Senior Media Relations Manager Jobs
At Media Trust, we believe it’s by giving everyone a voice that we’ll get to a more equal society. That’s why we’re working with hundreds of charities to strengthen their storytelling, advocacy and campaigning, press engagement and social media. We do this through media, communications and digital skills training delivered in partnership with our media and creative industry partners and by matching media industry volunteers with charities looking for help with content creation and other comms support. At the same time, we are working with hundreds of young people and talent from under-represented communities to give them the skills, access and mentoring to break into the media.
About the Role
Do you want to lead innovative and impactful programmes to strengthen the communications, campaigning, storytelling, media engagement and digital skills of organisations advocating for social justice and systemic change?
We are looking for a dynamic and proactive individual with a track record of successful programme management, who is passionate about communications that drive change.
This position will report to the Head of Programmes and oversee Media Trust's thematic strategic communications programmes that strengthen the voices of charities. Our thematic programmes support cohorts of charities working in the same area, including equalities and social justice (our Stronger Voices programme) and environmental and climate issues (our Communicating Climate programme.)
In the context of rising levels of inequality, the media and policymakers need to hear from the people whose lives are most affected. In this role, you will support user-led organisations campaigning for systemic change to speak truth to power.
Our six-month strategic communications training programmes are designed to support charities and community organisations to amplify their voice, mobilise support and influence meaningful change. These programmes include in-person and virtual training, mentoring and support from industry experts, and tailored digital resources.
This role will directly manage our Stronger Voices programme, ensuring the smooth delivery of the programme, including managing our cohort of equalities organisations; overseeing the budget and timeline; managing our relationships with funders, trainers and partners; and impact evaluation and reporting.
You will also oversee our other thematic programmes (currently Communicating Climate). You will line manage the Project Manager of Communicating Climate and a Project Coordinator.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone committed to social justice, with strong programme management skills, an understanding of strategic communications and a passion for empowering the charity sector through training and mentorship. This is a highly rewarding role which offers opportunities to engage with both the charity sector and the media and creative industries.
*Please note that whilst this is a remote role, Stronger Voices is a London-based programme, so proximity to London will be beneficial for delivering in-person activity for the cohort.
How to apply:
Click the Quick Apply button below. You’ll be asked to submit a CV, equal opportunities form, and a covering letter (max 2 pages) describing how your skills and experience match our requirements. See full Job Description attached.
Please note this role is being re-advertised. If you have already applied for the role, you do not need to submit your application again. We have extended the deadline in order to have a wider selection of candidates to choose from, and we will review all applications then.
Application deadline is 9am on 2 April 2024
First-round interviews will take place on 10-11 April and final interviews on 16 April.
Working at Media Trust
Media Trust is an ambitious charity, full of passionate people. We are a small and dynamic team that works collaboratively and supports each other in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for motivated, agile and value-driven people to join our team. In return we offer:
• Remote working*
• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Flexible hours, to be agreed with line manager
• Pension contributions
• 2 volunteer days each year
• Attend two Media Trust Open courses each year at no cost to you
Flexible Working at Media Trust
Media Trust values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen). One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available, such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility and equipment or other support you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.
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Are you excited by an opportunity to demonstrate disabled people’s ability to contribute to a fairer society for all?
Inclusion Barnet is Barnet’s Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation (DDPO). All of the board and 80% of staff declare an impairment, and we’re passionate about using our lived experience of disability to work towards inclusive communities and greater social justice for all. This means that, in addition to our traditional services delivered by and for disabled people, we are a groundbreaking organisation working to demonstrate that as disabled people we can take a leadership role in our local community. In a world where disabled people are too often underestimated or written off, we need your help to tell this story.
We’re looking for a natural communicator who can tell our story in an accessible and compelling way. You’ll be able to think creatively, and grasp the bigger picture, whilst being comfortable keeping across routine but vital tasks such as producing newsletters and updating social media. You’ll take pride in making those outputs the best they can be, whilst also being comfortable briefing local journalists and telling our story. It’s required that you have your own lived experience of disability, which could include mental health issues or a long term condition. We also particularly welcome applications from global majority candidates, who are currently underrepresented at this level in our organisation.
Your role will focus on three of our projects: Healthwatch Barnet, which provides the local resident voice in health and social care; our work with the Barnet Together Alliance supporting the local voluntary sector; and the work of the NCL VCSE Alliance, which we currently chair.
To succeed, you will need solid communications and PR experience, and an ability to write fluent, interesting copy as well as a familiarity with social media and a basic understanding of design principles. In return, you will become part of a friendly and supportive team, working within a focused but flexible culture, where diversity is valued and you can bring your whole self to work.
This is a UK based role, and whilst much of it can be done from home, there is an expectation that you will be in the office two days a week. We encourage flexible working to suit your work/life balance preferences where possible. We also operate a Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) system.
To apply, please submit your CV with a brief covering letter clearly stating how you meet the person specification, and how your own lived experience of disability would inform your approach to the role.
The successful candidate must be willing to undergo a DBS check and have the right to work in the UK.
Please explain what attracts you to the role and outline your relevant experience, including how your lived experience of disability would inform your delivery of the role.
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We are looking for a highly motivated and organised Social Media and Content Officer with a background in marketing. The successful candidate will be a proactive worker and able to demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills. They will play a crucial part in building and maintaining our online presence.
