Content Project Manager Jobs in Cardiff, Wales
Important Note: Due to the nature of the role we will only consider applications from candidates based in or around Birmingham.
People’s Economy aims to build the agency and power of people facing injustice and working for social change so that they have the expertise, capabilities and resources to develop their own analysis of how the economic system is a root cause of the injustice they face, develop strategies to change it and then take action with others. Our vision is for a world with economies that meet the needs and priorities of people currently experiencing economic injustice.
We are looking for people who are: passionate about addressing economic injustice, hold a deep knowledge and connection to Birmingham and are capable of working with and supporting changemakers and community groups across the city.
We have worked in Birmingham for five years and the need and urgency for our work is greater than ever, with the many live grassroots campaigns across Birmingham mobilising people to come together to save libraries, youth services and social housing. We know that a shared root cause of all of these crises is the city’s economic system.
This role leads our work across Birmingham to help build our collective capacity to analyse, strategise and take action for economic system change in the city. It will coordinate our Programme team to deliver different initiatives that support a growing movement for economic justice across the city - particularly focused on building support and engagement amongst grassroots changemakers and communities experiencing economic injustice. It will manage projects and resources, conduct programme development and delivery, oversee outreach and partnerships, changemaker recruitment and contribute to fundraising - ultimately play a key role in shaping our regional impact. This position is crucial in coordinating our work across Birmingham and driving meaningful collaboration with local and national stakeholders, in particular working collaboratively with Economic Justice Brum, a long term initiative working on local economic systems change.
Online Open House
Come and meet us! We are hosting an online open house on Monday October 28th at 12pm for anyone who is interested in hearing more about the roles we’re currently hiring for or what People’s Economy is all about.
You can use this space to ask any questions you might have about the role, find out more about the organisation and meet some of our staff team. Curious? This will be hosted as a webinar and questions can be submitted via the Q&A function so you will be able to remain anonymous unless you choose to unmute or turn on your video to ask a question.
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Job Description
Birmingham Programme Development
- Working closely with the Programme Director and the Programme Team, lead the translation of People’s Economy’s strategy into a programme of work in Birmingham
- Working closely with the Programme Director and the Programme Team, identify the resources People’s Economy needs to deliver its strategy in Birmingham and contribute to fundraising for the organisation’s programme of work in Birmingham
- Working closely with Programme Director lead outreach and relationship building with community and civil society partners, including members of the Economic Justice Brum
- Working closely with the Head of Community, lead the development of People’s Economy’s programme of outreach and relationship building with changemakers in Birmingham including current grassroots campaigns such as Save Birmingham, Save Birmingham Youth Service (SBYS), Ladywood Unite, Save Druids Heath and the Birmingham Fair Housing Campaign.
Birmingham Programme Delivery
- Working closely with the Programme Team, coordinate the delivery of People’s Economy’s programme of work in Birmingham and ensure it is well embedded, integrated and supportive in the local economic justice landscape
- Play a leading role in our collaborative work with Economic Justice Brum ensuring consistent coordination, support and relational working
- Lead our work on developing and delivering a creative communications plan for Economic Justice Brum, as People’s Economy is its appointed communications partner
- Lead on organising the logistics and resources required to effectively deliver People’s Economy’s programme of work in Birmingham
- Working closely with the Programme Team, coordinate the monitoring, evaluation and learning of People’s Economy’s programme of work in Birmingham
- Working closely with the Programme Team, recruit and onboard changemakers from Birmingham to opportunities within People’s Economy’s training and support programmes
- With support from the Head of Training, contribute to the delivery of learning and skills sessions when appropriate
- Facilitate spaces and workshops for our changemakers, partners and other stakeholders
- Maintain relationships with changemakers from Birmingham while they are involved in People’s Economy’s programmes and act as a key point of contact
Supporting other work strands
- Feed into the development and implementation of other work strands including community building and the organisational communications strategy
Managing projects and people
- Work with the Head of People and Operations to recruit freelancers to help deliver People’s Economy’s programme work in Birmingham
- Line manage freelancers contributing to People’s Economy’s programme of work in Birmingham, and any staff roles which (in future) report to Programme Manager Birmingham
- Manage (or contribute to) non-programme projects that contribute to achieving People’s Economy’s goals, as agreed with the Programme Director
- Work collaboratively with the Programme Team to ensure a joined-up approach across People’s Economy’s work Financial management and income generation
- With support from the Programme Director, develop and manage budgets for programme work in Birmingham
- With support from the Programme Director, contribute to income generation by leading the development of agreed identified opportunities, including by holding key relationships with existing and potential funders
Financial management and income generation
- With support from the Programme Director, develop and manage budgets for programme work in Birmingham
- With support from the Programme Director, contribute to income generation by leading the development of agreed identified opportunities, including by holding key relationships with existing and potential funders
For full role description and person specification see attached application pack
Working with communities across the UK experiencing economic injustice to reimagine, rebalance, and transform the economy.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
By providing finance and support, at SIB we enable charities and social enterprises to exist, grow and thrive. We have disbursed nearly £0.5bn to thousands of organisations since 2002. Our team believes in the power of the social economy, champions the charities and social enterprises we support - and we are all working together to build a more equal society.
It is a hugely exciting time to join the organisation. We are growing, investing in our expert team, and building on the successes of the last few years.
To find out more about what we do here, our values and our generous benefits please visit our website.
Our values are: People First, Curious, Bold, Collaborative, Accountable
About this role:
Reporting to the Deputy CEO, the Communications and Policy Manager will support SIB’s track record of sector, government and media engagement, notably the high standard of publication set through its media partnerships with Tortoise and the Financial Times, its contributions to the policy landscape in the social sector, and its in-house data analysis and insight generation. This new post will contribute to SIB’s ongoing communications and policy work and its reach and influence.
Key responsibilities
1. Support the delivery of a comprehensive plan for our communications and policy activity, combining ongoing promotional communications, specific activities for funds and programmes, and proactively generated content and opportunities to influence
2. Co-ordinating with SIB partners in developing and delivering communication work, on major projects such as the Youth Investment Fund, the Recovery Loan Fund and the Enterprise Development Programme; ensuring that it is powered by data and customer insight of the highest quality
3. Keeping track of policy developments in areas of strategic importance to SIB, notably in social investment, youth, community energy and infrastructure investment. Writing briefings on key policy developments related to SIB’s strategic priorities, proactively identifying opportunities to further our policy agenda; also researching and preparing responses for relevant external consultations, using SIB data and evidence
4. Identifying, cultivating and maintaining relationships and partnerships with key policy, research and communications stakeholders
5. Attending and providing oversight to the Social Investment Forum, as part of SIB’s secretariat and hosting
6. Writing, editing and producing engaging and relevant content at pace for web, social media and e-newsletters, as well as earned and paid channels
7. Management of any external suppliers of communications and policy activities, including agencies, designers, consultants and think tanks
8. Working with the Marketing Manager, Marketing and Events Coordinator, Business Development Manager and wider team to deliver successful external events with customers, stakeholders and partners including attendance at Party Conferences.
