Communications Lead Jobs in Manchester
Youth Participation Lead
£27,000 to £34,800 plus great benefits (Work Level 6B)
Remote, in this role you’ll work from home but will be required to come into our Manchester office every 6 weeks and travel to facilitate residentials with young people and members of our team up to four times a year. This role will include some evening and weekend work.
You’ll be required to complete a DBS check once you start in role.
The Co-op Foundation is looking for a Youth Participation Lead to join the team and lead our work with young people. The Co-op Foundation is the Co-op’s charity. We’re a grant making and campaigning organisation with a co-operative difference. We care deeply about how our funding and campaigning can shift power to young people and we trust our partners to do what matters most in their communities.
As Youth Participation Lead, you’ll work closely with a youth development agency and our team to plan and facilitate online and face-to-face sessions with groups of young people. Over time you’ll contribute to providing appropriate support, coaching and pastoral care to the young people. We’ll look to you to integrate the voices of young people across all aspects of the Foundation’s work – building strong connections into our day-to-day activities.
What you’ll do
· Support and drive forward the integration of youth-led activity across the Co-op Foundation team
· Be responsible for co-producing our youth participation strategy alongside young people and the Co-op Foundation team
· Co-ordinate, engage, inspire, and support our Future Communities Collective – a diverse group of young people that are active in our work and decision making, including keeping young people safe
· Plan, organise, and deliver online and in-person training, engagement and social events with young people
· Support Co-op Foundation to learn from the experience of working with young people and share this learning externally – for example through presentations to funder networks
· Manage a budget and draw in additional expertise and skills to support the young people’s learning and development, briefing and overseeing external contractors where necessary
· Build excellent working relationships with key leaders and partners within Co-op and across the funding and youth sectors
· Support young people to participate meaningfully in decision making, including grant making (participatory grant making)
This role would suit people who have
· Experience of working with young people and a passion for championing youth voice
· The ability to engage and build strong relationships with a range of internal and external partners and young people
· Experience of planning and delivering creative online and in-person workshops or events with young people
· Experience of supporting young people to make decisions
· Excellent communication and facilitation skills with the ability to create a safe space for young people to engage and contribute
· Experience working in a safeguarding role
Why Co-op?
If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).
· An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
· 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
· A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
· Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
· Coaching and training to support your career development
· Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.
Building a diverse environment
We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone.
If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
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If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.
Please note that we may close applications for this role early.
As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes.
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As Volunteer Outreach and Partnerships Officer, you will be working closely with our Communities and Volunteering Manager and the wider north of England team to support the development and delivery of a plan for local volunteering and community engagement. You will explore and develop partnerships with local communities and identify volunteering opportunities that will enable us to reach more people and drive forward positive change. You will be an excellent communicator and be passionate about volunteering and supporting volunteers, local groups and communities to develop and grow. You will have a good understanding of how volunteers can support the work of charities and have a creative approach to creating accessible and workable volunteer opportunities that meet the needs of an organisation and the diverse populations we serve across our region.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role purpose:
We are seeking a dynamic, experienced manager to manage our part in “On track for inclusive train travel”, a research, scoping and piloting project, aiming to make rail travel more accessible and inclusive for disabled people. This project is being delivered alongside RNIB as lead partner, and funded by Motability Foundation, working with our members Community Rail Lancashire (CRL) and Gloucestershire & Oxfordshire CRP (GOCRP) to engage disabled people and shine a light on lived experience.
You will work closely with RNIB and their project manager, forming part of a small project team to ensure the success of this exciting project. You will support CRL & GOCRP in their coordination of local engagement with disabled people, helping to facilitate a pan-disability, empowering approach that draws on and champions expertise by experience. Ensuring excellent collaboration with railway partners is also key to this role, enabling us to co-create an effective, adaptable model for training, learning and culture change that can be deployed across the railways as they are reformed and renationalised.
Responsibilities
Project and local engagement coordination
- Work closely with the RNIB project manager and as part of the project team to help ensure effective planning, coordination, management, communication and the overall success of this project, in line with its purpose and aims;
- Ensure excellent coordination and communication with the two community rail partnerships, supporting their delivery of empowering, high-quality engagement, in line with project plans, requirements and objectives;
- Ensure CRL and GOCRP are enabled to play their part effectively, using their expertise and local relationships to bring the experiences, ideas and voices of disabled people to the fore, while engaging railway staff constructively, to research, develop and test our model, and forge ongoing dialogue and understanding between the disabled community and railway;
- Take a particular lead in utilising and championing co-creation principles and empowering ways of working, across this project and its partners, and in building a legacy;
- Coordinate closely with our core railway partners helping to develop and test our model, and work across the rail industry, including engaging existing inclusion and accessibility forums and networks, to support the research phase and generally build on community rail’s positive relationships and ability to support inclusive railway practices;
- Manage Community Rail Network’s budget and monitor the CRPs’ budgets in partnership with their project leads, ensuring these are in line with agreed grant funding;
- Maintain and uphold our partner agreements and MoU with RNIB.
