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JOB PURPOSE
UK for UNHCR is looking for a Digital Communications Officer to join its team, raising vital support for displaced people around the world through creative campaigns such as the Refugee Dictionary, Cuppa Hope as well as fundraising appeals and partnerships.
Reporting to the Digital Communications Manager, the Digital Communications Officer will have particular focus delivering day to day social media communications, including community management, publishing, content management and development. This role will also support wider digital communications activities, such as with the Senior Digital Communications Officer who manages the website.
This involves identifying opportunities to amplify appeals, campaigns and partnerships through social media to support UK for UNHCR’s fundraising and public advocacy objectives. Raising awareness of global refugee crises and UNHCR’s humanitarian operations forms a central part of this storytelling, as well as thematic campaigns and PR moments throughout the year.
One of your first focuses will be helping grow and verify UK for UNHCR’s TikTok account and LinkedIn presence, in addition to transitioning the charity’s channels to a new social media management tool. You will also work closely with the wider Communications team in supporting online and offline fundraising appeals.
The Digital Communications Officer will also work with the wider Communications team to identify and support storytellers (including refugees and supporters) to share their stories through the charity’s social media channels.
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
United Kingdom for UNHCR is the United Nations Refugee Agency’s national charity partner for the United Kingdom. We generate public awareness of the plight of refugees and raise funds to help protect them through UNHCR’s humanitarian operations across the world.
Our supporters include UK private individuals, communities, corporate partners, trusts and foundations. The funds we raise help UNHCR deliver emergency relief such as shelter, medical care and basic supplies to people fleeing conflict and persecution, as well as healthcare, education and livelihoods opportunities for those who remain displaced over the long term.
Nobody chooses to be a refugee, but we can all play a part in their protection, and we want those who work with us to share our values and passion for the cause.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING
We strongly value diversity and recognise that it is critical to our success and the cause that we serve. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all who work with us and strongly welcome applications from diverse backgrounds, particularly those with lived experience of being a refugee, asylum seeker, internally displaced person, or a stateless person.
UK for UNHCR is proud to have Diversity & Inclusion Working Group. The Diversity & Inclusion Working Group is a group of colleagues focusing on tasks that drive action in the implementation of our D&I Approach. The group also works to create safe spaces that brings colleagues together for events, discussions and learning experiences that celebrate and support diversity and tackle barriers to inclusion.
We are also open to flexibility in many different ways, including an element of working from home and flexible hours. Please don’t be afraid to speak to us about this at the interview stage, so we can explore what’s possible.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Planning, coordination and growth
- Deliver and schedule social media content on a daily and weekly basis, with flexibility to respond to news events and emergencies at short notice.
- Produce or commission multimedia content, including videos, graphics and photography to support charity activity on social media.
- Apply understanding of UNHCR’s humanitarian work to deliver strong storytelling and relevant content to the audience.
- Adapt content from UNHCR’s head office and field communications to localise for UK audiences.
- Develop social media editorial plans to amplify campaigns, milestones and events.
- Deliver planning and scheduling in a timely manner and be quick to respond to news and emergencies.
- Flag and navigate political sensitivities in line with UNHCR and charity policies.
- Deliver on a paid media strategy to amplify social media content more broadly, with a focus on Meta ads manager.
- Update and maintain community management guidelines on a regular basis.
- Work closely with the Communications Coordinator to monitor and moderate all of the charity’s social media channels.
- Other support for digital communications as required, such as helping cover website activities when colleagues are on leave.
Analytics, reporting and best practice
- Deliver regular reports outlining the performance of our content and channels, ensuring we’re on track to reach 100k followers by the end of 2026.
- Create and lead on a testing roadmap, leveraging new features across all social media channels.
- Keep up to date with social media content trends, news and tools to inform best practice and strategy.
- Provide subject matter expertise, proactive assistance and advice as required for planning and delivery of digital and supporter journey projects.
- Observe all legal and legislative requirements, comply with policies and procedures, and demonstrate a high level of confidentiality and integrity.
The above list is not exhaustive, and the post holder may be required to perform duties that are not detailed above.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE
Essential Experience
- Experience using native social media tools, like Meta business manager and YouTube Creator studio, to manage online communities.
- Experience of creating social media content that created an impression, raised awareness and prompted followers to take action.
- Experience of identifying and driving iterative improvements to digital channels through testing and analytics.
Essential Skills/Knowledge
- Proficient in using social media tools to evaluate performance and identify improvements.
- Proficient in creating content for online use, using software such as Adobe Suite, Canva or similar, to edit and produce basic assets.
- Researching images and writing compelling copy for different audience profiles.
- The ability to prioritise multiple tasks, working proactively and sometimes under pressure.
- Good attention to detail, strong ability to proofread and pick up inconsistencies.
- Understanding of data protection principles.
- Excellent stakeholder and relationship management skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- An interest in global humanitarian affairs.
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Working in a not-for-profit or advocacy organisation.
- Experience with refugee issues or field work.
WHY JOIN UNITED KINGDOM FOR UNHCR?
You will be part of a high performing agile team of talented people, all committed to build solidarity and raise funds for refugees and displaced people worldwide. You will be working in a flexible, supportive, and inclusive environment, where your work will be recognised and appraised.
What else?
Wellbeing
- 28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays.
- Employee Assistance programme providing 24/7 access to online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing.
- Access to 100s of perks with discounts on everyday purchases.
- Office wellness perks.
- Discount on gym memberships.
- Hybrid and Flexible Working.
- Staff socials.
Financial
- Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8%.
- Non-contributory group life assurance scheme
- Non-contributory Income protection scheme.
- One-off contribution towards homeworking set up.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay.
- Enhanced sick pay scheme.
Development
- Comprehensive training and continuing development opportunities.
- Individual training budget.
HOW TO APPLY
If you have the relevant skills and the passion to use them to support refugees, please apply by completing our application form which is available in the documents section.
Closing date: 9am, Monday 9th December 2024
First stage interviews: Week commencing 9th December 2024
Second stage interviews: Week commencing 16th December 2024
If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation, please contact us using the email address provided when you click through to our online portal. We will make every effort to respond to your request for assistance as soon as possible.
United Kingdom for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is registered with the Charity Commission (England & Wales), charity no. 1183415. It is the UK national partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency.
We stand with refugees – will you join us?
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Do you have a passion for building, growing and nurturing corporate relationships, with a successful track record to match? Do you want to join a once in a generation appeal to give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhood.
Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity are hiring for a Senior Partnerships Development Manager to join us.
