Campaigns And Public Affairs Officer Jobs in City Of London, England
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SCIE Vision
We are committed to building a society which enables people who draw on social care to live fulfilling lives.
At the SCIE, we are driven by our values:
· Progressive – always learning and developing.
· Inclusive – working together for equality, diversity, and fairness.
· Credible – evidence-based, robust, and reliable.
· Transparent – open and honest.
The role:
A great opportunity for you to join our small friendly team and make a real difference to people’s lives by:
· Ensuring that SCIE’s evidence, drawn from research and people’s lived experiences, influences social care policy and practice.
· Developing and delivering influencing strategies, drafting policy papers and legislative briefings, and managing relationships with various stakeholders and key partners.
· Growing SCIE’s profile as an influential, informed, and powerful voice in the social care sector.
· Positioning SCIE to work as a partner to government, responding independently to new government policy, supporting and advising on a range of national policy programmes, initiatives, and influencing guidance and practice.
· Producing high-quality research and evaluations demonstrating what works and makes a difference in social care, promoting evidence-based good practice.
What we are looking for:
· Knowledge of the policy and political landscape developed from previous experience working in a policy or public affairs role, either in government, the civil service, charities, or non-governmental organisations.
· Proven experience developing and delivering public affairs strategies and leading influencing activities.
· Proven experience producing policy papers and applying policy research skills, such as evidence gathering, analysis and reporting.
· Proven experience as a strategic and analytic thinker who can influence policymakers with persuasive arguments, policy ideas and campaigns.
· Proven ability to manage a wide range of internal and external stakeholder relationships, including at senior levels, and to engage with people with diverse viewpoints and backgrounds.
What we offer in return.
We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary and homeworking allowance. We provide an employer pension contribution above the statutory minimum, an award-winning employee assistance programme, and an attractive holiday package which rises with length of service.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We're the UK's specialist blood cancer charity and our vision is clear: we’re here to beat blood cancer. We fund world-class research; provide information and support to patients and their loved ones; and raise awareness of blood cancer.
Since 1960 we have invested more than £500 million in blood cancer research in the UK. Where we’ve invested, survival rates and quality of life have improved. We’ve been working to beat blood cancer for over 50 years, and we won’t stop until we do. Be a part of our story and help us change the world.
This is an exciting time to join the Policy and Influencing team of the UK’s leading blood cancer charity as we continue to bring people affected by blood cancer to the centre of our policy work. We have recently launched a landmark UK Blood Cancer Action Plan; the impact of the policy and influencing team in achieving Blood Cancer UK’s mission is more important than ever.
You will have a key role in the development of our policy work and leading our public affairs in England, to influence the Government and NHS. You will be innovative, flexible and have a passion for working as part of a team to achieve real change for people with blood cancer.
You will have experience of working in a policy role and excellent knowledge of health policy. A good understanding of how to use health data most effectively in the pursuit of policy ambitions, and experience of working in or with Government or Parliament would be an advantage.
We’re open to applicants who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a job share or working part time (minimum of 28 hours). If this applies to you, please outline this in your cover letter.
The majority of our roles can be performed hybrid which means you will be required to attend the office 2-4 days per month, there may also be additional need to attend in-person events i.e. parliamentary or coalition events. Travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Our culture and benefits package are award winning, and our staff survey tells us that we’re a great place to work.
We are committed to actively promoting equality, diversity, and inclusivity. In line with our strategy we welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including minority communities, and applicants with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.
We research, we support, we care. Because it’s time to beat leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and all types of blood cancer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Can you help us champion the cause of low-income households?
Closing date: Friday 1st November 2024.
The cost-of-living crisis has hit lower income households hard. Many are using high cost credit to meet the cost of essentials. Many are weighed down by debt problems.
We're a registered charity on a mission to improve the way that credit is provided and create better support and solutions for people who are struggling with debt. We conduct high quality research and test out innovative solutions. We're now seeking an External Affairs Lead to ensure we achieve maximum impact.
Working with our Chief Executive, you'll be responsible for developing and implementing our stakeholder engagement strategy and will lead our external communications and engagement, including with respect to Parliamentarians, regulators, funders, and the media.
This a key position in our small but developing organisation, and the role requires a deep commitment to our mission and values. The successful applicant will have a wide range of skills and experience, including with respect to stakeholder engagement, marketing and communications, effective team working and project management.
Job Description
Salary Range: £38,000 to £45,000.
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week. Consideration will be given to four day working and other flexible arrangements.
Pension: Company pension scheme with NEST, with employer contributions at 6% of salary.
Term: Fixed for 12 months, with an intention to extend.