Research, evaluation and reporting
- Work as part of the project team to engage railway partners and jointly deliver effective research, as part of the ‘discovery’ phase, to understand current practices and issues within the railway around accessibility and inclusion, and opportunities to improve this;
- Support the CRPs and their interaction with RNIB’s research and innovation staff and our academic advisor, helping them play a strong part in the discovery phase, and model development and testing, involving the disabled community and railway staff members;
- Support effective recording and evaluation by the CRPs, ensuring this is in line with project requirements, and serves our goals around legacy-building and empowering those involved;
- Advise and feed into RNIB on the completion of grant reports and financial statements, including coordinating and reviewing input, data and reports from the CRPs;
- Maintain strong relations with Motability, as part of the project team.
Legacy building, communications and influencing
- Continually feed into our senior team and the project board on insights emerging from the programme to help us advocate for more inclusive, confident (rail) travel for disabled people;
- Support and feed into Community Rail Network and RNIB’s strategic work engaging with rail reform and transformation, such as attending meetings and providing briefings, reports and recommendations, to help us seize opportunities to advocate for positive change;
- Attend and speak at community rail and other relevant events to develop awareness of the project, share its lessons, and promote our model;
- Work with Community Rail Network and RNIB’s communications teams, and other colleagues and partners, to promote the project and its achievements, and amplify the voices/views/needs of disabled people, across our networks and build a legacy.
General team working
- Contribute to the wider objectives and development of Community Rail Network, especially by sharing project progress and learnings, and offering advice and input.
- Help our member support & development team to embed lessons from the project on involving and empowering disabled people.
- Contribute to the maintenance and development of our internal systems (e.g. shared drive, CRM) such as by data capturing relevant contacts and saving documentation.
- As a member of the Community Rail Network team, assist with more general work as needed.
Skills and competencies
- A proven track record in project management, including coordinating between multiple delivery partners and ensuring project/funding requirements are met, and supporting/overseeing effective monitoring and evaluation.
- Demonstrable experience in supporting community engagement, ideally related to inclusion, disability and/or mobility, and a good understanding of and confidence using engagement, project planning, and evaluation techniques to develop and support such initiatives.
- The ability to collaborate and communicate with community groups and other local partners, draw on their views and expertise, and support them to build capacity and confidence.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work confidently with stakeholders at all levels and facilitate positive discussion; articulate and assertive, and a great team player.
- A proven ability to bring partners and groups together, develop and maintain mutually-beneficial partnerships, deliver joint activities, and form professional networks.
- Good writing, research and analysis skills, including the ability to draw on quantitative and qualitative evidence, produce case studies, briefings and reports.
- Awareness of accessibility, social mobility and social inclusion issues, and an appreciation of the importance of rail, sustainable travel and mobility to communities and disabled people.
- A demonstrable ability to manage time effectively and juggle a range of activities in an organised, professional, productive manner, including planning and scheduling, coordinating with colleagues and partners, and bringing projects to fruition.
- Proactive, positive and self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and inspire and enthuse others, and overcome hurdles to achieve results.
- IT literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and the internet.
Other information
This post is home-based, but with travel (including occasional overnight stays) for project meetings, events and external meetings. Applicants will need local access to a train station to enable rail-based travel for work as needed.
This is a fixed term contract and includes a probationary period of three months from the date of appointment. Successful applicants will need to provide proof that they have the right to work in the UK and provide two references.
Community Rail Network is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to being a flexible, supportive, inclusive and understanding employer. We welcome applications from disabled people, who meet the skills for this role, and support positive representation within our workforce. We will provide reasonable adjustments for interviews as required.
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Please provide your CV and a covering letter of up to two sides of A4, by 09:00, Monday 27 January 2025, summarising, with evidence, how you match the role specification and why you are interested in this position. Please include a daytime phone number and an email address and identify your notice period in your cover letter. Due to limited resources, we cannot provide feedback to candidates not invited to interview.
Online interviews are scheduled for Monday 10 February 2025, although we are actively interviewing and may recruit before this date.
Non Charity Employer
21 - 50
Championing the community rail movement | Connecting people and their railways | Creating inclusive, empowered, sustainable and healthy communities
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About Us
The Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine (FFLM) is a Faculty of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and a registered charity established in 2005. Our mission is to advance education, knowledge, and good practice in forensic and legal medicine. We are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of competence and professional integrity in the field, working closely with professionals, policymakers, and organisations to promote tolerance, equity, and excellence.