Supported by the Social Media and Content Manager and Senior Digital Manager, they will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to manage our social media presence. They will use their creativity and strong copywriting skills to work with members of the Fundraising and PR teams to develop engaging content for our social channels and continue to grow our presence online.
This role would be a good fit for someone enthusiastic about learning more and creating exciting social media content. We are looking for strong copywriting skills and experience working on social media campaigns.
To be successful in your application you'll need:
- Experience creating content (including reels for Instagram) for and managing social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and Linkedin
- Experience with social media reporting tools
- Knowledge and understanding of social media best practice and following latest trends
- Excellent writing, copy-editing and proofreading skills, with an eye for detail and a strong command of the English language.
- Ability to communicate, work collaboratively and build good working relationships.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to work proactively and manage multiple projects concurrently.
The following are beneficial but not essential:
- Experience of digital collaboration and project management tools like Trello, MS teams or JIRA.
- Experience in a similar role within a complex organisation, charity, or health/science organisation
What we offer: - Hybrid working (40% of time in the office) between home and Chelsea, London with travel to Sutton once a month.
- 37.5 per week. Some occasional weekend and evening work may be required to cover events.
- A competitive salary in the range of £28-32k p.a.
- A contribution pension scheme
- Training, support, and development opportunities
- Access to the blue light discount scheme
- Range of wellbeing initiatives
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
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The University of Oxford is a stimulating work environment, which enjoys an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Our research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges, from reducing our carbon emissions to developing vaccines during a pandemic.
About the Role
- This is a chance for you to get creative and manage events that engage our alumni and make them feel part of Oxford! From webinars showcasing world-changing research and networking opportunities around the UK, to planning and delivering Meeting Minds, Oxford’s alumni weekend with over 1,500 attendees.
- This is a maternity cover and a fast-paced role with lots of demands; you will need to be able to get to grips with the event projects quickly, juggle multiple tasks and events all at the same time.
- Oxford is a world-leading University. The events you create and manage will be supporting our alumni engagement priorities. We are building up to our next fundraising campaign; the work you do will directly support this and the fundraising teams to create change for good by engaging alumni.
To Be Successful You’ll Need:
- You need to have proven significant experience to deliver high-profile, multi-level, complex events.
- You need to have outstanding planning and organisation skills
- We are a tight-knit, supportive team that likes to have fun while we work hard on lots of exciting and unique events. You need to have a cool head under pressure, be someone who can communicate at all levels and be a team player.
What We Offer
As an employer, we value the wellbeing and development of all our employees. We offer a comprehensive range of benefits, including:
- 38 days annual leave (including public holidays)
- Hybrid working arrangements for a healthy work-life balance
- Extensive personal and professional development opportunities
- Membership to CASE to support your professional development as an educational advancement professional
- Supportive childcare services and other family-friendly leave schemes for working parents, guardians and those with caring responsibilities
- Generous family leave for pregnancy, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave
- Excellent contributory pension scheme for your financial future
- Salary sacrifice scheme for additional savings
- Subsidised sports centre membership to promote well-being
- Cycle loan scheme to encourage sustainable commuting
- Discounted bus and transit travel
In addition, you will have access to a vibrant community with social groups and sports clubs fostering an inclusive atmosphere.
Application process:
- Click the link to ‘Apply’ and follow the on-screen instructions. You will be taken to our online Applicant portal.
- Applications should consist of a full CV and a letter of application in PDF format (maximum of 2 pages) outlining your motivations to apply for this role, your relevant experience and how you meet the criteria of the person specification.
Only applications received before 12.00 noon on 2 April 2024 can be considered.
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place week commencing 12 April 2024, in person in Oxford.
Development and Alumni Engagement is committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We encourage applicants from all sectors of the community and are especially keen to encourage candidates from under-represented groups to apply.
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We are seeking an experienced Events & Partnerships Manager, to play an integral role within a dynamic fundraising team. Responsible for developing our events portfolio, community fundraising as well as expanding and developing our corporate and donor opportunities. This is a great time to join our expanding fundraising team and build on your experience and skills.
Role Purpose
Responsible for developing and delivering our Events and Partnerships fundraising strategies, to secure appropriate funding to ensure the sustainable delivery of high-quality services by Home-Start Essex.
You will lead on developing and delivering our Home-Start events and in-aid of events plus expanding our community fundraising activities. As Events and Partnerships Manager you will also use your experience and skills to identify and lead approaches to potential corporate supporters and major donors. You will create high quality plans and deliver against financial targets, proactively supporting opportunities to source income to support children and families within Essex.
To be successful in this role you will be a self-starter with high levels of motivation, with the ability to work autonomously and as a member of a small team. You will have excellent organisational and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage supporters, with a high standard of written and verbal communication.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
· Develop and lead on delivering the Events & Partnerships portfolio, to grow a strong our sustainable funding base through planned activities & clear KPIs.
· To achieve financial income targets whilst maximizing opportunities for growth and development across this income stream.
· To lead on events, community and corporate activities with support from the Fundraising & Marketing Administrator.
· To provide excellent stewardship to all our supporters, encouraging long-term support from donors, continuing to build on our reputation as a vital local charity.
· To work with the Communications & Marketing Manager to develop a fundraising marketing strategy to raise the profile or our fundraising activities, to encourage support and donations.
· To support the CEO in developing new major donor relationships.