Reporting to: Chief Executive.
Location: Remote, but with a requirement to attend physical team planning meetings four times per year in locations around the UK (expenses covered).
Probationary period: 6 months.
Duties and Responsibilities
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Helping to develop our policy positions and approaches, including by preparing draft papers on public policy issues.
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Designing and implementing communications and policy campaigns, developed in conjunction with other members of CfRC’s staff team.
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Supporting launches of CfRC publications by drafting and distributing media releases, utilising social media, and creating clear engagement plans, identifying which stakeholders to engage with and how that can best be achieved.
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Drafting briefings, speaking points and speeches concerning CfRC positions for internal/external stakeholders.
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Representing CfRC in the media and at key external meetings including in Westminster.
- Helping to develop, and subsequently implement our overarching stakeholder strategy, including by monitoring and reporting its outcomes.
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Horizon scanning and working closely with other CfRC staff to analyse legislative/policy/ research initiatives impacting our priorities.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
University Degree (2:1 or above), or equivalent experience, in a relevant field such as Public Policy, Political Science, or wider social sciences (Essential).
Experience of stakeholder management: you have experience of building a stakeholder network and maintaining this. You will be able to design tailored and creative plans of how to best liaise with stakeholders and promote CfRC and its objectives (Essential).
Experience of running media (including social media) campaigns (Essential).
Experience of working with stakeholders, including Parliamentarians and Government, with respect to poverty/ low-income issues (Desirable).
Skills
Demonstrated project management skills: able to develop a plan, drive forward progress with stakeholders, incorporating their feedback, and ensuring plans remain on track (Essential).
Initiative and Collaborative: you are able to work on your own initiative and also collaborate effectively with others as part of a team (Essential).
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written. You have a proven ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels, write clear and tone-appropriate briefs, and engaging copy for different stakeholder channels (Essential).
Knowledge
Knowledge of current policy issues relating to credit use, financial exclusion, and debt amongst lower income households (Desirable).
Knowledge of, and commitment to, equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice (Essential).
Changing credit for good & improving support for people with debts.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Ukie is the trade association that represents and supports the UK’s thriving video game and interactive entertainment industry. Our small team supports a membership of nearly 700 leading businesses, helping them as they create some of the world’s most exciting games. Our membership includes cutting-edge companies working across the interactive entertainment industry from Sony PlayStation, Electronic Arts and Microsoft to Improbable, Space Ape and Jagex.
With a changing political environment and new Government there are several significant issues for the sector to navigate including online safety, the use of AI, long term skills and training challenges, and how to maintain the sector as an engine of growth in the UKs creative industries. We are offering an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, bright and determined policy and public affairs professional to join our team and shape how we engage Government and other external stakeholders on behalf of our members.
Increasingly we are working beyond the games and interactive entertainment industry, working on a cross sectoral basis with partners in the creative and tech industries. We also work with other relevant trade associations on an international level to share best practice and ensure we are able to react to and shape policy on a global basis.
About you
This role his is an ideal role for an ambitious, self-motivated individual who thrives in a small but dedicated team environment and who wants to develop their knowledge of policy making, engagement and campaigns at a trade body with a national profile.
Ideally you will bring:
- The ability to work accurately with a good eye for detail
- The ability to manage and meet deadlines and competing priorities
- The ability to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders with varied priorities
- A willingness to learn and develop specialist policy knowledge and how it affects the video games sector
- Excellent writing skills and the ability to condense complex policy areas into understandable briefings for stakeholders
- Good political acumen and the ability to spot trends and opportunities for engagement for Ukie and its members
What you’ll be doing
- The post holder will help advance Ukie’s policy work on aspects of UK and international policy impacting the games and interactive entertainment industry through:
- Monitoring policy changes and providing in-depth policy analysis, research, and reports for internal stakeholders.
- Relationship building and engagement with Ukie members and wider sector stakeholders, including attendance at internal and external stakeholder meetings and coalition industry groups.
- Support the Senior Policy Manager in research for Ukie’s external consultation responses, co-ordinating with members and facilitating internal forums for discussions on particular issues.
- Support in organising events and engagement with policy makers within Whitehall, Westminster, the Devolved Governments and with regional, combined and local authorities as well as with our global partners in the EU, US and further afield.
- Assisting the policy and research teams with major public affairs projects and campaigns according to the UKIEs internal strategy and drawing on Ukie’s internal data and external partners where appropriate.
- Supporting and promoting Ukie at external political meetings, including our bi-annual Westminster Games Week.
- Support in raising the profile of Ukie and its significant policy priorities through external communications in partnership with the Ukie campaigns team, and through public scrutiny such as the use of written parliamentary questions.
