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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Head of Communications and Digital Content - Permanent
Full Time (37.5hrs per week) / Salary c£55,000 pa
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Communications and Digital Content to join our Income Generation and Communications Team. You will be responsible for devising and implementing The Children’s Trust communications and digital content strategy as part of the charity’s new five-year strategy ‘Hope and Ambition’. This will involve building The Children’s Trust’s brand and awareness online and offline; and helping to deliver a transformation in our use of digital in service delivery, income generation and stakeholder engagement, including the development of new capabilities in our teams.
You will have responsibility for leading a high-performing team to deliver a work programme that includes developing and delivering a multi-channel communications strategy, providing greater access to information, support and expertise for the children, young people and their families, staff, supporters, volunteers, the public and medical professionals. This role will also support the development of new and existing online and offline services and fundraising products, by developing content that engages audiences and drives revenue as well as proactively building and managing the brand, improving understanding of what The Children’s Trust does and raising awareness of the issues around childhood brain injury.
You will be a natural and enthusiastic leader, able to support a high performing team. With experience of working in a complex environment, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.
If you would like to discuss the role please contact The Children's Trust directly, and the People Operations Team will be more than happy to assist you.
PLEASE NOTE: You will be asked to complete The Children's Trust Application Form upon shortlisting. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and will be further explored during the interview process.
Closing Date: Sunday, 21st June 2020
Interview Date(s): Week commencing 29th June 2020
Strictly no agencies please.
As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion.
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton and Epsom.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: free on-site parking; subsidised cafeteria; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an environment that is as unusual in its beautiful historic nature, as it is unique in its state-of-the-art facilities.
The Children’s Trust is fully committed to protecting children and young people. All posts at The Children's Trust are subject to an enhanced DBS check. If you are applying to The Children's Trust, and are already registered with the DBS update service, this will speed up the recruitment process significantly. We are an equal opportunities employer, and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, sex, disabilities, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation, or age.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Responses mission is to enable people with severe and enduring mental health problems and complex needs to live their lives to the full. For over 50 years Response have been innovating, adapting and providing high quality services in the field and now operate across the Thames Valley and down to the South Coast. If you feel our values of Safe, Caring, Creative and Aspirational match yours – then please read on!
Senior Programme Manager
This is a new role reporting to the Chief Executive on a permanent, full time, basis, however a fixed term contract or part time hours could be considered.
- 25 days holiday + bank hols
- Free parking on site
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Social Events throughout the year
- Discounted shopping
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Subsidised Gym Membership
- Training and Development
- Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
- £500 Refer a Friend Bonus Scheme
Responsibilities
Responsible for leading and overseeing the development, coordination and management of projects and work streams in line with business objectives. Utilising best practice programme and project management to provide a coordinated and controlled environment in which to efficiently facilitate and deliver change to the organisation.
Duties
- Champion and implement effective programme delivery, supporting the vision to attain a high-class transformation organisation.
- Manage communication and engagement with programme stakeholders, developing and maintaining strategic relationships and working in partnership to resolve problems to benefit the organisation.
- Provide overall direction and leadership for the programme and project delivery teams in scope of the role.
- Ensure delivery of programme and project outcomes, benefits and mitigate risks.
- Lead the programme, including set-up, management and delivery, ensuring that the programme delivers and meets all processes, standards and reporting requirements.
- Identify, manage and resolve risks, track and manage costs and benefits, provide reports as required, and ensure all outputs meet requirements
What Response are Looking For
Essential: Commitment to Responses values, vision and mission. You will have experience in working with risk within a complex change portfolio, demonstrated change management experience and senior leadership within a complex change portfolio. Knowledge of housing in context of health and social care and tendering and commissioning.
The skills you will hold are as follows: ability to negotiate, influence and providing challenge to board-level stakeholders, strong relationship building and coaching skills including relations with residents, service users, staff, internal and external partners and the ability to establish credibility, respect and trust.
Desirable: Experience in the not for profit sector, housing association and private care sector. Postgraduate qualification in relevant field, business and management qualifications.
If this is a role you are interested in then please apply online now!
Senior Trusts & Grants Fundraiser
Based: Home Working
Hours: Full-time - 37.5 hours per week (flexible working considered)
Terms: Fixed Term Contract up to one year (maternity cover)
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and successful Trusts and Grants team to manage and develop a portfolio of trust funders, securing income for Child Bereavement UK.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and creative trust fundraiser to join our team and help us achieve our vision for all families to have the support they need to rebuild their lives, when a child grieves or when a child dies.