· To research, plan approaches to corporate supporters for sponsorship or staff engagement. To develop and manage clear cultivation plans across key corporate contacts.
· To report on agreed KPIs and provide regular reports to the CEO and Finance & Business Development committee.
· Carry out regular horizon scanning, to develop and grow our events and partnerships opportunities, research major donor and corporate prospects.
· With support from the Grants & Commissioning Manager, produce compelling content for proposals for donors/ corporates plus stewardship materials, liaising closely with the senior management team and marketing team and adhering to brand guidelines and key messaging.
· Manage the Events and Partnerships fundraising programme via Beacon CRM, developing account management and stewardship activities and maintaining detailed records of all communications.
· Direct and support the Fundraising and Marketing Administrator to plan and deliver fundraising events and support community fundraising.
· In aid of events:
Ø To plan and oversee all events and proactively seek opportunities to develop our portfolio of events, keeping a keen eye on income contribution and ROI.
Ø To form strong relationships with external partners, to deliver events and grow and develop the portfolio.
· HSE events:
Ø To develop a bespoke in-person mass fundraising event with high participant numbers and value per head and ensuring the smooth and safe delivery of all events.
Ø Establish a wider team of volunteer fundraisers expanding into local communities and providing guidance and leadership on events.
Ø To work with the Communications and Marketing Manager to ensure that all events are well promoted and all marketing avenues have been explored, helping to formulate and monitor marketing planning and delivery to ensure targets are met.
Ø To work with the Fundraising & Marketing Administrator and Volunteer Development Officer to recruit and manage volunteers.
Ø To ensure events are thoroughly evaluated and recommendations implemented.
Reporting
· To provide regular activity, income and pipeline updates to the CEO and Finance & Business Development Committee.
· Maintain accurate records of income and restrictions.
· Ensure that progress against KPIs and pipeline is effectively monitored and reported, flagging concerns and developments in good time.
· Ensuring pipeline development by maintaining Beacon (CRM), recording all stewardship actions and communications.
Other duties
· To attend fundraising events.
· To work closely with other members of the fundraising department to provide data and leads to help them maximise income for the charity.
· To develop an in-depth knowledge of HSE and understanding of HSE’s work.
· To keep up to date with best practice in fundraising and comply with relevant legislation.
· To act as an ambassador for the fundraising department and the charity both internally and externally.
· To undertake any other assignments within the fundraising department and wider organisation as required.
· Manage resources for the Fundraising team and contribute to budgeting and preparation for financial audits/reviews.
· To develop and implement short, medium and long-term strategic business and funding plans for Home-Start Essex, as part of the senior management team, subject to Board approval.
People Management
· Provide line management to the Fundraising and Marketing Administrator, delegating appropriately and building a culture which attracts, retains and motivates staff.
· Undertake supervision, appraisals and performance management actions as necessary.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Home-Start Essex operates an Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and expects staff to have a commitment to equal opportunity policies in relation to employment and service delivery. Staff should promote equality of opportunity in all areas of their work.
SAFEGUARDING
Safeguarding is at the heart of Home-Start Essex. All employees are expected to have a knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures and to comply with and have a commitment to best safeguarding practice at all times, immediately reporting any concerns regarding Safeguarding and Child Protection or the protection of Vulnerable Adults to the Designated Safeguarding Lead and/or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
This role is part of the Senior Management Team within Home-Start Essex.
Please email us for a recruitment pack or go to our website to download the recruitment pack, job description and person specification.
Please apply by sending in a Cover Letter and CV – referring to the job description and person specification in your application.
Relevant candidates will be required to complete further information as part of the recruitment process.
An enhanced DBS check will be required.
If you would like to arrange a confidential discussion about the vacancy, please contact us.
This post is subject to a successful 6-month probationary period.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Interviews are scheduled for: 18th/19th April 2024
Home-Start Essex is committed to equality of opportunity and works to safer recruitment practices as an important part of safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults.
Our Home-Start Essex Values
Supportive - We will support families to address the challenges of bringing up children themselves.
Non-judgmental - We do not judge families or measure them against others’ standards.
Approachable - We will be approachable and friendly at all times and develop good relationships with the families we support.
Professional - We will maintain the very highest professional standards.
Collaborative - We will work in partnership with any individual, group or agency who can help us achieve our goals.
Inclusive - We value and celebrate diversity and offer our services to all families, irrespective of their circumstances or backgrounds.
Family-led - We place children and families’ needs at the heart of our work.
Safe - The safety of the families and children we support, and the staff and volunteers we engage, is our highest priority.
Bringing up children can be hard work and all parents and carers will, from time to time, encounter problems which can often make the task even harder.
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Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (with occasional out-of-hours work)
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
Travel: Some travel will be required to our Chesterfield office for team meetings (once a month) and other essential meetings and events.
Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.
We’re looking for a driven and experienced Senior Media and PR Officer to join the Strategic Communications team and contribute to some of the biggest stories in health and research. You will help guide our media and PR activity that delivers against our strategic vision, and raise the profile of the charity nationally through bold and creative storytelling.
You’ll be a key member of the Income and Engagement Directorate, the team that inspires people to give their money, their time and their voice to make a difference for people with arthritis.
About the role
You will work closely with colleagues and teams across the charity to devise and deliver a rolling programme of proactive media relations that secures high-profile and impactful media coverage.
