The ISM is looking for a dynamic marketing and communications professional to drive profile and growth at the ISM. The ISM has already seen sustained growth in membership over successive years and this is a trend we are keen to maintain. 

In conjunction with the Head of Business Development, you will set the marketing strategy for recruiting and retaining individual and corporate members and lead on developing and delivering vibrant, memorable marketing campaigns. You will manage relationships with corporate members and actively identify and cultivate partnerships that generate membership growth and increase our profile. 

You will create and deliver a strong communications presence that builds the ISM’s profile and lead on all non-external affairs related communications, including social media and press. You will be skilled at using digital tools to extend our reach. You will also lead on member communications, ensuring members derive value from their membership through awareness of new services, events and professional development. 

You will be able to demonstrate significant effectiveness in previous roles and the ability to deliver successful marketing and communications plans.

You will be joining a professional staff team who are based in Bayswater, London but are currently following a hybrid model of work. 
 
To apply please send a full CV and covering letter saying why you are right the person for the job and join us in supporting the music sector at this critical time.
 
Closing date is Monday 11 October at 9.30.  Interviews will be held shortly thereafter.

Who we are

Open Doors is a Christian charity that is looking to recruit active, practising Christians to help meet the growing needs of the persecuted church worldwide. Hostility, violence and abuse of Christians around the globe is on the increase. Open Doors works in over 60 countries to ensure that those facing such persecution are not forgotten, but can stand strong to serve their communities and give life.

Job summary

Grow long-term committed support for the persecuted church by leading, communicating and delivering Open Doors’ digital marketing strategy within our integrated marketing approach. Develop and grow the digital team, integrate the digital strategy across the organisation and establish the road map for website/CRM development. The role is pivotal to the future growth and long term stability of the organisation.

About the team

Reporting to the Head of Marketing, you will line manage the Digital Producer / Front End Web Developer and also work closely with:

• Director of Supporter Engagement
• Senior Copywriter
• Digital Agencys, consultants, freelancers etc.
• Head of IT and Senior Developer
• Innovation Manager
• Digital delivery team

Hours

37.5 hours per week. These are usually worked between the office opening hours of 8.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday. This position involves some evening and weekends at conferences and events for which TOIL (time off in lieu) may be claimed (amend as required).

Responsibilities and requirements

Growth of Digital Strategy

• Manage the digital delivery process, influenceing the content and managing key stakeholders and digital agencies.
• Embed and execute the plan contributing to the digital strategy and set KPIs
• Plan and deliver opportunities across the organisation and key liase with stakeholders
• Reporting to senior stakeholders, creating business cases to build on growth, communicate trends and opportunities for growth
• responsible for digital budget and reporting ROI (Input into growth strategy, board reports and forecasting)

Optimise user experience

• optimize tactics and scheduling to ensure consistent, personalised and engaging user journeys/experience across all digital channels including offline integration to include:
• Website & CRM development, performance and planning/road mapping
• Search Engine Marketing / Retargeting
• Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram – organic and paid)
• Display advertising / Lead generation
• Email marketing (Click Dimensions) – personalisation, segmentation & automation
• Expand strategy into new digital channels
• A/B Testing across website and emails – leading testing and learn approach
• lead data-driven decision making by implementing tools for detailed data, reporting and in-depth audience insights
• generate new leads through innovative, detailed and creative acquisition programme including profiling target audiences
• detailed planner to co-ordinate and schedule appeals, campaigns and consistent messaging across all digital channels integrated with offline tactics, schedules and marketing priorities
• develop and implement innovative tactics to deliver targets and organisational objectives (Reach, Engagement, Income, acquisition and retention)
• Plan and Deliver digital campaigns and appeals to drive growth
• Project management of resources, products and campaigns
• Desirabe - Agile project management for digital development work (Website and Microsoft Dynamics CRM)

The above job description is a guide to the work the job holder may be required to undertake but does not form part of the contract of employment and may change from time to time to reflect changing circumstances. 

