Volunteer Communications and Marketing Lead

We're growing our volunteering team and looking to recruit a second Lead Volunteer for our Communications & Marketing Team (and 2 Lead Volunteers specifically for Content.) The successful person will have the overall responsibility for the Charity’s communications and marketing. We’re looking for someone who has a passion for promoting a charity supporting a rare condition and can support and lead a volunteering team as well as plan and use communication tools such as websites, social media, Canva and other digital platforms.

This is a flexible volunteering opportunity, which means your commitment can be balanced around your lifestyle - being part of a team to ensure that communications to our community and supporters are up to date and timely.

You will provide leadership for your team and support the development of a communications plan for the charity.

Key Tasks and Objectives

●        Lead a team of communications and marketing volunteers.

●        Lead and co-ordinate internal projects, activities and campaigns that help build awareness of our organisation and its aims.

●        Run the meetings for the Communications & Marketing Team on a monthly basis.

●        Regularly meet with and be the point of contact for the lead volunteers for Content, Social Media and Email Marketing to co-ordinate and plan.

●        Where and if possible, to also be an active part of the Communications & Marketing Team either as a content writer, copywriter or another role.

●        Identifying, initiating and leading on projects which align to the strategy and realise our goals.

●        Collaborate with the team.

●        To support the charity in developing a visual form of our Annual Report or other reporting documents such as grant reports.

●        Support the development and implementation of the Communications Strategy.

●        Protecting our charity brand identity, ensuring it is delivered consistently, both internally and externally.

●        Promote the charity across all our channels and forms of communication.

●        Ensure effective, regular communication to both internal and external audiences.

●        Review progress and effectiveness of the Communications Strategy on an annual basis.

What are we looking for?

About You

To be successful in this role you will:

●        Have a real enthusiasm for excellence, innovation, continuous improvement and change.

●        Be a team leader who is positive, hands-on and able to get the best out of a team.

●        Have excellent interpersonal skills and be adept at building relationships with different stakeholders.

●        Have the ability to think strategically but also enjoy being at an operational level to support your team and key stakeholders.

●        Have a high level of attention to detail.

●        Have the ability to prioritise, plan and organise projects and to manage expectations.

Experience and Skills

●        The ability to communicate (verbal and non-verbal) to a wide variety of audiences including the public, various forms of media and on an individual basis.

●        Experience in building and leading a team.

●        Previous experience of working for charities and/or volunteer organisations is desirable but not required.

●        Creativity regarding message management and medium.

●        Good IT skills.

●        Ability to motivate and enthuse others.

●        To be a part of a team.

●        Previous experience in marketing, communications, or related fields.

●        Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire volunteers.

●        Experience of using Canva or similar design packages.

●        A strong network of PR and media contacts would be highly advantageous.

What's in it for you?

This role is a fantastic opportunity to volunteer with a small but ambitious charity, developing and honing your skills around leadership in the Third Sector.

Getting the right story in print and online can be challenging, especially when dealing with a rare health condition, but it is definitely rewarding.

You will gain experience in the charity sector, gain new or update your writing skills, a broader C.V., and a sense of accomplishment from using your skills to help people affected by a very painful condition.

You would be leading our small, friendly, forward-thinking charity team, focused on reaching people who may not have heard about the charity or about the condition. You would also have a key role in developing a communications and marketing strategy for a small charity. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to make a real difference to a rare condition.

Key Benefits

●        Gain valuable experience in communications and marketing, plus charity team leadership.

●        Make a meaningful impact on the fight to support the CRPS community.

●        Develop professional skills and expand your network.