This is the ideal role for a new business fundraiser who thrives in find and securing new business environment and wants to work with a collaborative and passionate team.
You’ll have the chance to be a champion for children delivering new partnerships alongside leading, motivating and developing a team. The partnerships development team are tenacious, accountable, authentic, courageous and agile.
The salary for this position is £47,405 per annum.
Key Responsibilities
- You will lead on securing the biggest opportunities for new corporate partnerships at the number one children’s charity brand. You will have a chance to grow your career through spearheading corporate fundraising for our biggest ever campaign – the Children’s Cancer Centre.
- You will have experience across the fundraising portfolio – COTY, sponsorship cause marketing and more.
- You will work closely with a number of CEOs, Chairs and MDs on our Corporate Board and Marketing Panel to unlock new opportunities.
- You will lead a team - line managing and developing two team members to win new partnerships.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Significant experience securing multiple six and seven figure corporate partnerships.
- Extensive new business fundraising expertise.
- A gifted networker
- Experience writing, creating, inspiring and successful pitches and proposals.
- People leadership expertise.
- Creative and proactive mindset.
This is the ideal opportunity for someone who is looking for a career making opportunity to join one of the largest appeals in recent history.
Whilst charity experience isn’t essential for this role, it is preferred due to the nature of our corporate partnerships.
About The team
The Corporate Partnerships team plays a vital role in supporting the charity, raising millions of pounds every year through the successful delivery of an impressive portfolio of corporate supporters. We also oversee, develop and deliver support through our retail activity and our growing brand licensing programme.
The team has the benefit of a clear strategy, an inspiring cause, a fantastic charity brand, incredible networks and leverage through an active Corporate Board, and a reputation for being one of the strongest corporate fundraising teams in the sector.
Please refer to the full job description below for more information.
Closing Date: 6th December 2024
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 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, disabled people or those with long-term conditions, LGBTQ+ communities, and those from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.
As a Level 2 Disability Confident Committed 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.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role purpose
As Digital and Social Media Manager, you will be using digital communication channels to support the engagement of our community of supporters, partners, patients, families and staff in the work of the charity and helping realise our shared ambition with the Trust to be national leaders in the delivery of patient care and health innovation.
The Digital and Social Media Manager is part of a collaborative and creative team responsible for the development and delivery of the CW+ Communications and Marketing strategy, including on- and offline communications, PR and media, donor stewardship and marketing collateral, and events support.
Reporting to the Head of Communications and Marketing, the Digital and Social Media Manager will be proactive in shaping and managing the charity’s digital presence (including the website), with a strong focus on tracking and using data. They will inform the direction of multiple exciting strands of work by providing insight into digital trends and performance.
Highlights for the year ahead include:
- Maximising the impact of the charity’s new website (launched September 2024) and ensuring that tracking and conversion metrics are optimised.
- Building and sustaining momentum for the Thirty at Thirty campaign, ensuring that we are consistently focused on building relationships and widening our supporter base via digital channels.
- Celebrating the continued success and impact of the CW Innovation programme, which marks its five-year anniversary in October 2024.
- Promoting the impact of our Arts in Health programme, including the creation of new world-class facilities for staff and patients on both of our hospital sites.
Key responsibilities and duties
- Working with the Head of Communications and Marketing to ensure effective, data-driven use of CW+ digital channels (website and social media) in support of marketing, communications and fundraising plans.
- Working with the Head of Communications and Marketing to develop the annual social media plan.
- Working closely with the Public Fundraising Manager to ensure that the charity’s fundraising activities are being effectively supported and promoted across all channels.
- Working closely with the Fundraising Team on the development, launch and management of fundraising campaigns and leading on the use of paid socials (including budget management, tracking and reporting).
- Leading on using digital tracking, analysis and insights to inform and adapt digital content and strategy as the charity’s strategic needs evolve.
- Providing expert ownership of Mailchimp (or other mailing platforms as required) and ensuring PECR/GDPR compliance.
- Strategic oversight and day-to-day management of the CW+ website and social media channels, including creating accurate, creative content and assets that conform to the CW+ style and brand guidelines.
- Recommending improvements and optimising content to increase performance.
- Being the main point of contact with external developers, designers and suppliers where necessary.
- Leading on website accessibility, updating and informing colleagues as necessary.
- Supporting the delivery of CW+ events.
- Commissioning and creating content for offline channels.
- Proofreading and editing copy, ensuring that it adheres to the CW+ tone of voice and style guidelines.
- Carrying out any other duties within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job, as requested by the line manager.
Person specification Essential skills and experience
- Communications and content creation experience across a wide range of channels including digital and print.
- Demonstrable experience of tracking and analysing data in support of effective marketing and communications activities in line with strategic objectives.
- Experience of website Content Management Systems and Customer Relationship Management systems, and how they interact.
- Strong understanding of Google Analytics and Meta Ads Manager.
- Track record of running end-to-end income-generating campaigns.
- Extensive experience of using digital marketing email platforms.
- Understanding of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and SEO.
- Understanding of current PECR and GDPR guidelines.
- Understanding of running reports, segmenting audiences and setting up automated flows in an email marketing platform such as MailChimp.
- Experience of updating, monitoring and managing multiple social media platforms including managing paid campaigns.
- Knowledge of social media publishing tools such as AgoraPulse or Hootsuite.
- The ability to communicate clearly and effectively, orally and in writing, tailoring messages for different audiences and stakeholders.
- Excellent writing, copy-editing and proofreading skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Experience of working in a busy communications, PR or marketing team.
- Experience of working to tight deadlines and managing schedules internally and with external suppliers.
- Experience of working to corporate style and brand guidelines.
- Good working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
Desirable skills and experience
- Intermediate/advanced Adobe InDesign skills.
- Experience in a healthcare or NHS charity setting.
- Experience of Asana or a similar work management platform.
Personal attributes
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a proactive and collegiate approach to work.
- The ability to work in a collaborative and sensitive way within a team, across an organisation and with external stakeholders.
- The ability to respond effectively to changing priorities, manage competing deadlines and perform well under pressure.
- Well organised and proactive with strong attention to detail.
- Commitment to the purpose and ethos of CW+.
- The ability to interpret data and extract valuable insights.
Key terms and benefits
- Hours: 35 per week (normally 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday. Please note that there is a requirement to be in the office approximately 50% of the time.
- Pension: employer contribution of 8%.
- Holiday: 27 days per annum, plus UK bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff).
- Probation: six months is standard unless you have a specific reason to reduce/increase.
