At the Royal College of Nursing we’re an optimistic organisation. And we’ve got good reason to be. We all share the same voice when it comes to changing the shape of the health policies of the future. And as the largest trade union of nursing staff and students in the UK – with over 465,000 members – all we can see are the infinite possibilities for a brighter future. Join us and you will too.

We're accredited with Investors in People Gold Standard. Our people are our greatest asset, and we want people who can contribute to our purpose in line with our values.

As our Senior Group Internal Communications Officer, you’ll have a vital role in ensuring the success of our ambitious transformation programme. Providing technical and strategic advice to our Executive Team, you will lead on the development and delivery of transformation communications across the RCN Group.

Using your knowledge of good communications practice and emerging trends, you will work with the Transformation Leadership team to shape the direction and launch of the RCN Group’s entire transformation agenda, working across member, customer, client and staff interfaces.

We’ll look to you, as their designated point of contact, to support members of the Executive Team to deliver a high quality programme of internal communications activity, ensuring that engaging leadership communications are used to drive forward the RCN Group’s vision, values, campaigns and critical change programmes.

To be successful in this role you’ll be an exceptional writer, able to relay complex information and sensitive messages accurately and coherently, while motivating and engaging your audiences.

Your ability to analyse data and behaviour will support you in strategically planning communications that will evoke cultural change and enable your colleagues to actively support our Transformation agenda.

You’ll have strong negotiating and influencing skills, with the ability to constructively challenge and guide our leadership teams. You will be a confident problem-solver and high creative, with the ability to generate and encourage new ideas and innovations.

To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.

What we offer you

We expect you to look after your customers. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. Our pay is highly competitive with annual leave up to 32 days. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme.

Balancing work and life commitments is important to us as an organisation. We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs. Many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. We offer generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.

As a result of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic most of our staff are currently working from home. When this ends, we’ll start trialling blended office and home working to empower our people to do their best work recognising that, to give our best, we must be able to balance the demands of work and home.

Our selection process

Please submit a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t.

We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We’re having to be more flexible about how we hold interviews and assessments, most of which are held by video call. If you foresee any problems with accessing a computer, webcam, or internet connection for this, please do let us know in your supporting statement.

Opening date: 03 November 2021

Closing date: 11.59pm on 03 January 2022
If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, this vacancy may close earlier.

Assessment & interview date: 12 January 2022

We are seeking for a Senior Compliance Manager at the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Who are we?

The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

With a diverse workforce and an inclusive and supportive culture, we look to attract candidates from wide and different backgrounds who have a passion for the role engineering plays in society. Our aim is to make the Academy the best place to work for the staff we have and those we seek to attract.

The role

As Senior Compliance Manager, you will support and drive excellence in key Academy systems and processes. Specifically, to ensure organisational compliance with GDPR and all internal policies and procedures, while enabling and supporting all staff to follow relevant policies and procedures. You will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and support the COO to ensure that risk is managed robustly throughout the organisation.

You will be required to review, communicate and implement data related policies and organisational processes. You will maintain organisational policies; review, establish and implement policy related processes and procedures. You will establish and manage an internal audit function and also support the COO to ensure an appropriate risk management framework is in place.

A key aspect of success in the role is the ability to support colleagues and to influence and drive positive change across the organisation.

Who are we looking for?

An experienced and credible person to be the subject matter expert for the Academy on GDPR and data protection. It is expected that you will have experience in managing and supporting risk management at organisational level.

The ability to support colleagues, develop and maintain appropriate systems and processes and influence change across the organisation will be key to your success in the role. You will possess a desire for continuous improvement and excellence and be able to ensure that organisational needs are met by using a practical approach.

Why work for the Royal Academy of Engineering?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place. If you’re passionate about what you do and want to work collaboratively with talented colleagues to make change happen now and for future generations, we want you to get in touch.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future which we’d love you to be part of.

We are looking for talented people who want to make a difference, to join our team – is this you?

Company Benefits

The Academy offers a fantastic package of additional benefits including:

• BUPA cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Subsidised restaurant
• Regular social activities
• Independent Financial Advice
• Generous holiday allowance
• Non-contributory pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Wellbeing days and office wide Christmas leave
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development

Location

Our light, spacious offices are based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline 2 days a week in the office.

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers portal.

Closing date: Midday on 3 December 2021.

Interviews will be held on rolling basis. So don't miss the opportunity - apply soon!

