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Age UK is currently looking for a dynamic campaigner to mobilise our campaigns community and help change how we age. You will have fantastic organisational and project management skills, with an understanding of advocacy and campaigning (online and offline).
You will also have the creativity and communication skills to help us achieve important change working with and for older people on key issues such as poverty and access to health and social care. Find out more about the role below and apply to join our collaborative and passionate External Affairs Team.
This role is permanent and offered on a Hybrid / London contract. There is a requirement to be in the office at least once a month . There will also be occasional travel to support at events across the country.
Age UK Internal Job Grade - 7L
Must haves:
* Excellent project management skills.
* Experience of organising events.
* Excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Experience of writing persuasive communications to engage a range of supporters online and offline.
* Understanding of political processes and key decision-making environments, including the UK Parliament.
* Ability to manage a complex workload, set priorities and meet tight deadlines.
* Good interpersonal skills and ability to develop and sustain professional working relationships. Ability to be proactive and flexible, and to identify new opportunities.
* Strong interest in creating change and passion for social justice.
Great to haves:
* Knowledge and experience of campaigning both online and offline.
* Some knowledge of the issues affecting people in later life.
* Experience using Engaging Networks or other campaigning platform.
What we offer in return
- Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
- Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
- Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
- Blue Light Card Scheme
- You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
Requirement to be in the office at least once a month and to be available to support meetings and events in London when required. There is a requirement to travel and occasionally to stay overnight (e.g. running events in different parts of the country, party conferences or filming storytellers in different parts of the country); some out of hours working (e.g. occasional evening Parliamentary events).
All CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. Please note that our system is unable to anonymise cover letters, and we would therefore ask that to support the work we are doing on making our recruitment selection process fairer and more unbiased, that you remove any personal information from your cover letter/supporting statement, including your name before uploading this. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview.
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please note that on occasion, due to high numbers of applications, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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Job Title: Graphic Designer
Reports to: Director of Policy & Engagement
Line reports:None
Contract terms: 21 hours over three days, one of which should be Thursday
Salary: £26,836 (£44,727 FTE)
Location:London-based, with hybrid working
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists is a membership organisation and the voice of the profession, with 4,500 members in the UK and overseas. Our role is to champion the specialty, set standards of training and practice, and influence change to make a difference to the lives of patients with eye conditions.
Job purpose
Part of the Policy and Engagement department, the Graphic Designer is responsible for developing engaging visual content, including digital and print media and merchandising, to help deliver the College’s strategy and operational plan. This newly created position is an exciting opportunity for a creative and skilled designer to play a pivotal role in strengthening the College’s visual brand identity – ensuring greater professionalism, accessibility and consistency in all our communications and outputs.
Main responsibilities
Brand management
- Sharpen the College’s visual identity to help us achieve our strategic aims and build stronger connections with our audiences.
- Develop, champion and ensure compliance with guidelines and templates (Canva, Excel, InDesign, PowerPoint and Word) to clarify our brand architecture and foster brand consistency.
- Ensure that all designs adhere to accessibility standards and are inclusive
Design execution
- Work closely with colleagues across the organisation to deliver creative solutions that meet our business needs, including inputting to our forthcoming website redevelopment project.
- Design high-quality digital and print materials, including but not limited to branded collateral, case studies, certificates, course materials, infographics, merchandise, promotional materials, newsletter/email templates, position statements, presentations, reports, social media posts, videos, wall art and website content.
- Redesign and typeset College News, our quarterly membership magazine.
Content ideation
- Create fresh and innovative design concepts to engage our audiences.
- Keep up to date on design trends, tools and best practice, incorporating these as appropriate to enhance the College’s visual appeal.
Other
- Manage multiple design projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery.
- Liaise with external suppliers to ensure the production of high-quality print materials.
- Update the College’s photo library, acting as a key point of contact for staff across the organisation.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the College.
- Work outside normal hours as necessary to support the delivery of key organisational events.
Inclusion and diversity statement
The College is committed to encouraging inclusion, equity and diversity among our staff, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation by complying with the Equality Act 2010. We want a working environment where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued. To do this, we will proactively tackle discrimination and disadvantage and ensure that no individual or group is directly or indirectly discriminated against for any reason. We expect all employees to champion and live our values through their work at every opportunity.
Our values
Inclusion
- actively welcoming a diversity of experiences and perspectives
- everyone being respected and encouraged to participate regardless of their background or role
Integrity
- being open and honest, demonstrating accountability in all its work
- evidenced-based and transparent decision-making, utilising a range of data, information, expertise and experience
Innovation
- creating novel opportunities to advance and deliver on its aims, anticipating changing circumstances
- actively welcoming fresh ideas and approaches
- fostering a climate of ambition and excellence drawing on expertise from across the College’s communities
Improvement
- being a learning organisation, reflecting on both successes and mistakes
- continuous and sustainable development across all its activities
Person specification
Knowledge, qualifications and experience
- University degree or professional qualification in graphic design or similar
- Significant experience of designing high-quality digital and print outputs, including animations/videos, e-newsletter and social media content, magazines/publications, and marketing collateral
- Excellent proficiency in using graphic design and video editing platforms and tools, particularly the Adobe Creative suite
- Solid experience of Excel, InDesign, PowerPoint and Word template development
- Experience of overseeing brand consistency and acting as a brand steward
- Working knowledge of accessible and inclusive design best practice
- Knowledge of emerging design trends
Skills and abilities
- Ability to generate original ideas, take initiative and problem solve
- Demonstrable ability to translate complex information into visual products
- First-rate layout skills
- Outstanding attention to detail and solid design proofing skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Good communication skills
- Adaptability and an ability to work well under pressure and manage often conflicting demands within tight timeframes
Personal qualities (attributes)
- Natural curiosity and creative flair
- Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and understanding of how this applies to own area of work
- Commitment to own continuing professional development
- A positive, ‘can do’ attitude and a matter-of-fact approach when ideas or designs are rejected
Staff benefits
We offer a friendly and supportive working environment and make sure our employees are well looked after with a great benefits package, which includes:
Work life balance and family friendly benefits
- Hybrid working: two days in the office (one of which is Thursday), and three from home
- 25 days of annual leave, increasing to 30 days with length of service (plus bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year)
- One day of paid leave to move house
- Enhanced parental leave
Planning for your future
- Employer pension contributions up to a maximum of 12%.