- Other benefits available: HSF health plan, season ticket loan.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Just Treatment is excited to be hiring a Youth Mental Health Organiser to work alongside our Senior Youth Mental Health Organiser and young people directly affected by the youth mental health crisis. This role focuses on supporting young people to lead powerful campaigns that hold the corporations driving and profiting from the youth mental health crisis to account.
If you’re passionate about empowering communities and creating systemic change, we’d love to hear from you!
Just Treatment is a growing patient-led campaign fighting to ensure everyone gets the healthcare they need by demanding that the government acts to put patients before corporate profits. We believe the only way we can achieve these changes is by building a movement of those directly affected by the problem to challenge the power of the pharmaceutical and health industries. We have a track record of high impact campaigns that have changed the lives of the people we work with, and thousands of NHS patients, by forcing corporations and politicians to move.
Our approach is centred on deep organising with a cohort of patient leaders who have been directly impacted by the health injustices on which we campaign. This group steer and lead our campaigns, but are supported by a much larger group of volunteers and supporters. This role will be focused on our campaign strand around the crisis in young people’s mental health, focused on the role that late-stage capitalism is having on both the drivers of poor mental health, mental illness, and madness, and the ineffective responses to this crisis.
The role has two distinct parts: providing administrative support that facilitates the work of the Senior Youth Mental Health Organiser; and identifying and developing the leadership of young people directly affected by these health injustices and their families, building trusting relationships that ensure they are able to shape the strategy and lead the campaigns that win tangible improvements in the mental health and wellbeing of the people we are campaigning with and for.
You will work with key external allies to coordinate and multiply our campaigns, and ensure there are meaningful actions volunteers and supporters can do to further our campaign goals . You’ll love working as part of a collaborative, small team and you’ll thrive on building trusting relationships with the people you work with. And you’ll be committed to taking on David Vs Goliath fights for justice.
Check out our website for more info and how to apply!
Patient-led campaigning to win everyone the healthcare they need by demanding patients and the NHS are put before profits.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for a New Business Partner to join our team.
You'll work closely with the Head of Employability, Skills and Training within the National Services department to develop, shape and grow our offer. We are looking for a commercially minded individual who can build our income generation pathway within National Services.
We have been working with employers, schools and higher education institutes for several years in the development of our Employ Autism programme, providing training and consultancy for employers and education providers as well as paid work experience for autistic young people. We are at an exciting time where we have a mixture of existing offers (training and consultancy and Employ Autism) as well as new products ready to launch, including, Autism Confidence, e-learning and our Careers Education Framework.
You'll secure income from employers, providers and partners for our Employability and Training team through our Employ Autism programme, developing and implementing a sales plan to secure new long-term strategic partnerships with nationwide businesses.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Sales, new business and/or experience of managing multiple client relationships.
- A demonstrable track record of working successfully with businesses in a development capacity to acquire and maximise relationships.
- Good knowledge of the commercial sector and employability/training services.
- Excellent presentation skills to engage a range of internal/external stakeholders.
In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to strive for a cure.
The Senior Research Manager will work closely with the Head of Research Funding, leading a team focussed on research culture and engagement, as well as managing our scientific portfolio. This role is vital in advancing ARUK's research objectives and promoting engagement within with ARUK-funded research community. They will be working collaboratively with the Research Team and with other teams at Alzheimer’s Research UK, including the Events Team, Science Communications team and Philanthropy teams.
This role sits within the Research Funding team in the Research Directorate, an ambitious, supportive and friendly team that funds the best research to transform the lives of people affected by all forms of dementia. We’re looking for someone with strong research management experience, a good eye for detail and who is excited by the opportunities in the dementia research landscape
Main duties and responsibilities of the role:
Scientific programme management
· Build and maintain strong external relationships with a network of ARUK scientists, clinicians, and senior stakeholders across the UK.
· Monitor progress and outputs of ARUK funded projects, supporting our Science Communication team to share progress on our funded research
· Using knowledge of funded research, work with the Strategic Programmes team to help evaluate the impact of funding in addressing ARUK research priorities.
· Gain a thorough understanding of the dementia research landscape, working with the wider Research team to make recommendations to drive the development and delivery of ARUK’s research strategy
Research culture and Early Career Researcher strategy
· Design and lead a strategic programme aimed at fostering a positive research culture and supporting the development of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) within the dementia research field, including:
- Developing and implementing an ECR strategy that provides resources, mentorship, and growth opportunities for emerging researchers in dementia.
- Identifying and championing initiatives that support diversity, equity, and inclusivity within the research community.
- Establishing frameworks and activities that promote collaboration, transparency, and ethical research conduct across Alzheimer’s Research UK-funded projects.
Research community engagement
· Develop an approach to grow engagement with researchers and strengthen connections with the wider research community
· Support the Research Engagement Manager and wider teams to deliver activities within the strategy to promote awareness and collaboration, produce impactful resources, to drive impactful scientific progress.
· Lead the advancement of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s flagship research conference, ensuring the programme reflects the latest scientific advances and strategic priorities. and elevates Alzheimer’s Research UK’s visibility and influence in the dementia research field.
Management Responsibilities:
· Line management of a Research Officer and Research Manager, effectively delegating work to support delivery of their objectives
· Help to promote an inspiring team culture where personal development is prioritised
What we are looking for:
· Strong science background, educated to degree level in a relevant subject (preferably with a postgraduate qualification or equivalent work experience)
· Experience and/or in-depth knowledge of biomedical or life sciences research, preferably in a relevant or related area
· Proven ability of planning, managing and delivering projects; ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks, showing adaptability to meet challenging targets and deadlines.
· Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills, with experience of building and managing relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, at all levels of seniority.
· Experience of developing and delivering strategies, ability to spot opportunities and translate these into operational plans, thinking beyond the immediate issue to look at broader topics or themes.
· A team player who can collaborate effectively with a range of stakeholders internally and externally to deliver
· Strong communication skills with the ability to convey complex information to diverse audiences
· Commitment to ARUK’s vision, mission and values
· Excellent eye for detail with a focus on continuous improvement
· Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise competing demands
· Ability to work independently
· Willingness to travel, including occasional overnight travel
Additional Information:
Ways of working: As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £53,000 per annum, plus benefits.
Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 1st December 2024, with interviews likely to be held the 9th & 10th December 2024. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.
As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer and ensuring fairness and consistency in our selection process, we will handle your CV and application with the utmost confidentiality. While we strive to anonymise your CV where possible, there are certain sections, such as the application question, that cannot be fully anonymised. We kindly ask that you remove any personal information, including your name, when answering the application question. The hiring panel will not have access to your personal details, such as your name and address, until you are invited for an interview. Should you require any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via our website.
