Location: Stratford based (with high flexibility, office-based 1-2 days per week or work remotely)

Contract: Permanent

Salary:?£50,000 to £60,000 per annum dependent on experience?

Closing date: 23:55 on the 10th of June - do not delay applying as we will be shortlisting on application.

Application process: In our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we operate an anonymised shortlisting process. Please therefore ensure that you have completed the work history section of the application form and answered all application questions. CVs are required for all applications; however, they will not be reviewed until interview stage.

Are you a Software Engineer looking for exposure to a diverse range of products/ initiatives within an organization that's investing heavily in software engineering whilst seeing the direct impact of your work in saving lives?

Why we need you

It's an exciting time to join the Technology team at Cancer Research UK (CRUK), our teams are now aligned to product portfolios ensuring we can deliver the best digital products and solutions to enable our pioneering work into how to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer.

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Senior Software Engineer with experience of TypeScript/JavaScript, AWS, PHP to partner with our Fundraising & Trading portfolio to take digital products to the next level. Our Fundraising & Trading products play an invaluable role in securing CRUK funding for our lifesaving research into curing all cancers, for example our bespoke payment platform has raised £39m+ for the charity making up c.60% of our fundraising income.

We have fantastic technology professionals across all our tech teams, who are not only?skilled?at what they do, but also passionate about our main aim of beating cancer sooner. We're looking for an engineer who can be join us in our mission.

Who are we?

CRUK has an ambitious approach to Engineering which is an integral part of CRUK's strategy to overcome cancer.

Our in-house software solutions include a Content Management platform supporting multiple websites, event and activity management web applications, online fundraising platform, payment platform, e-commerce and mobile apps. These are business critical systems under continual agile development, operating at scale for millions of users: cancer patients looking for information, supporters and volunteers helping with fundraising, researchers working towards curing cancer.

Whilst CRUK is a complex organisation, we encourage innovation by setting up small multi-skilled product teams empowered to make decisions and prioritise their work.

What will I be doing?

As a Senior Software Engineer at Cancer Research UK you are responsible for the delivery of specific packages of development for software applications within our Fundraising & Trading product teams, and running these applications in production.

• Applying Lean and Agile principles to develop high quality code that has minimal bugs, adheres to CRUK standards and is highly supportable

• Working either independently or in collaboration with Solution Architects to design new solutions in line with the Software Engineering strategy.

• Working autonomously to deliver backlog items for an existing product.

• Work in collaboration with Product Managers, Service Designers, UX Designers, Business Analysts etc to identify user needs, discuss capabilities and iteratively design solutions

• Supporting the development of more junior software engineers through mentoring

What we're looking for

Essential

• Experienced Software Engineer with experience of TypeScript/JavaScript, AWS, PHP

• Ability to write clean, readable and properly tested code based on tried and tested design patterns.

• Ability and willingness to learn new languages, frameworks and tools.

• Experience building modern user interfaces and single page applications using the React/NextJS ecosystem. Experience developing APIs and other back-end components using Node.js and PHP

• Experience of acting as a technical lead in a team, starting development of new features from scratch, defining the overall solution and reviewing more junior engineers' work

Desirable

• Some experience of cloud-native architecture and AWS services, various SQL and noSQL databases, as well as queues such as SQS

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn't be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, and much more. We want to ensure that you have the best work/life balance possible, so we actively encourage a flexible working culture for all our roles wherever possible. For most of our office-based roles you'll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average. For the right candidate, we're open to discussing the option to work remotely. You'll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.

Based: London or Berlin, with other locations possible for excellent candidates. Frequent international travel

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Salary range: Dependent on location and experience

Reporting to: Global CEO

Benefits: Private healthcare package (according to location), generous pension and annual paid leave (28 days increasing subsequently each year and additional paid leave over Christmas), cycle-to-work scheme, home working 2 days per week.

Position overview

This is a rare opportunity to join the team at the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF): one of the world's leading non-profits working at the intersection of environmental conservation and human rights.

