Marketing Officer Jobs

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Marketing and Communications Officer to join the Marketing and Communications team.

Your role will be to will be to work collaboratively across the organisation, you will help deliver impactful, multi-channel campaigns that elevate our profile, attract new audiences, and support key goals in fundraising, recruitment, business development, and awareness.

For more information about the role please click on the job title.

This role is not open to sponsorship.

Role Requirements

• Develop and manage a social media content calendar for all channels, ensuring consistent, engaging, and on-brand messaging.
• Create a range of content, including photographic, animated, and short-form video materials, using tools like Canva or by briefing the in-house design team.
• Collaborate with teams across the organisation to represent all functions through strategic content.
• Work with teams to optimise social campaigns for events, appeals, and recruitment efforts.
• Work closely with colleagues from the fundraising directorate to help maximise the success of specific fundraising campaigns and messages via our social channels (including active participation in the planning process).
• Plan and execute paid social media campaigns to enhance reach and engagement for key initiatives.
• Write and publish blogs and articles that support broader marketing goals.
• Ensure all content adheres to consent, GDPR, and brand guidelines.
• Develop engaging content for social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, X), including copywriting, graphic design, and video production.
• Offer guidance and training to The Children’s Trust School and other internal teams including fundraising and retail to support their social media activities.
• Partner with key departments to integrate social media into broader marketing and communications activities.

Interview Date: To be confirmed.

Strictly no agencies, please.

As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion.

About Us

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.

Staff Benefits

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.

We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.

Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check.  Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected.  The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.

Online Searches

In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.

Role Description
This role focuses on raising awareness of Together Active’s mission, growing engagement with our work, and supporting income generation through creative marketing. As our Marketing Officer, you’ll plan and deliver impactful campaigns, develop our digital presence, and create high-quality content to reach key audiences.

Role Outcomes

• Increased awareness and engagement with Together Active’s programmes and initiatives.
• Successful delivery of multi-channel marketing campaigns, meeting deadlines and budgets.
• A measurable increase in our digital reach, engagement, and conversions.
• Consistent brand representation across all channels and communications.

What Does This Mean Day to Day?

• Plan, deliver, and evaluate engaging marketing campaigns across digital and print platforms.
• Develop compelling content for social media, websites, email newsletters, and promotional materials.
• Manage and grow Together Active’s digital presence, ensuring consistency with our brand.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to support communication needs.
• Monitor campaign performance and provide insights to improve future activities.
• Support fundraising and brand-building initiatives to amplify our impact.

How We Value You

• Generous annual leave allowance: 27.5 days upon commencement of employment plus bank holidays, increasing by an additional day per year after two years of continuous employment (up to an additional 5 days).
• Three concessionary days leave over Christmas and New Year (pro rata for part-time staff).
• Death in service scheme up to the value of three times actual salary.
• Wellbeing Grant: £50 voucher per year to spend on health and wellbeing.
• Volunteer day to support an organisation or cause of your choice.
• Up to 8% employer contribution to the pension scheme.
• Reimbursement of the cost of a standard eye test as a user of visual display equipment.
• Access to Cyclescheme.
• Annual CPD courses offered by Staffordshire University.
• Online skills training platform for personal and professional development.
• Access to counselling services.

Unifrog’s mission
 

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.
 

Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.
 

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with over half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer (check out this video to hear more about the Unifrog platform).
 

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!
 

We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply.

The role and your key responsibilities

As Marketing Lead, you’ll head up the marketing to our UK and international school audiences - from building compelling email campaigns to crafting engaging slide decks. UK and international schools are our two biggest audiences, and you’ll play a key role in driving their continued growth, helping us to support as many students as possible to make informed decisions about their next steps.

Your key responsibilities:
 

• Marketing strategy and planning

  • Work with the Head of Marketing to set the marketing strategy for our UK and international school audiences, including understanding our customer personas, setting objectives, and identifying priorities for the year.

  • Execute the strategy and lead on the creation and delivery of all comms to these two key audiences.

• Email

  • Plan, write, and send compelling email campaigns, tailored to our different school audiences across the world.