How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.
About Alzheimer’s Research UK:
Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.
There has never been a more important and exciting time in dementia research. With promising new drugs in clinical trials that slow the progression of the diseases that cause it, and revolutionary new ways to diagnose them on the horizon, we are now at a tipping point. Working with the smartest minds globally and across the UK, with industry and academia, Alzheimer’s Research UK is uniquely placed to invest in the very best research identifying barriers to a cure and knocking them down so that there are more and better treatments for everyone with dementia. For the first time in history, we can see a future where people with dementia can get a swift and accurate diagnosis, and effective treatments that could slow or even stop their disease. We stand for everyone affected by dementia. We stand for a cure.
In 2022, we were incredibly proud to be awarded a 3-star accreditation by Best Companies which recognises ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement and were also listed in the prestigious Best Companies lists:
• 48th in the 100 Best Large Companies to Work For in the UK.
• 19th in the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.
• 3rd in the 50 Best Companies to Work For in the Charity Sector.
In addition, we were also shortlisted for a special award recognising the work undertaken on reducing our environmental impact.
In 2021, we were awarded the HR Management award by The Charity Times for our Wellbeing initiatives throughout the pandemic.
In 2020, we demonstrated our commitment to changing the way we think and act about mental health in the workplace and signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge.
ARUK really does look after its people, where you will be able to add value and make a difference.
To view further details about working for us and the benefits we offer, please visit Alzheimer’s Research UK
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
£28,000 - £30,450 per year
Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Hybrid working with regular travel to our London Bridge Office
What the job involves
As a Celebrity and Influencer Engagement Officer, you’ll play a key role in building strategic relationships with high-profile personalities who genuinely connect with our cause. Joining our newly formed Strategic Communications, Campaigns and Brand team, you’ll help drive positive change for men affected by or at risk of prostate cancer.
You’ll work closely with our talented team across the charity and Communications directorate, fostering existing connections and exploring new partnerships. You’ll support our strategy for celebrity and influencer engagement, identifying impactful opportunities along the way.
In partnership with our Celebrity and Influencer Engagement Manager, you’ll manage celebrity logistics, administration, and itineraries, coordinating appearances at our events, media engagements, and third-party partner activities.
What we want from you
We’re looking for an excellent communicator who excels at building new relationships and inspiring others. You’ll be engaging with a range of stakeholders, including agents, influencers and celebrities alongside internal and external specialists at all levels. With demonstratable experience of acting sensitively, tactfully and with discretion with key stakeholders.
Ideally, you’ll bring solid experience working with high-profile or VIP celebrities and influencers, along with a background in supporting the delivery of engagement strategies. You’ll be skilled in using databases to manage relationships and have experience supporting both in-person and online events.
As a strong project manager, you’ll draw on your organisational skills to manage both proactive and reactive tasks with a solutions-focused approach.
If you’re looking for a new opportunity in a role where you can shape high-profile connections, this may be the role for you!
Why work with us?
Every man needs to know about the most common cancer in men – prostate cancer. It’s a real and present danger that takes over 12,000 of our dads, grandads, brothers and friends each year.
Prostate Cancer UK is the largest men’s health charity in the UK. We have a simple ambition – to stop prostate cancer damaging lives. We invest millions in research to revolutionise testing, treatment and care. We’re blazing a trail to a screening programme that could save thousands of lives with regular, accurate tests for all men at risk. And we work tirelessly to spread the word about risk and offer specialist support to people living with the disease.
Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we give men and their families the power to navigate prostate cancer.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
At Prostate Cancer UK, we believe that equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to building a strong and innovative workplace, that represents, and can advocate for the communities we support. We stand against discrimination and prejudice, and we champion tolerance, fairness and equality in everything we do. This makes us stronger and helps us reach more people. We’re all here for the same reason: to give every man the power to navigate prostate cancer.
We're committed to righting health inequalities across the UK, starting with those faced by Black men who are at double risk. This includes ground-breaking research into Black men's risk and working with communities directly to overcome barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
Therefore, we’re particularly interested in applications from those from marginalised and vulnerable communities. This will help us create an environment of inclusion where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work, where personal qualities are as important as professional experience, and our people feel seen and heard.
Ways of working
Our hybrid working approach combines the best of flexible working – a positive work/life balance, inclusive and accessible platforms, and online information at our fingertips.
Next steps
More information on what we offer, as well as the role, can be found on our vacancies page. Please download our job profile document (job description) with our ‘How to apply’ section sharing the key points to refer to in your application and to apply, please visit the website via the apply button.
The closing date is Sunday 8th December 2024. Applications must be submitted by 23:45 UK time.
Interviews: By arrangement. Currently scheduled for the week of Monday 9th December 2024.
Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.
What makes Goldsmiths unique?
Goldsmiths, University of London is a world-renowned university that has a reputation for rigorous and innovative academic work; creativity has long been our hallmark. Academic excellence and imaginative course content combine to make a place where creative minds can thrive.
About the Department
The Development and Alumni Office is a small, dynamic team responsible for building a culture of support for Goldsmiths, whether that is through philanthropy, volunteering or advocacy. Our fundraising activities support highly impactful projects that change lives and even save lives, and that reflect Goldsmiths’ values of civic engagement, social inclusion and educational excellence.
The Alumni Relations and Regular Giving programme aims to build relationships that inspire alumni, colleagues and friends to support Goldsmiths through donations or volunteering. Through our multi-channel regular giving campaigns, we seek donations via single gifts, monthly direct debits and legacy gifts.
About the Role
This role will work closely with the Head of Alumni Relations and Regular Giving to implement the individual giving and legacy fundraising programme that will increase funds raised to support education at Goldsmiths.
The postholder will responsible for the project management of and writing copy for individual giving and legacy fundraising campaigns, and donor stewardship communications, via email, web, social media, and/or direct mail.
About the Candidate
You will be able to demonstrate an entrepreneurial approach to identifying new opportunities and developing ideas. You will also be able to demonstrate the ability to project manage fundraising campaigns and build personal relationships with alumni donors. You will be skilled in writing engaging fundraising copy for email, web and print. Ideally you will have experience of individual giving and/or legacy fundraising from the Higher Education or Not for Profit sector. However transferrable skills from exceptional candidates looking to move into the Higher Education sector are also welcomed.
