27 days annual leave
Flexible working
Health cash plan

Marketing and Communications Assistant

Salary £24,149 - £25,675 per annum plus excellent benefits
Location Walsall, West Midlands- Hybrid working, with 2 days in the office (flexibility required)
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This is a {Advertised Permanent / Temporary}, {Advertised Full Time / Part Time} vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

Contract:  Full Time, Permanent, 37 hours per week 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Marketing and Communications Assistant to join our Communications team. In this role, you will be a key member of our fast-paced Strategy and Communications Team, delivering day-to-day marketing communications support across interesting and varied campaigns and activity. 

We’re seeking someone passionate about delivering consistent, high-quality communications both online and off, with a qualification or relevant experience in this area. 

 

Main job responsibilities: 

  • Work closely with the Marketing and Brand Specialist in the inception and execution of campaigns 

  • Work closely with the Marketing and Brand Specialist to be a brand guardian who ensures that all work is produced in line with whg’s brand guidelines, with consistency and quality key to this 

  • Create visual and written content for internal and external channels, both online and offline 

  • Work collaboratively with our external agencies to support the production of content including marketing materials and literature, photography and video 

  • Assist with daily marketing activities to support the delivery of excellent communications across all channels 

  • Assist with the routine content management of the external website and creation of engaging copy and pages 

 

We're looking for someone who has: 

  • A professional qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant subject matter such as marketing, communications or journalism 

  • Strong writing skills with experience of crafting copy for different audiences 

  • Experience of using a website CMS platform like Wordpress to manage online content 

  • Experience using design tools like Canva and mobile filming/editing apps like InShot or similar 

  • Experience of working within brand guidelines, including visual identity for design work and organisational tone of voice for written content 

 

Further information 
 

Our Strategy and Communications Team spend a minimum two days per week together in the office, with flexibility for more where needed. 

 

Early applications are encouraged as we often experience a high volume of interest for posts. We reserve the right to close applications earlier than the advertised date, so we’d encourage you to apply early. 

 

Closing Date: 9th June 2023 

Interview Date: 14th June & 16th June 2023 

 

We are one of the Midlands’ leading and most successful providers of good quality
homes.

Our values help us to maintain a culture that helps us achieve our commitment of
supporting customers to lead happy and fulfilled lives. We want all of our people to
uphold our ambition; demonstrating the belief, enthusiasm and energy to deliver on
it. We want our colleagues to feel empowered to take the lead and to think creatively
and be passionate about their work.

Our People Strategy presents a clear picture of how we will achieve our Corporate Plan aim, ‘Be an exceptional place to work that attracts, develops and retains talent’. Through the People Strategy we take every opportunity to embed our values to ensure that our colleagues give the best possible service to our customers, communities and each other.

It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the communities we serve. Equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) to us means colleagues living our values, being dedicated to doing the right thing, and exercising good judgement. This will encourage a culture where all can thrive, acknowledging that everyone is different; what matters to us is that everyone can come to work and feel comfortable being themselves.

We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer and ensure that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations while working with us. We want to make it clear that we welcome disabled applicants for all our roles. If in doubt look out for the Disability Confident logo.

We will ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will interview applicants with a disability if they meet the essential criteria for a role. We will also support existing colleagues with a disability or long-term health condition enabling them to stay in work, making reasonable adjustments if necessary.

27 days annual leave

Flexible working

Health cash plan

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Generous LGPS pension

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