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About us:
Drinkaware is the UK’s leading alcohol charity with a vision of working together to reduce alcohol harm. We use our expertise to give governments, industry, communities and individuals the knowledge and support to make informed decisions about alcohol and how to reduce the harm it can cause. We deliver public-facing campaigns and digital services, information and guidance, evidence-led advice to governments and industry and independent research, consumer insight and evaluation
The Drinkaware Trust is funded primarily through voluntary, unrestricted donations from alcohol producers, wholesalers, and on- and off-trade retailers, but acts entirely independently
Vision: Working together to reduce alcohol harm across the UK
Mission: Using our expertise to give governments, industry, communities and individuals the knowledge and support to make informed decisions about alcohol and how to reduce the harm it can cause. Delivered though:
- Public-facing campaigns and digital services, information and guidance
- Evidence-led advice to governments and industry
- Independent research, consumer insight and evaluation
Values: Solid Reasoning; Clarity with Empathy; Understanding and Connecting; Principled Partnership; Determination and Curiosity
Our Drinkaware staff team is friendly, professional and inclusive. We care about what we do and how we work together and bring our values to life. Drinkaware invests in staff development through regular one to one meetings, a generous individual training budget, teatime tutorials and staff awaydays, and an annual learning and wellbeing grant.
Drinkaware’s benefits include:
- Hybrid working arrangements
- 30 days leave (plus Bank Holidays, and your birthday)
- Matched company pension scheme
- Life assurance cover
- BUPA Private Healthcare
- Training and development opportunities
- Employee assistance programme
- Annual learning and wellbeing grant
- Perks and discount platform.
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About the role:
The Junior Content Producer is a new role that will play a pivotal role in supporting the Content Team to deliver Drinkaware’s multimedia content strategy by creating engaging multimedia content. The role is key in ensuring that the public can make conscious, informed choices about alcohol and can find help if they need it.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Content
- Manage the Content Team’s production Monday boards, to ensure tasks are assigned, tracked and deadlines are met
- Manage content requests in line with the content development process
- Support the Creative Content Lead and Senior Digital Content Officer with digital and printed content production and delivery
- Support the Operations and Programmes, Partnerships and Research teams with content creation and delivery
Social media
- Support the Senior Digital Content Officer with the delivery of the social media plan by scheduling social content in line with our content panning cycles
- Build relationships with specific audiences through community management across social media channels, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, which includes finding influencers/advocates/case studies for Drinkaware
- Monitor social channels for reactive engagement opportunities and flag any reputational risks emerging on socials
- Proactively stay ahead of social media trends and ensure our channels are affectively developed and maintained
Contribute
- Support the Creative Content Lead with the creation and delivery of website content and email marketing, ensuring this feeds directly into the overarching content strategy.
- Ensure the website content is accurate and up to date
- Support the Digital Marketing Manager with SEO admin
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About you:
Essential Criteria / Key Skills
- Experience of content production and/or social media delivery
- High level of content creation skills using Adobe programmes and Canva
- Good understanding of brand and tone of voice and the opportunities and risks posed by them
- Experience of adapting content for different audiences and channels
- Experience of creating content for social media
- Video editing skills
- Excellent writing skills
- A keen eye for detail and strong proof-reading skills
- Experience using CMS platforms
- Highly organised, being able to keep track of several different pieces of work at one time.
- Confidence working individually and as part of a team
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of working within a complex sign off processes
- Experience of or interest in the charity sector
- Experience of developing animations, infographics and engaging visuals
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To apply
For further information please refer to the attached job description, our applicant privacy policy and read more about Drinkaware on our website.
Closing date: 9am, Monday 28 July 2025
Apply for this post by clicking on the 'Apply' link. You should submit an up-to-date CV and a brief covering letter (maximum two pages) that outlines how you meet the requirements for this role and what you would bring to Drinkaware – please include examples of your creative work (pictures/videos etc).
Due to the fixed-term nature of this role, we are ideally looking for someone available to start within 1 month. Unfortunately, a longer notice period may make it difficult to progress your application, but we are happy to discuss individual circumstances.
Interviews may be carried out on Teams or in person at our Moorgate offices.
Drinkaware is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all backgrounds and sections of the community.