This is a Senior Campaigner role, leading a critical priority of EJF’s global Ocean team–securing a fundamental shift to greater transparency in fisheries.

EJF’s Ocean team documents illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and associated human rights abuses. The team uses field-based evidence to advocate for policy changes with governments and improved corporate practises in the seafood sector. A key thread running through all of our advocacy is the need for greater transparency in global fisheries through the adoption of EJF’s Charter for Transparency. EJF is now teaming up with other leading organisations working in this space around the world to form a global coalition designed to accelerate the adoption of transparency measures.

EJF’s Ocean team also campaigns on a range of related topics including bottom trawling, the establishment of fully protected areas to extend to 30% of ecologically representative marine areas by or before 2030 (30x30); advocacy to drive a moratorium on deep-sea mining; and the protection and restoration of “blue carbon” habitats, specifically including mangroves, seagrasses and coastal wetlands.

Reporting to EJF’s Global CEO, this senior role will lead EJF’s engagement in an emerging Global Transparency Coalition. This role offers unique opportunities for career growth and personal development. It will work closely with a motivated and talented team of EJF investigators, campaigners and communications experts across Europe, Africa and Asia. It will link their findings and recommendations to a large community of practice, building close working relationships with a diverse range of civil society groups from across the world. This is a challenging but rewarding and dynamic role, giving insights and experience rarely available.

EJF is lean, agile, creative, strategic and most of all results-driven. Join our world-leading professional team to help protect people, wildlife, and our shared natural world.

Key responsibilities:

• Oversee EJF’s global transparency campaign, working with staff in Europe, Asia and Africa to secure meaningful reforms in key fishing nations;

• Represent EJF on a new Global Transparency Coalition, ensuring EJF’s findings, policies and priorities are reflected in its outputs;

• Working with senior staff in other coalition organisations, participate in the development and implementation of an ambitious work plan that supports the efforts of EJF and other civil society organisations to secure the rapid adoption of key transparency reforms;

• Maintain and build relationships with senior figures in civil society, relevant UN organisations, and (in consultation with relevant EJF team members) governments to advance recommendations for greater transparency;

• Produce high-quality EJF briefings, reports and other materials on the need for greater transparency;

• Represent EJF at high-profile events across the world to present our findings and recommendations;

• Ensure EJF’s findings and recommendations for greater transparency are communicated to key members of the global seafood industry, with appropriate recommendations to secure more transparent, sustainable supply chains; and

• Proactively liaise with the communications team to ensure EJF’s positions, achievements and other key messages on transparency are shared with target audiences and that the communications plans of the global coalition are appropriately shared and understood.

Essential skills and attributes.

• At least five years of professional experience delivering measurable, high-impact outputs and positive outcomes for ocean campaigns or other related disciplines.

• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal.

• Experience working on ocean policy or related disciplines and a nuanced understanding of global ocean governance.

• Understanding of the fundamental need for attention to detail and factual accuracy.

• A passion for communication and extensive experience presenting to diverse audiences to secure their understanding, respect and support for the campaigns. This specifically includes high-level decision-makers from governments, industry and civil society.

• An understanding of the need for creative thinking to resolve issues and experience in building effective strategies for the delivery of core messages.

• Confident and enthusiastic to face challenging issues and a problem-solver.

• Creative thinker who uses tact and diplomacy to build productive partnerships and alliances.

• Integrity, tenacity and determination to secure positive change.

• Ability to travel frequently, often at short notice (public health restrictions permitting).

• Great interpersonal skills who will coordinate and strengthen team working.

• You take pride in delivering agreed outcomes on time and on budget, at times managing multiple projects and tight deadlines and knowing how to prioritise your workload.

• You are entirely comfortable taking direction, working in a team, with equal ability to work independently, taking initiative and responsibility.

• You appreciate the constraints of working in a smaller non-profit, and how to leverage cost-efficient outcomes where creativity, dynamism and flexibility rather than big budgets are the keys to success.

• You have a strong and demonstrable commitment to EJFs mission, values and vision.

