Senior Content Officer
Location: Angel Islington, London
Salary: £30,400 to £32,100 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Closing date: Thursday 13 February
Interview date: Monday 24 February

This is a permanent position. 

Are you the person to take our digital content and communications to a new level of impact?

The role of Senior Content Officer is vital to us in achieving our mission to eradicate type 1 diabetes.

As the Senior Content Officer you will support the delivery of our new content strategy. You will create and distribute content that provides real value for our supporters affected by type 1 diabetes, taking our audience engagement to the next level.

You’ll plan, produce and distribute a great variety of content: blogs from influencers, lifestyle articles, images, press releases, family case studies, video diaries and more. Your planning with, and stewardship of, our celebrity supporters will bring us great celebrity interview content.

Your content will reflect the realities of life affected by type 1 diabetes - how it impacts on lifestyles, relationships, work and leisure. If you can create relevant and resonant content, then our community will respond passionately.

But you’ll be more than just a content creator. You will bring consistency to our different communications channels, via organisation-wide content planning and organisation-wide editorial standards and approaches. And you’ll help ensure our content creation is sustainable as we grow as an organisation.

Your content will win us new supporters, drive this growth and empower us to further tackle those health inequalities. Your PR skills will win us media coverage, increasing awareness of type 1 diabetes among target audiences.

You’ll have previous experience of:

• Developing, planning and maintaining organisational external content
• Playing a central role on PR and media relations
• Celebrity liaison
• Working as part of a communications team

You will have superb written and verbal communication skills, be digitally literate and skilled at using various communications channels. You’ll have excellent creative, time management and planning skills.

As an employer we offer:

• Flexible working and will consider compressed hours
• Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days and bank holidays
• Health cash plan
• Season ticket and cycle loan
• Pension scheme

To learn more about the role please download the job description.

If you’d like to join us, please complete the form below.

You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at JDRF, always striving to make a difference to people living with type 1. In 2019 we received an award for being one of Britain's Happiest Workplaces.

JDRF is the world’s leading charitable research funder into type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. JDRF has a vibrant online community, from people who are newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes wanting more information, to digital innovators with the condition who are creating their own wearable medical technologies. We are dedicated to our 400,000 strong type 1 community in the UK and work closely with our international affiliates across the world, including the US, Canada and Australia.

‘JDRF is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age.’ 

Social Media Officer

You will work closely with the Senior Digital Communications Officer to drive forward our digital strategy with a particular focus on the development of our social media channels.

Social Media Officer Responsibilities:

- Deliver a creative social media strategy that engages members of the public by showcasing the work of the charity
- Write, schedule and post content on all social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn), own the social media calendar and be a brand guardian for the creative aesthetic of all social channels
- Work closely with key stakeholders from across the charity to support campaign launches as well as events, publications and supplying support plans / schedules for social activity
- Provide regular reports and analysis of social media activities (using Hootsuite / Google Analytics)
- Setting the company -wide practice guidance of social media and train others where necessary
- Support Senior Digital Communications Officer with day-to-day initiatives, campaigns and forward planning
- Write engaging, impactful SEO friendly content across all formats to improve the charities organic reach
- Copywriting, including but not limited to social media posts, blog articles and event descriptions

Social Media Officer Requirements:

- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar role
- Developing social media channels, particularly Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
- Impeccable copy writing, attention to detail and ability to proof-read and edit
- Digital communications, either with an agency or in-house (ideally with a charity)
- Managing social media communities
- Delivering and evaluating social media campaigns and strategies
- Using social media account management tools, such as Hootsuite
- Creating and managing content plans

About Concern Worldwide (UK) Ltd:

Ending extreme poverty - whatever it takes

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Our mission is to transform the lives of people living in extreme poverty. We work with 25 million people each year, in some of the hardest to reach and most fragile places. Places prone to conflict, natural disasters, climate change and extreme hunger. When an emergency strikes, we are among the first on the ground. We use our voice to bring the stories of extreme poverty to world leaders.

Location: London

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £29,877 per annum

Closing Date: 9th February 2020
Interview Date: 20th February 2020

You may have experience of the following: Social Media Officer, Social Media Manager, Social Media Assistant, Social Media Executive, Marketing Officer, Marketing Assistant, Marketing Executive, Marketing Manager, Charity Job, Third Sector, NFP, etc.