Career development
- All staff are offered opportunities for learning and development, in addition to a comprehensive e-learning package
- Study loans
Travel
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
Wellbeing
- Summer Fridays (staff can finish 90 minutes early from mid-July to the end of August
- Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme (with access to free counselling sessions)
- Health Cash Plan
How to apply
Please submit your CV (maximum two pages), cover letter (maximum one page) and a link to a portfolio demonstrating digital and print design projects. The cover letter must explain what makes you suitable for the role. Please use the job description for reference.
Interviews will be held at our office in Euston, the week commencing 3 February 2025. Please indicate if you are likely to need any reasonable adjustments to successfully complete this interview.
Applicants must already have the right to work within the UK without restriction. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
The closing date for applications is 23 January 2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Media Trust Films
Media Trust Films bridges the gap between charities and filmmakers, creating powerful films that amplify the impact of grassroots organisations by leveraging the expertise of our talented directors, many with lived experience of the causes they’re supporting.
We carefully match charities with experienced volunteer filmmakers who produce and direct short films about their designated charity’s work and impact. Media Trust oversees the production, guiding and supporting the charities and filmmakers as needed.
We also provide training for charities on the filmmaking process and distribution strategies for their finished film, as well as training for filmmakers on intersectional story-telling and working with people with lived experience.
Many of our films have been recognised for their creativity and high production values at the Creative Circle Awards, Smiley Charity Film Awards, Big Syn Sustainability Film Awards and Third Sector Awards.
This year, Media Trust Films made over 40 short films for charities supported by City Bridge Foundation, Crucible Foundation, John Lyons Charity, The Mercers' Company and Santander Foundation.
For charities that are not supported by one of the funders that we work with, we also make Commissioned Films for charities who have budget to make a film.
About the Role
We’re looking to recruit a Project Coordinator to join our award-winning Media Trust Films’ team. You will work closely with the Head of Media Trust Films and our team of Executive Producers and provide them with vital logistical and administrative support, ensuring all our projects are on track.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about supporting charities to drive social change, who loves storytelling through film, revels in being part of a busy team and takes pride in being well-organised and detail-oriented.
Place of work: Remote, with semi-regular travel to Central London for events and meetings (once or twice a month)
Key responsibilities
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Support the setting up of each film scheme by helping with charity research, processing charity and director enquiries and applications, helping with charity and director outreach, and supporting the team with diary and meeting management
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Provide vital logistical and administrative support for the team
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Create and maintain production schedules using our project management systems
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Ensure all programme and participant data is up to date and logged in our CRM system
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Support the monitoring and evaluation of programmes through online feedback surveys, data collation and analysis, and writing impact reports
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Support with financial administration including processing invoices and budget tracking
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Collect and file release forms, video files and production paperwork
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Support the marketing and promotion of the films
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Facilitate electronic deliveries of materials to the charities
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Ship equipment or data drives to directors and charities
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Help the team provide solutions to accessibility issues and any barriers for participants
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Assist with any other duties as may be required on an ad hoc basis.
What we are looking for in you
Essential
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Effective project management (planning, organisational and administration) skills with the ability to prioritise and manage deadlines and work across multiple workstreams at the same time
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Excellent problem solving and time management skills
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Experience in data management and maintaining databases and spreadsheets
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Keen attention to detail
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Experience in requesting quotes from, and negotiating with, suppliers
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Commitment to equal opportunities and the values of Media Trust
Desirable
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Knowledge and experience of using Microsoft 365, Eventbrite, Survey Monkey and Salesforce
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A basic knowledge of filmmaking: understanding the process and needs of filmmakers
The above job description is a guide to the work you may be required to undertake but does not form part of your contract of employment and may change from time to time to reflect changing circumstances.
Working at Media Trust
Media Trust is an ambitious charity, full of passionate people. We are a small and dynamic team that works collaboratively and supports each other in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for motivated, agile and value-driven people to join our team. In return we offer:
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Remote working
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30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
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Flexible hours, to be agreed with line manager
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Pension contributions
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2 volunteer days each year
Flexible Working at Media Trust
Media Trust values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen). One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available, such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility and equipment or other support you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.
About Media Trust
At Media Trust, we believe it’s by giving everyone an equal voice that we’ll get to a more equal society. That’s why we work with charities to strengthen their storytelling, advocacy and campaigning, press engagement and social media. We do this through media, communications and digital skills training delivered with our media and creative industry partners and by matching charities looking for content creation and other communications support with media industry volunteers looking to give back. At the same time, our programmes for under-represented talent are giving young and diverse talent the creative media skills, access and mentoring to break into the media.
For more information about Media Trust’s work, see our 2023 Impact Report.
Please include a CV and covering letter (max 2 pages) headed “Media Trust Films Project Coordinator”, describing how your skills and experience match our requirements. Please also let us know where/how you first heard about the vacancy.
We aim to represent the communities we support. We encourage applications from people of colour, those who identify as LGBTQIA, working class as well as Disabled people and those living with mental health conditions.
We are happy to make reasonable adjustments for applicants who need additional support at any stage of the recruitment process – please just get in touch to discuss.
Closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 8 January 2025
Interviews: w/c Monday 12 January and Monday 19 January 2025
We believe in the power of the media to change lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Marketing Coordinator
Contract: Permanent
Work pattern: Full time, 35 hours / 5 days per week
Location: Hybrid - United Kingdom (multiple locations)
Cardiff, Belfast, Salford, Edinburgh, London
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 (GBP) Plus Into Film Benefits
Team: Marketing & Communication
Seniority: Mid-level
About Into Film
Into Film is the UK’s leading charity for film in education and the community. We provide screen industry careers information and advice, support young filmmakers, and bring the power of moving image storytelling into classroom teaching.
We also run the annual Into Film Festival which enables more than 400,000 pupils to visit the cinema for free, and the Into Film Awards - the UK’s leading showcase for young filmmaking talent.
The core Into Film programme is free for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings, thanks to support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery good cause funding, and through other key funders including Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.
Our vision – Film enriches the life of every child and young person.
Our mission – To inspire and support young people to learn, and to realise their creative, cultural and career aspirations, through film and the moving image.
Role Summary
The Marketing Coordinator will lead marketing activity to reach and grow a teaching and youth audience for the Into Film programme. The Marketing Coordinator will manage the Marketing Officer’s work, ensuring that it is planned and delivered effectively to successfully promote our offer to educators.
Main Responsibilities:
- Support the Head of Marketing and Communications to develop and implement the Into Film marketing strategy to grow our audiences and deliver against KPIs.
- Lead Into Film marketing campaigns - planning, copywriting and coordinating across paid, organic and earned media, taking responsibility to meet Into Film’s KPIs across the Into Film offer.
- Support the Marketing Officer on email communications using our email service provider (Salesforce Marketing Cloud) by writing and building emails when required.
- Manage cross-platform paid digital activity, including Pay Per Click (PPC) and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), ensuring that it is tracked, evaluated, and delivers an excellent ROI.
- Work with the Press and Editorial Manager to integrate PR and editorial activity with marketing plans to ensure a seamless journey is created for all paid, owned and earned activity.
- Support the creation of content for the Into Film website, as part of Into Film campaigns to meet the needs of our audiences.
- Support the Head of Marketing and Communications, to ensure that brand and style guidelines are updated, and that the organisation is trained and using our brand correctly.
- Implement, monitor and develop Into Film automated e-communications journeys through Salesforce Marketing Cloud to enhance marketing and user experiences for our audiences.
- Lead on evaluation of marketing campaigns, working with the Marketing Officer, including continually optimising conversion journeys across the Into Film offer.
- Generate communications activity that illustrates our impact across the education and film sector, including advocacy of our vision and mission.
- Ensure lead generation, acquisition, and ongoing management of Into Film contacts is GDPR compliant.
- Manage the budget for Into Film marketing activity and tools.
General Responsibilities:
- Commitment to quality internally and in all dealings with the public, members, teachers, children and young people, partners, funders, supporters etc.
- Contribute to long term planning to ensure growth in line with demand and resources
- Contribute to the regular monitoring and evaluation of the Into Film’s work
- Commitment to equality of opportunity in line with Into Film’s Equal Opportunities Policy
- Any other reasonable duties assigned by Into Film.
Minimum Requirements:
- Experience of managing cross-channel marketing and communications campaigns.
- An excellent working knowledge of digital marketing including paid, owned and earned media.
- Experience of managing marketing and communications agencies and/or freelancers, including briefing, budget setting, monitoring and reporting.
- Experience of managing budgets.
- An excellent understanding of data analysis and how data can be used to measure the success of marketing and communications activity, through analytics tools such as Google Analytics and CRM.
- Experience of using an Email Service Provider (particularly Salesforce Marketing Cloud) to build and send emails to segmented audiences from our CRM database.
- Knowledge of customer journey development and how to automate communications using Salesforce Marketing Cloud that motivate and reward user actions.
- Excellent working knowledge of CRM systems (particularly Salesforce) to build campaigns, user journeys and segmentation.
- Working knowledge of PPC and SEO to maximise our offer to our audiences.
- Experience of creating content (written and moving image) for an educator, public sector or arts audience.
- Experience of managing staff workload, ensuring deadlines are met and delivery performance is monitored.
Desirable:
- A good understanding of the education market and how teachers can use film (and the arts more broadly) to meet their teaching and learning objectives.
- Familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite
- A love and knowledge of film
Existing Into Film benefits:
- Annual Leave – 28 days (pro-rata), including 3 days to cover office closure between Christmas and New Year plus
- Pension – matched up to 5% of salary (Scottish Widows)
- Support for professional qualifications – money towards courses and/or study days, if relevant to role
- Interest-free non-essential study loans
- Interest-free bike/scooter/travelcard loan
- Career break – up to 4 weeks unpaid leave, after 2 years’ service (at your managers’ discretion)
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – 24/7 confidential advice and guidance
- Flexible working – all applications considered, but any decision will be at the discretion of Into Film
- Enhanced parental leave
- Childcare vouchers
- Free eye test & contribution to glasses
- BenefitHub portal – all benefits to be accessed through a new online portal
- Long service holiday award – after 3 years at Into Film, staff will get one extra days’ holiday for each additional year worked, with the total entitlement capped at 35 days, i.e. on your 4th anniversary at Into Film you will get an extra days leave; on your 5th anniversary, your entitlement will go up by another day to 30 days.
- Simplyhealth – health insurance
Into Film operates a hybrid working policy with offices in London, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and Salford. We are open to flexible working and offer staff a health plan.
Closing date: 8:00am, Monday 20th January 2025 GMT
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
All employees regularly working with children and member data are required to undertake and maintain enhanced DBS clearance (and/or Access NI check or Disclosure Scotland check, depending on working location), acquired at Into Film’s expense; employment is dependent upon this.