  • Work with the Content team to plan content for our teacher, parent and student-facing newsletters, and proof-read drafts.
  • Use data to conduct regular ‘test and learns’ to maximise engagement with email campaigns. 

• Events 

  • Work with our Events team to effectively market our school-facing events, including in-person teacher conferences, webinars, and virtual university and careers fairs for students.

  • Create and send promotional comms, and support the Events team to write engaging event descriptions, conversion, and follow-up emails.

  • Provide on-the-day support to the Events team for bigger events, such as our in-person teacher conferences.

• Social media

  • Grow, create engaging content for, and spark conversations in our private UK teacher and international counselor Facebook groups.

• Design

  • Write effective briefs and work with our in-house Graphic Designer to create impactful marketing collateral to use across digital channels and at in-person events.

  • Create your own graphic design projects, based on templates, such as event agendas and slide decks for the UK and International schools teams to present at conferences. 

Working together

You’ll be working as part of a small marketing team, alongside our: Head of Marketing (your line manager), Marketing Lead for HE and Employers, Events Manager, Events Leads, and Events Assistant. You’ll also be working closely with our Content team, as well as our UK and International school partnerships teams. 

What we’re looking for

• 3-4 years’ experience in a marketing role.
   

• Exceptional writing skills, including ability to pick up our Unifrog tone of voice and tailor messages to different audiences.
   

• Excellent writing and communication skills, in person, over the phone and via video call.
   

• Strong stakeholder management skills.
   

• Highly organised and able to juggle different projects and deadlines.
   

• Confident with Google Sheets and Docs, and happy to learn new platforms such as Asana, Visme and Canva.
   

• Comfortable working both as part of a team and independently, and able to take the initiative when required.
   

• An interest in education, careers, and development.
   

• Proactive attitude and willingness to get stuck in. You need to be excited about going beyond the core responsibilities detailed above to improve what we do and make it a success.

You will be joining a team of highly motivated people who are passionate about our mission of helping students to find the best next step for them after school. If this excites you, you love keeping on top of the latest marketing trends, and are an energetic person who is willing to learn, then we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits

Head to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.

• Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools. 

• Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.

• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.

• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.

Key details

• £36,000 - £40,000 per annum (Grade B) (pro rata) depending on experience, plus a share in a company-wide performance bonus.
   

• Full-time. 

• 10-month FTC maternity cover.

• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays) pro rata.

• Working hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9:00 am to 4:30 pm on Friday.
   

• Work remotely or in our London office.
   

• Start date: Monday 31st March 2025 (although we can be flexible depending on notice periods).
   

• If you require reasonable adjustments, or want to discuss any details about the role before applying please get in touch.
   

• We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Application process

Deadline: 10:00AM (GMT) on Friday 10th January 2025

• Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour) ✍️
  • i. With reference to examples of your recent experience, what would make you an excellent candidate for this role? (250 words)
  • ​ii. You joined the team mid-campaign for the launch of a new tool on the Unifrog platform. It becomes clear that the campaign is off track and internal stakeholders have started to express concerns. How would you go about understanding the cause/s of the issue, and how would you regain stakeholder confidence? (250 words)
  • iii. Tell us about a time when you had to tailor an email campaign for a specific audience. What informed your approach? (250 words)

• Stage 2: Marketing task (1 hour) ✉️

  • For the next stage of the application process, we’ll ask you to draft a marketing email to one of our audiences. We will send you instructions if you are successful in the first application stage. We will be scheduling these tasks after the application deadline. 

• Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour) ��️

  • Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions).
  • Video call interviews will be held w/c 27th January 2025.

Your answers are an opportunity to let us know more about your motivations and experience. While we understand that candidates might want to use AI to improve parts of their application, we strongly encourage you to write your answers independently.

Please note, we compare all answers to an AI generated answer. Where we suspect AI has been used to write the majority of the answer, this will be taken into consideration when scoring.

Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog
 

• Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from.

