Marketing & Communications Officer

Job Description

Summary Our careers are as varied as the places we care for and thats why we look for people from all backgrounds, with a variety of skills and abilities to help us maintain our places forever for everyone. As our Marketing & Communications Officer, youll beresponsible for marketing these special places imaginatively and effectively.Hours:975 annualised hoursThis role is based on annualised hours, where the number of hours you work each month may vary, however your salary will be paid in 12 equal instalments over the year.Your average annual salary for hours worked will be £12,583.35.Youll be working an average of around 19 hours/week. The spread of these hours over the seven-day period can be flexible and hybrid working is an option.Please note: The salary advertised is inclusive of outer London weighting allowance.Interviews for this role will be held on the 21st and 22nd of November. What its like to work here Atmospheric Ham House is situated on the banks of the River Thames. A rare 17th century survival, it has been shaped by strong women, perilous political machinations, and pioneering collecting and design. Ham has a varied visitor experience, including outdoorevents, workshops, theatre and family-friendly activities. The close team is often looking for enthusiastic people with great interpersonal skills to join them, particularly for seasonal contracts.The Orangery Caf offers freshly made food straight from the garden to your plate and the shop also sells a large selection of Ham-grown plants and other varieties. Take a step back in time to over three hundred and fifty years worth of plants and produceoriginally grown in the gardens.Click here for more information about this location What youll be doing Day to day, youll manage and help develop our annual marketing plan to help achieve our ambitious targets, helping us to reach out to new audiences. This will include defining advertising activities and creating promotional materials and updates (acrossall media platforms, including social media), writing and distributing press releases and representing us on location filming and broadcast media when you need to.Were looking for someone who can help us reach larger and more diverse audiences for our places and our digital content. Youll work as part of a team to make sure that were sharing the best stories we can. Spreading the word about places to visit in thegreat outdoors, and raising awareness of our conservation work is key to what were about.This is a portfolio role. Your responsibilities will mainly be anchored around our visitor offer at Ham House and Garden at first but will extend to support our team at Carlyles House in Central LondonAny hours worked at Carlyles house will be paid inclusive of inner London weighting allowance.Please also read the full role profile, attached to this advert. Who were looking for You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You dont need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what is possible in this role.To deliver this role successfully, you will need to have;

• A good understanding of marketing techniques, including websites as well as digital and social media

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Digital and social media skills

• Customer service skills

• Good IT Skills (including Microsoft Office)

• Problem solving skills, and ability to work on own initiative

The package The National Trust has the motto For everyone, for ever at its heart. Were working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. Its important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audienceswe serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say were for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• Flexible working whenever possible

• Free parking at most locations

• Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

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