Communications Co-ordinator

Join our charity at a pivotal moment. We are looking for a talented communications professional who can work with our small remote team to keep migrant homelessness and destitution high on the public agenda and tell powerful, compelling stories of the work of our members and the experiences of the people in the asylum and immigration system. You will lead our comms work, managing our digital presence, driving engagement through our social media channels, being the first point of contact for journalists and, alongside the External Affairs Lead, developing and driving our organisational communications strategy. You will have plenty of creative ideas of how to get our campaigns noticed and ensure NACCOM’s voice is heard in the public debate. You will understand how to work with people in vulnerable or precarious situations, empowering them to tell their own stories and giving them a voice. A strong knowledge of the media landscape and using social media to achieve change is essential. Experience of managing websites and an understanding of brand is also key. This role is for a creative, collaborative individual who is passionate about ending migrant and refugee homelessness and destitution and who knows the power of a good story. If this sounds like you, we’d love to welcome you to NACCOM. Hours: Part time at 21 hours per week (which is 0.6 FTE, full time is 35 hpw) Salary: £23,620 for 0.6 FTE  (full time / 35 hpw salary would be £39,367pa). Plus £4,000 pro rata London Weighting if applicable. Leave: 25 days pro rata plus bank holidays (Eng and Wales) plus additional concessionary days off between Christmas and New Year Pension: NACCOM will contribute 6% of your gross salary Additional benefits : Flexible working hours, wellbeing time, wellbeing practice Contract: Fixed term initially of 12 months. Continuing depending on funding Location: Home-based plus occasional travel in the UK. Opportunity to work part-time in a members’ office or a co-working space. Responsible to: External Affairs Lead About NACCOM: NACCOM (No Accommodation Network) is a registered charity, and we provide a service to our (135) members who are frontline organisations based across the UK working together to end destitution amongst people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). The NACCOM membership network is made up of ‘full’ members who provide accommodation to people seeking asylum who have been refused and ‘associate’ members who are organisations that are in support of the aims of NACCOM. NACCOM brings members together to network, collaborate and share good practice, and also provides resources, support and training to enable members to increase their capacity and empower as many people as possible out of destitution. NACCOM also campaigns for a fair, just and humane asylum and immigration system that doesn’t leave people destitute. Read more about NACCOM including our vision, mission, values and current strategy on our website. You can also view our current campaigning priorities. Job purpose: The Communications Co-ordinator will be responsible for the delivery of NACCOM’s communications strategy. The postholder will co-ordinate all media relations, both proactive and reactive, maintaining excellent relationships with journalists and ensuring high level visibility of key projects and the issue of migrant homelessness and destitution more broadly. This post leads and manages NACCOM’s social media presence, ensuring strong engagement and building NACCOM visibility across its social media platforms, and will play a pivotal role int the development and delivery of a new website. Empowering people with lived experience of the asylum system and destitution to be able to tell their stories in a variety of contexts is integral to the role, as well as a good understanding of delivering a communications function for a network organisation. Duties and Responsibilities: · Work with the External Affairs Lead to develop and implement a communications strategy. · Manage NACCOM’s digital presence including the delivery of a new website. · Ensure the delivery of a monthly email newsletter to supporters. · Manage the design and publication process for NACCOM reports including our annual impact report, working with a freelance designer. · Develop a social media strategy that drives engagement with NACCOM’s work with our key audiences and ensure regular, compelling social media posts and updates. · Work with the Community Research Co-ordinator to build the capacity of our Community Researchers and Community Ambassadors to engage with communications projects and act as spokespeople in the media. · Manage NACCOM’s media relations, providing a press office function and leading media strategy for discrete projects. · Ensure brand and tone of voice consistency across all NACCOM communications outputs. · Provide comms support with NACCOM events to the wider team. Personal Specification/Key Competencies: Essential skil