No agency support is required
Registered Charity 
21 - 50
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The interim Chief Executive is an executive leader, who co-leads the Belgrade with the Artistic Director, reporting to the Board. They are responsible for driving strategic planning with SLT, programming, advocacy and fund-raising, stakeholder management, and overseeing the finance and operations of the organisation. They are one of the public faces of the Theatre, alongside the Artistic Director.
The interim CEO works in close collaboration with the Artistic Director to:
- curate a high quality artistic programme and support the organisation to deliver the artistic strategy.
- provide effective and inclusive leadership for the staff team, drawing on the collective strength of the SLT in their decision making.
The interim CEO drives the income generation for the Theatre, to achieve the balanced budget, and is chiefly responsible for the Main Stage visiting work programme.
The interim CEO line manages an SLT including a Chief Operations Officer (who in turn oversees finance, HR, production and operations); Director of Audiences and Growth, Director of Producing and Co-Creation and Head of Business Support.
What You Will Do
Leadership & Management
- In collaboration with the Artistic Director;
- Provide inspirational leadership and a clear sense of direction to the senior team and wider organisation
- Drive and oversee SLT in the development and delivery of the Belgrade’s story of change and business plans that support the Vision, Mission and Values of The Belgrade, communicating these internally and externally.
- Take an inclusive approach to line management of the SLT which fosters a culture of clear timely decision making and communication.
- Oversee the SLT to ensure the experience all artists, audiences, visitors receive from the Belgrade is inclusive, informed and enriching; and the building provides a welcoming, safe space.
- Ensure a commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion, and environmental sustainability throughout the organisation.
Programming
- Work closely with the Artistic Director and SLT to curate and deliver a high-quality and relevant programme which balances artistic, financial and operational needs, taking chief responsibility for the visiting work.
- Develop strategic relationships with a wide range of commercial producers and visiting companies to secure appropriate visiting work and negotiate the deals maximising the benefits of these partnerships for the commercial benefit and artistic reputation of the Belgrade.
- Support the Artistic Director to shape the artistic strategy and creative direction of the theatre.
- In collaboration with the Artistic Director,
- agree lead productions and secure co-producers
- Bring in co-productions that enhance the programme.
Governance
- Work closely with the Chair and Board of Trustees to ensure best practice in governance, maintaining effective working relationships with all Trustees.
- Support the implementation of the Board Effectiveness plan.
- Develop and maintain robust and effective risk management systems with SLT.
- Work closely with the SLT to ensure full compliance with all legal obligations and statutory requirements, including the preparation of Annual Report and Financial Statements, and annual returns to Companies House and the Charity Commission.
- Carry out any other tasks that may be allocated by the Board of Trustees.
External Relations
- Nurture excellent working relationships with key stakeholders, partners and supporters, including Arts Council England (ACE) and Coventry City Council (CCC); specifically, leading on NPO applications, and working to meet the objectives of CCC’s Cultural Plans.
- Continue to develop The Belgrade’s role as a strategic partner and cultural leader locally and regionally.
- Act as advocate and ambassador for the Belgrade, representing the organisation publicly, seeking out opportunities to raise the profile of the Belgrade.
- Lead on the Reporting to Funders, with support of Head of Business Support, and in collaboration with the AD.
- The Interim CEO will represent the theatre in strategic and cultural development forums including Culture Works, and UK Theatre, in collaboration with the AD
Financial and Operational Overview
- Oversee the Chief Operating Officer to ensure;
- Robust financial management of the organisation, ensuring expenditure and commitments are made within available resources, risk is managed effectively.
- Budgets are appropriately set and monitored.
- Accounting information supplied in a timely manner and ensuring there is a strong cash-flow position at all times.
Income Generation
- Take a pro-active approach to the continuing growth of the Belgrade’s commercial capability, ensuring all opportunities for generating income are maximised through;
- Oversee the Director of Audiences and Growth and COO in driving the Belgrade’s commercial capacity, ensuring the commercial potential of the building is maximised, particularly through catering and conferencing.
- Oversee the Director of Audiences and Growth in the delivery of The Belgrade’s fundraising strategy, playing a visible leading role in fundraising events as appropriate.
What Are We Looking For ?
Essential: You will be able to demonstrate this range of skills and experience:
Commitment to the vision, mission and values of The Belgrade.
