WRAC Association

WRAC Association – Head of Engagement and Operations

***THIS JOB VACANCY HAS NOW CLOSED***

Based in Winchester –  30hrs per week worked as 4 days

Salary up to £30.400 (FTE £38,000) depending on experience

Generous holiday entitlement, 6% employer pension contribution, free parking, access to gym/swimming pool, on site café and shop.

Some travel is expected to support membership events including evenings and weekends, with occasional overnight stays.

We are a financially sustainable £7million charity which aims to provide camaraderie, benevolence and support to women who have served in the Army. Additionally, we aim to exert influence within the military charity sector to broaden support for female veterans.

We organise both national and local events for our members to attend where they meet up with old friends, remember those we have lost, support each other, have a lot of fun and make new and lasting memories. We have over 4000 active members which we hope to grow as we reach out to many more female veterans eligible to join our Association.

We are now looking to recruit a Head of Engagement and Operations to lead the development and delivery of our internal and external communications, input to our strategic delivery, andact as a 2IC for our CEO.

You will:

· be skilled in delivering communications or marketing projects which can be appropriately tailored to increase engagement and promote awareness of the Associations’ work.

· have expertise of modern publishing technology and will have overall responsibility for the Association magazine – The Lioness – published biannually.

· have experience of all mainstream social media platforms and website publishing as you will have overall responsibility for our website and all social media activity, which you will work to increase.

· understand the value of strong communication and be experienced in engaging people from many walks of life and tailoring your communication style to a variety of audiences.

· be skilled at building positive working relationships with key stakeholders as you will be required do so both within and external to the Association, including our members, Area Co-ordinators, media, publishers and with other veteran-facing organisations.

· be highly organised with great attention to detail.

· Work closely with the CEO to deliver the strategic vision of the charity and manage on-going and one-off projects.

Download the full job description and apply at wraca.org.uk/jobs

The charity is governed by a Board of Trustees with a number of sub-committees, all volunteers. We are a small staff team of 5, led by a CEO, who are motivated by the good work we do to support some amazing, brave and pioneering women. There will be opportunities to attend events and to meet many inspirational women. We are proud of the work we do to support female veterans, many of whom are now well into retirement, some are lonely and have reduced mobility, so they rely on our communications to keep them in touch with like-minded comrades, whilst some have fallen on hard times and need our financial support.

If you are a motivated, self-starting and engaging individual with a creative flair who can write engaging copy for publication across a range of platforms and work well with people at all levels, then we look forward to receiving your application by way of a CV and a Supporting Statement demonstrating how you meet the criteria no later than 18 October 2024.

On-line interviews are expected to take place w/c 21 October 2024. 

All applicants must be able to demonstrate current eligibility to work in the UK.

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