Innovation Manager
Health Charity
Based: Home based with occasional attendance at London office
Salary - £38K - £43K

Wonderful opportunity to join this Health Charity in Central London for an Innovation Manager to come in and manage a range of fundraising campaigns, with a focus on individual giving and digital fundraising.

The Innovation Manager is a key strategic role within the Fundraising Directorate. The Innovation team operates across the whole fundraising directorate, and the role holder will play an important part in helping the charity achieve a step change in the growth of their net income. This is through the development of new fundraising products, the identification and exploitation of new technologies and the embedding and upskilling of innovation processes across teams.

What we are looking for:

• An experienced innovation practitioner with a proven ability to lead product development cycles, having taken briefs for new fundraising initiatives through to pilot stage and upon reaching success, transitioned them into business as usual.
• Where failed initiatives have occurred, exhibits an open attitude towards sharing learnings with colleagues and helping to create a positive environment where testing, failing and learning is embraced as the pathway to success.
• An expert in insight analysis, with the proven ability to translate insights into action through the shaping of products and initiatives to better suit target audiences.
• A proactive and confident communicator, with demonstrable experience of championing innovation, stakeholder management and upskilling colleagues in approaches and methodology.
• Excellent knowledge of fundraising or similar income generation experience in a corporate context.

Interested applicants should send their CV in the first instance.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

We are working with a national health charity to recruit an Innovation Manager, this is a key strategic role within the Fundraising Directorate. You will be experienced in the principles of fundraising, data analysis, and audience development. You will lead on product development cycles, taking briefs through to pilot stage and upon success, transitioning new income generating initiatives into business as usual.

The role will be hybrid working with a mixture of home based and regular attendance at the London office.

The Role
Responsible for delivery of the innovation strategy which formalises the new product development and opportunity identification activity with the long-term goal of ensuring growth in income, participant numbers, new audience acquisition, and a continuously improving supporter experience.
Deliver activity on the innovation pipeline, using robust insight, analysis and audience-focused testing
Responsible for gathering high-quality, actionable insights
Lead project teams, working with colleagues across the organisation to deliver new product tests and pilots, and on hitting success, collaborate with teams on transition into business as usual.
Development of robust commercial cases for new product development.
Responsible for identifying opportunities for trialling new technologies to support wider departmental fundraising objectives
Champion the benefits of test-and-learn trial, analysis and optimisation, and help embed this into the fabric of fundraising at the charity

The Candidate
Significant experience working at a senior level within fundraising (or other income generating/product development function within a commercial organisation) working on strategy and product development
Experience analysing data and generating actionable insight
Strong understanding of, and ability to use, innovation and new product development techniques
Creative, innovative and strategic analysis skills

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

As Project Manager, your role will be enabling Whole Education’s projects and programmes to run successfully and effectively. You will work with colleagues across the organisation and our network to develop new and existing projects that work towards achieving our mission of a fully-rounded education for all young people. You will have responsibility for a number of projects across the organisation which will require day-to-day management, relationship holding as well as taking a long term strategic view to the projects’ delivery and development.

Education/schools experience is desirable, but not essential.

Key responsibilities

We are looking to hire a number of people to our project team with a range of experiences. Below are the sorts of responsibilities and tasks that take place in the project team:

Project management/ delivery

• Developing and maintaining project plans for a range of projects of different sizes you have responsibility for

• Ensuring projects are delivered in a timely manner, managing risks and escalating any issues where necessary

• Maintain project budgets, working with finance and operations colleagues

• Develop project tracking documentation and ensure it is kept up to date

• Be responsible for ongoing project evaluation, ensuring our work is impactful

• Work with the school network team to ensure the project management and network management areas of our work align

• Develop project case studies

• Produce written material for projects (including recruitment materials, project resources etc) 

Project development

• Work with colleagues to scope out new potential projects or scaling/ developing of existing projects

• Take responsibility for regularly reviewing project delivery, responding to new opportunities and challenges 

• Work with colleagues to ensure projects are contributing to the wider mission of Whole Education

• Work alongside the Project Team to share learning on most effective ways to manage and deliver projects

School Engagement (Schools focussed role)

We work with a range of innovative schools and trusts across the country. One of the Project Manager roles will involve working closely with our Primary and Secondary Directors to help our schools in their journey to deliver a high quality 'whole education' including:

• Visiting some of our schools with good and innovative practice to help bring their great practice and impact to life

• Developing relationships with key leaders in our schools to help them engage with Whole Education's offer

• Working closely with our Primary and Secondary directors to design and develop the ways we support our schools on their journey to deliver a high quality whole education