As part of the Press Office, you will respond to breaking news stories and be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, engaging journalists and reacting quickly and confidently to developing issues and breaking news.
The post-holder will support and guide the Media Officers in developing stories and investigations that expose the injustices faced by people living with arthritis. You’ll be key in building our consumer PR strategy that develops powerful stories through fundraising, celebrities and cutting-edge medical research, raising awareness and challenging misconceptions of arthritis.
About you
If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:
- An up-to-date understanding of the UK media environment and knowledge of how to engage journalists across broadcast, print and online media outlets, across the media landscape.
- Excellent writing skills, experience in identifying media opportunities and planning stories and campaigns.
- Experienced in building an organisation’s profile, positioning and core message via earned media that supports income generation.
- Experience and demonstrable success in planning, delivering and evaluating consumer facing communications projects.
- Able to work independently, manage varied workloads and work to deadlines.
- Experience in media evaluation that supports team performance and learning, and demonstrates the value of media and PR.
- Keeps abreast of sector trends and uses this insight to inform and improve media strategy.
- Experience in being part of an out-of-hours and reactive rota in a team - spotting opportunities and responding to daily media enquiries.
*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.
Application deadline and shortlisting
- We advise candidates to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications ahead of this date.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
About us
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Contract Type: Permanent
Hours per week: 35
Salary: £53,700.00 (FTE)
Closing Date: 25 March 2024
Interview dates start from: 9 April 2024
Today, 12 children and young people will be diagnosed with cancer. We’ll stop at nothing to make sure they get the right care and support at the right time.
When a child or young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole world (and their family’s) can feel like it’s falling apart. Their anxieties are deep. Their education, mental health and social lives suffer. Their futures feel very uncertain. They need tailored psychosocial support and they need to know that their voices and unique needs are being heard and understood.
We’re there to make sure that happens.
We believe children and young people with cancer are more than their diagnosis. And we’ll stop at nothing to make sure they have the right support and the same opportunities as everyone else.
We know what a better future could look like for children and young people with cancer. And we know what we need to do to make that future a reality. We know we need to push harder, reach further and work smarter. And we know we need the right people on our team to help us get there. People like you.
About the role
As Head of Media and PR, it will be your role to raise and strengthen Young Lives vs Cancer's profile. You'll lead the team that gets young cancer patients’ voices heard and their unique needs understood, so they get the right care and support at the right time.
As our Head of Media, you'll engage with more of our key audiences than ever before to increase income, amplify voices and inspire others to join us. We want everyone to get involved in our vision for a better future for children and young people with cancer.
You'll be responsible for leading the Media and PR team and for designing and implementing our new Media and PR strategy. You'll operate as a trusted advisor to the senior leadership team, and showcase our work via thought-leadership and events.
Storytelling is your thing. You can't wait to share compelling stories that galvanise supporters, new and existing. You're always on the lookout for opportunities to amplify our brand messaging. Innovative, impactful campaigns get you up in the morning. And you take media crisis management in your stride.
Our Media and PR team is a key part of the Policy, Communications and Voice Directorate, which synthesises our policy, research, campaigning, voice, media and brand, digital and communication work. If you want to join us in working together to build a strong, effective system of support for young cancer patients and their families, we want to hear from you.
This role is part home, part office/ site based. You will have the opportunity to work remotely / from home within the parameters of our hybrid working arrangements, with 1 or 2 days a week in the London office.
We would love to hear from you if you have experience of:
·Leading high achieving Media and PR teams
·Experience in designing and deliver Media strategies
·Managing teams that tell stories to galvanise supporters to take action
·Media crisis management and reputation management on behalf of an organisation
First interviews are planned to take place on 9th April.
Diversity declaration
At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their race, class, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. This has never been acceptable to us as an organisation.
We are committed to taking anti-oppressive action and removing barriers in our recruitment practices. We particularly welcome applications from members of minoritised communities and creating equitable opportunities for all. We are passionately committed to taking actions and making changes to be a truly diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation, as well as reflective of the diverse children and young people we support. Click here to find out more about our Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging strategy.
Accessibility
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll always endeavour to be as accommodating as possible. Please get in touch with us if you would like to discuss any specific requirements.
What we offer
In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes generous annual and family/ caring leave entitlements, enhanced pension and employee savings scheme. To find out more about our benefits package, have a look on our website.
If you join us, you will be part of a community that is committed make a difference to the lives of children and young people with cancer. Young Lives vs Cancer is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
You may have experience of the following: Director of Media and Public Relations, Media Strategy and Engagement Manager, Chief Communications Officer, Communications and Public Affairs Director, Public Relations Lead, Media Advocacy Director, Strategic Communications Manager, Narrative Development Director, Brand Amplification Specialist, Storytelling and Crisis Management Lead, Senior Media Relations Manager, Communications Strategy Director, etc.
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We are looking for a Senior Media and Comms Officer for an incredible health charity to take a lead on delivering the media relations strategy, generating regular, high-quality national and regional media coverage, and promoting the organisations work through the media and other communications channels.
This is a hybrid role with two days a week in the London office
The Charity
A passionate charity dedicated to improving health through pioneering research and campaigns to support those who most need it. You would be joining a driven and enthusiastic work culture, offering some attractive benefits including private health care, employee discount scheme and cycle to work scheme.
The Role
Work with the Head of Communications and Campaigns to develop and deliver a proactive PR strategy to increase the reach of the charity.
