Communications and Marketing Coordinator

Join Change Grow Live in Manchester as a Communications and Marketing Coordinator.

At Change Grow Live, we’re a charity dedicated to empowering individuals and creating lasting positive change in their lives. Guided by the values Be Open, Be Compassionate, and Be Bold, our team works to support people in changing the direction of their lives, growing as individuals, and living life to its fullest potential.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Be Smoke Free Manchester for an enthusiastic, dedicated communications and marketing coordinator to join our successful team. Be Smoke Free is a specialist nurse-led tobacco addiction service run by Change Grow Live in partnership with Manchester Integrated Care Partnership and Manchester City Council. Our aim is to raise awareness of the negative effects of smoking and to promote wellbeing in workplaces and other organisations across the city. 

The role is vital to the promotion of our tobacco addiction service by providing clear, concise external communications on numerous different platforms alongside ensuring internal events, communications, leaflets and information are current and informative. 

The role will be hybrid, split between home working and at our sites across Manchester.

This is a chance to make a real difference to some of the communities and vulnerable people that we work with.

Where: Manchester 

Hours: 22.5 per week (part time, 0.6 FTE)

Salary: £27,861.26 to £29,529.80 (based on full time working hours, pro rata for part time)

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

About the role:

• To write creative and engaging content for a wide range of purposes.
• To raise the service profile, using a targeted approach.
• To support in the administration and development of online resources available for people who access our services.
• Collate service user, stakeholder and staff feedback and share with the organisation, partners/wider public to demonstrate impact.
• To develop and post regular content on social media platforms researching content ideas as required.

What You’ll Bring to the Team:

• A solution focused, creative thinker
• Technological knowledge, including working knowledge of different social media channels.
• A creative approach to finding new and innovative digital solutions.
• Experience of using online applications and tools.
• Highly organised.

What we will give to you: 

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) (pro-rata) increasing annually for the first 5 years of employment.
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme 
• Contributory pension scheme 
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc. 
• A friendly and supportive team 
• Training, career development & progression opportunities 
• Refer a friend scheme.  

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role. 

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

 If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you.