- Acting as the lead point of contact for the APPG on Video Games and Esports to which Ukie acts as the secretariat and taking responsibility for liaising with its members.
- Lead on external policy communications such as the Ukie Policy Byte, the bi-weekly political newsletter, with support from Senior Policy Manager and Head of Policy where necessary.
- Be responsible for the team administration of internal stakeholder meetings, including sending out invites, taking minutes and preparing relevant material as well as maintaining up to date email lists of all stakeholders.
Relationship Management
- Develop and maintain relationships with games industry member businesses and a wide range of external bodies; including partner organisations, government officials and other trade bodies.
- Support the Senior Policy Manager and Head of Policy in the management of Ukie’s internal stakeholder groups – including Ukie’s policy group and its various working sub groups.
- Maintain stakeholder engagement trackers and act as a point of contact for external engagement with Parliamentarians, regional politicians and their offices.
- Support the Head of Policy and Chief Executive in any external engagements.
- Support the policy team and wider Senior Management team with other reasonable tasks as required
Qualifications and experience required for this role
Qualified by experience. You don’t need to hold a degree to apply for this role, but experience of working in a policy facing role, public affairs agency or regulatory environment would be advantageous. On-the-job training will be provided via Ukie or external providers where appropriate.
Hours of Work
- Monday to Friday – 9.00am to 5.30pm
- Expectation that some evening and weekend work may be required to attend or run Ukie events as the business requires.
This role profile is not exhaustive; working as part of a small and dynamic team, there will be an opportunity to tailor the role to your interests and ambitions in agreement with the Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager and Head of Policy and Public Affairs.
There is also the expectation that you will be flexible to help the wider organisation and its other teams in accordance with its strategic priorities where necessary, as directed by the Head of Policy or Chief Executive where appropriate.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Advocacy and Campaigns Officer
Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term
Hours: Part Time (15-18 hours per week)
Salary: £25,290 - £27,100 FTE
Location: Homeworking
About Us:
Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance is a user-led charity dedicated to promoting choice, control, and quality of life for teenagers and adults with muscle-weakening conditions. We strive to empower our members by ensuring they have access to essential support, resources, and opportunities to thrive in their communities.
The Role:
Are you passionate about advocacy and driven to make a real difference in the lives of individuals with muscle-weakening conditions? We are seeking a dynamic Advocacy and Campaigns Officer to lead the expansion of our advocacy services and drive impactful campaigns. In this role, you will be instrumental in shaping our advocacy provision across housing, healthcare, social care, and benefits, ensuring that our members feel empowered to express their needs and rights.
Key Responsibilities:
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Develop and manage the advocacy service, supporting members in navigating complex systems of support.
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Conduct outreach and marketing efforts to raise awareness of our advocacy services.
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Create and maintain a database to track advocacy needs and support, informing future funding applications.
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Lead our campaigning initiatives, collaborating with members and stakeholders to highlight key issues and drive policy changes.
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Produce engaging campaign materials for our website, newsletter, and social media platforms.
Who You Are:
You will have at least two years of experience in advocacy or advisory roles, ideally connected to housing, healthcare, or social care for disabled individuals. Your understanding of the challenges faced by those with muscle-weakening conditions is essential. Strong communication and organisational skills, combined with a commitment to equality and diversity, are crucial for this role.
Why Join Us?
This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in advocating for those seeking better support and influencing policy for better services. As part of a passionate team, you'll have the chance to drive meaningful change and contribute to the development of a supportive community.
Application Details:
To apply, please send a completed application form by Sunday, 10th November at 11:59 PM. Interviews will be conducted between 13th-22nd November. You can download the application form from our website or request it via email.
Join us at Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance and help empower individuals to take charge of their health and future!
The Policy and Campaigns Manager is responsible for leading on CLAPA’s campaigning and policy work across the UK. This is a new direction for CLAPA and a key part of the role will be to develop a clear strategy and action plan to ensure a focused and targeted approach to this area of work.
The post-holder is responsible for ensuring that work is delivered to the highest standard and that the wider staff team and board of trustees are kept informed on progress and development.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
ECU is a small, dynamic non-profit working to transform the economy so that everyone has the freedom and security to live a good life.
We are looking for a highly effective political strategist and operator, someone with exceptional political judgement and understanding of how to shift public debates and secure policy change.
You don’t need to be an economic policy specialist, but you must be adept at analysing and communicating complex issues, and at devising and delivering highly strategic and adaptable multi-stakeholder influencing programmes.
You will be a key part of ECU’s Senior Management Team, representing us externally, managing staff, and contributing to organisational effectiveness and impact. Communication and relationships are central to this role.