As a key member of the Trusts and Grants Team you will be responsible for creating and submitting compelling and bespoke funding proposals and managing funder relationships in line with the annual Trusts and Grants Strategy.
Child Bereavement UK helps children, parents and families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. We support children and young people up to the age of 25 who are facing bereavement, and anyone affected by the death of a child of any age.
We provide training to professionals in health and social care, education, and the voluntary and corporate sectors, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.
Closing date: Friday 19th June
Interview Date: w/c Monday 22nd June
Applications
For more information about the role, please download the Job Description and Person Specification below.
Please click the apply button to submit a copy of your current CV covering all time periods and a covering letter outlining your experience and skills relevant to the job description and person specification, an explanation for any gaps in your CV and other information that you feel we should know in order to assess your application.
No agencies please.
Are you highly-skilled and looking for a new challenge? Can you provide innovative strategic and operational solutions and lead others to deliver excellence as the CEO of The Veterans Farm-Able Foundation? Working closely with the Board of Trustees of The Veterans Farm-Able Foundation you will play a crucial role in securing the long-term sustainability of Farm-Able, facilitating its strategy, funding, governance and contributing to the successful implementation of future growth plans. A core component of the vision will be to consolidate the charity regionally, in order to establish a firm base to take it nationally within a 5-year period.
You will be an outstanding leader, a creative strategist, used to working in demanding roles with significant budget constraints and yet able to deliver wide ranging projects, with the ability to engage and influence various stakeholders and supported by a small but dedicated team.
Background
The Veterans Farm-Able Foundation is a fledgling organisation. Its purpose is to support Veterans and Emergency Service Personnel, transitioning from the uniformed services and or suffering from trauma related conditions, through undertaking farming and rural skills activities as part of a rehabilitation programme.
The requirement is to exercise thought leadership, build a strong funding base, develop the management team, and develop the short and long term strategy and governance structures in order to deliver the programmes in support of emergency services and military veterans. As CEO, you’ll need to be commercially astute with proven expertise in driving financial sustainability, effective fundraising and diverse partnership building. You’ll understand that success in income diversification means that we’ll be able to increase our services and support to the wider veteran community, locally, regionally and nationally.
Ideal Candidate
We are looking for candidates with the following profile:
- A strategic thinker and deliverer, with considerable operational experience and willingness to get in to the detail and get their hands dirty
- A track record of leading, training and developing high performance teams - from inception to full operational capability and be comfortable working with a very small team with big ambition
- Previous teambuilding, charity service delivery and core services responsibility experience (ideally in the third sector, preferably in the military or emergency services) would be an advantage
- Experience in building a solid funding base, business development, through engaging in Government , banking, business and corporate circles
- Working in fluid environments where strategy, plans, governance, management structures and financials all have yet to be put in place – and form the early objectives for the post holder
For detailed requirements associated with the CEO role please see the job and person specification attached.
- Location: Buckfast Abbey, Nr Exeter, Devon
- Salary: £50K - £65Kpa
- Holidays: 30 days plus public holidays and 30 days unpaid holidays
- Contract: Contract role for 1 year with full intention to make it permanent subject to achieving funding targets
Closing Date: 5pm Friday 26th June 2020
Short Listed: Wednesday 15th July
Intended Interview Dates: 27 / 28th July (detailed information will be provided to successful short listed candidates)
To apply for the role please submit your CV and a supporting statement (of no more than two A4 sides) to the Interim Chair of the Board of Trustees, Stewart Harrison .
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Industrial animal agriculture is at the root of many of the most pressing global issues of our time, from climate change and global hunger, to increased disease risk and poor animal welfare.
The Good Food Institute Europe (GFI Europe) is at the forefront of the movement to use food technology to replace the products of industrial animal agriculture with plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated alternatives. Please check out our U.S. affiliate’s website (gfi [dot] org) and read the 2019 Year in Review (gfi [dot] org/2019) to find out more about who we are and what we do.
We are at an exciting stage in our growth and are looking for a Communications Manager to join our team. For more information about this role, please check out the job brochure: shorturl.at/JW367.
