Job description
Job Title: Marketing and Events Co-Ordinator
Working hours: Full Time Monday to Friday – 37.5 hours a week including some evening and weekend working.
Location: Chester or Warrington – with parking. Office based, but with some remote working flexibility – Hybrid Working)
Salary: Up to NJC Scale 11 £24,054 – depending on experience.
We’re looking for a confident and motivated Marketing & Events Co-Ordinator to join our busy Marketing & PR team.
We need a real self-starter, someone who isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves and get involved and is a confident face-to-face communicator. Ideally, you will have some marketing and events experience, however, this is not essential. A passion for making a real difference in children’s lives and working in the non-profit sector is.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative, ‘Outstanding’ children’s charity and one of the largest voluntary adoption agencies in the UK.
About us
Adoption Matters is a registered children’s charity and one of the largest voluntary adoption agencies in the UK. We recruit, train and support individuals and families as adopters and offer them ongoing support and training for as long as they need it. We also provide support to birth families and adopted adults. We are the ONLY adoption service in the UK rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted for the last five consecutive inspections.
In late 2023/2024, the Adoption Matters Family is growing and we are launching a new not-for-profit fostering agency, Foster Care Matters, in the North West.
Your role will be fast-paced and varied, as part of the Marketing & PR team you will support all aspects of our marketing strategy with your primary focus to increase foster parent recruitment and retention for Foster Care Matters, as well as assisting with adopter recruitment for Adoption Matters.
Day to day you will be getting involved in a variety of tasks related to the recruitment and retention of foster parents and adopters which will involve outreach events in the community involving some evening and weekend working. From supporting digital campaigns designed to generate enquiries from prospective foster parents and adopters, speaking about our work to the general public and stakeholders to creating engaging communications and social media content, this is a varied and interesting role.
This is an office based/hybrid role, with regular travel across the North West area as part of your role.
What we offer in return
- To join the ONLY adoption agency in the UK rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted FIVE times in a row, since 2008
- Hybrid Working Policy with the ability to work remotely as required
- Any additional time worked in excess of normal working hours to facilitate the needs of the business, may be taken flexibly as time off in lieu.
- Local Government Pension scheme
- Generous holidays, starting at 24 days a year (pro rata), plus public holidays; and a Long Service Holiday Award of a further 5 days after 5 years’ service (pro rata) plus a paid end-of-year shutdown period
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme, 24/7 well-being support scheme
- Your development: working across departments you will be an integral part of a supportive team
- Full training is provided, and the opportunity to make a difference, feel valued and achieve the job satisfaction you’ve always wanted
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Our values are honesty and fairness, inclusivity, flexibility, ethically based and celebrating difference. We believe that our organisation should reflect and represent the full richness of human diversity in terms of background, identity, ability and circumstance. As groups of people currently under- represented as Adoption Matters employees, we are particularly keen to receive your application if you are Black, Asian or minority ethnic, have a disability or have personal experience of the care system and/or adoption. We will be measuring our success in redressing this.
We are open to discussion of any adjustments or any flexible arrangements you may need to achieve your full potential at any stage of the process, and if you are successful in gaining a position with us, during employment. We promise the only thing we assess within your application is how you have demonstrated your suitability for the job, and nothing else.
What’s next? It’s easy! Follow the instructions below to apply! We can’t wait to hear from you!
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Download the Job Description, the Person Specification, and complete the application form before returning it via email or post with a CV to:
Email: [email protected]
Post: FAO HR Department, Adoption Matters, 14 Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1AE.
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Early application is encouraged as we review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
Closing date: 20th October 2023
Interview date: TBC
Interview venue: Adoption Matters, 14 Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1AE.
If you require any more information on this role please contact our HR team on Tel: 01244 390 938.
Adoption Matters is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore please note our recruitment procedure includes DBS checks and other relevant employment checks, including the right to work in the UK.
Early application is encouraged, and applications are reviewed throughout the advertising period.
Please note that we only contact candidates selected for interview and we are unable to provide feedback on individual applications.