Marketing & Communications Officer
| Posting date: | 03 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £20,278 to £21,659 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 July 2025 |
| Location: | tq9 5qh |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Totnes Town Council |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Salary Details: £20278 - £21659 (£29572 - £31586 pro-rata) Pay award pending
Job Term: 12 months Fixed Term contract
Hours: Part Time 24 hours per week
Location: Totnes Town Centre
Organisation: Totnes Town Council
Closing Date: Monday 28th July at midday
Interview Date: Wednesday 6th August 2025
We are looking for an experienced communications and marketing professional to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity for an innovative and creative individual with a strong marketing and PR background.
Each year Totnes and the surrounding area welcomes almost half a million visitors, and we are looking for someone who can attract new audiences and source new opportunities to increase our market.
You will be customer-focussed with a creative outlook, combining a wide range of skills and experience across communications and marketing with plenty of initiative and enthusiasm.
You will be self-motivated with a flair for creativity and promotion. Along with suitable experience of marketing or tourism, you will further develop our social media presence. You will use your excellent copy writing skills to provide content for press releases, email campaigns and marketing materials so a strong news sense, and experience of writing press releases, statements and other media content is essential, as well as experience of working with and managing media relations.
You need to be able to demonstrate the ability to work on your own initiative and prioritise workloads. An understanding of Local Government procedures and process would be an advantage.
A relevant marketing qualification would be preferred but is not essential if you can demonstrate suitable experience. You must have experience in digital marketing with excellent content creation skills. Photography and video editing skills would also be useful. You must demonstrate experience and enthusiasm of working in marketing in the tourism industry.
For an informal chat about the post please call 01803 862147 to speak to Catherine, Town Clerk.
The Council considers this to be a customer focused role and the ability to converse at ease with customers adapting communication style to suit differing audiences and provide advice in accurate spoken English is fundamental to the role.
For more information and to apply please visit the Totnes Town Council website via the following link:
https://www.totnestowncouncil.gov.uk/your-council/staff-vacancies/
Completed applications should be e-mailed to finance@totnestowncouncil.gov.uk or posted to Catherine Marlton, Totnes Town Council, The Guildhall Offices, Ramparts Walk, Totnes, TQ9 5QH. ONLY COMPLETED COUNCIL APPLICATION FORMS will be considered at shortlisting stage. CV’s alone are NOT accepted.
Salary Details: £20278 - £21659 (£29572 - £31586 pro-rata) Pay award pending
Job Term: 12 months Fixed Term contract
Hours: Part Time 24 hours per week
Location: Totnes Town Centre
Organisation: Totnes Town Council
Closing Date: Monday 28th July at midday
Interview Date: Wednesday 6th August 2025
We are looking for an experienced communications and marketing professional to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity for an innovative and creative individual with a strong marketing and PR background.
Each year Totnes and the surrounding area welcomes almost half a million visitors, and we are looking for someone who can attract new audiences and source new opportunities to increase our market.
You will be customer-focussed with a creative outlook, combining a wide range of skills and experience across communications and marketing with plenty of initiative and enthusiasm.
You will be self-motivated with a flair for creativity and promotion. Along with suitable experience of marketing or tourism, you will further develop our social media presence. You will use your excellent copy writing skills to provide content for press releases, email campaigns and marketing materials so a strong news sense, and experience of writing press releases, statements and other media content is essential, as well as experience of working with and managing media relations.
You need to be able to demonstrate the ability to work on your own initiative and prioritise workloads. An understanding of Local Government procedures and process would be an advantage.
A relevant marketing qualification would be preferred but is not essential if you can demonstrate suitable experience. You must have experience in digital marketing with excellent content creation skills. Photography and video editing skills would also be useful. You must demonstrate experience and enthusiasm of working in marketing in the tourism industry.
For an informal chat about the post please call 01803 862147 to speak to Catherine, Town Clerk.
The Council considers this to be a customer focused role and the ability to converse at ease with customers adapting communication style to suit differing audiences and provide advice in accurate spoken English is fundamental to the role.
For more information and to apply please visit the Totnes Town Council website via the following link:
https://www.totnestowncouncil.gov.uk/your-council/staff-vacancies/
Completed applications should be e-mailed to finance@totnestowncouncil.gov.uk or posted to Catherine Marlton, Totnes Town Council, The Guildhall Offices, Ramparts Walk, Totnes, TQ9 5QH. ONLY COMPLETED COUNCIL APPLICATION FORMS will be considered at shortlisting stage. CV’s alone are NOT accepted.