Director of Marketing, Communications and Engagement
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Position: Director of Marketing, Communications and Engagement
Reporting to: CEO
Staff responsibility: Head of Marketing and Communications
Salary: £75,000- £85,000 plus London weighting if applicable. Contributory pension scheme
Hours: Full time, 35 hours a week.
Location: UK, Hybrid
We’re the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity. We’re determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by bowel cancer. We support and fund targeted research, provide expert information and support to patients and their families, educate the public and professionals about the disease and campaign for early diagnosis and access to best treatment and care.
We currently have around 90 staff based in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Thanks to the generosity of our community, we’re in a privileged position to be able to grow our staff team to deliver our ambitious strategy, On a Mission. There are huge challenges facing bowel cancer patients across the UK and our community needs us now more than ever. We’re building a strong and united team to bring us closer to a future where nobody dies of bowel cancer.
Job summary
The Director of Marketing, Communications and Engagement is a strategic role, leading all areas of communication, brand, media, digital and marketing for Bowel Cancer UK. The post holder will build effective and creative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders including media, agencies and brand partners.
This challenging and exciting role requires an outstanding communicator able to lead, influence, and negotiate positively and effectively. The postholder will lead effective and successful teams through a period of change, development and growth, to increase the charity’s reach, impact and engagement with its community. Some of the key responsibilities will be to lead on the development and delivery of the charity’s brand and marketing strategies, develop and deliver a PR strategy to drive awareness and reach and review and development the digital strategy.
You will be a highly experienced leader, having worked at SLT level within a not for profit organisation or charity and led high performing teams. You'll have led the development and delivery of successful marketing, communications and engagement strategies, and have a proven track record of successfully leading and developing a brand.
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Closing date: Friday 30 August 2024, 11:59pm
Interviews: first round interviews week commencing Monday 9 September, with second round interviews to follow later in the month
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and we're committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Successful candidates may be subject to either a satisfactory basic or enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) dependent upon the role.
