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This is an exciting time to be at Battersea at the start of a new five-year strategy for the charity as it seeks to scale up and deliver new services and partnerships that will help it in its mission to help more dogs and cats, creating lasting change for animals and those who care for them, wherever they are. Earned media and PR is crucial to help Battersea build its visibility awareness, and relevance to new and existing audiences to support engagement with our strategic aims. The PR team play a key part in telling our story, shifting public attitudes, and generating support. 

We need a confident, dynamic and enthusiastic Press / Media Officer to help us drive visibility, affinity, and relevance amongst new and existing audiences. They will ensure Battersea maintains a high profile and strong, influential voice by working closely with the media and delivering quality proactive and reactive media activity that supports the charity’s strategic aims to help more animals. This role will focus on promoting the work Battersea is doing to help animals not just at our three centres, but also across the UK and overseas. 

Responsibilities will include responding to press enquiries and working with production teams, as well as supporting the wider Marketing & Communications directorate on the delivery of integrated campaigns and PR plans that support our animal welfare campaigning (Our Voice), our brand platform ‘We’re all in for them’, our global programmes strategy, our income generation activity, and our sector and corporate partnerships.

What we can offer you:

In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:

- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans

We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.

Our hybrid working model:

We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.

Diversity and inclusion:

We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.

We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.

More about us:

At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.

Closing date: 23rd February 2025
Interview date(s): w/c 3rd March 2025 (1st round); w/c 10th March 2025 (2nd round)

To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Resurgo’s mission is to inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme delivery. We’re a bold and innovative organisation with the ambition to transform society.

Are you a gifted designer and communications professional with an interest in charity marketing? Join the Resurgo Communications’ team as the organisation rebrands and help deliver our new identity to our varied audiences.

Comfortable designing collateral for print and digital, you will have several years’ experience either in the corporate world or third sector. You will also bring your project management skills in other areas of communications and be comfortable working with a variety of internal stakeholders and external suppliers. Joining a supportive team who love a challenge, you will work alongside experienced colleagues – this is the perfect move for someone wanting to expand their skills while working to support our vision to transform the lives of young people across the UK.

The important stuff 

Location: Hammersmith, London

Contract: Full-time, Permanent (Open to part-time, 4 days a week)

Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Salary: from £34,000

Closing date: Friday 21st February, 09.00am (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate).

Application pack: Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process. Contact us for any enquiries regarding accessibility.

Resurgo has been named one of the UK’s Best Places to Work by The Sunday Times. 

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

Graphic Design 

• Designing and producing collateral including digital and printed event invitations, leaflets, one-pagers and reports, and finessing presentation materials for senior colleagues, such as pitch decks, ensuring they are on brand and fit for purpose. 
• Working with the Communications Manager to rebrand all of Resurgo’s marketing materials in line with the roll-out of a brand refresh scheduled for mid-2025. This will include promotional materials for the Spear Programme, including banners, leaflets, posters, email templates etc. 
• Working with internal clients to provide print and digital solutions to marketing needs for a variety of audiences, from young people who are facing barriers to work, to corporate partnerships and funders. 
• Art working across print & digital. Preparing files for print and procuring print services, including bespoke print jobs where necessary. 

Project management

• Oversee outbound email marketing using Pardot for Resurgo’s audiences, by planning, designing pre-written content, scheduling emails, tracking audience crossover across teams, sharing analytics and making recommendations for improved engagement. Ensure GDPR and consent is adhered to across varying audience groups. 
• Set up and manage Resurgo’s Digital Asset Management library, including setting up a catalogue system for new photography created as part of the brand refresh. 

Campaigns 

• Work with the wider team on campaigns to promote fundraising and awareness, producing campaign plans and project managing implementation across teams. This includes match-funding campaigns working closely with our in-house Philanthropy team. 

