Are you an ambitious Communications and Marketing professional with a passion for social change? Get set for your dream role Community Integrated Care is recruiting for a talented strategic communicator to join our unique Partnerships and Communities Team. This team creates ground-breaking programmes, partnerships and campaigns that tackle inequalities and support our Best Lives Possible mission. This is a full time, permanent post and you can be based anywhere in the North West but must be available to travel to our head office in Widnes at least once a week. What is The Deal for you? Flexibility You can work your full time hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend, or work over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments. Hybrid Working Do you like to work from home? Or do you prefer being in an office? With this role you have the option of working from home or from our head office in Widnes - or a blend between the two Benefits: retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app. Best Lives Possible : You'll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives possible. Development: We'll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We're passionate about developing our people Dare to Learn: Access to our amazing on line training platform where you can upskill taking a variety of courses and qualifications. Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you'll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life. Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role: You will work with leading brands, organisations and public figures and to help shape pioneering new solutions developed within the team that transform lives. Their award-winning projects have included: Creating unique sports programmes, including the Community Integrated Care Learning Disability Super League with the sport of rugby league. Delivering social impact programmes for major events, including UEFA Women’s Euro 2022, Rugby League World Cup, and World Para Swimming Championships. Leading the social care campaign for Save Our Wild Isles, a partnership inspired by Sir David Attenborough’s acclaimed television series, with WWF, National Trust and RSPB. Creating www.What-To-Do.co.uk a unique hub for live online experiences, which has hosted everything from online exercise classes with stars of England’s Lionesses to cook alongs with legendary chef Rosemary Shrager. Developing significant policy reports, programmes and campaigns on important areas including disability hate crime, accessibility and inclusion, and political rights. This role oversees the communications and marketing requirements for Community Integrated Care’s specialist Partnerships and Communities function. It leads the creation, implementation and growth of the team’s projects, partnerships and campaigns through delivering effective marketing and communications support at all stages of our project life cycle. This ensures that work is audience-focused and impactful, reaches the target audiences, and that the programmes generate impact and reputational and commercial benefits for Community Integrated Care. Day to Day (list not exhaustive see attached job description) Own strategic development for marketing and communications within the function, ensuring that each project has an effective Communications and Marketing strategy that meets organisational and project objectives. Deliver or direct the creation of any marketing and communications resources or assets required to effectively deliver our projects, partnerships or campaigns. Identify opportunities for media coverage and to develop quality content for journalists/media and partners, to drive key project outcomes and income generation. Develop effective content, resources, and networking solutions which ensures that the marketing and communications strategy drives business development growth for the department. Regularly review and analyse strategic opportunities to enhance partnerships and secure new partners, funders or ambassadors, to enhance the growth, sustainability and innovation of our work. Manage project budgets, ensuring that all expenditures is in line with all projects, contractual, and organisational requirements ensuring high quality delivery within budget, on time, and in scope. Your values: Our ideal Candidate Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge (list not exhaustive see attached JD) Degree: Degree in Marketing, Communications, or another relevant subject. Strategy design: Experience designing strategies which are sensitive to the needs and perspectives of the audience and represent the organisation’s brand appropriately. Content Creation: Experience creating various content types (videos, press releases, social media) and working with creative teams /agencies. Media Relations: Track record of generating quality media coverage, including press releases and media packs, and building relationships with journalists. Partnership Development: Experience collaborating with partners, developing pitches, and aligning marketing with partnership or business development strategies. Digital Marketing: Strong background in digital marketing, social media management, and using analytics to optimize performance. Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date. Interested and want to know a bit more? To find out more about our charity check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vZ-zYkoj7x8s We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level. In our 2023 Colleague Engagement Survey, 56% (over 3,300) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of 28. This is a measure of how positively our colleagues talk about us – and 28 is an excellent score compared to other organisations