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Communications Project Lead (21 hours pw) at Sands

Employer
Harris Hill
Location
London
Salary
£31,557 per year
Closing date
26 Jul 2019

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Job Details

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with Sands to recruit their Communications Project Lead to support the co-ordination and delivery of Baby Loss Awareness Week.

Sands is a UK charity that works across the country to support anyone affected by the death of a baby; improve the care bereaved parents receive from health care and other professionals; and reduce the number of babies who die by funding research and working closely with other organisations to create a world where fewer babies die.

BLAW takes place every October, and provides an opportunity for bereaved parents and their families across the world to remember their babies.

Main Purpose of Job:

• Support organisation, coordination and delivery of Baby Loss Awareness Week
• Support delivery of communications and engagement
• Support fundraising and commemorative event planning, co-ordination and delivery
• Support Parliamentary event delivery
• Support the Baby Loss Awareness Week alliance of charities in delivering and participating in the Week
• Main point of contact for internal and external enquiries related Baby Loss Awareness Week

The ideal candidate:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience of drafting well written papers, reports and briefings
• Experience of successfully managing projects and/or events, including facilitation of stakeholder meetings
• Ability to identify and manage the risk and issue process
• An outstanding, ‘hands on’, people person with a positive, warm style, who can support and motivate people and teams to engage with projects with positive outcomes.

This is a brilliant time to join the charity, following a positive re-structure and a move into a more evidence led focus for the charity.

Location: Sands Head Office, Victoria.
Contract: 1-year fixed-term contract
Salary: £31,557 per annum pro rata
Hours: Part Time – 21 Hours per Week

This is a brilliant time to join the charity, following a positive re-structure and a move into a more evidence led focus for the charity. If this sounds like a good opportunity to you, then please get in touch!

If you're interested in hearing more, please send your CV ASAP to Hannah.whittington@harrishill.co.uk Please note, only suitable applicants will be contacted with more information.

Company

Harris Hill has been providing the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector with high quality recruitment solutions for over 27 years. In the past year we have worked on more than 3,000 charity vacancies (approximately 2,000 permanent and 1,000 temporary) and are continuing to grow, developing new teams to respond to the strong demand for specialist charity professionals.

Our teams focus on specific functions within charities including Fundraising, Marketing/PR/Digital, Data Management & Business Support, Finance, Human Resources, Temporary and Executive-level roles.

We are committed to delivering a level of excellence to both candidates and clients alike and have an unrivalled reputation for finding talented people their ideal charity jobs within the UK's leading national and international charities and non-profit organisations.

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Company info
Telephone
020 7820 7300
Location
1 - 2 Paris Garden
London
London
SE1 8ND
United Kingdom

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