Person Specification 

• A practising Christian who is passionate about personally representing the Christian values of Resurgo and committed to Resurgo’s mission to transform society.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a marketing or communications role.
• Solid IT skills including MS Office, project management.  Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, and other programmes such as Canva.  A good understanding of print and digital design concepts, (e.g. how to pre-flight a document before printing).
• A keen eye for design for both print (brochures, flyers) and digital (social media assets, email marketing) collateral; understanding the nuances of the two!  Knowledge of email marketing tools. Experience of using Pardot (Salesforce’s email marketing system) desirable. 
• Highly organised and able to manage a varied workload. Good grasp of marketing trends. Willingness to get stuck in with various other elements of comms work; experience in digital marketing an asset (e.g. website, social media, analytics, video).

Resurgo’s mission is to inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme delivery. We’re a bold and innovative organisation with the ambition to transform society.

Are you a gifted writer with the ability to flex your style for a variety of audiences? Do you also have excellent project management skills? If so, you could step into your next career move as a Senior Communications Manager at Resurgo. 

We are looking for someone to be at heart of our communications work. Working across our busy charity with a variety of internal and external stakeholders you will project manage the roll out of a rebrand, project manage production of collateral, proactively work on press and PR, and lead on our thought leadership work – drafting articles, blogs and emails for our varied audiences. With the ability to work to deadlines, under pressure and with a high attention to detail and excellent people skills, you will join a supportive team working to support Resurgo’s vision to transform the lives of young people across the UK.

The important stuff 

Location: Hammersmith, London

Contract: Full-time, Fixed-Term (Open to part-time, 4 days a week)

Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Salary: from £43,000

Closing date: Friday 21st February, 09.00am (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate).

Interviews: Interviews to commence from Thursday 27th February

Application pack: Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process. Contact us for any enquiries regarding accessibility.

Resurgo has been named one of the UK’s Best Places to Work by The Sunday Times. 

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

Project Management 

• Project manage the creation of content, from website to printed collateral, by working with internal and external designers and suppliers, and across the Resurgo team. 
• Work with the Digital Marketing Manager to project manage a website refresh, ensuring timelines and budgets are kept to. 
• Work with the Head of Media & Communications and external production companies on film projects, ensuring smooth running of production schedules, transport, locations etc. 

Thought Leadership & Copywriting 

• Raise brand awareness with external audiences through creating and distributing compelling thought leadership content.
• Produce varied written pieces, including internal and external newsletters; supporter-facing mailings; blogs; thought leadership pieces; news pieces and case studies. 
• Copywrite key publications, such as Resurgo’s impact report, supporter updates and other collateral, working with internal stakeholders. 
• Create a pipeline of new ideas for thought leadership across our varied audiences, in order to raise brand awareness and build our reputation as an expert in the field of youth employment. 
• Support other teams with writing tasks and manage proof-reading as required. 

Brand 

• Organise photo shoots with external photographers to build a new image bank to reflect the refreshed brand, including sourcing venues, liaising with young people, ensuring that correct permissions are recorded.
• Project manage the roll out of a rebrand which is happening in 2025. Project manage roll out of new brand assets, updated collateral for our Spear centres and central office. 

Internal communications 

• Collaborate with the People & Culture team, Senior Leadership Team and others to produce internal comms that are consistent, engaging and effective in communicating our goals and updates. Create an internal comms plan that reflects the future of a national organisation with staff in regional hubs. 

Press

• Support the Head of Media & Communications to implement the media engagement plan, including drafting press releases, building our media list and writing briefings for colleagues for media opportunities. Scope out new channels including podcasts that align with our organisational goals. 
• Report on press engagement and make suggestions for increasing brand awareness through traditional and non-traditional media. 

Person Specification 

• Excellent copywriting skills and understanding of tone of voice: solid spelling, grammar and clarity; ability to flex tone for relevant audience and channel. 

• Experience writing for a variety of audiences, preferably including donors or corporate partners. 

• Excellent track record in producing written materials for varied audiences. 

• Extremely organised and efficient; calm under pressure; able to juggle competing deadlines and priorities, splitting time across multiple projects. 

• Excellent people skills, able to relate well to colleagues of all seniority levels, freelancers and external agencies. 

• Solid project management skills, ability to hold various moving parts.

• Able to receive feedback on projects with humility, and confidence to give feedback and share ideas and expertise. 

• Good grasp of marketing trends. 

