Summary: The Digital Marketing & Events Officer will play a crucial role in enhancing the visibility and impact of the National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum (NLCBF) through effective communication and event management. This position involves creating engaging content for social media, organizing hybrid events, and collaborating with care experienced young people to amplify their voices. The role is vital in influencing local and national policies related to leaving care services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create regular engaging social media content across NLCBF’s social media platforms.
• Engage with Young People’s Benchmarking Forum to identify social media channels and content to increase their reach.
• Work with the central Catch22 communications team to ensure messaging is aligned.
• Monitor engagement across NLCBF’s social media platforms and website and create regular reports.
• Collate and upload content to the NLCBF members and external website, particularly news stories, research updates, and forum updates.
• Ensure the NLCBF external website is kept up to date.
• Work with sessional workers and YPBMF to create engaging videos/podcasts which amplify the voices of care experienced young people.
• Design images and write content that can be used to support specific campaigns for care experienced young people.
• Support the development of a communications plan and implement this to raise the profile of the Forum’s work.
• Keep NLCBF Events calendar on members and external website up to date.
• Set up Hopin events for online access to events and support online attendees at events.
• Create bi-monthly YPBMF newsletter in collaboration with Co-production Engagement Lead and Sessional workers.
• Create post event resources through video and audio editing and upload these to members’ website.
• Review online experience of events to determine what went well, what didn’t, and implement improvements for future events.
• Liaise/communicate with outside agencies/organisations or other local authority services/departments to support the work of NLCBF.
• Be willing to travel nationally for events.
• Comply with Health and Safety and Safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Carry out other relevant duties as may be required and as are commensurate with the nature and grading of the post.

Key Skills:

• Experience in digital marketing and social media management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to create engaging content for various platforms.
• Experience in event planning and management.
• Proficiency in video and audio editing.
• Ability to analyze engagement metrics and create reports.
• Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Willingness to travel nationally for events.
• Experience working with young people, particularly care experienced individuals.

Salary (Rate): 25585

City: Leigh Woods

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other