Ref: 91282

Media Officer

c.£30,000 per annum

London

Are you energetic and enthusiastic and bursting with ideas?

One person in five in the UK is affected by lung disease. As the only UK charity for people affected by all lung and respiratory diseases – from mild asthma through to lung cancer – the Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Partnership is here for every one of them. We provide support, fund vital research, and campaign for better prevention, treatment and care.

An opportunity has arisen to join our high performing media team. Reporting to the Senior Media Officer, your role will be to deliver creative communications to enable the charity to deliver its organisational strategy in a cost effective and efficient way.

You will deliver an integrated social media and media relations service which generates both reactive and proactive opportunities and raises the profile of Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation. Responding promptly and authoritatively to media requests, you will proactively identify and maximise media and social media opportunities across a range of outlets and channels.

Interacting with colleagues at all levels and all teams across the organisation you will find this a great opportunity to develop your communications skills in a creative and energised workplace.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including our cycle-to-work scheme, interest-free annual season Travelcard loan, 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension scheme and much more.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to an organisation committed to supporting everyone whose life is changed by lung disease.

For more information and to apply, please visit the Asthma UK website or click on the Apply button now.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 4th February 2020

An opportunity for a forward-thinking, confident and friendly Social Media Manager to join a well-established charity in Central London as they continue to implement their new and exciting digital strategy. Supported by a fantastic team this is an exciting role, pivotal to the successful implementation of the charity’s digital strategy.

Joining this digitally led Marketing & Communications department, working closely with the Head of Brand and Head of UX, you will play a key part in developing their social media efforts to captivate, reach and support new audiences.

To be successful in this position you will be:

• Confident in delivering a first-class social media experience and aware of the huge opportunities that a successful strategy brings.
• A big team player; collaborating, listening, supporting. Working with your colleagues to promote wider charity activities, highlighting opportunities for positive impact and embedding the best social media practices across the whole organisation.
• Knowledgeable about paid-for opportunities as well as organic growth.
• Responsible for gathering and sharing insights from social media platforms in order to influence the charity’s activities and actions. Able to react strategically to insight, identify content gaps and provide guidance on overall strategy.
• Brilliant with content; a natural at producing content and copy in a number of styles to suit different audiences and working with the full range of media available.
• Well versed in creating and implementing a comprehensive and effective schedules.
• An expert in all things social media with the ability to champion best practice and provide guidance across the organisation.

We are Parentkind, a leading charity that supports and champions all the ways parents can participate in education. We are the leading membership organisation for Parent Teacher Associations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We also provide training and support to teachers, governors and parents to build successful home-school relationships. We are looking for a Social Media & PR Executive to join our Head Office in Tonbridge, Kent.

Who you are: We are looking for someone with experience in both PR and Social media who is passionate about communication. You will be an excellent writer with exemplary grammar, spelling and attention to detail, able to identify opportunities for positive PR that furthers the aims of Parentkind and builds our brand profile.

The role: The Social Media and PR Executive will support the delivery of Parentkind’s marketing and communications strategy. Reporting into the Marketing and Communications Manager, you will be responsible for developing and posting fresh and sharable content for social media, our website and blog, drafting press releases, newsletters, video scripts and other copy to support the various internal teams within the organisation.

The successful candidate will possess strong creative copywriting skills and a design-led approach, ensuring that all communications are outward facing, accurate, on time and on brand. 

If you share our passion to support parents in their role in their children’s education and feel you have the right qualities to make a difference, then we would love to hear from you.

Job type: Full-time (35 hours a week), permanent

Salary: £21,000 -£23,000 per year depending on experience, plus attractive benefits package.

Please submit your CV and a covering letter via Parentkind’s online recruitment system. The job pack can also be downloaded from our website, via the apply link.

Closing date: 11pm Sunday 2nd February 2020. 

Unfortunately, we are unable to consider any applications received after the deadline. 

First interviews: week commencing Monday 10th February 2020.

Second interviews: week commencing Monday 17th February 2020.

103,000 young people approached local councils across the UK for help last year because they were homeless or at risk.

Do you have the skills and dedication to help ensure that youth homelessness and its impacts are at the top of the news agenda?