• You speak and write English with complete fluency and you enjoy communicating with colleagues, the public and other audiences to inspire support for the environment, wildlife and human rights.

Desirable skills:

• Fluency in at least one additional, relevant language strongly preferred.

• Detailed knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment governing fisheries in the EU, USA and/or other major fishing nation(s).

• Experience working in an effective NGO coalition.

• Ability to write clear, succinct policy guidance documents and reports as well as persuasive opinion pieces.

• Ability to undertake confident, accurate media interviews to further EJF's messages.

Applications: please send your CV and cover letter to the email address provided. 

Closing date for applications: 31st May 2022

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Digital Marketing Executive

£27,500 + benefits (including 25 days annual leave and pension)

Leatherhead, Surrey

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is going through an exciting time where we are rebuilding!

Following a difficult year, we are pleased that to reach more families in need with a high-quality family support service we are starting to rebuild and grow our care teams and will be opening two new Care teams in Liverpool and Reading. This is a perfect time to join us.

About us:

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of time together, providing expert, practical and emotional support, where they need it for as long as it is needed. For families living with childhood illness, time is everything. Right now, there are too many families coping alone with no support, no time to think, no time to make memories and no time for each other. We believe that no family should go through this alone, so we are here to change that.

About the role:

This Best Companies Top 100 mid-sized company and Top 20 charity is looking to appoint a Digital Marketing Executive to support lead generation, acquisition and stewardship through digital channels, and to grow engagement and donations from Rainbow Trust’s  supporters. You will support the team with improvements to the website and content architecture, optimising digital platforms, processes and integrations to improve user experience and engagement

Reporting to the Digital Manager, you will be responsible for developing a new email marketing programme – working collaboratively to improve audience segmentation and targeting through the CRM database, planning email journeys, then leading on email design, build, send and evaluation. 

You will work closely with the Social Media and Content Executive and the Multichannel Designer on creating impactful and inspiring content for the website and for email journeys and campaigns.

Location: Leatherhead, Surrey (some flexible working options available)

What we’re looking for:

• An influential and persuasive communicator for both online and offline content – you have professional experience in planning and delivering email campaigns using an Email Service Provider (ESP) like Mailchimp

• Supportive and motivating – you engage the commitment of others and build and maintain strong working relationships.

• Socially focused and friendly – you have a helpful attitude, and a co-operative, collaborative decision-making style

• Working at a faster than average pace on multiple, simultaneous projects where every day is different - you maintain accuracy whilst correctly handling details, ensuring the work is completed on time

• Applications will be particularly welcome from those who are familiar with the charity sector and have experience working with Google Analytics, Data Studio, Tag Manager and Photoshop

• Educated to A level or equivalent, it is important that you are able to demonstrate your skill in analysing and interpreting data to drive optimisation

What we offer:

We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees. If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us more information can also be found in our Candidate Pack.

How to apply:

For a full job description and person specification please visit our website.  

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter highlighting why your application should be considered above others to us via the link.

Interviews will take place at our Head Office in Leatherhead with the dates to be confirmed.

We will only contact those applicants who have been successful.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.

As a CQC registered organisation, it is an expectation that all Rainbow Trust employees are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (unless medically exempt).

Rainbow Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.

Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and a Best Companies Two-Star rated organisation.

UKGBC is growing fast in profile, size, and impact; and our increasingly agile approach to working enables us to be an inclusive, flexible, diverse, and caring employer. As momentum around the climate and ecological crisis builds, the role of the built environment in tackling these, and in improving health, wellbeing, and quality of life is increasingly understood and now demanded. 

The role

This exciting role within UKGBC’s Marketing and Communications team would suit a degree-educated individual with significant experience working in a Marketing and Communications team. The successful applicant will have a broad MarComms background, ideally with experience in designing engagement strategies to drive stakeholder action and advocacy. They will also be keen to deepen their knowledge and develop further within the role. 