9. To work in line with the organisation's values, principles and processes to achieve operational excellence.
10. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos
11. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across SIB’s commitment to E, D & I
12. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of SIB’s strategy
13. In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks and work on cross team projects that support the objectives of SIB as required
Core competencies
- Significant experience at a managerial level in a PR, marketing, external affairs or communications role
- Excellent writing skills
- Good research skills, with an ability to absorb large amounts of information at pace, including in unfamiliar policy areas and produce cogent syntheses
- Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively teams across functions in an integrated way
- Good established networks through experience in a similar role, and a commitment to expanding those networks to support SIB’s strategic aims
- Experience of building effective media partnerships
- Good working knowledge of data-driven storytelling in a variety of outlets from organisation websites to mainstream media and confidence in interpreting data and understanding the key points to be drawn from it to gain traction in media and campaigning environments
- Experience of developing and delivering effective communications campaigns, including through a range of digital channels
- Strong planning skills and an ability to multi-task, work well under pressure and meet deadlines
- Strong understanding of UK political context, especially as it concerns the social economy, and parliamentary process
- An understanding of how to promote research, policy papers, data analysis and other activities of a think tank and consultancy
- Excellent IT skills and the ability to learn new programmes quickly
Desirable competencies
- Data visualisation skills
- Data storytelling
- A good aesthetic eye and ability to shape images, visuals and formatting, and to liaise confidently with designers
- Understanding of the UK charity and social enterprise sectors
We believe in the power of the social economy to build a more equal society.
For over two decades, Social Investment Business has provided finance and support to charities and social enterprises. We empower these organisations to do what they do best - serve the communities they operate within.
To find out more about what we do, our values and our generous benefits please visit our website.
Our values are: People First, Curious, Bold, Collaborative, Accountable
About the Role
Reporting to our Marketing Manager this role plays an important part in supporting SIB’s strategy and focus.
We are looking for someone who:
• Can create compelling communications showcasing our programmes and funds
• Can provide expertise and oversight in the shaping and embedding of SIB’s external messaging
• Can produce accessible and well-written marketing materials for our programmes and funds
• Can update website communications and manage newsletters
• Can organise external events and coordinate team member attendance
• Can support formal and informal engagement with SIB’s customers and the internal team
• Is an enthusiastic self-starter with a commitment to open and transparent communication with a wide range of stakeholders
Key responsibilities
Marketing
1 Working with Marketing Manager to implement the Marketing Strategy, including contributing to campaigns, messages and stakeholder relations.
2. Supporting the implementation of marketing plans for specific funds, working with our delivery partners and sub-contractors, as appropriate, and helping with programme and fund roundtables and events.
3. Supporting the Director of Investments and the Marketing Manager in delivering new business strategies by providing market analysis and data, publicity plans, key messages, event planning, set up and coordination as necessary.
4. Supporting the Marketing Manager with marketing contacts in partner, investee and other stakeholder organisations, maintaining contacts and ensuring that SIB funds and programmes are represented across sector events and in peer publications.
5. Liaise with the Business Development Manager to contribute effectively to new tenders, including supplying accurate marketing and communications data and deliverable activities.
Communications
6. Working with the CEO, Deputy CEO and Marketing Manager to implement the Marketing Strategy, including developing and managing campaigns, messages and stakeholder relations.
7. Supporting the development of content and publications as required including newsletters, brochures and reports, case studies, blogs, articles, website content, e-newsletter content.
8. Working with the Marketing Manager and Policy and Communications Manager to liaise with external networks – national, third sector and key regional press contacts, other communications managers – to increase the reach of SIB’s work and to disseminate it widely.
9. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos.
10. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across SIB’s commitment to E, D & I.
11. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of SIB’s strategy.
12. In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks and work on cross team projects that support the objectives of SIB as required.
13. To work within the organisation's values, principles, and processes to achieve operational excellence.
Core competencies
- Experience of creating impactful marketing materials and campaigns utilising multiple channels and platforms.
- Excellent oral communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Experience of event set up and coordination including booking venues, managing guest lists and arranging speakers.
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to write accurate, engaging and crisp copy for a range of different channels.
- Technical knowledge of website management and working with a range of different CMS such as Drupal and Wordpress.
- Good organisational, planning, and project management skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines
- Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
- Comprehensive knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite apps, including Acrobat Pro DC, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and After Effect
- Commitment to equalities and customer care
- Good knowledge of the voluntary and community sector, local and central government and the statutory sector as a whole.
- Commitment to equality, diversity & inclusion
We believe in the power of the social economy to build a more equal society.
Job Title: Evaluation Manager
Salary: £37,500
Contract Type: Permanent
Working location: Full-time, 35 hours per week, although 4 days / flexible hours may be considered
Working location: Remote. This post holder will be based at home, with office visits approximately once a month, and department/organisational away days which will be discussed with Line Manager. The role may involve some occasional irregular travel to visit schools, attend events and represent Magic Breakfast at meetings throughout the UK.
Reporting to: Head of Impact and Insights
Direct reports: Insights Officer
JOB PURPOSE
The newly formed Impact and Insights Team exist to provide research, insights and evidence; helping Magic Breakfast to achieve our mission of ending child morning hunger now and for good. The Evaluation Manager is key role within the Impact and Insights Team, responsible for evaluating the service delivery programme at Magic Breakfast – this includes evaluating new pilot approaches, assessing the impact, driving continuous improvement and shaping our offer enabling us to tackle child morning hunger today.
The Evaluation Manager is pivotal in spearheading the strategic planning, delivery and dissemination of Magic Breakfast’s day-to-day evaluation activity, as part of the wider Impact and Insights Team’s approach to communicating research, evaluation and insights. They will hold responsibility for planning, coordinating and delivering a comprehensive programme of evaluation projects to support evaluation and impact measurement, continuous improvement, business development and communication. Our ideal candidate for this role will have experience in social research or programme evaluation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Plan and manage a comprehensive programme of evaluation across Magic Breakfast’s provision.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and funders to develop and deliver an effective, achievable evaluation plan that will make a difference for children and young people.
