Communications Coordinator – Three Rivers Bexley

What we’re looking for:

• Do you have experience of running creative communications campaigns, including creating social media content, managing a website, and writing and editing newsletters?
• Are you able to confidently connect with diverse audiences in relevant, engaging, and accessible ways?
• Do you have an interest in supporting communities in Bexley to decide what kind of creative and cultural activity they want to experience on their doorsteps?

If so, this role is perfect for you!

Here at Peabody, we have an opportunity for a Communications Coordinator on a Fixed Term basis with Three Rivers Bexley.

A bit about the role:

Three Rivers, is a community arts programme for the London Borough of Bexley, hosted by Peabody, and supported by Arts Council England as a member of its national Creative People and Places network.

We are looking for a new Communications Coordinator to join our team and support us to tell our story, and the stories of the communities we work with, in exciting and accessible ways that encourage even more people to get involved!

As a Communications Coordinator, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Three Rivers website and social media platforms, creating and commissioning digital and design content to reach and expand our audience, as well as writing regular newsletters and coordinating the production of our annual newspaper written by residents, The Bexley Responder.

Since 2021 Three Rivers has collaborated with local community centres, football clubs, foodbanks, and nature reserves to do all sorts of things, from producing festivals, to painting murals, making films, stitching quilts and publishing newspapers, and now we want to share what we’re up to even more effectively.

This is an exciting opportunity for a good communicator with a keen eye for detail, who is interested in arts and culture marketing and communications, to join our small creative team and work closely with our Executive Producer to develop content ideas and deliver creative campaigns that can connect with local audiences, as well as the wider arts sector.

Some of the key results for the role include:

• Create content for social media that drives engagement; grows our network and subscribers list (newsletter and socials).
• Manage our website and newsletter, ensuring all copy and images are relevant and up to date.
• Coordinate the production and distribution of our annual community newspaper, The Bexley Responder.
• Develop and deliver marketing campaigns for the programme including promoting opportunities such as open calls, public events, and creative workshops.

This role will require a minimum of 1 day per week working at The Nest, Cygnet Square, Thamesmead London SE2 9UH. Three Rivers has a flexible working policy, which includes: Working remotely / Working from our office space (currently in Thamesmead) one day a week / Working on-site in North Bexley.

A bit about us:

160 years after it was established, Peabody is one of the oldest not-for-profit housing associations in the UK.

The Peabody Group is responsible for more than 107,000 homes, with around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties. We also have around 20,000 care and support customers.

Our purpose is to help people flourish, and we are getting closer to residents by taking a local approach.

We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient.

We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

• Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role)

• Up to 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays

• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates 

• Two additional paid volunteering days each year 

• Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal 

• 4 x salary life assurance

• Up to 10% pension contribution

Are you ready to apply?

PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.

To be considered for the position of Communications Coordinator – Three Rivers Bexley, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role. 

Interviews will be held week commencing 20th May.

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to chloe.singleton@peabody.org and one of our team will be in touch.

Peabody reserves the right to close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received.