As a charity, we are hugely proud of the impact we have had on behalf of people affected by blood cancer. The £500million we have invested in research over the last 60 years has saved many thousands of lives. This is an exciting time to join Blood Cancer UK as we are now in a position where the day we will beat blood cancer is finally in sight as we strive towards our mission to beat blood cancer within a generation.
We are looking for an experienced and driven Direct Marketing Coordinator to support the Direct Marketing Managers in the delivery of our fundraising campaigns and development and managing our online shop. Our fundraising channels cover a number of channels including Direct Mail, Social Media, PPC, TM etc. While the role will be supporting the Direct Managers in delivery of the team’s objectives there is the opportunity to lead on projects and delivery of objectives for the right candidate.
Majority of our roles can be performed hybrid which means you will be required to attend the office 2-4 days per month. Travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
We are committed to actively promoting equality, diversity, and inclusivity. In line with our strategy we welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including minority communities, and applicants with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.
Please note that we may bring forward the closing date at our discretion
Key Responsibilities
Main Responsibility
- Aidthe delivery of a long-term acquisition and development strategy within Direct Marketing, incorporating both prize and cause led fundraising products
- Monitor and manage supporter journeys across all direct marketing activities
- Ensure digital integration and tracking is in place for all campaigns
- Take the lead for day to day management of campaigns
- Manage day to day relationships with external agencies if necessary and take immediate action if any problems arise, working with the agencies to find a solution
- Produce and circulate results reports for direct marketing activities
- Work across the organisation to gather and develop content for direct marketing activities
- Support Direct Marketing Managers on other projects as requested
THINGS WE ALL DO
- Promote Blood Cancer UK’s vision, mission and core values
- Support Blood Cancer UK’s commitment to actively promoting equality, diversity and inclusivity
- We’re all fundraisers. This is slightly different for all roles, and your team will have fundraising KPIs and objectives we all work to
- Attend and assist at Blood Cancer UK events and activities as required (NB this involves evening and weekend work)
- Be an effective ambassador for Blood Cancer UK at any activity you attend
- All staff are expected to adhere to Blood Cancer UK’s policies and procedures
- Do any other reasonable things your manager needs you to do
- We work in partnership with our community by actively involving people affected by blood cancer in the decisions we make about our work – what we do and how we do it
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Experience of delivering direct marketing campaigns and/or ecommerce platforms.
- Experience of working on campaigns or products from brief to evaluation, including planning, reporting and budget management.
- Experience of briefing and managing relationships with external suppliers and building and maintaining relationships with internal teams to foster team spirit and achievement of shared goals.
- Experience of working on digital fundraising campaigns.
- Good understanding of fundraising regulation and data protection.
- Works with minimal supervision to ensure the successful achievement of results through the effective planning and understanding of objectives, maintaining high standards while working on multiple tasks.
- Comes up with imaginative solutions to business situations and have the capacity to identify alternatives to traditional methods and approaches.
- Builds and maintains good working relationships with colleagues to foster team spirit, commitment to the team and achievement of shared goals.
- Possesses a problem-solving mentality to challenges and identify alternatives to traditional methods and approaches.
- A commitment to equal opportunities, diversity, inclusion, and the values of Blood Cancer UK.
About Blood Cancer UK
FLEXIBLE WORKING & OUR BENEFITS
We welcome conversations about part time working, job shares, and all forms of flexible working right from application stage. You can get in touch with us at recruitment@bloodcancer.org.uk if you want to ask us anything about flexible working.
Benefits: We think our benefits are brilliant, and the majority start from day 1. These are just a few of them:
- 30 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays
- Generous pension scheme and Life Assurance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, as well as study leave and a day off to move house
- Wellbeing is a priority for us, we offer a wide range of individual and team support in our Wellbeing Hub
- Our Academy is our in-house Continued Professional Development (CPD) learning and development programme, including an internal mentoring scheme. We have organisation-wide focus days, which are days set aside for you to focus on your own development, without being interrupted by emails and meetings.
- Cycle to work and season ticket loans
- Opportunity to take sabbaticals
You can find full details about our benefits on our website.
Location: Working agile means we changed from having a culture where people are expected to be in the office from 9am to 5pm to one where we’re much more focused on what they deliver. We’ve built a positive culture where autonomy, trust, wellbeing and flexibility allow us to recruit and retain the very best people. We recognise that teams still need to come together regularly to develop relationships and strengthen collaborative working.
Therefore, for the majority of roles, your contractual place of work will be one of our offices. The expectation for how often you will be required to attend the office is outlined in the job profile and will be discussed with you.
Details about our hybrid and agile working approach (including how travel expenses work) can be found on our website.
HOW TO APPLY
We ask you to send us a CV and cover letter. In your cover letter, we’d like to know why you’re interested in working with us at Blood Cancer UK. It’s also helpful if you tell us why you think you are a great candidate for this role based on the skills, knowledge and expertise section above. Your cover letter doesn’t have to be too long, 1-2 pages is ideal. Please don’t add photos or graphics to your CV, as we use blind shortlisting at this stage of the process.
Full details about our recruitment processes, including how we use blind shortlisting and what to expect at each stage of the process can be found on our website. Sometimes we close our vacancies early, usually because we have had a lot of great applicants, so we’d always encourage you to apply early rather than wait until the deadline.
WHY WORK AT BLOOD CANCER UK?
We’re the 9th best charity in the UK to work for according to Best Companies 2021!
We started because of Susan, we’ll get there because of you.
Blood Cancer UK was started by one family who lost their daughter, Susan, to blood cancer, and that history and sense of family continues to shape who we are today. When you join Blood Cancer UK, you don’t just become an organisational employee – you become part of a collaborative community dedicated to funding research into beating blood cancer that includes some of the most inspiring people you’ll ever meet.
And we’re not that far away from beating blood cancer. We’re confident we can do it within the next generation, and this makes us hugely ambitious and gives us a sense of real urgency. It also means we’re changing quickly as an organisation as we constantly challenge ourselves and strive to become more and more effective. This pace of change means working here isn’t for everyone. But if you’re excited by the chance to work in a fast-paced, agile and supportive environment with the focus and ambition to beat blood cancer this could be the place for you! We focus on results rather than time spent at a desk, so we deliver more for people affected by blood cancer.
Blood Cancer UK offers the chance to work for and with people affected by blood cancer, and the opportunity to advance your career and develop your skillset whilst taking on exciting new challenges and making your mark.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We are committed to actively promoting equality, diversity, and inclusivity. Read our statement which reflects our strong drive to change in this area.
To this end we would welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including minoritised communities, and applicants with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.
