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.

The job of a Media Officer at With You is fast paced and fulfilling. Reporting directly to the Head of Media and Policy, the Media Officer plays a key role in using the media to increase With You’s profile, promote the services that we provide, amplify our influencing and campaigning work and raise awareness of our fundraising activities.

Key duties will include:

• Generating national and regional online, print, social and broadcast coverage

• Collaborating with colleagues across the organisation to identify newsworthy media opportunities

• Responding to breaking news to highlight our services and influence

• Writing strong media pitches and press materials

• Working with service users and empowering them to share their experiences with the media

• Building and maintaining relationships with key journalists, commentators, content creators, celebrities and influencers

• Creative PR idea generation

• Project management of PR activity for our key campaigns

• Evaluating and measuring impact of PR activity

• Support on media responses to crisis situations

• Taking turns on the out of hours rota

About you

You will have:

• Experience working at a PR agency at an Account Manager level or in a busy press office in-house already as an established Press Officer

• Experience writing press releases, press statements, Q&As, briefings, blogs and opinion pieces

• Experience planning and managing PR stunts, photo shoots and filming 

• Experience working with celebrities and/or high profile influencers

• A results-driven approach, be creative and innovative

• Ability to analyse and use data and insight to generate media stories

• Proven ability to generate excellent media coverage across different types of national and local media

• Experience of project managing PR campaigns

• Excellent social media skills and experience of using social media to amplify PR activity 

• Ability to effectively communicate complex information quickly and concisely

• Ability to effectively project manage competing priorities under pressure

For full details about the role, please read the job description and person specification.

Further information

This is a permanent role for 37.5 hours per week.

Interviews will be held via video conference .

Interested applicants should submit a copy of their CV with a completed application form by Monday 3rd May containing a personal statement how you meet the personal specification set out in the role description.

About us

We Are With You is one of the UK’s leading charities working across drug, alcohol and mental health support.

Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.

We work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that’s right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online. 

We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people in England and Scotland every year. 

We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support.

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.

A health membership charity are looking for an experienced Social Media Executive, to support, develop and implement the social media strategy, with responsibility for all social media channels.

Working closely with the marketing team and other departments, you'll help to create maximum awareness of new advice, products and services the organisation provides. You'll oversee current social media channels such as Facebook and twitter, providing day to day management and monitoring. You'll also look to develop the organisation's presence on emerging platforms, while creating and managing innovative content such as animation, video and photos.

You should be confident and outgoing with excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will have proven experience of using and developing social media channels in a business environment to promote and build a brand. It would be a bonus if this experience was gained in a healthcare, insurance or professional services environment but is not crucial. You should be able to demonstrate skills needed to increase social media engagement and manage social media campaigns.

Applications are being considered on a rolling basis so if you have these skills then please send me your up to date CV ASAP. Please note that only suitable candidates will be contacted with further information.

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.

Our client is a professional membership organisation who support services to medical and healthcare professionals in the UK.

They are seeking to hire a Social Media Executive who will work alongside the Media Relations Manager and will be responsible for producing engaging content for distribution across their social media channels.

This is an excellent opportunity for the right person to join an organisation who have a strong reputation for long tenure of their employees, and during the pandemic, have had an increased demand for their services.

Your duties and responsibilities will include :

• Overseeing the management of all social media platforms to ensure activity aligns with marketing, media and wider company objectives and strategy.

• Implementing social media strategy to maintain our client's brand reputation and high profile.

• Creating and managing content for each social media platform (paid for and organic). Knowledge of Facebook would be preferred, but not essential.

• Creating, implementing and monitoring social media competitions to increase brand awareness, engagement and number of followers.

• Developing social campaigns which align with marketing and sales strategies.

• Proactively identifying social media content that may impact our client.

Your experience and skillsets will include :

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and have a confident manner.

• Minimum of 2 years proven experience of using and developing social media channels in a business context to promote and build a brand.

• Demonstrable skills of increasing social media engagement and managing social media campaigns, and being able to work well in a team.

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!

The Liberal Democrats are currently working with The Right Ethos recruitment consultants on this and 2 other media assignments.

The role:

To develop story pitches that position Liberal Democrat MPs, Peers and local council leaders for mainstream consumer media. And to brief, assist and train spokespeopl

To write powerful and decisive copy for press releases, comments and social media and be responsive to the needs of specific content formats. And to plan proactive storytelling that builds the brand of the Liberal Democrats beyond its traditional platforms.

To integrate fully into the Press and communications team including participating in the out-of-hours duty system, developing and managing events and contributing to broader organisational goals.

The candidate:

A highly organised and passionate communicator with the contacts, imagination and experience to package and pitch stories for consumer media, magazines and daytime TV. Ability to translate political issues into stories that connect with mainstream audiences.

Has a broad range of connections and consumer media experience, either as a journalist or a media/communications officer. A voracious consumer of media of all types and platforms with a strong instinct of making links between issues and stories.

Able to stand aside and understand what the general public care about and how the aims and goals of the Liberal Democrats coincide.

The organisation:

This organisation is a social welfare charity that supports hundreds of thousands of family’s every year. They have been a vital resource to many throughout the pandemic and are seeking a Media Officer to join their very busy press team for an 8 month contract.