This is a permanent, senior role in an inspiring, high-impact, people-centred organisation. It is a chance to shape UK policy, politics and the media to ensure that debates are grounded in robust economic analysis, and that policy decisions rise to the scale and urgency of modern societal challenges. This is a full time role, our standard working week is 32 hours.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Us
At Applied Microbiology International we fundamentally believe that global challenges need to be solved by global, interdisciplinary experts. We are the oldest microbiology society in the UK and with more than half of our membership outside the UK, we are truly global, serving microbiologists based in universities, private industry and research institutes around the world. We publish an industry-leading magazine, The Microbiologist, and in partnership with Oxford University Press, we publish three internationally acclaimed journals.
AMI has been recognised in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being acknowledged as one of the happiest places to work in the UK. The Sunday Times Best Places to Work recognises and celebrates the best employers in the UK based on feedback from employees and an independent assessment of workplace culture, leadership, and employee engagement and wellbeing.
About You
The post-holder will provide key support to the Policy and Diversity Manager to achieve the policy objectives set out in AMI’s strategic plan; ensuring AMI’s community are engaged on key areas of policy and aware of relevant policy developments by contributing to the AMI newsletter, website, The Microbiologist magazine, social media, other digital platforms and networking events. They would also ensure that all activities under this remit are delivered to an excellent standard, and in line with AMI’s strategy.
Candidates will have knowledge of policy structures relevant to science and technology along with excellent research and analytical skills, and the ability to grasp unfamiliar subjects and report as concise recommendations. They will have strong communications skills to communicate with a wide-ranging audience.
Closing date: 25th October 2024
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Please note that this role will be remote, and interviews will be virtual.
For more information, please visit our website
Please send your CV and Cover Letter via the button below. Please DO NOT include your personal information i.e. name and contact details in your CV and Cover Letter. *To ensure the vacancy can be recruited in a timely manner, early application is advisable.
This is because AMI is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies to support staff from different backgrounds.
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Please note that due to limited resources it is not possible for the Society to acknowledge receipt of applications. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
“We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.”
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
In her time in parliament Jo Cox MP established a commission on loneliness with Seema Kennedy MP. After her murder this became known as the Jo Cox Loneliness Commission, and was pivotal in bringing about and influencing the UK government’s first loneliness strategy.
Seven years on from the publication of the Jo Cox Loneliness Commission’s report, we have received funding from The Astra Foundation to establish a new Loneliness Policy Group for the voluntary sector to ensure a joined up approach and collaboration on this issue.
As Public Affairs and Policy Manager (Loneliness) at the Jo Cox Foundation you'll establish this group and lead it, working with trusted partners to generate policy recommendations and engaging policy makers, elected representatives, and other decision makers to advocate for their implementation.
As you would expect the Jo Cox Foundation has historically strong relationships with politicians across parties. This is especially true of our work on loneliness, where we continue to have unrivalled access to Ministers and Civil Servants.
This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to develop this area of work at the Foundation and drive policy change for the loneliness sector. Through this, you’ll continue the positive legacy already established for Jo in the field of loneliness and support our vision of a less lonely, better connected society in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Parliamentary Affairs Officer
Do you want to influence politicians and decisions makers on how they can benefit people with a learning disability? Do you have a good understanding of parliamentary processes? Great, we may have an exciting role for you.
Mencap are recruiting for a Parliamentary Affairs Officer on a full time (37.5 hours per week) permanent contract. We are flexible with where you do your work, but we would love you to work in our London office once a week, more if you wish to.
Your primary role as a Parliamentary Affairs Officer is to support our work in Parliament and across Whitehall by helping to build and maintain relationships with MPs, Peers, Ministers and Civil Servants. You will work to actively bring the lived experience of people with a learning disability and their families into the heart of parliamentary debate as well as to the ear of key decision makers. You will be working with the Public Affairs and Parliamentary Manager on briefings, legislative work, and parliamentary engagement as well as aiding the organisation of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability.
We are an equitable, diverse and inclusive organisation and we particularly welcome and encourage disabled applicants and those from the Black and Asian communities to apply for the role as they are under-represented within the workforce.
What will the Parliamentary Affairs Officer do?
- Contribute to delivering Mencap’s public affairs strategy in Westminster, including briefings for debates and questions and influencing bills.
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders including MPs, Peers, Ministers and their staff as well as Civil Servants, stakeholders and coalitions across the charity sector.
- Monitor Parliamentary business, highlight opportunities to build Mencap’s influence and identify developments that might negatively impact the charity or people with a learning disability.