How You Will Make a Difference
You will lead on planning and delivering impact across the entire spectrum of communications disciplines, including media and public relations, brand marketing, digital and social media, and the production of content and materials. Your ‘North Star’ will be to advance the alternative proteins sector across Europe, and to ensure that GFI Europe is the go-to thought leader within the sector. As our first communications hire in our growing team, you will be responsible for:
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Developing and executing a strategic communications plan for GFI Europe.
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Work closely with our Managing Director on developing and executing an impactful public relations programme, including writing and placing press releases, op-eds, articles and blogs, etc, to deliver and shape positive coverage for GFI Europe and the alternative proteins sector.
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Developing a clear, impactful narrative and key messages, and delivering these across all communications channels.
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Building relationships with journalists in the fields of science, academia, business, innovation, entrepreneurship, food/ag, and policy.
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Acting as a spokesperson for GFI Europe when necessary.
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Understanding, listening, and following the European conversation around alternative proteins to identify new opportunities to promote the sector and GFI Europe’s work in key European countries.
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Identifying, building relationships with and influencing key organisations and opinion leaders across Europe to strengthen the narrative that supports the alternative protein sector.
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Working with fundraising colleagues to develop and implement strategies for reaching, recruiting and stewarding supporters.
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Collaborating with our policy team to ensure our political communication is effective and reaches the right audience.
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Managing GFI Europe’s social media activity and potentially developing online tools such as a new website and webinars.
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Coordinating with colleagues, and potentially external consultants, to oversee the production of GFI Europe publications and material including brochures, presentations and one-pagers, and act as our ‘brand guardian’ to ensure consistency.
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Potentially working with and overseeing agencies, freelancers and others to help deliver the above.
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Performing other tasks as required as a member of our small start-up team.
Who we’re looking for:
You must have:
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A passion for GFI’s philosophy and mission.
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Significant (ideally 5 or more years) communications experience, for example in public relations, media relations, social media or journalism.
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Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including the ability to write persuasive press releases and articles.
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A passion for, and demonstrated success with, proactive media outreach, including effectively developing and pitching stories to journalists that resulted in positive coverage.
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Good judgement and news-sense: to successfully spot opportunities and ‘hooks’ to secure coverage, and to get the substance, tone and nuance of our message right.
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The ability to devise a well-informed strategy for GFI Europe’s comms work, in terms of audience mapping, channels, messaging.
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Excellent people-skills: the ability to influence, network, build alliances and work well in a team.
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A can-do approach: a self-starter with the drive and initiative to take responsibility for delivering communications impact.
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Comfort working remotely in a rapidly-growing and evolving organization: the ability to work well independently and under pressure, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines.
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Fluent English, both written and spoken. We would also welcome applications from candidates who, in addition, can work in other major European languages.
We want the best people and we don’t want biases holding us back. We strongly encourage people of every colour, orientation, age, gender, origin, and ability to apply. Because we value a diverse workplace, we prioritize an inclusive climate absent of discrimination and harassment during the application process and after you join the team.
The Fine Print:
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Terms of employment: Full-time, permanent
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Location: Flexible - we will consider applicants from anywhere in Europe. You will mainly be working remotely: from your home, or wherever you choose. Once the COVID situation has cleared, you and the whole GFI Europe team will get together in-person approximately once every six weeks for around 3-4 days at a time, most likely in the London area or Brussels. There may also be other occasional work trips within Europe or to the US.
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Salary: £38,000 - £44,000. This range is based on a UK hire and will be adjusted if hired elsewhere in Europe.
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Right to work requirements: We are only able to consider applicants who are eligible to work and travel in the EU or UK.
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Application Deadline: 29 June 2020, 11.59pm BST. We will be assessing candidates on a rolling basis, so please apply now!
Any questions? If you have any questions about this role, please do reach out to us at europe (at) gfi (dot) org. If you’ve read this far but decided not to apply, please feel free to share this job description with someone else in your network who you think might be a good fit for the role! Thank you.
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Do you have the ambition to join an organisation with a remit to change the world, challenge yourself, and to make a real and positive difference to people’s lives?
This is not a normal role. We are looking for a confident, self-motivated problem solver who enjoys working with a huge range of people. You will be part of a small external engagement team, which is part of a wider, high performing marketing, communications and fund-raising team.
The engagement team has four key goals:
- Build our profile so our values and opinions are heard by more people more often
- Support our fundraising efforts to help us generate income to fund our work
- Create and manage relationships with key stakeholders engaged in and supporting our work
- Protect our reputation by providing crisis management support and ensuring consistent messages are heard by external audiences.