Relationship management

• Build relationships with key project participants (normally school leaders/ teachers) and ensure they are fully accessing and engaging with the projects you are responsible for

• Build relationships with other stakeholders across the education sector relevant to the project (e.g. local authorities, funders, consultants, education providers) 

• Produce and manage partnership agreements/ contracts for partners and colleagues where appropriate

• Scope potential to develop new partnerships with local authorities, funders, education organisations where relevant to your projects

Events management

• Overall responsibility for the design, management and delivery of all key project sessions/events as part of the projects you have responsibility for

• Work with colleagues in the organisation to plan the best way to design and deliver project events/ training sessions to enable collaboration and effective learning

• Running/ facilitating project events and sessions as appropriate

• Ensure high quality experience of project events for participants whether online or face to face

• Support event delivery of major national events (e.g. conferences) where appropriate

Title: Innovation Manager
Salary: £35,086 - £40,000 plus London Allowance
Hours/Contract: 35 hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Based: Hybrid: Home based with frequent attendance at London office
Closing date: 19th September 2021
Interview date: TBC

At some point in our lives, everyone will be affected by dying, death and bereavement and Marie Curie is dedicated to ensuring that people get the end of life experience they deserve. Everything we do - from providing expert care, practical information and emotional support to funding ground-breaking research and advocating for change - helps people approaching the end of their lives, and their loved ones, make the most of the time they have together. The global COVID-19 pandemic has heightened public appreciation of this issue and presents a real opportunity for us to make a step-change in our impact

The Innovation Manager is a key strategic role within the Fundraising Directorate. The Innovation team operates across the whole fundraising directorate, and the role holder will play an important part in helping the charity achieve a step change in the growth of our net income. This is through the development of new fundraising products, the identification and exploitation of new technologies and the embedding and upskilling of innovation processes across teams.

What we are looking for:

• An experienced innovation practitioner with a proven ability to lead product development cycles, having taken briefs for new fundraising initiatives through to pilot stage and upon reaching success, transitioned them into business as usual.
• Where failed initiatives have occurred, exhibits an open attitude towards sharing learnings with colleagues and helping to create a positive environment where testing, failing and learning is embraced as the pathway to success.
• An expert in insight analysis, with the proven ability to translate insights into action through the shaping of products and initiatives to better suit target audiences.
• A proactive and confident communicator, with demonstrable experience of championing innovation, stakeholder management and upskilling colleagues in approaches and methodology.
• Excellent knowledge of fundraising or similar income generation experience in a corporate context.

What's in it for you:

• Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Continuous development
• Industry leading training programmes
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Working

For more information or an informal chat please contact our Senior Fundraising Manager - Innovation, Ammina Hamed, by email at

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.

About Us

Every day of your life matters - from the first to the last. When you work for Marie Curie, you understand that better than ever. We're a passionate, committed and diverse team of more than 4,400 staff and 12,000 volunteers, here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We offer expert care, guidance and support, to help them get the most from the time they have left.

Everyone knows our daffodil, but it's our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.

Innovation Manager, an excellent opportunity to join national charity and a specialist Innovation Team, who develop new fundraising products with the goal of delivering growth in income, participant numbers and continuously improving supporter experience.

As the Innovation Manager, you'll work across the directorate to identify opportunities for improvement and development, and create new products using new technologies and the continuous improvement of an existing supporter led product portfolio.

You'll work closely with internal Community, Mass Participation and Corporate Fundraising teams, and Communications department to gather insight, develop ideas and product designs, testing and piloting, monitoring and evaluation future products.

A great opportunity to make a real impact, diversify your experience across other areas of fundraising and working in a creative forward-thinking environment. You will have significant experience;

• Working within fundraising, or other income generating/product development functions. Ideally from Mass Participation, Community or Corporate fundraising background.
• The ability to work with cross-functional teams, with excellent stakeholder management skills.
• You'll be creative, innovative with strategic analysis skills, to assess opportunities, impact and make decisions to drive forward change
• An ability to present information to a range of stakeholders in a manner that is clear, engaging, accurate and achieves desired outcomes
• Experience of analysing data and generating actionable insight

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a national charity on an exciting Innovation Manager opportunity.

The Innovation Manager is a key strategic role that sits within the Fundraising Directorate. The Innovation team operates across the whole directorate, and the role holder will play an important part in helping the charity achieve a step change in the growth of it's net income through the development of new fundraising products, the identification and exploitation of new technologies and the embedding and upskilling of innovation processes across teams.