- Optimise Magic Breakfast’s evaluation infrastructure to meet the demands of internal and external stakeholders.
- Integrate the voice of lived experience into our evaluation by actively listening to and incorporating the insights and feedback from our beneficiaries.
- Assess and improve evaluation support and outputs provided, adapting approaches to improve
Please see attachement for full job description
WHAT WE OFFER
At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to bring their whole self to work. Some of our benefits include:
Please see our job pack for more details
APPLICATION PROCCESS
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Should you have questions about the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, recruitment @magicbreakfast. com
Close - 27th October 2024
Shortlisting - 28th-30th Oct 2024
Interview 1 - 6th and 7th November 2024
Interview 2 and informal interview - 13th November 2024
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!
Background
The Karen Hilltribes Trust (KHT) is a UK registered Charity that has worked in Northern Thailand for the past three decades. Our mission is to partner with Karen communities to improve their health, livelihoods, and access to education. By taking an integrated approach to the complex socio-economic issues at hand, we aim to achieve sustainable change by empowering Karen communities to improve their own lives.
Since 1986, KHT has transformed the health and well-being of over 50,000 people through the provision of clean drinking water, improved sanitation facilities and hygiene education; secured agriculture as a sustainable livelihood for more than 17,000 farmers through the construction of flood-resistant irrigation systems; and increased accessed to education for 17,000 children and young people through school meals, transport and accommodation, and higher education scholarships.
Main Purpose of The Position
The Fundraising Manager will work closely with the Thai-Karen team and Director of KHT to secure funding to support the successful operation of the charity and implement projects in KHT’s three key programme areas: Community Health; Sustainable Livelihoods; and Access to Education. The role will be primarily desk based but with opportunities to travel to the field. The successful candidate will be directly responsible for:
• Developing and implementing KHT’s fundraising strategy;
• Applying for grants from foundations, corporations, and individuals;
• Implement Prospect Research on existing and new potential donors (major gifts, corporates, trusts and foundations, individual donors) and creating solicitation plans, informing the Director on updates and activities implementation;
• Implementing KHT’s volunteer strategy, ensuring it provides funding to KHT’s projects;
• Ensuring our donors are engaged with high quality materials.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The Fundraising Manager will be responsible for the following duties:
1. Develop and maintain a fundraising strategy with the Director, paying particular attention to increasing unrestricted funding opportunities.
2. Help develop and implement a CSR strategy to better engage corporations.
3. Manage grant applications for our projects to existing and new funders, who may be foundations, corporations, or individual donors.
4. Implement Prospect Research on existing and new potential donors (major gifts, corporates, trusts and foundations, individual donors) and creating solicitation plans, informing the Director on updates and activities implementation;
5. Check and constantly update Donorfy database, in coordination with KHT Director and KHT Finance Administrator;
6. Recruit volunteers to join our projects in Thailand, organically and potentially through partnerships.
7. Keep relationship with KHT Board of Trustees, in order to keep them informed on any useful material and initiatives they may help KHT with.
8. Implement community fundraising activities and organise talks and fundraising events, with the support and help of KHT Trustees and volunteers.
9. Ensure that the organisation communicates regularly with its supporters, creating bespoke messages to increase engagement and donations and supporting social media content.
10. Ensure that the organisation complies with fundraising regulations set by the Charity Commission, Fundraising Regulator, and other relevant bodies.
11. Visit our team in Northern Thailand on an occasional basis (likely once a year) to better understand our work on the ground and support fundraising initiatives.
12. To perform other such duties as may be required by the Director, which are consistent with the responsibilities of the post.
Person Specification
You’ll likely have:
• Several years of experience in a relevant role fundraising for registered charities.
• Demonstrable success in securing funding through grant applications and by engaging donors.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce high-level written communications in English and adapt writing style for an array of different audiences.
• Knowledge of Charity Commission/Fundraising Regulator regulations pertaining to fundraising.
• High level of computer literacy and a proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Confidence to present the work of the charity to donors and supporters.
• Capable of working within different cultures and with teams from different economic and cultural backgrounds, where English might not be the first language.
• Well organised, able to prioritise effectively to meet deadlines.
• Have a proactive, flexible, and patient attitude.
• Right to work in the UK.
Other skills that would be useful:
• Experience of using Donorfy.
• Experience working with analytics and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) to drive website performance.
• Experience working with social media analytics to drive social media engagement.
• Experience of working in international development or for a small UK charity.
Benefits
• £27,000 FTE for 40 hours a week.
• Opportunity to travel to Thailand.
• Flexible and remote working whilst in the UK.
• 5% employer contribution to pension after probationary period.
• 25 days per year FTE paid holidays, plus bank holidays in England and Wales
*Please note KHT is willing to consider a Part-Time Position for the right candidate, and can be flexible with working days.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
LOCATION - Remote with travel required across the UK
Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding new role in 2024? Apply for the Learning and Development Manager role at homelessness charity Emmaus UK.
About Emmaus
Emmaus is a secular organisation supporting homeless and socially excluded people by providing a home for as it is needed, meaningful work in a social enterprise and a sense of belonging and community. There are currently 30 Emmaus communities in the UK stretching from Glasgow to Dover and Norfolk to South Wales, collectively supporting more than 850 people. There are also 3 Emmaus groups working towards the development of services in their areas. We understand that a home is more than just a roof over your head; it’s somewhere to belong, where you feel part of a community, and that’s what Emmaus offers.
About the role
We are seeking a Learning and Development Manager to work with the Director of Partnerships and Federation Development to develop an ambitious learning and development strategy for Emmaus UK.
As a hands-on Learning & Development Manager, you will play a critical role in developing the skills, knowledge, and capabilities of employees, companions, volunteers and trustees across the Emmaus Federation and within Emmaus UK.
Your primary focus will be on developing and delivering effective learning interventions, programs and initiatives that align with the goals of Emmaus and support the growth and development of its people.
You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the growth and development of employees, companions, volunteers and trustees, contributing to a positive learning culture, and supporting the overall success of the federation. Your role will involve supporting the development and delivery of strategic plans, programme design and implementation, stakeholder management, and continuous evaluation and improvement of learning initiatives.
This role is home-based, with some travel required across the UK.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for a high-performing Learning and Development Manager, with experience working in a learning and development role, including experience of delivering training in-person and online to a range of stakeholders.
The successful applicant will be able to deliver effective and engaging learning and development programmes and will have experience of identifying and analysing learning and development needs, developing relevant approaches and evaluating effectiveness, developing a strong culture of continuous improvement across Emmaus UK and the wider federation.
This is an exciting and rewarding role for someone who thrives working with different people and pursuing new opportunities.
