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- To ensure the effectiveness of the charity’s digital marketing activity, maximising return on investment, and evidencing success through regular reporting
- Technical management of our website, ensuring compliance with best practice, and with quality, accessibility and search standards, and improving users’ experience
- Technical oversight of website integrations with our CRM and other platforms
Key responsibilities:
- Work with colleagues and line manager to ensure that your work is aligned to organisational strategy, key objectives and annual plans and budgets
- Customer/donor journey mapping & driving conversion, ensuring activity can be tracked from promotional content through to landing page and goal completion
- Manage our Google Ads account and not-for-profit grant
- Support colleagues to create paid online advertising campaigns and ensure effective tracking, monitoring, improvements, evaluation and reporting of campaigns
- With colleagues, optimise our social media content and platforms to get results
- Optimise website(s) for search engines, accessibility and user experience
- Ensure website analytics are set up effectively and provide meaningful, actionable insight, reporting regularly on growth
- Ensure we benefit from integrating our CRM and other software into the website.
- Ensure the quality and integrate of customer/donor data across all platforms
- Ensuring consistent application of the charity’s brand across campaigns and website
Other work as requested by your line manager as needed to support our aims
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you passionate about how brands interact with their audiences? Do you want to engage with one of the largest student populations in the country? Would you like to work to position the University of Manchester Students' Union right at the centre of city life in Greater Manchester? We're looking for a new Marketing & Communications Manager to help us develop into one of the sector's leading Marketing & Communications functions.
You will be at the heart of one of the largest Students' Union's in the country, working with colleagues from our charitable services such as our Advice centre, to our Volunteering & Fundraising team right through to our commercial services such as 532 Bar & Kitchen and much much more.
You may already have experience leading a team or this might be your first 'Manager' role but the willingness to partner with and lead key stakeholders including internal Students' Union departments, University colleagues, research & insight, design & digital and student media teams is a must.
We want you to bring innovation and creativity to the role and to the rest of the organisation.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Individual Giving and Digital Fundraiser
Main Purpose of the Role
We’re looking for an experienced, creative Individual Giving and Digital Fundraiser to join our growing team and lead on the development of digital fundraising to help us achieve our ambitions to grow and scale our work.
In Summer 2019 we published our new Five-Year Strategy for 2020/21 to 2024/25. This outlined our aim of growing from six projects to twelve by the end of the five years while increasing the number of families we support from 1,400 to 5,000 and growing our income to £1.5 million by 2025. To do this we need to diversify our fundraising mix and we plan to do that by growing our income from individuals and corporates.
As our Individual Giving and Digital Fundraiser, you will increase levels of engagement, loyalty and financial support from existing supporters for ARC’s work, finding creative ways to engage and steward them, as well as driving the recruitment of new donors. You will contribute to ARC’s strategic goal to increase annual fundraising income to £1.5m by 2025.
The post holder will be a part of our relatively new Fundraising and Communications Team and report to the Senior Fundraising and Communications Manager.
The post can either be home-based or if preferred from our Brighton office where a number of key staff are based and where the charity’s main office is located. Currently all staff are working remotely. Occasional travel may be required to our projects in London, Liverpool, Barnsley or Glasgow.
The post holder must be comfortable working in collaboration with a small team, partners and stakeholders and have great communication and relationship management skills. A structured approach to work and attention to detail will be essential to help support the growth of the charity over the coming years.
About Alexandra Rose Charity
Since 2014 Alexandra Rose Charity (ARC) has pioneered the use of financial incentives to improve access to healthy food and combat food poverty through the development of the Rose Vouchers for Fruit & Veg Project. The Project has grown from two small pilots in London with 45 families, to support over 2,000 families every week in seven areas across the UK – four London Boroughs, Barnsley, Liverpool and our newest project in Glasgow.
We want our organisation to reflect the diversity of the communities we work in and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds.
Please upload your CV and covering letter (no more than two sides of A4) outlining your suitability for the role based on the Job Description and Person Specification in the attached document.