Either: significant senior management experience in a theatre of a similar scale to The Belgrade
Or: significant experience of leadership at a senior level in the cultural industries, in an organisation of a similar scale to the Belgrade.
- Considerable experience in financial management of complex, large scale budgets, and a proven track record in balancing Artistic risk and ambition with sound financial management.
- Proven track record in programming commercially and artistically successful seasons of work.
- Ability to nurture a diverse network of industry contacts nationally and internationally.
- Understanding of the UK arts and theatre scene; knowledge of the issues facing subsidised theatre.
- Track record of negotiating and maintaining effective partnerships for theatre productions.
- Experience of developing and implementing strategic business plans.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to provide clear strategic direction and manage a large team.
- An innovative approach; the ability to recognise and exploit commercial opportunities with energy.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrable ability to build trust-based relationships with a wide range of people both internally and externally.
- Commitment to learning, engagement, talent development and inclusivity.
- Ability to act as spokesperson in a range of settings; experience of senior stakeholder management
- Ability to articulate the role of The Belgrade in ACE’s Let’s Create strategy
- Leadership of the Belgrade Brand Values to be the people who know and care.
Desirable
- Experience of carrying financial responsibility for an organisation of a similar scale.
- Detailed knowledge of marketing & audience development; knowledge of the regional theatre context.
- Experience of effectively managing a fundraising and individual giving strategy.
- Experience of working with a voluntary Board of Trustees.
- Experience of working collaboratively with an Artist/Artistic Director.
- Experience of managing Arts Council England NPO relationship.
- Understanding of Theatre Tax Relief.
Other Information
- The Belgrade operates a House Agreement based on the UK Theatre (formerly TMA)/BECTU (Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union) Agreement and its Staff Handbook outlines the terms on sick pay, maternity leave and pay, paternity leave and pay, grievance and discipline and other relevant staff matters
- Employees’ health and safety is of paramount importance, and Management insists that an employee obtains written express permission to take on any paid work or other employment during periods of TOIL (Time Off In Lieu) or holiday. No permission will be given for the first 28 days of holiday as this is a statutory requirement
- On appointment the successful candidate must be able to provide the correct documents as proof of their right to work in the UK
- The candidate’s contract of employment with the Belgrade Theatre does not come into force until the first day of work
- Staff are entitled to tickets for shows at the Belgrade Theatre, subject to particular conditions and 10% discount at the Theatre’s Café and Bars
Starting date: 13 October 2025 /ASAP
Probationary period: 3 months
Notice period: 3 months
- Working Hours: Your normal hours of work will be 39 hours per week over Monday to Friday, but we are flexible to those considering a 32 hour week post. There will be occasional evening and weekend work. You are expected to offer reasonable flexibility in your working arrangements where it is considered necessary to undertake the duties you have been employed to perform and in the interests of the Theatre. There is no provision for payment of overtime
- Overtime: Is not payable but 6th day working and excessive additional hours will attract TOIL (time off in lieu) if agreed in advance with the Line Manager
- Pension: Auto-enrolment, with Belgrade currently making 3% employer contributions which will rise in line with legal requirements. The Theatre’s appointed pension provider is NEST. Further details are available
- Holidays: 25 days a year plus 8 Bank Holidays, increasing by a day per year to a maximum 28 days plus 8 Bank Holidays
- Location: This role is based at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. Short term relocation / accommodation can be considered as part of the renumeration package.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FORM
The Belgrade Theatre is committed to ensuring equal opportunities, aiming to attract and work with staff from a wide diverse pool. The information that you give us on this form will be treated confidentially and stored on our HR database as statistical information only. This will be used to help monitor the diversity of applicants and to enable us to continue to develop policies and procedures regarding diversity and to submit required data to our funders. The information you supply will not be made available to anyone in any form other than anonymous data.
Please complete our monitoring form via the link you will find in the Job Pack
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Turn2us is a national charity tackling poverty and the structural causes of financial insecurity. We work with co-producers and partners to provide people in financial crisis with the means and agency to get back on their feet, build resilience, move forward with their lives and thrive.
As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to equity, inclusion and diversity and the value people from different backgrounds bring to a team. If, like us, you believe everyone has the right to have enough to live on, and you are ambitious about eradicating poverty, join us and build your career with a charity dedicated to ensuring dignity and equity for all.
