Communication Manager

Closed: 08 August 2017
Communications PR Fundraising General/Other

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  • Salary £25,000 - £27,500
  • Location City of London, London, Greater London (On-site)
  • Job Type Permanent
  • Sectors Animal
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1. Job details

  • Role: Communication Manager 
  • Salary: starting salary between £25,000 - £27,500 depending on experience
  • Holiday allowance: 25 days plus bank holidays
  • Start date: mid-September 2017
  • Location: central London
  • Place of work: Unit 5, Coach House Mews, 217 Long Lane, London, SE1 4PR
  • Hours of work: Normal office hours are 10.00am until 6.00pm Monday to Friday, including a one-hour lunch hour, though flexi-hours may be arranged in consultation with the Managing Director
  • Pensions: All SRI staff will benefit from employer contributions to their pensions, under the rules required for auto enrolment
  • Paid holiday entitlement: 25 days per annum, together with the eight Bank Holidays
  • Some evening and weekend working is required. In exceptional circumstances, time in lieu may be offered, but this is not the normal case
  • All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK

2. How to apply

All applications need to be received by midnight on Tuesday 8 August 2017, by email.

Applicants should submit:

  • A CV, which should demonstrate the skills, aptitude and experience outlined in the Person specification, together with contact details and the names and addresses of two referees
  • A 1-2 page covering letter, which should say where you saw the advertisement and explain why you want this post

Short-listed applicants will be invited for interview on Friday 11 August 2017

The interview process will last an hour and a half and will include a small practical which you will be asked to prepare in advance

Referees will only be contacted prior to a job offer

Please note that due to pressure on staff time, applicants not short-listed for interview will not receive a reply

Failure to provide this information will result in immediate disqualification.

Please do not phone or email SRI to ask for additional information (please refer to our website instead) or for feedback on individual applications.

3. General job description

The Communications Manager’s duties will include:

Digital

  • Managing SRI website and SRI Inc. website, including developing new content such as news, blogs, ‘rhino info’; programme and grant updates
  • Increasing online donations
  • Writing and editing RhiNEWS, Save the Rhino’s monthly supporter newsletter using Mailchimp platform
  • Using Google analytics and Google adwords to improve website page ranking / page hits
  • Managing and growing SRI’s social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter & Instagram)
  • Developing video content
  • Manage SRI’s annual fundraising appeal and campaigns
  • Produce SRI’s annual Impact Report
  • Overall responsibility for Save the Rhino’s supporter magazine, The Horn, published once a year. Commissioning articles, contributing copy, editing, liaising with graphic designers and printers and sorting mailings
  • All printed materials including membership and general leaflets
  • Writing and distributing press releases
  • Proactively creating stories to send to journalists and responding to journalist enquiries
  • Developing and maintaining journalist contacts
  • Responding to general queries from the public
  • Leading and implementing fundraising appeals to raise money for specific programmes, including campaign strategy, resources development and monitoring
  • Liaising with external creative agencies to develop fundraising and awareness campaigns
  • Designing and creating fundraising materials e.g. posters, e-signatures, website banners using software such as Photoshop and InDesign
  • Providing support to community fundraisers including providing advice and support, developing materials and ensuring all donors are thanked.
  • Overall responsibility for developing SRI’s communications strategy
  • Developing and implementing annual communications plan
  • Monitoring communication channels

External print

  • PR
  • Fundraising
  • Community fundraising

Administration

  • Overseeing SRI’s photo and video libraries
  • Co-managing volunteers together with the Events Manager, and delegating administrative and communications tasks as appropriate
  • Managing incoming enquires from the general public

Monitoring and evaluation

  • Setting measurable targets for all of SRI’s communication work, implementing methods to measure these targets, evaluating how successful SRI has been at achieving these and using this information to adapt future planning

Save the Rhino is a small, friendly, organization. It is quirky, innovative and the office has an informal atmosphere, but at the same time it expects high professional standards of its staff. All members of staff are required to support the work of the others, whether they are on annual / sick leave or simply under pressure. Enthusiasm, flexibility and an aptitude for hard work will be needed.

This role requires the following skills:

Essential:

  • Passion for social media and digital marketing and keeps on top of current digital trends and opportunities
  • Experience of managing a social media campaign
  • Problem solving, prioritizing multiple tasks and time management
  • Strong attention to detail and a concern to get things right
  • Good at building and maintaining relationships with a range of different people
  • Project / people management
  • Experience in the charity sector and of fundraising
  • Excellent writing skills, including copy writing, editing, and proofreading for diverse audiences and across different channels
  • Demonstrated ability to think creatively, and identify and resolve problems
  • Ability to work both independently and with a team
  • A keen interest in communicating the importance and value of Save the Rhino’s work

Desirable:

  • Experience of working with journalists/ the press
  • Use of a customer relationship database
  • Experience of managing creative agencies/ web agencies
  • Applicants should be able to demonstrate an interest in wildlife and / or environment conservation and related issues
  • Use of Adobe Creative Suite (including InDesign, PhotoShop and PremierPro)
  • Ability to train and supervise junior staff
  • Experience of implementing monitoring and evaluation processes
  • Experience of preparing a communications strategy
  • Experience of keeping costs low

Introduction to Save the Rhino International (SRI)

Save the Rhino works to ensure that all five rhino species thrive in the wild for future generations. We collaborate with partners to support endangered rhinos in Africa and Asia. SRI is primarily a fundraising organization and we take a practical and evidence based approach to our work.

We raised over £1.3 million in the financial year 2014-15 via on our main income streams: events; trusts and foundations; and other strands such as corporate support, donations, merchandise, membership, Gift Aid etc.

Our events bring in about a quarter of our annual income. These include the London Marathon, overseas challenges, community fundraising, dinners and parties, and miscellaneous events including lectures.

As well as events, we focus on approaches to grant-making trusts and foundations. We have had great success with this, receiving grants from UK and USA governments and from around 30 European zoos. Many of these are repeat-funders. We also work with a number of corporate partners who support us with fundraising, pro bono support and awareness-raising.

Our website, has regularly updated information about the charity; about the rhino species, the threats facing them and the projects we support; about forthcoming fundraising events in which people can participate; about ways in which people can support us; and an online shop.

SRI has a Board of eight Trustees, who are all actively involved in the charity. They meet four times a year to make decisions about funding applications and review the success of past grants, as well as to determine future direction and develop new fundraising initiatives. They review our accounts on a monthly basis. In addition, we have a group of Patrons, who act as ambassadors for SRI and who help in a variety of ways.

We have eight full time members of staff, and are based near London Bridge.

Thank you very much for your interest in this post. We look forward to receiving your application.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.

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