Communications and Engagement Campaigns Advisor JJHT79309

Johnnie Johnson Housing (JJH) is a not-for-profit housing association dedicated to offering quality homes for independent living. Our vision is simple, it is focused on “Living Longer, Living Better”. We want to help our residents age well, live independently and maintain their quality of life for as long as possible.

It’s an exciting time to join us as we move forward towards achieving our aim of becoming the 'Market Maker' in Independent Living. We embrace a ‘One Team’ ethos and employ people who are pioneering and who strive to be outstanding in their role. In return, we empower them to be the very best that they can be. As a result, we can continue to ensure our customers remain at the very heart of everything we do.

About the Role…

Here at Johnnie Johnson Housing, we are now looking for a Communications and Engagement Campaigns Advisor to lead in the design and delivery of engagement and communications campaigns. This an extremely varied role which requires you to develop and deliver integrated communications, marketing and engagement plans that support key work programmes and successful implementation of the communications and marketing strategy.

Acting as the engagement and communications lead on projects, you will advise the project manager on best approaches and work with various media to deliver plans. You will pro-actively contribute to the design and delivery of programme engagement strategies across multiple communications channels and ensure consistency of presentation and messaging across platforms. You will also source high quality copy news material for local, national and specialist media to help raise the profile and reputation of brands, through press releases, press calls, photo / filing opportunities and interviews, and lead on the PR strategy, responding to media enquiries, drafting statements for relevant senior sign off as well as liaising with the media in terms of news and press releases.

What we’re looking for…

So, if you are educated to Degree level and have experience of supporting the implementation of effective communication plans for a range of projects/campaigns, then we’d be delighted to hear from you!

Creative and passionate about bringing ideas to life, you will have experience of working directly with the media, politicians and other key stakeholders and be able to produce high quality, accessible information for a wide range of audiences. You will be highly organised, pro-active and pay meticulous attention to detail, particularly with written communication and have excellent proof reading and editing skills with the ability to deliver accurate convincing copy to tight deadlines. With a positive and flexible approach to work, you will be able to prioritise own work effectively and deal with conflicting demands and have strong communication and copywriting skills with experience of drafting copy for a range of publications, from corporate documents to public information leaflets, newsletters and websites.

Experience of media management, including crisis management is a must, as is evidence of using a wide range of communications tools and channels, identifying the right channel for any particular audience.

Knowledge of the housing sector would give you a distinct advantage, however this is not essential.

Closing Date: 28^th March 2019

Interviews: 23rd & 24th April 2019

This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.