Our vision is for everyone to have access to healthy and affordable food.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This exciting and varied role within UKGBC’s Marketing and Communications team sits at the heart of the organisation, helping to bring UKGBC's work to a wide audience in compelling ways and ensuring our members are kept informed of our work. The successful applicant will have excellent spoken and written English, an eye for compelling visuals, a strong understanding of digital tools and techniques and the ability to proactively manage multiple priorities.
The role has scope for the successful candidate to truly make their mark and be provided with the opportunity to work and grow as part of a dynamic team and working environment. This role is initially on a 12 month contract but has potential to be made permanent.
UKGBC is an industry-led network with a mission to radically improve the sustainability of the built environment. It is a charity with over 500 member organisations spanning the entire value chain, we represent the voice of the industry’s current and future leaders who are striving for transformational change. We inspire, challenge and empower our members, helping them to identify and adopt the most sustainable, viable solutions. We also engage our members in advocating a progressive message to government, informing and influencing policy.
Our vision is a built environment that enables people and planet to thrive by:
- Mitigating and adapting to climate change
- Eliminating waste and maximising resource efficiency
- Embracing and restoring nature and promoting biodiversity
- Optimizing the health and wellbeing of people
- Creating long-term value for society and improving quality of life
The purpose of this role is to promote UKGBC and its various activities through the development, implementation, tracking and optimisation of a marketing and communications plan across multiple channels (including website and social media platforms).
Principal Accountabilities
Marketing and Communications:
- Develop and deliver creative communications outputs and campaigns (liaising with graphic designers, video editors etc)
- Maintain and build UKGBC’s social media presence, including promotion of UKGBC publications, events and courses, as well as relevant industry and member-related news.
- Maintain the UKGBC website including:
- Reviewing, editing, uploading and updating content on a timely basis – liaising internally with key members of staff in each department.
- Working with external agencies to deliver improvements to the website user experience.
- Measure and report on the performance of our digital presence, suggesting and implementing measures for continual improvement
- Coordinate and deliver email communications (using Mailchimp)
- Work with the wider team to identify content opportunities and produce the relevant materials e.g. blogs, social media posts, videos etc
- Record activities relevant to members on Salesforce
- Identify digital trends and evaluate emerging technologies wherever possible.
- Participate in and contribute to departmental brainstorming and ideation sessions.
- Support the Marketing & Communications team in all aspects of the team’s work as required
Decision making authority (eg strategy – impact on business; customers/stakeholders; people – leadership and teamwork; process – operational effectiveness and controls
Without reference:
- Website content tasks
- Content production
- Social media posts
- Trend and insights analysis
With reference:
- Detailed project plans
- New content ideas or initiatives
- Expenditure
- Outsourcing decisions, and third-party appointments
- Resource allocation
Key competencies
Essential
- High proficiency in both spoken and written English, with the ability to tailor content to different audiences
- Excellent attention to detail
- Good knowledge of website and social media best practice in digital marketing and measurement
- An eye for compelling visual design with the ability to communicate effectively with freelance creatives
- Ability to work under pressure, proactively manage competing priorities and deliver at pace.
- Flexibility and adaptability, with experience in fast-paced, collaborative environments
- Competent use of standard Microsoft Office programs including Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Commitment to UKGBC mission and values
Desirable
- Knowledge of: Adobe creative suite applications, Mailchimp, Wordpress, Salesforce
- Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking
- Basic graphic design / video editing skills
Knowledge, experience and qualifications (minimum requirements for the job)
Essential
- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject / or equivalent experience
- 1-3 years' experience in a marketing role
- Experience of SEO, social media and digital marketing campaigns
- Understanding of environmental and/or social impact issues for UK businesses, preferably built environment sector
Desirable
- Proven experience of delivering successful integrated marketing campaigns from concept to execution
- Experience in paid social
- Project management experience
- Built environment sector experience
- Interest in political/environmental agenda
Terms & Conditions
Place of Work: In line with COVID 19 Government Guidance, UKGBC colleagues are expected to work from home. When permitted, Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT
Hours of work: 37.5 hours; normally 9am – 5.30pm
Holidays: 28 days per annum pro rata, plus public holidays, plus 3 days Xmas closure
Salary & benefits: £25,000 to £28,000 (depending on experience), enhanced pension contribution, and BUPA Cash Health Plan scheme
Length of contract: 1 year fixed-term contract with the potential to be made permanent
Start date: ASAP
UKGBC is committed to providing equal opportunities to all existing and prospective employees. We aim to be inclusive to everyone regardless of ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation or political beliefs.
