Could you be Just a Drop’s new Communications Manager?
The Role
- Salary: £35,000
- Hours: Full-time
- Contract: Permanent
- Annual leave entitlement: 23 days, with an additional day for each year worked
About Just a Drop
Just a Drop is an international development charity dedicated to bringing safe water, sanitation and hygiene education to communities in need, transforming lives. Since 1998, our safe water projects have benefited almost two million people across 33 countries.
Why Just a Drop?
We are a values-driven team achieving a real global impact, within a supportive, flexible and friendly working environment. Your work will directly change lives through access to safe water, better health, and stronger livelihoods.
If you’re passionate about purpose and eager to shape the future of a growing international charity, we’d love to hear from you.
The Role
We’ve achieved significant and sustained growth over the past three years, with a reputation for delivering impactful and sustainable projects. We have a great story to tell and the Communications Manager role will play an important part of our future development.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and update the Just a Drop website, ensuring content is fresh, campaigns are current, and the site is continually developing
- Write articles and updates for the website to keep content relevant and engaging
- Develop and implement a thorough communications calendar, with cross-channel content designed to show our impact and attract new partners
- Oversee social media channels and email communications, ensuring content aligns with the Just a Drop brand
- Track and measure engagement and audience statistics across social media, the website, and email; identify trends and insights to inform the communications calendar
- Produce a variety of films about Just a Drop and our work, including short reels to showcase impact, longer form films on specific programmes or partnerships, and other films for the website
- Develop communications around our sustainability initiatives, particularly for website and filmed content
- Manage the email Welcome Programme and donor communications, with a focus on regular giving and income generation
- Support fundraising campaigns and website improvements, including Google Ads
- Produce reports for funding partners and internal purposes, including quarterly and annual impact reporting
- Provide ad hoc support to the fundraising and communications team as required
Person Specification
Skills and Experience
- Minimum of two years’ experience in a communications role
- Experience creating and editing short films
- Excellent and proven writing skills
- Strong verbal communication skills
- Ability to liaise effectively with a variety of stakeholders
- Experience working across multiple teams, building professional relationships both internally and externally
- Ideally, experience using Canva and other graphic design tools
Personal Attributes
- Self-starter with initiative and a can-do attitude
- Ability to manage a varied workload independently and as part of a team
- Strong organisational skills
- Positive, friendly, and professional outlook
- Creative, confident, motivated, and flexible
The role is hybrid, with three days working from home and two in our office in Richmond, London. Opportunities to travel to project sites are likely.
How To Apply
Please send your CV and a cover letter (no more than two sides) to: brendan.hanlon@justadrop.org.
The closing date is Wednesday 26th November at 12 noon. We look forward to receiving your application.