No agencies please.
Filmmaking Officer
Employment Type: Temporary/ Contract (fixed term contract for 12 months)
Hours: Full time
Location: Hybrid, United Kingdom (multiple locations)
Cardiff / Belfast / Salford / Edinburgh / London - Based at one of the Into Film offices or hybrid working with some travel across UK
Salary: £24,000 - £28,000 (GBP) plus Into Film benefits
Team: Activation Team
Seniority: Junior
About Into Film
Into Film is the UK’s leading charity for film in education and the community. We provide screen industry careers information and advice, support young filmmakers, and bring the power of moving image storytelling into classroom teaching. We also run the annual Into Film Festival which enables more than 400,000 pupils to visit the cinema for free, and the Into Film Awards - the UK’s leading showcase for young filmmaking talent. The core Into Film programme is free for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings, thanks to support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery funding, and through other key funders including Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.
We work hard to live and breathe our values and strive to be an impactful, inclusive and inspirational organisation. We are fully committed to providing an inclusive, active listening culture that respects difference, in which staff are happy and proud to create a programme for the diverse society we work with.
Role Summary
To provide administrative and operational support for Into Film’s Filmmaking programme, including the BFI-funded Young Creatives programme and our Every Child a Filmmaker initiative. This role supports the wider programme’s operational delivery by handling organisational tasks and assisting with specific activities, ensuring smooth running of projects in collaboration with the Filmmaking Coordinator, Filmmaking Lead and wider team.
Main Responsibilities:
- Be part of the matrix project team supporting filmmaking activity across the organisation, working under the Filmmaking lead, Filmmaking Coordinator, and Joint Head of Programmes, to implement the delivery plan for Filmmaking.
- Provide administrative support for the delivery of filmmaking projects, focusing on scheduling, tracking, updating documentation, and reporting.
- Assist in the coordination of partnerships with informal youth groups to help stimulate and incentivise filmmaking activities, ensuring accurate documentation and tracking of partnerships.
- Support resource development by assisting in the creation and maintenance of filmmaking resources, including assisting with logistical arrangements for teacher training events, competitions, and courses.
- Collaborate with the Marcomms team to assist in promoting the filmmaking offer across all communication channels, including providing organisational support for social media campaigns.
- Provide support particularly to the judging process, for Film of the Month (or similar) ‘always on’ competitions, partnership and themed competitions and the Into Film Awards.
- Maintain the CRM database of filmmaking organisations across the UK, ensuring data is accurate and up to date.
- As additional funding allows, research and reach out to underrepresented and underserved young people through organisations (including schools) to match with experienced filmmaking practitioners to deliver projects.
- Assist with data collection and evaluation for reporting to funders by ensuring accurate data input and collection from relevant stakeholders. Maintain content on the Filmmaking ‘Hub’ pages to keep them fresh, relevant and up to date.
- Support the production of an annual filmmaking showreel highlighting a range of diverse, representative stories.
- Add youth made films to Into Film+ streaming service, Into Film Shorts YouTube channel, other online platforms and submit films to appropriate international youth film festivals.
General Responsibilities:
- Commitment to quality internally and in all dealings with the public, members, educators, children and young people, partners, funders, supporters etc.
- Contribute to the regular monitoring and evaluation of Into Film’s filmmaking work by assisting with data and administrative tasks.
- Commitment to equality of opportunity in line with Into Film’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
- Any other reasonable duties assigned by Into Film.
Person Specification:
Essential
- Strong administration and operational skills
- Strong communication skills
- Awareness and understanding of the filmmaking process
- Experience of cross-team working
- An understanding of managing competitions for young people
- Ability to build good relationships with partners
- Familiarity with the Microsoft Office 365
- Awareness and understanding of CRM system
Desirable
- A love of film
- Interest and knowledge of moving image content sharing and creation for young people
Existing Into Film benefits:
- Annual Leave – 28 days (pro-rata), including 3 days to cover office closure between Christmas and New Year plus
- Pension – matched up to 5% of salary (Scottish Widows)
- Support for professional qualifications – money towards courses and/or study days, if relevant to role
- Interest-free non-essential study loans
- Interest-free bike/scooter/travelcard loan
- Career break – up to 4 weeks unpaid leave, after 2 years’ service (at your managers’ discretion)
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – 24/7 confidential advice and guidance
- Flexible working – all applications considered, but any decision will be at the discretion of Into Film
- Enhanced parental leave
- Childcare vouchers
- Free eye test & contribution to glasses
- BenefitHub portal - all benefits to be accessed through a new online portal
- Long service holiday award – after 3 years at Into Film, staff will get one extra days’ holiday for each additional year worked, with the total entitlement capped at 35 days, i.e. on your 4th anniversary at Into Film you will get an extra day’s leave; on your 5th anniversary, your entitlement will go up by another day to 30 days.
- Simplyhealth - health insurance
Into Film operates a hybrid working policy with offices in London, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and Salford. We are open to flexible working and offer staff a health plan.
All employees regularly working with children and member data are required to undertake and maintain enhanced DBS clearance (and/or Access NI check or Disclosure Scotland check, depending on working location), acquired at Into Film’s expense; employment is dependent upon this.
Closing: 8:00am (GMT), Friday 13th January 2025
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
No agencies please.
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!
The British Film Institute (BFI) are the leading body for Film in the UK, custodians of the Nations Master Film Collection, exhibit film at BFI Southbank, run the London Film Festival and operate the BFI IMAX – the UK’s largest cinema screen. They are also a National Lottery Distributor. They are looking for an exceptional Procurement Manager with sound Public Procurement knowledge able to run tenders both below and above thresholds to join their small, but busy team.
As an NDPB (Non-Departmental Public Body reporting into DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport), Procurement at the BFI is governed by Public Sector regulations procuring goods and services totalling on average £25m a year with all procurement over £10k in value managed by the Procurement team.