The FFLM also houses the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS), reflecting our commitment to tackling key societal challenges and supporting professionals in this critical area.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the strategic and operational delivery of the FFLM’s aims and objectives. Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees and working closely with the President and senior officers, the CEO will play a pivotal role in driving the organisation forward, ensuring its long-term sustainability and impact.
The CEO will:
- Develop and execute a strategic vision for the FFLM, including 3–5-year plans to enhance our reputation and influence.
- Strengthen internal and external relationships with stakeholders, including professional bodies, government agencies, and policymakers.
- Oversee the organisation’s financial management, ensuring sound budgeting and sustainable income streams.
- Represent the FFLM publicly, managing media relations and acting as an ambassador for the organisation.
- Support and manage the FFLM’s office team and senior officers, fostering a culture of respect, inclusivity, and continuous improvement.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of a highly respected organisation at the forefront of forensic and legal medicine.
About You
The ideal candidate will be a strategic leader with excellent communication and organizational skills. You will have a strong understanding of the healthcare or forensic/legal sectors and be passionate about advancing education and professional standards.
Key Skills and Experience:
- Proven leadership experience, ideally within a charity, healthcare, or professional body.
- Strong networking and relationship-building abilities, with a track record of working effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Excellent financial acumen, including budget management and income generation.
- Exceptional public speaking and media handling skills.
- Ability to manage and inspire a team, fostering collaboration and professional growth.
- Experience in developing and executing strategic plans.
- Commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
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About Cord
Cord is an international charity working to make peace a reality where people don’t have the freedom to exercise their rights. We work to build the relationship between those in power and local communities.
We believe that people flourish when all parts of society work together. Peaceful relationships make that possible. The simple act of talking begins a journey of growth which transforms mistrust, includes the excluded and turns adversaries into allies.
Cord operates in eight countries and implements programmes in the following areas:
- Empowering Women & Girls
- Accessing Fundamental Freedoms
- Climate & the Environment
- Economic Empowerment
- Supporting Stronger Societies
We are a small, committed team who love working together to make a huge impact. If you like the sound of us, then take a look at the recruitment pack and come and join our team!
About the Role
Are you someone who is passionate about seeing positive change in our world? Can you bring knowledge and creativity in designing innovative and effective peacebuilding programmes?
We are looking for someone to support our programmes and institutional fundraising with excellent writing skills, who is passionate about addressing the root causes of and inequalities caused by conflict. You will be someone passionate about the work Cord does and who can bring technical institutional funding expertise alongside peacebuilding knowledge to our small and committed team.
In this role you will lead the development of new programmes and institutional funding bids in line with Cord’s peacebuilding approach and 5 main programme areas. You will manage proposal submissions to Cord’s key donors such as the EU, US State Department, GIZ, SDC, UN Peacebuilding Fund etc. You will be working closely with country teams to design and write proposals based on strong project designs developed in partnership with our local partners.
The role will also operate at a strategic level by managing Cord’s relationships with key donors and shaping how Cord communicates about its programmes and the added-value that Cord brings.
If you like what you read and are passionate about real and lasting change, come and join us and be part of the Cord story.
To apply please send your CV and covering letter explaining your interest in the role and how you fulfil the role requirements.
Please ensure that your address/location is stated on your CV or cover letter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of survivors of sexual violence? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional professional to lead Greater Manchester Rape Crisis.
The Board is seeking to appoint a new CEO to lead the organisation and to provide strategic direction for its staff, volunteers and supporters. You will have effective and comprehensive leadership, management and communication skills, with experience of leading high performing teams. You will be a confident communicator and ambassador for GMRC.
If you have a strong empathy with this area of work; if you value integrity, compassion and teamwork; if you want to work in an inclusive and nurturing environment; if you have a feminist understanding of sexual violence and knowledge of the causes and impact then this could be the next career challenge for you.
Closing Date: Friday 14th February 2025 at 12 noon
Hours: 35 per week with the possibility of hybrid working
Annual Salary: PO7-PO8 starting at £52,805 - £56,073
Interview dates: TBA
FIXED TERM CONTRACT FOR 12 MONTHS WITH POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION SUBJECT TO FUNDING
PLEASE NOTE this role is restricted to female applicants under the Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010)
It is a policy of Greater Manchester Rape Crisis that ex-service users have a waiting period of six months before applying for any posts as a paid employee.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care -, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness they're likely to die from.
The purpose of the PR & Media team is to support the vision and values which enable Marie Curie to deliver its organisational strategy and strategic goals:
- To grow our influence, scale and impact to reach more people
- To grow our brand voice and influence thinking around end-of-life experience
- To build integrated place-based end of life services
- To build financial sustainability and grow our income.