What we offer
· £37,878 pro rata (based on a standard working week of 37.5 hours)
· Working hours: 5 days per week, Monday – Friday
· Contract: Permanent
· Pension: Stakeholder pension with employer contribution
· Annual leave: 25 days + Bank Holidays + 3 concessionary days leave
· Training & development: Individually tailored induction. Ongoing training and development
· Volunteering: 2 days allowance each year
· Employee assistance: 24/7 employee assistance scheme is available
· Flexible working: Options available, subject to the requirements of the role
· Life assurance: Death in service lump sum of 3 x salary
To apply
To apply for the role, please complete our application form and equal opportunities monitoring form and email us by 12pm on Friday 1st November 2024.
Please ensure you download the job pack and refer to the job description and person specification when completing your application form.
Those shortlisted will be invited to an interview conducted via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 13th November.
If you would like to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please email us.
Equal Opportunities
Emmaus UK provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. We are dedicated to an inclusive culture, and we strive to create a workplace where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristic, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together. We welcome applications from all individuals irrespective of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, marital status or parental responsibilities.
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for our roles, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed so that shortlisting is based solely upon the suitability of the candidate’s experience.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Please note that role will involve regular travel across the North East region and occasional travel across the UK.
We are seeking a Training & Engagement Manager to work across our portfolio of programmes, particularly focusing on Education in the North East of England and our Parental Engagement Programme. You will be creative, adaptable and proactive, with the ability to work remotely, autonomously and as part of a small team. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the education sector and awareness of parental engagement, including looked after children services, as well as excellent interpersonal skills, and a commitment to supporting families and young people.
Main Role & Responsibilities
As our Training & Engagement Manager, Parents & Education, you will be an active member of our programmes team and will work across our portfolio of programmes, with particular focus on the education and parental engagement programmes.
You will have responsibility for stakeholder engagement, developing relationships and promoting Ygam training in the North-East of England (Education) and nationally (Parents). You will recruit suitable delegates to workshops, working closely with a range of stakeholders from schools, youth organisations, children’s services to parents and carers.
You will also provide training both face to face and online and will be responsible for the delivery of our assured workshops and promoting the work of Ygam at conferences and events. You will work with organisations to collate case studies and evidence, supporting the programme's achievements and our overall impact.
Please submit your CV and covering letter by 12pm, Monday 4th November.
Your covering letter should include:
- Your motivations for applying to Ygam.
- How this role fits into your wider career plans.
- Any experience (professional, voluntary, lived, or other) relevant to this role in line with the criteria outlined in the person specification.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Our system keeps your personal information hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
Job Opportunity: Technical Project Manager
Thank you for your interest in joining the Sortition Foundation. We hope this document encourages and inspires you as you consider this opportunity.
Location: This is a home-based remote position open to applicants globally. We currently employ people based in Hungary, the UK and Australia and we value the diverse perspective that candidates from different geographies can bring to our team. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of location, and are committed to finding the best fit for our team.
Salary: We offer a competitive salary and benefits package that considers the cost of living in the country of employment. The UK salary for this role will be £50,608.89 per year (Band B) pro rata based on our Global Salary Scale adjusted for cost of living according to your location and paid in your local currency.
Benefits: We also offer 40 days of leave per year (including national holidays), an equipment and furniture allowance, two in-person team days per year, and much more.
Hours: 35 hours/week (we welcome applications from individuals interested in part-time work or job-sharing). We operate on a flexible schedule; you will work your hours whenever you’d like, whilst also accounting for in-time virtual meetings.
Contract length: 1 year fixed term contract, with possibility of extension, subject to funding availability and performance in the role
Reporting to: Director of Sortition Services
Management Responsibilities: None
Application deadline: 09.00am (UK time) 21 October 2024. Details of how to apply at the end of this job description.
About the organisation
The Sortition Foundation is a not-for-profit company that exists to transform politics and upgrade democracy. We recruit people from all walks of life for citizens’ assemblies in the UK, Australia, Europe, and around the world, with clients including national governments, local governments, cultural, technology and other organisations. The surplus generated from this work funds our campaigning for the institutionalisation of these assemblies at local and regional/national level. We are structured as a workers co-operative and our core values are to be caring, courageous and curious. We have a small and growing team across the UK and Australia and a subsidiary organisation, Sortition Europe, based in Hungary.
About the role
We’re looking for an experienced project manager interested in the deliberative democracy field to deliver selection and stratification services to clients, to enable randomly selected processes to take place at all levels of government & society. As a project manager, you will be responsible for ensuring a smooth journey for our clients and a high quality of service delivery.
Responsibilities
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Liaise with clients to manage selection and stratification services
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Co-ordinate the design, printing and postage of invitation materials, including the random selection of addresses for the invitations to be sent to
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Developing web-pages (using a CMS) for clients to enable registration for randomly selected events
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Developing spreadsheets and back-end processes to enable random selection for events
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Co-ordinating the confirmation of selected participants and replacing those who drop out
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Preparing reports for clients
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Working closely with other members of the delivery team to support each other
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Keeping abreast of best practice in sortition and deliberative democracy
Essential skills and experience
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Experience in managing projects independently
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Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, facilitating clear and effective exchanges
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Expertise in spreadsheets, including advanced functions and formulas
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Technical fluency in simple coding in any of the following: python, javascript, Google Apps script, and HTML/CSS
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Ability to understand demographics and statistics and large data sets
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An ability to self-start, work flexibly and on your own initiative
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An ability to demonstrate a commitment to the values of the Sortition Foundation that guide our goals: Collective Wisdom and Social Justice.
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An ability to demonstrate a commitment to the values of the Sortition Foundation that guide our culture: Curious, Caring and Courageous.
Desirable Skills:
Optionally, there are some additional skill sets that we would be interested in identifying in applicants, but which do not form the core part of the project manager role and are therefore not essential:
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An understanding of sortition and deliberative democracy
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Technical skills in software systems development and maintenance and experience with NationBuilder (liquid, and templates)
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Ability to strategically expand and leverage networks to benefit the organisation and advance business objectives
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Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders, clients, and industry peers
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Attend conferences and networking events
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Business development and sales
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Write papers and give talks at conferences and events
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues efficiently
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Experience with integrating coding solutions and spreadsheet tools to streamline workflows and enhance productivity
The successful candidate will be highly organised, self-motivated and independent; everyone works from home with substantial freedom to choose their own hours.