Applying your Christian faith to this role

Because of the essential Christian context* in which the role will be performed, the role is subject to an occupational requirement under the Equality Act that the post-holder be a practising Christian. Each working day will involve collective prayer and worship, together with shared reflections on the work of Jesus Christ. All members of staff at Open Doors are expected to actively participate in this shared time and members of staff take it in turns to lead the act of collective worship.

There will be many ways you will be able to apply your Christian faith and the outworking of your faith to the context of Open Doors. The list below gives some of the expectations of this role but is not exhaustive or intended to limit you:

• contributing to and leading daily devotions (this can be for the whole team or just smaller, departmental groups)
• participating in retreats, days of prayer and fasting etc.
• committing to private prayer for the work associated with this role, your direct reports and closest colleagues
• working in such a way so as to reflect biblical principles of leadership and service
• applying biblical principles of godly stewardship to operational responsibilities
• to be open and obedient to God’s voice and direction in relation to any strategic matter and to always seek His will above all else.

Limits of Authority

To operate within the ethos and aims of Open Doors, adhering to budget parameters and the Open Doors’ confidentiality agreement.

Who you are

You will demonstrate the following essential criteria for this role:

Culture

• chemistry with Open Doors Staff
• commitment to Open Door’s Core Values

Competency

• proven experience in digital marketing
• experience of working with SEM, social media, Display adverts, web development roadmaps, strategy and reporting and track record of driving growth
• excellent interpersonal skills
• strong communicator, able to communicate vision, strategy, plans and tactics
• able to work well with, influence and engage a broad range of stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• meticulous attention to detail
• good standard of education – probably evidenced by 5 GCSE passes, A’ levels or equivalent
• can demonstrate a broad understanding of the Church / Christian community throughout the UK & Ireland
• inspirational team player
• IT skills including Microsoft Office and the ability to oversee supporter database management/segmentation
• strong project management skills                                                                                           

Character

• able to work effectively to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• responsible and mature outlook
• pro-active approach                                                                                                                 

 Culture

• chemistry with Open Doors Staff
• commitment to Open Door’s Core Values

In addition, it would be beneficial for you to demonstrate the following:

• experience of integrated marketing campaigns in a charity environment
• an understanding of PRINCE2, AGILE

*There is an occupational requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for this post to be held by a Christian who assents to our statement of faith.

Enhanced disclosure information may be requested from the DBS in the event of a successful application.

JRS UK is seeking to recruit a full-time Senior Press and Media Officer to lead and develop JRS UK’s press coverage to help to achieve our vision of a world where people forced to flee their homes are welcomed with love; and to help lead our work at a critical time when the Nationality and Borders Bill is seeking to overhaul the UK asylum system.

The ideal candidate with have an active interest and engagement in current affairs, with a demonstrable ability to analyse and advise on which stories we should engage in to further our mission. You’ll have track record of generating positive news coverage across a variety of media streams, and a passion for amplifying the voices of the vulnerable.

You will be a key member of a small communications and fundraising team, seeking to broaden our media coverage across national and regional media, broadsheet, online and broadcast; as well as more specialist Christian and consumer media. We place a high value on encouraging refugee participation in, and the shaping of, our messaging, and you will play a key part in ensuring this.

The external communications of JRS UK seek to be clear and balanced, and congruent with our values as an organisation, protecting and highlighting the dignity of refugees at all times.

You will be passionate about raising awareness of the needs of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, with an eye for what works in print, broadcast and social media. Happy to be ‘on the go’, you thrive on a fast paced communications style and getting agreed messages across to new and existing audiences.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with experience of seeking safety in the UK.

Are you looking for your next step up in Communications? Are you capable of leading an integrated communications strategy? Are you multi-skilled in all things comms, from website management, to copy-writing, to design, to film, to press?

