Communications and Outreach Officer

We’re looking for a new Communications and Outreach officer to join MACS on a fixed-term 12-month contract

This is a critical role that offers the chance to raise awareness of MACS, reach new members and galvanise support. You will work with the management team to deliver the strategic objectives for communications across the organisation, with a cohesion between both membership engagement, retention and growth, and supporter recruitment.

You will take the lead on the delivery of MACS’ annual communications plan and mailing schedule, collaborating with both the Member Services team and Fundraising team to collate emotive content and ensure seamless delivery of effective communications across multiple channels, both amongst members and supporters and to our public audiences, as well as proactively seeking and engaging with new audiences.

As Communications and Outreach Officer, you will be an ambassador for accessibility and the MACS brand, championing the cause through consistent and user-friendly communications, developing a recognisable brand to push MACS to the forefront of national charities.

A full role description is included below. For further details or an informal conversation about the role call Amy on 07593 021655.

To apply, please submit your CV to amy@macs.org.uk by midnight on Sunday 22^nd September. Interviews will take place online during the week commencing 30^th of September.

Communications and Outreach Officer Job description - Fixed Term 12 months

Trustee

MACS is looking for new Trustees with the enthusiasm, creativity and commitment to join our board of Trustees. Would you like to join the MACS Board and help direct the future of our fantastic charity?  If so, we’d love to hear from anyone who shares our core values and has the passion and commitment to help us improve.  MACS is committed to improving the diversity of our Board and so we would particularly welcome applications from under represented communities as well as from Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

We are specifically looking for people who can demonstrate:

• Commitment to and willingness to work in accordance with MACS’ principles and values
• Willingness to devote the necessary time and effort
• Strategic vision
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team
• Good, independent judgement
• Willingness to speak their mind
• Ability to think creatively
• Willingness to participate in fundraising activities when required
• Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship

These are unpaid roles but reasonable expenses can be claimed.

Further information about the trustee role can be found here.  For an information chat with our Interim Chair, Teresa Gordon please email recruitment@macs.org.uk and we will arrange a call.

To apply please submit your CV and a covering letter to recruitment@macs.org.uk.  Please make sure your covering letter, which should be no more than 2 pages long, clearly demonstrates your suitability for the role and why you would like to be a MACS trustee.

Regional Volunteers

Exciting times here at MACS. To grow those ever-valued local connections and increase our event offerings we are soon going to be launching our regional volunteers program.

If you are over 18, and a MACS member with or without a MACS condition yourself and are interested in giving some time throughout the year to help organise and run some events we’d love to hear from you.

It might be a meet-up at a local park, a trip to the zoo, a touch tour and show at a local theatre, or simply a coffee and chat at a local café. Our aim is as a regional volunteer you’ll get to know the members in your area and agree on events based on what they want. All with constant support, funding and training from us.

We hope this approach will widen our offering and really cement the local friendships we all know are so important.

At this stage, if you’d be interested in being a volunteer please drop us an email to enquiries@macs.org.uk

With just a paragraph about yourself – what you’d like to offer MACS within your own region and your link to MACS be it as a parent, grandparent or MACS adult.

We simply want to get to know a little about you, so please don’t feel it’s formal at all.