Benefits:
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Holiday allowance: 40 days of annual leave including public holidays (pro rata)
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Flexible Working: Flexible hours and the option to work remotely
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Pension Contributions: 3% employer contribution to your pension (if you’re UK-based)
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Sick Leave: 20 days of sick leave per year (pro rata)
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Social Events: Regular social events and in-person gatherings
To apply, please email your CV and a short covering letter with the subject line, “Technical Project Manager Application.” The closing date for all applications is 09.00am 21 October 2024 (UK time). If you require additional time, please contact us by 14 October 2024 at the above email address and we will do our best to accommodate.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process. If you would like to request any adjustments, please contact us. We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.
If you would like to discuss the role or have any questions, please do email us.
Our intention is to hold interviews (virtually) on 5 and 6 November 2024. We will share the questions with you two days prior to your interview. Should you be offered the role, we will ask for two references from you.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other categories protected by law.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
- Job Title: Marketing Manager
- Location: Remote
- Salary: £39,000
- Permanent, 35 hours per week x 52 weeks per year.
You will:
- Raise awareness of Headway services amongst brain injury survivors, their carers and family members thereby increasing demand for our support.
- Drive engagement and support from stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, politicians, celebrities, grant-making bodies, and prospective fundraisers / donors.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
- Lead the review and development of the Headway brand
- Develop and launch campaigns to raise the profile and reputation of Headway
- Implement campaigns that meet organisational need such as promotion of services, recruitment of volunteers or a shop donation appeal.
- Create and disseminate promotional materials such as an impact report as well as leaflets, flyers, posters and digital assets relating to Headway services.
- Oversee the production of videos, testimonials, and photography for use in promotion of Headway and its services.
- Develop and implement brand guidelines to include visual and tone of voice guidance
- Ensure brand consistency of all Headway materials
ABOUT YOU
We’re open-minded & welcome all applicants who believe they can succeed. Though ideally, you will:
- Have experience in creating and implementing successful marketing campaigns, ideally within the nonprofit sector.
- Have a highly collaborative working style, fostering teamwork and cross-functional cooperation.
- Expertise in developing strategic marketing initiatives that align with organisational goals.
- Strong skills in data analysis and reporting to measure campaign performance and inform decision-making.
- Excellent organisational abilities, with a track record of managing multiple projects and meeting deadlines efficiently.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, ensuring clear, effective messaging across all channels.
- Skilled at tailoring content for diverse audiences while maintaining consistency in the brand’s tone of voice and key messaging.
BENEFITS
As a staff member at Headway - the brain injury association you’ll have access the following range of benefits;
Financial Security
- Competitive Salaries
- Pension - You’ll be automatically be enrolled into the People’s Pension with Headway contributing between 3 – 6%
- Occupational Sick Pay Scheme – Increasing with length of service.
- Death in Service Benefit - You’ll have the security of knowing if anything happens to you your loved ones will be provided for
Flexible Working
- Remote working – For the majority of our roles we can facilitate fully remote or hybrid working.
- We understand that a healthy work-life balance is essential for our team to thrive. Headway - the brain injury association offers flexible working arrangements, promoting well-being and ensuring you can take care of yourself while you care for others.
Wellbeing
- You’ll benefit from a fully comprehensive 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme including access to counselling services.
- Eye Test Vouchers
- Mental Health First Aiders
Holidays and leave
- You’ll get 25 days leave incrementally increasing to 30 days based on service plus Bank Holidays.
Benefits
- You’ll have access to a range of shopping and lifestyle benefits and discounts through our IMHR Plus Privilege membership.
ABOUT US
Headway - the brain injury association plays a pivotal role in supporting individuals and families affected by brain injuries. Our comprehensive services encompass rehabilitation, counselling, and practical assistance to help survivors regain independence and improve their quality of life. Headway - the brain injury association is at the forefront of raising awareness about the challenges faced by those with brain injuries and advocates for their rights, ensuring they receive the care and understanding they deserve. Through a combination of educational initiatives, community outreach, and personalised support, Headway - the brain injury association strives to rebuild lives, offering a lifeline to those navigating the complexities of brain injury recovery.
Embark on a fulfilling career with Headway - the brain injury association and join our compassionate team and contribute to our mission of rebuilding lives after brain injury. Make a meaningful impact with Headway - the brain injury association, where every role plays a crucial part in empowering those on the path to recovery.
SAFEGUARDING
At Headway UK we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow best practice as set out within the Care Act 2014. All successful applicants will be subject to safer recruiting procedures and will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks including a DBS check and two satisfactory references.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
We recognise, value and champion diversity and inclusion. We want to ensure are staff population reflect the diverse service users that we support. For us diversity and inclusion is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. Inclusion means providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.
We are also committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee.
Thank you for your interest in Headway - the brain injury association and we look forward to getting to know you!
Next steps
- Closing date: 28th October 2024
- Shortlisting date: 29th & 30th October 2024
- Interview: 7th and 8th November 2024
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The Role
As the Digital Marketing Manager, you will lead the strategic planning, execution, and optimisation of multi-channel digital marketing campaigns that drive impactful results for our charity partners. This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on management, ensuring that both day-to-day tactical tasks and long-term strategic goals are met.
You will be responsible for managing paid social campaigns across platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X (Twitter) and more. This includes overseeing campaign performance, client communications, and ensuring that our campaigns deliver a strong return on ad spend (ROAS).
You will collaborate closely with internal teams to build, deliver, and refine sector-leading digital marketing campaigns that maximise income for our clients.
Background
Social Mind are experts at using social fundraising to drive income and engagement. From product innovation, journey design and campaign builds to virtual event management, we support charities in delivering successful campaigns at scale.
Our fundraising platform, Social Sync, aims to revolutionise the sector with integrated digital fundraising campaigns, and behavioural omni-channel supporter journeys.
We empower charities to raise more money with integrated multi-platform fundraising, drive supporter acquisition and build stronger relationships with sophisticated, personal journeys unlocking supporter potential with meaningful insights.
Key Responsibilities
Marketing Strategy
- Campaign Development: Oversee the development of multichannel paid social media marketing campaigns with the objective of providing our clients the best possible return on ad spend.
- Strategy refinement and innovation: Responsible for the refinement of the paid marketing strategies offered to our charity partners. Leading on testing new platform, audience and creative approaches which significantly improve outcomes.
- Industry Leadership: Understand and influence industry trends and standards, ensuring that Social Mind remains a leader in digital marketing innovation for the charity sector
Campaign Delivery
- Production: Oversee and support the production of marketing campaign resources such as copy and media ensuring the final execution meets our charity partners brand requirements and delivers the best possible results.
- Media Buying and Search Engine Optimisation: Oversee and support the delivery of paid social media campaigns with significant budgets working across a variety of channels including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X (Twitter), and more. Develop and execute SEO strategies.