Develop PR materials including press releases, pitch angles, interview briefs and media lists.
Contribute to our digital channels (including social media and website) by drafting engaging content.
Contribute to Communications & Campaigns team planning with creative ideas to help develop campaigns and contribute to other areas such as fundraising communications.
The Candidate
Experience in media relations and communications activity.
Experience writing content for social media channels.
Experience working on cross channel campaigns.
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.
This is an exciting time to join a growing organisation already established as a leading voice in the responsible investment space, and to play your part in helping shape a fairer, healthier, more sustainable future. The global investment system has an oversized impact on challenges from the climate crisis and biodiversity loss to poverty and inequality. We want to make sure that impact is positive. At ShareAction we work with investors, policymakers, and individuals to unleash the positive potential of the investment system. We aim to build a world where our financial system serves our planet and its people.
Team
This role is part of ShareAction’s dynamic communications team, which leads media and digital activity, manages the website and publications, and ensures a consistent and compelling brand story. Our four-person press office carry out reactive and proactive media relations to position ShareAction as a thought leader on responsible investment, and shape impactful media activity to support the goals of our campaigns on tackling climate change, championing fair treatment of workers, protecting nature, and shaping healthier societies, as well as advocacy towards the UK government and EU institutions.
Position
You’ll be the junior member of ShareAction’s four-person media team, reporting into the Senior Media Manager. You might have a couple of years’ experience working in a press office, agency or as a journalist and a track record of securing positive coverage. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across the organisation, developing and implementing media activity to maximise awareness of our priority messages and hard-hitting research among target audiences. An excellent writer and communicator, you’ll have an instinct for a story and be able to build strong relationships with journalists.
What you’ll do (key responsibilities)
- With guidance from the Senior Media Manager, advise colleagues, give feedback, and develop media and communications activity for specific projects. These could be promoting our research or supporting our campaigns on social and environmental issues.
- Play an active part in the smooth running of ShareAction’s press office: organising press lists, pitching stories, and providing high-quality timely responses to media requests and reactive opportunities. Some occasional out of hours working may be required to support major launches or urgent enquiries (we offer flexible working and time off in lieu (TOIL) for these occasions).
- Draft media materials including press releases, briefings, and op eds to communicate ShareAction’s work in an accessible and engaging manner to target public and specialist audiences.
- Support colleagues across the organisation to engage effectively with the media, by briefing and preparing talking points and Q&As and facilitating spokesperson training sessions.
- Build and maintain relationships with key journalists and commentators across specialist and mainstream media. Keep up to date with relevant news and trends and identify opportunities to promote our messages.
- Work with the Senior Media Manager to monitor, evaluate and regularly report on media activity.
- Be a brand champion, ensuring content is aligned with tone of voice, house style and messaging guidelines (all of which you’ll receive training on).
- Demonstrate a commitment to ShareAction’s values (independence, courage, persistence, inclusivity, and respect) and vision of a world where the financial system serves our planet and its people.
Requirements
What you’ll bring to the team
- Some experience working in a press office, agency or as a journalist and a track record of securing positive coverage.
- You’ll have a proactive approach and excellent written and verbal communications skills and be able to work efficiently under pressure in a fast-paced team and organisation.
- With great interpersonal skills, you’ll be able to build productive relationships with colleagues across the organisation and key external contacts.
- You’ll be passionate about ShareAction’s vision of a world where the financial system serves our planet and people, and committed to our values of independence, courage, persistence, and respect.
- You’ll be proficient with common computer software including Microsoft Office.
Desirable
- Knowledge or experience of communications within a campaigning or advocacy organisation.
What we will do for you
Working at ShareAction is an opportunity to help make a difference tackling some of the world’s biggest social and environmental challenges. We offer opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience in a friendly, flexible, and supportive working environment.
- Introductory training on the financial system and capital markets as well as informal ‘lunch & learn’ sessions with expert guests.
- Membership of CharityComms and opportunities to attend relevant webinars and training, as well as access to its online resources and mentoring scheme.
- A structured settling in period to allow you to fully grasp what ShareAction does and how we communicate.
- Access to a flexible office space in central London and regular social events with colleagues. The full communications team aims to meet at least once a month in person while many colleagues are in the office several times a week.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.
Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 25th March 2024.
Interview dates: First stage, Friday 5th and Monday 8th April 2024.
We have a London office, and actively encourage staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available - such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.
ShareAction’s London office is based in vibrant Aldgate and a short walk from Aldgate East underground. Hybrid and remote working will remain the norm for many ShareAction staff, with office space available for those who wish to use it.
Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK. Due to current restrictions, we are unable to hire anyone that isn’t already living in the UK. Due to our size, we are unable to sponsor visas.
Please refrain from using any AI tools to write your answers, as this will result in immediate disqualification for the role.
ShareAction values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen) and welcomes applications from all backgrounds, communities, and industries. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and so if you are not 100 percent sure that you meet all the requirements but believe you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and use the application questions to tell us about your experience and what you hope to bring to this role.
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The Talent Set is thrilled to be working with an extraordinary charity as they search for a dynamic Media Officer to join their team. The successful individual will spearhead communication efforts, spotlighting one of the organisation's key partnerships. This role will be pivotal in amplifying the organisation's crucial work with vulnerable youth, driving income generation, and reshaping media narratives surrounding children and young people.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work closely on crafting and executing impactful media strategies, targeting various communities, supporters, and potential service providers.
