Communications and Content Manager

The Cardinal Hume Centre works to prevent and tackle youth and family homelessness. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a full life, but we know that homelessness and poverty can wreck that potential. Too often homelessness at a young age is repeated and compounded in later years. Our renewed vision is to increase our focus on young people, children and their families. To value every individual, nurture their potential and help people thrive.

We are looking to recruit a Communications and Content Manager to provide hands-on accomplishment of our communications and content initiatives. This is an exciting role in our fundraising team that will create and manage engaging content across various platforms, enhancing our digital presence. The role is pivotal in highlighting the Centre’s impact, aiming to amplify the voices of young people, children and families we support. A natural with websites and associated software, marketing and content creation, you’ll be comfortable as point of contact in a standalone role. Bringing your experience and strong communications skills, you’ll proactively seek to continually improve yourself and the role, taking ownership and accountability of your workload.

Please refer to the job description for further information. In your CV and cover letter please outline how you meet the requirements of the role and why you would like to work for us. You must account for any gaps in your employment history.

The Centre is an equal opportunities employer. We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us and help improve the lives of homeless young people, insecurely housed families and their children. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups in the not-for-profit sector to step forward and apply to work with us. We require our staff to recognise the valuable role that volunteers play in the work of the Centre and to welcome and support volunteers with whom they work. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We require job applicants, staff and volunteers to complete a criminal records self-declaration and undertake a DBS check; a basic check applies to this role. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas.

Benefits:

• 26 days’ leave, rising to 28 days’ leave after two years’ service (pro rata for part time staff)
• Discretionary wellbeing and celebratory days
• Workplace pension scheme and we’ll match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%
• Salary exchange option
• Life assurance cover (after probation passed)
• Employee assistance programme
• Season ticket loan
• Training and development opportunities
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 22 July, 9am. First interviews likely: w/c 4 August. If you’ve not heard from us three weeks after the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.