Benefits
We have generous benefits – an agile working environment, 28 days’ annual leave plus 6 paid closure days (4 at Christmas and 2 at Easter) plus all Bank Holidays, great transport links, a defined benefit pension scheme, support for professional development and a broad range of well-being initiatives such as staff choir, running club and creative writing classes. Goldsmiths, University of London is passionate about advancing equality and celebrating diversity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a strategic, results-driven professional with a passion for building meaningful relationships? We’re seeking a Corporate Development Officer to join our dynamic Development Team on a full-time, permanent basis.
In this pivotal role, you’ll be at the forefront of creating and nurturing brand partnerships that align with our values and elevate our mission. You will be instrumental in fostering lasting relationships with corporate partners, and delivering real impact, as well as cultivating relationships with new prospective supporters.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support Revenue Growth: Support the team in delivering core income and the team’s financial targets through strategic partnerships and business membership.
- Corporate Memberships: Oversee and grow Southbank’s Corporate Membership program, ensuring partners receive exceptional service.
- Stewardship: Coordinate benefits roll out including execution of events for our corporate members and sponsors.
- Lead Generation & Prospect Research: Play a key role in identifying and securing new partnerships. Conduct in-depth research, produce detailed due diligence reports, and create compelling presentations that speak directly to prospective partners’ needs and priorities.
- Member Evaluation & Renewals: Produce detailed annual evaluation reports for corporate members, collaborating closely with the Corporate Partnerships Manager to ensure successful contract renewals and continued growth.
We’re looking for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, with a strong track record in customer service and event management, and a passion for delivering results.
Ready to make an impact? If you have a proven ability to build connections, drive revenue, and elevate partnerships, we’d love to hear from you.
For a complete overview of the role, please download the Job Description from our Career page.
We welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse background or those who are D/deaf or disabled. If you wish to discuss reasonable adjustments such as a BSL interpreter for your interview please indicate this on your application form. Interviews will take place at The Southbank Centre.
By attracting people to work for us from a broad range of backgrounds with diverse attitudes, opinions and beliefs we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. The Southbank Centre is a warm and welcoming place to work, with great aspirations and ambitions to create great and accessible work for all. We pride ourselves in building a supportive environment to enable the development of our staff.
If you feel you have just some of the required skills and experience but meet the person specification, we would still encourage you to apply; we are very open to continuing the training and development of individuals who are self motivated to acquire new skills and knowledge relevant to the role.
Southbank Centre
The Southbank Centre is Europe’s largest arts centre and one of the UK’s top five visitor attractions, occupying an 11-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames.
Its impact and reach are significant and it is respected internationally as a convener of great artists and diverse audiences and for being entrepreneurial and innovative in response to a volatile and changing financial landscape. The Southbank Centre is a charity that is determined to demonstrate its ambition to remain innovative, disruptive and experimental in what it does and to be highly relevant to the artists it wants to work with and to the audiences it wants to attract.
The Southbank Centre believes that a commitment to diversity and inclusion helps it be a more relevant and effective organisation.
Our Artistic Mission
The Southbank Centre exists to provide great artistic experiences for everyone. Through art, we invite our visitors to enjoy shared cultural encounters together. To gaze. To listen. To be moved. To discover a new idea or a new perspective. We are proud that for the last 70 years, the performances and exhibitions here have moved millions. We have provided a home for art and for artists. A community centred on art, where everyone, no matter their job, helps make the experience.
At the Southbank Centre we believe in:
Creating welcoming spaces
- Because upholding respect, safety and belonging is at the heart of vibrant teams and communities.
- This means us all taking responsibility for shaping and protecting a kind, compassionate and inclusive environment for others.
Making wonderful experiences together
- Because we all contribute to amazing artistic moments at the Southbank Centre.
- This means us all understanding and valuing the different parts we play in creating enjoyment and success.
Sparking new thinking
- Because different views and thought-provoking conversations inspire innovation, learning and growth.
- This means everyone having a desire to learn and being open to evaluating how they think and work.
Benefits & Perks:
As well as working at one of London's most popular and exciting sites the successful candidate will also benefit from the following:
- A min 5% employer’s pension contribution (rising to 9% depending on your employee contribution), from day 1 of employment
- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time employees)
- Hybrid working model (3 days office working, 2 days from home)
- Enhanced sick pay
- Enhanced family leave benefits
- Up to 30% discounts at onsite retail, food and beverage vendors
- Staff ticket offers for Southbank Centre events
- Free entry to Hayward Gallery
- Free/discounted entry with other reciprocal organisations
- Free staff yoga
- Free access to emotional support from a confidential specialist Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
The deadline for applications is 23:59 on the closing date for the job posting.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a confident, proactive, and creative fundraiser? Do you like to seek out opportunities from your thorough research and build productive relationships using your great communication skills?
Your existing experience in fundraising and desire to succeed will be essential in this role; if you also want to make a difference for nature, Surrey Wildlife Trust are looking for you!
About the role
In this exciting and challenging role you will support the fundraising team to build and develop relationships with corporates which result in the generation of income and beneficial strategic partnerships for Surrey Wildlife Trust. Reporting to the Corporate Partnerships Manager and working with other members of the Fundraising and Communications teams, this role will be responsible for account support for existing corporate members and partners, creation and delivery of corporate communications plans and organisation of corporate volunteering events.
Using existing leads plus building new relationships, your creative flair will generate compelling content and proposals tailored to different audiences and feed into press releases, newsletters, pitches and social media posts. There are real opportunities to shine whilst promoting our essential aim to connect nature.
Travel across Surrey will be a necessary part of the role to visit our projects, sites, donors and other partners.
About Surrey Wildlife Trust
Our head office is based in Pirbright, and our hybrid working policy aims to provide a good work/life balance which can incorporate partial home working whilst having an interesting working environment. The salary offered to successful applicants will form part of a benefits package including: above minimum pension contributions, life assurance of 4 x salary, employee support scheme, 22 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), flexible / hybrid working policy.
We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applications from backgrounds which may be underrepresented in our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities.
We aim to offer an interview to all candidates that meet the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustment to make our recruitment process more accessible.
Please look at the full job profile to see if you match our criteria and would enjoy working with motivated, passionate, wildlife friendly nature professionals and fundraising experts.
If this is the role for you, please send a completed application form, available at our website, search for jobs, or send a full CV and covering letter to Charlie Thefaut, Corporate Fundraising Officer, by the closing date of Wednesday 4th December 2024.
Surrey Wildlife Trust is the only local organisation dedicated to ensuring Surrey is a place where both abundant wildlife and people can live and thrive together.
Our aim is simply to connect nature.
