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Job Profile Reporting to the Managing Director, you will lead on the recruitment, retention, and value growth of Afghanaid s supporter base by directing and implementing communications, fundraising and engagement strategies, aligned with broader organisation goals. Designing and managing a tight budget, you will direct the Communication and Giving unit to maximise their success. You will provide strategic and supervisory oversight of fundraising income from individual giving, regular giving, major donors, trusts and foundations, corporates, community and student fundraising and events, managing annual fundraising appeals and driving organisational unrestricted income growth. You will lead on communications for Afghanaid, overseeing print, digital, and paid marketing activities and the growth of communications channels. You will execute Afghanaid s organisational brand strategy which ensures the integrity of the brand and maximises awareness. You will manage all public relations including crisis communications, as well as the growth of strategic media placements and high profile relationships. You will drive the success of organisational impact storytelling and communications for both internal and external stakeholders. As a member of the executive department, you will collaborate and synergise with other departments to promote organisational success. Key Responsibilities: Drive organisational strategy, culture and cross-department collaboration to advance Afghanaid s mission and objectives. Lead development and delivery of Communications, Engagement and Fundraising strategies and work plans. Line manage and develop a high-performing team, including staff, volunteers and interns. Build and maintain relationships with consultants, agencies and pro bono partners. Oversee budgets, reporting and data-driven performance management to ensure efficiency and impact. Promote a positive and cohesive London team environment, coordinating hybrid working, inductions and HR support. Oversee public fundraising strategy across multiple income streams. Lead design and delivery of internal and external appeals, campaigns and donor stewardship. Identify new funding opportunities, partnerships and innovation in engagement. Oversee the full range of Afghanaid s event portfolio, and attend relevant events to represent Afghanaid; Ensure effective CRM management, data integrity and financial reconciliation. Serve as brand guardian, ensuring consistency and evolution of Afghanaid s identity. Oversee creation and execution of integrated communications and marketing plans. Direct production of engaging digital and print content, including newsletters, social media, and fundraising collateral. Manage website optimisation, SEO and analytics to drive engagement and conversions. Lead innovation in digital marketing, email campaigns and supporter journeys. Advise leadership on reputation management and crisis communications. Develop media policies and act as spokesperson when required. Manage proactive and reactive media relations, building relationships with journalists, influencers and advocates. Promote Afghanaid s thought leadership through strategic storytelling and public commentary. Commission and direct multimedia content to strengthen organisational storytelling. Lead content planning, production and performance analysis. Champion participatory storytelling approaches and creative innovation. Undertake any other duties as and when required by the line director. PERSON SPECIFICATION You will be an experienced and dynamic communicator with significant demonstrable experience in fundraising and/or communications at a senior level, coupled with an awareness and up to date knowledge and experience of the tools that would maximise the success of our communications and fundraising activities. In addition, you will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to confidently build and maintain strong relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders. Possessing strong management skills, you will have experience of managing small multi-disciplinary teams, providing direction and leadership to enable development and high performance, and the ability to role-model a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion. Education/ Training Master s Degree in communications, marketing, public fundraising or another relevant field (or at least 5-years experience). Work Experience At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising, supporter engagement or communications, with at least 2 years experience directly managing staff. Experience developing and leading integrated multi-channel and multi-stakeholder communications, engagement and/or fundraising strategies. Experience in growing audiences, engagement and/or income streams. Experience communicating about and/or fundraising for and/or maintaining engagement with Afghanistan or a similar context. Experience using KPIs and data to make data-driven decisions to improve efficacy and efficiency. Experience managing and monitoring a tight budget. Experience conceptualising, producing and commissioning multimedia content, from marketing and fundraising collateral to audiovisual content. Experience running full-funnel, multi-channel marketing strategies including paid advertising. Understanding of risks associated with communications, public fundraising, and NGO operating contexts, and experience in mitigating those risks. Experience supervising, organising, motivating and developing staff. In depth knowledge of trends in storytelling, brand, PR, marketing and fundraising. Professional Skills, Competencies, Values and Attitudes Afghanaid s core values are creativity, fairness and honesty. Our staff is passionate about and proud of Afghanaid. Teamwork is fundamental to our standards and demonstrated by taking initiative, assisting others and taking on additional responsibilities and tasks if necessary. We are results driven, committed and motivated to achieve targets and take accountability for our own actions. Specifically, the holder of this position should also demonstrate the following: Essential Fluent in spoken and written English. Track record of increasing audiences, fundraising totals and engagement metrics from multiple different sources, with a strong business development mindset. Experience securing five or six figure gifts from funders; Solutions and results orientated; energised by thinking outside the box, and by finding and pursuing novel or innovative approaches and solutions. Experience using Salesforce