Communications Support Officer

Communications Support Officer

Kent (with hybrid working)

About the Organisation
Our client is a Christian organisation that flies over remote locations around the world. Their efforts have enabled organisations to provide emergency relief, long-term development and Christian hope to remote communities.

They utilise the power of technology to reach isolated people in need around the globe as they believe nothing should stop people from receiving the essentials of life no matter how remote they are.

By helping to link communities isolated from today’s ‘connected world’, our client is ensuring that the severity of medical emergencies, natural disasters, conflict and famine are reduced, and the light of God now shines brightly there.

Due to an internal progression, they are now seeking a Communications Support Officer to join their high-performing team on a full-time, permanent basis.

Working in a hybrid capacity, you will attend their office in Kent two days per week, and work from their operations centre one day per week. Two days per week can be worked from home.

The Benefits
- Salary of £28,000 per annum
- Annual leave entitlement of 22 days per year plus 8 paid public holidays per year
- Non-contributory pension scheme (10% of salary), employees may make voluntary additional contributions
- Death in service payment
- Flexible working policy

This is an exceptional opportunity for a creative, innovative and organised individual with social media skills to join our client’s committed organisation.
You’ll have the chance to shape your communications career, learning all there is to know and honing your communications skillset! They envisage a learning journey where you will develop your craft, gaining skills in a wide range of areas working alongside a fantastic and creative team in this developmental role.
What’s more, you’ll be contributing to a worthy cause; enabling more people in need to receive vital aid, transforming lives by delivering essential resources.
So, if you’re ready to join a dedicated team and embark on an impactful journey, then apply today.
The Role
As a Communications Support Officer, you will take on a learning role where our client will equip you with all the skills you need to produce wonderful content that inspires supporters and takes their message to new audiences.

Assisting the Production Manager with mailing specifications, you will collate internal information, create purchase orders, and undertake administration. You will also support the Media Manager by arranging regional coverage for overseas staff in the UK, and provide administrative, planning, and organisational support to the Head of Communications.

You will also be involved in scheduling and planning, updating the print and digital communications schedule, content creation for print and digital, staff and organisation updates and research and media library management.

Additionally, you will:

- Administer and curate an archive of documents

- Collect and store data processing consent forms

- Contribute to digital comms including website content and social media

- Assist in creating monthly print and digital communication documents

- Monitor staff blogs and external websites for news and research

- Upload and remove media assets, support staff in using the media library and seek to improve it

About You
To be considered as a Communications Support Officer, you will need:
 

- A degree level qualification or experience of working in an office environment gained through direct work experience or work placements

- Experience of team working

- Proficiency in social media

- Proficient skills in Microsoft applications, including Excel

- The ability to communicate positively, assertively and sensitively within a cross functional and multi-cultural team environment – internally and externally

- An efficient and organised approach and with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities and flexibility to respond quickly to changing or competing priorities

- To be able to work on your own initiative

- Excellent attention to detail
Other organisations may call this role Communications Officer, Communications Assistant, Graduate Communications Assistant, Graduate Marketing Officer, Trainee Marketing Officer, Graduate Marketing Executive, Graduate Digital Marketing Executive, Marketing Assistant, Graduate Marketing Assistant, or Digital Marketing Assistant.
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