The successful candidate will need to be experienced in public sector procurement, with the skills to run both below and above threshold tenders with knowledge of frameworks. Ideally, they will also be a generalist as the breadth of procurement at BFI is extensive.
You will have:
• A Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Level 4 Diploma (CIPS) or degree or equivalent vocational training.
• Demonstrable experience in a Procurement department and good knowledge and understanding of UK Procurement legislation, including framework agreements.
• Familiarity with Government procurement related issue and In-Tend or other electronic tendering systems.
• Experience of Financial / Budgetary control systems
• A proven track record of promoting and supporting diversity and inclusion.
This is an exciting opportunity for an organised Procurement Manager who can multi-task, manage and meet deadlines in a busy environment. With proven ability to work independently and autonomously you will demonstrate exceptional attention to accuracy and detail and understand basic legal terms. You will need strong communication and negotiation skills, be self-motivated, energetic and enthusiastic, with flexibility when responding to urgent requirements.
For more information, please contact Louise Portnall, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.
Location: London (W1T 1LN) – Hybrid. Remote considered
Closing date for applications: 20th January 2025
However, applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment
Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life. We believe no one should face financial hardship in later life.
Our Helpline and expert advisers offer free, practical support to older people without enough money to live on. Through our grants programme, we support hundreds of local organisations working with older people across the UK.
We use the knowledge and insight gained from our support services and partnerships to highlight the issues experienced by older people in poverty and campaign for change.
We would love to find individuals from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.
Responsibilities and Person Specification:
The Media Communications Manager is responsible for overseeing Independent Age’s media communications programme, including media and PR, social media, celebrities and stories. The Media Communications Manager will lead the team to secure profile-raising coverage for our work in a range of print, online and broadcast media outlets including national news, consumer, sector-specific, and regional titles. They will oversee our organic social media and ensure our channels amplify our work and reach older people, decision makers and other influential stakeholders.
The Media Communications Manager will build excellent relationships with older people with lived experience of poverty, ensuring the voices of older people in financial hardship are at the centre of everything we do. They will also grow the organisations relationships with journalists, channel owners, celebrities, ambassadors, and other influencers to ensure that our media communications activity supports our organisational objective to tackle poverty in later life.
You should have broad experience of developing and implementing innovative, successful profile-raising plans (across digital and traditional channels). You will bring an ability to work both proactively and reactively, and experience of handling reputational or crisis issues. You must have a passion for, and affinity with, the charity’s cause.
For full details on the role and requirements, please review the job description and person specification. If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway.
This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9 day fortnight.
What it’s like to work at Independent Age:
We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.
We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits.
We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard for all (those contracted to work in the office usually attend 1 day per week). But if you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working.
You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age by visiting the Careers page on our website.
Application Process:
To apply, please visit our website to submit a CV and a Supporting Statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification (please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format).
To support our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion our hiring managers use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement. Please do not omit dates of employment. Please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name.
Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and, if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer. A Basic DBS Certificate will be required for this role.
Closing Date: Tuesday 14 January 2025, 23:59
Interview Dates: remote interviews on 27th and 28th January 2025
Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Photo Archive Officer
Contract: 6 months fixed term, full time (35 hours per week)
Salary: £33,233 - £34,894 pro-rata (depending on experience) with excellent benefits
Location: London, UK
Hybrid Working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.
About WaterAid:
Want to use your archive skills to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere? We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.
Join WaterAid as Photo Archive Officer to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.
About the Team:
WaterAid’s sector-leading Creative Content team, made up of film, photo and Community Voices storytelling teams is responsible for commissioning, producing, processing, curating and disseminating the majority of WaterAid’s photography and film assets.
About the Role:
As our experienced and process-oriented Photo Archive Officer you will help manage the flow and curation of photo and film content across WaterAid as we migrate to a new Digital Asset Management (DAM) system.
In this role, you will support the transfer of photo and film assets and associated metadata to the new Digital Asset Management system as well as be involved in testing the new system prior to its launch.
You’ll also:
- Maintain day-to-day workflow of the old Asset Management system prior to system migration
- Prepare and upload new photo and film content to the asset management system
- Work with the photo team to curate content so that the best film and photo assets are available to users across WaterAid
- Implement workflows aligned with our Representation in Communications policy.
About You:
To be successful, you’ll need:
- Photo or film archive experience in a relevant sector
- Experience working with digital asset management systems
- Experience of key wordinging and managing large amounts of metadata
- Knowledge of photography formats, workflows and post production processes
Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:
- Experience setting up or migrating to a new digital asset management system
- Knowledge of film formats, workflows and post profuction process
- Working knowledge of Asset Bank and/or Orange Logic
Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 12 January 2025. Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date.
How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click ‘Apply’. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format.
Pre-employment screening: In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. All our vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.
Our Benefits:
- 36 days' holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
- Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
- We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangement
- Season Ticket Loan
- Free annual eye tests
- Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
- Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
- Sabbaticals
- Volunteer Day
Our Commitment
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.
Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
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Chiswick House & Gardens Trust is looking for an entrepreneurial, strategic and commercially focused person to fill a key position within a small dynamic team. The Commercial Development & Events Manager role combines strategic planning, partnership cultivation, and event management to support our social and charitable mission while driving income growth and community impact.
In this role you will contribute to our mission by refining and developing our commercial strategy to align with our social, charitable and audience development goals. You will be responsible for growing our commercial income through securing corporate partnerships, events and filming opportunities, engaging our existing and new audiences.
This post requires commercial acumen, partnership development and a creative mindset with the proven ability to develop unique income generating experiences that celebrate and are sensitive to our Grade 1 listed gardens, buildings and are anchored by our mission.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you passionate about leading a team that sources and helps share the inspiring and powerful stories of children and their families that come to Great Ormond Street Hospital?