Apply now by sending a copy of your CV and a covering note. You should explain, in no more than 400 words, why you would be great in this role. Applications will be assessed upon receipt until the suitable candidate has been appointed.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our over 34,000 staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united in helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Through our work, every 60 seconds … a family gets water … a hungry child is fed … a family receives the tools to overcome poverty.
Here’s where you come in:
*Preferred position location: UK/Europe. Other locations to be determined by home country of successful candidate in a jurisdiction (US state or country) where WVI is registered to operate.
*Maternity Cover - 1 year contract.
As the Social Media Manager, you will create a social media strategy for World Vision International (WVI) and will research, plan, develop, curate and analyse content (stories, photographs, video) for WVI digital properties, mining from the best work of World Vision offices, working with agencies when appropriate and developing content for key campaigns and global moments. This position has a particular focus on WVI’s social media channels. In addition, you will provide practical editorial and some technical support for WVI digital content producers across the Partnership who use WVI platforms to communicate.
As the way we communicate changes continuously our focus is more and more becoming digitally focused. Our target audience is changing, how they access information is also changing and is almost exclusively online and on social media. Therefore, in order to communicate to them World Vision must focus largely on digital communications. It is essential that we have a Social Media Manager on the Media and Social Media team to strategically plan digital communications, oversee digital communications work and ensure that content we share is engaging for the target audience and is shared on the correct channels in order to ensure maximum exposure.
Requirements include:
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism or social media related field.
- 5 years proven social media content development.
- Sound editorial skills.
- An understanding of audience segmentation/ how to target key audiences.
- Experience in coordinating digital media leads from a number of different offices.
- Passion for innovation in the digital sector.
- The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time, when it is safe to do so.
Is this the job for you?
World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.
Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position online and apply by the closing date 03 MARCH 2021. Due to the number of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.
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This is an exciting new role with IPA, UK's leading organisation delivering employee engagement, partnership, and employee voice in the workplace. We work with organisations to help managers and employees develop new ways of working, based on trust and collaboration, that deliver good places to work, improved employee wellbeing and better organisational outcomes. This is an opportunity to raise awareness of our research and the training and consultancy services we provide.
We are looking for a UK-based person with confidence to work autonomously and demonstrable experience of:
- Digital marketing and B2B marketing experience.
- Google Ads and managing campaigns to deliver the optimum ROI.
- Social Media: familiar with devising social media campaigns across multiple channels, including LinkedIn, building custom audiences and delivering results.
- Confidence in communicating with customers.
- Sound written and spoken English.
- Working knowledge of GDPR regulations.
You will have responsibility for:
- Developing and implementing digital marketing campaigns - working with the IPA team
- Maintaining the IPA website and search engine optimisation.
- Developing IPA networks and special interest groups.
- Working with Head of Research and Policy on sending our monthly eBulletin.
- Engaging with IPA’s B2B audience — owning and delivering a range of online (and offline) events and social media.
- Providing regular reports on marketing activity and insights into trends.
- Managing and helping to create a library of marketing collateral — case studies, white papers, product sheets, website pages etc.
IPA recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Please apply with your CV and a covering letter.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Media Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the press office, ensuring opportunities to promote and engage with a range of media are delivered. This role will also take on discrete projects of media work, some at short notice, as specific opportunities arise to further promote the work of the charity. There will be significant work liaising with the wider organisation to ensure coordinated responses at national and local level in line with the charity’s strategic goals.