Centrepoint, the leading charity for homeless young people aged 16-25, is looking for a Media Officer to help deliver a first-class service to journalists and use their talents to help generate positive coverage for the charity’s fundraising campaigns and policy work. 

The successful candidate will have experience of working in the media or in public relations, and have a proven record of generating positive media coverage. As well as a great eye for a news story and excellent communication skills, you will need the ability to remain calm under pressure and to empower young people to share their experiences and aspirations.

The challenges will be varied, rewarding and include promoting new policy reports, Centrepoint’s Christmas appeal, fundraising events such as the annual Sleep Out, and Team England’s participation at the Homeless World Cup.

If you’re ready for the challenge, join our friendly and dynamic team and help give homeless young people a future.

What we offer in return...

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days

- Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build a new career

- Employer pension contributions of 4%

- Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work, that enables movement up the pay scale

- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme

- An interest-free travel loan

We seek to challenge discrimination and are committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint. We welcome applications from anyone with direct experience of being homeless or using young people's services.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Media Officer, click ‘Apply’ now!

Media Officer

Permanent

c.£35,000pa - Local terms and conditions of employment will apply

Global Secretariat Hub Offices London or Johannesburg or Nairobi

Want to use your excellent skills in news and communications to strengthen our fight for women’s rights, social justice and an end to poverty? You’ll be joining an innovative and creative team at an exciting time as we begin implementing a new global communications strategy and raising ActionAid’s profile internationally.

As media officer, you’ll be responsible for playing a leading role in delivering significant increases in the quantity and quality of ActionAid’s global media coverage. You’ll be part of ActionAid International, the global secretariat of a 45-country federation. We have unprecedented access to human interest stories which resonate with media and donors, with storytelling and creative content at the heart of our new strategy.

An experienced PR professional or journalist, you’ll come armed with fresh, creative ideas about how we can engage journalists and become the go-to organisation for media reporting on our strategic priorities. Your expertise will support with the effective delivery of international media moments, linked to multi-country campaigns and core comms priorities, including climate justice and women’s labour rights.

You’ll use your excellent communications skills to build relationships and work closely with ActionAid countries to amplify their visibility and voice on stories with both national and international significance.

Recognising the increasing importance of social media in the distribution of news and as an ever-expanding space to interact with journalists, influencers and other stakeholders, this role is key to building reach and engagement through our social platforms, and ensuring ActionAid takes an active and timely reaction to relevant breaking news stories and humanitarian emergencies.

This is a brilliant opportunity to make your mark in a fast-paced environment with a team that values experimentation and continuous improvement.

You must possess exceptional interpersonal skills and be able to quickly develop effective working relationships with a diverse stakeholder group and be able to meet tight deadlines and juggle multiple priorities effectively. You must also be willing to travel.

Energetic, enthusiastic and interested in learning within a political, changing and diverse work environment and with a strong commitment to ActionAid International’s vision, mission, values and strategy on human rights and socioeconomic justice? If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

If you have the skills, motivation and experience we need please send your CV and cover letter to us via the link by midnight on 2 February 2020. In the subject line of your email please write ‘Media officer – Your Name’. You are requested to highlight in the cover letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role. To be considered for this role, you must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in your chosen location. 

If you do not meet all the essential criteria, please don’t apply as we only invite candidates for an interview if they meet all the essential criteria listed on the job description. In addition, your application will be stronger if you meet at least some of the desirable criteria.

Due to high volumes of applications received, should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.

ActionAid is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community in particular women, who are currently underrepresented in senior positions. We regret that agency candidates will not be considered.

Reg. Charity No: 274467

Title: Media and PR Officer

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Contract: 6 month fixed term contract (with a view to extend this)

It is an exciting time of growth in our work combatting avoidable blindness and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and 2020 is set to be a big year for NTDs with the expected launch of a new NTD Roadmap by the World Health Organization (WHO), the inauguration of a new World NTD Day and the expansion of Sightsavers work on NTDs.

Sighsavers is therefore excited to offer the opportunity for a committed and experienced communications professional to join our Media team.

As the Media and PR Officer you will raise the profile of Sightsavers through high quality proactive and reactive media and PR. You will lead media work that supports our work on the control and elimination of NTDs, whilst also supporting media outreach for the full range of Sighsavers work.