The Family Stories team is integral in ensuring Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Charity tell compelling stories and manage patient and family relationships in a thoughtful, responsible and efficient way.
The salary for the role is £45,211 pro rata and is a 12-month fixed term contract.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the day to day running of the Family Stories team.
- Work closely with GOSH families and ensure their stories are captured and managed in a thoughtful, compelling, and responsible way.
- Take an active role in strategy development and storytelling.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Significant experience working with family stories.
- Experience leading a team.
- High emotional intelligence with the ability to manage family relationships effectively and compassionately.
- Strong storyteller.
- Experience developing a family story strategy.
- Collaborative.
- Exceptional relationship building skills
The Family Stories Manager takes a central role in working with a range of families and patients at any one time and ensuring that the stories we tell reflect the diversity of the hospital.
If you’re an experienced Family Stories professional, then we want to hear from you.
Please refer to the full job description for more information.
Closing Date: 5th January 2025.
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- A flexible approach to working arrangements.
- Access to our enhanced pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.
About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 750 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise and invest these vital funds at the hospital and within child health research nationally. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you.
Along with being awarded the ‘Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023’, we were delighted to be recently awarded the 'Charity Times Fundraising Team of the Year 2023.'
Our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
We believe that GOSH Charity and the charity sector more widely should reflect the diversity of patients, communities, and society at large. We also know that having a more diverse and inclusive workforce will make us more innovative, challenge the status quo, and enable us to deliver more impact. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. In particular, we encourage applications from those who are currently under represented within the charity sector as they may be marginalised by race and/or ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, long-term health conditions, or socioeconomic status.
If you would like more information about our approach to inclusive hiring please see our Inclusive Hiring Page here. You can also find out more about our commitments to EDI within our EDI Strategy on our site.
As a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact us.
Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.
We are Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. We stop at nothing to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer.
As a staff ambassador for Day One, championing our values and behaviours and being committed to the difference that Day One makes is essential. The role sits within our Fundraising and Communications Department and will support the wider team.
The post holder’s primary duties and responsibilities are as follows:
- Create content for Day One’s social media accounts, website and email marketing
- Create video content for Day One’s social media channels and YouTube
- Work closely with Day One’s Services Team to identify patient stories which demonstrate the charity’s impact
- Write case studies and ‘stories of recovery’ based on the experiences of our service users and volunteers
- Support the management of Day One’s social networks
- Support the management of Day One’s paid advertising campaigns on social media
- Assist the communications and fundraising team with various tasks including:
- Assisting with events marketing
- Assisting with website content creation
- Supporting digital fundraising
- Support the wider Day One organisation with effective communications
What we’ll need from you
This job is all about supporting the communications team in raising the profile of Day One, primarily on social media and with a focus on short-form video content.
You’ll need to be a great communicator and creative thinker with a passion for making great digital content. You will work closely with our service users, volunteers and staff to make compelling content for social media in both written and video form.
You will need to be creative, proactive, empathetic and adaptable. Working closely with our fundraising and communications team, you’ll ensure people remain at the heart of our work by telling powerful stories that resonate with our audiences and effectively communicate the impact of major trauma and the support Day One provides. As we are a small organisation, you will need to be ready to support the wider team with fundraising and service delivery projects.
How to apply:
Upload your CV and a supporting statement, in written and/or video form, demonstrating how you meet the criteria and outlining why you’re interested in the role. Please include any examples of projects that you’ve worked on which you would like to share in your supporting statement. This can include relevant projects from your professional or personal life. To send a video as part of your application, please use wetransfer. com to send your file, please include your full name alongise your video.
Please refer to the attached recruitment pack for further details and the full contact details of who to send your video to.
Closing date: Sunday 12 January 2025
Online interview date: - w/c 20 January 2025
In person interview date: tbc
To send a video as part of your application, please refer to the attached recruitment pack for the full instructions.
Inspired ‘by patients for patients’ our vision is that no one has to piece life back together on their own after catastrophic injury.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Content Officer (9 Month FTC)
Reports to: Digital Lead
Benefits: Nine-day fortnight (with alternate Fridays designated as a day off), pension contributions, 25 days Annual Leave, staff learning fund, enhanced parental benefits package.
Based in: London office. (We are willing to consider remote working within the UK, with monthly in-person meetings in London, for the right candidate.)
Application deadline: 13th January 2025 (9AM)
Why this role is important – and why you’ll make a difference doing it:
HOPE not hate is the UK’s leading anti-fascist organisation. Our mission is simple – to monitor and challenge the far right, to engage in the communities that are susceptible to them and to address the issues and policies which give rise to them.
Our team includes researchers, educators, community activists and policy experts, as well as specialists with inside access to far right groups.
As a Content Officer, you’ll play a critical role in driving our digital engagement. By creating compelling content for our social media, website and email programmes, you’ll help us attract, inspire, and mobilise more people to stand against hate.
Your role will include:
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Content Creation: Write, design, and produce engaging content, including social media posts, emails, website copy and more. Use tools like Canva, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and CapCut to create graphics and videos from new and existing footage.
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Digital Campaigns: Work with the Digital Lead to plan and execute creative campaigns that inspire action and raise funds.
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Audience Engagement: Build and manage our presence on Instagram, Facebook, Linkedin, X, and BlueSky, and engage with supporters through other platforms. Act as the first point of contact for supporters, responding to messages and comments and managing replies.
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Performance Monitoring: Run tests on content across platforms, analyse results, and use insights to refine and improve our engagement strategies.
What we think you’ll need to be able to do the job:
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1+ year of experience in digital work for a campaign, charity, or political organisation.
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Creativity and strong ideas for engaging content.
