Naval Children’s Charity – Digital Marketing Lead

Salary: £15,428 (FTE £27,000 35 hours per week)

30 days annual leave (FTE) 7.5% matched pension contribution

Part time 20 hours per week, permanent contract

Location: Remote

Line management: Senior Triage Caseworker

Purpose of role

To lead all the Charity’s digital marketing/social media activity with the specific aim of driving engagement with beneficiaries, growing the number of followers to social media channels, and raising greater awareness and support for the Charity’s work.

Working pattern

This a part time role of 20 hours per week working remotely, with the option to be in Head Office in Portsmouth. The role includes occasional weekend and evening work, local and long distance travel by appropriate means and as required, to include attendance at events to create digital content. Visits to head office and remote attendance at Team meetings will be required if working remotely.

The postholder will work closely with:

• The CEO
• The Head of Operations and Case Working Team
• Individual donors, supporters and beneficiaries
• Royal Navy Ships/Units and Community groups
• Volunteers

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Digital Marketing/social media

• Ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the charity social media channels
• Drafting engaging social media copy for charity wide campaigns and activities.
• Scheduling social media posts using social media tools
• Responding to messages, posts and comments received across social media channels,

in line with established charity protocols and responses.

• Maintaining and updating a 12-month social media calendar with planned social media activity and new social media requests.
• Working with colleagues to source potential future social media content and drive further engagement with new and existing followers.
• Feeding back on social media performance to the Trustees
• Work with the graphic designer to create content for the website, newsletters and resources.
• Photography at events
• Children’s competitions (such as Art or seasonal) to be run to increase awareness into schools

Other

Regularly update personal training and skills.

To apply, please complete an application form and submit it alongside a letter/personal statement to Sara Smith, Head of Operations, by the deadlines indicated below.

Alongside the application form, candidates are asked to send in a letter/ personal statement. It should set out the values, skills and experience that you have that makes you suitable for this role.

We hope that this candidate recruitment pack has piqued your interest in joining us and we would actively encourage you to have a pre-application chat if you would like to do so. To arrange please contact Sara Smith, Head of Operations, at sara.smith@navalchildrenscharity.org.uk

A timeline for the recruitment process for this role is detailed below:

Applications will be assessed as they are submitted on a rolling basis so early application is encouraged.

We are committed to finding the best fit for our team and creating a fair, objective recruitment process. Therefore, as part of our selection process, shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete the following assessments provided by Thomas International:

• Personal Profile Analysis (PPA)
• Trait Emotional Intelligence (TEIQue)
• High Potential Trait Indicator (HPTI)

To find out more please visit:

https://www.thomas.co/assessments/psychometric-assessment-aptitude-tests

Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, evidence of the right to work in the UK and an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Find out more here.