• As a platform that supports teachers and students from a huge variety of backgrounds it’s important that our team and leadership reflects this diversity. This is something we are actively working towards and prioritising. We want to embed diversity, equity and inclusion across everything we do, continually evaluating policies and practices to make sure they are inclusive and equitable.

• To make sure everyone’s voice is heard and people have the opportunities to learn to be better allies in the workplace, we encourage the team to share what they’re celebrating, facilitate training and group discussions, and seek regular feedback about what more the company could do to help people feel included.

• To ensure that our recruitment process is consistent and fair, we anonymise your application and therefore do not see your name, personal, educational or professional background. We also randomise the order of responses so that it’s less likely that a candidate is advantaged or disadvantaged by where their answers appear compared to other candidates.

Battersea is entering an exciting phase of innovation and transformation as we embark on the first year of our new five-year strategy. With increased investment in income generation starting in 2025, we are expanding our team to drive the growth necessary to achieve our organisational goals. Our fundraising team bridges the journey of the animals in our care with the wider public, demonstrating how their contributions enable us to support every dog and cat. We now have several new roles within this team to further our mission.

We are looking for two Direct Marketing Officers to manage and deliver a series of high standard direct marketing campaigns across our Regular Giving programme; recruiting, retaining and upgrading regular donors to generate agreed income through a variety of direct marketing methods such as direct dialogue, DRTV, digital, and direct mail; encouraging regular monthly gifts or support via one of our main products such as general Regular Giving and Sponsorship, our Lottery, Value Exchange programme and other methods of committed giving as they arise.

Please note that there are two positions available - one focusing on Lottery & Lead Generation, one focusing on Regular Giving & Sponsorship. Please include in your supporting statement which role you are interested in.

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: 5th January 2025
Interview date(s): w/c 13th January 2025

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.

Are you motivated by inspiring generosity in others?, Are you keen to support excellent fundraising?

We are looking for a Marketing Officer who can play a key support role for Tearfund's marketing and fundraising activities. The role includes opportunities to support the exploration of new ways to raise income, contributing to fundraising projects and annual planning. You will need to maintain the integrity of the supporter database and to effectively monitor campaign performance. You will also need to be comfortable liaising with external suppliers and internal stakeholders and be able to oversee relationships with donors or volunteers (e.g. fundraisers, church reps or speaking volunteers) so that they are trained, resourced and supported appropriately. 

If that's you, then we would love to hear from you!

Do you have the following experience?

• Experience working in a fundraising environment 
• Understanding of relationship management techniques 
• Proven experience of database or CRM management 
• Project management skills, with the ability to work on multiple projects

The successful candidate will have:

• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to write reports and creative briefs
• A good understanding of analysing financial data 
• The ability to work under pressure and manage a varied workload
• Excellent IT skills

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and those from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds (in our UK workforce) as these groups are currently under-represented at Tearfund.

Hybrid working: This role is eligible for hybrid working and you will be required to work from the Teddington Tearfund office and from your home by agreement with the line manager.

All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs.

 The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure. 

Battersea is entering an exciting phase of innovation and transformation as we embark on the first year of our new five-year strategy. With increased investment in income generation starting in 2025, we are expanding our team to drive the growth necessary to achieve our organisational goals. Our fundraising team bridges the journey of the animals in our care with the wider public, demonstrating how their contributions enable us to support every dog and cat. We now have several new roles within this team to further our mission. 

We are seeking a Senior Direct Marketing Officer to join this team to manage Battersea’s One-off Cash and Raffle programme, with responsibility for the recruitment and retention of cash and raffle donors and for managing of Direct Marketing Officer(s) on the projects to deliver this area of our programme. 

In order to be successful in this role, you will have the ability to manage direct marketing campaigns with substantial understanding of DM acquisition and retention across a range of media channels; experience of working with internal teams and external suppliers; the ability to analyse results of campaigns; and have experience of coaching and developing team members.

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: 5th January 2025
Interview date(s): w/c 13th January 2025 (1st round); w/c 20th January 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.