We have grown our reach both on and offline in recent years, and you will be rolling out a new PR strategy to enable the organisation to make real, lasting change for good through extending our network across the world.
The communication officer will play a key role in helping us achieve that ambition in a number of ways:
- By building on existing partnerships with key stakeholders and donors
- By unlocking new opportunities with donors, thought leaders and stakeholders
- By developing and managing excellent external events, both online and offline.
- By producing highly engaging content for use on digital channels.
You will have responsibility for developing and managing relationships with fundraising teams in the UK and communications teams in partner and donor organisations.
You will help develop communications plans for key international development projects and will also be responsible for overseeing content from these projects for our social channels by working closely with our international communications teams.
You will also be responsible for identifying, driving and leading high profile organisational events, such as our presence at bluedot Festival and New Scientist Live.
The role will also include supporting other areas of the communications team with excellent social and digital content, and through an ability to respond to media enquiries.
About you
This role offers an amazing opportunity to be part of a highly committed team dedicated to demonstrating that with the right approach and ingenuity, it is possible to create a better world for people and the planet. It can be highly demanding and requires flexibility and tenacity. If you like certainty and a normal 9-5 day, it probably isn’t for you.
A key focus of the role will be excellent relationship building and management, both with external partners and with many internal teams in the UK and around the world.
You will therefore be confident and enjoy working with a range of different people from a huge variety of backgrounds and in a variety of different ways.Critical to the success of the role will be the ability to prioritise multiple projects and demands and to be able to communicate sometimes complex material and ideas in an accessible way.
You will understand what motivates others and have a desire to solve problems and to lead, when required. However, we work in some of the world’s toughest places to live so you will also have the ability to be flexible when plans unexpectedly change or need a quick solution!
Experience or interest in the private sector, of international issues and current affairs and some experience in or with the media would be desirable. Experience of working in an external communications role is essential.
Why join us?
The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.
Our brand new open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station but we also offer free parking.
In addition, we offer the following benefits:
- Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.
- Flexible working hours are encouraged and enabled – depending on the role, remote working is possible.
- 26 days holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays.
- A pension scheme that new employees can join from day one of employment - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.
- Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave.
- Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
- Bike to Work scheme.
About us
We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.
Additional information
Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.
We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
- Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and, as such, candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.
- Please note that, should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.
- The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.
This is a 12 months Maternity Cover Position
Closing date for applications: June 12 2020
Interview dates: Week commencing June 22
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THE BRENT CENTRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE:
The Brent Centre for Young People (BCYP) exists to improve young people’s lives so they can manage their challenges now and become happy and healthy adults. Our trained therapists are specialists in the provision of effective mental health treatment of young people who need it most.
Currently, the BCYP is the leading mental health charity for young people in North West London, supporting over 700 young people a year with a wide range of issues. We offer specialised treatment in the areas of suicide prevention, tackling self-harm, eating disorders, exam anxiety and more.
Set up over 50 years ago with focus on preventing suicide amongst adolescents, and working in the heart of the community, we expanded into schools in the 1990s, and work closely with the NHS and CAMHS. The Brent Centre is also an important Research Centre on Adolescent Breakdown and Psychotherapy.
Last year the Centre initiated an exciting process to prepare the next stages of growth. We are now searching for an outstanding Communications and Media Officer to develop the communications function, working together with the new management team. You will work with programme leads and teams to establish our voice amongst different partners, and support the Centre build its reputation.
Contract: Permanent, Full time.
Part time (4 days a week will be considered for the right candidate)
Location: Brondesbury Park, London NW6
Salary: £28,000-30,000 (dependant on experience)
Reporting to: Head of Development and Communications
Overall role
The ideal candidate will have an excellent track record of communication’s skills (strategy development, writing and storytelling skills), media relations and experience supporting the Leadership team and Board of Trustees. We are essentially seeking someone who has a flair for pursuing potential opportunities and who has a proactive and solutions focussed approach.
- Content and materials development - produce high-quality, engaging materials, resources and content that is in line with agreed branding and messaging; and effectively support the organisation’s communications strategy and activities (including content for website, press and social media)
- Events - plan, manage and deliver the communications activities around key events and global moments (for example World Mental Health Day, Marathon events, local community events).
