Communications and Events Coordinator – Job Information

Job Title: Communications and Events Coordinator (PT)

Reporting to: Operations Manager

Location: Central London

Salary: £23,000 per year (pro-rata)

Hours: 21 hours per week

Period: 12 month contract

Annual leave: 25 days (pro-rata)

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Application: Please email your C.V. and a covering letter to . Your C.V. must be no more than 3 sides long and your covering letter must evidence how you meet each requirement in the person specification (otherwise your application will not be accepted).

Application deadline:5pm Monday 7 October

Interview notification date: by Wednesday 9 October (if you have not heard from us by 10 October then we’re afraid you have not been successful)

Interview dates: Friday 11 October orTuesday 15 October

Interview tests: Immediately before your interview you will be asked to perform a short written, and short IT proficiency test. Youwill perform the test on your own and away from the interview room.

More information: If you have any questions please contact John Barrett on .

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The organisation:

Small Charities Coalition represents nearly 7,000 members nationwide. Our work is crucially needed, practically based, and has an impact every day on small charities and those that they serve.
For the right person, this is an excellent opportunity to really make a difference to hundreds of small charities and their beneficiaries.

Purpose of job:

To coordinate the communication commitments of the organisation and manage & deliver our events programme.

Tasks:

  1. Social Media
  2. Coordinate our social media activities on Twitter and Facebook.
  3. Manage our LinkedIn groups.
  4. Communication
  5. Coordinate our communication schedule
  6. Write and produce member communication and direct marketing
  7. Follow up and write service case-studies
  8. Assist with member and supporter recruitment
  9. Manage the communication volunteer
  10. Member bulletin
  • Prepare and write the monthly bulletin
  • Update the Impact Log from activities and opportunities shared in the bulletin
  1. Events
  • Organise, run and administrate SCC events e.g. Trustee Speed Recruiting
  • Follow up and evaluate Trustee Speed Recruiting events
  • Organise, run and administrate partner events e.g. IBM and CES
  • Maintain relationships with event partners
  1. Website
  • Basic web editing e.g. uploading/editing content on the SCC website
  • Improve web traffic and click-throughs using Google Analytics and Adwords
  • Manage the web editor volunteer
  1. Other
  • Scheduling annual cycle of trustee board and sub-committee meetings.
  • Attending and writing minutes of board meetings.
  • Any other duties as may reasonably be required by senior management and trustees.

Person Specification:

Essential / Desired
Experience using social media with business objectives. / 
Good e-marketing / case study writing skills. Good copy-writing skills across a range of formats. / 
Experience using e-marketing software e.g. Vertical Response. / 
Understanding of the small charity audience and ability to pick relevant content. / 
Personable tone and ability to pitch messages effectively. / 
Have experience managing and supervising volunteers. / 
Have experience organising, running, administrating and evaluating events. / 
Have experience using event management software e.g. Eventbrite. / 
Ability to maintain relationships with a range of stakeholders. / 
Experience using a content management system e.g. TYP03 or Drupal. / 
Experience with Analytics and/or Adwords. / 
Excellent time and organisational management. / 
Experience using a customer relations management system e.g. Salesforce. / 
Ability to learn new things quickly and retain information. / 
Experience working and contributing within a small team. / 
Be able to show and use own initiative and work autonomously. / 

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