Marketing & Communications Officer - Business Development

Marketing & Communications Officer

Job Title: Marketing and Communications Officer

Location: Hybrid – National Service, Edinburgh

Type: Permanent, Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £20,251 - £22,297 per annum

Closing Date: Friday 30th September 2022

About us:

Carr Gomm is one of Scotland’s leading social care and community development charities; we strive to support people to achieve their individual hopes and dreams every day. We know our work is challenging and very rewarding, and we require people with a flexible and inspirational approach who are able to find innovative solutions with people, not for them.

Responsibilities and Success Factors:

As one of our Marketing & Communication Officers, you will work across Scotland to establish and cultivate relationships with people who share our mission and aim.

You will support the business development team in representing the organisation by liaising with a wide range of people; be it building relationships with commissioners and partners, inspiring others to fundraise, or creating videos featuring our staff and the people we support.

Reporting to Media & Communications Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the team with a wide variety of projects. Examples of your work include supporting the team to:

• research potential development, communication and engagement opportunities
• support communications and marketing projects, within the context of the Strategic Plan and the team’s priorities areas of fundraising, tendering and marketing
• support the creation an extensive photo and video library as part of the organisation’s PR assets
• administer and maintain accurate databases, systems and processes to ensure efficiency and inform decision making

Successful projects officers come from different backgrounds and have a range of work and life experiences. All have a keen eye for detail and a flair for engaging with and relating to people, and all share our values; respect, interdependence, choice, control, openness and honesty. In our eyes, the best officers are focused, creative, tech-savvy, patient, positive, and self-motivated team players who are wonderful ambassadors, analytical thinkers, excellent storytellers, and passionate world changers..

This job description describes the practical purpose and main elements of the job. It is a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they exist currently, but is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent schedule.

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