This is an exciting, all-rounder position that will have you working on multiple aspects of all things communications related. If you have a wide-spread of skills, thrive on variety, and are an enthusiastic, proactive, capable ‘doer’, we would love to hear from you.

We are a leading London homelessness charity looking for an excellent communications expert. Someone who is experienced and capable of working autonomously to help us achieve our chief goal of building our brand awareness and income to best support our service users.

This role will entail managing our website, overseeing our social media, creating monthly newsletters, internal and external documents, writing stories of the people we support, and developing and capitalising on any press and PR opportunities. Strong design and copy writing skills are therefore a must, as well as a shrewd marketing mind and sound knowledge of website management and ways of which we can optimise our engagement and reach.

Within this role, you will be managing one other person who will mainly be responsible for producing and managing content for social media under your guidance and support.

We are a small fundraising and communications team, that has lots of energy and enthusiasm and a positive, can-do attitude. We are looking for someone who is a genuine team player, who is passionate about our goals, and is eager to hit the ground running.

We offer a competitive benefits package, flexible working and place a strong emphasis on career development. Your time will be split working from home, our services in South London and from our offices on Kingston Road, close to South Wimbledon tube station, and a short walk from Wimbledon town centre and station.

About us. 

We are a leading homelessness charity in London, providing housing and support to over 1,300 people each year. Our aim is to help children, young people and adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to become independent and resilient.  We believe in building on people’s strengths, aspirations and goals to help them break the cycle of homelessness. If this role excites you, apply to join us in our mission.

Evolve Housing + Support is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including people who have experienced homelessness themselves. Equality, diversity and inclusion are key objectives for us and we reflect this in our recruitment practices, actively seeking applications from all parts of the community regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability.  In line with our Opportunity Promise our shortlisting process will ensure we have a diverse group of candidates from underrepresented ethnic groups invited to interview.

Please ensure that your answers give a clear outline of how your application meets the criteria for this role using the job description and person specification.

In return we offer our colleagues:

• a competitive salary, comprehensive training and development programme, 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing each year to 30 days annual leave - plus bank holidays

• Option to buy or sell annual leave up to one week’s annual leave

• a healthcare cash plan providing cash back towards healthcare bills and other wellbeing benefits

• occupational sick pay

• contributory group pension scheme

• free life assurance

• cycle to work scheme, tech scheme and season ticket loans.

Victoria, London and homebased (minimum of 1 day per month in the office)

The vacancy

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

We’re looking for an experienced content strategist. Is that you?

The last few years have seen a step change in our ambitions at Parkinson’s UK. We’re driven to find a cure. And we’re willing to embody our pioneering spirit to get us there. This means not always conforming to the status quo - whether that be in our research or marketing efforts.

We’re looking for an experienced content strategist to work with teams across the charity. You’ll help ensure Parkinson’s UK delivers clear, consistent content that’s bold and creative, reaches the right audiences, is driven by insight, and inspires action and understanding. 

As a strategic thinker, you’ll consider the whole user journey and constantly be looking for ways to test and optimise our content. And you’ll bring people along with you - supporting our devolved network of website editors, training them to use our content management system. 

What you’ll do:

• Provide strategic content expertise to a wide range of projects, from integrated fundraising campaigns to product development. 
• Design, analyse and optimise content to meet user needs, promoting a strategic approach to testing and iterating content across the charity.
• Write, edit, proof and publish content for multiple channels, ensuring it’s consistent, audience-focused, and expresses our breakthrough brand. 
• Support and develop our devolved network of website editors, training them to use our content management system and digital tools.
• Proactively manage high priority content projects, and support the delivery of charity-wide integrated campaigns as needed.

What you’ll bring:

• Significant experience designing, publishing, analysing and optimising content, ideally within a large organisation, based on audience insight and user needs.
• Understanding of content design techniques, and the confidence to implement these and promote a strategic approach to content.
• Excellent copywriting and proofreading skills, with experience of implementing brand guidelines.
• Experience of developing and delivering tailored digital skills training and support.

