Marketing Executive

Length of contract: Permanent subject to funding

Salary: £25,480 – £27,582 (negotiable depending on experience)

Based at: Accrington Lancashire/ Hybrid Working

Hours: 37 hours

Our Mission

We help people to achieve the outcomes that matter to them in their lives, by providing high quality advocacy.

Purpose of role

To raise the profile of Advocacy Focus with key stakeholders (people we support, commissioners, health and social care professionals and local businesses).

The Marketing Executive will take responsibility for all marketing activity, including various strategies and projects as needed. They will work with the Operations Manager and Senior Leadership Team to implement and develop marketing plans, including promotional/information materials, email marketing via newsletter and promotional mailings, social media, PR opportunities, and database management.

A brief overview of the role

The Marketing Executive will be responsible for developing an annual marketing strategy with the Senior Leadership Team, which incorporates a quarterly marketing plan to implement the strategy. Marketing activity includes creating posts and promoting our organisation on various social media channels (inc. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Tik Tok).

You will be responsible for writing promotional articles and updating the events on the website (WordPress) and external membership websites (LBV Hub, Lancashare, Chamber of Commerce etc). When required, you will upload new literature, imagery and videos to the website and YouTube, within brand guidelines. You will also maintain/cleanse the data for our newsletters in Mailchimp.

You can download the role description, application and equal opportunities monitoring forms and privacy notice below:

• Role Description
• Application Form
• Advocacy Focus Diversity Monitoring Form
• Advocacy Focus Privacy Notice

Please send a copy of your Privacy Policy, Equal Opportunity Monitoring & Application Forms to HR@advocacyfocus.org.uk to be considered for this role.

Alternatively, you can post this to us at Advocacy Focus, First Floor, The Old Tannery, Eastgate, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 6PW.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Advocacy Focus we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Please note that the salary advertised is for full-time hours. If this post is less than 37 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata.

This vacancy will close when sufficient applications have been received.  Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Please note, that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post.  Therefore only persons who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application will be short-listed.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Advocacy Focus is committed to fighting racism and other forms of oppression and discrimination. We want to be a great employer for all our staff, regardless of their background or characteristics. We recognise that not everyone is the same and that different people will require different support to fulfil their potential. One thing we can do to work towards that goal is to ensure that our staff team is representative of the diverse communities across our service delivery areas. We particularly encourage applications from men, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with a physical or mental disability, and those from an ethnic minority background. 

Reasonable Adjustments: Support is available to candidates with disabilities when applying for vacancies. For more information on reasonable adjustments please contact our Recruitment Team by any of the following methods: 

By telephone 01254 958940

or email hr@advocacyfocus.org.uk 

or write to HR Team, Advocacy Focus, The Old Tannery, Eastgate, Accrington, BB5 6PW