Are you an experienced marketing professional looking to use your skills to make a real difference? At St Catherine’s Hospice, we are seeking a Marketing Manager to lead our marketing efforts and help embed a supporter-centric, data-driven approach across our organisation.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and deliver a marketing strategy that will raise awareness, engage the community, and drive the essential income that sustains our vital care. If you’re ready to build something impactful from the ground up, build and lead a passionate team, and use your expertise for a meaningful cause, we want to hear from you.

About the Role

As Marketing Manager, you will:

• Develop and Implement Strategy: Create and deliver a comprehensive marketing strategy and annual plan, working closely with the Director of Marketing and Engagement.
• Raise Awareness and Support: Inspire our community by sharing powerful stories, recognising supporters, and elevating the Hospice’s profile.
• Deliver High-Impact Campaigns: Oversee multi-channel campaigns to promote our initiatives, drive brand awareness, and support fundraising goals.
• Lead Digital Excellence: Manage and optimise our website and digital platforms to enhance user experiences and meet audience needs.
• Analyse and Refine: Use data and insights to evaluate performance, identify growth opportunities, and continuously improve our marketing efforts.
• Build and Mentor a Team: Lead and inspire the marketing team, fostering collaboration and ensuring their development and success.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: Proven track record in business-to-consumer or not-for-profit marketing, with expertise in leading teams and delivering successful campaigns.
• Leadership: Skilled in mentoring, strategic thinking, and building relationships across teams and stakeholders.
• Technical Expertise: Proficient in digital marketing techniques, CRM systems, and campaign management with creative literacy and an understanding of brand.
• Creativity and Pragmatism: A visionary thinker who can turn ideas into impactful action.
• Resilience and Emotional Intelligence: Sensitive to the needs of patients and families, with the emotional intelligence to navigate challenging situations.

Why Join Us?

At St Catherine’s Hospice, you’ll find more than a job—you’ll find purpose. Here, your work will directly contribute to providing care and support to those who need it most. You’ll enjoy the autonomy to shape your team and plans while being part of an organisation that values innovation, compassion, and community.

Qualifications and Skills Required

• Degree in marketing or extensive equivalent experience
• Expertise in campaign planning, digital marketing, and brand building
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to manage budgets, analyse data, and make informed decisions

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• 36 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) and your birthday off
• Access to an employee assistance programme with a wealth of wellbeing resources
• Competitive pension scheme (up to 8% employer contribution)
• Life insurance
• Hybrid working opportunities
• On-site free parking
• Opportunity to lead a growing marketing team
• A chance to use your skills for a cause that makes a difference every day

Join us in shaping the future of St Catherine’s Hospice and making a lasting impact on our community.

Apply Today
Be part of something extraordinary. Submit a CV and covering letter by Wednesday 8th January 2025 at 5.00 pm

Interviews will take place on 22nd January 2025

We are seeking a Communications & Marketing Officer skilled in digital marketing, content creation and data-drivin strategy development.

A project supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) 

 JOB TITLE:                  COMMUNICATION & MARKETING OFFICER  

REPORTING TO:                CORPORATE SERVICES MANAGER 

ACOUNTABLE TO:            CORPORATE SERVICES MANAGER 

SALARY:     £28,672 PER ANNUM                    

CONTRACT:   36 HOURS PER WEEK  

                                               3 YEAR FIXED TERM  

LOCATION:                        DERRY~LONDONDERRY  

As Communications & Marketing Officer, you will be responsible for developing and implementing effective marketing strategies, managing social media channels, crafting compelling content and ensuring consistent brand messaging across all platforms. You will play a key role in promoting our mission, engaging stakeholders and driving audience growth. The ideal candidate is, a strong communicator skilled in digital marketing, content creation, and data-driven strategy development, with a passion for storytelling and connecting with diverse audiences. 

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is highly organised and has a proactive approach to enhancing Verbal’s visibility and impact. 

We’re looking for an experienced Marketing and Communications Officer to join our Marcoms Team. This role represents an exciting opportunity to work with a charity that has real impact on the lives of children, young people and their families. Whether you’re liaising with the media to raise awareness of our work in schools, working with school-based colleagues to develop case studies, promoting our professional qualifications, or developing marketing and communications campaigns and activity, including Children’s Mental Health Week, you will be motivated by knowing that this role will help Place2be to support children across the UK with their mental health.