- Work with colleagues across Mencap to design and deliver Parliamentary elements of Mencap’s campaigns.
- Support people with a learning disability to engage with Parliamentarians through the APPG on Learning Disability and to meet with MPs.
What you will bring
- A commitment to improving the lives of people with a learning disability
- The ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners
- The confidence to challenge senior decision makers and influencers
- A good understanding of parliamentary processes and how to influence them
Your experience
- Experience or a good understanding of how to engage with Parliamentarians and Civil Servants and the legislative process.
- Strong written and oral communications skills and ability to tailor messaging for different audiences
- Experience of working with colleagues across different teams
Please apply now with an up to date CV. This role will close on Thursday 24th October and interviews will take place shortly afterwards.
Benefits
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.
- 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
- Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
- Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
- Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
- Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Mencap
We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.
Our work includes;
- Providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
- Providing advice through our help lines and web sites
Location: Any SMF City (Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle). We are currently operating a hybrid of office and home working for staff across all cities.
Salary: £29,900 plus £2,200 London Weighting if applicable
Contract and hours: We are looking for the right candidate and we envisage this being a full-time role (37.5 hours per week), but we’re open to conversations regarding flexible or part-time work. Permanent contract. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required, for which time off in lieu will be given.
Closing Date: 23:59 PM on Sunday 27th October we anticipate interviews being held on Monday 4th November 2024.
About the role
Your role will be central to achieving our three-year strategy, which is focused on:
- developing our programme so it makes a bigger difference, and is available to more young people
- influencing system changes that lead to progress towards equity of, who gets in, who gets on and who belongs – in education and employment
Based in our Advocacy and Campaigns team the Senior Policy Officer will be responsible for delivering our Social Mobility Employer Index and support the development of our wider policy positions and campaigns work.
Growing the influence and impact of the Index is a key strategic priority within ambition two, and this role will help achieve that by ensuring we continue to develop our knowledge and to influence and improve employer-led social mobility. You’ll be responsible for project managing and delivering core components of the Index including the marking, design and delivery of the survey, which we use to gather employer data and the feedback reports, which we share with entrants. You’ll ensure the documents evolve with best practice and in line with our work with young people. Working with others you’ll deliver the annual key findings report, ultimately helping improve employer led social mobility in the UK.
Alongside the Index you’ll play a key role in developing policy positions for our political influencing campaigns. You’ll support our internal knowledge hub, drawing insights from our Aspiring Professionals Programme, wider research and focus groups with our young people and share external developments to ensure we have robust, youth-led positions. You’ll analyse evidence and help carve out our unique point of view on how we can improve social mobility in the UK.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead on the project management and delivery of the Index including development of policy positions and best practice, questionnaire design, employer feedback reports.
- Lead the annual review of the Index assessing the impact it’s had on driving employer behaviour and update our measurement and evaluation metrics accordingly.
- Ensure documents are reviewed annually and updated to reflect the latest best practice and insights from our wider interventions.
- Co-ordinate the different individuals and teams working across the Index to deliver the annual key findings report.
- Utilising our political monitoring service and our relations with employers, stay across updates from key stakeholders such as the Social Mobility Commission, the wider sector and employer research, utilising these insights to update our policy positions and develop our advice to employers.
- Undertake rapid scans of various types of data and evidence; produce summaries of the main findings and implications for policy and generate ideas for further policy opportunities.
- Present findings internally and support fundraising colleagues with the insights, tools, and knowledge to develop new products that can influence employer behaviour.
- Create resources for the wider organisation to ensure our evidence base and policy positions are understood, up to date and consistently used across teams.
- Attend relevant conferences, stakeholder meetings and gather intelligence, raising our profile and influencing where appropriate.
- Support the Campaigns Officer (media) and Campaigns Officer (public affairs) with the insights required for political and media interventions. E.g. briefing MPs and creating briefing materials for media interviews.
- Administrative tasks as needed.
Essential skills and experience
- Experience of developing policy positions for an organisation.
- Experience in translating research into insights and using that to inform positions.
- Experience of analysing and interpreting data sets to develop policy positions.
- Excellent written and oral communication and influencing skills.
- Experience of project management.
- A problem-solving mindset - you assess the quality of your own ideas and ask questions about others’ ideas and proposals, devising solution options with costs/benefits and risks where appropriate.
- You set high standards, actively seek and act on feedback and lead the team efforts to continuously improve.
- You are outcome focused - You define your work in terms of outcomes rather than time spent and encourage others to do the same.
- Planning and organising - You manage and work effectively with stakeholders to reach desired outcomes; you identify and escalate potential timeline issues in a timely manner proposing solutions.