We're now looking for an exceptional Senior PR and Press Officer to help us amplify voices, challenge persistent, negative narratives around the social security system, and shift public attitudes about financial insecurity. Ideally, you’ll already have solid PR and press experience within a charity or comparable organisation’s press office, excellent media contacts, and the strategic mindset to put people’s real lives and complex challenges front and centre in your storytelling.
You’ll be someone who writes clearly and persuasively, handles sensitive topics with genuine care, and who’s excited by the challenge of finding creative ways to engage diverse audiences. Your strong relationships with journalists will help us ensure the voices of people facing financial insecurity are represented accurately, widely, and compassionately in the media.
We offer flexible working patterns, both in terms of hours and remote working. All team members come into our welcoming Farringdon office at least once a week, and you'll be joining a warm, supportive team that believes in each other, celebrates great work, and loves what we do.
Please note that all employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 1 day a week.
Some roles may be required to be in the office more often than others and this will be agreed with the hiring manager upon starting at Turn2us.
Please note that all job offers are subject to 2 – 3 satisfactory references and a disclosure satisfactory to Turn2us from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
We’re genuinely excited to hear from you.
Closing date: 20th July, 23:59
Interview date: 11 Aug for first interviews, 18 Aug for second interviews
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We are looking for an ambitious and strategic Development Director to shape the future and income streams for our museum & mill . This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to build a ground up strategy and lead the development of an ambitious organisation.
Thanks to generous funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Pilgrim Trust, The Headley Trust, Granada Foundation & Arts Council England, The Silk Heritage Trust is embarking on an ambitious 18-month development programme Strengthening The Future of Macclesfield's Heritage.The Trust is working to establish The Silk Museum and Paradise Mill as a national centre for silk heritage and heritage textile crafts. Strengthening The Future of Macclesfield’s Heritage moves the Trust towards this vision, strengthening fundraising capacity plus staff and board skills, to provide a solid foundation for the future.
The Trust has achieved a great deal over the last 5 years, securing funding from public sources, trusts, and foundations. This newly created role will build on this success and attract substantial support from individuals and corporate sources. It involves working with internal and external stakeholders to raise funds for core funding, projects, and capital campaigns. It is envisaged that the post-holder will work with Trustees and staff to establish a Development sub-group to inform and drive this work. Strategic planning and communications are key to this. This role will drive forward new plans for individual giving, philanthropy and fundraising to significantly rebuild the Trust’s reserves.
Role:
To lead the Trust’s work towards financial resilience through broadening its income streams
To increase voluntary income from funders and philanthropists by 50%, reflating free reserves, through an ambitious Development & Fundraising Strategy
To initiate, lead, and deliver projects to develop and transform the work, premises, and staff of the Silk Museum & Paradise Mill, working with consultancy support to:
· Develop a 3-5 year business plan
· Cost and plan options for tackling the site:
o Limitations to accessibility and visitor welcome
o Constraints to income generation
o significant challenges to building maintenance, environmental sustainability, care, and display of our collections
o rising energy costs
· Secure funding for major conservation, building repairs and organisational development.
To build a new supporter community and membership offer to attract supporters and philanthropists for the Trust’s development plans
To build and lead strong relationships with partners for collaboration, fundraising, and sponsorship
To drive strong working relationships and communication with Museum staff, volunteers, and Trustees, to develop a broad fundraising ethos, including training and mentoring to Trustees and Museum staff
To keep current with fundraising sector developments, approaches, and opportunities
Specific Responsibilities and Duties:
Development
· Review and develop the Trust’s Development & Fundraising Strategy, identifying and pursuing fundraising opportunities, campaigns, and funding applications in line with this strategy, including:
o Trusts and foundations
o Statutory funders
o Corporate support and partnerships
o a new legacies programme, Supporters, and individual giving programmes
· Maximise income and in-kind support through fundraising activities onsite and online, including events and sponsorship, to engage current supporters and cultivate new relationships.
· Ensure that all fundraising activities are delivered professionally and timely to ensure maximum and meaningful engagement
· Manage the evaluation of fundraising activities and prepare and submit reports to key stakeholders.
· Deliver reporting for statutory funders, ensuring that the museum delivers on its reporting requirements in a timely manner.
