Communications & Marketing Officer

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!

We are looking for a Communications & Marketing Officer

Location: Hammersmith

Hours: 35 Hours per week

Salary:  £27,000 - £32,000

Contract: Fixed Term Contract: 9 months from the start date ( with the possibility to extend, this role is due to an internal move to cover a maternity leave so the contract duration will be aligned with that)

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Please note : Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.

About us

Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.

We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.

Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

About the role:

• Develop and implement effective communications activities for external customers and stakeholders. Work with the Head of C&EA and services teams to ensure we produce quality communications targeted at our different audiences.
• Write and optimise content for the website, digital newsletters for stakeholders, print publications and social networking sites. Create visually appealing content, including graphics and multimedia, to enhance engagement and brand awareness.
• Manage and schedule social media content across platforms, ensuring brand and tone of voice. Ensure consistency in terms of voice, branding, messaging and frequency of posting via digital channels.
• Support external events management: such as creation of Eventbrite invitations, policy summary documents and marketing/fundraising materials.
• Design posters, leaflets and other marketing materials using Canva.
• Coordination of the production of publications such as an Annual Report and other key documents.
• Support and occasionally represent Advance at conferences, exhibitions, and events.
• Liaise with the colleagues to communicate matters of interest to stakeholders and wider audiences via contributions to for newsletters, Advance website, and relevant external publications.

About You:

• Experience of using creative tools, digital platforms and techniques for engaging wide ranging audiences.
• Professional design experience of creating newsletters, leaflets, posters and other materials.
• Proficiency in Canva, Eventbrite, Mail Chimp, Hootsuite and You Tube.
• Professional experience of social media creation and monitoring for campaigns namely, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and possibly also TikTok.
• Good written skills to write up news stories in a sensitive manner.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to proactively engage with a range of people and stakeholders including women the lived experience.
• Experience of and/or an interest in identifying and working with social media influencers and celebrity ambassadors to encourage them to support our campaigns.
• Must be able to occasionally travel to locations across the South and East of England.

How to apply:

Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered.

Closing Date for Applications : Sunday 31 st August 2025 @23:59

Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis

*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.

What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:

• A 35-hour working week
• An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
• Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day , and for religious observance and moving home
• Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee eye-care scheme
• Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
• Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
• Organisation wide away days
• Thorough induction and training
• Career development pathways

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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.

Safeguarding

Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.