Your role
As a Senior Regional PR Officer for Yorkshire and North East England, you will play a crucial role in raising the profile of Marie Curie amongst key target audiences by developing and delivering projects that command media attention and coverage, and you will work with the media to shape major fundraising and influencing campaigns and build our brand. You will ensure excellent PR support for our integrated place-based end-of-life services. Seeking to strengthen our regional and local voice and influence thinking around end-of-life experience.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone with substantial experience in public relations (in-house or agency) who wants to take the next step in their career in one of the UK's largest charities.
Key requirements:
- Experience in building strong relationships with key target journalists.
- Excellent knowledge of the media - print, broadcast and online.
- Excellent understanding of digital and social media.
- Influencing and negotiating skills - e.g. working with internal and external key contacts to ensure the right PR opportunities are prioritised and maximised.
- Broad knowledge of the health and social care sector to ensure a competitive and relevant approach to media strategy development.
- Must be based within Yorkshire or North East England.
Please see the full job description .
Salary: £30,000- £32,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, full-time (35h per week)
Location: Home-based anywhere within the assigned region - Yorkshire and North East England. You will be expected to travel to our sites across the UK occasionally.
Application & Interview Process
- As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and covering letter. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.
- Close date for applications: 29 January 2025
Benefits you'll LOVE:
- Flexible working. We're happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
- 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
- Continuous professional development opportunities.
- Industry-leading training programmes
- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
- Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
- Access to Blue Light Card membership
- Subsidised Eye Care
Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
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Head of Fundraising and Communications
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced fundraiser to join the our client as their new Head of Fundraising and Communications. This is a permanent, full time role that will really influence and shape the organisation in developing a sustainable future. This role will be fully remote, with some travel into London required 6-8 times a year and the candidate will need a full UK right to work.
In this senior and strategic role, you will play a key part in driving the charity’s fundraising efforts across a variety of income streams, including corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations, and individual giving. With responsibility for achieving six-figure targets, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of an organisation dedicated to empowering girls and young women across the UK.
In this highly influential position, you will manage a small, talented team and take ownership of the charity's fundraising strategy. You will be responsible for cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with major donors, corporate partners, and grant-making trusts, ensuring long-term financial sustainability for the charity. Your experience in fundraising, alongside your ability to inspire and lead a team, will be critical to the success of the organisation's ambitious goals. Some level of experience in communications would also be ideal, as you will post on socials and analyse audience reach and metrics. If you are looking for a role where you can drive innovation, enhance the charity's public profile, and help shape the future of an impactful organisation, this could be the perfect opportunity.
As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. Cover letters are not required at this stage. Please reach out to Flora at Prospectus if you have any special requirements or if you need any further information. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Anna Freud is a world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website.
We value diversity and aim to have diverse workforce that reflects the community and our service users, in line with our vision, values and inclusion commitments. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.
The CRM Marketing Officer is a new role within Anna Freud, supported by significant investment in the CRM systems and marketing resource. The post-holder will contribute to and build the organisation’s CRM strategy and marketing capabilities, laying the foundations for increased engagement with our audiences. They will also manage day-to-day CRM marketing activity, having autonomy to drive CRM campaigns, testing and customer-centric lifecycle communications.
The role will report into the CRM Marketing Manager and will be part of the wider Brand and Marketing team. The ideal candidate will demonstrate initiative, proactivity and curiosity to successfully deliver CRM marketing plans. They will collaborate with colleagues to increase the value of our database and advance this important area of work.
Location
Hybrid working (a mixture of onsite and home/remote working). Staff are working onsite for at least 20% of their working hours, either at our London site (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH) or our Northern Hub (Huckletree, The Express Building, 9 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester M4 5AD).
Contract duration
Permanent
Closing date for applications
Midday (12pm), Wednesday 29 January 2025.
Please note that due to high application volumes, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply promptly and to keep an eye on our future vacancies for more opportunities.
Notification of interview
Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Wednesday 5 February 2025. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
Interviews
Interviews will be held between Wednesday 12 February 2025.
How to apply
Please click on the 'Apply now’ button. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.
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Background and purpose
Metabolic Support UK (MSUK) is the umbrella patient organisation for people living with and affected by Inherited Metabolic Disorders (IMDs). We are a UK-based organisation with an international reach. There are approximately 40,000 people in the UK living with one of around 1,500 IMDs. Globally an estimated 71, 260 people are born with these conditions each year and 1.43 million people live with IMDs worldwide.
IMDs are rare, lifelong genetic disorders that affect people in a variety of ways including lifestyle, lifespan, diet and medication needs and symptoms. Sadly, some disorders can cause irreversible complications or death.
Since our inception in 1981, we have been at the forefront of rare disease community development; as a founding member of EURORDIS, expanding newborn screening, accelerating the development of IMD treatments, and empowering our community through the Living Well Movement.We enable our inherited metabolic disorder community to live well by offering individual support, building connections, and developing evidence-based insight.