Sounds like you? We would love to hear from you.

Interviews will be held: w/c 11 October 

As well as flexible working hours, this role is offered on a flexible contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home, on an agreed working pattern.  You will be required to cover your own travel expenses to the office.

Age International is Age UK's international charity, supporting older people and fighting ageism around the world. Our work makes a real, tangible difference to the lives of older people living in the world's poorest places, helping them access better health and care, delivering life-saving aid in emergencies and working to ensure older people have a secure income.

Age International are recruiting for a Senior Direct Marketing Executive to join their proactive and driven team. With an ambitious plan to grow our income from Individual Giving, it's an exciting time to be joining the charity. In this role you will implement and manage projects across the Age International Individual Giving programme to acquire, develop and retain supporters with the aim of maximising the value of our relationships with individual supporters.

Initially, the role will focus on our acquisition programme but offers excellent development opportunities across a range of exciting projects.

Please note this role is currently working 31.5 hours per week at 90% of full-time salary but this will be reviewed before April 2022, after which it may return to full-time hours and salary - 35 hours per week. Actual salary - £23,400 - £27,900.

We are happy to consider flexible working patterns to suit you. For example, hours can be compressed to 4 days in the week, can be worked over a 9-day fortnight or 5 shorter days per week.

All applications must be supported by a full cover letter, highlighting your relevant experience, transferrable skills and why you wish to work for Age International.

You will have

* Proven successful experience in a direct marketing role
* Delivered and managed effective direct marketing campaigns
* Worked across multiple direct marketing channels, including digital
* Experience of preparing, re-forecasting and successfully meeting budget targets
* Proficiency in the use of MS Office applications, particularly Excel and Word
* Experience of managing internal and external stakeholders through various processes, including sign off
* Strong written communication skills, with the ability to write compelling direct marketing copy
* Experience working on face to face or telemarketing campaigns is desirable
* Project management, numerical and analytical skills (ideally digital analytical skills)

What we offer in return

* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Simply Health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Discount on Gym Membership and Go Sweat Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

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

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

*Remote and hybrid working on offer*

Action for Children believes every child should grow up safe and happy, they are there to step in and help when times get tough. They offer invaluable support for young people and their families, protecting the vulnerable and supporting those that need it. Action for Children give children a voice through their campaign work, and fund crucial research to help shape a better future. Running over 476 local services throughout the UK, they believe in building solid foundations and spotting problems early.

The Talent Set are helping the team find a Senior Digital Fundraising Officer to implement effective and innovative digital campaigns to acquire new supporters.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead on the planning and delivery of paid digital marketing for set campaigns ensuring that they hit target, are delivered on budget and evaluated.
• Take responsibility for overall effectiveness of assigned campaigns, applying digital excellence, leadership and to deliver against aggressive campaign goals and performance objectives, utilising charitable funds cost-effectively to drive fundraising.
• Run paid digital ad campaigns (primarily in Google Ads and Facebook Ad Manager) ensuring tracking is set up correctly, ad targeting is appropriate and ads follow best practice.
• Provide accurate forecasts and report on performance, income and expenditure for assigned channels/ campaigns. Managing campaign budgets
• Proactively work with product owners to design and run effective digital fundraising campaigns including ensuring products are suitable for a cold mass audience, financial modelling, campaign planning, testing strategy, CRO, running paid ads, reporting and evaluating activity  
• Champion and implement a test and learn approach in all aspects of digital fundraising – proactively sharing learnings with other teams and share best practice and upskill colleagues in digital fundraising.
• Collaborate and challenge media agencies when they are leading campaigns, ensuring delivery and service is monitored and quality maintained.
• Proactively optimize website donor journeys to improve conversion rate.

