Marketing Officer
We’re looking for a creative and enthusiastic Marketing Officer to join our team and help connect people with our work. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who loves telling stories, engaging audiences, and making a real impact through marketing. You’ll play a key role in shaping how we communicate—whether that’s through social media, campaigns, digital content, or events. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment and want to see your ideas make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
You’ll have an initial focus designing a new suite of engaging, branded templates for presentations, marketing materials such as posters and newsletters. You’ll support the rollout of compelling digital content and you’ll be supported to learn new things and develop your skills whilst you align your work with our established brand guidelines.
We need someone who can work at pace to produce compelling and brand consistent materials and assets; you’ll experience a supportive and skilled team and you’ll work with varied projects and briefs; keeping things fresh and up to date.
About the Team
This position sits within our newly launched Development and Innovation Team. Connected by common purpose and dynamic ideas, the team includes a mix of development functions including Marketing and Communications, Bid Writing, Income Generation, Fundraising, Partnerships and Research.
The Team is fast paced, highly collaborative and made up of work stream leads who own their work, think big and support each other to be the best we can be.
The person
We’re looking for someone who’s creative, proactive, and care about our work and the people we support. You’ll help us tell real stories in a way that feels clear, human, and inclusive-bringing fresh ideas and energy to how we connect with people.
You’ll be a confident communicator who can keep things simple, warm, and engaging across social media and campaigns. You’ll have a good eye for design—able to create clean, on-brand graphics and visuals that help our content stand out. You’ll be comfortable using tools like Canva (or similar) to turn ideas into something people want to engage with.
You’ll understand what works online, both in terms of message and visuals, to grab attention and drive engagement.
You’ll be organised and hands-on—happy juggling tasks, spotting what needs doing, and jumping in. You’ll take pride in your work, be open to feedback, and work well both independently and as part of a team.
Skills, knowledge, and experience
Essential
- Some experience in a marketing, communications, or similar role
- Experience managing or contributing to social media channels
- Good graphic design skills, with experience using tools such as Canva (or similar)
- Confident writing skills, with the ability to create clear, engaging content for
different audiences - Experience managing or contributing to social media channels
- Good organisational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks at once
- A proactive approach—able to spot what needs doing and take ownership
- Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team
- An understanding of brand consistency and why it matters
- A genuine interest in the organisation’s work and values
Desirable
- Experience working in a charity, community, or purpose-driven organisation
- Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (e.g. InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
- Experience supporting or delivering marketing campaigns
- Basic understanding of analytics (e.g. social media insights, website performance)
- Experience updating website content (e.g. CMS platforms like WordPress)
- Photography or video editing skills
- Experience supporting events or community engagement activity
- Awareness of accessibility and inclusive communications
What you’ll be doing:
- Design and produce a wide range of visual assets, including posters, leaflets, reports,
social media graphics and presentations. - Write clear, engaging copy for digital and print channels.
- Work closely with the Marketing Lead and Communication Lead to support delivery
of the marketing and communications strategy. - Collaborate with teams across the organisations to develop tailored marketing
materials and campaign assets - Plan, schedule and manage social media content across relevant platforms.
- Upload and manage website content via CMS, ensuring pages are clear, user-friendly
and up to date. - Ensure all content is consistent with the organisations’s tone of voice.
- Monitor content performance and use insight to improve future activity.
- Work flexibly to meet the needs of the organisations.
- Maintain confidentiality and always uphold professional standards.
- Commit to ongoing learning and professional development.
Other duties
- Evening and weekend work may be required.
- The duties outlined above are not intended to be exhaustive and may change as the needs of the organisations alter in line with current agendas. Due to the developing nature of our organisations, we require staff to remain highly flexible in their approach, and work to meet the changing needs of the organisations
- Please note that the successful candidate will be required to subscribe to the DBS update service which requires all People First staff to pay an annual subscription fee.
Driving
A current driving licence and access to own transport is required for this role.
This post requires you to have the appropriate ‘business use’ insurance in place as occasional business use of your car is required to carry out tasks, such as (but not limited to) the following:
- Travel to customer or business meetings
- Running business errands during the day
- Travel between different People First business sites
- Transporting colleagues/volunteers/members/customers or business contacts, for example, to business meetings or self-advocacy groups
- Making deliveries or collections
- Carrying extra equipment
For more information
If you’d like any further information about the role or if you have any questions, please contact our Marketing Lead: [email protected]
To apply
If you’re interested in the role and think you’d be a good fit, we’d like to hear from you.
To apply for this position, please email a copy of your CV (including two references) and a one-page cover letter to [email protected] or alternatively, you can post for the attention of Barry to People First Conference Centre, Milbourne Street, Carlisle, CA2 5XB
All applications should be clearly marked: Confidential – Marketing Officer
To arrive no later than 5.00 pm on 3rd July (this date may change depending on the volume of applications)