Content and Marketing Officer

About the role

Do you want to use your communications and marketing skills to help support people with mental health? Do you want to help tell our story to raise awareness of our work? If so, this could be a great role for you!

Join our team and help us drive our new three-year strategy forward, enhancing our communications and raising our voice externally as the largest mental charity in Hampshire. This role will play a key part in ensuring impact of our cause with content campaigns that put high-quality visuals and storytelling at the forefront of our communications to help strengthening engagement with our various audiences.

The Content and marketing officer’s role is to research, develop and create engaging and accessible content for Solent Mind’s audiences. Working closely with the Communications and marketing lead and our wider teams in the delivery of day-to-day content, communications, and marketing activities, including but not limited to website, video, digital, events, social media and print. You will help manage shared inboxes/workflow, while ensuring all communications and marketing outputs align with the brand's guidelines, tone of voice and values.

You will be working within a small, friendly and supportive team and will be joining at an exciting time when we are developing our marketing and communications strategy and you will get a chance to make your mark and help shape our digital strategy.  

About you            

You will need a background in communications and marketing, demonstrated through your expertise in previous professional roles. The ability to showcase your expertise in writing and producing engaging content across on and offline channels, brand management and experience in stakeholder engagement is essential. You will bring your creative skills and the ability to proactively build relationships across the organisation. Strong organisational skills, including effective time management and the ability to handle competing priorities, are important. Your experience or understanding of mental health needs would be beneficial.

About us

We're Solent Mind! We’re part of a network of over 100 Local Minds who tailor trusted mental health services to our communities. We set our own strategies and partnerships and rely on the support of our brilliant local fundraisers.

We collaborate with Mind to make sure their pioneering campaigns, information and research make a difference in Hampshire. Together, we make better mental health possible both locally and nationally.

Benefits 

Our Gold Award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and being a Mindful Employer reflects our commitment to our lively, friendly teams. We empower our people to have a voice, discover new opportunities and develop their careers. In addition to knowing you’re making a difference, you’ll also enjoy excellent benefits, including:

• Flexible working to promote a healthy work/life balance
• 25 days’ annual leave rising incrementally to 30 days per year (pro rata for part-time)
• Pension plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Season ticket and cycle-to-work scheme

If you’re ready to join the fight for mental health, visit our website to find out more and apply.  

Closing date: Sunday 24 November 2024.

Interview date: w/c 2 December 2024.

Posts may be subject to a relevant DBS check.

Solent Mind welcomes applications from all the communities in which we work. Appointments are made on merit.

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