Communications and Engagement Officer

3 months ago


Remote, United Kingdom United Response Full time

**Job Title**:Communications and Engagement Officer (Internal and Marketing)

**Hours**:35 Per week

**Salary**:£28,500 to £30,000 depending on experience.

**We offer an excellent benefits package that includes**:

- 25 days paid annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays, pro rata for part time), which increases after 3 and 5 years’ service
- Pension Contribution
- The opportunity to be part of our UR Stars Recognition Scheme
- Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling and advice services
- Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications
- Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
- Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers
- Refer a friend scheme

**Key Purpose of the role**:
To support the delivery of marketing and communications in line with our strategy.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Excellent written communication skills and ability to copywrite creatively, sensitively and with attention to detail.
- High standard of verbal communication and ability to relate to people from different walks of life.
- Excellent team working skills.
- Experience of working to deadlines and prioritising demands on your attention.
- Degree standard or professional qualification in marketing or related field.
- Commitment to equal opportunities and diversity.

**Desirable**
- Lived experience of disabilities or previous professional experience in the social care sector.

Our organisation is going through significant change, so we’re looking for a bright, energetic communications officer to make things happen. About half your time will be focussed on communicating with our 3500 colleagues who are based at 350 locations around the country. This could be sharing news updates, maintaining our intranet or planning multi-channel communications for an initiative such as healthy eating, wellbeing or diversity.

You’ll also get involved in our marketing or public affairs work, which makes sure that people outside our organisation understand what we’re about and join us in our mission. Your experience managing websites and professional social media channels will really help you here.

Whether it’s inside or outside United Response, a story about the difference we’ve made to someone makes all the difference. So you’ll often find yourself speaking to a wide variety of people and helping them tell their story. This means that we’ll really need to rely on your creative writing, photography or content editing skills.

The communications and marketing team is a small but effective group of 8 people. You’ll report to the Marketing and Communications Manager, alongside another officer.

**Who we are**:
United Response is a leading national charity. We have a great team of people who are passionate about providing care and support. This role will see you providing support to people in their own homes. Our support staff champion the rights of the people we support to live, work, socialise and participate in the community, free of discrimination and unnecessary boundaries. In our work we aim to be creative, strong, honest, responsive and united.



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