Job Description

Join us in seeing our vision come to life, where living in Letchworth Garden City offers everyone the opportunity to flourish as part of a vibrant community, enjoy the best that both town and country offers, and benefit from easy access to nature with unrivalled facilities, culture, and support networks.

JOB ROLE

We have a new and exciting opportunity within our Communications and Marketing team focused on delivering social change as detailed in our Communications and Marketing Strategy.

This role will have input across our six strategic aims, detailed in our Strategy 2028, with a particular focus on

Nature and Wellbeing, Great Place to Grow Up and

Poverty and Prosperity.

Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation is an agent for social change in Letchworth, this role will use strategic communication to:

Ensure that Letchworth Garden City is known as a Great Place to Grow Up, and that families living in the town can access the information, services and guidance that they need. Drive more Letchworth Residents to be actively engaged in nature, and the Garden City to be known for its nature rich areas and green offering. In line with our strategic aim to reduce poverty in Letchworth, to ensure all residents have access to an unparalleled range of social and financial resources.
Our long-term goals for social change by 2028 will be strongly impacted by effective communication. These are the key areas of work for this role - although the role will often be required to engage with marketing and communications within other strategic areas and identify workstreams which bring them together.

The key role will be the design, delivery and evaluation of social action campaigns in partnership with strategic leads and external stakeholders - to raise awareness, strengthen community engagement, and inspire and affect action. Campaigns should be targeted to different audiences including (but not limited to) members of the public, funders and internal stakeholders.

ABOUT YOU

Do you have the following experience and skills, if so this could be the perfect role for you!

previous experience working in a busy marketing and communications team proven experience of successfully designing and delivering marketing campaigns with specific and measurable outcomes hands-on experience of delivering social change through effective communication and partnerships. confidence to work in partnership with our wider strategic leads team to design, deliver and evaluate social action campaigns.

OUR VALUES

Collaborative. Evidence-based. Inclusive. Supportive. Impactful
We are a people business. We look for passionate people who will help us to meet our vision and values. Our values demonstrate our principles and guide our actions. We want our values to come to life through people's experience of each other and the Foundation as whole - ultimately helping create a culture that ensures our commitment to achieving our vision and mission.

OUR BENEFITS

Every member of our team is valued, which is why we support them with a range of benefits to help them thrive both inside and outside of work.

Our benefits are grouped around three priorities - Health, Work life balance/time and Finances

Health:
Cash Health Plan
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme & Wellbeing resource
Smart Health 24/7 GP consultation

Time:
27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
Holiday buy / sell scheme
1 day paid Volunteering Leave per year (pro rata for part-time)

Finances:
Company Pension
Life Assurance
220 Wellbeing Allowance per year
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Employee Discount Scheme
Discounts at our venues

APPLICATIONS

Applications must include a CV and a covering statement/letter explaining why you are applying for the role.

Applications without a covering statement/letter will not be accepted.

The interview process could be up to 2 stages, and may contain a presentation or skills test, depending on the role. We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the application process should you require these.

If we receive a large volume of applications for this role, we reserve the right to close the vacancy ahead of the published closing date.

EQUAL OPPORTUNTITIES

Whether it is creating diversity in our services or building new teams, we care about our people and the opportunities they have. We are committed to equality of opportunity across our organisation. At all levels we promote equality, ensuring our people are consistently treated in a fair and equal manner.

SAFEGUARDING

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expect all our colleagues to share this commitment.

FLEXIBILITY

We understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we're happy to explore what's possible for you and the role.

PERSONAL DATA

Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation (LGCHF) will only collect personal data relevant to the recruitment process and will process that data in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 / UKGDPR. Your personal data will only be shared with persons directly involved in the recruitment process, and LGCHF will retain your personal data for only as long as it remains relevant to LGCHF. For further information please ask for a copy of our general recruitment privacy policy. For information on your data rights, go to www.ico.org.uk.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to 35,089.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Letchworth SG6 3BF