Guided by a collaborative vision where we all play a part in connecting nature, we provide expert advice and guidance to landowners and managers, making sure the land we look after leads by example, while inspiring and educating people and organisations across the county on what they can do. By doing this we will create a Surrey that is full of diverse and abundant wildlife, where nature is at the heart of individual choices, corporate decisions, and local economic and policy making. One that helps tackle the ongoing climate emergency, while supporting the health and wellbeing of all who live here.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, more than 11,000 professionals working on the frontline received our training. Over 87,000adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 109,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last seven years, more than 5,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, making almost 17,000 adult and child victims of their abuse safer.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
The Role
Our influencing work is changing the UK conversation about domestic abuse, with both national
and locally based elected representatives and the officials and colleagues who work alongside them.
As our Policy and Public Affairs Manager, you’ll lead impactful policy initiatives that align with our mission to end domestic abuse and to ensure support for the whole family, preventing harm, reducing risk and supporting recovery. Working closely with our Head of Public Affairs and Policy, you’ll develop strategies which will amplify our voice and the voice of survivors, and deepen our policy engagement, particularly in relation to multi-agency work, health and family justice.
You will be joining the organisation at a pivotal moment as the new Government makes an explicit commitment to halve VAWG in ten years, including planning a new strategy and a number of new Bills to support this mission This provides an unmissable policy development and influencing opportunity to ensure that SafeLives’ priorities for improving the response to domestic abuse are taken forward by Government.
This is an ideal role for a dynamic and experienced policy manager with a commitment to social change and the prevention of domestic abuse.
You will be based in our London office and/or remote working, with regular meetings in London and occasional travel to other locations around the UK, including our Bristol office.
Benefits
- 34 days' holiday incl. public holidays
- Flexible working e.g. compressed hours
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
- Childcare vouchers
- Employee assistance programme
- Clinical supervision
- Holiday purchase scheme to buy up to an additional 5 days
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Enhanced sick pay
- Professional development fund
- Individual learning budget
- Restorative practice training
- Time off in lieu
If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 2nd December 2024.
SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all; please see our job description for full details.
No agencies, please.
Candidates must have permission to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visa applications.
Location: Home-based within 90 minutes travel of Central London, with occasional national and international travel
Contract: ~Six months (ideally from January 2025), full time
Reporting to: Executive Director
Salary: ~£90,000 p/a
Additional benefits: 30 days annual leave plus public holidays, generous pension contribution, life assurance and access to an employee assistance programme
Deadline for applications: 10am, 9th December 2024
Summary of role
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a pivotal role for our Alliance, acting as deputy to the Executive Director (ED) and leading on operationalising our strategy to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse online.
The successful candidate will oversee broad areas including people management; financial management; organisational culture; diversity, equity and inclusion; safeguarding; risk management; legal and compliance; and governance structures. They will work closely with the Executive Director and wider staff team to ensure highly effective internal processes, systems, controls, policies and procedures are in place to enable the impactful delivery of our strategy.
We require a highly experienced operational leader with a broad skillset and a demonstrable commitment to the values of WeProtect Global Alliance.
About WeProtect Global Alliance
The internet was not created with children in mind and can be unsafe for children to explore. Every phone and computer is a potential gateway for offenders seeking to sexually exploit children. Our Alliance generates political commitment and practical approaches to make the digital world safe and positive for children, preventing sexual abuse and long-term harm.
Our Alliance’s geographical reach is unprecedented: 102 countries are members along with 73 private sector companies, 113 civil society and 10 intergovernmental organisations. This diverse membership is key to our ability to deliver real change. Together, we break down complex problems and develop policies and solutions to protect children from sexual abuse online. More information on who we are and what we do can be found on our website.
WeProtect Global Alliance is supported by a high-performing secretariat of eleven staff based in the UK and Belgium and is guided by an influential Global Policy Board.
Job description
1. Organisational leadership and people management
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Work with the ED and SMT to ensure a values-led and positive organisational culture is reflected throughout ways of working, internal communication, policies and processes, and all team activities.
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Line-manage Senior Management Team (SMT) members, operational roles and other roles as necessary (currently Head of Development, Head of Communications and Engagement, Head of Policy, Advocacy and Research, and Operations Manager).
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Chair weekly SMT meetings.
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Oversee human resources and people management processes, ensuring alignment with best practice in areas including recruitment, induction, performance management, safety, wellbeing, learning and development, and benefits.
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Ensure diversity, inclusion and equity (DEI) considerations are at the forefront of all work and decisions, working alongside our expert DEI Consultant.
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Oversee the bi-annual, in-person team retreat.
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Be a key point of contact for all team members, holding regular meetings across the staff team, to understand team members’ individual perspectives, priorities, ideas and interests.
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Provide wide-ranging advice, recommendations and high-level support to the ED.
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Deputise for the ED, leading the organisation in their absence.
2. Operational management
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Oversee the annual planning process, project management, and ongoing monitoring of the organisational Action Plan.
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Lead on the drafting, regular review, and effective implementation of wide-ranging organisational processes and policies, working with expert advisors, as necessary.
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Oversee effective contract management for partners, suppliers and consultants.
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Work with the Head of Development on proposal development, grant management and reporting, and ensuring ongoing compliance with donor requirements.
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Work with the Operations Manager to oversee functions including IT, information management, and equipment.
2. Financial oversight
- Work with the Operations Manager (responsible for day-to-day financial management), budget holders, outsourced accountancy provider, external auditors in the UK and The Netherlands, and other financial specialists on areas including:
- Financial systems, policies and controls
- Annual budgeting, quarterly reforecasting and monitoring.
- Monthly management accounts
- Annual statutory audits and accounts
- VAT and tax compliance
- Banking and payment authorisation
- Salary benchmarking
- Payroll
- Oversee a strong value for money culture, supported by robust policies.
- Ensure strong anti-fraud policies and procedures are in place and fully implemented.
4. Risk management, governance and compliance
- Oversee organisational risk management, maintaining the Risk Register and ensuring robust controls are in place.
- Lead safeguarding work as the SMT Safeguarding Lead; working alongside the Participation Manager and Board Safeguarding Lead to ensure robust safeguarding policies, processes, training and a strong safeguarding culture, ensuring it is a key consideration throughout all organisational activity and decision-making.
- Lead on legal and regulatory compliance issues, seeking advice from lawyers in the UK, Belgium and The Netherlands, and other experts, as necessary.
- Ensure governance structures and processes are robust and compliant.
- Ensure adequate insurance cover is in place in all jurisdictions.
- Oversee data protection and cyber-security systems, policies and processes, ensuring compliance with best practice and legal obligations.