Since 2018, Connect: North Korea (CNK) has grown from a small community start-up into an effective and impactful organisation with an annual income over £500,000, mainly through grants from Trusts and Foundations. We now want to focus on building our supporter base and growing our individual giving programme to secure our long term growth.

As our new Communications and Fundraising Manager, you will play an exciting role in communicating with our individual and corporate supporters, identifying and engaging new supporters and growing our income to help us reach more members of our community.

You will lead on individual communications and fundraising initiatives, communicating in person, traditional and new media, engaging new supporters to our mission, sharing case studies and stories from our community to inspire them to donate. Your storytelling will position us in our supporters’ minds and encourage them to actively support CNK in 2025 and beyond.

Position: Communications and Fundraising Manager

Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer

Based at: Our offices in New Malden KT3 with some remote/home working.  We will be as flexible as possible to accommodate the right candidate.

Contract: Permanent. Full-time (35 hours per week) with occasional evening working required. Flexible hours/days possible whilst respecting core hours of 10am-4pm

Salary: £38,000 - £41,181 + 5% pension and gym membership

Benefits: 28 days holidays exclusive of public holidays. We also offer 2 additional days on top of this – 1 recharge day where the whole charity closes and 1 day in the week of a staff member’s birthday.

Your specific objectives will be to

• Grow our individual supporter base by 30% in 2025 through compelling stories, campaigns, traditional and social media initiatives

• Delivering impactful messages, responsive and successful online fundraising campaigns to grow our income from individual supporters to £50,000 per annum in 2025 and beyond.

This is a really exciting opportunity for a creative ambitious self-starter who enjoys a fast paced fundraising environment, is passionate about fundraising and communications, building relationships and creating compelling campaigns that inspire supporters to support our mission 

You are:

1) an experienced communicator, able to create compelling online campaigns and asks that grow our supporter base by 30%

2) understand the principles of fundraising and how to apply these principles to guide supporters on their journey from initial recruitment to regular giving

3) strategic in your approach, able to turn a little into a lot - so you know where best to focus your time and energy to achieve greatest results for CNK

4) passionate about our vision and mission, understanding that the more income we can raise from individual giving, the more services we can deliver to our disadvantaged community. You are committed to helping us achieve our target to raise £50,000 from our supporter base in 2025.

5) Organised, with an eye for detail and a talent for working in partnership with other team members. 

Primary duties and responsibilities will be:

Planning and reporting:

• With the support of CNK senior management, devise an action plan with measurable KPIs to communicate with our supporters and attract new supporters. You will be responsible for the delivery of this action plan in 2025.

• Use online analytics, social media insights, financial reports to report on KPIs (new supporters/followers, website analytics, conversion rates, ROI, number of new donations, average donation amounts) understand supporter motivations and use this learning to adapt our messaging to where each supporter is on their journey from recruitment to regular giving

Communications and Fundraising:

• Work with CNK team members to gather information, case studies, quotes and images and convert into compelling and engaging content for social media and our website. ‘

• Regularly update our website and social media platforms with insights, opinions, case studies, calls to action, to build our community of supporters

• Use social media platforms to build brand awareness and drive traffic to our website

• Plan and deliver innovative well thought out funding campaigns to convert existing supporters from once off donations to regular givers, nurture and steward donors to increase the value or frequency of their current donations

• Inspire our mailing list subscribers to give to us for the first time with the aim of increasing our new donor pool by 15% in 2025

Fundraising compliance:

• Save all communications and donor profiles, donations, giving history, gift aid agreements, correspondence, and communications with supporters on CNK CRM database. Uphold GDPR and comply with fundraising best practice.

Staff & Volunteer Management

• Recruit and manage volunteers to create visual content for social media. 

The role has no direct line reports at present but there may be in future, along with the prospect of promotion, budget permitting.
 

Essential skills and experience:

You will have at least three, and ideally five, years experience of:

• Communications and individual giving fundraising for a small charity, with a track record of developing and delivering successful individual giving campaigns that have generated 4 to 5 figure sums 

• building a community of followers and converting them into donors

• gathering information, case studies, data and finances, distilling and crafting high quality, well articulated compelling funding asks

• growing charity brand and positioning, thorough consistent approach, campaigns, asks,use of language and artwork

• digital marketing including social media, email marketing, and website content management

• designing tools, inputting data and keeping CRM software updated, using data analytics to report on donor journey and drive fundraising decisions

• relevant fundraising regulations and best practices, including GDPR compliance.

