Communications Specialist

Are you an enthusiastic and creative individual who enjoys supporting and working with others? Are you interested in championing Action Hampshire's communication activities?

We are recruiting for a Communications Specialist!

Reporting to/coached by: Chief Executive
Salary: £30-33k FTE (pro-rata for part-time hours)
Hours: 21-28 hours per week
Location: Primarily home working with regular travel to various locations in Hampshire
Contract: 1-year fixed term Maternity cover
Closing date: Wednesday 1 May
Interview date: Tuesday 7 May

The successful candidate will join our existing communications team and support our communications and engagement. This role will lead on providing senior technical advice, leadership and guidance to the planning, delivery and monitoring of communications activities across the organisation. This includes supporting on elements of our communication activities; newsletter creation, website maintenance, graphic design and social media.

We are looking for someone with a creative eye, good interpersonal skills and excellent attention to detail who can communicate effectively. A key part of the role will involve exploring and implementing a data visualisation tool to efficiently monitor and review the reach and effectiveness of Action Hampshire’s communications (including social media platforms, newsletter, website hits and publication downloads, event attendance).

As a strengths-based organisation, we value the unique contributions each member of our team brings and our organisational culture emphasises coaching and leadership over management. We’re committed to inclusivity, equity and to the wellbeing and safety of our team.

Key tasks include:

(see job description for a full list of tasks)

• Providing leadership enabling the delivery of high quality, impactful, engaging and informative content for the Action Hampshire website, newsletter and social media platforms
• Provide support and work with our Communications Officer and Communications Administrator to ensure we are alignment with our communications strategy
• Explore and implement a data visualisation tool to efficiently monitor and review the reach and effectiveness of Action Hampshire’s communications
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation and build relationships with our members and users

For almost 75 years, Action Hampshire has supported communities across Hampshire. Today, our mission focuses on strengthening the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, supporting communities to raise their voices, and doing all we can to reduce disadvantage and celebrate diversity across Hampshire. Our responsive approach means we work across a wide range of issues relevant to our communities, from increasing the availability of rural affordable housing to ensuring cancer awareness messaging reaches seldom heard communities.

There has never been a more exciting time to join our talented, ambitious and friendly team. Our new 3-year strategy sets out clear goals and actions which we’ll achieve together. Our leadership team are embedding a culture of learning, experimentation and development. Our team is caring, collaborative and driven by our values of being bold, enterprising, informative, and empowering. We very much welcome applications from all members of the community, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith or disability. We are a Living Wage employer and Disability Confident.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £30,000.00-£33,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexitime
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote

Reference ID: CS
Expected start date: 01/06/2024