Job Description   

The purpose of this role is to promote UKGBC’s Climate Action Projects and Programmes; creating impact through successfully engaging with key stakeholders via the development, implementation and optimisation of effective marketing, engagement, and communications activities.   

Principal accountabilities (i.e key responsibilities and projects)

Communications and Engagement - Planning and Delivery

Working collaboratively with the relevant programmatic team to prepare and deliver a Communications and Engagement Strategy

Cascade above plan into prioritised integrated communications & engagement plans for the major projects and lead the delivery of these in line with agreed budgets, goals, and targets.   

Working collaboratively with the Membership and Insights team, drive the creation and delivery of Marcomms strategies relating to UKGBC’s Programmes campaigns to help ensure i) current members are effectively engaged and ii) the acquisition of new signatories.

Drive UKGBC’s activities around key climate milestone moments such as climate week and COP27+

Project manage communications outputs as required

Ensure that Programme communications requirements are supported by, and delivered across, all UKGBC channels, including within UKGBC’s website evolution and development, and ensure that a plan to keep these up to date is put in place.

Ensure that the planning and delivery of Programme communications and engagements, where possible, serve multiple organisational objectives: drive our communications to deliver

Set up a reporting mechanism for all Project and Programme communications activities and report regularly (quarterly) to the team.

Member and Partner Marketing

Support partner retention by ensuring all members and partners are regularly updated on the progress of the programme and projects, including through email marketing, events and social media.

Lead on the marketing requirements of Programmes regarding fundraising; including proposal development and partner engagement, and supporting the team to ensure fundraising objectives are successfully met.

External Communications including, PR and Media Relations

Working closely with the Communications and PR Manager

Evaluate opportunities for partnerships, sponsorships and speaking opportunities on an on-going basis

Manage media enquiries and interview requests, and external speaking requests for the ANZ team

Create content for Climate Action Comms opportunities.

Working closely with the Communications and PR Manager 

Ensure the relevant UKGBC team members are kept up to date on key issues, dialogues, and trends by effectively utilising the media monitoring service.

Key competencies   

Native or bilingual proficiency in both spoken and written English, with the ability to tailor content to different audiences

Good stakeholder management and interpersonal skills

A strong understanding of Engagement and Communications, PR, and Media Relations

Exceptional copywriting and editing skills across a range of formats for media and digital

Impact oriented – has a focus on delivering outcomes and impact, and is agile in how to achieve this

Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking

Commitment to UKGBC mission and values

Knowledge, experience and qualifications (minimum requirements for the job)   

Relevant undergraduate degree in marketing, digital communications, media, public relations, English or a related field; or comparable experience

You may have Experience in the following: Strategic Marketing Manager, Marketing Director, Environmental Director, Business Development Manager, Project Manager, Senior Project Lead, etc   

Location: London & Remote

Contract Type: Full time, Permanent,

Salary: £35,000 to £48,000 PA DOE

Benefits: Competitive

Please download the full Job Description for a detailed analysis of the role. 

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This role coordinates AOP social media activity, member email communications, and supports the Marketing Manager on a wide variety of marketing and member communications projects.

It is a new position, providing key support role in the busy communications team, liaising with departments across the AOP to ensure all our marketing and communications to members are delivered to a high standard across a variety of platforms.

It’s an exciting time to join the AOP as we seek new ways to engage and listen to our members in preparation for a new five-year strategy beginning in 2023.  You will be very hands-on when working on the day-to-day marketing channels, predominantly using email and social media to reach members but will also have the scope to support the Marketing Manager in other areas including SMS, web content, print and digital advertising, online publications, events, and brand identity.

We would love to hear from you if you have at least two years’ experience in a similar marketing or communications role, ideally within a not-for-profit, healthcare, government, or membership organisation.

You should have demonstrable experience in using an email marketing platform, of summarizing complex original source material to create compelling content for a variety of audiences, as well as growing engagement with social media channels, particularly Instagram.

Having some experience of delivering event marketing and working with freelance or agency designers on creative digital and print projects is desirable.

The role is expected to start in mid-July.