General responsibilities and duties
· Oversee the work of the Programming Team (Senior Curator, Paradise Mill; Museum Curator; Community Engagement Programmer) in delivering, evaluating, and reporting on existing funded programmes, including Arts Council CIP, Pilgrim Trust, Granada Foundation, Foyle Foundation, and Macclesfield Town Council.
· Contribute to the success and culture of The Silk Heritage Trust
· Interact and cooperate proactively with all employees, trustees, and volunteers, ensuring good teamwork.
· Manage performance of staff, volunteers, and researchers as appropriate and in line with the Trust’s performance management processes.
· Make best use of technology across our activities.
· Support effective communications and promotion of The Silk Museum and Paradise Mill
· Work flexibly at times and on occasions that connect with the needs of audiences and communities.
· Ensure we are adhering to and compliant with our policies, processes, and statutory obligations.
· Help to ensure any barriers to equality of opportunity are removed and to eliminate unfair and unlawful discrimination, giving everyone an equal chance to learn, work and live free from discrimination and prejudice.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and target driven individual with experience of delivering investment from wide range of funding streams. The successful candidate will have a passion for storytelling, relationship building and strong negotiation, networking, and stewardship skills. You will know the complexities of working with funders and stakeholders and are able to develop strong long-term relationships, resulting in investment.
Diversity and equality within our workforce, programmes and approaches is crucial to our mission of being inclusive and relevant to our communities. We want everyone to feel welcome. We, therefore, particularly welcome applications from candidates under-represented at The Silk Museum and within the heritage sector, including Global Majority candidates and/or candidates with disabilities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Location: Wenlock Road, London N1
Salary: £40,560 per annum (DEC Grade 5 Manager)
Contract status: Full time. 2 years fixed term (subject to a further extension)
About the role
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Social Media Manager with strong content creation skills who will lead on our organic presence across multiple channels. This is an exciting time to join the Communications team as we develop our social media platform strategies, increase our collaboration with talent and influencers, align our organic and paid digital presence and experiment through a test-and-learn approach. If all of this excites you then this could be the role for you.
***Please download the job description for full details***
About you
You will have expertise in driving engagement and awareness across multiple channels, be skilled at producing and commissioning creative content, strong experience in community management and be up-to-date on the latest trends and changes in the social media landscape. Experience of working in the charity sector and a sound understanding of what makes good fundraising content would be a distinct advantage.
The ideal candidate will be experienced in working within the parameters of an established brand whilst driving innovation and maximising creative opportunities. You will be equally at home with the day-to-day management of social media accounts as with working with the Head of Communications and Content to develop and deliver our strategic objectives using data and insights.
What we offer
Flexible working hours (outside of an appeal)
25 days annual leave, rising with length of service (3 years: 27 days. 5 years: 30 days)
3% employers’ pension contribution, rising to 8% post probation.
HealthCare Cash Plan, providing an array of health services, (~£1, 660 cash value, per year)
Wellbeing support
Discounted access to various health club providers (via Gympass).
Discounts schemes for various retailers and businesses
Discounted tickets for events
Season ticket loan (post probation)
Financial hardship loan (post probation)
Cycle-to-work & Car scheme (post probation)
About us
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) brings together 15 leading UK aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of humanitarian crisis overseas. This role will require you to lead on organic social media as part of the DEC Communications team, working closely with the Digital and Innovation team in Fundraising, collaborate with social leads across our 15 member charities and public figures through our talent agency. During appeal launch periods it will also involve managing a small social media team of volunteers.
All roles at the DEC are based in our London office. We operate a hybrid working model, with some non-negotiable office attendance. Please note, during the two-week appeal launch period, staff are required to work extremely long hours, in a faced-paced busy environment, with mandatory office attendance.
How to apply
If this role is of interest and meets your skills, experience, and knowledge, then please apply with your anonymised CV and cover letter [i.e. please state your initials only, not your full name]. If you include links to social media work or an online portfolio please state clearly what your role/contribution was.
Please send your application by 9am, Monday 21st July 2025. Early application is advised as we will be reviewing applications as they arrive and may hold initial interviews before the application deadline.
We are unable to support applications for our vacancies if you do not have the right to work in the UK.
The DEC is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from anyone who can meet the criteria, regardless of gender, race, age, disability, sexuality, or religion.
The DEC is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults and participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.