Key responsibilities:

• Work with the Head of Media and PR to devise and implement media and PR strategies for the charity
• Develop media work around key organisational priorities
• Identify opportunities to grow the organisation’s media profile
• Prepare and brief internal stakeholders ahead of giving interviews
• Help deliver the organisation’s media and PR output, including devising supporting materials and both leading and assisting coverage on different media
• Support the media team in any administrative duties
• Collaborate with teams across the wider organisation
• Work to support social media engagement
• Ability to respond appropriately to any negative stories
• Contribute to wider supporter engagement strategy
• Work with beneficiaries to help tell their stories

Person specification:

• Experience working in a media team and an understanding of reputation management
• Demonstrable experience managing media relationships
• An eye for a good news story
• Ability to write engaging copy
• Experience initiating and planning media launches and campaigns
• Ability to manage a complex workload with changing priorities
• A creative mindset with the confidence to suggest new ideas and ways of working
• Experience creating social media content

What's on offer:

This role is offering a salary of £26,000 to £29,000 pro rata for this 8 month contract. This role can either be home or office based (London).

This is a fast moving role so please apply now for immediate consideration!

35 hours per week (open to flexible working requests)

£26,329 per annum if based outside of London or £29,209 if London based

Remote working with occasional travel required

The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We transform the hopes and happiness of young people facing abuse, exploitation and neglect 

This role sits within our Engagement and Income Directorate, which works to build awareness of and engagement with The Children's Society and the work that we do. Your role will be to act a a member of the high performing media team, helping to shape the national and local conversation about children and young people and the support that so many urgently need.

We are currently looking for a talented and motivated individual to join our dynamic, ambitious team. 

A key part of this role will be your ability to craft messages and copy for a wide variety of audiences on often complex and emotive topics. You'll work with colleagues, journalists and supporters to engage political decision makers, potential supporters and professional audiences with our calls for change and action.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have: 

• Significant experience of developing and maintaining good relationships with a range of media
• Experience of initiating and planning media campaigns
• Experience of advising colleagues on media planning and approaches
• Experience of preparing spokespeople for interview

The Children's Society transforms the hopes and happiness of young people facing abuse, exploitation and neglect. We take inspiration from the courage and hope we see in young people every day, fuelling our belief that a good childhood is something every young person deserves.​

We fight for hope by deeply understanding the needs of young people, supporting them through their most serious life challenges. And we campaign tirelessly for the big social changes that will transform the wellbeing of young people, striving to improve the lives of those who need hope most.​

Driven by hope and working alongside young people and supporters, we will not rest until together, step-by-step, we’ve created a society built for all children.

The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with.  As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.  We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

An exciting opportunity to join the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ (RCOG) Media and PR team in developing first-rate media relations and social media to protect, enhance and build the reputation of the College, promote the specialty of obstetrics and gynaecology, and advocate for better women’s health.

About us

The RCOG is a professional membership association dedicated to improving women’s health care across the world. We do this by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and working with partners to advocate for women’s health and health care across their life course. We are a global leader in this specialist area, supporting 16,000 members in the UK and internationally. We are a values-led organisation placing high standards, innovation, openness, inclusiveness and trust at the centre of all we do.

About the role

Working in a busy and ambitious press office, you will develop and manage PR initiatives and strategic communications campaigns designed to position the RCOG as a key influencer and advocate for women’s health worldwide. You will be passionate about the power of communications and know how to positively influence a range of stakeholders, from regional and national media to NHS organisations, charities and other Royal Colleges.

Using your creativity, communication and organisation skills, you will develop relationships with consumer media contacts, create press features and build case studies which complement the College’s media work. You will be instrumental in the day-to-day running of our social media channels, writing engaging multi-channel content and identifying new opportunities to engage with our audiences.

You will also support the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) team through regular communications with the Women’s Network and Women’s Voices Involvement Panel.

About you

As the ideal candidate, you will have:

• Solid experience working in media relations and PR
• Experience of working in a busy press office or in-house PR department
• Excellent press and media relations skills
• Strong news sense
• Working knowledge of social media channels and tools

Benefits

As a key member of the team, you will be located in our brand new, bespoke offices in London Bridge. We offer a friendly working environment with an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Flexible working hours
• First class pension scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Free staff lunch (on-site only)

Please note that due to Covid-19, all College staff are currently working from home.

How to apply

To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button to download the full Job Description and Person Specification.

Closing date for applications: 10.00am on Monday 26th April 2021

The RCOG believes that only by building a diverse and inclusive organisation will the College, our staff and our members be able to reach their full potential. We are committed to building a culture where respect and understanding are fostered, where each individual is appreciated and supported as the unique person they are, and where the diversity of people’s backgrounds and experiences is positively valued and harnessed. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. To find out more please see our Diversity Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy.

[We are only accepting applicants with a right to work in the UK; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa]

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.

Home based in the region

The role:

To promote the work of the organisation using digital, social and traditional media.

To create and deliver media coverage in regional and local media, building strong relationships with journalists and broadcasters.

To work with the national media team to implement the overall strategy and activities in the region you are responsible for.

The candidate:

Proven professional media experience and strong examples of successes.

Able to draft a strategy, produce reports and work to the organisation’s brand.

Experience in digital and social media

Deadline - URGENT

Home based in the region

The role:

To promote the work of the organisation using digital, social and traditional media.

To create and deliver media coverage in regional and local media, building strong relationships with journalists and broadcasters.

To work with the national media team to implement the overall strategy and activities in the region you are responsible for.

The candidate:

Proven professional media experience and strong examples of successes.

Able to draft a strategy, produce reports and work to the organisation’s brand.

Experience in digital and social media

Ability to speak Welsh is an advantage.

Deadline - URGENT