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Experience in copywriting, graphic design, and video production and tools like Canva, Premiere Pro, Photoshop and CapCut.
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Strong organisational skills, and ability to prioritise effectively.
Desirable:
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Knowledge and experience in the areas we work on would be an advantage – tackling the far right; building community resilience against hate, division and oppression; and campaigning against policies that fuel hate.
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Experience using tools like Engaging Networks or WordPress.
We are looking for someone with the emotional resilience to work in a field that involves challenging content, good political judgement and awareness and the ability to work under pressure and reduced timescales.
We believe that our work will be at its best if it is created by people with a range of backgrounds and experiences. We are keen to interview people who will add diversity to our team. We are an antifascist organisation, which strives to be an effective ally in the wider fight against racism and inequity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Events and Marketing Coordinator
Barnwood is not your typical funder. We drive change so that disabled people and people with mental health conditions have choice of opportunities, access their rights, and are included where they live. We bring people together for a different conversation and explore big ideas. Through learning and collaboration, we influence the change that’s needed. By partnering with local organisations and looking for better ways to fund, Barnwood makes a difference in Gloucestershire.
As part of this work, our Engagement and Insights engages a wide range of people in the Trust’s vision for Gloucestershire, and our Events and Marketing Coordinator is integral to this.
We are looking for an Events and Marketing Coordinator to carry specific responsibility for managing the logistics and coordination of a diverse range of external events for the Trust, as well as producing marketing materials, both print and digital, for external audiences – all to engage a wide range of individuals and organisations in the work of the Trust.
We want to diversify our team to better reflect the work and communities we support – this means we would particularly welcome applications from people who:
· are from Black, Asian and minoritised backgrounds.
· have lived experience of disability and/or mental health challenges.
Contract terms:
· This role is 12 months fixed term, and we welcome applications from people looking for part time hours (22.5hrs per week).
· We offer a flexible start between 8am and 9.30am Monday to Friday.
· Salary £20,466 p/a pro rata
· 22 days holiday inc. bank holidays
· This position is based in our office in central Cheltenham with occasional opportunities for home working.
Summary of key duties:
Events management for Barnwood Trust hosted external events
· Collaborate on cross-team projects to plan and deliver high-quality events of varying scales, maintaining high standards of accessibility and inclusion for all events.
· Provide logistics planning, delivery and event management support for external events and activities for Barnwood’s change programmes.
· Lead on the logistics planning, delivery and event management for the Trust’s Annual Public Meeting – Together with Barnwood.
· Collaborate with Barnwood Circle members and other external stakeholders to shape and deliver events suitable for the intended audiences, as required.
· Manage the events and marketing functions of the Trust’s CRM data management system (Bitrix) keeping in line with GDPR requirements.
Marketing and communication to a wide range of external audiences
· Work with the Marketing Manager to enable Barnwood Trust to engage with diverse audiences effectively and creatively, utilising a range of channels.
· Produce and disseminate marketing materials, both print and digital, working collaboratively across the Trust.
· Support the delivery of the Trust’s websites and social media presence, including effective content management, scheduling and platform maintenance, in collaboration with the Digital Marketing Coordinator.
· Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the Trust’s reach across digital and printed marketing channels, utilising monitoring data.
· Maintain high standards of accessibility and inclusion for content on all marketing and communications channels.
· Project manage outsourced projects, such as film production, in collaboration with the Marketing and Communications Manager.
Essential Knowledge and experience:
· Proven experience of planning and event managing in-person and online events of varying scales to a wide range of audiences
· An understanding of a range of marketing channels, including print media, digital media, social media platforms, and face to face engagement
· Proven experience of successfully delivering marketing projects while working collaboratively within a team environment
· Proven experience of using a Content Management System (CMS, e.g., WordPress), a Customer Relationship Management System (CRM, e.g., Bitrix) and social media scheduler (e.g., Zoho)
For full details please see our application pack.
Summary of skills
· Highly organised with project co-ordination skills.
· Excellent communication and organisational skills, including high level written communication skills.
· Self-awareness, enabling excellent working relationships with a wide range of people using tact, diplomacy and sensitivity.
· Ability to apply appropriate communication channels and methods, including digital and print media.
· Strong IT skills (proficient in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WhatsApp, Teams and Zoom, as minimum).
Benefits:
· 36 days annual leave including bank holidays. (FTE)
· Life Assurance (3 x Salary)
· Work within an organisation that is committed to improving equality and diversity.
· Competitive salaries and fantastic pension contribution rates.
· Excellent personal development plan and extensive training which includes a commitment to training employees to be confident when working with people with a wide variety of impairments, disabilities, and mental health challenges.
· Friendly and collaborative working culture; everyone’s voice is heard.
· We have a range of supportive wellbeing policies and almost a third of our employees, are qualified mental health first aiders with Mental Health England.
· Our offices in central Cheltenham are wheelchair accessible, have free accessible parking on site and great facilities.
· Assistance dogs are welcome.
Guidance On Applications:
Click on Apply Now to be taken to the Barnwood Trust website where you need to apply for this role via our online application form.
You will also find a detailed application pack which gives a full and detailed job description and person specification as well as guidance on how to make an online application and what you should include within it.
Should you have any questions or require any of the information in a different format please email the recruitment team directly at recruitment@barnwoodtrust. org.
We want our application process to be right for you as an individual, so if there’s anything you think we can do to make this process more straightforward for you please email recruitment@barnwoodtrust. org directly to discuss what support we might be able to provide. Our career page on our website has some examples of things we may be able to put in place for people who request extra support.
Deadline for applications: 12.00 noon on Wednesday 8th January 2025
First interviews: Monday 13th & Tuesday 14th January 2025
Second stage interviews: Monday 20th & Tuesday 21st January 2025
We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.