- Campaign Optimisation: Continuously monitor campaign KPIs, adjusting strategies as needed to maximise ROAS and campaign effectiveness.
Team Leadership and Development
- Mentorship and Team Support: Mentor and develop team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement in digital marketing practices. Lead on recruitment and resource management of both permanent staff and freelance contributors to build a strong marketing team capable of delivering exceptional results.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams including Customer Success, Stewardship, Supporter Journeys and Product to ensure cohesive and successful campaign delivery.
- Client Side Subject Matter Expert: Work closely with Customer Success team to provide client communications and to attend client meetings in capacity of subject matter expert on digital campaign strategy and optimisation.
What You Will Do
- Proactively Lead Industry Innovation: Continuously scan the horizon for emerging trends and advancements in digital marketing, ensuring Social Mind not only stays ahead of industry shifts but also actively influences and shapes future standards in the charity sector.
- Lead Paid Social Campaigns and SEO: Oversee the end-to-end management of multi-channel paid social campaigns across platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X (Twitter) ensuring effective execution and optimisation for maximum return on ad spend.
- Drive Campaign Innovation: Implement innovative strategies to continuously improve campaign performance, adopting a test-and-learn approach to optimise ads, targeting, and creative assets.
- Creative Design: Be accountable for creative design and managing the required resource to deliver against multiple concurrent projects with competing deadline making decisions on when to outsource to support internal team.
- Analyse and Report Campaign Performance: Use analytics to track, measure, and report on the success of campaigns, providing insights and recommendations for improvement.
- Develop Team Expertise: Mentor and support your team, fostering a progressive culture of development in digital marketing practices, creative design, and data-driven decision-making.
Skills and Knowledge
- Paid Media and SEO Expertise: Significant hands-on experience in planning, executing, and optimising PPC and paid social campaigns, preferably within a digital agency or charity environment.
- Analytical Proficiency: Strong analytical skills with experience in using tools like Google Analytics to track, report, and optimise campaign performance.
- Digital Marketing Landscape: A thorough understanding of the digital marketing landscape, including experience across multiple platforms.
- Attention to Detail: Outstanding written skills with a keen eye for detail, ensuring error-free communication and reporting.
- Project Management: Proven track record of managing multiple projects or accounts concurrently while maintaining high standards of work.
- Innovative Thinking: Ability to identify and implement new digital marketing strategies, driving continuous improvement and staying ahead of industry trends.
Equal Opportunities Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer and believe in the power of a diverse, inclusive team.
We welcome all applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of race, sex, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation or age.
Please let us know if you require anything which would enable your success throughout our interview process.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship and you must be able to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Fundraising Manager to join our small and dynamic team during an exciting period of growth for the organisation. This newly created role will be crucial role in developing and implementing fundraising strategies to support our mission and ensure the financial sustainability of the Charity. It will include identifying new funding opportunities as well as producing several initiatives including building our regular donors, corporate partnerships and legacy campaigns.
We are looking for someone ambitious and creative with a positive attitude, happy to roll their sleeves up and get involved to enable us to achieve our goals.
This senior role will be part of our communications and fundraising team reporting to the Marketing Director and managing one member of staff initially.
This position offers an exciting opportunity for someone who is driven, innovative, and committed to making a positive impact across Neuroendocrine Cancer UK (NCUK).
To support and inform patients and families from diagnosis, enabling access to the best care and treatment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Brightside
Brightside is on a mission to help young people make confident and informed decisions about their future. For over 20 years, we’ve used technology to connect young people facing barriers with inspiring mentors. We deliver online mentoring programmes in collaboration with schools, universities, businesses and charities to provide young people with access to networks, online career information and high-quality mentoring. Read our latest impact report here.
Role overview
The Senior Programme Manager will lead our delivery team and work closely with the Partnership Manager to ensure that we’re designing and delivering mentoring projects that meet our partner objectives. The postholder will line-manage key staff in the delivery team, delegate programme activity and oversee quality across our portfolio. The postholder will be accountable for engagement across our portfolio and for ensuring we meet targets and key performance indicators set by our partners for project outcomes.
The postholder will also lead the delivery of Brightside Mentoring, our London based mentoring project that’s currently funded until 31 December 2025. This will involve leading the ongoing design of the project as we learn from each cohort, recruiting young people to take part from across our London networks and reporting to the funder on project progress. Our ideal candidate will therefore be based in or around London, as frequent travel will be required.
Responsible for (our partner portfolio)
- Overseeing project deliverables across our portfolio, ensuring tasks are delegated across the team and that deadlines are met
- Chairing weekly delivery team meetings to stay on top of project launches, delivery updates and upcoming evaluations
- Ensuring that roles and responsibilities for project delivery are clear across the delivery team
- Collaborating with the Partnership Manager to manage our approach to risk across the portfolio
- Collaborating with the Data and Insight Manager to ensure recommendations and learning are embedded into future projects
- Monitoring quality in our project delivery, and developing systems to do this efficiently
- Managing our training calendar, ensuring that mentor and mentee training sessions are staffed as required
- Overseeing our training content, reviewing as necessary
- Acting as an escalation point for challenges that may arise in projects
- Acting as an escalation point for any safeguarding concerns
- Providing monthly reports to the Senior Leadership Team on progress with strategic programmes and the portfolio
- Proof reading end of programme evaluation reports
Responsible for (Brightside Mentoring)
- Acting as Programme Lead for Brightside Mentoring, our London-based mentoring project (currently funded until December 2025)
- Leading the programme design process, embedding learning from previous cohorts and addressing previous challenges through innovation
- Working closely with the Partnership Manager to lead mentee recruitment, ensuring that we’re reaching young people and getting them onto the project
- Attending recruitment events across London, working with contacts in and beyond our network to recruit young people
- Delegating tasks across the delivery team
- Working with the Interim Head of Innovation to recruit volunteers
- Ensuring that all volunteers are trained and DBS-checked before participating
Accountable for
- Engagement across our portfolio – monitoring participation of mentors and mentees, identifying success, challenges and developing strategies to improve engagement
- Programme management processes – ensuring we implement robust programme management processes that lead to success, with clear workflows for the team to follow
- Programme records – ensuring that the delivery team keep accurate records of meetings, updates and learning
- Participant conversion – ensuring that as many young people as possible fully participate in programmes after they sign-up
Team working
- You will be line managed by the Interim Head of Innovation
- You will line manage a Programme Manager and the Data and Insight Manager
- You will lead the delivery team and chair weekly team meetings
- You will work closely with the Interim Head of Innovation and Partnership Manager to lead the Programmes Team
Essential criteria
To be successful in this role, you should:
- Be strongly aligned with our mission
- Embrace Brightside’s values and contribute to a positive staff culture
- Understand the challenges faced by young people in education and careers
- Demonstrate a significant track record in programme management
- Be confident in delegation
- Have significant experience in making data-driven decisions (using insights to inform programme design)
- Have a strong track record in leadership and team coordination
- Have experience of line management
- Be able to build strong relationships and collaborate well with others
- Have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Be able to work to tight deadlines and manage competing priorities
Desirable criteria
We are especially interested in candidates who:
- Have experience using Salesforce or other CRM software
- Have experience of using project management software such as Monday .com for tracking deliverables
A DBS check at the enhanced level will be required for successful applicants
Your development
You will be supported and challenged in this role. All staff can get involved in activities across the organisation. We are committed to the learning and development of staff and your line manager will work with you to create a personal development plan to support your growth and career progression.
