Are you an inspiring communicator interested in amplifying our voice as the leading social enterprise on London’s iconic South Bank? If you’re passionate about using your skills and experience to shape our messaging, we want to hear from you.
Why? Well, we’ve an exciting opportunity for a skilled Communications and Media Officer to join our organisation on a permanent basis. We’re seeking a creative, confident enthusiastic and proactive professional with experience in a similar role.
Coin Street is a social enterprise working in Waterloo and North Southwark, London SE1 and neighbouring boroughs. From a derelict site in 1984, we’ve created a thriving, diverse, vibrant and welcoming ‘mixed use’ neighbourhood – a place for people to live, work and play.
The Senior Communications and Media Officer will provide a dynamic communications and media relations service across Coin Street. The role will collaborate with the Marketing Manager on creative, innovative and engaging communications, external relations and marketing activities to promote and strengthen the Coin Street brands.
You will have strong experience of media or stakeholder relations, experience in a fast-paced communications/ PR/ marketing team, and confident in managing social media platforms and monitoring tools.
This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, multi-skilled and energetic Communications or Media Officer to join our small but hardworking communications team and become part of an innovative, high profile, social enterprise based in the centre of London.
Creating an inspirational neighbourhood
We provide the opportunities and spaces for people to lead their own change.
Our activities are wide and far reaching. From giving families and children the best start in life through our childcare and family support, to creating and maintaining high quality live, work and play spaces on land which we own.
We promote enterprise, creativity and lifelong learning whether that’s through providing employment, volunteering opportunities, nurturing enterprise or delivering programmes and activities. We provide housing that supports our community; we champion co-operative housing and influence local and national housing policy.
From sports and dance to healthy eating and gardening, we offer a range of facilities and activities accessible to everyone to support health and wellbeing in our community.
In return we can offer you:
- 27 days’ annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
- 9% contributory pension scheme (5% employer contribution, 4% employee contribution)
- Season ticket loan
- Health and wellbeing package including free gym membership and a confidential employee assistance programme
- Commitment to training and development
To apply please submit an up to date CV and the supporting questions form. We are unable to consider CVs if they are not accompanied by the supporting questions form. Closing date for applications is Sunday 14 June 2020. Interviews will take place via video conferencing facilities.
Due to the current government advice, office-staff within Coin Street are currently all working from home. This will be reviewed as government advice is updated.
Coin Street Community Builders (CSCB) strives to be an equal opportunities organisation and all staff are expected to share this commitment.
Our values are:
- Creative: By looking for solutions rather than problems I will find better ways of doing things
- Collaborative: By respecting the views of others we will learn, grow and achieve more together
- Committed: I do what I say I am going to do and do the best job I can.
The 3 Cs are lived by all staff at CSCB. You will be expected to demonstrate your understanding of the behaviours associated with these values during the recruitment process
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Currently fully homeworking, future home working will be reviewed dependant on government guidance, the company requirements and travel arrangements.
The Honeypot Children’s Charity is the National Young Carer Organisation which has been providing high quality, transformational support for young carers aged 5-12 for nearly 25 years. As the go-to organisation for referral organisations seeking support for young carers, including local authorities, Social Services, School Welfare Officers and GP’s, Honeypot supports over 3,000 children annually.
Now is the time to join us, if you are seeking to be an influencer in the way we approach vital campaigns in the coming year. We promote open thinking and creativity and as part of our amazing team you will be encouraged to challenge us using your previous wealth of digital experience and creativity.
Honeypot is at an exciting developmental stage of new digital services, plus the launch of highly impactful services for most disadvantaged and needy groups of young carers. These new services combine with Honeypot’s existing range of highly respected core services to create highly newsworthy and engaging Social Media content
2021 is Honeypot’s 25th Anniversary year from the date of its founding. This presents a rich opportunity for the Social Media Officer to make an outstanding contribution in helping to lead a year of celebrations and communications.
To apply please send a CV and covering letter that demonstrates your creativity, communication skills and why you believe you can offer us an exceptional campaign leader.
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Senior Fundraising Officer, Gifts in Wills
Salary: £28,500 - £32,000
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
Based: Andover, Hampshire
Basis: Permanent
Are you someone who would love to use your excellent fundraising and communications skills to help us Beat Macular Disease?
Every day, around 300 people are diagnosed with macular disease. It’s the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK. Macular disease is cruel and isolating. It steals your sight, your independence, and your ability to do the things you love. There is only one way to Beat Macular Disease for good. We must fund more research now, until we find a cure, or find treatments that stop it in its tracks.