You:

• Can work quickly under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

• Are highly organised, able to act on own initiative, able to manage multiple projects and deadlines

• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to craft compelling asks to engage and inspire donors.

• Have engaging people skills, friendly, approachable with a positive attitude. You enjoy talking to donors about CNK on the phone, by email, in person and are unafraid to ‘make the ask’. Can engage collaboratively and constructively in a small team with an entrepreneurial feel

• Are creative and confident in suggesting ideas and solutions. You are ambitious for what your role can deliver for our community.

• Are committed to supporting and embedding lived experience across CNK

• Are keen to build and develop your role as suits the needs of the organisation

• Can speak Korean although this is not essential to the role.

We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or learning), LGBTQI+ or relationship status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, gender or social class.

We’re recruiting for a part time (18.5 hours per week) Social Media Lead job share to help lead the organic social media activity for Dogs Trust – driving positive engagement on our channels, living and breathing the Dogs Trust brand, and encouraging supporter action.

About this job

As a Social Media Lead, you will:

·       Develop a plan to support the organisation’s goals through social media and ensure Dogs Trust retains its market-leading position.

·       Oversee social media use for Dogs Trust across all channels - ensuring it always aligns with our aims and brand and providing first-in-class community management. 

·       Develop creative social media campaigns in line with the Marketing Communications strategy. 

·       Working with the Content and Stories team and Media Assistants in centres, keep a content calendar ensuring a constant supply of relevant, innovative content and have oversight of content plans of feeds owned by other teams.

About You

A seasoned people manager with advanced knowledge of social media channels and their importance in the marcomms mix, you will have experience responding to current affairs and dealing with crisis. Creative and innovative you will ensure we are finding new ways to promote our messages to new and existing audiences both proactively and reactively. 

About the Team

The Digital Experience department creates a seamless and integrated digital experience for our customers, ultimately to help ensure a happy life for all dogs. The team includes experts in digital product, digital marketing, content and social media to ensure we provide a first-rate end-to-end experience for dog lovers, dog owners and supporters.

In return for all of this, we have a comprehensive benefits package, which includes excellent annual leave and pension allowances, and you will you join a team of highly professional and driven colleagues in a brilliant upbeat and collaborative environment, all with a genuine passion for dog welfare.

About Dogs Trust

We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.

Action Around Bethlehem Children with Disability (‘ABCD’) is a small but well-established charity. We are passionate about improving the lives of children with disabilities across Palestine regardless of faith, race or gender.

We are recruiting for the brand new role of Fundraising and Communications Officer. This is an important and exciting point in ABCD’s development, when we seek to develop our profile and supporter base, particularly among younger people in the UK. Over recent years we have been gradually extending the scope of our work in the refugee camps in the West Bank. As we grow, and the demand for our services grows, so have our ambitions to raise much needed funds.

We are looking for a creative and ambitious UK-based person who can effectively convey the life-changing impact of our work, raise the profile of the charity and motivate our growing supporter base to both donate and raise funds for the disadvantaged. You yourself will have the opportunity to grow in the role, as the role itself evolves and the needs of the charity expand over time.

A small well established national heart charity requires a half-time experienced Administrative Assistant to work in Bromley, Kent BR2 and Dulwich SE22.  Flexible Hours.  Working with friendly staff who meet goals of support, education and research for UK families with heart disease.

Previous charity experience and Microsoft Office familiarity desirable.

Job involves assisting with Website Management and Social Media Posting, hosting zoom Trustee Meetings and manning information booth at London conferences twice yearly.

Annual renewable contract with pension and 10 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays.

Please see Marfan Trust website.   Closing Date: 28th February 2025 

About the role 

If you’re a writer who can come up with incredible headlines, craft copy across multiple channels and are driven by a strong desire to do some good in this world, then we want to meet you.