The role holder will be experienced in the principles of data analysis and audience development. The role holder will lead on product development cycles, taking briefs through to pilot stage and upon success, transitioning new income generating initiatives into business as usual.

Strong analytical skills will be essential to ensure that our strategy is grounded in evidence-based decision-making, as will supporting the Innovation team in leading cultural change throughout the organisation. Therefore, strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to facilitate co-creation of new initiatives are a must. The right candidate will exhibit clear strategic thinking and a creative, solution-oriented approach to driving income growth and reaching new supporters.

Salary: £35,086 - £40,000 plus London Allowance if Applicable (£3500)

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Location: London with Hybrid Working

To find out more about this role please email a copy of your CV to [email protected] This role will firmly close on Monday 29th November at 8.00am. Please note only successful candidates will be contacted.

Age UK are recruiting for a Senior Manager on a 12-month fixed term contract to lead our Individual Marketing Loyalty team.

In this role you will drive the strategy to deliver a best-in-class loyalty portfolio that inspires supporters to continue to support the work of Age UK. You'll do this by working across a variety of direct marketing channels and products to grow repeat giving and ensure our supporters feel valued and appreciated; supporter satisfaction is very important to us! Using audience insight we find the moments that are important for supporters and understand their motivations to best engage them with our cause.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has experience leading direct marketing fundraising teams and has proven experience using supporter focused strategies to grow supporter loyalty. In this role you will be able to develop your leadership skills, further develop the Loyalty strategy for Age UK and continue to foster an ambitious and collegiate individual marketing team.

Monday to Friday, hybrid working model; each Thursday to be office based (America Square, London) other days can be either home or office based.

You will have:

* A demonstrable skillset in leading supporter loyalty teams at a senior level.
* A solid foundation of experience within the Direct Marketing discipline across offline and online channels with single and multiple product journeys.
* The ability to evidence experience of managing complex direct marketing budgets and campaigns.
* Experience of delivering and developing a multi-year strategy
* Solid experience in prioritisation and workload planning
* Experience of using data and insight to drive performance optimisation and improvement. Numerate with good analysis skills with ability to analyse and interpret results and translating this analysis into action
* Experience of using qualitative and quantitative supporter/customer insight to develop products, propositions and campaigns
* Experience of supplier management
* The ability to work on your own initiative and be a self-starter.
* Communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with people at all levels.

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

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.

Head of Fundraising Innovation - Individual Marketing and Legacies

£49,342pa

Woking, Surrey GU21 4LL

This is a rare opportunity for a senior level fundraising professional with knowledge of traditional and digital fundraising methodologies and expertise bringing new products to marketing, from ideation to minimum viable product to change the future of our planet. The fate of our Earth is not a done deal. We can and will save it. As Head of Fundraising Innovation for the world’s leading independent conservation organisation, you will play a vital role in saving our world by delivering a future where people and nature can thrive.

As Head of Fundraising Innovation, you will lead a small and dynamic team responsible for identifying and maximising potential opportunities within individual giving to ensure we meet ambitious income targets and continue to build our reputation as innovators in field. This will involve identifying, developing and introducing new individual giving income streams and products, whilst continuously reviewing and innovating our current individual giving product portfolio. You will manage projects from ideation and conception through to delivery. We will look to you to drive a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within our fundraising teams. Important will be the ability to ensure our public fundraising is relevant and optimised though continuous horizon and trend scanning.

A senior level fundraiser, you must have experience of managing products at scale within the individual giving arena and in-depth knowledge of traditional and digital fundraising methodologies. Used to strategic planning, you will have a history of identifying and implementing performance enhancing activities as well as new income streams. Comfortable leading projects within a complex stakeholder landscape, you will possess a good understanding of fundraising regulation and data protection too. An excellent communicator, you will enjoy working in a collaborative way, be effective at solving problems and meeting deadlines. Critically, you will demonstrate a commitment to the natural world and our core mission.

If you have the expertise and vision to develop our fundraising innovation pipeline and ensure the growth and diversity of our fundraising portfolio, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our website via the link, complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up-to-date CV with the Supporting Statement highlighting what makes you a good fit for us.

Application closing date : 05/01/2022

Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of; sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well you.  Here at WWF, we are committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose.  We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.

Our policies and benefits reflect the importance of people being able to have a good work-life balance and being able to bring their ‘full self’ to work.

Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We are looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.

Cranstoun is a social justice and harm reduction charity working in the areas of substance use, domestic abuse, criminal justice, housing and young people. We have been working to make a difference since 1969. Cranstoun work to develop and deliver world-class services that rebuild lives.