The role
MSUK is looking to recruit a dynamic, ambitious and confident Fundraising Manager to work with the Chief Executive to develop and implement our income strategy. We are seeking a passionate and experienced Fundraising Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will be a core member of the team, developing and delivering the income stream for the charity with fundraising strategies that support MSUK’s mission. The role will report to the Chief Executive and will be responsible for driving forward all aspects of fundraising, including building corporate partnerships, individual giving, major donors, trusts and foundations, legacies and community. The MSUK team is a small but agile team and we expect the successful candidate to be a self-starter with a “can do” attitude, lots of energy and an ability to work autonomously. This is an exciting opportunity to join an exciting and progressive charity and to work with a fun, committed and established team.
Please note this is a remote working position but candidates will need to live permanently in the UK be able to travel to Manchester/Midlands for regular team meetings and across the UK at short notice for community events and meetings.
Main Responsibilities:
Fundraising Management and Development
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Work with the Chief Executive to develop and implement a balanced and realistic fundraising strategy, which builds on MSUK strengths and maximises income for the charity.
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Deliver an integrated fundraising programme, which includes corporate partnerships, individual giving, major donors, trusts and foundations, legacies, community and events.
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Ensure all fundraising activity is compliant with GDPR and relevant fundraising regulation and that all data is accurate and maintained efficiently.
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To maintain and develop the donor CRM platform (currently Nutshell) including building supporter journeys to enhance donor experiences and maximise income for the charity.
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Provide up to date funding reports and fundraising forecasts for the board
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Work with the team to ensure that all opportunities to promote MSUK and develop our fundraising and supporter engagement experiences are explored and maximised.
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With the CEO, manage all aspects of finance and reporting relating to fundraising, including annual budgets, monthly reporting and re-forecasting. Provide monthly reports and updates on all fundraising activities and income streams
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Work with the communications team, internal colleagues and external stakeholders to create impactful storytelling and supporter engagement opportunities to maximise revenue streams.
This job description is intended only as a guide to the range of duties involved. The post holder will need to be flexible and adaptable in order to respond to other duties that may be required from time to time and the changes and developments within the charity appropriate to the role.
Required experience and skills
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Proven experience working in a charity with responsibility for income
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Experience developing and managing a diverse fundraising portfolio with significant expertise in at least one of charitable trusts and grants, corporate partnerships and major donors
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Experience of managing fundraising budgets and ability to make informed forecasts
about income and return on investment
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Experience of effective time management, working to tight deadlines and prioritising conflicting priorities successfully
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Experience in managing successful cross-functional relationships, internally and externally
Skills & Attributes
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Excellent written and oral communications skills with the ability to organise and present information clearly and adapt communication to a variety of audiences
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Excellent organisational abilities with good attention to detail, including the ability to manage a high-volume workload and conflicting priorities
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Confident use of IT – including Teams, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, CRM Databases
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A salesperson who can represent our charity and tell the stories of our community with confidence and clarity
Other Requirements
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Excellent team player also able to work individually and remotely, with the ability to build and maintain positive, collaborative and trusting relationships
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Belief in and commitment to MSUK mission and values
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Willingness to work flexibly, travel within the UK and internationally and to undertake some evening/weekend work
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Eligibility to work in the UK
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Digital Care Hub
Engagement Manager Job Description
About Digital Care Hub
Digital technology helps care services spend more time caring. It helps the people we support keep control of their lives, and of their care. And in recent months, the need for information to be shared securely and efficiently between health and care services has become even more apparent. But there can be risks – for example how information is kept safe and secure, and what happens if a digital system fails.
This is a shared role across Digital Care Hub (DCH) and the Better Security, Better Care (BSBC) programme.
DCH is run by social care providers for social care providers. It is a dedicated platform for providing advice and support to the sector on digital, technology and data protection. BSBC is a support programme to help adult social care providers to store and share information safely through the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT). The DSPT is a free, online self-assessment for health and care providers to evaluate and improve their data and cyber security.
The BSBC programme supports the sector with resources hosted on DCH and assistance provided by local partners to help care providers complete the DSPT. It’s an ambitious programme with the aim that all CQC registered adult social care services will have completed the DSPT. The programme is delivered by a diverse group of care sector organisations, including many local care associations, with colleagues from the NHS, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and local councils also involved.
About you and the role
We are looking for a someone to join our team as an Engagement Manager. You'll play a key role in ensuring the successful delivery of the DCH and BSBC programmes, by providing key insight and support to our Local Support Organisations to enable them to engage with their local health and social care stakeholders, liaising with our partners and grantees and addressing all manner of different challenges.
This role is a job share, alongside our existing Engagement Manager you'll manage programme-critical functions and will take an entrepreneurial approach to improving our stakeholder engagement and management. You'll report to the Programme Director.
