Job Description

Sing Inside provides group singing workshops in prisons across England and Wales. We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic head of communications to join our team to shape the comms outputs of a small but ambitious national charity. Please download the full job description for a person specification, key responsibilities and more information on how to apply for the role!

Role description

Sing Inside’s head of communications has overall responsibility for the communications of the charity. As a group of remote teams managing and engaging a national network of volunteers and prison residents, this individual oversees communications to our stakeholders, including funders, supporters, regular donors and prison staff. This person should have an imaginative and compelling communications vision for Sing Inside, supporting the charity to expand its reach and spread its vision, mission and values more widely. 

This is a voluntary role and we are an adaptable and flexible team, but we expect the candidate would commit between 3 and 5 hours per week to the role (depending on communication priorities at different times). However, if you would be interested in the role but due to capacity constraints may struggle to commit to the full range of responsibilities, please still get in touch; we are happy to explore job sharing and more flexibility.

This role is an excellent opportunity to shape the communications of a young, small but highly ambitious organisation, working on a variety of communications outputs to strengthen our following and the understanding of our work. It will provide valuable experience of working across a remote team and a national charity, tailoring communications to different audiences, and building relationships with other charities to support and generate new content. Overseeing a digital development programme and managing a number of projects will provide excellent experience of project management, as well as problem solving and cross-team working. 

About Sing Inside

Sing Inside enables all participants to enjoy singing with others free from judgement or assessment, inspiring hope, positivity and greater aspiration. We train confident, inspiring community music leaders who deliver engaging, accessible singing sessions. We prioritise enjoyment in our approach to learning to increase confidence, promote teamwork and encourage participants to recognise their individual contribution to a shared goal. 

Sing Inside is entirely volunteer run, with a highly committed central team and robust governance from a board of trustees with professional experience in music, education and penal reform. Local committees are managed by the CEO and executive committee members, while allowing autonomy to adapt and thrive in their local context. We work with the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and York to recruit volunteers, and we engage a significant number of students, alongside local volunteers. Sing Inside collaborates widely, working previously with Learning Together, partnering with Novus and the Prisoner Learning Alliance to roll out Covid-19 resources and radio broadcasted music sessions, and have worked with Strawberry Words on anti-racism, equality, diversity and inclusion. To support our learning and development we are members of the Corbett Network, NCVO, Clinks, and the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance.

Sing Inside’s executive team all receive a personal development budget to be spent on training in any area which you feel will support your work (subject to approval from the chief executive) and further free training opportunities are often available via our memberships with Clinks, NCVO, the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance and the Small Charities Coalition. The candidate will also benefit from our continued anti-racism training, focusing this year on whiteness and fragility.