Charity Jobs

My client is a large local charity, much respected and valued by the community it serves.  An exciting opportunity has now arisen for an experienced Marketing and Communications Professional to join their highly motivated and effective fundraising and communications team.  You would be joining at an exciting time for the charity as is broadens its reach and develops its services.  My client is looking for someone who can bring vision and leadership to their marketing and communications activities. Key Responsibilities:

• To provide leadership in the development, implementation of a range of communication and marketing projects, including events, campaigns, consultants on high profile issues
• Commission, write, edit, proof read, co-ordinate complex internal, external publications, patient leaflets and advice documents; write press releases and articles
• Lead and support communications team
• Act as communication link between the charity and stakeholders including local community
•     To work closely with the Head of Fundraising to maximise income and impact of fundraising campaigns
•     To take a lead on internal communications, advising and working alongside colleagues to ensure that information is disseminated in the most practicaland effective way to colleagues and across sites.
•     To ensure that high quality regular newsletters are produced for both internal and external consumption for a variety of audiences
•     To ensure that the website is accurate and up to date

The ideal candidate will:

• Be educated to degree level, ideally in marketing
• Have at least three year’s experience in a busy marketing and communications environment, where they have developed high level public relations,  marketing and communications techniques
• Be able to provide and received complex and sometime sensitive information
• Have exceptional presentation skills and the ability to advise staff on appropriate communications approaches
• Be able to organise and manage complex communication and marketing campaigns and events
• Offer a sound commercial background and be able to demonstrate an understanding of the additional challenges facing the charity sector in respect of their marketing and communications