You will play a key role in campaigns, creating compelling copy to raise awareness of our work and work closely with our Head of Marketing and Communications to secure press coverage and supporting with the creation of digital media, key blogs and content. This is a role that requires a unique mix of skills across communications, marketing and PR.

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the ‘can do’ attitude towards your work and the key skills needed to succeed, we would love to hear from you. It’s varied and interesting role but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.

Together we can change children’s lives. At Place2Be, we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. We create a safe place in schools where children and young people can open up without pressure or stigma, allowing our highly skilled and diverse counsellors to reach children, young people and their families who need us.

For a career with purpose, this is your place.

Recruitment Process:

As part of your application you will need to answer some shortlisting questions. Please answer these as fully as you can, we recommend using the STAR model. Situation, Task, Action Result.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on 12 January 2025

1st Interview date: 17 January 2025

2nd Interview : 23 January 2025

Our Benefits

When you work at Place2Be –whether that's in a school, supporting families, providing clinical supervision, or in IT, Finance, or Fundraising –every role can make the difference to a young person. To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support.

Here’s just a few things we have on offer:

• Annual Leave that increases with service
• Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career
• 5% contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance of four times your annual salary
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)
• Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time
• Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave

We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organization.

Please note if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please apply asap.

Safeguarding the young people we support is our top priority. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and we therefore apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure all candidates are appropriate for the roles they apply for and are appropriately screened prior to appointment including DBS checks and social media background checks.

We are looking for a dynamic, confident individual with skills and expertise in marketing and communications to take an active and leading role in raising our profile, promoting our services, demonstrating our impact and managing targeted campaigns and initiatives.

You will be a passionate advocate of children’s literacy, with a strong background in digital media, able to create engaging content and communicate effectively and creatively across multiple platforms, telling our stories and demonstrating our impact.  You will be experienced in creating, running and evaluating marketing campaigns and initiatives, confident in your own abilities, with a creative flair and eye for opportunity.

You will see first-hand how our projects work and the impact reading for pleasure makes and play a key role in telling our stories and increasing our reach and support.

In return, we offer a varied role in a small friendly team, with an exciting blend of strategy and delivery which you can shape and make your own; a flexible approach; and training and development opportunities.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

MARKETING & DESIGN

• Lead impactful marketing campaigns, from concept to execution, across multiple channels.
• Monitor campaign progress, analyse data, and implement strategies to boost engagement and conversion.

· Manage Google AdWords – develop and optimise our AdWords campaigns.

• Develop innovative approaches to increase brand awareness and support.
• Collaborate with colleagues in Volunteering, Delivery and Fundraising to create integrated campaigns for those areas.

· Work with colleagues to create in-house design elements using Canva and/or InDesign for online and offline documents including - flyers, adverts, reports, Annual Review.

· Draft and coordinate content for, and manage the creation of, a quarterly newsletter to our list of subscribers.

· Act as brand custodian for the charity – ensuring staff and partners are adhering to Brand Guidelines.

COMMUNICATIONS

· Monitor all Marcomms channels including the website for engagement and activity – keeping a record and producing a quarterly report.

· Be responsible for the Charity’s website, working with our external digital partner to maintain and develop content and functionality and improve accessibility and reach.

· Collaborate with our delivery and volunteer team to co-create “on-the- ground” content from our projects each month (images, GIFs, video, copy) for publishing across our social media channels.

· Manage a monthly digital content plan – developing and scheduling content according to key dates in the calendar, posting to relevant channels (additional support of 4 hours per week is provided).

· Be the first port of call for the media, passing calls on to Senior Managers.

HR and Line Management

· This role reports into the Head of Operations as the line manager, but involves some matrix management from the CEO who will provide guidance and support in specific areas.