You will report to the Head of Media & PR and must have experience of managing a busy press office. The post holder is the first point of contact for journalist enquiries and responsible for coordinating responses which deliver against the charity’s strategic objectives to encourage HIV testing and ensure accurate portrayals of HIV in the media.
You will need to quickly get up to speed on the key issues relating to HIV and sexual health to ensure our continued position as a key thought leader.
You will also be responsible for leading on and supporting the development of proactive, integrated media campaigns to support the charity’s work with clear aims, objectives and key messages. This includes leading on our work with case studies, developing the current database and maintaining strong and supportive relationships with those whose stories we share.
You will also oversee the day-to-day management of the charity’s social media channels and the Press Office inbox. The Media Manager is also required to take part in the team’s out of hours rota.
Interviews for this role are scheduled for Tuesday 18th May 2021.
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Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? Join us as a Marketing Executive and ensure our marketing is engaging, accurate and inspires our supporters.
In our Marketing, Fundraising and Communications department, we fight for children every single day. We inspire millions of people, from individuals to large corporates, to support our quest for change. We go the extra mile - and we don't rest until the work is done.
As a Marketing Executive you will support the Marketing Managers to deliver great multi-channel campaigns, with a focus on audience, driving ambitious brand awareness, supporter action, income and loyalty targets. You will maintain accurate records of campaign activity, developing and running regular reports. Working across a range of engagement opportunities and propositions, you will aim to deepen supporter engagement and drive long term value. In addition, you will:
- Deliver key marketing materials as part of an overall campaign plan, across a range of marketing including email, display, paid social, direct mail, TV, radio and out of home
- Liaise with external suppliers to implement robust systems and customer care services to ensure smooth campaign delivery and optimum supporter experience
- Ensure customer supporter insight and data analysis play a pivotal role in our marketing.
To be successful you will be a team player with excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, and the ability to prioritise a varied workload. You will need experience in the delivery of marketing across at least two media types (e.g. Paid social, Display, PPC, TV, VOD, Press, Radio, Direct Mail), as well as of working with external partners such as media and creative agencies. Additionally, you will have:
- Project management experience with a proven ability to plan and manage activity that delivers complex projects on time and to budget
- Experience of designing and delivering customer experiences either online or in person
- A passionate commitment to the cause and ability to convey this enthusiasm in an impassioned and clear way
- Willingness to carry out duties outside office hours.
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world, and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.
For more information and to apply please visit our website.
Closing date: Sunday 2nd May 2021
Please note - whilst this role is advertised as office based, Save The Children UK will remain a remote-working organisation until at least 30 June 2021.
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as these are underrepresented at Save the Children UK.
What we do
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Job Description
Term: 1 year (renewable subject to funding and performance)
Hours: To be agreed (flexible working considered)
Salary: £25,000 per annum – to be reviewed after successfully completion of 6-month probationary period
Place of work: Kennington, Oxford - home working to be discussed due to COVID-19
Responsible to: Operations Manager
Aims of the post:
To raise awareness and promote the aims of Headway Oxfordshire through optimising marketing opportunities, publicity and community engagement. Increasing financial and practical support to improve the sustainability of the organisation into the future.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
Marketing
1. To review, update and implement Headway Oxfordshire’s Marketing and Events Strategy (including digital and comms) to generate income in support of business planning.
2. To assist in the development and implementation of Headway Oxfordshire’s overall strategic initiatives including, business planning and corporate engagement.
3. To assist the Management Team to maximise the opportunities for income generation, including generating “leads”.
4. To act as main point of contact and link in with outsourced marketing opportunities.
5. To develop and maintain our social media presence.
6. To develop, maintain and disseminate publicity materials.
7. To ensure that good relationships are established and maintained with fundraising individuals, companies and organisations and with donors.
8. To prepare and maintain database of potential donors, supporters and partners to increase engagement with the organisation, sponsorship, donations and giving.
