Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us
We are responsible for the entire range of children’s education, health and social care services in all three boroughs. We use a Signs of Safety practice model and approach which ensures the voice of the child is at the heart of everything we do. There’s never been a better time to join AfC, we are growing our workforce, implementing new flexible working arrangements and have increased our virtual wellbeing offer.
We now have the following job opportunity available and we would be delighted to receive your application to continue our story. You can download the Job Profile which is shown within the "Documents" heading on the left hand side, above the map.
Hybrid working – Home, Main location is Twickenham with visits to Maidenhead | Permanent | Full time
Develop your communications career at Achieving for Children. This is a great role if you are starting out on or developing your communications career path. This job will give you the opportunity to develop your writing and creative skills whilst providing important information to children, young people and families in an engaging way.
You will support the Communications and Marketing team to primarily develop and maintain the AfC Info website, and SEND Local Offer website and work with the team to promote communication messages and campaigns.
About the role
The Communication and Marketing Support Officer's primary responsibility is to help the team to:
maintain the upkeep of the AfC Info website, SEND Local Offer and AfC’s intranet
understand Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and make information accessible
create engaging social media content
promote core communication messages and campaigns.
You will learn very quickly about children’s services and how to make a positive impact on children, young people and families lives by providing clear and easy to read information.
We understand training and development play a big part at the start of any career, so we commit to providing you with the time and space to learn and develop additional key skills such as creative writing, video and animation editing, and a whole host of other in-house online and face to face training programmes.
For further information or if you would just like a chat to see if this role is for you, please contact Javade Khan by email [email protected].
About you
The successful candidate will have:
- a passion to communicate information in the best way to different people
- good relationship-building skills and the ability to work with lots of people at all levels
- a positive, can-do approach and determination to achieve objectives
- strong organisational abilities including creative thinking, problem solving, multitasking and time management
- some working knowledge of web and social media platforms, and how to use them
- good verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different communication styles, including a grasp of social media.
Desirable
- some experience or interest in photography, creative design, film production, editing and distribution.
- some knowledge of services for children and families
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:
- 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years.
- Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
- Stable and supportive leadership
- Hybrid and mobile working (between home and work) with latest technology to facilitate this
- Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
- Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- A range of staff benefits and discounts
- An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children
Important Information
Start dates: Achieving for Children have set start dates meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.
Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.