· The role currently has no direct reports, but includes four hours’ support from an existing member of staff

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Criteria

1. Significant experience of delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns

2. Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively in writing and in person on a variety of platforms and to a wide range of audiences

3. Experience of social media management, with knowledge of design tools

4. Demonstrable experience of generalist marketing and communications, including digital, written and storytelling

5. Ability to develop engaging supporter journeys that deepen relationships and drive action

6. Effective and willing collaborator, able to work with other colleagues in other teams to achieve shared objectives, and inspire and engage stakeholders

7. Proven design ability, with confident use of design tools such as Canva

8. Able to manage own time and well-being effectively, ensuring targets/objectives are met while work/life balance is effective

9. Ability to see the bigger picture and translate thoughts and ideas into strategic plans

Desirable Criteria

1. Experience/knowledge of the charity sector

2. Familiarity with website functionality and design

About Us

Three times Formula 1 World Champion, Sir Jackie Stewart OBE founded Race Against Dementia in 2016, following his wife’s diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.

At Race Against Dementia we identify, fund and guide pioneering dementia scientists from across the world.

We offer an innovative support package, inspired by high-performance Formula 1 and the world’s most inventive companies. We help researchers forge cross-discipline and cross-industry collaborations. We guide them on leadership, communication, teamwork and management.

Our researchers work to achieve better diagnoses, understand risks, develop treatments find a cure for dementia.

With over 55 million people affected globally and someone diagnosed every three seconds, Race Against Dementia is taking immediate action to drive significant breakthroughs and develop leaders in the field.

 Our Mission

To equip dynamic and driven dementia researchers with funds and a Formula 1 mindset to accelerate a cure for dementia.

Our Vision

A world with preventions and cures for dementia.

Our Values

Innovation: We harness forward-thinking approaches and cutting-edge ideas to drive positive change and challenge the norm.

Teamwork: We foster a culture of teamwork and respect. We apply our individual expertise and we work collaboratively towards our mission.

Resilience: We are focused and motivated on our mission and support each other in moments of adversity.

Ambitious: We are conscientious and driven. We are motivated to push boundaries and achieve success.

Integrity: We are honest, fair and equal. We listen to each other and make decisions with consistency, transparency and integrity.

About You

• We are looking for someone who is committed to helping us achieve our mission and vision.
• You will need to be adaptable, able to multi-task and work as part of the team.
• You will need a keenness for learning and new challenges with a high level of commitment and passion for our cause.

Our Team

We are a small dynamic and hardworking team.  We have a positive and inclusive culture and believe we are made up of open-minded, agile, determined and fun individuals who really want to make a difference.

 What can we offer you?

• You will be joining a team who put people first and will make you feel valued, help you to learn, and support you to thrive in your role and within the charity.
• Quarterly in person team meeting days where we take a break from the screens, reflect on the last couple of months, plan ahead and use the day to work collaboratively.
• Hybrid working with an office in London.
• Pension contribution.
• 33 days’ holiday a year (including eight English public holidays), and we encourage you to use them all!
• Discretionary holiday allowance around Christmas.
• Laptops provided for all employees.
• Learning and development budget

Job Description

Job Title: Director of Fundraising and Marketing

Based In: Hybrid working with two days a week to be worked in the London office

Reporting To: Chief Executive Officer

Responsible For: UK fundraising and global marketing

Hours: 37.5 hours a week, worked flexibly to include evening and weekend work where necessary

Leave: 25 days holiday per annum plus bank/public holidays

Contract: Permanent

Pension: Up to 3% matched contributions

Travel: Travel throughout the UK and overseas as appropriate

Purpose of the role

To be a key member of the senior leadership team, working collaboratively with the Chief Executive Officer and senior leadership team to set and deliver the overall fundraising and marketing strategy. To lead and develop a high performing fundraising and marketing team. Grow income generation to enable Race Against Dementia to achieve ambitious future aims.

