Job Description and Person Specification
Promotion and Communications Support Worker
– Unitarians in the Community
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity!
Context is everything for us! This is an exciting and innovative new initiative
supported by the Unitarian movement to support a new community of Unitarian
and like-minded people in the heart of Newcastle.
We have recently embarked on a brand new venture, and one that may be
replicated across the country. Being able to support, promote and get our
information out to as wider audience as possible is our exciting next step, and
helping us develop, grow, and learn.
This role will directly support our Project Lead, who is working on the first year of
the project where our aspirations are that there will be at least one regular weekly
(day/evening – on a Wednesday usually) spiritual gathering drawn from a new
community of people. In addition we are exploring a wide range of opportunities
and possibilities for outreach into areas of social action/initiatives - so there are
now great opportunities to build really effective communications and information
sharing.
This is a new part time post (6hrs a week) which can be worked flexibly with the
requirement to be at our Wednesday evening event – and bring us great
communications ideas and practical implementation. As this is very part time role,
we envisage that the postholder will focus on a small number of high impact
activities each month – but still encouraged to offer ideas and input into our plans
from a communications perspective.
Our new colleague will be:
A self starter with great ideas and skills for building and delivering an
effective communications strategy
Someone with creative gifts that will help ensure that our communications
and information inspires others and encourages them to be curious in
joining us in their spiritually reflective journey where we are open to
exploring religious freedom, and valuing different faiths and perspectives
Someone who is able to build on great community relationships, spot
opportunities for effective communication and platforms, be able to use
social media really effectively and be at ease in ensuring communications
speak to people at all levels.
To find out more about us visit:
https://www.unitarian.org.uk
https://unitarian-college.org.uk/what-is-a-unitarian/
The promotion and communication support role is designed to:
✓ Enable us to have great communications which reach a wide local
audience(s)
✓ Contribute to our communications and development work generally, being
part of a process of innovation and growth, working in tandem with our
Project Lead, Trustees, partners and stakeholders.
✓ Specifically support communications and promotions for Newcastle
Unitarians Spiritual Development Programme, supporting their delivery,
growing awareness, attendance and engagement.
✓ More practically to
- Plan and deliver promotion of events across social media, listings, print
and email, creating simple on-brand materials and content.
- Support our Project Lead in developing opportunities to increase
awareness, attendance and engagement as the project develops.
- Work with our Project Lead on the preparation and delivery of early
evening events, including setup, welcome, refreshments and pack-
down.
- Help create a warm, inclusive experience, particularly for people
attending for the first time.
- Keep records, listings and basic planning and evaluation information up
to date.
Core skills needed include:
✓ Effective communication and engagement skills using a variety of
communications tools and platforms
✓ Able to produce quality clear and attractive content that promote our
events, and activities on social media
✓ Having a warm and welcoming manner and confidence working with a wide
range of people
✓ Being comfortable in a setting where spirituality is explored without
requiring any particular religious belief
✓ Being naturally curious and engaged
✓ Well organised, with an eye for detail and spotting new opportunities to
explore to widen our communications reach
✓ Available for our regular weekly early evening event in Newcastle – and
being flexible for the remaining hours
✓ Experience in (or willing to learn) ticketing or design platforms such as
TicketTailor or Photoshop
Pay: £15.00 per hour
Expected hours: 6.0 per week
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6UF