The Macular Society is working to deliver our ultimate ambition – to Beat Macular Disease for the next generation. We are determined to end the fear and isolation of macular disease with world-class research and the best advice and support.
We are undergoing significant changes, with a transformational new strategy to multiply our income in order to fund research that will find a cure.
Reporting to the Legacies & In Memory Fundraising Manager, the Senior Fundraising Officer, Gifts in Wills, will play a central role in growing future income from legacies, our biggest voluntary income stream. The postholder will be responsible for legacy marketing through direct appeals, campaigns, publications and events, as well as ensuring excellent stewardship of legacy pledgers and next of kin. They will also contribute knowledge and skills to in memory fundraising. We are looking for someone with proven expertise in fundraising or marketing, preferably in legacies, in memory or individual giving; excellent project management and communications skills; experience of using database packages and an understanding of data analysis. Strong IT skills, and the ability to build successful relationships with donors and colleagues, are also required.
Please apply online with your CV and covering letter.
Please check your email for confirmation that your application has been received and to follow further instructions if applicable.
Closing date: 13 April 2020
Interviews: 22 and 23 April 2020
Simplified Recruitment is a Job Advertising Agency working on behalf of Macular Society. By applying for this position you are giving us permission to pass your CV and covering letter to a third party in relation to recruitment. A full copy of our privacy policy can be viewed on our website.
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The postholder will be responsible for:
- The successful development and delivery of direct marketing led Supporter Acquisition campaigns across a range of activities, including regular giving, cash, lead generation, lotteries, payroll giving, and in celebration.
- To explore, research and develop new methods of engaging supporters with the charity, keeping pace with, or ahead of, the marketplace.
- To develop products/offers that will engage a high volume of new supporters and test these via a variety of channels such as door to door, private sites, print, DRTV, SMS and digital.
ChangeStar is a fundraising and social change agency helping good causes to connect with people to do good things. For over a decade, we’ve been helping clients achieve some of the best fundraising and campaigning results in the sector.
This is a great opportunity in an agency that is going places. If you think you’re the right person for it, apply now!
Who we are seeking
We are a busy and growing agency, and are seeking a talented and experienced Account Manager to manage some of our client accounts. You will need to take full responsibility for managing the development of fundraising appeals and other communications for specific ChangeStar clients – from campaign planning to review.
This role is the engine of the agency, managing projects and delivering work within budgets and timescales. The Account Manager will also help to run the agency’s publicity, new business and social media work.
We are seeking someone with the following attributes:
- Fundraising experience – at least 3-5 years’ experience of managing direct response fundraising campaigns across a wide range of media – ideally (but not essentially) with some of this in an agency environment.
- Communications experience – you will have a good understanding of the channels we work with, including direct mail, websites and social media.
- Project management skills – experience of successfully managing complex projects to completion, including scheduling, budgeting and resource management.
- Proactivity and drive – someone with a real sense of energy, drive and ambition, who is willing to proactively take on new challenges, is always one step ahead of the game, and has the dynamism, energy and initiative to push both our clients and agency on to greater things.
- Great communicator – you will be a dynamic, warm and authoritative communicator, able to build great relationships with both clients and colleagues.
- Well-organised – you will be able to manage multiple projects, deadlines, clients and suppliers, and to solve problems calmly and effectively if they occur. Naturally, you’ll also have the ability to work independently.
- Passion for social change – a demonstrable passion for the issues that we work with – including progressive politics, the environment and social justice, complemented by a strong business sense in how to grow and protect our business.
Key duties
- Take full responsibility for managing the development of fundraising appeals and other communications for specific ChangeStar clients – from campaign planning to review.
- Manage suppliers – including copywriters, data analysts, designers and mailhouses – as part of this process.
- Act as the main point of contact for particular clients at ChangeStar, and the primary person responsible for managing and developing these relationships, including leading client meetings.
- Drive growth by seeking more work from existing clients and finding new business leads.
- Communications and PR – aside from managing our client projects, you will also be helping to run the PR and communications activity for ChangeStar itself – to build awareness of the agency within the not-for-profit sector.
- Social media – running ChangeStar’s social media accounts, including producing content, scheduling posts and analysing results.
- New business – managing elements of our new business programme, including cold mail, Fundraiser’s Friend newsletter, ChangeStar Charity Calendar, relationship building and running events for the not-for-profit sector.
- Any other tasks required by the Director – including contributing to the CS business plan.