Are you driven to make a difference? Do you want to work for a charity that is ambitious to empower change and empower people? Cranstoun’s vision is to be a world-class leader in rebuilding lives and we are looking for a Senior Media and Communications Manager to join us.

You will be working in our Customer Team to lead, promote and enhance the reputation of the charity in line with our values, mission and purpose. You will support communication activities to influence national policy and strategic direction.

You will offer significant expertise and advise on all matters relating to media and communications contributing to strategic decisions and operational activity. We are looking for a creative self-starter who will use their own initiative to lead, develop and implement innovative and creative strategies which raise the profile of the charity, its work, vision and values.

We are seeking a confident self-starter, who has demonstrable experience of working at a senior level in public relations, marketing and media environment. You will have an understanding of the strategic context of social justice charities, be politically astute with an ability to seek out innovation and creative solutions.

Above all, you’ll be interested in becoming part of a diverse and energetic environment and welcome the opportunity to tackle challenges, look for solutions and ultimately work in a sector and for a charity that empowers change and empowers people.

This post is subject to a Standard DBS Disclosure.

Senior Traffic Manager

REQ001485

£40-44,000 per year

London – Although flexible on location and remote working

35 hours per week

This is an exciting time to join the Brand and Marketing team working closely with colleagues across Scope to deliver best in class creative work that is co-produced with disabled people.

This is a new role and we are looking for someone who will relish the opportunity to shape and build relationships and new ways of working across teams.

You will play a pivotal role working between our MarComms teams and teams across Scope, managing workflow across all projects, scheduling resource and ensuring we have the right skillsets to create compelling and effective campaigns.

You will inspire and motivate teams to deliver work that will take our brand to the next level to reach and deliver meaningful change and equality for disabled people.

The Role

You will be the key link between our MarComms teams and teams across Scope that require Brand and Marketing expertise.

Ensuring all projects have the right resource and skillset to be delivered on time, to budget and on brief.

Reviewing and interrogating briefs to ensure they align with our corporate objectives, supporting teams to refine and develop briefs where needed.

Play an active role in the MarComms process, identifying and sharing opportunities to drive efficiency and effectiveness.

Be an accessibility champion – ensuring everything we do is inclusive and accessible to all of our audiences.

About you

You will thrive working in a creative team and have solid experience of managing resource for a creative studio, either in-house or at an agency. A passion for delivering audience-driven, creative work that has disabled people at the heart.

You will be able to demonstrate solid knowledge of the creative process from start to finish and managing relationships with in-house and external creative teams.

You will have exceptional planning and organisation skills and be adept at managing multiple projects and competing priorities.

You will have proven experience of building and maintaining strong relationships with colleagues and clients and delivering best in class client service.

You will have the passion to work with a talented team to drive change and deliver sector-leading work.

We ask you demonstrate an appreciation of Scope’s values and ambition of achieving Everyday Equality for disabled people.

If you want to make a difference and become a Disability Gamechanger, we'd love to hear from you. Apply Today!

Close date: 5/12/2021

Disabled candidates

Equality and inclusion are at the heart of our mission and we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We work hard to ensure that we are making exciting opportunities available to all, and everyone feels valued, heard and respected so that we continue to build a high performance, high engagement culture.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, and guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the minimum job criteria. Please let us know in your application if you are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you would prefer an application form or need any of the job information in a different format such as large print or braille. Please contact us via our website.

Our Values - Pioneering, Courageous, Connected, Open, Fair

By living our values and trusting each other, we empower our colleagues to make decisions. By giving our colleagues freedom and space to spark creativity for innovation, we can push boundaries, change mindsets and be empowered to change the game with grit and determination and a sense of urgency.

Scope Benefits

We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work and embrace our values of being open and fair, courageous, connected and pioneering. We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition and offer a wide range of benefits including 35 days annual leave in Retail, 27 days plus Bank Holidays working in our Head Office, flexible working (where we can), company pension, excellent training and career development, strong colleague networks across disability, race and LGBTQ+, wellbeing incentives like a discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, and much more.

Part home/part office (London) based

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

We are looking for an outstanding Senior Marketing Manager to join the Public Engagement directorate at the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK). This is a newly-formed directorate, and we are embarking on an exciting period of change to maximise the income, influence and impact we deliver for children.

You will play a leading role in one of our multi-disciplinary marketing teams, delivering exceptional website content and experiences. That might mean working on a groundbreaking campaign like VaccinAid, launching an appeal in response to the crisis in Afghanistan, or developing a new platform for our award-winning Paddington’s Postcards product. Or it could be galvanizing the public to ensure a better future for children by campaigning on climate change or leaving a gift in their Will.