Here’s a taste of what you’ll do:
· Stakeholder management. Developing, building and mapping our key stakeholder relationships
· Communications toolkit development. Making sure our local support organisation are equipped with everything they need to effectively reach out to their local stakeholders and are able to report this to our central team.
· Management of special interest groups.
· Events planning. Leading the development and management of online and in person events across both programmes.
· Tracking and managing contacts across the programme compliance and governance processes. Managing paperwork and reporting for the board.
· Ensuring regular communications to the grantees and stakeholders, working closely with the Communications Manager and Delivery Manager to develop the comms and marketing for the programmes.
· Managing programme comms including writing case studies, articles, blogs.
· Attending events nationally as a representative of the programme.
· Providing monthly data reports to the BSBC board and relevant stakeholders. Managing the effective data monitoring system and proposing developments and improvements where necessary.
· Grow with the role. As the programme grows, lead the delivery of our local and regional support as well as working closely with the wider Better Security, Better Care and Digital Social Care teams to ensure the programme is embedded in the digital developments across the sector.
Your skills
You'll be the right person for this job if:
· You are eligible to work in the UK (we are unable to sponsor any international visas)
· You're passionate about solving problems, no matter if their big or small; and have a strong mindset of getting things done.
· You will have experience of working in or alongside adult social care providers.
· You will be comfortable working with large, complex stakeholder networks and have experience developing and maintaining stakeholder relationships.
· You will have experience developing and managing events.
· You appreciate the big picture of our mission and balance that with a collaborative mindset to prioritise your work.
· You have excellent verbal communication and presentation skills.
· You feel comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity.
· You are willing to learn and can develop new skills and can tackle new areas.
The role
This role is a part time job share with our current Engagement Manager and the contracted hours will be 21 hours over 3 days per week – we are open to flexible working. Fixed term contract until 30th September 2025 with potential to extend.
You'll benefit from:
· Salary £43,000 (pro rata)
· Remote working with some travel
· 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Due to receiving a large number of applications, we will be closing this advert at 5pm on 15/01/2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Hours: Full-time
Pay: £40,000 - £42,000 based on experience
Duration: 10 months
Location: UK-Med Office, Manchester, UK (Hybrid Working) or remote working options within +/-2 hours of UK Time
Are you passionate about developing and coordinating innovative capacity building approaches for complex humanitarian contexts? Could you be our new remote Capacity Building and TeleHealth Project Lead?
UK-Med is a frontline medical aid charity. Born of the NHS, we’ve been working for over 30 years towards a world where everyone has the healthcare they need when crises or disasters hit.
As the focal point for UK-Med’s Telehealth and Capacity Building in Sudan project (REACHES Sudan), the Project Lead will play a critical role in delivering this 10-month initiative, funded by the Sudan Humanitarian Fund and in collaboration with Relief International. The project aims to provide integrated, life-saving healthcare to vulnerable populations in Sudan through innovative remote telehealth and capacity-building interventions.
The Project Lead will focus on designing and coordinating impactful training programs for healthcare workers, ensure learning is aligned and developed based on real-time needs, and managing digital capacity building and telehealth delivery platforms. This role includes working closely with the Health Advisor and senior leadership to develop and document UK-Med’s telehealth methodology, paving the way for sustainability and future use in emergency response programming.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in learning and capacity building, preferably with experience in designing and piloting new training methodologies. Ideally you will be able to use your experience in humanitarian programming to ensure that solutions are fit for purpose, impactful and accessible in complex humanitarian emergencies. You will have excellent project management skills and the ability to adapt to evolving needs.
A positive, flexible, and solutions-oriented approach is essential, as is the willingness to support in-person training delivery when required.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits along with a friendly working environment and the opportunity to make a real difference.
How to apply
We strongly recommend that you read the Candidate Information Pack – Project Lead - Telehealth & Capacity Building - December 2024 before applying for this role.
To apply, please submit a current CV and a supporting letter (2 pages) through our online jobs portal.
Please apply below, as soon as possible and no later than Friday 17th January 2025
UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse. We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.
UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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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!
At Better Story, we are dedicated to raising funds and shining a light on organisations that are making a real impact in the world. From those who provide vital support to refugees, to those who empower individuals to transform their lives, and those who are driving positive change in their local communities, we stand behind causes that truly matter.
An essential part of our sustained growth is the recruitment of a Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Consultant. Could that be you?
As a Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Consultant, you will play a crucial role in serving our clients by:
- Understanding their work in detail and collecting the necessary information to write compelling cases for support and applications.
- Leading communications with the clients you support.
- Researching suitable trust funds and foundations
- Creating a strategic plan for submitting applications.
- Writing inspiring applications that get results and make a real difference to the organisations we support.