Desirable experience:
- Experience of hosting focus groups and co-creating policy positions with young people.
- Experience working in a policy role focused on social mobility.
- Experience working in agile.
Benefits
25 days holiday per year pro rata, plus bank holidays. 5% Employer contribution to pension calculated using NEST’s current thresholds for ‘qualifying earnings’ following successful probation period, in line with auto-enrolment pension requirements.
How to Apply
There are two components to the application process. To apply, please submit your application to Pinpoint by 23:59 PM, Sunday 27th October.
a) A cover letter outlining your previous experience and your suitability for the role
b) In no more than 500 words, summarise what works for improving belonging for those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds in the civil service, and what steps you would take to maintain up-to-date knowledge of this and communicate the relevant aspects to colleagues.
We intend to have one virtual interview lasting one hour to understand your experience and ambitions for the role and get to know you personally. You will not be required to do a task for the interview. Please let us know if you have any reasonable adjustments. We expect interviews for this role to take place on Monday 4th November.
Please note that we do not accept CVs or generic applications.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Position: Safeguarding Officer
Type: Part Time (28 hours over 5 days a week), 18 month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Office based in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh or Belfast with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £20,632.80 per annum* (FTE £25,791 per annum) plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 1, Charity
*you will start at our entry point salary of £20,632.80 (FTE £25,791) per annum, increasing to £21,922.40 (FTE £27,403) after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £23,212 (FTE £29,015) after a further 6 months.
This post is a fixed term contract (FTC) initially for 18 months, working 28 hours over 5 days per week.
About us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.
About this job
Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Safeguarding professional, with a strong interest in protecting adults at risk and children from harm, within the wider Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Community?
Based within our Helpline Services team, you’ll have responsibility for:
- Responding to concerns reported by staff and volunteers
- Leading the coordination of responding to safeguarding concerns
- Dealing with safeguarding issues (as they arise) and liaising with statutory services as needed
- Giving advice and support to colleagues and our volunteers in relation to safeguarding and disclosure checking
- Working collaboratively with colleagues across the society
- Liaising with external safeguarding agencies
- Embedding organisational safeguarding policies, procedures and practices across the society
You’ll have experience of working in a safeguarding customer-facing environment within the Charity or Public Service sectors. You’ll have proficient administrative and IT skills with the ability to work accurately, consistently and independently. You’ll ideally have had experience in supporting vulnerable people in person, over the phone and or online.
An understanding of safeguarding within the Charity and Public Service sectors is essential.
A satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check without barring list check will need to be obtained to undertake this role.
The MS Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all who use its services and come into contact with the Charity.
Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Wednesday 30 October 2024
Interested?
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Equal Opportunities
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.
We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.
Disability Confident Employer
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You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
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To fund world-leading research, share the latest information and campaign for everyone's rights. Together we are a community. Together we can stop MS
Senior Public Relations Officer
2 Roles Available.
Fixed Term Contract
£36,565 - £38,328 pa
City of London E1 8QS and we are a hybrid working organisation
This role is offered on a hybrid contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home three days a week.
Purpose of Role
As a Senior PR Officer, you will play an important role in planning and delivering creative national and regional PR strategies to promote fundraising and partnership activities for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day 2025 campaign, that inspire people to get involved and demonstrate the life changing work donations make possible.
You will work across a broad and exciting range of projects that creatively combine the worlds of entertainment and charity whilst driving income, awareness, and brand consideration at a time when the charity gets set to celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2025.
You will need to have a thorough understanding of the UK media landscape, feel confident in approaching journalists with new ideas and have proven success in generating quality print, online and broadcast coverage at both a regional and national level.
Running Comic Relief’s busy Press Office alongside PR campaigns is a responsibility shared by all team members. You will be required to take an active role in managing media enquiries in a timely and accurate manner, media monitoring and evaluation, and join the on-call rota for out-of-hours and weekend support.
This role may require occasional UK wide travel to manage media opportunities.