- Stakeholder and partner relationships - manage relevant internal and external relationships with key partners
- Support the Head of Communications to build the Centre’s reputation with different stakeholders by creating targeted communication elements that speak to their values and ensure the BCYP is a relevant partner in the national and international debate about young people’s mental health.
- Develop a storytelling strategy to help our team engage with different audiences – funders, partner organizations and our community.
About you
The candidate should possess at least a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years’ experience of working in Communications at a respected social impact, government or international development organisation.
You are a creative and determined individual who can effectively utilise your genuine interest and demonstrable experience in communications. You are able to communicate effectively to a range of audiences in a variety of media. You are passionate about mental health in young people in the UK and would like to make a contribution to sharing knowledge about effective long-term treatment.
Deadline for applications: 5th April 2020
First round of interviews: Week commencing on April 20th 2020
Second round of interviews: Week of April 27th 2020
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role Responsibilities
The Communications Manager will be responsible for the development and delivery of the internal communications strategy, in addition to supporting the organisation`s external strategy.
You will be committed to elevating the charity`s awareness in a competitive environment supporting clear internal and external communications goals.
You will be expected to deliver inspiring and creative communication plans working across internal communications, media relations, campaigns, and more.
About you
Are you a passionate, strategic communications manager looking for a new role? If so, we would love to hear from you.
This is a fantastic opportunity to play an active part in a vibrant educational movement.
As a key member of the IRC's Global Communications Team, the Senior Officer, Global Communications will develop and execute communications strategies related to the IRC’s work in Africa and/or other portfolio priority geographies / issues. In turn, s/he will help to position the IRC as a global thought and practice leader.
The Senior Officer will lead and collaborate on IRC communications efforts within a set portfolio and surge into crisis projects as needed, convening and leading multiple departments and stakeholders to deliver breakthrough communications results. The Senior Officer will act as a spokesperson as needed.
Major Responsibilities:
- Convene, collaborate with, and lead a dynamic range of IRC teams across Africa Regions/other IRC portfolios as needed, to develop and implement communications strategies that drive awareness of the IRC’s impact and advocacy, enhancing the IRC's reputation, supporting fundraising objectives, and influencing target policy makers.
- Work with (and persuade) internal stakeholders, including communications team-members, field teams, advocates, fundraisers, and technical experts to facilitate and support dynamic communications tactics, including innovative media outreach, top tier op-eds, creative digital content and dynamic, audience-driven social media output.
- Deliver strategic proactive and reactive media relations, leveraging global insights and expertise in both international and humanitarian media to increase the IRC’s media share of voice and digital engagement.
- Deploy excellent writing skills to deliver pitches that land IRC-led features, high-level IRC messages for cross-organizational use, top tier landing op-eds, and talking points for spokespeople.
- Represent the IRC as a spokesperson to external and internal audiences, both via media interviews and contributing to digital content. Provide media training to field spokespeople as needed.
- Partner with in house and external experts to produce Digital Content and Communications outputs that are integrated with strategic external relations objectives, aligned to clear distribution, and measurement, working closely with the Marketing Communications department.
- Gather content through multiple digital mediums -- photo, video, audio etc. -- using industry standard practices and equipment.
- Contribute to quarterly reports on media coverage and content results using industry standard metrics and bench-marking.
- Strengthen and develop internal systems and processes to deliver on communications objectives.
- Coordinate and lead crisis and emergency communications, including high profile field visits and high-speed content gathering.
- Deliver and lead executive communications for IRC leaders, including the CEO, as needed.
- Expand and nurture IRC’s communications network.
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Do you want to support us to scale up solutions to the world’s most pressing social needs? Interested in working in an innovative, flexible and dynamic team? We’re looking for someone to join our consulting team in the UK office.
The organisation
Spring Impact (formerly known as The International Centre for Social Franchising) is an organisation with a bold social mission.
We work with social impact projects around the world that are doing truly transformative work, developing the plans, the systems and the processes they need in order to become scalable and reach many more people.
Spring Impact is a registered charity, but one that operates with bags of entrepreneurial drive. We are innovative, imaginative and highly skilled in doing a lot with a little. The team you will be joining are an exceptional bunch who have been drawn from highly successful careers in a variety of fields and who have chosen to focus their talents on scaling social impact.
The role
We are looking for someone to join our dynamic and growing consultancy team as a Senior Consultant. As a Senior Consultant, you are a trusted and seasoned advisor to our clients. Typically, you’ll be able to demonstrate at least three years’ experience of managing projects and leading teams to deliver high quality work: managing competing priorities, delegating appropriately and communicating effectively to achieve results.