- Execute assigned tasks, meeting set objectives, deadlines, and performance benchmarks outlined by the Senior Communications Team.
- Lead special projects designated by the Senior Media and Communications Manager or Head of External Communications.
- Foster and nurture robust relationships with online, print, and broadcast media, bloggers, commentators, and influencers, actively advocating for the charity's mission.
- Foster collaborative relationships with key internal stakeholders and spokespersons across the organisation and its corporate partners.
- Develop innovative integrated communication plans, overseeing advice, statements, timelines, and key messaging to engage specific audience segments.
- Generate compelling press releases, blog entries, opinion pieces, and social media content for internal and external distribution.
- Actively engage in team meetings, planning sessions, and other collaborative initiatives.
- Conduct media training sessions for key senior representatives.
- Be prepared for occasional after-hours work as needed.
Person Specification:
- Demonstrated experience in engaging with UK national media, online news platforms, with a proven track record of securing positive coverage across relevant channels.
- Proven ability to thrive within a high-profile, fast-paced media team, newsroom, press office, or public relations environment.
- Strong collaborative skills with external stakeholders and corporate partners to foster relationships and deliver effective, timely communications that meet objectives.
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Commitment to accuracy, quality assurance, and providing outstanding service to both internal and external audiences.
What's on Offer:
- A full-time, permanent role with options for remote or hybrid work arrangements.
- Competitive salary ranging from £31,000-£43,000.
- The chance to contribute to a meaningful cause and effect real change.
- Supportive and collaborative work culture.
Commitment to Diversity:
The Talent Set and our partner charity are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.
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Job Title Senior Policy Researcher for Northern Ireland
Location Based in Belfast (Home working with in person meetings in London on an ad hoc basis.)
Salary £35,000 - £45,000
Hours Full Time, permanent (flexibility may be offered for an excellent candidate.)
Reports to Director of Policy and Research
Main purpose and scope of the role:
Parentkind is a national charity and we work across all four nations of the United Kingdom and the devolved institutions and governments.
The successful candidate would be expected to support our work in Northern Ireland and have demonstrable experience of the political system in Northern Ireland.
In addition to their work in Northern Ireland the successful candidate will support the wider aims of the Policy and Research Department across the UK.
We are the voice of parents in education, we represent 13,000 Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and have an ambition to develop an internal parent ‘think tank’ within the organisation.
This is an exciting role if you have a passion for politics, a background in policy research and interested in education policy and politics.
The role will involve conducting research on education policy and making policy recommendations based on that research. Some research will be time sensitive and involve summarising information and presenting it in an easy to understand way. There will be longer research projects to support the charity to develop policy positions and maintain our position as a strong voice for parents in education.
Alongside the research requirements of the role, you will be expected to support our political and broader stakeholder engagement activity to make sure the work we do is understood and seen by the right people.
You will have experience of working with political stakeholders in Northern Ireland and a strong understanding of the political structures and processes in Northern Ireland, as well as experience in political engagement to promote research and policy recommendations.
If you love politics and want to spend your days writing about education policy this is the role for you. You will represent Parentkind at important events and meetings and have the chance to promote our research and policy recommendations.
Duties and key responsibilities
Policy research and analysis
- To conduct research on education policy in Northern Ireland under the guidance of the Director of Policy and Research.
- To produce summarise large amounts of information and produce briefing material on education policy for external audiences, often at pace.
- To provide political monitoring and advice for the department, to include:
- debates and questions in the Northern Ireland Assembly
- future business across in the Northern Ireland Assembly,
- policy development.
- To provide rapid briefing material for any relevant future business in the Northern Ireland Assembly
- Draft questions (and an understanding of how to structure questions) in the Northern Ireland Assembly
- To support the development of parent surveys to related to our policy work.
- To support the development of policy recommendations and experience of publishing policy related research.
Political engagement
- To organise policy led events, such as roundtable discussions or meetings of politicians across all U.K. legislatures and experience of managing political events.
- To identify political stakeholders relevant to our work in Northern Ireland, including:
- officials inside government departments,
- elected representatives,
- think tanks and other relevant research institutions.
- To maintain a wide range of political contacts and meet with political stakeholders to promote our research and policy work.
- To meet with organisations with an interest in our work and provide effective briefings.
- To attend party conferences and other education led events to represent Parentkind.
Media engagement
- To support the Director of Policy and Research in media engagement, including background research for press releases.
- To summarise our policy and research ready for social media platforms.
General Responsibilities
- To ensure Data Protection procedures are followed at all times
- To keep abreast of relevant educational policy and legislation affecting our key audiences
- To be flexible within the broad remit of the post.
- To undertake other duties as reasonably requested by the Chief Executive or Director of Policy and Research.
- To attend and participate in Parentkind’s performance, development and training programmes.
- To abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices.
- To be responsible for the health, safety, welfare of self, other members of staff and visitors.
This job description may be amended from time to time and does not form part of the Employment contract.
Residents must be based in or within commutable distance of Belfast.
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The Talent Set is thrilled to be working with an exceptional children’s charity as they search for a Senior Brand Manager to join their team for an initial 12-month fixed term contract.
