Digital Marketing & Events Officer (maternity Cover)

Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.

We achieve this in two ways. First we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum (NLCBF)

NLCBF is made up of over 130 local authority leaving care teams and aims to improve services and support for care experienced young people. At the heart of our work is our Young People’s Benchmarking Forum – ensuring that the voices and priorities of care experienced young people shape our work.

NLCBF’s main activities include running 9 hybrid events each year for leaving care professionals and care experienced young people; facilitating online events and workshops throughout the year and working to influence policy and decision makers in government and other public bodies.

We are recruiting a Digital Marketing & Events officer to play a key role with:

1) Communicating to NLCBF members and raising the profile, reach & impact of our work externally through social media and the NLCBF website.

2) Ensuring the delivery of high quality hybrid events and the creation of post event resources.

This is a really exciting time for the NLCBF as we seek to increase the reach and impact of our work at a key time in the leaving care world, with the opportunity to influence both local and national policy and practice.

The Digital Marketing & Events officer will: 

• Create regular engaging social media content across NLCBF’s social media platforms.
• Engage with Young People’s Benchmarking Forum to identify social media channels and content to increase their reach.
• Work with the central Catch22 communications team to ensure messaging is aligned.
• Monitor engagement across NLCBF’s social media platforms and website and create regular reports.
• Collate and upload content to the NLCBF members and external website, in particular news stories, research updates and forum updates
• Ensure the NLCBF external website is kept up to date.
• Work with sessional workers and YPBMF to create engaging videos/podcasts which amplify the voices of care experienced young people.
• Campaigns – Design images and write content that can be used to support specific campaigns for care experienced young people.
• Support the development of a communications plan and implement this to raise the profile of the Forum’s work.
• Keep NLCBF Events calendar on members and external website up to date.
• Set up Hopin events – for online access to events – and support online attendees at events.
• Create bi-monthly YPBMF newsletter in collaboration with Co-production Engagement Lead and Sessional workers.
• Create post event resources through video and audio editing and upload these to members’ website
• Review online experience of events to determine what went well, what didn’t and implement improvements for future events
• Where directed, liaising/communicating with outside agencies/organisations or other local authority services/departments to support the work of NLCBF
• Being willing to travel national for events
• To comply with Health and Safety and Safeguarding policies and procedures
• To carry out such other relevant duties, as may be required and as are commensurate with the nature and grading of the post.

Please see the Job Description & Person Specification for more details.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Toni McClelland, NLCBF Digital Marketing & Events Officer on [email protected].

Screening: Enhanced DBS

Location: Homebased, with regular national travel

Hours: 30 hours/week, fixed term 9 months - maternity cover 

Salary: £25,585 (Pro Rata, based on a 37 hour working week)

Closing Date: 5pm, 3rd April

Interviews: Online, 10th and 11th April.

As part of Catch22's commitment to the Care Leaver Covenant, care experienced applicants who meet the essential criteria will receive a guaranteed interview and the offer of a mentor's support.  This information will not be shared with the hiring manager. 

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

If you are applying for this role and are care experienced/care leaver, Catch22 offers a mentor to assist with the application process.  Please contact [email protected] if you would like to find out more about this support.  This information will not be passed to the team recruiting for this position. For more information about the Propel Programme and a guide for candidates who wish to join the programme, please see here. You can also watch an animation on the programme here.