9. To develop and increase visits and engagement with our website and social media platforms.
10. To promote the organisation and raise awareness of brain injury within the community including campaigning.
11. To identify areas of fundraising activity.
12. To manage and oversee the practical provision of activities.
Events
13. To organise and run fundraising events.
14. To prepare budgets for events and ensure that fundraising potential is maximised.
15. To act as main point of contact and link in with outsourced events companies.
16. To maximise the publicity of such events to increase engagement and income generation.
17. To source and research “outside” fundraising events and encourage individual fundraising throughout the county.
18. To develop and organise the engagement of volunteers in fundraising for the organisation.
19. To organise and manage volunteers with regard to the running of fundraising events.
20. To arrange and attend such events when required, to represent HWO, to promote awareness of HWO and encourage donations.
Bid Writing
21. To work alongside CEO and Management team to identify grant funding opportunities.
22. To work alongside CEO in writing bid applications.
23. To maintain bid writing records and track progress of applications.
General
24. To prepare/present written reports on fundraising activity for/to the Board of Trustees.
25. To work to targets as identified within the departmental budget, controlling cost versus benefit ratios. .
26. To maintain ongoing relationship with donors and develop and nurture such relationships to engage further support, such as Patrons.
27. To work to and implement all policies and procedures of Headway UK and Headway Oxfordshire.
28. To attend regular supervision sessions with manager and attend Headway Oxfordshire staff meetings.
29. Other duties as required by manager.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Who are we?
Recently named one of the Third Sector's ‘Best Charities to Work For’, we are committed to moving further, faster to accelerate change for everyone affected by a brain tumour. Brain tumours kill more children and adults under 40 in the UK than any other cancer. We know that a cure can’t wait. By recruiting a team that ‘can’, we can and will find one sooner.
Our exciting job role!
As a key member of the Marketing team, you’ll execute The Charity’s digital marketing and social media strategy to drive the acquisition of new supporters across social and web channels, working within a team across the organisation to achieve targeted conversion as part of the marketing and fundraising campaigns.
This role is full time- 37.5 hours and will be a blend of working from home and from our offices in Fleet, Hampshire, with some out‑of‑hours working. This position is maternity cover for a 12-month fixed-term contract which is to start in June 2021.
What we'd like from you:
It’s simple – we’re looking for the people who ‘can’. We want the talented, the energetic and the ambitious. We need the inspired and the inspirational – the people who completely embrace our values, offer a great cultural fit and who are determined to make real and lasting change for our community.
According to the job description, you should have experience in digital marketing and media planning. You’ll have experience in planning digital media elements of multichannel marketing campaigns and be comfortable independently putting together plans to achieve campaign objectives.
To be successful in this role, you must have brilliant copywriting and communication skills with the ability to be empathic and creative in your work.
If this is for you, we’d love to hear from you!
What we'd like to give you:
- Salary circa .£33,000 (dependent on experience)
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays – (pro rata for part-time contracts)
- Generous pension contribution*
- Life assurance cover*
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Plus an amazing culture to work in, a great team and lots of fun (and cake!)
*subject to qualifying criteria
How to apply to join our amazing team:
Please apply online attaching your CV and a supporting statement explaining why you want the role, what you would bring to the team and how your skillset and experience will enable us to make a real impact for those affected by brain tumours.
The Brain Tumour Charity particularly encourages applications from minority ethnic groups and underrepresented communities.
Advert close date: 25th April 2021
First interview date: TBC
Second interview date: TBC
Please note, early applications are encouraged and interviews will commence before the closing date if and when suitable candidates are identified.
More about us:
Visit our website careers pages to find out more about our culture and what it’s like to be part of our amazing team. You should also check out our YouTube channel too.
Did you know that in 2018 we were crowned Third Sector Charity of the Year and we have won a variety of other awards and have been ranked a top global organisation by renowned management consultants McKinsey? Whilst we’re not boasting, we are particularly proud that our HeadSmart campaign scooped the NHS Innovation Award, a Third Sector Excellence Award and a Charity Times Award (well, maybe we’re boasting a little bit!).
We process your data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation. For full details, please read our privacy policy for job applicants.