- Oversee crisis management processes, and work as a key member of any crisis management committees.
5. Stakeholder engagement
- Liaise with the Management Board and Global Policy Board on operational and governance issues, producing reports and presentations as required.
- Maintain strong and effective relationships with a broad range of external stakeholders including Alliance members, partners, consultants, service-providers, donors, lawyers, auditors, regulators, and advisors.
- Represent the Alliance at external events when required.
6. Wider organisational responsibilities
- Commit to the mission and values of WeProtect Global Alliance, putting these at the forefront of all work and actions.
- Ensure that a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is reflected in all work.
- Comply with all organisational codes, policies and processes.
- Attend and actively participate in regular line management check-ins and whole team meetings, preparing updates and discussion topics, as necessary.
- Prepare and deliver reports for the Executive Director and the Board, as necessary.
- Ensure that the CRM, project management documents, impact measurement tracking and other internal databases are kept fully up to date.
- Commit to ongoing personal development and learning.
- Travel locally, nationally and internationally for work events when required.
- Contribute, as necessary, to the detailed planning and delivery of the biennial WeProtect Global Alliance Global Summit.
- Fulfil any other reasonable requests to support the best interests of WeProtect Global Alliance.
Person Specification
Essential skills, experience and knowledge
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Strong commitment to the mission and values of WeProtect Global Alliance.
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Extensive professional experience in a comparable operational leadership role in the not-for-profit sector, an intergovernmental organisation or a social movement.
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High-level experience in people management, with advanced knowledge of human resource best practise and UK employment law.
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High-level financial management skills and experience.
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Significant experience in effectively managing organisational risk and ensuring legal and regulatory compliance.
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Proactive and able to confidently take initiative and make appropriate decisions.
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Proven ability to think strategically, solve problems and focus on clear and achievable goals.
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Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail.
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Advanced people skills, including a successful track record of establishing and maintaining strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
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Skilled communicator, in both written material and speaking, and the ability to effectively adapt information for different audiences.
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Firm commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
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High ethical standards and integrity.
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Fluency in spoken and written English.
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Right to work in the UK.
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Willingness and ability to travel occasionally, both nationally and internationally.
Desirable skills, experience and knowledge
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Lived experience which may be relevant to our organisation and mission.
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Knowledge and experience of governance requirements for Stichtings (Dutch foundations) and Public Benefit Organisations, (a designation provided by the Dutch tax authorities to institutions that are focused on the general good [in Dutch: ANBI status].
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Knowledge and experience of Belgian and Dutch employment law.
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Experience of working with geographically dispersed and/or remote working teams.
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Knowledge of child rights, child protection, online harms or closely related issues.
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Experience in working with the key membership constituencies of WeProtect Global Alliance: government, private sector, civil society and international or regional organisations.
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A university degree in a related field.
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Fluency in languages other than English.
Diversity, inclusion and equity
We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation. We particularly welcome applicants from ethnic minorities and other under-represented groups.
Safeguarding and values
As a child-focused organisation, we have a strong commitment to child safeguarding and rigorous procedures. The successful candidate will be required to provide two referees and to undergo a criminal record check.
All staff are expected to act at all times in a manner consistent with our values and in compliance with our policies and procedures, including our Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.
Our values are:
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Empowerment – collaboration, innovation, challenge
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Accountability – responsibility, delivery, safeguarding
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Respect – honesty, feedback, inclusion
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
A perfect remote-working part time role. Help make a positive & lasting difference to the lives of street connected children in Kolkata, India, by joining our small team in the UK as Communications & Marketing Manager. This is a home-based position, with the 21 hours spread across the week.
About The Hope Foundation for Street Children (HOPE UK)
The objective of HOPE UK is to raise awareness and funds for street-connected children and slum dwelling communities in Kolkata, India. We provide support to The Hope Kolkata Foundation which delivers 57 projects on the ground. HOPE UK was established in 2008, and over the past four years alone has raised over £1 million. HOPE UK also currently supports 595 street-connected children in Kolkata, whose education and general healthcare needs are sponsored by UK donors.
Providing the children in HOPE’s care with protection, healthcare, counselling, life skills, and education enables them enter into adulthood equipped and empowered to fulfil their potential and build healthy and happy lives with improved opportunities for their future. HOPE UK is a non-denominational, non-political humanitarian organisation.
HOPE’s vision is of “a world where it should never hurt to be a child"
The Role
Are you passionate about communication and marketing with lots of creative ideas? We’re looking for an experienced Communications & Marketing professional to diversify and grow our UK supporter base. You will be responsible for our communications and digital marketing strategy to drive and increase supporter engagement. Working remotely, you will be an integral part of a small team in the UK, reporting to the Head of Fundraising and collaborating with colleagues in India and Ireland.
Key Responsibilities
- Proactively create captivating and impactful content to support UK fundraising and advocacy objectives to broaden HOPE UK’s online presence and brand awareness.
- To optimise and increase engagement across social media platforms by identifying relevant opportunities to engage with online influencers, patrons and ambassadors, third parties, and key UK supporters in order to raise awareness of HOPE UK’s activities and programmes in Kolkata.
- Scheduling and sharing content provided by HOPE Kolkata, HOPE UK’s Head of Fundraising, and third-party supporters, and adapting this content to create engaging posts across HOPE UK’s platforms.
- Monitoring and managing HOPE UK’s social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and setting up a new LinkedIn account).Responding and engaging with comments, as needed. The role requires flexibility to enable monitoring channels.
- Managing HOPE UK’s communications calendar and overseeing content to ensure a consistent tone and brand across all channels.
- Ensuring HOPE UK’s compliance with law [website] copyright and data protection.
Experience and Skills
·Experience working in a Communications & Marketing role within the charity sector, preferably an international children’s charity.
·Experience of successfully increasing supporter engagement online and analysing results.
·A sound understanding of SEO, web metrics, analytics, and keyword search.
·Knowledge of various social media channels and understanding of the granularity of audiences.
·Experience of using a range of multi-media tools (e.g., Canva, InDesign) to create engaging content to support fundraising campaigns, increase brand awareness, and help drive donations.
·Knowledge of maximising sponsored campaigns and creating targeted posts (notably, on LinkedIn).
·An aptitude to work both independently and as part of a small team who all work remotely.
·A sound knowledge of English (written and verbal).
·Copywriting experience would be beneficial.
·Good communication and networking skills and an ability to liaise with multiple stakeholders.
·An ability to think both creatively and strategically.