As our Midweight Copywriter, you’ll be joining a talented and friendly creative team who recently won In-House Agency of the Year at the Drum Awards.

We think and work a like an agency – we’re not here to simply cross the T’s and dot the I’s. Our work is all about finding the big ideas, so we need this to be one of your superpowers (and you’ll need a portfolio to prove it).

Our team takes on a variety of briefs from across the organisation and things move quickly. One day, you might be working on our Christmas fund-raising campaign. The next, you could be brainstorming ideas for an event or writing copy for a cash-appeal mail out. Whatever the brief, you’ll be taking projects from concept to completion, always working alongside a designer and a Creative Lead.

You’ll need real understanding of social media, an exceptional grasp of brand voice, meticulous attention to detail, excellent proofreading skills and all the versatility you’d expect from a top-notch copywriter.

Does this sound like you? Then let’s have a chat.

About the team 

As our Midweight Copywriter, you’ll be joining a friendly, talented and dedicated team who recently won In-house agency of the year at The Drum awards. You will work closely with your Creative Lead and fellow writers and designers to deliver creative content to highest standard across all areas of our communication.

Benefits 

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About Shelter

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

Safeguarding statement 

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies. 

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Do you have a passion for fundraising? Do you want to put your faith to work to address homelessness? 

About the role

Hope into Action is a multi-award-winning charity which enables the church to house people affected by homelessness.  We housed almost 500 people last year and have exciting plans to grow further. We aim to combine both professional excellence and spiritual passion in all we do. 

The Supporter Relations Manager is a critical role responsible for raising c£1m a year from grants and donations from individuals and churches. You will also be responsible for our communications including our website and social media.

About you

We are looking for someone who can inspire people to support the work of Hope into Action.This will involve excellent written and inter-personal skills and the ability to present our work with conviction and credibility.

You will have the ability to oversee both the detailed work required in a grant application as well as communications which inspire our supporters.You will appreciate the importance of targets and accountability and valuing every one of our supporters. 

You will be a team player, committed to the Christian ethos of our charity and our model of working closely with local churches. You have a passion for how the Christian faith can make a difference.

Turn2us is a national charity tackling poverty and the structural causes of financial insecurity. We work with co-producers and partners to provide people in financial crisis with the means and agency to get back on their feet, build resilience, move forward with their lives and thrive.

At Turn2us, everything we do is built for - and shaped by - people who have lived experience of financial insecurity. That includes our strategy, our digital tools, our approach to grant-making, our policy work and much more. We also believe that voices of lived experience should be at the heart of our communications and fundraising work, showing people the impact of financial insecurity, and why they should support our work to end it.

Our new Senior Storytelling Officer will grow the storytelling capacity in our team, building strong relationships with our storytellers and ensuring they’re supported before, during and after they tell their story to support our work.

In this role, you’ll build on existing work to establish a pipeline of strong storytellers, build trust and credibility in storytelling across the organisation, and develop storytelling best practice. Underpinning all of this will be your sensitive, diplomatic, and intersectional approach to storytelling.

This role requires a professional who can balance the sensitive nature of our work with the strategic needs of the organisation. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in ethical storytelling and the ability to lead and innovate in this crucial area of our work

We are actively welcoming people with experience of financial insecurity to apply for this role. We know that, for some people, this experience may have affected the opportunities available to them, and that as a result their career path may be untraditional. If that’s you, and you can demonstrate clear ability, experience and a deep personal commitment to our vision, we’d love to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to equity, inclusion and diversity and the value people from different backgrounds bring to a team. If, like us, you believe everyone has the right to have enough to live on, and you are ambitious about eradicating poverty, join us and build your career with a charity dedicated to ensuring dignity and equity for all.

We offer flexible working patterns, both in terms of hours and remote working. Please note that all employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 4 days a month on a weekly basis.

Some roles may be required to be in the office more often than others and this will be agreed with the hiring manager upon starting at Turn2us.

