23 Oct
OnSide
Bolton
Salary: £34,000 - £37,000
Contract: Fixed-term contract (possibility of becoming permanent) for 12 months to add additional capacity and project work. Flexible working and will consider 4 days a week (37.5 hours full time).
Location: Hybrid working: two days a week in the Bolton office combined with home-working and travel across our Youth Zones in development (Barnsley, Crewe, Grimsby, Preston) plus occasional other travel as required.
Closing Date: 08/11/2024
About the role
We are looking for an experienced,
hands-on communications all-rounder with a breadth of skills to help us deliver our strategic communications objectives – with a focus on delivering and supporting regional and local communications activities in the areas where we are developing our 4 new Northern Youth Zones over the next year.
This role will involve managing a small portfolio of local end-to-end integrated communications and PR programmes at various stages, to launch new Youth Zones in Barnsley, Crewe, Grimsby and Preston.
You will work closely with each Youth Zone’s Relationship Managers and Fundraisers, as well as its CEO, and Trustee Board, and Young People’s Development Group, acting as their trusted communications advisor. You will also work closely with broader local stakeholders such as communications leads within each Local Authority and supporters, to help establish the new Youth Zones as independent charities within our vibrant Network to key local audiences.
In addition, you will oversee and lead a fundraising focussed communications and marketing campaign to boost our reach to new funders (who we call Founder Patrons) in the areas where we are creating new Youth Zones.
The breadth of this role means no two days are the same,
which is why we are seeking somebody organised, dynamic and self-motivated with exceptional project management and stakeholder management skills.
It is important to note that this role lays the foundations for each new Youth Zones’ ongoing communications approach. For each project you will be required to effectively and smoothly handover to the Youth Zones full time communication resource once in place while continuing to provide light touch ongoing support – so some experience mentoring or coaching and supporting others is beneficial.
We will be looking for someone that can demonstrate a broad range of communications skills from working with local media to place newsworthy, positive stories around the Youth Zone development,
to supporting the development of new Youth Zone websites.
If you are as confident pitching a story to media as you are managing a branding project or overseeing an event, then this could be the role for you.
There will also be opportunities to contribute to OnSide’s national communications plan, working closely with the Director of Communications and Brand on several high-profile projects, including overseeing and launching our new Youth Advocates programme, working with young people across our Network.
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▶️ Regional Communications Manager
🖊️ OnSide
📍 Bolton