BAME Maternity Programme Assistant (Virtual Assistant)
The Brun Bear Foundation is a registered charity based in South East London working across four charitable streams: community grants, medical innovation, animal welfare, and BAME maternity health. We are a small, ambitious organisation with a growing programme of events, webinars, and partnerships.
We are looking for a highly organised and self-motivated Programme Assistant to support the delivery of our BAME Maternity strand. This is a hands-on, varied role that will sit at the heart of our most active programme area.
What you will be doing:
Supporting the planning and delivery of our BAME Maternity webinar series (approximately six webinars across 2026 at six-weekly intervals)
Coordinating speaker outreach, confirmations, briefing packs, and post-event follow-up
Managing delegate communications, registration, and ticketing for the annual BAME Maternity Conference (January 2027)
Drafting and scheduling social media content across the Foundation's platforms, maintaining a consistent posting schedule and brand voice
Building and maintaining the BAME Maternity database and mailing list
Supporting the production of newsletters, event tiles, and digital assets
Conducting research to support the Chair on partnerships, funding opportunities, and programme development
Providing general administrative support to the Chair as required
What we are looking for:
Strong written communication skills — you will be drafting content that goes out under the Foundation's name
Experience of social media management, ideally across multiple platforms
Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines independently
An interest in and sensitivity to BAME maternal health issues
Experience with event coordination, even at a small scale
Comfortable working remotely and managing your own time
Familiarity with tools such as Mailchimp, Canva, or similar is desirable but not essential
This role would suit someone with a background in charity administration, community health, communications, or events who is looking for a flexible, meaningful role with genuine responsibility from day one.
BIUS: Programme delivery, communications, database management, event coordination