To be successful in this role you will have experience in a digital fundraising or digital marketing role tasked with hitting ambitious targets through paid ad campaigns. You will be an expert user of Facebook Business Manager and Google Ads as well as Google Analytics – confident in analysing campaign performance and communicating digestible summaries.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

Please note we are working with Action for Children exclusively for this recruitment, any third party CVs submitted will be redirected to The Talent Set for review. Regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are an ambitious charity, building on our achievements and working to transform the lives of women with ovarian cancer. We are also investing in our future. This is an exciting time to be joining Target Ovarian Cancer as we continue to grow as an organisation. Join us to raise awareness, fund research and save lives.

We are looking for a Digital Fundraising Officer. This role maximises income, supporter recruitment and retention through digital channels, including email (fundraising appeals), social media and our website. You’ll work closely with Fundraising and Digital teams, and our digital fundraising agency to ensure activity on our social channels are aligned and effective.

Salary: £26,000

Closing date: Sunday 3rd October 23:59

1st round interviews: W/c 11th October 2021 (Via Zoom)

2nd round interview: W/c 18th October 2021 (possibly face to face in the office)

This is a full-time, 37.5 hours per week, permanent role. We’re currently all working from home and will continue to offer agile working in the future as restrictions ease.

Our Programme Development team are looking for a dynamic leader with strategic focus and a great collaborative approach to become our new Senior Head of Change Delivery. (10 months maternity cover)

You will build and drive forward a transformation roadmap which aligns all of our programme design work and technology development, ensuring that it meets the organisation’s strategic aims for the support we give to young people within the fields of Education, Enterprise and Employability.

This role is perfect for you if you are experienced at driving change within complex organisations, adept at balancing multiple priorities and used to influencing stakeholders at all levels.

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a leading children's charity in their search for a Senior Digital Fundraising Officer.

Last year they hit the milestone of raising £1M through digital fundraising. This year, they're looking for someone to help grow digital fundraising campaigns to raise even more money to help vulnerable children.

Key responsibilities include creating digital ads and writing compelling fundraising copy across all channels (email, website, paid ads). You'll be running digital fundraising campaigns from start to finish - creating ads, writing landing page copy, optimising paid digital activity, reporting on results and ensuring that they deliver to target. The vast majority of campaigns are in-house and so you must be confident in Google and Facebook ad campaigns. Strong PPC experience is also crucial, and the ability to use Google Analytics in order to analyse campaign performance is key.

If you're looking to join a friendly, ambitious team where you'll gain experience in testing new fundraising products, running integrated fundraising campaigns and creating new lead generation then this is the role for you!

Please do get in touch ASAP if you're keen to hear more, applications may close earlier than advertised if they find the right person.

Please note, only suitable candidates will be contacted with further information.

Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The job of a Save the Children's UK Digital Learning Specialist is creative and fulfilling.

• Do you have experience of administration and managing learning management systems and virtual learning environments (e.g. Moodle/Totara)?
• Do you have a strong track record in human centred design of training/learning materials with experience of creating storyboards and developing copy for digital content that tells stories, communicates complex ideas and engages learners?
• Are you a confident trainer with experience coordinating digital workshops for an organisation?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

 About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

We stand side by side with children in the toughest places to be a child. We do whatever it takes to make sure they survive, get protection when they’re in danger, and have the chance to learn. 

This role will sit within the Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA). The Academy is a global learning initiative with a mission to act as a catalyst for the improved quality, accessibility and sustainability of humanitarian learning and knowledge. Our mission is to enable people to prepare for and to respond to crises – acting quickly and effectively together to strengthen resilience and save lives. Our products and services are enabling humanitarian actors around the world to have the tools and resources to be more effective, agile, and holistic in their approach to saving lives and safeguarding livelihoods.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Digital Learning Lead, the Digital Learning Specialist will be responsible for designing and developing technology-based learning solutions and resources that enable the successful delivery of specialist training courses across the Save the Children movement and the wider humanitarian sector.

