Marketing & Campaigns Officer
| Posting date: | 26 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,476 to £43,693 per month |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 24 September 2025 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX1 1ND |
| Company: | Oxfordshire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | OCC/TP/842/1415 |
Summary
About us
Our fostering team look after some of our most vulnerable residents. We know that keeping our children and young people close to supportive family and friends helps them thrive. For most that means staying in Oxfordshire.
Our wonderful foster carers are at the heart of making this happen. But in order to continue to support our children, we need more foster carers.
About the role
You'll be working in the marketing and campaigns team. You'll be surrounded by marketing and creative specialists helping you develop your professional skills and deliver great results. You'll also work closely with colleagues in the fostering team to make sure you fully understand their needs.
This role will lead on results-driven recruitment activity as well as support the team's work on retention.
You'll connect and engage prospective foster carers and ensure existing foster carers receive the communications support they deserve.
An important aspect of your work will be in storytelling. You'll educate, inspire and inform Oxfordshire about what it means to become a foster carer. With your help residents will understand how foster carers change lives every day. Your marketing communications will help them make an informed decision about whether becoming a foster carer is the right choice for them.
About you
If you’re an experienced, passionate marketing communications specialist, love a challenge, can think on your feet and plan ahead, then we want to hear from you.
We’re looking for someone with excellent communication skills and lots of experience in managing multi-channel marketing campaigns.
Evidenced experience in digital, print and events marketing is essential. Direct experience in recruitment marketing or fostering is a definite advantage.
You will have enthusiasm, be a creative thinker and have great interpersonal skills to work effectively with people across the team and the wider organisation. You’ll need to be organised, with the planning skills to manage a range of projects on time and to consistent quality. You’ll also be excited by the use of data to drive decisions and influence conversations.
Rewards and benefits
It really is true that every single job role here contributes to bettering the lives of the people in our county - we want to do this for our employees too. We are proud of our strong flexible working culture, including the opportunity for flexibility on working hours and the use of technology to support agile working. We offer some of the best learning and development opportunities to support your ongoing development.
We have a generous holiday allowance which rises as you remain in employment with us up to 32 days, as well as giving you the option to buy additional holiday. You will also have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of up to 19.9% of your salary; a range of local and national retail discounts; and a host of enhanced family friendly policies including carers leave and paid time off for volunteering.
Our commitment to:
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
At Oxfordshire County Council we are proud of our diverse workforce. Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or on maternity or family leave. We have a number of staff network groups which provide peer support, education and safe spaces for all.
Our commitment to:
Guaranteed Interview Schemes
As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job. We also guarantee interviews to care leavers who have completed further education and who meet the essential criteria for the job. For those leaving care without any further education, we guarantee an interview for our apprenticeships. We are also committed to helping and supporting those transitioning from HM Armed Forces to civilian life and guarantee an interview for those demonstrating the essential criteria for the role, within three years of leaving the service.
Our commitment to:
Safeguarding
Oxfordshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect these commitments.
Our commitment to:
Flexible Working
We are open to discussions about flexible working, which can include flexi-time, part time working, job sharing, nine-day fortnights and annualised hours, depending on the requirements of the role and the service.
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If you encounter any issues with the application system, please contact us at: charlotte.knowles@oxfordshire.gov.uk
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