Duties and Resonsiblities

•  Work with the Chief Executive Officer and board of Trustees to set and agree the vision and direction for significant UK income generation for the charity.
• Deliver the agreed strategy for fundraising, marketing and stakeholder engagement.
• Manage and deepen the charity’s relationships with key funders, partners and stakeholders, working closely with the Chief Executive Officer and Chair of Trustees as appropriate.
• Identify opportunities to develop new relationships with individual donors, corporates, trusts and foundations and other potential income streams.
• Provide inspirational leadership, support and management to a small fundraising and marketing team.
• Build on current systems and processes to maximise the efficiency of the fundraising and marketing team and deliver best in class donor relationship management.
• Identify opportunities to elevate the profile of the charity in the UK and build reputation.
• Own the brand and tone of voice for the organisation. Deepen brand visibility through paid campaigns, digital and social channels, content marketing and communications activity.
• Support the team with day-to-day digital and social media content to retain and build the online community.
• Work closely with the Chief Executive Officer to develop a fundraising budget and monitor progress against targets. Present progress regularly to the Trustees.
• To be an active member of the senior leadership team, supporting overall team culture and moral.
• To attend, where appropriate national and international events organised by the charity, including an annual Forum.
• To administer your own workload, including meeting targets and deadlines in line with the Race Against Dementia appraisal system.
• To attend relevant CPD training events as required and work within the guidelines of Race Against Dementia’s policies and procedures.

About You

• Proven track record of acquiring new major donors and partners and raising funds of over £1million for a non-profit organisation.
• Significant experience managing existing major donors, corporate partners and other key relationships.
• Extensive experience in developing and implementing creative marketing strategies and experience of planning and overseeing targeted campaigns across a range of platforms.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal with the ability to communicate information to management and charity Trustees.
• Experience working with senior leadership and boards of Trustees.
• A good understanding of wider charitable sector considerations and fundraising regulations.

Are you a creative communicator ready to use your skills for a meaningful cause? At St Catherine’s Hospice, we’re looking for a Marketing and PR Officer to enhance our marketing efforts, grow our reach, and drive income—so we can continue delivering vital services to those who need us most.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of a supporter-centric, data-driven approach that raises awareness, engages our community, and shares the powerful stories behind our work. If you’re passionate about delivering communications that inspire action, we want to hear from you.

About the Role

As Marketing and PR Officer, you will:

• Lead PR Efforts: Build relationships with media outlets, develop engaging stories, secure impactful coverage, and manage press releases to elevate our profile.
• Enhance Internal Communications: Ensure staff and volunteers feel informed and inspired through engaging internal updates and on-brand messaging.
• Deliver Marketing Campaigns: Support the implementation and delivery of multi-channel campaigns that build brand awareness, promote our services, and support fundraising goals.
• Use Data for Growth: Analyse campaign performance and apply insights to refine strategies, ensuring continuous improvement and greater reach.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: Proven success in PR and marketing, including campaign delivery and writing for varied audiences.
• Creativity and Clarity: A talented storyteller with a strong eye for detail and the ability to create content that resonates.
• Organisational Skills: Ability to manage competing demands, meet deadlines, and juggle multiple projects effectively.
• Emotional Intelligence: Sensitivity to the needs of patients and families, with resilience to navigate challenging situations.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency with digital platforms, content management systems, and marketing tools.

Why Join Us?

At St Catherine’s Hospice, your work will directly contribute to providing compassionate care to those who need it most. You’ll join a supportive, purpose-driven team with opportunities to grow professionally while making a tangible impact on our community.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• 36 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) and an additional day off on your birthday or nearest working day
• Access to an employee assistance programme with a wealth of wellbeing resources
• Competitive pension scheme
• Life insurance
• Hybrid working opportunities
• On-site free parking
• A chance to use your skills for a cause that makes a difference every day
• Opportunity to work on meaningful, high-impact projects
• A supportive environment that values innovation and creativity

Apply Today Ready to make a real difference? Submit a CV and covering letter by 9th January 2025 at 5pm.

Interviews will take place on 24th January 2025

FUNDRAISING MARKETING OFFICER

Closing date: 13 January 2025

Interview Dates:  To be confirmed

Location: Hybrid working with multi-site working across both sites, Selly Park and Erdington

Hours: 37.5 per week

Duration:  Permanent

Salary: Corporate Band F - £29,158-£34,042 per year

DBS: Enhanced

“Happy to talk flexible working”

Birmingham Hospice provides expert palliative and end of life care for people and their families living with life-limiting illnesses. We believe that all people in Birmingham should have access to the best specialist care and support - when, where and how they need it.  Birmingham Hospice has exciting plans for the future, while investing in income generation, our events and our retail offerings over the next few years.

