RECRUITMENT FOR THIS ROLE IS NOW CLOSED
SALARY RANGE: £21,000 – £27,000 , a year full-time equivalent. Starting salary dependent on skills and experience.
LOCATION: Contractually based at our office, Eden Rural Foyer, Old London Road, Penrith, CA118 ET. However, homeworking can be agreed.
HOURS: 30 hrs a week, with flexibility to be worked across 4 or 5 days, and option for compressed hours.
DURATION: Start from 1 October 2022. Fixed-term contract to 31 March 2024 (with potential extension subject to funding).
We’re looking for an experienced marketing officer who is highly motivated to help achieve a zero carbon Cumbria, as part of our tight-knit marketing team of four employees. More than 50% of this role will be focused on ‘traditional’ marketing, with the remainder on digital marketing.
You’ll be responsible for producing and distributing a broad range of communications materials in support of our marketing action plans, ranging from photos and videos to posters and corporate documents. Producing content for the CAfS website, creating and maintaining webpages and undertaking digital marketing tasks alongside our digital marketing officer. You’ll be part of coordinating CAfS’ proactive and reactive media relations.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving and flexible organisation that plays a crucial role in helping Cumbria do its bit to tackle the climate crisis.
Working for CAfS
CAfS is Cumbria’s climate change organisation.
Our vision is a zero carbon Cumbria which is socially, environmentally, and economically beneficial for all.
CAfS’ growth over the last two years has been phenomenal – we have doubled in size in response to the ever-increasing demand for action on climate change. We are currently running around 30 projects, the majority of which involve external marketing and communications work. A key strand of our work is supporting the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership, which involves 80+ organisations and aims to inspire significant momentum towards net zero carbon throughout Cumbria.
As an employee of CAfS, you’ll be working for an organisation that is flexible, supportive and values your wellbeing. We can offer you a healthy work/life balance, including some flexibility in when and where you work your hours, along with an employer pension contribution of 6% from day one of employment and holiday entitlement of 22 days pro rata plus bank and public holidays.
We manage and deliver events, advice, training and practical projects across the county as well as providing specialist consultancy services to enable individuals, communities, businesses and local authorities to drive a shift towards a Zero Carbon Cumbria.
We hope you will consider joining us and being part of Cumbria-wide efforts to tackle climate change while making lives better.
If you have any questions about the job or the application process, please do get in touch for an informal chat with us: [email protected].
Job description & person specification
Download the job description and person specification to see full details about the role and the skills and experience you’d ideally have: Marketing Officer Sep 2022
How to apply
Apply with a completed application cover form and your cv (to include details of your education, qualifications, training, roles, responsibilities and referees).
Marketing Officer – Covering Form
Please apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be arranged for suitable candidates on an ongoing basis.
Recruitment will be closed when a candidate has been appointed.
Some great benefits of working at CAfS
Deciding whether to apply? Working at CAfS comes with some great benefits. You’ll be joining a friendly and supportive organisation, and your wellbeing and work/life balance are hugely important to us. As well as flexibility around your working hours and location, as mentioned above, you’ll have 22 days of paid annual leave pro rata, plus bank/public holidays. We pay an employer pension contribution of 6% from day one of employment.