Please note that all job offers are subject to 2 – 3 satisfactory references and a disclosure satisfactory to Turn2us from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

Closing date: 28th February 2025

1st Interview date: 12th March 2025

Bright Futures UK is the first and only charity to support young people experiencing long-term illness, back into education. Working with young people from the ages of 5-24 who have both long-term physical, chronic and mental health illnesses. We work to create different educational and social programmes of support so that every young person can reach their true potential.

Role Overview:

Join us as a Volunteer Coordinator and become an integral part of our mission to transform the lives of young people suffering from illness in education. This position involves working within a team to recruit and manage the volunteers that run our Individual and Group programmes. The ideal candidate will be passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people and have excellent communication and organizational skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the recruitment and onboarding of volunteers for various roles, such as creative educational workshop leaders, tutors, and industry mentors.
• Attend in-person recruitment events to engage with our volunteering communities.
• Work alongside our volunteer lead to schedule and deliver online training sessions, to ensure volunteers are well-prepared and confident in their roles.
• Keep accurate training records and provide certificates of completion.
• Assist with organising and delivering volunteer events and recognition programmes to celebrate and motivate the volunteer team.
• Maintain accurate records of volunteer activities and hours, ensuring compliance with all legal and organizational requirements.
• Manage and organise our in-person volunteers, including collecting their programme outlines and communicating their schedules to them.
• Collaborate with other team members to ensure the successful delivery of all programmes.
• Occasionally, attend hospital workshops to support our volunteers with their programming.

Qualifications:

• Experience in a relevant field or studies beneficial but not necessary (e.g., Social Work, Education, Nonprofit Management).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with volunteers, young people, and other stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
• Empathy, patience, and a genuine passion for supporting young people facing significant challenges.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Canva, experience with volunteer management software and recruitment sites (desirable).

What We Offer:

• A meaningful and rewarding role within a supportive and passionate team.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

How to Apply:

If you are interested in making a difference in the lives of young people and believe you have the skills and experience to excel in this role, please submit your CV and a cover letter  outlining your suitability for the position, with reference to the Job Description.

Join us in making a positive impact on the lives of young people with chronic illnesses!

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

• Plan and deliver high-quality events, including the Trust’s Annual Public Meeting and Members Event.
• Provide logistics and event management support for Barnwood’s change programmes and other activities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to shape accessible and inclusive events tailored to diverse audiences.
• Manage event data and marketing functions using the Trust’s CRM system, ensuring GDPR compliance.

Marketing and communication to a wide range of external audiences

• Work with the Marketing Manager to engage diverse audiences creatively through print, digital, and social media channels.
• Contribute ideas for engaging content, utilising a range of channels.
• Support website and social media management.
• Project manage outsourced projects, such as film production, in collaboration with the Marketing and Communications Manager. 

Essential Knowledge and experience:

• Proven experience in event management, including planning, coordination, and delivery of events to a high standard.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple events simultaneously, prioritise tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Awareness and understanding of accessibility requirements when organising events.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders, including staff, Barnwood Circle members and external partners.
• An understanding of a range of marketing channels, including print media, digital media, social media platforms, and face to face engagement.
• Proven experience in using a Customer Relationship Management System (CRM, e.g., Bitrix) to include building and sending event invitations.

For full details please see our application pack.

Summary of skills

• Event Management
• Highly organised with project co-ordination skills
• Excellent communication including high level written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Time management
• Problem solving
• Collaboration and team working
• Strong IT skills (demonstrable proficiency in using MS Outlook, MS 
• Office Suite)
• Creativity, flexibility and adaptability

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 Thursday 13th February 2025

First interviews: Monday 17th February 2025

Second stage interviews: Monday 24th February 2025

We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.

About the role 

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Art Director to join our award-winning in-house creative team. This is your chance to shape compelling campaigns that inspire action, drive awareness, and create a tangible impact. You’ll bring a unique blend of big ideas, strategic thinking, and hands-on design skills to ensure Shelter’s messages resonate powerfully across all platforms.

From ideation to launch, you’ll be responsible for delivering ambitious, research-driven concepts and solutions. You should feel equally at home designing to our brand guidelines and leading the charge on your own innovative concepts. Occasionally, you’ll also step in to support with general design needs, ensuring that all outputs for the Shelter brand meet the highest creative standards while maintaining brand consistency. A strong command of Adobe Creative Suite is essential.