Key responsibilities:
Develop and deliver creative, national and regional PR strategies that feed into the charity’s strategic objectives by promoting fundraising activities for Red Nose Day 2025 and raising awareness of the positive impact donations have in the UK and around the world
Draft press releases, statements, briefing documents, quotes, and other media materials as required, ensuring editorial excellence and high-quality output
Help to develop new ideas, content, and stories for all media types – broadcast, print and online
Establish and build strong, collaborative relationships with all relevant internal and external stakeholders. This may include partners, PR agencies, media, and will involve being the PR lead in cross-organisation working groups
Set up and facilitate media interviews with a range of spokespeople, drafting briefing materials and attending interviews when required (this might require UK wide travel on occasion). This includes Comic Relief colleagues, celebrity supporters, fundraisers, and people supported by organisations funded by Comic Relief
Work closely with internal teams and Comic Relief’s funded partners to tell stories that demonstrate the positive impact donations have in the UK and across the world. This may involve setting up and managing project visits with journalists, influencers, and high-profile supporters, leading briefings, and overseeing logistics and safeguarding protocols
Understand Comic Relief’s safeguarding principles and adhere to guidelines in practice
Take an active role in the day-to-day running of the Press Office - this includes responding to media enquiries, ensuring a smooth process from start to finish, working with teams across the organisation to draft responses, contributing to the morning press update, and producing coverage reports using our media monitoring platform
Join the on-call rota alongside other members of the team for out-of-hours and weekend cover
Monitor the press regularly to identify appropriate opportunities and potential threats to the promotion of the work of Comic Relief. Work to protect and enhance Comic Relief’s reputation and work closely with internal and external stakeholders if issues arise. Draft lines against enquiry and press statements, working with colleagues across the organisation to gather relevant info and ensure sign off
Be flexible and support the wider PR team during the busy campaign period with ad hoc tasks as required, such as attending shoots to gather media assets, research, attending creative ideas sessions, and pitching ideas to media
Person specification
Essential criteria
Proven experience of planning, implementing, leading and evaluating successful PR campaigns that get quality coverage
Strong, collaborative, relationship building skills both internally and externally
An ability to develop and deliver fresh creative ideas that generate media coverage
Strong organisational skills
Good experience managing and prioritising multiple projects to strict deadlines even when faced with challenges
Excellent writing and communication skills
Good negotiator with strong influencing skills
Strong understanding of PR evaluation methods
Passionate and strong understanding of our business mission
Desirable criteria
Experience of working with talent/influencers
Experience of setting up and managing media visits with journalists
Perks and benefits:
· Flexible working hours
· Work from home option
· Life Insurance
· Wellness programs
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
· Paid emergency leave
· Sabbatical Opportunities
· Professional development
· Mentoring/coaching
· Paid volunteer days
· Payroll giving
· Salary sacrifice
· Team social events
· Extracurricular clubs
· Cycle to work scheme
· Free fruit
To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.
Closing: 12:00pm, 21st Oct 2024 BST
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Why work at Comic Relief
There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London,
There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work.
Disability Confident Employer
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV and application questions.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Marketing Officer
c. £28,000 to £35,000 per year
Full Time, London-based, Hybrid Working
The Talent Set is delighted to be working with a world-leading membership organisation dedicated to fostering a creative and regenerative future. This role involves promoting the organisation through a variety of written and multimedia formats, generating leads, responding to enquiries, and executing targeted digital recruitment campaigns. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and persuasion skills, with the ability to inspire others while creating compelling marketing content and campaigns that drive engagement and support the growth of the community.
Key Responsibilities:
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Achieve individual and team recruitment targets by actively recruiting suitable individuals for the organisation’s members, aligning efforts with the organisation’s strategic focus.
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Lead digital recruitment campaigns, including sourcing referrals from existing members, crafting marketing emails, producing content for digital channels, and re-engaging former members to rejoin.
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Research and identify potential new groups of members, creating compelling marketing copy and content to encourage their engagement with the organisation.
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Act as a primary contact for prospective members, through various communication channels, including email, phone, and in-person meetings.
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Develop and manage targeted B2C and B2B digital recruitment campaigns, creating engaging content such as copy, visual imagery, and videos for distribution across multiple platforms.
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Provide account management to Partners, ensuring continued investment in the organisation for their staff, students, or members, while maintaining high levels of customer service.
Person Specification:
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Passionate and proactive, with qualification/experience, with a strong foundation in customer service and response handling.
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Demonstrated experience in producing marketing copy and a variety of collateral, including newsletters, videos, graphics, and other digital assets.
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Proven ability to create compelling social media content that drives engagement, increases reach.
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Strong written communication skills, including excellent copywriting and editing abilities to produce clear and engaging materials.
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Experience working towards targets, particularly in demand generation, conversion, and income.
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Excellent interpersonal and persuasion skills, with the ability to confidently engage others through one-to-one conversations, public speaking, and marketing activities.
The deadline for applications is Sunday 3rd November 2024.
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 practises 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.
Job title: Communications and Digital Officer (Black Thrive Global)
Reports to: Communications Manager
Geographic focus: All
Salary: £30,000 - £32,500
Hours: 37.5 per week (full-time, flexible and hybrid working)
Benefits: 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pension contribution, employee assistance program.
