Marketing Manager with Brain Tumour Research
Salary: Circa £30,000
Terms: Full time, permanent
Location: Milton Keynes
Closing Date: Sunday 18 December 2016
Job Description
An exciting opportunity to take ownership and manage the day-to-day marketing activities and objectives, contributing to Brain Tumour Research strategic direction, taking responsibility for monitoring best practice and helping measure success, and to help achieve strategic goals.
Brain Tumour Research is a fast-growing national charity, passionate about finding a cure for brain tumours through the establishment of a network of experts in sustainable brain tumour research.
Reporting to the Head of Marketing, you will:
- Develop and deliver annual marketing calendar as well as helping build and implement longer term marketing strategy
- Oversee marketing collateral and merchandise development, tracking progress and ensuring quality, cost effectiveness and return on investment
- Build strong collegiate relationships with managers and executives across the organisation
- Maintain and develop relationships with key external suppliers and stakeholders
- Analyse data from the marketing and sales process and make adjustments accordingly
Proficiency in Microsoft Office products is essential.
TO APPLY: Click here where you will be directed to Charity Jobs website, you will be asked to send your CV, with a covering letter, demonstrating how you could add value to the organisation and detailing your current salary.
Digital Designer with MedicAlert
Salary: £24,000 – £28,000
Terms: Permanent, 35 hours per week, working 5 days
Location: Milton Keynes
Closing Date: 24 December 2016
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity to assist on the development and delivery of external communications and digital design, increasing the profile of MedicAlert amongst key segments: such as MedicAlert members, potential members, health care professionals, emergency personnel, medical charities, etc.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
To create concise, engaging digital content, including images for:
- Social media
- Creative integrated PR campaigns
- Ongoing education awareness and the materials and communications to support this
- Marketing materials
- Real-life case studies in collaboration with the Education and Support Officer
Day to day tasks could include:
- Managing the MedicAlert website, both content generation and general web admin
- Design and art worker duties, ranging from creating:
- Digital banners and assets for product launches, e-newsletters and website content
- Print-ready leaflets, catalogues and POS stands
- Implementing digital strategies to help raise the profile of MedicAlert, from the ideation, research and development stage, to producing final deliverables and post project analysis
- Copywriting and proofreading a wide range of pieces for content and punctuation
- Managing relationships with external contractors and agencies, ensuring projects are on time and in budget
- Improving all aspects of MedicAlert content from a branding and UX perspective, ensuring digital strategies are proficiently executed and in-line with their core values and identity
Role requirements:
- Creative individual with innovative ideas and solutions
- Experience managing websites using a CMS
- Competency using Adobe CC applications including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
- PC proficiency (Research, Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Experience using email marketing platforms such as MailChimp
- Experience or knowledge of HTML/CSS
- Understanding of and ability to achieve KPIs and targets
- Ecommerce and marketing experience (online and direct)
- Experience in motion graphics, UI/UX design or user testing would be advantageous
Person Specification:
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with a self-starter attitude
- A multi-tasker that is able to prioritise their work accordingly, often delivering under tight timeframes and under pressure
- Excellent organisation and communication skills, with high attention to detail
- Flexible, reliable and confident when dealing with agencies, customers or staff, including senior members of management
- A problem solver that seeks realistic solutions, with the resourcefulness to follow through
To apply for this opportunity
Please click here where you will be directed to Charity Jobs website, this will enable you to email your CV along with a covering letter stating why you feel you would be suitable for this position.
No agencies please.
Philanthropy Support Executive with World Vision
Salary: £27,000 pa which will be pro rata + good range of benefits
Terms: Part time, Maternity cover and 4 days/week
Location: Milton Keynes
Closing Date: 12 noon, 18 December 2016
Job Description
World Vision is the world’s largest international children’s charity. Every day they bring real hope to millions of children in the world’s hardest places as a sign of God’s unconditional love. They are proud to be ranked in 9th place in the top 100 ‘Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For’ in 2016.
Reporting to the Philanthropy Operations Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating and proactively delivering administrative and financial support to the Philanthropy Team, more specifically you will ensure they have sufficient and accurate information and resources to enable them to direct and strengthen relationships with Key Supporters throughout the solicitation cycle.
You will have a great eye for detail and accuracy, be able to manage many competing demands on a daily basis from the different team members, as well as ongoing team planning and information needs, and be able to do all of this calmly, efficiently and effectively. You will be recognised for providing excellent team support by pro-actively managing your responsibilities and those tasks that facilitate the rest of the Philanthropy team in delivering against their targets.
