Children and Young People's Service - Children's Social Care
Vacancy Reference Number: CYPS/20/334
Post: Communications and Marketing Officer
Salary: Grade 11, 33,782 - 37,890 per annum
Status: Permanent
Make a difference for children and families.
Are you an experienced communications and marketing professional looking to make a difference through your work? Well, Adopt Coast to Coast is a Regional Adoption Agency looking forward to welcoming you.
As our Communications and Marketing Officer, you will be key to helping find adoptive families for children waiting for their forever home, transforming the lives of these children and their new parents forever.
You will be required to work effectively with the staff across the partnership to continually develop and implement a comprehensive marketing strategy on behalf of the three Local Authority Adoption Services (Cumbria, Durham and Together for Sunderland/Sunderland), building the profile of the Regional Adoption Agency and establishing it as the first choice for anyone considering adopting.
This unique opportunity offers the right candidate the chance to not only make a real difference to families, but to shape the future of the Regional Adoption Agency being established and make their mark professionally using their skills, experience, passion and personality.
Location of the post will be flexible, as the postholder will be working across the RAA geography. However, the postholders main office base will initially be based in County Durham.
Required Qualifications: Educated to degree level in Communications/Marketing or relevant area.
For further information about the post, please contact Paula Gibbons, Regional Adoption Agency Head of Service on 03000 265235 or email Paula.Gibbons@durham.gov.uk
The post is subject to a successful Enhanced DBS check.
It is anticipated that interviews will take place week commencing 16th November 2020.
Please note this post is not open to job share.
If you are interested in this post, please find below link to submit an application on the North East Jobs portal:
https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Communications_and_Marketing_Officer/201076