We’re committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can be themselves and succeed in the workplace and beyond. Our culture is inclusive and supportive to staff from all backgrounds, and we provide flexible policies to cater for the differing needs of all staff.
Salary and benefits
Salary: £35,900- £38,900
Contract: Fixed term (ending 31 December 2025)
Hours of work: 37.5 hours a week (full-time)
Holiday allowance: 25 days
Other benefits include:
- Three days additional leave between Christmas and New Year
- Three days of volunteering leave
- Tenancy deposit loan scheme
- Up to one month ‘work from anywhere’ policy
- Employer pension contributions
- Flexible working hours
- Regular staff socials
- Option to buy up to five additional days of annual leave
Application instructions
- Submit an answer via CharityJob to the following question: ‘Describe a successful programme you managed. What strategies or actions did you take that contributed to its success?’
- Submit a one-page cover letter, outlining how you meet the role’s essential criteria
- Submit your CV
Applications must be submitted by 8am on Monday 21 October
Applications without a cover letter will not be considered
Successful applicants will be invited to first interviews from the week commencing 28 October
Successful applicants from the first interview will be invited to a second interview on the week commencing 4 November. The second interview will include a presentation and/or task.
Our mission is to help young people make confident and informed decisions about their future
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Organisation:
The Just Finance Foundation (JFF) seeks to create a financially resilient nation where every individual has equal opportunity to thrive. JFF works with schools, communities, the banking sector, policy makers and regulators, to equip the people who families trust with the confidence, knowledge, and inspiration to educate the next generation and build financially capable communities. The Education team’s focus is currently developing and promoting financial literacy tools for primary schools to help children and their families learn about money.
The Role:
We are looking to support our small but ambitious organisation with a part-time Impact and Insights Manager. This new role will implement positive systems to allow feedback and learnings to be shared and incorporated into ongoing programme development.
As the Impact and Insights Manager, you will work with the Head of Financial Education to refine and improve the overall approach to JFF’s impact management processes and outcomes framework. This will begin with developing a specific M&E and content gathering approach to our current work in schools. Using our recently developed Theory of Change framework, you will build and oversee our strategic path to effectively gathering impact data and insights. From there, you will work to broaden this approach to support the goals of the organisation by designing, planning for and implementing the means by which long term outcomes are measured.
The Person:
What we’re looking for:
- A proactive self-starter who thrives in an environment that rewards self-direction while working to achieve set targets and outcomes.
- A detail-oriented planner who is keen to work out the “how” and not just the “what” of how impact data will be gathered, and insights will be analysed.
- An experienced data enthusiast who values the process of effective gathering, analysing, and storing of data and regularly seeks ways to improve data approaches.
- A creative innovator keen to use our Theory of Change to design an M&E approach and methodologies along with any supporting resources required.
- A strategic leader who is excited to initiate an impact driven approach across the staff team, with the full support of the leadership team.
What We Can Offer You:
The Financial Education team is at the forefront of Financial Education in the UK. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced and innovative professional to make a significant contribution to the future wellbeing of our children and communities. This role will allow you to clearly demonstrate and evidence your ability to create, drive, and deliver on strategy within an M&E context. You will be empowered in your work by a leadership team that is keen to move towards a more data driven environment and a delivery team that are supportive, friendly, and determined to make a difference.
To Apply: Please see the full Job and Person Descriptions attached. Send your CV and a cover letter of no more than 1.5 pages no later than 9am Monday 21st October. If you have any questions or wish to discuss the role further, please do not hesitate to contact us by email to arrange an informal chat with the Head of Financial Education.
Potential Applicants: If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience, we’d still love to hear from you. We don’t expect everyone to meet all the criteria listed.
Job description
Pride Cymru is a registered charity made up of a large core group of volunteers with a small team of p/t members of staff. We work all year round to challenge homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and to promote equality and inclusivity for all. We are most known for our annual Pride festival but we also run a number of exciting projects throughout the year in areas relating to sport, sexual health and LGBTQ+ history.
We are looking for a Social Media & Content Creation officer to oversee Pride Cymru’s current social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn). The role will involve planning, designing and creating high quality digital content, engaging with audiences and keeping up with social media trends.
This role will involve actively working with both our volunteer core team and our part time members of staff to ensure that all areas of our work are fully represented across our social media channels.
Main responsibilities include:-
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Creating social media schedules for each month
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Working with the team to create and schedule social media content in advance ensuring it is accessible and bilingual wherever possible.
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Ensuring content is varied, relevant and creative - it should include =
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Promoting the work the charity does all year round
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Promoting the annual Pride Cymru event
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Support services and information relevant to the LGBT+ community
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Supporting post’s from partner organisations & community groups
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General engaging LGBT+ content - news articles, photos, videos
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Fundraising opportunities for our followers
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Respond to enquiries/messages on social media platforms and follow up on any actions or signpost when possible
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Monitor commenting on posts for any discriminatory or hateful language and hide/block/report when necessary
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Grow audience and engagement across platforms and look towards a presence on new platforms.
Essential -
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Experience or knowledge of social media marketing, content creation.
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Excellent written skills and attention to detail
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Well organised
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The ability to work reactively, sometimes to very tight deadlines.
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Well-motivated and able to work alone or as part of a team
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Committed to promoting equality and inclusion
We are particularly keen to recruit individuals to improve the range of representation on our team, to help us drive forward the vision of Pride Cymru over the coming years. We welcome all applications but would particularly like to hear from underrepresented groups such as members of the QTIBPOC community, trans and non-binary people. Allies are welcome to apply as well as those within the LGBTQ+ community itself.
