Fostering Recruitment Officer

3 weeks ago


Croydon, United Kingdom Croydon Council Full time

**Job title**: Fostering Recruitment Officer (Marketing)

**Department**: Children, Young People and Education

**Location**: Croydon Council (CR0)

**Grade / Salary**: Grade 8; £35,217 - £37,038

**Hours of work**: 36 per week / Monday - Friday

**Contract type**: Permanent

**The Opportunity**

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has the passion and relevant skills to make a difference.

You will have a wide variety of responsibilities from supporting digital campaigns designed to generate enquiries from people wanting to be foster carers, through to running events in our community to raise awareness of the need for foster carers in Croydon. You will organise and implement a range of marketing and recruitment activities, including digital advertising, social media content, live chat and drop in events, supported by the Marketing Officer.

**Benefits of Working With Us**
- A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%
- 29 days’ annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays
- A range of CPD opportunities to support your development
- Career Progression opportunities
- Investment into your staff well-being
- Good management support, regular supervision, and access to a clinical therapist to support your work

**Why Join Us**
- Our teams consist of experienced professionals at various levels
- The team arrange meetings weekly to ensure all colleagues have the support required to fulfil their duties
- The ethos at Croydon is very much about working together to make positive change
- You will join an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise
- You will have the support of an extremely knowledgeable and understanding manager
- Will have the opportunity to work from home and work flexibly which provides you with more of a work-life balance.

**About You**

The suitable applicant will have the following;
Experience and qualification in a relevant field which may include; Marketing, Customer Service, Recruitment, Social work, Teaching, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Youth Work, Counselling, Probation, Health professions, Education, Early Years.
- Fostering Knowledge: An understanding of foster care is essential. Support & training will be provided
- Marketing: An understanding of digital marketing is essential
- Customer service skills are essential
- An understanding of promotional marketing and customer relations: including content creation, effectively managing and maintaining social media platforms i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.

**Recruitment and Selection Timeline**

Shortlisting will take place WC 4th September 2023

Interviews will take place WC 11th September 2023

**Equal opportunities**

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.



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