Job description
Reference
003043Publication end date
06/08/2023Employment Details
Contractual hours
20.00
Salary
Starting from £31,000 (pro rated £17,714) per annum + benefits
Vacancy location
Location
England, South East, Reading Hub
Vacancy details
Directorate
Fundraising - Legacies & Single Gifts
Job Title
Marketing Officer (Legacy)
Job Level
Specialist Professional
Contract type
Fixed Term/Secondment
Contract duration
14 months
External job advert
The Marketing Officer (Legacy) known at Guide Dogs as a Legacy Campaign Officer helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by managing the implementation of the Legacy marketing campaign programme to increase supporter acquisition, supporter development and stewardship to maximise the number of responses and overall value to the benefit of Guide Dogs.
We’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.
For this role you’ll be working 20 hours per week, worked between 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. We are looking for you to attend the office 1-2 days per week, the remainder of your week may be spent working from home.
We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.
More details can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
Diversity
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality.
We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.
Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.
Candidate profile
Candidate requirements
To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in a direct marketing environment, delivering a variety of projects across a variety of channels simultaneously.
- Proven experience in managing project spend and working with a number of different internal teams.
- Proven experience of working with external suppliers.
- Proven experience in the management of a direct report or a team members’ work delivery.
- Proven understanding of direct marketing principles and techniques, and of briefing and interpreting analysis.
- Basic understanding of print and production.
- Demonstrable knowledge of Data Protection Act, Charity Commission and Institute Of Fundraising Good Practice.
For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.
If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.
How to apply
If you have any accessibility issues, please contact our Recruitment Team on 0118 3540345 or [email protected].
Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above.
As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.
The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.
If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.
Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.
Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.
Please contact our Recruitment Team on 0118 3540345 or [email protected] if you require any support with your application.
Application Closing Date
06/08/2023