·Experience working with and managing Google Ads/GDN
·Experience of writing and pitching press releases an advantage.
·Knowledge of updating a website (WordPress and WooCommerce).
·Knowledge of a CRM (Beacon) and optimising data integrations and web forms
If you have the relevant skills and experience, along with a real passion for the work we do, we would love to hear from you. Upload your CV and a supporting statement (as an attachment) telling us why you want to work for HOPE UK, how you meet our criteria and what you can bring to the role. Please note we will not consider any applications without a detailed supporting statement.
Application deadline:Tuesday 10 December
First interviews:W/c 6 January (over Zoom)
Please note, we are a small team and only successful candidates will be contacted.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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WIG is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We pride ourselves on being an equal-opportunity employer and are committed to building a team that represents a whole host of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.
About WIG
WIG is a purpose-driven, not-for-profit membership body that champions collaboration between leaders in business, government, and not-for-profit sectors for the common good. We believe that developing leadership capabilities for cross-sector collaboration is the key to helping build long-term prosperity for everyone in the UK.
With a cross-sector membership base of around 250 organisations – FTSE and professional services companies, central government departments and agencies, local authorities, universities and significant charities - WIG has been convening members for 40 years through three key sets of collaboration-based activities:
- Events - to explore the latest public policy developments and share best practice;
- Talent exchange - through mentoring, secondments and board appointments; and
- Leadership development – through programmes for leaders at all stages of their careers.
An overview of the opportunity
Reporting to the Head of Talent and Leadership Development, we are looking for a customer-focused, organised, forward thinking and creative Programme Manager to join us and drive our mission of cross-sector collaboration.
WIG was founded on secondments, and as such, they continue to play a hugely important role in our vision for a country where leaders collaborate for the common good. As leaders second in and out of organisation's, so too does knowledge sharing and porosity which enables strong decision making and improved collaboration. This is an exciting time to join the Talent and Leadership team and play an integral role in providing a first-class, customer-centric experience to WIG’s members.
You will be responsible for managing the Charity Next Secondment Programme ( a collaborative partnership between the Civil Service Fast Stream and Charities, Not for Profit's and Academia) working collaboratively to maximise secondment engagement between the sectors. You will also manage inwards secondments to member organisations as well as working on and developing new concepts, programmes and solutions to maximise porosity and knowledge sharing. You will work closely with other departments and the wider team to develop and increase both the volume and impact of secondment initiatives. You will do this by leveraging your data-driven and research approach as well as evidencing your strong relationship and stakeholder development skills.
What we’re looking for:
- Prior experience as a programme manager, project manager or similar, client-facing role with a demonstrable track record of excellent customer service.
- Prior experience in internal and external stakeholder management and proven ability to build rapport and liaise with senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience in delivering successful and effective business development strategies - with strong outcomes.
- A successful track record of using CRM systems (a plus if it's Dynamics!), Microsoft Forms, and other software applications to help aid decision making, keep on track of KPIs and to ensure strong project management and outcomes.
- Demonstrable aptitude in managing administration and processes including the signing of secondment agreements, onboarding meetings, feedback cycles and regular communication strategies.
- Demonstrable history of meeting deadlines and the ability to oversee several different projects simultaneously.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with a successful track record of building rapport and liaising with senior stakeholders.
- Exceptional organisational skills and impeccable attention to detail.
- Whilst not mandatory, it would be a huge plus if you displayed an interest in current affairs, contributing to a well-rounded and informed professional perspective.
- Prior experience of working to budgets, KPIs and forecasted elements of work.
- Strong teamwork - picking up other elements of work as required from the Talent & Leadership team as well as other interdepartmental bodies.
- A strong self-driven attitude and results orientated attitude - having a positive outlook and a clear focus on high quality output, ability to solve problems and work calmly under pressure.
- Prior experience of operating in the leadership, talent experience would be desirable but is not essential.
What can we offer you for your skills and experience?
- A salary between £35,000 - £37,500 per annum, depending on experience.
- A discretionary annual salary review and increase in line with inflation and organisational performance.
- Unlimited access to WIG’s 120 events per year, including roundtables, breakfast briefings and our annual D&I conference.
- Enhanced annual leave including increased leave for length of service, birthday leave, and festive office closure.
- An opportunity to give back with the ability to take paid time off for up to 40 hours a year for community and volunteering.
- Health and well-being support including annual BUPA health assessments, annual eye test, employee assistance programme and flexible working opportunities.
- Blended learning and development opportunities including Internal WIG learning programmes on leadership, EDI and soft skills, access to LinkedIn Learning and FTPro and our platform, Mentor Match.
- The chance to join various internal workstreams that drive team building and belonging at WIG including our EDI committee, Social committee and GreenStream.
- Hybrid working (at least 2 days a week from the office) with access to our office in London, Victoria.
What do some of the main role responsibilities look like?
- Working closely with the Head of Talent and Leadership Development; own the management and delivery of all WIG secondment programmes, including Charity Next, advertised inwards secondments and other secondment programmes and knowledge exchange initiatives both in train, and those that are yet to be developed.
- Responsible for strategic improvements and improving year on year service, impact and volumes.
- Working with the Fast Stream, the Charity Next Advisory Board, and Charity Hosts to develop, enhance and protect the future strategy of the programme.
- Maintaining and building on key stakeholder relationships within the Civil Service, not-for-profit sector partners and other potential partners.
- Presenting and being the face of secondment programmes at external events – seeking out publicity where possible to promote secondment programmes.
- Development of alum strategy, impact tracking and case studies highlighting porosity, knowledge sharing and other key elements for WIGs purpose.
- Lead analysis of feedback at relevant points during secondment cycles, utilising to form case studies and evidence of what works for further business development.
- Lead on business development activities, such as regular mailshots, business development meetings, proposals, and strategies to ensure we have the right hosts for the programmes.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Making The Leap is an innovative societal change charity that aims to make a big difference. From direct delivery, to advocacy and leadership, we refuse to stay in our lane and believe passionately that those we exist to serve have the right to be anything they want to be. To say that this is an exciting time for the organisation would be an understatement, as our incredible funders, donors, partners and supporters have given us the chance to move to the next level, and have further influence and delivery nationally.
The shared soul of the organisation is to be passionate about helping young people from less-advantaged backgrounds; build up other charities and community groups and want to partner with them or support them; want to work with businesses and organisations to get things done; and care deeply about addressing racial inequity.
The organisation has a number of strands: core Making The Leap; the UK Social Mobility Awards; the Social Mobility Podcast; Black Charity Leaders and The Social Mobility List.
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