As the Senior Brand Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and maintaining the cohesive image of the charity to its audiences. Working closely with the Head of Brand and Strategic Communications, you will contribute to the development and optimisation of the brand and communications strategies, ensuring alignment across the organisation. You will be a strategic thinker, adept at building relationships, influencing stakeholders, and delivering impactful communications that resonate with our supporters.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Head of Brand and Strategic Communications to optimise brand and communications strategies, ensuring alignment with global brand standards.
- Provide clear guidance and recommendations to teams across the organisation to ensure their creative projects align with brand objectives.
- Assist in shaping creative briefs and provide strategic feedback on copy, creative assets, and activities to reinforce brand messaging.
- Develop and deliver brand and communications tools and training to empower marketing and communications teams.
- Stay updated on tracking and research insights, translating data into actionable strategies.
- Lead key brand and communications projects such as audits and brand marketing initiatives.
- Take ownership of designated communities of practice within the organisation, fostering collaboration and championing brand strategies.
Person Specification:
- Demonstrable expertise in brand management and translating it into creative communications.
- Strong strategic thinking and planning abilities, with experience in evaluating progress.
- Excellent leadership skills, capable of navigating organisational complexities to support strategy execution.
- Proven influencer and persuader, with the ability to adapt communication styles to different stakeholders.
- Proficiency in writing and delivering clear, compelling presentations and training materials.
- Proactive and innovative mindset, able to identify opportunities and drive initiatives forward.
- Experience in managing creative and media agencies, with familiarity in tracking, research, and insight analysis.
- Outstanding relationship building and communication skills.
- Strong judgment and decision-making skills aligned with organisational objectives.
- Effective planning and resource management abilities.
- Adaptability and resilience in dynamic environments.
- Commitment to the charity's mission, values, and behaviours.
What's on Offer:
- An initial 12-month, full-time role, with hybrid working (2-4-days per-month in the charity’s London office).
- Competitive salary ranging from £45,000-£50,000 pro-rata.
- The chance to contribute to a meaningful cause and to work within an extremely well-known charity.
- Supportive and collaborative work culture.
Commitment to Diversity:
The Talent Set and our partner charity are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.
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Read moreWe are looking for an organised, dynamic, and passionate person to lead the team and work programme delivery on this large and exciting upland partnership reserve.
Senior Site Manager - RSPB Haweswater
Reference: FEB20249912
Location: Haweswater, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2RP
Salary: £41,593.00 - £44,651.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
Wild Haweswater is a collaborative partnership between RSPB and United Utilities at the heart of the English Lake District. This is an exciting and varied role that presents a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference for nature, at scale! Haweswater is one of the RSPB’s most significant flagship upland reserves, and this role will see the successful candidate drive forward our joint landscape scale conservation delivery and working to re-enable natural processes on this extensive site.
To make a success of this opportunity, you will be a capable manager with the ability to work well with a broad range of contacts, both within the RSPB and United Utilities and beyond. You will be able to apply your strong programme and people management skills in a pragmatic and focused way to enable the reserve team to deliver the best possible outcomes for water quality, priority habitats and species.
What's the role about?
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in driving and overseeing a significant and complex work programme across Haweswater with a wider landscape impact.
The reserve sits in the Eastern Fells in Cumbria within the Lake District National Park. It hosts important populations of many species, such as rare alpine plants, a suite of woodland birds like Pied Flycatcher and Wood Warbler, Mountain Ringlet and Marsh Fritillary butterflies, Ring Ouzel and Red Squirrels. The reserve has extensive areas of mountain and montane habitats, Atlantic oak woodland and flower rich hay meadows. We have undertaken a significant programme of high-profile habitat restoration works to date, including peatland restoration, upland woodland creation and river restoration. Our in-house farm team manages the site with extensive cattle grazing utilising NoFence technology, to deliver our ecological land management. The reserve sits at the heart of Cumbria Connect, a landscape scale restoration project with us featuring as a core site alongside our neighbours and partners at Lowther Estate. The role will see you working closely alongside our wider conservation team and partners alike.
Haweswater has long been an important site for demonstrating innovative techniques for habitat restoration, sustainable agriculture and upland management and remains one of our most important demonstration sites where we spend a significant amount of time hosting visits to the reserve.
Management on the reserve is often multi-layered and complex, so good project management skills twinned with forward thinking, and a keen willingness to solve practical problems will be required.
The successful candidate will have an important external role, building positive relationships with key partners and stakeholders, so that partnerships policies and messages are understood and furthered within relevant partnerships, communities, the media and to a range of stakeholders and decision makers.
Key elements of reserve management include managing the team, budgeting/financial management, H&S, compliance, project management, management planning, reporting and public relations.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
- Effective project and budget management skills
- Ability to prioritise work programmes
- Strong team management experience
- Experience of managing large nature reserves, sites or land management operations
- Knowledge of the wildlife and habitats of the area
- Knowledge of upland livestock management systems
- Ability to work effectively as a team or partnership member
- Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentational) –including an ability to speak in public to a variety of audiences to share best practice and advocate positions to landowners and managers, local politicians, members and volunteers who have differing views.
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
- Experience of working to survey, protect and/or manage important sites, species, or habitats, especially in the uplands
- Knowledge of upland land management, especially in relation to upland farming and grazing, woodland creation and rewilding
- Understanding of the importance of a range of management interventions including predator control and professional deer management
Closing date: 23:59, Sunday, 21st April 2024
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 2nd May 2024, at RSPB Haweswater reserve.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
As part of this application process, you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Please note that this position does not qualify for sponsorship. The chosen candidate must be able to present a valid right-to-work document.