This is a pivotal role in the ongoing success of their Philanthropy team and they are looking for an individual with the following skills and experience to help them continue to deliver this:
A graduate or equivalent with knowledge of fundraising compliance regulations
Proven experience in information management, preparing reports and data reconciliation, including financial data
A talent for event planning and promoting team visibility
Excellent customer service skills and the ability to support the Philanthropy Executives in their donor relationships
Confident to take the initiative in finding viable solutions to communication needs
Positive, optimistic, and solution focussed you will be resourceful in dealing with obstacles
Equipped to promote a culture of excellence to ensure WVUK’s core values and principles are promoted in all the work you do
In addition to the salary offered, you’ll enjoy benefits including pension, subsidised gym membership, generous holiday entitlement and free parking.
Please click here where you will be directed to Charity Jobs website in order to view the Job Description, complete WVUK’s short online application form and upload your CV.
Please note that if response for this role is higher than anticipated, they reserve the right to commence interviews and appoint before the published closing date.
World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children and does not employ staff whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
No agencies please.
Bike Rental Scheme Manager/Cycle Mechanic – Cycle Saviours with MK Christian Foundation
Salary: £17,500-£18,500 pa
Terms: Permanent, full time 37.5 hrs a week (weekend and evenings on rota)
Location: Milton Keynes
Closing Date: 22 December 2016
Job Description
Cycle Saviours is a new social enterprise whose mission is to save unwanted bikes, save the environment and help get people on their bikes. In addition to their work recycling, repairing and servicing bikes they have recently been awarded a large contract to maintain bikes for a new Milton Keynes’ public bike rental scheme and are also expanding their community engagement services to encourage more people to get on their bikes.
You will be an enterprising, environmentally committed, cycling enthusiast with high level cycle mechanic skills who is keen to share those skills with young people and others in the community.
For this post you will need an enhanced DBS check.
The purpose of this post is to be the Scheme Manager for the public bike hire scheme contract and to work with and train young people on their pre-apprenticeship programme to engage with the Cycle Saviours enterprise to:
- service, repair and relocate rental bikes (involves driving a small van)
- source, refurbish and sell unwanted bikes and bike spares and repair and service customer bikes
- develop community activities that promote access to cycling
Key requirements
You will:
- Be an enterprising, cycling enthusiast with good cycle maintenance skills
- Ideally hold a cycle maintenance qualification
- Have an ability to, and experience of, working with young people
- A passion for cycling and the environment
- Have strong planning and administrative skills
- Qualifications at level 2 or above in English and Maths
- Strong team work skills and an ability to work constructively with others
- A commitment to the completion of work and to the achievement of targets
- Hold a current driving license
If you would like to apply for this position, click here where you will be directed to Charity Jobs website, you will be able to attach your CV and covering letter, it will be sent automatically to MK Christian Foundation.
No agencies please.
Product Experience Marketing Manager with World Vision
Salary: £36,994 + good range of benefits
Terms: Permanent
Location: Milton Keynes
Closing Date: 18 December 2016
Job Description
World Vision is the world’s largest international children’s charity. Every day they bring real hope to millions of children in the world’s hardest places as a sign of God’s unconditional love. They are proud to be ranked 9th place in the top 100 ‘Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For’ in 2016.
World Vision are looking for a creative, results driven marketing manager to lead their product experience team. With proven experience in direct marketing or product management, you will ensure the delivery of timely, high value and inspiring marketing campaigns that demonstrate to their supporters the impact that their contributions are making to the lives of sponsored children and their communities.
You will be responsible for their sector-leading Child Sponsorship product, ensuring they bring innovation to everything they do, to meet changing supporter demands and to help them develop a portfolio of brilliant products. All with the aim of helping their supporters see for themselves the incredible difference they are making in some of the world’s hardest places.
This role is critical to the continuing success of their marketing and fundraising initiatives and your key responsibilities in delivering this will include:
- Leading the delivery of an innovative product experience strategy which really builds supporter satisfaction and loyalty
- Championing a programme of continuous product innovation with audience insight at its core
- Influencing and inspiring the organisation by setting the direction and future of their fundraising portfolio
- Demonstrating effective Christian leadership and management of the product experience team in developing their skills, engagement and commitment
- Delivering on KPIs for the retention of supporters, supporter satisfaction and committed giving income
Their Christian identity underpins everything they do, so as an active and committed Christian, this role will give you the opportunity to integrate your faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.
In addition to the salary indicated, benefits include pension, subsidised gym membership, generous holiday entitlement and free parking at their Milton Keynes offices.
To apply click here where you will be directed to Charity Jobs website and can complete the short online application form and upload your CV.