Barnwood acts as an agent of social change, working alongside disabled people and people with mental health conditions to create that change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are currently looking to appoint an Impact Officer to join our team. This role will principally sit in SMF’s Impact team and will also support the work of the Events and Research functions. The successful candidate will work directly with both teams to ensure that the SMF’s core messages, policy ideas and events reach their intended audiences, and that the SMF’s work has even greater impact on policymaking and public debate.
About the role:
We are looking for an outstanding communicator, with a deep interest in politics and current affairs to join our Impact team. The purpose of the role is to promote SMF’s insightful programme of policy work and research and position the think tank as a centre-ground thought leader in the media and with key political and civil service stakeholders. The role will also involve management of SMF’s social media and digital marketing channels.
The duties of the Impact Officer will include, but not be limited to:
- Support the Communications Manager in delivering SMF’s communications strategy.
- Promote SMF publications to media, key government and political stakeholders and public, support with writing and editing press releases, answer press enquires and help to secure opinion pieces.
- Assist with writing and promoting commentary and other content for the SMF website.
- Help to deliver a pipeline of impactful parliamentary outreach.
- Manage the production of the SMF monthly newsletter and the weekly Wonk Week email, in conjunction with the Research team.
- Work collaboratively with SMF research sponsors to deliver excellent press, social media and public affairs outcomes.
- Horizon scan for developments in policy and politics for the SMF team, and use this to identify potential opportunities for the SMF research team to inform the policy process, engage with political stakeholders and to lend reactive comment to media
- Manage SMF social media accounts (Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube) and produce engaging content promoting SMF work. Live-tweet SMF events.
- Manage the SMF website, ensuring content is updated regularly. Maintain and update SMF brand guidelines where appropriate.
- Typeset and proofread SMF reports and briefing papers and ensure they are ready for publication. Work with the research team and SMF sponsors to coordinate dates and assets for publication launches.
- Assist the SMF Research team to develop and promote new reports, briefings and other outputs through the production of infographics and other digital content.
- Provide ad hoc support for the SMF Events team with the planning and delivery of events in Westminster and at the political Party Conferences. The latter may require some weekend work and travel, and the candidate must be available to work Autumn Party Conferences.
What we’re looking for:
As an ideal candidate you will have:
- At least a year’s experience working in marketing, digital communications, political campaigns or external affairs. This can be through paid or voluntary work.
- Ability to quickly digest complex research — including academic literature — to deliver compelling public affairs, social media and media outputs.
- Strong copywriting capabilities for a range of audiences, with an ability to explain complex policy concepts.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team, as well as to effectively manage research project sponsors.
- A good understanding of, and keen interest in UK public policy and politics, and a commitment to the aims and objectives of the SMF. Some parliamentary experience is desirable, but not essential.
- Experience in writing, creating and sharing content for social media channels, ideally through the use of infographics and other visualisations of data and complex subject matter; some experience with Adobe Photoshop and video editing is desirable.
- Excellent IT skills.
- Good personal organisation skills, with the ability to take responsibility of your own workload to meet tight and conflicting deadlines.
- Exceptional attention to detail and strong proofreading skills.
- Ability to work quickly and under pressure when necessary.
- Appetite for creating new and exciting mediums for disseminating the SMF’s work to policymakers and the public.
Benefits and working hours:
The SMF offers a contributory staff pension and generous holiday allowances.
Staff training and progression is important to us. We offer personal training budgets for staff members plus membership to Smart Thinking which provides online and in person training for think tankers.
Standard SMF working hours are 9.30am-6pm, Monday to Friday. We actively encourage flexible working and working patterns which are different to these hours. The appointee will be able to design their working week – in discussion with colleagues – to accommodate family commitments and other obligations.
The SMF is based in Westminster and the post-holder will normally be expected to work in our office there at least two days a week, plus any additional days required by the team, for example to attend in-person SMF events. Other working time can be spent at home or in our office.
About the SMF:
The SMF is a cross-party think-tank governed by a board of trustees that includes members of all major political parties, and non-partisan figures. This informs all of our work, which reflects our status as a charity committed to public education in public policy. We welcome applications from people of all political perspectives who are happy to put the pursuit of good policy ahead of partisanship and ideology.
Our mission is to enable markets and government to work together to benefit society. We achieve this through the development of high quality, independent and pragmatic public policy research and debate across a wide range of social and economic areas.
We are Britain’s leading cross-party think tank. Our mission is to enable markets and government to work together to benefit society.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a news and content hero? Do you enjoy working on a content mix that helps to share important stories from around the world?
The Anglican Communion Office (ACO) is recruiting for a News and Content Manager. The successful candidate will work closely with our Public Engagement Director, across a wide range of news, campaigns and media engagement projects. This is a vital role in our new public engagement team, as we roll out a new strategy focused on building awareness for the ACO and engaging our audiences in global conversations about church and world affairs.
The priorities of the role are developing news and content, supporting the news output of the Anglican Communion News Service and wider PR and media engagement. Supporting a diverse portfolio of projects, you’ll also liaise with Anglican commissions, networks and partners around the world.
About the Anglican Communion Office
The Anglican Communion Office (ACO) is the official Secretariat of the Anglican Communion, a worldwide network of Anglican churches, in over 165 countries. The ACO exists to serve the life of the Anglican Communion through several key priorities. The ACO delivers global Anglican meetings including the Lambeth Conference, the Anglican Consultative Council and the Primates Meeting. It convenes several inter-Anglican and ecumenical dialogues. It engages Anglicans in global conversations and supports Anglican advocacy, locally and globally. The ACO also has a permanent representative at the United Nations.
Application details
To apply, send a CV and a cover letter outlining why you are applying for the role and how your experience and skills meet the job description.
Application deadline is: January 29, 2025.
Interviews: February 7, 2025.