No agencies please.
Do you have a passion for ending poverty, building partnerships, and growing the Kingdom of God? Then join our energetic, visionary and creative team.
We’re looking for an experienced and driven fundraising and communications professional to help us achieve God’s vision of human flourishing.
In this varied and versatile position, you’ll lead our fundraising and communications team and play a key role in resourcing and promoting CUF’s work to follow Jesus in serving the most disadvantaged people in our communities. You will help us communicate and celebrate the positive impact that churches have in the places in which we live.
As a key member of our management team, you’ll develop and implement comprehensive fundraising and communication strategies to help us deliver impactful work with the Church of England and other Christian denominations.
With a broad range of responsibilities across fundraising, communications, marketing and public relations, you’ll play a leading role in celebrating the CUFs achievements through powerful story-telling, impact reporting and effective media relations. You’ll also develop our digital strategy, with overall responsibility for our website, social media channels and email marketing.
How to apply
For an informal conversation about this role and for more information, please contact our Deputy CEO, The Rev’d Adam Edwards
To apply, please send/email an up-to-date CV and covering letter outlining your relevant skills and experience, relating to the listed responsibilities and person specification
Closing date: Midday Monday 15th April, with interviews Tuesday 30th April (in London)
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Job Purpose and Background
CDP is looking for a full-time Senior Marketing Manager, with strong digital marketing expertise, to work as part of an ambitious global marketing team. This is a unique opportunity to make your mark in a dynamic, business-facing organization, working to achieve CDP’s mission.
The successful candidate will play a lead role within our global strategic communications and marketing team, providing strategic marketing and digital expertise. The role will report to and work closely with the Director of Brand, supporting the development and delivery of the Global Marketing and Communications plans and campaigns in line with CDP’s strategic goals. You will liaise with internal stakeholders, translating their needs and helping them deliver against business objectives through high quality marketing support, primarily via digital channels. You will be results-oriented with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a wider global comms and marketing team, to ensure that CDP is strategic, influential, coherent and compelling in its engagement with key audiences.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead and support the development, implementation and evaluation of digital-first global marketing plans. Ensure that a fully integrated approach is taken to all campaigns and digital marketing activity is optimized across all digital channels to deliver maximum value in line with key metrics.
- Work closely with the commercial team to develop, deliver and iterate marketing plans that generate quality leads across the product portfolio.
- Oversee and manage CDP’s digital marketing channels, including CRM / email marketing, evolving CDP’s strategic approach to engaging with users, ensuring that all channels follow best practice and deliver maximum value.
- Work closely with marketing, communications and content colleagues globally to ensure a coordinated approach to all digital marketing planning, activity and analytics.
- Work closely with website leads in the marketing team to ensure the role of the global and regional public websites in end-to-end customer journeys is mapped and optimized.
- Monitor, evaluate and report on the effectiveness of digital marketing channels. With knowledge of market and industry digital trends and CDP analysis, share learnings against KPIs widely in order to evolve CDP’s digital marketing practice. Including, in-campaign reporting and optimizing tactics, setting up tracking, improving reporting systems, agreeing attribution metrics.
- Build effective relationships with colleagues and stakeholders both inside and outside the organization to raise awareness and understanding of strategic marketing best practice and leverage full value from key external partners.
Required skills and experience:
- Substantial experience in digital communications and marketing.
- Strong experience and proven success of developing, implementing and evaluating highly successful cross-channel digital marketing strategies in a B2B environment working closely with sales and business development teams.
- Extensive experience in promoting content on a wide range of digital and traditional platforms;
- In-depth understanding of digital marketing tools and methodologies.
- Experience working with/ utilizing brand guidelines and coordinating to ensure brand consistency across channels.
- Strong analytical and technical skills for tracking set-up, evaluating, reporting and actioning insights.
- User proficiency, or willingness to rapidly develop such, with:
- Creative Suite such as Adobe
- CMS
- CRM and email marketing software– MS Dynamics 365 preferable
- Marketing analytics tools (Google Analytics, Looker Studio and others)
- Paid (incl. Google Ad grant) search, display and social media advertising.
- Solid understanding of legal compliance in the areas of digital marketing / data activity.
- Experience writing compelling copy for marketing collateral including webpages, emails, case studies, etc.
- Experience of using market research and insight to inform campaign and message development.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and nurture relationships both internally and externally, including complex multi-stakeholder relationships.
- Excellent team skills and the flexibility to work across the business and with global offices.
- Excellent time management skills and an ability to meet deadlines under pressure and manage multiple project and stakeholder demands simultaneously.
- At least the equivalent of 6+ years of relevant B2B experience in digital specialisms, educated to degree level or equivalent, e.g. CIM qualification.
Desired skills and experience:
- Experience working as part of a global team;
- Experience working with global corporations, cities or national or local government;
- Experience working with nonprofits and/or companies on environmental sustainability issue areas.
Salary and benefits: £45,538 per annum, 30 days’ holiday, generous non-contributory pension provision, life assurance and others.
This is a full-time fixed-term (12 month) contract, reporting to the Director of Brand, with flexibility for hybrid working.
Before you apply
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How to apply
Please upload your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the required skills and experience, which should be no more than two pages, into the application form. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so please submit yours as soon as possible for consideration.
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