The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

We are seeking a results-driven Acquisition Marketing Manager (known at Guide Dogs as Committed Giving Acquisition Campaign Manager) to lead our Acquisition team and manage supporter acquisition across key regular giving fundraising products such as Sponsor a Puppy and Lucky Lottery. In this role, you ll be responsible for developing and delivering marketing plans to maximise income, meet acquisition targets, and ensure the long-term success of our campaigns. You ll manage and execute direct marketing campaigns ensuring they meet income and expenditure goals. You will also line manage and lead a team of Officers and Executives to deliver these campaigns, collaborating with the Committed Giving Product Manager to support their development. Key responsibilities include contributing to the wider fundraising strategy, analysing campaign data to optimise return on investment, and fostering strong relationships with suppliers and internal teams. You will ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and contribute to the continuous improvement of existing products, as well as ideate new propositions for testing. Your work will help guide people with sight loss to live the life they choose. If you re a strategic thinker with strong campaign management and leadership skills, and an eye for creative design, we d love to hear from you. We value in-person collaboration with our teams and those we support, so the ability to travel to our sites is needed for this role. We support hybrid working arrangements, so you have flexibility to work in a way that s best for you. This role will be based at our Reading office 2 days a week, where you ll collaborate closely with the Committed Giving team. The remaining days offer flexibility to work from home. You ll be working 35 hours per week, worked 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday.

Are you a forward-thinking designer with a passion for creating a wide range of ideas-led branded design? Do you want to use these skills to help empower people with sight loss to live the life they choose? We re looking for a creative designer to play an active role in the design team at an exciting time for Guide Dogs. You ll bring experience in developing new creative concepts that roll out equally well across digital platforms (social media, Guide Dogs website, email) as it does in print. You ll be comfortable managing your own design projects, working directly with colleagues from all areas of the charity. Together our design team: Approaches projects with creativity and passion Brings ideas to life, delivering concepts and designs which are best in-class brand expressions across all media Collaborates with colleagues across the charity (content team, marketing colleagues, fundraising, operations), combining relevant expertise and insight to inform design decisions in order to meet project objectives Takes ownership of briefs, project deadlines and deliverables Ensures a high standard of design execution across all work Presents designs in a clear and compelling manner, articulating and defending creative choices This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. The role is based at our Reading Hub, but we recognise the benefits that hybrid working brings. This role can be split between home and the office and the successful post holder will spend a minimum of 2 days a week working in the office. We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. More details can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description. We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date. Diversity Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job. Safeguarding Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment. Candidate requirements To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include; Essential Degree or equivalent experience in graphic design Professional, friendly, positive attitude with strong work ethic and willingness to learn and continually improve Expert knowledge in setting up artwork for print and optimising output for a range of digital channels Up-to-date understanding of best practice principles of accessible communications and how to apply them Desirable Experience of working in an inhouse creative team Design for accessibility from both a visual and technical perspective eg considerations in use of colour, typography and creating accessible PDFs Experience of motion design For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs. If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role. How to apply If you have any accessibility issues, please contact our Recruitment Team. Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the apply button above. As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised. If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion. Please note that you ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy. Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail. Please contact our Recruitment Team if you require any support with your application.

The Liaison and Special Project lead helps those with sight loss to live the life they choose by providing high level professional and expert executive support to Chief Executive (CEO) in any area deemed appropriate and relevant, ensuring projects/activities are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed standard. The role will also act as primary liaison with the charities Patron. This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we're committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. For this role, there may be opportunities to work from home as well as the office. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders. We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description. We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date. Diversity Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job. Safeguarding Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment. Candidate profile Candidate requirements To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include; Essential Has operated at a senior level with exposure to strategy, policy and business plan formulation and devising and managing within budgets. Proven experience of working effectively across multiple areas of an organisation and management of diverse stakeholders. Able to identify and manage risks. Managing people and business skills. Good grasp of employment legislation and business management practices including HR practices, financial and commercial aspects A demonstrable high level of verbal and written communication skills. The ability to assimilate and interpret complex information, reach decisions and put forward options and recommendations to the Chief Executive Officer, Trustees, Executive Board. Sound skills in project planning, project management and successful delivery of projects. Competent at planning, organising and prioritising own workload. Good attention to detail. The ability to enthuse and engage others. Presents as professional and credible. For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs. If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role. How to apply If you have any accessibility issues, please contact our Recruitment Team Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the 'apply' button above. As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised. If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion. Please note that you'll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy. Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail. Please contact our Recruitment Team if you require any support with your application.