You will be confident taking responsibility for drawing sound conclusions from complex information and managing client relationships.
Other details
- Salary: starting at £36,200 per annum. Salary may be negotiable dependent on previous consultancy experience
- Work location is Finsbury Square, London with the potential for international travel
- Starting from August 2020
- You will need existing permission to work in the UK
Deadline and interview dates
Deadline for application: 9am, Monday 8th June 2020. We will review applications as they are submitted and, for exceptional candidates, consider offering earlier interview dates. We may therefore choose to make an appointment before this application window closes.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a telephone interview, taking place during the week commencing 15th June 2020.
A smaller shortlist will then be invited to a final interview, taking place during week commencing 22nd June 2020.
In the event that it is possible and desirable to do this interview face to face, in order to ensure that candidates face no barriers to attending interview, Spring Impact will reimburse the train fare of anyone travelling from outside of London.
Flexible working
Because we understand that an office-based 9-to-5 will not suit everyone, staff at Spring Impact are encouraged to make use of our generous flexible working policy. Wherever possible we aim to give each person responsibility to choose when and where they work, and to find the right balance between office-based and home working. We are also happy to discuss further accommodations you may require to fulfil this role.
Diversity
Spring Impact understands that in order to provide the best possible advice to our diverse client base across a wide range of sectors, we are strongest when our team has a variety of experience, expertise, and insights to draw from. For us, diversity isn’t merely a strategy: it’s an essential part of our organisational success. We are committed to ensuring that Spring Impact is representative of our society at large, and is an inclusive environment for all, regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and socioeconomic background.
To make an application
To make an application please email your written application which should include the following:
- A cover note, detailing:
- Which role you are applying for
- How you heard about the job
- When you would be available to start
- Details of two referees – please note that references would only be taken up immediately ahead of an offer being made and with your prior knowledge
- An up to date CV of no more than two pages
- A 1-2 page supporting statement, demonstrating:
- Your understanding of Spring Impact’s mission and what, therefore, attracts you to the organisation
- The respects in which your skills, knowledge and experience are a good fit for the role, with specific reference to the Job Description and Person Specification attached
Please note that as Spring Impact is committed to diversity, we aim to keep our recruitment processes as fair and open as possible. We are therefore unable to meet with potential candidates before interview. If you have any questions about specific elements of the application process, please direct your enquiries to our 'jobs' email address as provided for submitting applications.
Shelter is seeking a creative and innovative individual with solid digital marketing experience to join us as a Senior Digital Fundraising Executive within our award-winning fundraising team. Join us now and use your understanding of user experience and new product development to plan, manage and deliver digital marketing campaigns on behalf of our Community & Events and Bespoke Events teams.
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change with individuals, in communities, across society and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
The Digital Fundraising team is made up of highly skilled digital marketers and product owners that work closely with a variety of stakeholders, internal delivery and creative teams and external partners. Our goal is to embed digital fundraising skills to manage business-as-usual to the highest standards and give ourselves the space to be bold and excellent at digital fundraising, to continue innovating to keep up with audience behaviours. We aim to do this by giving our fundraising teams the tools and skills they need to support their plans through digital means, thus allowing Shelter to significantly grow the income that supports its mission. You'll help us do just that.
About the Role
Acting as product owner on behalf of the the Community & Events and Challenge Events team, you’ll work closely with the manager to develop new routes for fundraising through digital products and content marketing. But that’s not all. We’ll also rely on you to support the digitisation and digital marketing of existing events, support the scoping, planning and delivery of product marketing campaigns and act as the main digital support for the Community & Events team. Put simply, if you’re ready to provide digital expertise that will maximise income, improve efficiencies as a Product Owner and optimise supporter engagement, this is your opportunity.
About you
You’ll need experience of digital marketing across all digital marketing channels in a customer engagement environment. You’ll also need to have worked on high profile and innovative digital campaigns and fundraising-led challenge events content development or similar. Familiar with Agile product delivery and methodology, you have a proactive, results-driven approach, are great working as part of a team or on your own and are not afraid to challenge the status quo and introduce new ideas when appropriate. What’s more, you have the communication skills to collaborate with our community and events and in-house delivery teams, as well as digital design and media agencies and a curiosity and drive to learn in your chosen specialism. Indeed, dedication to learning is imperative to keep us at the top of our game and regarded as digital experts within fundraising.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We're here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our Fundraising team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them. In addition to this, we encourage an approach to involving people with personal insight of housing issues and homelessness in our recruitment processes
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
Duration: Two Years Fixed-Term (extension subject to funding)
Location: Cardiff or London
Are you a creative and strategic communicator? Are you able to develop digital content that sparks conversation? Can you help people produce impactful materials that share stories of our work in an accessible and compelling way?