We are a flexible working organisation
Fixed term contract until December 2025
Hybrid working role - we have an office in Cardiff city centre.
If you think this sounds like the role for you please send us your CV and tell us what makes you the person for the role.
Welsh language version availiable on attached document
We are a Welsh volunteer-led charity that works to promote the elimination of discrimination be it on the grounds of sexual orientation and/or gender.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Title: Strategic Campaigns Manager
Team: Supporter Experience & Engagement
Location: Hybrid (split between home-working and one of our offices - based in London, Cardiff or Edinburgh)
Salary on appointment: £41,400 - £45,540 per annum*
*This role sits within a pay grade with a pay range of £41,400 to £62,100. The salary on appointment will be set at the lower end of the pay range, to a maximum of 10% above the base salary, depending on the candidate's skills and experience. This approach aims to ensure fair compensation for new hires while maintaining alignment with the structured pay scale for the role.
It’s an exciting time to join the Ramblers as we have recently refreshed our strategy to support the delivery of our long-term ambitions.
We need your drive, knowledge, skills, and creativity to help us raise awareness of the Ramblers and what we stand for, enabling the charity to grow its supporter base and open up the joys and wellbeing benefits of walking to many more people.
About us
The Ramblers is Britain’s walking charity. We open the way so everyone can enjoy the benefits of walking.
It’s easy to think everyone has the same opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. But look a little deeper and you’ll find lots of barriers standing in the way. So we’re continuing to fight for change. We campaign for the public’s right to enjoy the outdoors, protect paths, build skills and offer different ways to get out walking in nature.
Our programmes have a big impact in local communities: Ramblers Wellbeing Walks help people take the first step to a healthier happier lifestyle, and the Ramblers Out There Award gives young adults aged 18–26 the opportunity to kickstart their journey into the outdoors.
Through our refreshed strategy, we’ll build on this experience and grow our impact through activities that prioritise the needs of communities who have the least access and face the most barriers walking outside in nature.
Purpose of Role
The Strategic Campaigns Manager will lead the development and execution of impactful campaigns to elevate Ramblers' profile, political influence, and engagement across England, Scotland, and Wales. Working closely with Directors, Policy & Public Affairs Managers, and the Communications team, this role is pivotal in advancing our advocacy goals and expanding supporter engagement.
The role will position Ramblers as the foremost authority on walking and access and a respected political influencer.
This position plays a crucial role in influencing public perception and achieving business outcomes through strategic communication and marketing efforts. The role holder will focus on developing campaigns that unite issues that affect the whole of GB turning political advocacy into engaging and powerful campaigns. They will also support the broader communications team to implement locally focused advocacy and public affairs campaigns for England, Scotland or Wales where appropriate
Key responsibilities
Campaign strategy development:
- Design and execute integrated strategic campaigns that support our shared public affairs objectives across England, Scotland & Wales to deliver meaningful impact against a common change agenda
- In collaboration with colleagues, identify key issues and opportunities for advocacy, fundraising, and membership growth including where appropriate commissioning research that will create campaign engagement by addressing evidence gaps and opportunities
Campaign management:
- Work closely with the broader communications team to develop strategically aligned messaging and campaign assets and to deliver these across owned, earned and (where relevant) paid channels.
- Lead on the creation of compelling campaign assets (e.g. reports, polls, toolkits) to ensure our message reaches a wide audience.
- Project manage campaigns including managing timeframes and budgets, mobilising other teams, seeking collaboration opportunities with external partners, setting and measuring KPIs
Cross-functional collaboration:
- Work closely with membership, and fundraising teams to integrate campaign efforts. Support Policy & Public Affairs colleagues to develop impactful policy briefings, position papers and fact sheets.
- Support the broader communications team to implement strategically aligned locally focused advocacy and public affairs campaigns for England, Scotland or Wales where appropriate
- Collaborate with volunteers, supporters, and stakeholders to amplify campaign reach and impact.
Data analysis and reporting:
- Monitor and analyse campaign performance using key metrics and data insights.
- Prepare detailed reports and recommendations to inform future campaigns and strategies.
Advocacy and public relations:
- As required and agreed with colleagues, represent the Ramblers in public forums, media, and with key stakeholders to advance campaign objectives.
Budget management:
- Manage campaign budgets, ensuring cost-effective use of resources and adherence to financial guidelines.
- Track expenditures and report on budgetary outcomes.
Innovation and improvement:
- Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to continuously enhance campaign effectiveness.
- Implement feedback and lessons learned to refine and improve campaign strategies.
Other
- Undertake such other duties as may be required of the post.
- Engage and proactively develop excellent working relationships across the organisation.
This job description will be reviewed in conjunction with the postholder to ensure successful delivery of our goals.
The Person
Knowledge and Experience
- Ability to develop and implement effective campaign strategies aligned with organisational goals.
- Proven experience in managing and executing successful paid and no cost/low-cost campaigns, preferably within a non-profit or advocacy/campaigning organization.
- Strong skills in creating engaging content across various media platforms.
- Proficiency in analysing campaign performance data and deriving actionable insights.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective stakeholder engagement and public relations.
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and external partners.
- Strong organisational skills with experience in managing multiple projects and deadlines.
- Experience in managing budgets and financial planning for campaigns.
- Experience of working with the media to support campaign objectives.
- Good knowledge of the workings of national, local and devolved governments
- Experience of working with volunteers in a policy and advocacy context
Personal Attributes
- Interest in walking and engaging people with the outdoors.
- Committed to the principles of inclusion and enabling everyone to feel welcome in the outdoors.
- Resilient with the ability to work under pressure and to tight and competing deadlines.
- Flexible and able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
- Drive to do a great job and to keep delivering stronger results.
The Ramblers promote diversity and welcome applications from all section of the community.
Values and Behaviours
Our values are the core principles that guide us daily in our work and our membership of the Ramblers. We all share the passion that walking is for everyone and by living our shared values we can ensure the Ramblers is an organisation to be proud of. Our values will earn trust for the Ramblers brand which will allow us to open up a world of walking opportunities for even more people.
Inclusive – We make everyone feel welcome and part of the Ramblers community. We make sure we all feel respected and accepted and know our contributions make a difference in achieving our mission.
Inspiring – We strive to inspire people through the way we act and the things we say. We channel our passion and ambition so others are moved to help us achieve our mission.
Empowering – We empower and encourage each other to make a positive contribution to our teams and the Ramblers. We do all we can to make sure everyone has the ability, and feels confident, to take action.
Responsible – We take responsibility for ourselves and those around us seriously, by always acting in a safe and supportive way. We care about the environment and make sure we do what we say we will do.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.