We are seeking a talented and imaginative marketer to join our Fundraising Marketing Team. The successful applicant will work closely with the Fundraising Marketing Manager and Communications & Marketing Assistant to deliver all income generation communications and marketing activity across Birmingham Hospice.

We are looking for a proactive individual who takes the initiative, can effectively prioritise and has a proven ability to meet tight deadlines. You will play a vital role in the planning, implementing and development of fundraising campaigns, events and appeals. From designing print artwork and writing copy, to managing case studies and photography, as well as creating web pages and online forms, this is a varied post for a creative individual.

With a solid background in marketing, copywriting and storytelling, you’ll be responsible for sourcing and producing engaging and inspiring content that are integral to our campaigns.  You’ll have experience working with email marketing software and implementing successful email marketing strategies as well as analysing campaign engagement. Knowledge of social media, video editing and graphic design are an advantage.

You will be responsible for creating online pages and forms on our website, as well as monitoring and maintaining the site. A strong skillset in web management and working with WordPress is essential. You will be a confident communicator with excellent people skills, comfortable in approaching key stakeholders for stories and content.

Experience in the non-profit sector is not essential, as we’ll provide a comprehensive induction programme and ongoing peer support.

If this sounds like the role for you then we’d love to receive your application.

Fundraising Marketing Officer – Lottery and Cash 

£28785 - £30300 37.5hrs per week  

Leicester based LE3 1UT with hybrid working 

Benefits include:  

• Up to 42 days annual leave, life insurance and sick pay  

• Health Care Cash Back Plan to cover every day health care costs 

• 5% employer pension contribution under salary sacrifice  

• Free eye tests and a contribution towards glasses  

• Cycle to work scheme / close to park and ride at Leicester Forest East  

• Subsidised short breaks at selected RAFA Accommodation  

About us 

The RAF (Royal Air Forces) Association has a clear objective: to help sustain a resilient and empowered RAF community. Through our sector-leading welfare and wellbeing services, we offer a wide range of support to serving personnel, veterans and their families. With thousands of members and supporters across the UK and further afield, plus hundreds of dedicated employees and volunteers, we have the network and experience needed for a personal one-to-one approach. We work together to make sure no one is ever left behind.   

About the role  

This is not a generic marketing role! Whilst this position requires an abundance of creative flair and energy, you’ll be fully involved in planning marketing strategies, as well as working closely with creative and media agencies to bring our campaigns to life. Using a variety of both online and offline channels to connect with our audiences, you’ll be creating eye-catching and engaging marketing campaigns to drive our cash appeals, and increase Wings Lotto players, with the aim of maximising income to the Association.

The role involves owning and managing multiple relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, to ensure our campaigns are built around data driven insight, reaching the right audience, with the right messaging, on the right channels, which ultimately deliver results. Previous project management experience will ensure you are able to plan and execute a range of projects in parallel to meet committed timescales, within a budget. 

About you   

Ideally you will have proven track record in fundraising or marketing, and desirably hold a relevant degree in this area. People skills are integral to this post as you will be working with a range of diverse stakeholders to deliver marketing activity to meet targets.  You must have the ability to understand audiences and impart information and key messages clearly, concisely and convincingly. Overall, We are looking for an individual with the desire and passion to grow our Lottery & Cash Appeal income through creative ideas, along with great organisation skills, and feel a sense of pride knowing that this work provides vital support for our RAF Community. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. 

Want to join us?  

You may find it helpful to have a look at our website and social media to find out more about who we are and what we do. The full role profile and person specification is available to download on our website 

To apply 

Applications with cover letters stand a much higher chance of shortlisting so please do take some time to tell us how your skills align with this role. 

Closing Date 8am Wednesday 8 January 

The RAF Association is a Disability Confident employer. Please let us know if you require any assistance with your application.