Other duties of the Media and PR Officer will include the day to day running of the press office, news analysis, updating the media section of Sightsavers website and providing journalists with information, such as the production of broadcast and print materials in response to requests from media outlets. You will also develop and implement proactive PR and editorial opportunities to raise our profile, research and develop story ideas and communication plans to help promote Sightsavers’ key messages and establish good contact with national, international and specialist journalists and bloggers.

As the successful candidate you will be able to demonstrate experience of working in a policy focused media role, have excellent knowledge of national and international media and social media, have a good understanding of international development (ideally with knowledge of NTDs) and possess a background in building good relationships with key journalists in development, health and general media.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills, please read the complete Job Description for further details

Closing date: 2nd February 2020

Interviews: Week commencing 10th February 2020

Imagine not being able to move, sleep, or smile. Feeling anxious or depressed and struggling to think or remember. Your body not feeling like your own. This is what Parkinson's can feel like.

Your mum, son or friend. Anyone can get Parkinson’s, young or old. Every hour, two people in the UK are told they have Parkinson's – a progressive neurological condition. It causes problems in the brain and gets worse over time. Currently there is no cure.

We’re close to major breakthroughs. Funding the right research into the most promising treatments, we get closer to a cure every day.

Until then, we're here for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. Fighting for fair treatment and better services. 
We are Parkinson's UK. Powered by people. Together we'll find a cure. Join us.

About the role

You’ll help tell the stories of our passionate fundraisers through national and regional press, inspiring more people to donate their money and time to support the work that we do. Developing and delivering creative communications campaigns that support our growing number of fundraising initiatives. 

In doing so, you’ll enable us to raise the funds that will allow us to further our life-changing research and continue to support people affected by the condition. 

What you'll do 

•  Identify and create media opportunities to deliver positive coverage which helps raise condition awareness and understanding 
• Co-create and deliver creative bespoke communications plans around the charity’s fundraising initiatives,key individual supporters and celebrities/VIPs
• Monitor, evaluate and report on personal coverage as well as leading on reporting of overall fundraising campaigns

What you'll bring 

• Experience of working on successful media campaigns and generating coverage to support fundraising events
• Strong understanding of working with case studies and an awareness of the associated GDPR requirements 
• Ability to identify and create newsworthy stories 

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!

Closing date: 26 January

Interviews will be held on 3 February 

Parkinson's UK promotes a healthy work life balance with generous holiday allowance, flexi-time and flexible working. For more information on our benefits, please visit our website.

Media and PR Officer

You will join as a Media and PR Officer to help CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, on its mission to make sure that every child or young person with cancer from 0-25 gets the support they need.

Media and PR Officer Requirements:

Once upon a time there was a storyteller, one of the greatest storytellers in all the land. This storyteller knew how to captivate any audience they encountered, those with the attention span of a goldfish and a scrolling habit and even the most cynical journalist or busy politician. What was the secret to their success? This storyteller knew the power of the stories they told of children and young people with cancer, and the honour it was to tell them.

Sound like this could be you? We’re looking for an amazing person to join our merry team.

You’ll have experience of working in a busy press office or lively social media management and you’ll be as comfortable building great relationships with families or young people as with journalists, celebrities or colleagues across the charity.

You’ll get a real buzz from seeing how you can help change the system and make stuff happen for young cancer patients. You’ll be unflappable, friendly, determined and have loads of creative ideas on how to get our stories heard by many different audiences up and down the UK.

Like all great storytellers you’ll be happy sharing these powerful stories across a range of channels whether it’s crafting something for insta, Twitter and Facebook, writing amazing media releases, delivering some awesome internal comms or briefing a colleague before they appear on the BBC Breakfast sofa.

About CLIC Sargent:

Today, 12 children and young people in the UK hear the shocking news they have cancer. CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families, and provides them with clinical, practical, emotional and financial support.

Location: London – Office, W6 8JA

Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 35 hours per week

Salary: circa £32,000 per annum

Benefits: In return we offer a competitive salary, impressive benefits, tea, cake or granola bars (whatever floats your boat) and the opportunity to be part of one of the most exciting charities around.