In this varied, fast-paced, and rewarding role, you’ll collaborate closely with colleagues— specifically working alongside our Senior conceptual Copywriter taking briefs from concept to completion. You’ll lead some projects independently while receiving support and guidance from the Creative Lead when needed. The role offers an opportunity to work across a range of media, including print, TV, social media, and experiential designs. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation, creating communications for teams in fundraising, campaigns, services, and occasionally retail.

You’ll also take on a mentoring role for one of our in-house designers, helping them develop their creative skills while ensuring their work consistently represents the Shelter brand to the highest standards. Supporting their wellbeing in the workplace will also be part of your leadership approach.

About the Team 

As our Senior Art Director you’ll be joining a friendly, talented and dedicated team who’ve recently won In-house agency of the year at the Drum awards. You will work closely with your Creative Lead and fellow writers and designers to deliver creative content to highest standard across all areas of our communication.   

Benefits 

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About Shelter

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

Safeguarding statement 

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies. 

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Working closely with the Head of Marketing and Communications as well as the Events and Programme Manager, the postholder will support the delivery of the training and consultancy programme and support the communications and digital function at SMK.  

With the Head of Marketing and Communications you will support SMK’s communications and marketing activity, aimed at strengthening our stakeholder relations, growing our profile and amplifying our reputation.  This role will focus on digital marketing activity, in particular social media, and content creation.

With the Events and Programme Manager you will support administration, research and communications needs of the training and consultancy programme.  

Good knowledge of digital marketing, especially social media is essential. You should have an interest in developing innovative digital content including copy and visual media for a range of online channels. You will need to be able to produce and schedule quality content related to the programmes to build engagement and sales.

You will also have the ability to develop SMK’s channels further and stay on top of digital trends, audience development and stakeholder engagement practices.

We have some excellent benefits including 25 days annual leave, Christmas closure and an additional one week organisational shut down in August as part of our commitment to work/ life balance.

Job description 

Programme support  

• Provide overall administrative support to meet programme objectives.

• Coordinate programme activities for projects, events and workshops.  

• Support the T&C (Training and Consultancy) team with research around marketing and identifying new clients/organisations.  

• Support with managing and updating SMK’s online systems, including the website, our e-commerce platform, and Mailchimp.  

Marketing  

• Support the planning, creation, and scheduling of multiple marketing projects, ensuring the ‘SMK voice’ through tone and brand is implemented across the channels.

• With direction from the Head of Marketing and Communications, manage and implement the rollout of the Awards social media engagement content plan.

• Oversee our use of social media (e.g. scheduling and asset creation)

• Support with webpage updates when required.

• Collect social media data and monitor engagement

• Be responsible for SMK projects communications when required, which might include digital marketing and communications (webpages, e-news and social media). 

Salesforce  

• Database management, including cleaning and updating records.

• Undertake relevant training when required.

Other 

• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the purpose and remit of the post. 

Person specification 

Essential 

• Demonstrable experience in social media delivery including content creation for appropriate channels and monitoring, collecting and analysing data.  

• Experience in co-ordinating online and in person events.  

• Experience of building effective relationships with stakeholders, such as clients or suppliers.  

• Ability to find pragmatic solutions, seek improvements, and adapt to changing situations 

• Good organisational skills – able to manage own workload effectively, take initiative and work under pressure 

• Willingness to support others where needed 

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, with a willingness to learn and use new systems 

• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends, if required 

• A good understanding of current issues affecting civil society and change-making 

• Flexible, hardworking, happy to work within a small team, and committed to continuous personal development 

• Good research, analytical skills and structured thinking.

Desirable

• Experience of developing a social media strategy

• Experience of audience development and engagement methods through digital marketing

• Experience or interest in campaigning  

• Experience with Salesforce or another similar CRM.  

Skills  

• Strong administrative and logistical capabilities 

• Good digital marketing skills 

• Ability to use social media tools such as Canva and Hootsuite 

• Good attention to detail and problem-solving skills 

• Some experience of databases (ideally Salesforce)