IFOW’s mission is to build a fairer future through better work. We are seeking a Comms and Events Associate who can shape a growing organisation and help demonstrate its significant impact through implementing our communications strategy. It will involve helping organise events - from major conferences to smaller roundtable sessions - as well as developing comms across all our channels.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver a range of events (both in-person and online) - from conception, planning and execution - including conferences, parliamentary events and workshops.
• Write, commission and edit a wide range of content including blogs, newsletters, press releases, reports, briefing materials and presentations, developing a deep knowledge of IFOW’s research outputs and institutional lines.
• Create, plan and publish content for IFOW’s social media channels to increase engagement and reach influential stakeholders.
• Monitor and evaluate impact of IFOW’s work, and help further develop systems for this
• Update and help maintain the IFOW website and associated sites, including writing high-quality copy to support publications of reports and events.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Excellent writing and proof-reading skills across a range of formats and for a range of audiences, with the ability to translate complex ideas into compelling storytelling
• Digital skills with experience of working with various web platforms, and using social media to drive engagement
• Good knowledge of SharePoint, MS Teams and PowerPoint, and – ideally - Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, and a commitment to deepen knowledge of these applications
• Experience in managing events and liaising with senior stakeholders, including knowledge of – for example – event management platforms such as Eventbrite.
• Good face-to-face communication and the ability to be at ease with people from a wide range of backgrounds and profiles
• A strategic mindset and the ability to offer and receive constructive, critical feedback
• A track record in comms would be desirable, preferably in a technology, policy or social justice environment
• What is essential is a strong commitment to the mission, goals and ethos of IFOW and to developing good knowledge of the work IFOW has published, and the institutional lines of the organisation.