The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent charitable foundation, committed to supporting vulnerable and marginalised people in society.

Purpose of Role

1. Support the Communications Manager in the delivery of external and internal communications. The role includes a mix of communication activity eg event management, media monitoring, maintaining/monitoring social media platforms, website maintenance (50/60%)

2. Provide administrative support to the Head of Programmes and wider Programme Team (40/50%)

The successful candidate will have plenty of learning opportunities including: communications activities; insight into the Trust’s programme areas; attending events/meetings; gaining an insight into grant making and the work of the third sector.

Key areas of responsibilities

Communications:

- Desk research/maintaining distribution lists

- Website – updating, editing

- Events management– booking venues, managing invitation lists, updating database; hard copy/e-mail outs; assisting speakers; preparing event materials; logistics/dissemination activities

- Media monitoring

- Social Media

- Newsletter

Programme Team:

- Supporting the dissemination of Trust funded research and publications

- Supporting individual members of the Programme Team as required

- Supporting the production of board papers

- Liaison with grantees

- Providing admin support as required

Support to the Head of Programmes:

- diary management

- travel

- meeting preparation/follow-up

Person specification

1. Strong attention to detail.
2. Good written and spoken English.
3. Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel (desirable experience of databases, website maintenance).
4. Good communication and interpersonal skills.
5. Good organisational skills – able to develop and use systems.
6. Ability to multi task, manage competing priorities and deliver to deadlines.
7. Experience of successfully working with social media platforms to generate an engaged audience, such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
8. Excellent research and writing skills with the ability to communicate complex, sensitive issues clearly and effectively to internal and external audiences.
9. Evidence of interest in, or direct experience of, the Trust’s priority areas of work.