Our careers are as varied as the places we care for and that's why we look for people from all backgrounds, with a variety of skills and abilities to help us maintain our places 'forever for everyone'. As our Marketing & Communications Officer, you will be responsible for marketing these special places imaginatively and effectively.

Hours: 18.75 hours per week. Approximately, two full days (15 hours delivered Monday-Friday) with at least one day at property. The additional 3.75 hours provide flexible cover for social media which can be delivered remotely. No weekend working is expected.

Salary: GBP19928 per annum

Contract: Fixed term contract until Feb 2022

What it's like to work here

The beauty of Stowe and the surrounding area has attracted visitors for over 300 years and the wider portfolio includes Claydon House, a medieval tower and duck decoy at Boarstall, Long Crendon Courthouse and Buckingham Chantry Chapel. Along with the friendly team, this area is a great place to work!

What you'll be doing

Day to day, you'll manage and help develop our annual marketing plan to help achieve our ambitious targets, helping us to reach out to new audiences. This will include defining advertising activities and creating promotional materials and updates (across all media platforms, including social media), writing and distributing press releases and representing us on location filming and broadcast media when you need to.

We're looking for someone who can help us reach larger and more diverse audiences for our places and our digital content. You'll work as part of a team to make sure that we're sharing the best stories we can. Spreading the word about places to visit in the great outdoors, and raising awareness of our conservation work is key to what we're about.

To deliver this role successfully, you will need to have;

• A good understanding of marketing techniques, including websites as well as digital and social media
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent digital and social media skills
• Strong customer service skills
• Advanced IT Skills (including Microsoft Office)
• Problem solving skills, and ability to work on own initiative