To help achieve this, you will be well-versed in managing successful insight-led, multi-channel marketing campaigns, ideally within agile working environments. Alongside leading campaign delivery, you will also lead on strategy and capability development for a specialist area or channel of our marketing programme.

We are particularly interested in candidates with depth of experience and skills in supporter journey management. You will be skilled in supporter retention, channels such as direct mail and products such as regular giving.

Closing date: 5pm, Tuesday 7 December 2021

Interview date: Friday 17 December 2021 via video conferencing (MS Teams)

We are normally based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London but while our office is closed, this role will work from home or from wherever makes you happy.We are expecting to move to a hybrid approach (part home/part office based) when our office reopens.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at Unicef UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

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If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

Overview

Family by Family’s (FbF) vision is to see all families thrive, not just survive. The project has 10 years of proven success in Australia and is being pioneered in the UK for the first time by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, DFE and Shared Lives Plus. The project connects sharing families (volunteers) who have been through tough times and want to be alongside seeking families who are currently experiencing tough times and want to improve their family’s life. Families are brought together in link ups and work towards goals of the family’s choice. The project is underpinned by a set of clear principles that places importance of choice, relationships and working from a place of strength rather than deficit. The families are supported by a knowledgeable team of family and kids coaches to catalyse change that participants want to see. What sets this project apart from others is the whole family approach, we recognise the vital role that kids play in creating change in family units as role models, leaders and changemakers.

The project is a blend of strengths based and community development approaches combined with a clear service model incorporating social work practice that enables change for families. It seeks not to replace statutory services but to recognise the gifts, talents and strengths that already existing within families to prevent crisis from happening and to improve outcomes for the whole family. There is a clear evaluative approach supported by the evidence base of The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI).

You will motivate and problem solve with Coaches and Families who have faced many different challenges and stresses in their lives. The role requires someone who is highly organised and has a proven track record in project managing complexity. You will have working knowledge and expertise in strengths-based and community development approaches and be an excellent connector and relationship builder. You will need to hit the ground running to inject passion and energy into volunteer recruitment and referral pathways. You will also be responsible for local funder management (Stoke City Council and the DFE), local tracking and monitoring including attending meetings and producing reports. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate that they have the innate ability to build relationships quickly with a range of people, are solutions focused project managers, and has the expertise of strengths-based working, ideally within a health or social care context and can translate this into practical action.

We are seeking a dynamic, creative, and motivated individual to lead the local project in Stoke on Trent. You will be responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the programme across the agreed neighbourhoods. An effective and experienced leader, you will ensure the goals, aspirations and contractual obligations of the team are met. 

Main responsibilities include:

• Leading the delivery of the project in Stoke on Trent including driving volunteer recruitment and referrals ensuring targets are met.
• Using strengths-based and community development techniques to ensure involvement from families across Stoke on Trent.
• Excellent relationship building and networking with local partners and potential collaborators including developing referral pathways.
• Line Management of the delivery team.
• Monitoring and tracking of progress and KPIs including meeting quality standards of the Australian model.
• Funder relationship management- including attending meetings and producing reports.
• Local comms- using social media and other media to promote the project and raise awareness including speaking at events and meetings about the project.
• Ensuring local evaluation activities are undertaken and working closely with the independent evaluators.
• Working alongside the National Strategic Lead to ensure quality is upheld in the local delivery and that the work contributes to the national strategic ambitions.

Other responsibilities:

• Support family training, link ups and coaching where required,
• Lead regular reflective practice sessions with the team,
• Ensure best practice and standards are adhered to including meeting all contractual requirements and exceeding where possible,
• Manage resources effectively including activity budget,
• Considering how strengths based and community development approaches can support the long-term sustainability of the project,
• Consideration of use of community participatory arts and other methods to capture stories and support public engagement,
• Collecting stories and case studies to demonstrate impact
• Produce reports for internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure monitoring, tracking and adherence to GDPR/data management is upheld,
• Continual asset mapping of the local community including working with local partnerships and community leaders

People management

• Line managing team including supervision and any other employee related tasks,
• Ability to bring people along with you and using coaching/mentoring techniques to support the development of the team,
• Providing learning and training opportunities for the team – sharing your knowledge and expertise,

See full job description 

Interviews: W/C 13th December (Likely slots Tues, Wed, Thurs AM) held via Zoom.