We are looking to recruit a Digital and Creative Communications Manager ready to take on an exciting new role and apply their skills and knowledge to support a busy and ambitious team. You will lead on Elrha’s digital strategy, including our website and social channels, to help our work reach those who need it most, and enhance our voice in the humanitarian community. You’ll oversee production of materials of all shapes and sizes, making sure everything is true to our brand, stimulates interest and connects with our audiences. You’ll use your skills to support communication activities for flagship events to showcase the best of our work, and the work we fund.
We’re a global charity, working to find solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We fund and support work that goes on to shape the way in which people across the world are supported during a crisis.
We are based in London and Cardiff but our roles have a global reach. As an established and respected part of the humanitarian community, we work closely and meaningfully with our fellow networks and actors to make change happen.
You will be given a high degree of autonomy in your work, so to be successful, you will need to be flexible, bold, and work well in a constantly changing environment. You will have strong organisation skills and experience of managing a varied workload while paying attention to the tiny details.
If you are passionate about using your communications skills and experience to support the humanitarian community and those affected by crises, and you want to be part of an organisation that creates positive change in the humanitarian sector, then join us and we’ll give you every opportunity to succeed.
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We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable people in our work. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality, and are committed to improving employment opportunities for minority groups. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled candidates, as BAME and people with disabilities are currently under-represented throughout our work. We also welcome applications from LGB and Trans, and non-binary candidates.
The role will be appointed at the start of the salary band advertised, unless there are exceptional circumstances. This allows for incremental progression within the role and movement up the scale.
Closing date: Sunday, 7 June 2020
Interview dates: Monday 22 June & Tuesday 23 June 2020
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Working through a combined approach of programmes and advocacy, the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women helps release the potential of women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries.
Through our work we support them to grow and start successful micro, small and medium businesses so that they can create better futures for themselves and their families, enable their communities to prosper, contribute to strong economies, and move the world in a whole new direction. Over the 12 years since the Foundation’s inception, we have directly supported over 160,000 women across more than 100 countries, and our ambitions continue to grow.
We’re looking for a skilled communications professional to join our workforce at an interesting, challenging, but extremely rewarding and exciting time as a Senior Communications Officer. The ideal candidate would be a highly motivated individual with strong skills in writing, editing and proofreading, creating engaging communications materials, using social media and other digital platforms professionally, administration, and managing many competing priorities.
You’ll be an important member of the External Affairs team and work closely with our Programmes and Partnerships teams to co-ordinate and support the delivery of a rich, engaging communications plan which promotes our work to a wide range of stakeholders and influences for progress towards closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship.
This is a full time, permanent role at 35 hours per week, with core office hours being 10am to 4pm. We have some flexibility around working hours but this is reviewed case-by-case on an applications basis, at the discretion of the Senior Leadership Team. The Foundation’s workforce are currently all working from home and you will be too until such a time that we can safely return to our Central London office (W1), from where you’ll be based after then.
We have a lively, friendly, passionate and hard-working team, with an international and collaborative culture. This role has a salary of £25,375 per annum, and you’ll be entitled to 28 days of annual leave (which includes 3 that must be taken at Christmas), and other benefits.
To apply, please download the Job Description, and send us the following:
• Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role (1,000 words max)
• Current CV – no more than two pages
• Two examples of communications materials you have produced or led on, including one written piece, e.g. a blog, press release or news post. This can be a web link or a file attachment
Please send your application, or any questions you may have, to the email address listed.
Apply by midday, 12 June 2020. Interviews will be held via Zoom during the week commencing 15 June 2020. Our current aim is to hold only one round of interviews.
The Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position. All applicants should have the right to work in UK. Please let us know if you have any access requirements of which you would like us to be aware during this process.
Due to the large amount of applications we receive, please note that you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.
Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.
Powerful things happen when women realise their economic ambitions. Families prosper. Communities thrive. Economies grow.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
