Communications and Marketing Officer

Salary: £36,000 per year

Communications and Marketing Officer

My client is a well established charity based in Watford who are seeking a Communications and Marketing Officer, initially for a 1 year contract but may extend further. Ideally they are looking for a person who has experience of working within the charity sector or have an interest in this area. The charity provide humanitarian aid both in the UK and overseas and with the current economic situation believe their services will be in greater demand now than ever.

Are you a digitally savvy, communications specialist with good all-round marketing skills and are passionate about taking our small, but mighty, humanitarian aid charity to the next level?

They are looking for a proactive, creative thinker, preferably with some charity marketing and communications experience to join our friendly team, helping people in need, both in the UK and globally.

Working closely with the CEO & Founder and the Head of Fundraising, this rewarding role will give you an opportunity to build our Marketing and Communications function further and work towards developing a team as the charity grows both UK and worldwide.

You should have strong writing, proof reading and editing skills, the ability to develop and implement marketing and communications plans and be able to understand the basics of analytics and the ability to be agile to respond quickly to our SOS responses.

Desired qualities and experience

• Some experience in charity marketing and communications
• Excellent copywriting skills
• Flexible and agile
• Experienced in building relationships
• Ability to create meaningful, realistic marketing and communication plans,
• Understanding of analytics
• Good understanding of how to get the most from social media platforms
• Some knowledge of paid advertising
• Experience with basic design, Canva or similar
• Ideally a communication or marketing qualification or business qualification

There is flexibility for this role to be part hybrid for the right person.

If you live within easy commuting distance of Watford, Herts and have the relevant skills outlined, please. This is a full time role 35 hours per week.