Closing Date: 26th January 2020

You may have experience of the following: Media Officer, PR, Public Relations, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Media, Press Officer, Journalist, Journalist, Media Relations, Marketing Communications, Marcomms, PR Officer, Voluntary Sector etc.

Ref: 91218

Your new company
A Welfare Charity that works across the country to help the less fortunate.

Your new role
Temporary support from a Media Assistant to cover the period between now and when our new permanent Media Assistant joins team joins us on 2^nd March. If you are an enthusiastic and hands-on individual with experience of planning, drafting and selling in content to a full range of media outlets we want to hear from you. As Media Assistant will be working within a highly focused team and will carry out media relations work and provide editorial, creative and operational support to the Communications team and other staff

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience in a similar role or working as a journalist
• Able/ Experienced in proofing and drafting press releases
• Strong ability to absorb often long and complex policy issues quickly to turn them into digestible content
• Experienced in gaining proactive media coverage
• Confident in regularly talking to and building relationships with national journalists

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary for a great charity based in Central London

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Creatively use your social media expertise to inspire and ignite action to help Compassion UK release children from poverty in Jesus’ name.

About Compassion UK

At the heart of Compassion’s ministry is a relentless passion to act on our faith and empower every child left vulnerable by poverty. Our work is Christ centred, child focused, and church based.

About the role

As Social Media Specialist, you will work within the fast paced, vibrant and collaborative Communications department. A natural storyteller with a passion for exceptional communication, you’ll spend your time sharing powerful stories of lives changed across Compassion UK’s social media channels and blog. Your key purpose will be to craft content to achieve maximum engagement across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see more children released from poverty in Jesus’ name.

Responsibilities

·Actively maintain and promote Compassion UK’s Christian ethos and values;

• Management and development of social media channels;
• Content creation including blogs, social medial collateral and videos;
• Provide general communication support to the Content Team.

About you

To flourish in this role, you’ll need:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Experience of project managing and delivering social media content;
• Experience of growing social media channels within a business context;
• Passionate about social media content trends;
• Good project management skills;
• Core office/administrative skills.

It would help (but isn’t essential) to have:

• Graphic design and photography skills;
• Video editing experience;
• Experience using social media monitoring and scheduling platforms.

We need you to be:

• Personally committed to the Christian faith. There’s an occupational requirement for the holder of this role to be a practising Christian, in order to promote Compassion’s ethos and help others to experience, explore and express the faith-based motivation of our work.
• Deeply connected to Compassion’s ministry to children.
• Aligned to Compassion UK’s cultural attributes.
• A ‘people person’.
• Creative, innovative and flexible.
• A great listener and communicator.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

This is an office-based role in our modern, ‘agile’ office with free parking, just 15 minute walk from Fleet station, 35 hours per week Monday – Friday with some flexible working required.

Generous benefits include 10% employer pension contribution, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, Group Life and Income Protection cover on appointment and private healthcare and dental cover on successful completion of probationary period.

How to apply

The closing date for completed applications is 10:00am 27th January 2020. Interviews w/c 10th February 2020.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies. Late applications may be considered.

Please note that we can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK.

Child protection

Compassion is a child-focused ministry; we believe every child should be known, loved and protected. One area of the interview will explore your personal commitment to child protection. A satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be a requirement once a conditional offer of employment is made to successful candidates.

SOCIAL WORKER
26 hours per week

Salary £32,800 (£23,046 pro rata) per annum

The hospice works to help patients remain in their own home for as long as possible.  The Social Work team at the hospice work with patients and their carers to help address any social care needs.  The successful candidate will need to:
 

• have a Social Work qualification

• be a member of the HCPC

• have excellent communication skills

• have experience in managing safeguarding issues

• have a knowledge of the legislation used in practice

• have worked in a health care / social care setting in the past

• working mainly at our Guildford site with occasion to work at our Farnham site

Further information can be obtained from Claire Delaney, Patient and Family Support Team Manager
 

In return we offer:

• 6 weeks paid holiday

• Group Personal Pension Plan

• Health Cash Plan Scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Staff Benefit Scheme

  Closing date for receipt of completed applications 14th February 2020

  Interview date to be confirmed

  This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check

  Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey GU9 8BL

  NO MEDIA OR AGENCIES