Communications Officer

Communications Officer

We’re looking for an experienced Communications Officer to join World Vision, an important charity helping vulnerable children across the world.

Position: Communications Officer

Location: Milton Keynes/Hybrid - a minimum of one day a week in the Milton Keynes office.

Hours: Full-time - 36.5 hours per week

Contract: Up to 12 Months Fixed Term

Salary: Starting From £30,874 depending on experience and a good range of benefits.

Closing date: 29th March 2024

About the role:

Are you creative, with strong project management and written communication skills and love to think outside of the box? If so, this role could be for you…

By joining the growing Strategic Partnerships Department as their Communications Officer, you will be responsible for leading the delivery of high-quality, creative resources contributing towards deepening our engagement with our key Strategic Partnership audiences and donors.

As A Communications Officer, you will use your creativity, and bring to life the work we do through online and offline communications, creating compelling copy, digital and media collateral engaging audiences and bringing World Vision into the forefront of people's minds.

A successful candidate will be educated to a degree level (or with equivalent training and experience) in Graphic Design or a related subject. You will be a proficient user of the Microsoft suite programmes including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams. An ability to use creative programmes such as InDesign, Premier Pro, or equivalent is essential.

You will have exceptional written and verbal communication skills. You will also have the ability to learn quickly, have strong project management skills, an eye for detail, strive for excellence, and deliver under pressure and tight deadlines.

Through your creativity and project management skills, you will have the ability to see something from concept to completion.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Develop and manage the Strategic Partnerships Social Media strategy, including LinkedIn.
• Create and deliver inspiring collateral and donor journeys for key audiences.
• Design collateral which account managers can use to inform and engage new and existing donors with our work.
• Oversee website content creation and seek to improve user experience.
• Collaborate on inspiring donor journeys for events and vision trip experiences.
• Create video content tailored to our audiences which engage, inform, and inspire.
• Lead the sign-off process through the brand team and ensure deadlines are met.

About you:

You will have exceptional written and verbal communication skills. You will be able to learn quickly, have strong project management skills, an eye for detail, strive for excellence, and can deliver under pressure and tight deadlines. Through your creativity and project management skills, you will have the ability to see something from concept to completion.

About the organisation:

World Vision UK is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries. Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. As a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

As a child-focused organisation, we are committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

We are a registered organisation operating the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) and we shall check with your previous employers about your behaviour and conduct. We will be requesting you to complete a form known as a Statement of Conduct. For more information see: The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Please note we can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK. **Please note that you MUST be holding the Right to work in the UK documentation as unfortunately this role is not sponsored**

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PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.