Sands exists to save babies’ lives and ensure that anyone affected by pregnancy loss or baby death receives the support and care they need.
This role in our award winning public affairs and campaigns team plays a pivotal part in delivering impactful campaigns at a national and local level, to help save babies’ lives and ensure that anyone affected by the death of a baby receives the care and support they need.
A key element of this role will be to develop the capacity of Sands volunteers, supporters, and campaigners to take action to improve their local services and influence national policy. You will therefore need to have experience of supporting people with lived experience to take part in campaigns.
You will be a great communicator with experience of creating engaging campaigns content and resources and compelling e-actions, ensuring that our campaigns are evidence based and reflect the views and experiences of a diverse range of bereaved parents and families.
A high level of flexibility and proactivity is essential, together with the ability to work well across different teams and on your own initiative. You will have the skills to be able to absorb and understand complex issues and get them across in a clear and concise way to diverse audiences. Your written work will be of high quality and you will be able to use Excel to manipulate data and store information.
You will therefore need to demonstrate a well-organised approach, be able to cope with demanding situations and meet tight deadlines.
In addition to the above, you will understand and empathise with the needs of bereaved parents and have an excellent understanding of diversity and inclusion.
To apply:
Please submit your CV, together with a supporting statement that demonstrates how you meet the criteria in the person specification to recruitment@sands.org.uk.
Please also complete the Diversity and Equality Monitoring Form and send this with your application.
CVs and supporting statements should be sent as attachments to an email in either Word or PDF format. The title of the attachments should be your first name, surname and either CV or supporting statement e.g. “Robert Harvey CV”
Closing date for applications : 8 October 2023
Interview Date: Week commencing 16 October 2023
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
As we have limited staff resources we are unable to provide candidates with feedback about their applications. Interviews will be held online.