About Black Thrive
We exist to change the odds stacked against Black people by embedding meaningful change at every level of society so that thriving is not the exception but the norm for Black people.
Black Thrive Global evolved from the work of the Black Thrive Lambeth Partnership, which was established in 2016 to address the inequalities that negatively impact the mental health and wellbeing of Black people in Lambeth. Black people’s cumulative exposure to negative experiences and poor outcomes are not unique to Lambeth therefore Black Thrive Global was founded in 2020 to address the detrimental outcomes for Black people of African and Caribbean descent wherever they may be located.
Our work covers all life stages – children and young people, working age adults and older adults. Our guiding principle is to center the lived experiences of Black communities in all that we do. Our strategic priorities are to embed race equity in systems change and to decolonise the evidence landscape, meaning we produce, amplify and support research developed via a Black lens.
Purpose of the role
We are looking for a creative, organised, and disciplined person to take on a key role within our rapidly expanding organisation. As the Communications and Digital Officer, you will be central in the implementation of Black Thrive Global’s communications strategy. You will be supporting our Communications Manager in the delivery of all aspects of communications and marketing activity with both key stakeholders and the public.
You will help to support the creation of a compelling and consistent narrative about the work that Black Thrive Global does across all our communication channels. You will be integral in helping to disseminate key messaging for core projects and work-streams working closely with our internal teams and external partners. Black Thrive Global’s communication approach aims to be both reactive and proactive, and you will be expected to be well informed about events and trends in the media and public arena.
Duties and responsibilities
- Produce compelling and engaging content for internal and external blog posts, newsletters, and digital content across our communication channels.
- Produce in-house design for publications and promotional materials and social media assets as required.
- Lead on delivery and scheduling of the Communications Calendar, this will include horizon scanning of the news agenda as well as regular yearly campaigns i.e., Disability Week, Refugee Month, International Day of the Girl, LGBTQIA+ etc.
- Deliver and implement our social media strategy across our various platforms.
- Lead on managing and developing social media channels to engage and grow our online audience.
- Maintain and update our website and digital content.
- Support the Communications Manager and internal teams with producing reactive media and digital outputs.
- Support with PR and media relations tasks, including monitoring coverage, building up journalist databases and drafting statements and releases.
- Support internal teams with event coordination and marketing campaigning.
- Collecting and analysing data and information of communications activity to assess our impact and opportunities for brand growth.
- Support the Communications Manager with the quarterly Directors’ Communications Report.
- Work with freelancers and volunteers as required.
- Spend up to 10% of time supporting corporate business such as strategy and administration.
PERSONAL SPECIFICATION
We are looking for someone that is wanting to grow and develop in this role, and we are committed to providing the time and resources needed to ensure that you flourish. We ask that you maintain a willingness to learn.
Essential (E) / Desirable (D)
* Indicates criteria which candidates can be supported to meet if other criteria are met.
Experience
- Experience of working in communications or PR role (E)
- Experience of maintaining WordPress website CMS (E)
- Experience of social media management (E)
- Experience in copywriting, editing and proofreading (E)
- Experience of videography, photography, and editing (D) *
- Experience of planning, managing, and delivering events (D)
*Ability, skills, knowledge
- In depth knowledge and understanding of the experiences of people of African and Caribbean descent. (E)
- Ability to think creatively, translating strategic objectives into appropriate communications activity and content (E)
- Analytical skills; able to undertake situational analysis and identifying opportunities for improved engagement (D)
- Ability to use the following software packages, MS Office, Canva, Adobe Photoshop (E)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including conveying complex information in adaptable ways to different audiences (E)
- A strong interest in the news and external affairs, with a passion for social justice (D)
- Have the desire to make a positive impact, particularly for underrepresented communities (E
Please note that job descriptions cannot be exhaustive so the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.
A basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required but we will treat applicants who have a criminal record fairly and will not unreasonably discriminate because of a conviction or other information revealed.
Application process and requirements
Please write and submit a one-page cover letter alongside your CV. In your cover letter you should summarise how the experience on your CV makes you suitable for the role and your motivation for joining Black Thrive Global.
Candidates will be sifted using their submitted information of a curriculum vitae (CV) and cover letter.
Successful interview candidates will be expected to do a pre-interview task and one interview presentation.
Unfortunately, due to capacity and volume of applicants only successful candidates will hear from us.
In your cover letter you should summarise how the experience on your CV makes you suitable for this role and explain your motivation for joining Black Thrive Global.
Successful interview candidates will be expected to do a pre-interview task and one interview presentation.
We exist to change the odds stacked against Black people by embedding race equity into systemic change so that thriving is the norm not the exception
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.