CRM and Marketing Cloud Skilled at spotting and prioritising opportunities and synergies, and effective in securing wide-ranging forms of engagement and partnership. Excellent listening, speaking and writing skills; strong capabilities of persuasion and a proven track record of uniting people around a common goal. Multimedia skills, with knowledge, experience and enthusiasm in driving digital innovation. Highly organised with strong leadership and project management skills, able to collaboratively manage competing priorities with senior and junior colleagues. Demonstrably skilled brand custodian, able to mitigate risks, anticipate and capitalise upon opportunities, and strengthen reputation. Capable of working independently as well as collaboratively, both in leading a team and as part of the team. Passionate about driving change, and inspiring individuals and groups to support a cause to deliver that change. Desirable Experience working within an international development or humanitarian context, particularly with causes related to Afghanistan Strategic understanding of UK and global fundraising landscapes and emerging giving trends. Proven ability to represent an organisation publicly with confidence, professionalism and credibility. Experience guiding senior leaders or trustees on media, communications and reputational matters. Skilled in crisis communications and reputation management. Understanding of inclusive and ethical storytelling practices, with sensitivity to safeguarding considerations. Experience developing high-value corporate or media partnerships. Comfortable working in a fast-moving, resource-limited environment and adapting to changing external circumstances. The Organisation Afghanaid is a British humanitarian and development organisation. For over forty years, our dedicated personnel have worked with millions of families in some of the poorest and most remote communities in Afghanistan. We build basic services, improve livelihoods, strengthen the rights of women and children, help communities protect against natural disasters and adapt to climate change, and respond to humanitarian emergencies. We are headquartered in Kabul, and operate provincial and district offices across Afghanistan, as well as a Marketing and Fundraising office in London. We employ around 500 personnel, 97% of whom are Afghans. Other Information Afghanaid s core values are creativity, fairness and honesty. Our staff are passionate about and proud to work at Afghanaid . click apply for full job details

Location: Southampton (Based fully on site) Role level: Senior - Reporting to Head of Staffing Driving License ESSENTIAL Role Summary: The Branch Manager is responsible for Manpower's UK brand delivery within a designated region of the UK for Convenience temporary and permanent business across all verticals within the Manpower specialisms - driving, logistics, manufacturing and ancillary, you will be expected to maximise GP opportunity throughout your client base in each of these core areas. You will lead a dedicated team of consultants focused on delivering temporary workforce solutions to both national accounts and retail business. Your dedicated team may be made of pure 360 retail consultants along with pure delivery consultants that have separate focus driving a high ROI. The region will be managed from one central office with your consultant team being based within this with the wider geography of regional responsibility. Key Responsibilities Sales: Ensures strong business mix of Manpower Specialisms Actively leads business development through the team Meets clients and drives new business opportunity across all verticals Strategy: Translates, implements and drives strategy as set by the Head of Staffing Influences strategy through active feedback Delivers regional goals as set by the Head of staffing in line with wider strategy Collaboration: Performance accountability Works with the Operational excellence team to drive efficient business Works with the head of driving to maintain logistics footprint and ensure legal compliance People: Builds a diverse talent pipeline Coach direct reports to build capability Creates time for wider team that enables a coaching environment to focus and achieve performance expectations A "One Manpower" mind-set is critical - you will be collaborating with peers across the brands and support functions to drive successful outcomes across the wider business. You will also be directly responsible for implementing the Manpower brand strategy and ensuring alignment across your peer group developing your area of responsibility with a corporate mind-set. You will demonstrate flexibility and agility, embracing corporate initiatives and gaining support and followership from your teams, and will adopt digital recruitment strategies, ensuring your teams are using up to date and relevant channels to recruit for our clients. Self-Development: Develops relationships across front and back office and ManpowerGroup brands Demonstrates growth mind-set Builds profile through thought leadership and networking within region. Efficiency: Understanding P&L including ratio management Drives system adoption and utilisation Data Analytics/ metrics as part of business thinking. Experience/Skills required: Previous experience managing staff in a sales environment Proven track record of maximising business development Experience in developing businesses with temporary staffing workforce Understanding the importance of collaboration Coaching and influencing staff. Our Standards Clarity: Takes time to understand and share our organisation's vision and strategy with others, holds themselves and others accountable to deliver on our common goals, mindfully gives honest and regular feedback and openly receives it so we can all learn and deliver our best. Care: Leads themselves and others with care, respecting people as people first and promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in their environment so people feel heard and valued, listens to understand and then communicates purposefully and consistently, intentionally develops themselves and inspires, coaches and empowers the development of others. Grow: Openly contributes thoughts, asks questions and challenges appropriately so that we make better, courageous and timely decisions, collaborates with others to identify current ideas, trends and perspectives (internally and externally) to continuously improve and transform what we do, builds on our successes and actively learns from mistakes and missed opportunities to progress toward our ambition.