Working collaboratively with colleagues from across the team and partners, you will also advise on digital delivery, curriculum design, emerging technology, methodologies and research in this area.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The role holder will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

 Main Accountabilities

The Digital Learning Specialist’s key duties will include:

• Provide specialist digital learning expertise to support the design and development of quality online courses, blended learning programmes and other resources for the HLA and partners.
• Coordinate and support projects with Learning Solution Specialists and Regional teams and outside subject matter experts to define requirements, learning objectives, scope and delivery mechanisms.
• Design technical solutions that focus on end users’ needs and complete project documentation.
• Develop digital learning solutions using a range of software tools.
• Advise the Learning Solutions Specialists, Regional teams and outside partners on appropriate tools for digital delivery and blended learning.

• Work with Research, Evidence and MEAL colleagues to maximise the opportunities for learning from the development and implementation of learning products that may impact future design and delivery.
• Work with the Creative Partnerships and New Business Development team to support the internal and external communications and marketing of products which have been utilised with others.
• Support other teams within the Save the Children movement to design and develop digital resources.
• Keep up to date with emerging technologies and pedagogical theories to ensure the HLA digital offer remains relevant and impactful.

• Embed the team culture and develop strong ways of working within the team and ensure clear and accountable governance mechanisms are in place

Person Profile

Experience

• At least three-years’ experience as a digital project manager or similar role in an educational or learning and development team.
• Experience administrating Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) ideally Moodle/Totora.
• Specialist in instructional design, with demonstratable experience of creating storyboards and developing copy for digital content that tells stories, communicates complex ideas and engages learners.
• Confident trainer with experience coordinating digital workshops for an organization.
• Experience with e-learning authoring tools (e.g. Articulate Storyline, Articulate Rise, Adobe Captivate, Adapt) and understanding of industry standards for digital learning interoperability (e.g. SCORM, AICC, LTI and xAPI).
• Experience developing graphics and documents with industry standard desktop publishing tools (e.g. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign).
• Awareness of web design standards (e.g. HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript) and web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA).

Behavioural Competencies

Abilities

• Creative and innovative individual with strong analytical and technical abilities.

• Confident presenting technical information to a varied international audience, including formal presentations, facilitating workshops, consultation meetings and pitching ideas.
• An organised and thorough approach to planning and managing projects, partners and external agencies with the ability to use own initiative to meet deadlines on competing priorities and drive results.
• Passion and energy to work in pursuit of transforming humanitarian response globally.

Aptitude 

• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment
• A commitment to Save the Children UK's aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

The vacancy

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

We’re looking for an experienced digital acquisition officer. Is that you?

The last few years have seen a step change in our ambitions at Parkinson’s UK. We’re driven to find a cure. And we’re willing to embody our pioneering spirit to get us there. This means not always conforming to the status quo - whether that be in our research or marketing efforts.

We’re looking for a senior digital acquisition professional who will plan, develop and deliver data and insight driven paid digital marketing activity, across Parkinson’s UK’s channels to grow our reach and acquire new support from defined audiences. 

You’ll support the digital marketing manager in developing paid digital advertising strategies based on a test and learn approach and act as a key lead in the development of best practice in digital advertising for the charity. 

What you’ll do:

• Work with the Digital Marketing Manager to develop and implement digital acquisition strategies, with support from relevant agencies.
• Work with fundraising teams to deliver bespoke and integrated digital acquisition campaigns that acquire new supporters. 
• Work with the wider Marketing and Supporter Engagement teams to ensure a joined-up supporter experience.
• Create inspiring, engaging, acquisition content for our digital marketing channels that meet brand guidelines, in partnership with the Creative and Content teams.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience of planning, delivering and optimising digital acquisition campaigns. 
• Significant experience in using Google Ads (search, video, display) and social media (Facebook Business Manager, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn) advertising platforms.
• Experience using Google analytics tools to monitor and report on online usage and behaviour.
• Experience of working to brand guidelines and house style guides to produce content.