Please see the full job description that is attached.
Further Details
- Full Time = 35hrs a week
- Salary: £26,250 (rising to £27,500 in April '25) + Pension contribution + home working allowance + IT equipment.
- Location: Fully remote. With optional meetings in Bristol, UK
- Annual Leave: 35 days per year including Bank Holidays
Please submit a CV and tailored covering letter. We'll be interviewing as and when suitable candidates apply.
We look forward to hearing from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Interviews: 29th January
Please note, this role requires you to be based within either East of England, East Midlands, Yorkshire, or Lincolnshire. As this is an essential requirement, we will not interview candidates who are based outside of this area.
Are you looking for a role where your media and communications skills can help to make a positive difference?
Do you want to inspire and help people through powerful storytelling across regional media, amplifying the voices and experiences of people living with dementia to bring about change?
If yes, we’d love to tell you more!
Alzheimer’s Society is seeking an experienced, proactive, and determined individual with a background in PR (in house or agency) or journalism, who has a strong news sense and proven track record.
With an excellent understanding of regional media, and living within the East of England, East Midlands, Yorkshire, or Lincolnshire as a requirement of this role, you will join a friendly and busy team, working remotely, who support each other to overcome any challenges, achieve results and celebrate success.
This is a vital and rewarding role that offers you opportunities to be creative, lead on the design and delivery of campaigns and be recognised as a trusted expert in regional PR.
About You
- You will be providing a platform for people affected by dementia to be heard – through engaging media campaigns, sourcing interviews and working with journalists on stories that really matter.
- You will be making a real difference by raising awareness. Whether it’s boosting fundraising totals or sign up to events or supporting someone to share their experience so other people living by dementia know they are not alone, and that help is available.
- You have the opportunity and time to develop ideas when leading on key projects and campaigns throughout the year, working in collaboration with other teams across the organisation.
- Enhance your skills in multimedia by creating your own videos and photos, with equipment provided, to build packages of engaging content for regional media.
- Use your expert knowledge and skills to advise on media relations and reputation management and help train and develop spokespeople.
- You will work on varied and interesting campaigns including fundraising, research and influencing and dementia support services – enhancing your own knowledge and expertise.
· It’s a rewarding role both professionally and personally with a company health scheme, generous annual leave allowance and pension scheme, wellbeing programmes and flexibility to work from home within the East of England, East Midlands, Yorkshire, or Lincolnshire.
About Alzheimer's Society
Dementia is the biggest health and social challenge of our time.
There are currently estimated to be 900,000 people in the UK with dementia. Many are undiagnosed and facing the realities of their condition alone.
At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today and providing hope for the future. We’re here for everyone living with dementia.
As a Society, we are made up of people with dementia, carers, trusted experts, campaigners, researchers and clinicians. We are the UK’s largest collective force of people with unparalleled knowledge and over 40 years of experience addressing the biggest challenges facing people living with dementia.
Our Values
We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.
Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.
Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
Equal Opportunities
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.
Thank you!
About us:
The Humane League UK is a charity ending the abuse of animals raised for food by influencing the policies of the world's biggest companies, demanding legislation, and empowering others to take action.
We're a mission-driven, energetic team focused on problem-solving and effective teamwork, and have grown significantly over the last few years.
Thanks to our effectiveness, The Humane League has been named Top Charity by the independent evaluator Animal Charity Evaluators for every rating period since 2012.
THL UK is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to furthering equity and inclusion, and we value diversity. We seek people from a wide range of backgrounds who will bring a fresh perspective to the team, not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger.
We make employment decisions by matching our organisational needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, neurodiversity, age, or veteran status.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, demonstrating our commitment to recruiting, retaining, and supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, based on their skills and talent.
You can read more about how The Humane League UK is working on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on our website.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility, please contact us via our website and we will be happy to discuss, via email or telephone, reasonable adjustments that you may require throughout the process.
The position:
The Humane League UK is looking for a Digital Marketing Coordinator to drive impactful change for animal welfare through strategic digital marketing efforts.
This role focuses on managing our digital marketing efforts to grow and engage our supporter base. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing paid social activities and ad campaigns across platforms such as Meta and Google. You will also oversee our website’s content management and SEO, contributing to our mission by driving impactful, data-informed decisions.
This role reports to the Digital Communications Manager and will play a key role in shaping and delivering our digital communications strategy.
If you would like find out more about the role you can watch a recording of our recent webinar by following the apply button.
Who you are:
The ideal candidate is passionate about digital engagement, enjoys diving into performance metrics, and has a strong desire to make a positive impact for animals.
As a self-starter, you will have the ability to manage your work independently and collaborate effectively across teams. Your technical skills include a good working knowledge of HTML. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy working both independently and as part of a team, and can manage multiple tasks efficiently.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Create, launch, and manage ad campaigns on Meta and other platforms including YouTube and LinkedIn to grow and engage our supporter base.
