Richard Luscombe Location: Plymouth, Devon
Offices: Home Park, Outland Road, Plymouth PL2 3DQ
Salary: £23,487 per annum
Contract: Full-time Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (some evening and weekend work required)
Reports to: Marketing Manager
Closing date for applications – Monday, 5 August 2024
Argyle Community Trust (ACT) is looking for an enthusiastic and talented Communications Officer to join our busy Marketing and Communications Team. The post-holder will be responsible for creating and sharing attractive communications that celebrate the charitable and community outreach work of the Trust. The job requires the post holder to plan and create content, both proactively and dynamically, to showcase the positive charity work being delivered by its staff and partners. Key responsibilities will include writing press releases for web and local media, constructing social media posts/campaigns, updating website stories, and working with the Marketing Manager to capture high-quality video and imagery.
As a key part of the Marketing and Communications team, the Communications Officer will be responsible for working with local and regional media sources to ensure ACT content is getting positive press exposure. Likewise, the post-holder will work internally with ACT Managers and relevant Plymouth Argyle Football Club (PAFC) staff to ensure a wide coverage of project successes is being recorded and shared across multiple channels.
This role will be based in Plymouth and will also offer the opportunity to cover the Trust’s activities throughout our Devon and Cornwall locations where we deliver programmes ranging from football development centres to food banks, from walking football to summer roadshows and from education provisions to fun runs.
We would expect the candidate to have demonstrable experience of working in a communications environment developing and implementing communication, promotional, and distribution plans. In addition to this, the successful candidate must have a good understanding of media and press relations alongside practical knowledge and experience of using digital and social media platforms for marketing.
The post-holder will contribute towards the creation of, and work aligned to, an agreed Marketing and Communication Plan. It will be their responsibility to ensure our charitable output gets regular, high quality publication.
As a registered charity, the Community Trust has a close working relationship with Plymouth Argyle Football Club and has access to support from the Club’s extensive and experienced media team.
How to Apply
If you can meet the specifications and would like to become part of the Argyle Community Trust team, please complete our online application forms https://forms.gle/Lr5x7kHHEndy7jAL6 and https://hr.breathehr.com/v/communications-officer-36475.
You will be given the opportunity to upload a covering letter and CV should you wish to do so however, for safer recruitment purposes, we do not accept application by CV only.
If you would like further information or wish to discuss the post contact ACTrecruitment@pafc.co.uk.
For more information about the work of Argyle Community Trust and our strategic aims visit https://
argylecommunitytrust.co.uk/about-us/.
Download the Communications Officer Job Pack as a PDF.