*subject to qualifying criteria
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The National Deaf Children’s Society is the leading charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people.
Social Media Manager
London, but homeworking will be considered
£36,517 inc. London weighting
35 hours per week with occasional out of hours cover
Permanent
The National Deaf Children’s Society is looking for an experienced Social Media Manager to develop and implement innovative strategies which help deliver a world without barriers for every deaf child.
Working in our busy Marketing and Digital team, you will coordinate content across all our social channels and support teams to deliver campaigns which drive conversations and take-up of our services. This includes our award-winning Deaf Works Everywhere campaign.
You will develop user-focused content for several different audiences, be able to work in a multi-functional team and have a detailed understanding of how social campaigns fit in as part of the wider marketing mix.
You will also work closely with campaigns and youth participation teams, and work collaboratively within a passionate and committed Communications department.
This is a great opportunity to put your skills to work and help deliver our vision of a world without barriers for every deaf child.
To apply for this role you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. To do this, we suggest that you download the job description from our website prior to starting your application. Currently, the application process works best on desktop / laptop devices.
*Please note that the team is based in London but currently home working until government advice changes.
The closing date for applications is 23.59 on Sunday 9 May 2021.
We expect first round interviews to be held by Zoom w/c 17 May 2021.
We expect second round interviews to be held by Zoom w/c 24 May 2021.
A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form.
We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form.
Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.
The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment.
We are also committed to promoting work-life balance amongst our staff.
Action for Children believes every child should grow up safe and happy, they are there to step in and help when times get tough. They offer invaluable support for young people and their families, protecting the vulnerable and supporting those that need it. Action for Children give children a voice through their campaign work, and fund crucial research to help shape a better future. Running over 476 local services throughout the UK, they believe in building solid foundations and spotting problems early.
The Talent Set are helping the team find an exceptional Social Media Manager, leading social media communications on a day-to-day basis, raising awareness of the issues relating to vulnerable children, young people and their families in the UK, and driving up support for our work. This will include supporting the Social Media Officer, signing off on copy and acting as a champion of best practice – you will ensure we create engaging, shareable content that results in increase in reach, engagement and income.
Key responsibilities include:
- Creating and implementing a forward-thinking social media strategy across all our channels, focused on driving up support, influence and engagement. Ensure that all Action for Children profiles and content best reflect the needs of our audiences and help meet the aims of the organisation.
- Working closely with the Digital Content Manager to ensure that the social media strategy feeds into the charity's wider cross-departmental content strategy. Use an evidence-based approach to advise on best practice, development of audience-specific content and innovative and innovative ways of working
- Managing the workload of the Social Media Officer and provide day-to-day support, ensuring the social media team is supported to deliver against organisational objectives.
- Working with other teams to develop integrated campaigns with clear aims, good user journeys and KPIs. Continually improve and develop the social media channels by applying learnings from analysis and findings, identify new ways to reach target audiences and increase engagement.
This is an exciting opportunity for an established Social Media Manager to work with one of charity’s best known brands and play a key role in some of the industry’s most high-profile campaigns.
To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.
We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.
Please note we are working with Action for Children exclusively for this recruitment, any third party CVs submitted will be redirected to The Talent Set for review.
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The Regional Marketing and Communications Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by driving the awareness and saliency of the Guide Dogs brand in the North West region by leading the development and activation of central, regional and local integrated communications & digital plans.
The role communicates the strategy and work of Guide Dogs, engaging key audiences both externally and internally (including service users, volunteers, staff, and supporters) to strengthen the brand.
This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.
More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
Diversity
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.
Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.
Candidate requirements
To be able to fulfil this role, and provide help to those with sight loss, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;
Essential
- Proven experience of creation and implementation of communications and digital campaigns and projects to meet business objectives, with experience of targeting different audiences through media channels.
- Up to date with best practice and innovation in brand marketing, communications and digital
- Strong digital skills including a good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, Word and PowerPoint.
Desirable
- Experience of working in the third sector.
- Previous brand management experience.
