Marketing & Comms Officer

The Kids Network, London’s leading intervention focused child mentoring charity, is looking for a marketing and comms officer. This essential role will work closely with the CEO and Managing Director as well as the schools, mentoring and fundraising teams, working collaboratively across the organisation.

This is a new role for The Kids Network, and the successful applicant will be supported in making it a success. There will be marketing and comms strategy to follow, crafted by an external expert consultant, to allow you to hit the ground running, while still giving you the bandwidth to make individual campaigns and activities your own. You’ll get the opportunity to give voice and tell the story of an incredible charity at a key moment of growth, that will be largely driven by effective marketing and communications.

Embrace a role with heart:

The Kids Network is a community of children and volunteer mentors connecting through fun, curiosity and friendship for positive social change.

Many children are feeling isolated and emotionally adrift, and the impact of poor mental health looms large over the landscape of childhood in the UK. The Kids Network pairs Little Londoners with a volunteer mentor at a crucial time in their lives: the transition period from primary into secondary school.

What makes you special:

●       You’ll be effective in coming up with creative ideas and confident crafting content from scratch

●       You’ll know how to do more with less, and be effective even without big budgets

●       You’ll embrace the ethos of fun at the heart of our organisation

Your responsibilities:

●       Content planning and creation for social media (Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, LinkedIn) - to include copywriting, graphic design and videos

●       Community management, uploading, commenting to encourage continued growth of these social media channels

●       Blog writing for the website

●       Email marketing, using Mailchimp

●       Support of fundraising goals with effective marketing campaigns i.e. The Big Give

●       Support of mentor recruitment goals with effective marketing campaign/ always-on promotion

●       PR and Press Enquiries

●       Supporting events from a marketing perspective

Essential skills:

●       Experience using Canva or similar graphic design software

●       Great writing skills and attention to detail

●       Evidence of creating content for social media, especially for start-ups, charities or small organisations

Desirable skills:

●       Video production and editing experience

●       Content strategy/ planning experience

●       PR experience

●       Experience working with comms in charities

Part time role 0.5 (17.5 hours)

£28,000 per annum pro rata

London-Based

Accountable to: CEO Louise Johns-Shepherd

Benefits:  

●      Flexible working arrangements (mostly working from home, with approximately two days a week working from the office) 

●      Option for 2 Me days 

●      25 days annual leave entitlement with one day accrued each year of service capped at 5 years

●      Option to swap bank holidays for other religious holidays

●      Team Socials

●      Birthdays off

●      Personal development budget 

●      Working in a value led organisation, where we see and share the impact we have on children every day! 

 

Application Process:

Initial review on an ongoing basis

Interviews on an ongoing basis

Decisions to be made by end November

Start date early January 2025

 

To apply please send your CV and a cover letter, no more than two pages about why you are right for this role and why you want to join The Kids Network.  

 

Safeguarding commitment 

The Kids Network is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to go through our safer recruitment processes, including an enhanced DBS check.

Equity commitment  

The Kids Network values diversity and inclusion and we have worked to create an application process that is as accessible as possible, however we still recognise that there is maybe more we can do especially for applicants who are minoritised in society, have specific accessibility needs and/or experience discrimination.  

If this is the case we are both happy and open to discussing better ways to support your candidacy and make this application process as equitable as possible for you.  

We are a diverse organisation and welcome everyone but it is important to note that the intersections of your identity will not increase or affect the amount of labour you are asked to do. If you wish to draw on your own lived experiences that will be both encouraged and supported but it is not nor ever will be a prerequisite of this role. 

You can find out more about our commitment to anti-oppression on our website.