Communications Co-ordinator - Manchester, United Kingdom - Kindling Trust and Bridge 5 Mill

Description

Hours:
Full time, 37.5 hours per a week.

Must be able to work some weekends and evenings.


Length of Contract:
Permanent


Salary:
£24,382 per annum (gross) for a 37.5 hour working week,

plus 5% employer pension contribution.


Probationary Period: 4 months.


Location:
Bridge 5 Mill, Ancoats, Manchester.


Closing date:
Midnight on Sunday 23rd April 2023
.

Interview date:
Monday 1st May 2023.


Preferred Start Date:1st of June 2023 or as soon as possible.


Responsible to:

The Board of Trustees.


Role:

An exciting communications role, putting into action our communications strategy for Bridge 5 Mill, the Kindling Trust and Veg Box People.

Background:

We are at an exciting time in the life of our organisations and there has never been a more important time for us to communicate our vision, the opportunities we have to offer and the ways people can get involved.

We are looking for someone with the experience, skills and energy to help us do that.

We are a pioneering family of organisations based in Greater Manchester and promoting ecological and social justice through a broad range of activities and projects.

Bridge 5 Mill is a centre of social change designed as a sustainable venue and aimed to facilitate a community of changemakers in the north west.

We provide a range of characterful work and events spaces and aim to deliver many activities in line with our vision.

Your role at Bridge 5 Mill will be to promote our social change vision, changemakers, activities and spaces. You will also be instrumental in delivering good reception, events and making our mill a thriving community hub.

The Kindling Trust works to create a fairer, more sustainable society, starting with the food system.

Over the last 15 years, Kindling has established and run a series of practical projects to engage people in sustainable food and farming.

This includes:

our thriving Woodbank Community Food Hub; FarmStart market garden and training programme; Veg Box People; and Kindling Farm a pioneering 77 acre agroforestry farm that we are currently establishing between Manchester and Liverpool.

Your role will be to promote these sustainable food, community, wellbeing activities: helping us to increase the markets for our delicious veg and engage more people in creating a better food system for all.

We are aware that this is a big job, but it is also a very exciting one.

We are looking for someone with the skills, passion and commitment to work with us and engage people in the ecological and social change we desperately need to see.

Main Duties include:


Bridge 5 Mill Communications Role
To develop and lead our communications and marketing resources, including:

• Developing our social impact.
• Creating high quality, unique multimedia content.
• Establishing and promoting Bridge 5 Mill as an inspiring social change reference.
• Facilitating onsite community networking and communications by engaging with our tenants.
• Representing Bridge 5 Mill values and agenda to events and partners.
• Developing professional marketing and administrative documentation.
• Presenting and delivering innovative strategies in line with the operations and mill development.
• Monitoring our website and other platforms appeal and performance.
• Answering written, phone and in person queries, managing feedback and creating surveys.
• Attending events and working with visitors and partners to promote their events and projects.
• Create video and interview content as part of our new red bricks sessions.
• Ensuring all content and resources are in line with Bridge 5 Mill policies.
• Reporting to the board of directors on the communications and social impact performance.

To assist the Bridge 5 Mill team in delivering operational activities by:

• Delivering a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.
• Delivering a reception service to assist any visitors and changemakers.
• Hosting events and participating in the delivery of Bridge 5 Mill activities.
• Being a fire marshal and first aider on site.

Kindling Trust Communications Role
Promotion of the Kindling Trust, its partners and the Kindling Farm involving a number of regular ongoing tasks, including:

• Co-ordinating the content for our various different E-Bulletins.
• Distributing our various monthly E-Bulletins (for Kindling Trust supporters, volunteers and also Kindling Farm members).
• Writing or coordinating content for our website, including: events and regular 'Latest News' pieces
• Promoting our activities and events through social media.
• Creating leaflets to promote our various activities and projects.

Veg Box People

Promotion of our veg box scheme to both help us greatly increase the number of veg bags we sell each week and encourage cafes, restaurants and public institutions to buy our local organic fresh produce.

The role will include:

• Development of promotional materials for our customers.
• Development of materials for our coll