Communications and Marketing Officer (italk)

Do you want to use your marketing and communications skills to help support people with mental health problems? If so, this could be a great role for you.

REQ00233

Communications and Marketing Officer (italk)

Salary range: £25,071 – 27,677 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per Week

Location: Southampton Head Office/Black Horse House Eastleigh/ Hybrid

Department: Business Development

Job Type: Permanent

Closing date: Wed 03 May 2023

Interview date: Thu 11 May 2023

Job Details:

italk helps over 18,000 people a year as the IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) service for Hampshire, excluding Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. It is a partnership between Solent Mind and Southern Health NHS Trust, offering support for individuals with mild to moderate mental health issues.

italk is one of the largest services within Solent Mind. It requires ongoing communications and marketing support to enable them to reach and help as many people as possible. As a new dedicated role, the italk communications and marketing officer will enable the continued growth of italk by undertaking targeted marketing and communications to increase referrals to the service and brand awareness. This role will work alongside colleagues from Solent Mind to ensure all available channels are used effectively and strategically to promote italk and its available services to the right audiences.

This role is within Solent Mind’s fundraising and external engagement team, working alongside other marketing and communications professionals, with a dotted line to Southern Health NHS Trust. It is an exciting and dynamic place to work with opportunities to contribute to wider projects and develop your skills. Solent Mind and the fundraising and external engagement team have experienced rapid growth over the last few years, and this role will play an important part in supporting the ongoing development of services to support even more people in the community.

In return, we can offer you:

• A fantastic team of people who are passionate about mental health and supporting their colleagues
• Support with developing in your role and career
• 25 days holiday which increases per completed year of service to 30 days (pro-rata for part-time)
• Contributory pension scheme
• Staff wellbeing groups
• Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24/7 support
• Employee Wellbeing Champions
• Cycle To Work scheme discount

We reserve the right to end any vacancies prior to the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

HOW TO APPLY:

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Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £25,071.00-£27,677.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: REQ00233