Please note that if response for this role is higher than anticipated, they reserve the right to commence interviews and appoint before the published closing date.
World Vision is an Equal Opportunities Employer and this role requires the post holder to have a Christian faith as an occupational requirement.
No agencies please.
CEO with The MedicAlert Foundation
Salary: Circa £60k dependant on skills and experience
Terms: Permanent
Location: Milton Keynes
Closing Date: 09 December 2016
Job Description
Purpose
MedicAlert are looking to recruit an exceptional Chief Executive who will be responsible to the Board for all aspects of MedicAlert’s strategy and operations.
You will embrace and thrive on the exciting combination that this role offers in terms of running a commercial business with a clear focus on charitable aims.
The CEO together with the senior management team will be responsible for MedicAlert’s operational and financial performance, developing and implementing income generation plans and marketing campaigns that deliver sustainable, long term membership growth, and enhance the membership experience.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong financial and commercial acumen combined with senior leadership skills.
Experience of reporting to a trustee board or voluntary sector government body would be beneficial.
The role is wide-ranging requiring the post holder to be an ambassador for their brand as well as being able to campaign and fundraise as appropriate.
You will be a skilled negotiator with a proven track record in building relationships and partnering across sectors, industries.
You will represent and promote The MedicAlert Foundation, developing the charity’s public and media profile, as well as its reputation and brand by ensuring excellent communication and engagement with existing and potential members.
Duties and Responsibilities
Strategy
Working with the Board of Trustees, develop and implement the strategic plan, ensuring this is clearly defined, agreed and understood by internal and external stakeholders and reviewed as appropriate.
Manage all operational activities, monitoring and reporting to the Board on performance against objectives and the impact on members.
Lead the formulation and delivery of annual plans, targets and budgets, ensuring these are focussed on the strategic priorities, and take responsibility for their implementation throughout the Foundation.
Finance
Be responsible to the Board for the overall financial health of the charity including developing, overseeing and monitoring a cost effective programme of income generation and fundraising.
Ensure that the major risks to which the charity is exposed are reviewed regularly by the Board and robust systems are established to mitigate these risks.
Ensure financial planning, reporting, management and controls in accordance with best practice with regard to the charity’s needs and relevant legal requirements and guidelines e.g. Charity Commission.
Governance
Ensure that the MedicAlert is safeguarded; that all statutory and fiduciary duties are satisfied and strategic objectives and decisions are clearly recorded and implemented.
Oversee the development of policies for MedicAlert, ensuring that these are legally compliant, robust and implemented.
Work with the Chair of the Board of Trustees to enhance the processes of engagement, involvement and interaction between Trustees, relevant Committees and staff.
Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the Chief Executive will lead MedicAlert to ensure it meets its charitable objectives observing necessary regulatory and legal duties.
Leadership
It is essential that the CEO is able to provide sound leadership to the organisation at all levels with a continued emphasis on quality.
As a decisive and forthright leader you will ensure that all staff are motivated, valued, developed and performing to their potential.
Able to distill and focus both the Board and staff to maintain a collective sense of vision and purpose and to cascade this appropriately.
Ensure that staff has the resources, support and systems, policies and processes to enable them to work effectively and efficiently as an integrated team across the business.
Work effectively and engage constructively with the Board of trustees.
Ensure continuous quality improvement in terms of service delivery and their member experience, focusing on enhancements both in terms of technology and processes to aid membership retention and growth.
Able to lead and motivate the senior management team.
Person Specification
Skills
- High degree of commercial acumen combined with an entrepreneurial approach to achieving the organisation’s charitable objectives
- Able to articulate and demonstrate passion and drive for growing the business through developing and implementing intitiavtes
- Proven ability to lead and develop a management team and to encourage and promote challenge and debate from within.
- High degree of personal credibility with outstanding interpersonal skills; ability to listen, learn from and lead an expert staff team, valuing and promoting diversity and equality of opportunity
- Ability to work and maintain collaborative relationships with a highly professional and diverse trustee board
- Clear confident communication style internally and externally; who can engage a wide range of stakeholders
Experience
- Significant strategic and operational senior leadership with a proven ability to deliver results.
- A proven track record of income generation and developing innovative and sustainable business models combined with an understanding of creative ways to increase funds
- Ability to drive and achieve strategic objectives and to communicate them to senior management team as deliverables/KPI’s
- Strong commercial acumen and proven financial management capability
- Strong people leadership and demonstrable experience in building high performing teams.
- Highly developed relationship, influencing and negotiating skills, comfortable with encouraging internal challenge.
- Highly numerate with proven ability to grasp the fine detail of financial management as well as the big picture.