- Previous experience of being a key spokesperson for a large organisation, both with the media and with other organisations.
For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below.
If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.
How to apply
Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.
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Social Media & Digital Officer
Circa £25,000 per annum
Initially temporary with the possibility of becoming permanent
Loughborough
Having worked in a social media role and gained experience producing multi-media content you are now looking for a bigger challenge and a learning opportunity. This Social Media & Digital Officer role with the Youth Sport Trust offers just that. We are looking for a talented and creative digital marketing and communications specialist to manage our social media presence and produce engaging content for our 100,000 followers, while growing our reach through digital marketing tools like Google Ads.
We are a charity which exists to improve the lives of young people through the power of sport and play. We create, develop and deliver programmes and initiatives that improve wellbeing and equip young people with vital skills for life. In 2020 we were ranked one of the best places to work in the UK by the Sunday Times Top 100 Not for Profit Companies to Work For list.
Join our corporate communications team and you will be responsible for managing our social media presence and campaigns across all of the charity’s platforms. You will lead on developing digital content which drives online engagement with the charity’s priority areas of work – from big national campaigns like National School Sport Week, to promoting our offer to schools and supporting our commercial partnerships. You will be responsible for driving online engagement through impactful Google Ads campaigns and will be adept at using Google Analytics and social media monitoring tools to capture and share audience insights and use these to continually improve engagement.
This is a busy role in a fast-paced environment where you will be working with teams across the charity to support a broad range of priorities.
You must have experience of producing copy content for a range of audiences across a variety of platforms and will be an expert proof reader with a sharp eye for detail
An excellent communicator, you will good interpersonal skills, be committed to contributing ideas and helping to drive forward activity within the overall corporate communications strategy. Critically, you will possess the ability to work creatively and find new and innovative ways of engaging different audiences.
Experience of building email campaigns in specialist email software (especially Pardot) would be an advantage.
In return you will get to join a dynamic and energetic charity passionate about improving young people’s lives where all staff are given the opportunity to engage in the leadership and direction of the organisation. Our values of trust, responsibility, integrity and partnership working underpin everything we do, and we pride ourselves on a work culture which fosters innovation, creativity and personal passion. Benefits include generous annual leave entitlement, health cash plan, employee assistance programme and volunteering days.
If you have the skills to support our work and share our passionate belief in the benefits of sport for young people, we would like to hear from you. Please go to our website via the link and apply online.
Youth Sport Trust positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.
Closing Date: 10am on 19 April 2021
Interviews: 28 April 2021, via Zoom
Registered charity number: 1086915
The organisation:
This organisation is a wonderful children’s charity that offers support to hundreds of thousands of children and their family’s every year. They are a well-known organisation with a fantastic reputation and they are excited to find someone who is eager to contribute and lead their social media strategy on a 12 month contract.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead social media strategy and deliver against ambitious targets
- Oversee all content going out across social channels to a diverse range of audiences
- Build and maintain excellent stakeholder relationships across the organisation and externally
- Line manage two social media team members
- Continuously seek improvement and optimisation of all social media activity
- Work with wider team to deliver and build upon social media strategy
- Manage organic and paid social channels
- Plan, execute and evaluate social campaigns from start to finish
- Identify opportunities to expand the organisation’s brand
- Crisis management
- Take part in wider digital planning for the organisation
- Manage social budget
- Measure success of social campaigns through analytical tools and reporting
Person specification:
- Experience in a social media role, leading strategy and managing day to day operations
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Experience working across a range of social channels and monitoring performance
- Well demonstrated success of implementing and measuring paid and organic social media performance
- Strong organisational skills and an ability to manage a complex workload
- Experience with social media crises
- Strong track record of delivering mid-sized paid media campaigns
- Ability to utilise social media analytical tools
What's on offer:
This role is offering a salary of £40,000 £44,000 for this 12 month contract. The role will initially be home based with an expectation of travel to their London office once a week, once it is safe to do so.
This is a fast moving role so please apply now for immediate consideration!
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