Event Marketing and Engagement Officer

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Job description

The Mulberry Bush Charity is looking to appoint an

Event Marketing & Engagement Officer

Salary £24k p/a

37 hours p/w

25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Permanent contract

Based at the Learning & Research Centre Standlake, with some flexibility for some remote working

Reporting to Marketing & Communications Manager

The Mulberry Bush is a highly successful and forward-thinking national charity, which has been meeting the needs of traumatised children and their families since 1948. Our mission is

'To transform the lives of all those affected by childhood trauma, through specialist therapeutic services'.

The successful candidate will work closely within a small Fundraising and Marketing team to maximise exposure to/attendance by relevant audiences across all our organisational events.

It is an ideal opportunity for someone to broaden their marketing skills, promoting events and training across a number of platforms, especially digital and with some Direct Marketing.

Please refer to the Job description and Person Specification for more details about the role.

Currently our services include:

• Mulberry Bush School: a non-maintained residential special school and children's home working with vulnerable and emotionally-troubled primary school aged children and their families. It has developed an outstanding reputation for successfully re-integrating severely emotionally troubled children back into mainstream family, school and community life
• Mulberry Bush Outreach: offers training and consultation to develop reflective practice and collaborative working to strengthen the leadership cultures in mainstream schools and children's social care organisations.
• Mulberry Bush Research: is committed to research in therapeutic residential and foster care and aims to develop a research culture to influence practice nationally
• International Centre for Therapeutic Care: is a global free alliance of child-centred organisations that share therapeutic practice via our online 'Therapeutic Care Journal'
• Mulberry Bush Third Space: our events and conference centre in Gloucestershire, which holds the Planned Environment Therapy Archive and the National Child Care Library. It has recently established itself as The National Centre for Reflective Practice.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and from LGBTQ+ candidates as these communities are under-represented in our current staff team. It's vital that our children experience a diverse adult community which offers them a range of role models and a rich cultural mix. Like many organisations we recognise a need to develop our inclusive culture and we'd love you to join us on our journey. While we value qualifications, training and professional experience we welcome applicants who bring skills and experience from diverse professional and personal backgrounds: your life experience, enthusiasm, resilience, great communication skills and an openness to learn are what we are looking for. Interests and hobbies you can share with children will contribute to your application.

We offer a supportive multi-disciplinary working environment which includes comprehensive supervision, team working, relevant and regular training and generous pay structures and holiday entitlements for all staff.

Application deadline date: Friday 03 December 2021

Interview date: 13 December 2021

Anticipated start date: January 2022

For further information and details on how to apply please email Lucy Lowe or visit our website.

We offer a supportive multi-disciplinary working environment which includes comprehensive supervision, team working, relevant and regular training and generous pay structures and holiday entitlements for all staff.

The Mulberry Bush School is an equal opportunities employer and is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children as its utmost priority and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having the right to live and work in the UK and will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal background check from the Disclosure & Barring Service.