If you think you could help us, we would love to hear from you

Closing Date: 20 September 2021

Interview Date: 29 September 2021

BACKGROUND
Over the past 80 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in  1933  at  the  request  of  Albert  Einstein,  the  IRC  offers  lifesaving  care  and  life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.The  International  Rescue  Committee  UK  is  part  of  the  IRC  global  network,  which  has  its headquarters  in  New  York  and  London.

The  IRC  is  on  the  ground  in  more  than  40  countries, providing  emergency  relief,  relocating  refugees  and  rebuilding  lives  in  the  wake  of  disaster. Through over 20 regional offices in cities across the United States, the IRC also helps refugees resettle in the US and become self-sufficient.The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a tireless advocate for the most vulnerable.

IRC-UK
Our European  headquarters,  IRC-UK,  were  established  in  London  in  1997  to  support  the organisation’s global activities and particularly to diversify its donor base and be able to better advocate with European policy-makers on behalf of the people we serve. Since its establishment IRC-UK  has  grown  rapidly  and  is  now  acknowledged  for  its  high  quality  project  management, technical expertise in governance and rights and economic recovery, and innovative thinking on early recovery and gender based violence. IRC-UK comprises approximately 120 staff. The IRC also has offices in Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, Geneva and Stockholm.

Purpose of the role 

IRC is seeking a Senior Digital Fundraising Officer to join the Global Digital Engagement team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has some dedicated years experience working as a digital direct response specialist with a strong background of using audience insight to drive decision making and digital fundraising activity.

In this role you will be responsible for managing and executing planned digital fundraising campaigns that engage and inspire new and existing audiences for the International Rescue Committee. Your focus will be digital fundraising activities across 20 priority remote markets across Europe, the Americas and Asia, as well as supporting Digital Fundraising colleagues in national markets. You will work closely with the wider Digital Engagement team to help achieve its targets in line with the team’s wider organisational and fundraising strategies. Through this work, you will play a key role in raising much needed donations and public awareness to support refugees in crisis-zones around the world. 

Scope and Authority 

Authority 

In this role you will have authority to make spending decisions about how best to utilise IRC budget on Facebook Ad Manager and other paid media platforms to maximise return, and responsibility for suggesting, planning and delivering new and engaging ways to introduce prospects to the IRC brand.

Responsibility for Resources 

This role has no line management or budget approval responsibility.   

Key Working Relationships 

• External Relations colleagues globally, particularly in New York, Stockholm and Berlin.

• Colleagues across comms, advocacy, IT on specific projects as needed.

• Liaise with creative agencies, partners and freelancers as needed.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 

Supporter Acquisition (35%) 

• Plan, manage and implement paid acquisition campaigns across numerous international markets for movement building, lead generation, donor acquisition and engagement.

• Make recommendations for how to spend strategically and maximise return on paid media activities. 

• Continually optimise paid acquisition campaigns across digital media platforms (e.g. Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, etc).

• Work with the Deputy Director, Digital Engagement to plan and test new acquisition activities and channels.

• Implement, edit and test landing pages and other online donation functionality.

• Work with internal / external colleagues to support the creation of marketing assets that meet campaign needs, goals and specifications.

Supporter Retention and Engagement  (35%) 

• Plan and implement email marketing campaigns and journeys to engage and retain existing financial supporters, increase lifetime value across a range of donor segments and products, and safeguard donor income.

• Work closely with the Associate Director, Digital Engagement (International) to plan and execute Supporter Journeys across all digital channels.

• Ensure supporters receive an excellent user experience, working collaboratively across the organisation. 

• Support implementation of new fundraising products across digital and other channels (such as telemarketing).

• Support and implement new strategies for recurring donor management and retention.

Supporting wider Digital Engagement Team activity (20%)

• Support the Digital Engagement team in new pilots, programmes & optimization activity across the team.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues in the IRC network to assist in digital best practice sharing and implementation.