- Experience of developing and maintaining partnerships across a range of sectors and industries
- Experience of reviewing and developing organisational strategy and delivering change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
To apply for this role click here where you will be directed to Charity Jobs website
Supporter & Field Relations Team Member/Supporter Care Team Member with World Vision
Salary: £18,443pa + good range of benefits
Terms: Permanent
Location: Milton Keynes
Closing Date: 11pm, 01 January 2017
Job(s) Description
World Vision are currently recruiting for 2 roles within Fundraising- Supporter Experience Team
Supporter & Field Relations Team Member (Permanent)
Supporter Care Team Member (Fixed Term – 12 Months)
Join World Vision’s Supporter Experience Team and help keep children free from fear
World Vision is the world’s largest international children’s charity. Every day they bring real hope to millions of children in the world’s hardest places as a sign of God’s unconditional love. They are proud to be ranked in 9th place in the top 100 ‘Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For’ in 2016.
These roles will give you an opportunity to demonstrate your Christian faith as well as your customer service skills. By joining their Supporter Experience Team you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth transitions for the Supporter through their interactions with World Vision. Their Supporters are positive and passionate about the work of the organisation and it is their responsibility to ensure they strengthen their Supporters’ connection with a real child and consistently reinforce the difference that they are making to children living in the world’s hardest places. This is why exceptional customer service skills are vital at every touch. And this is why they need you.
With a good standard of education, a passion for their cause and knowledge of both Data and Child Protection, you will:
• Manage the Supporter relationship and respond to communications and queries by telephone, email and letters
• Liaise with their National Offices in respect of Gift Notifications and Supporter queries
• Sensitively and appropriately manage changes within Child Sponsorship (ie. if a project closes, or a child or a sponsor passes away)
• Seek opportunities to increase Supporter Engagement wherever possible
• Create and update Supporter records and ensure feedback and interactions are recorded.
In both positions you will build strong relationships with Supporters as well as their Public Engagement teams and National Offices. Outstanding relationship and communication skills and good attention to detail is key – particularly for letter writing and emailing. Proactive, organised and able to work within a team environment in order to share knowledge and contribute to new ways of working, you will have the chance to truly promote the World Vision Mission, Vision and Core Values. This in turn will help enrich your own knowledge base and help you grow within the organisation.
You will have the opportunity to integrate your faith within your work and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.
Along with the salary indicated, benefits include pension, subsidised gym membership, generous holiday entitlement and free parking.
If you believe you have the right skills to succeed in this very rewarding role, click here to apply, you will be directed to Charity Jobs website where you will be able to view the full Job Description, complete the short online application form and upload your CV.
Please note that if response for this role is higher than anticipated, they reserve the right to commence interviews and appoint before the published closing date.
All applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.
World Vision are an Equal Opportunities Employer
No agencies please
Social Media Content Coordinator with World Vision
Salary: £21,985 pa + good range of benefits
Terms: Fixed Term Contract until 30 September 2017
Location: Milton Keynes
Closing Date: Midnight, 11 December 2016
Interview Dates: 14th and 15th December 2016
Job Description
#Wanted #AmazingSocialMediaS
World Vision is the world’s largest international children’s charity. Every day they bring real hope to millions of children in the world’s hardest places as a sign of God’s unconditional love. They are proud to be ranked number nine in the Top 100 ‘Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For’ in 2016.
It’s an exciting time for World Vision UK and if you’ve got the social media wow factor to help transform their engagement with the public, their organisation and the lives of over 4 million children, they’d love you to join their team.
World Vision are looking for a Social Media Coordinator who can create fabulous shareables, mind-blowing blogs and unique social experiences that intrigue and inspire in equal measure. You will develop, create and execute engaging social content and campaigns, attracting new likes and followers and ensuring their supporters deepen their commitment to their cause to help children living in the world’s hardest places.
Motivated by digital innovation and social media excellence we want you to maximise the full potential of their social platforms.
In addition to the salary indicated, benefits include pension, subsidised gym membership, generous holiday entitlement and free parking at their Milton Keynes offices. There may be occasional travel to their London office* as well as possible overseas travel to fragile states where World Vision operates.
*If you’re based / want to work in London, they can look to have this role based in London. Let them know!
Have they inspired you to be part of their talented team at one of the UK’s friendliest workplaces? They hope so! And they’d love you to apply today. Just click here to apply in order to view the Job Description, complete their short online application form and upload your CV.
Please note that if response for this role is higher than anticipated, they reserve the right to commence interviews and appoint before the published closing date.
World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children and does not employ staff whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
No agencies please.