Communications Officer

Communications Officer 

£29,279  

Manchester - Agile   

Full Time, Permanent, 35 hours per a week    

Closing Date: 18th January 2024 

Interviews to take place: 30th January 2024 at Lovell House (our Head Office – M155RN) 

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city.      

At One Manchester, we’re passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We’re more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support, and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth.   

We have an exciting position available for a Communications Officer to join our team! 
  

As a Communications Officer at One Manchester, your main responsibility will be to deliver effective campaigns by creating compelling copy and content, developing marketing materials, and producing engaging promotional content.   

You will work closely with the managers in the Communications team and collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure consistent and effective messaging.   

Additionally, you’ll share responsibility for maintaining and updating One Manchester’s website and social media platforms, monitoring and responding to inquiries and comments on social media, and assisting in the coordination of events and community engagement activities.  

What we’re looking for:          

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in communications, marketing, journalism, or a related field 

• Familiarity with analytics tools and ability to analyse data to inform decision-making 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels 

• Creative mindset with the ability to generate innovative content ideas 

• Knowledge of housing associations or the social housing sector is an advantage 

• Proficiency in using software tools for video production and photography is a plus 

• Excellent writing skills with ability to adapt style to different communications channels and audiences 

• Ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines, and manage multiple projects simultaneously 

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. It’s an exciting time to join our Communications team! The small team is expanding to enable them to better support our customers and communities. In the team every day is different and there are always opportunities to challenge yourself, be creative and see the difference your work makes to the people of our great city.           
  

If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you!       

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives.  We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.     
  

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'.  This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles.  We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation.   

One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do.  We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.       
  

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.