• Participate in Digital Engagement team meetings and events

• Support the organisation’s efforts to become more agile and thus supporting digital efforts

Reporting and analytics (10%)

• Provide regular real-time status reports on active campaigns and suggest optimisations to improve results.

• Working in partnership with colleagues in Data Analytics, provide in depth end of campaign analysis and ongoing reporting on income from new and existing supporters

• Support data gathering and manipulation for real-time campaign optimisation and high level reporting.

• Recommend and implement strategies to continually improve activity tracking, gift attribution and data quality.
   

General

• Keep up to date with the sector developments in acquisition fundraising to ensure IRC is at the forefront of fundraising

• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current legislation, best practice and industry standards and adhere to all relevant regulations including the Fundraising Regulator and ICO. Ensure all fundraising and marketing is ethical, effective and supporter centric

• This post may involve some travel, overnight stays and very occasional working outside core office hours, e.g. during emergency appeal launches

• Undertake any other additional tasks as requested by the Director of Global Digital Engagement

PERSON SPECIFICATION  

Essential  

Experience 

• Demonstrable advanced experience of running complex Facebook, Google ads and paid search / SEM advertising campaigns at an equivalent level, including a solid understanding of how to set up and optimise campaigns to maximise results. 

• Experience of running email marketing activity with the goal of increasing engagement and/or lifetime value. 

• Experience of proposing plans and budgets for spending on paid media campaigns for best possible return.

• Maintain and develop a monitoring and reporting framework for Acquisition activity and associated KPIs that show the performance of the Acquisition strategy

• Experience working in a team towards digital fundraising or marketing goals.

• Experience using varied and complex online tools and platforms for digital marketing and data analysis.

• Experience using a CRM system (such as Salesforce or similar) to run reports or analysis on fundraising/marketing campaigns.

• Experience and understanding of creative process and relationship with brand identity through different channels and audiences 

Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications  

• Excellent IT skills including digital marketing tools such as Google Analytics, Facebook Business Ad Manager, AdWords

• Excellent numeracy with proven ability to quickly analyse, interpret and act on complex data sets and digital fundraising results. 

• Good understanding of paid search / display advertising

• Understanding, of at least basic level, of how to design, set up and send HTML and CSS based emails and/or landing pages.

• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to manage a complex, varied workload 

• Able to understand and demonstrate commitment to IRC’s Equal Opportunities Policy and to ensure all activities are consistent with Equal Opportunities.

• Excellent verbal and written English and the ability to produce well designed and high quality proposals and reports.

SKILLS AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES

Language Skills: English (fluent). No additional languages are necessary but German or Swedish would be an advantage. 

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. 

Purpose:  The Digital Senior Peer Support Officer role will work with Bipolar UK’s Peer Support Services team and Business Development Manager and lead on our digital services. Our online eCommunity currently has over 9600 members and our chatbot routinely supports over 1000 enquiries monthly. This role will also work closely with our Senior Communications Officer on our social media channels and maintain the self-management advice section on our website.

We know through recent events digitial communications have proved a new way to extend our peer support and reach even more people affected by bipolar.  In this new role we are seeking a skilled and ambitious person to join our team enabling us to remotely connect with our community and larger network of peer support volunteers.

Bipolar is a severe mental illness characterised by extreme highs and depressive lows. Having the condition increases the risk of suicide by 20 times. Bipolar UK is the national charity for people affected by the condition. Our mission is to empower everyone affected by bipolar to live well and achieve their potential. This includes close friends and family.

This is an exciting time to join Bipolar UK as it is a rapidly expanding charity with big plans to grow its income and impact over the next five years. We are looking for an ambitious and talented individual who will maximise the opportunity presented by the Bipolar Commission and key strategic relationships. This will involve reopening and growing our network of in-person Peer Support groups, maximising the impact of our expanding digital resources and generating income and support from key partnerships and major donors.

Bipolar UK

To apply please read the Recruitment Pack along with the Job Description for details on how to apply