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Collaborate with our Digital Communications and Engagement Coordinator to ensure our action and acquisition driving pages on our CRM, Engaging Networks, are integrated into our website.
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Measure impact and performance of ad campaigns through detailed analytics, ensuring optimisations are made for maximum effectiveness.
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Manage and optimise our Google Grant account, ensuring compliance and performance.
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Oversee website content management, including writing and uploading blogs and creating or updating web pages.
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Measure and report on website traffic, audience behaviour, and engagement metrics.
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Develop and implement SEO strategies to improve website visibility and search rankings and optimise conversions.
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Collaborate with internal teams to ensure our digital marketing efforts align with organisational goals.
In addition:
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Update the wider team on digital marketing progress and insights.
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Participate in team meetings including note-taking and facilitation.
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Attend in-person workshops several times a year.
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Help us make THL UK an inclusive workplace where employees and supporters are proud to be members of the movement.
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Demonstrate commitment to creating a stronger and more effective animal protection movement through inclusion and belonging, recognising the need for all of us to do better for social justice on a personal and organisational level.
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Perform any other duties assigned by the Digital Communications Manager or Head of Communications.
Essential Skills and Experience:
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Demonstrated experience in setting up and reporting on paid ads on Meta and Google.
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Proficiency with website analytics tools, particularly Google Analytics 4 (GA4).
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Solid knowledge of SEO and a good working knowledge of HTML.
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Familiarity with website user experience (UX) principles.
Desirable Skills and Experience:
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Experience with customer relationship management (CRM) systems.
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Experience with content management systems (CMS).
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Copywriting skills.
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Understanding of web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG).
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Experience working with Google Grants.
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Awareness of the evolving digital landscape and emerging digital trends.
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Familiarity with Looker Studio and Google Search Console.
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Experience with YouTube ads.
For full details of the role, including the key competencies we see as the the most important requirements for being successful in this position, please visit our website by following the 'Apply via Website' button.
Hours:
This is a part time position of 22.5 hours per week (0.6 FTE), worked between Monday and Friday over a minimum of three days, with the working pattern to be agreed.
From 1st July 2024 we are piloting a four day working week across the whole of the UK organisation. This pilot is planned to run for 12 months, at which point a decision will be made by our Board of Trustees as to whether this will become permanent. Success of the trial relies on the organisation being able to achieve the same or improved level of impact in four working days as five, with staff experiencing either the same or improved levels of wellbeing.
During the four-day week pilot, this position will remain at 22.5 hours per week, worked between Monday and Thursday over a minimum of three days, with the working pattern to be agreed. With the organisation's full-time hours changed to 30 from 37.5 during the four-day week pilot, this role will be 0.75 FTE during the trial, with the salary increased accordingly to £26,903.
This will constitute a temporary change to the successful candidate's contractual terms. If a return to a five-day week is decided, the FTE and salary will revert to 0.6 and the equivalent pro rata amount of £21,523. In the event that THL UK considers before the end of the trial period that the trial is having an adverse operational impact, we reserve the right to bring the trial to end on one month’s notice.
Good to know:
You will have access to:
- A fully remote work environment and team (all equipment is provided)
- A 4 day working week (note: this is a year long pilot until July 2025 when its continuation will be assessed)
- A pro rata share of 25 days leave plus Public Holidays (reduced proportionately during four day week trial)
- Flexible working hours
- A workplace pension
- An annual learning and development budget
- Support for mental and physical wellbeing
- £25 per month reimbursement towards home working costs
At The Humane League UK, animal welfare is at the forefront of our everyday work and as such, many of our employees are vegan by personal choice. All of our events and workshops offer only plant-based meals. We welcome all mission-aligned candidates to apply, no matter where you are in your journey to end the abuse of animals raised for food.
We are looking to speak to a wide range of candidates with diverse backgrounds - #NonGraduatesWelcome
Our employees all work remotely but still enjoy a supportive, collaborative environment.
For our salaries to be fair, transparent and equitable we want to provide a system that delivers a competitive salary in the market and could eliminate potential biases in compensation (such as the gender pay gap). For more information about the Digital Marketing Coordinator salary please the attached document.
All applicants need to be:
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Live and have the right to work in the UK (we are unable to consider applications from those without the right to work in the UK).
- Committed to our mission to end the abuse of animals raised for food.
The Process:
All applicants will be contacted within one week of the closing date to let you know if you have been successful in reaching the next stage.
Our full interview process comprises of the following stages:
- A skills test to give us an opportunity to see your skills in action (completed remotely).
- Join an online interview (via video call) so we can learn more about each other.
- Final Interview (via video call as above)
For full details of our recruitment process please see the attached document.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.