Reporting to
Account Director
Package
This role will be available on a part-time basis initially, on 3 days per week, spread across 5 days. There may be the potential to increase the hours in future.
We are offering a salary of up to £30,000 p.a. (pro rata), depending on the experience and fit of the candidate.
You will be working from our office in the beautiful town of Lewes, in East Sussex, which is 15 minutes from Brighton and 1 hour’s direct train journey from London.
How to apply
To apply for this great role, send your CV plus a covering letter explaining why you want this role and why you would be perfect for it.
To find out more about ChangeStar, browse our website. If you’d like to chat through the role in more detail, call our Director, Richard Docwra using the contact details on our site.
Closing date – 15th April 2020
Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. Over the past 45 years Women’s Aid has been at the forefront of shaping and coordinating responses to domestic violence and abuse through practice. We empower survivors by keeping their voices at the heart of our work, working with and for women and children by listening to them and responding to their needs.
We are a federation of just under 180 organisations who provide more than 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across the country. Our campaigns achieve change in policy, practice and awareness, encouraging healthy relationships and helping to build a future where domestic abuse is no longer tolerated.
Do you have the creativity and digital knowledge to help grow our online presence?
Women’s Aid is looking for a creative and enthusiastic Digital Communications Officer who can help support the digital presence of the charity during the current Covid-19 pandemic. The Digital Communications Officer will work within the communications team, taking an active and creative role in all aspects of digital communication, and supporting wider team activity. You will need to be organised, with an eye for planning and detail, while also being able to create and collate exciting and engaging content. You will assist the Senior Digital Media and Publications Officer, Digital Officer and wider communications team in the development and maintenance of the website, newsletters, publications and reports.
The Digital Communications Officer will have an important role in increasing our digital capacity, at a key time for the charity. You will help develop, design, produce, and promote Women’s Aid websites, publications, social media and related online services. The role will also involve assisting with regular newsletters and bulletins.
Location Bristol or remote
Salary £22,666 based on WA scale point 25
Contract 37 hours per week, 6 month contract
Closing date 12pm, Monday 15th June 2020
Interviews Monday 22nd June, over video call
Women only need apply under schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010.
Recruitment consultancies/agencies should not approach Women’s Aid with regards to open vacancies. We regret that agency candidates will not be considered
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced communications professional looking for a part time role. Home-Start Oxford is a small but highly regarded charity providing support to vulnerable families with young children through their challenging times. We have ambitious plans to grow and reach more parents when they need us most. This new post to develop our communications, is key.
As well being a strategic thinker, you will be naturally curious with a journalistic flair for finding stories that can be told across a broad range of media. We are looking for:
- Experience creating a communication strategy and delivering against it
- Experience developing effective external comms across a range of channels, especially digital
- Strong writing skills
- Experience in the charity sector, and comms in support of fundraising. This is not essential, but will be an advantage.
Overview of the charity
Home-Start Oxford is a small charity making a big impact for families in the local area. Our trained volunteers and expert support staff help families with young children so they don’t have to face their toughest times alone. The parents we support are often overwhelmed and isolated. They may be struggling with mental health, illness, disability, multiple birth, poverty, domestic abuse, separation or trauma. We provide both 1:1 and group support, operating from bases in Oxford and Witney.
Our award-winning charity has been helping families in Oxford City, West and Central Oxfordshire for over 30 years. We are an independent charity, and part of the wider Home-Start network – the largest volunteer-led family support movement in the UK. We work closely with other local Home-Starts regionally and nationally, as well as with Home-Start UK
You will be part of a welcoming, committed team based in our office in Blackbird Leys. We offer flexible working, and you will be part of a team in which everyone works part-time. You will be based primarily in the office and will need to attend our team meetings, which are currently on Tuesday morning, but on Monday when our group sessions resume. Otherwise, there is flexibility on the pattern of days and hours. We are currently working from home.
The Role
It’s an exciting time to join Home-Start Oxford. We are embarking on an ambitious new three-year strategy to significantly increase the number of families we support through volunteer recruitment, training and fundraising.
Enhancing our communications to grow our reputation across all stakeholder groups is key to extending our reach, growing our community, and increasing our funding. Integral to this is the promotion of our values on parenting, equality and diversity.
We are in a strong place, and are investing in infrastructure and communications supported by a grant from Step-Change.
This is a new role and a great opportunity for a passionate self-starter who wants to make a real impact and lead the development and implementation of our communications activity.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.