Academy Marketing & Development Officer (part-time) in London

[AndrewO]

Eastside has recently launched a new initiative – Eastside Academy - to provide learning and development packages to professionals in transition into the social economy. At the same time, the Academy will act as an intermediary providing cost effective high quality placements for social and environmental organisations. The Academy aims to increase the capability of the social enterprise sector to scale its positive contribution to the creation of a sustainable society.

Eastside is seeking to recruit a high-quality professional for a part-time role as a Marketing & Development Officer. The primary focus will be to work with the Eastside team to grow the enterprise and roll-out the service across the UK. This position is 3 day a week post, London-based and pay is £25,000 pro-rata.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual with marketing skills and an entrepreneurial spirit to help build a cross-sector leading organisation. Significant career development will be available if the project is a success.

Eastside Consulting’s mission is to support entrepreneurs build sustainable enterprises through providing high quality support for strategy, fundraising and management. We have a strong track-record in a range of consultancy services including fundraising strategies, investment-readiness, finance raising, mentoring, and business planning. Eastside works primarily with social, environmental and technology enterprises. For more information on Eastside, please visit our website at Eastside Consulting Ltd: Small business

For more information on the job specification, priorities, and how to apply, please see the detailed description below

Applications close 12pm on the 14th August

Regards,

Andrew Outhwaite

Tel: 0207 770 6144
Email: Andrew@eastsideconsulting.co.uk

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Job Description:
Academy Marketing & Development Officer (part-time)

Eastside Consulting’s mission is to support entrepreneurs build sustainable enterprises through providing high quality support for strategy, fundraising and management. We have a strong track-record in a range of consultancy services including fundraising strategies, investment-readiness, finance raising, mentoring, and business planning. Eastside works primarily with social, environmental and technology enterprises. For more information on Eastside, please visit our website at Eastside Consulting Ltd: Small business

Eastside has recently launched a new initiative – Eastside Academy - to provide learning and development packages to professionals in transition into the social economy. At the same time, the Academy will act as an intermediary providing cost effective high quality placements for social and environmental organisations. The Academy aims to increase the capability of the social enterprise sector to scale its positive contribution to the creation of a sustainable society.

Eastside is seeking to recruit a high-quality professional for a part-time role (3 days per week) as a Marketing & Development Officer. The primary focus will be to work with the Eastside team to grow the enterprise and roll-out the service across the UK.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual with marketing skills and an entrepreneurial spirit to help build a cross-sector leading organisation. Significant career development will be available if the project is a success.

The successful candidate will be asked to participate in a wide range of the new venture's activities, and work on the follow priorities:

Job Specification

Marketing and sales (55%)
Implement marketing strategy
Active recruitment of professionals and enterprises
Design of marketing materials for business, corporate, professional and social enterprise audiences
Communications and building stakeholder relations

Administration (15%)
Setting up legal and management structures to prepare for trading
General administration including reporting on activities and expenditure

Fundraising and partnerships (10%)
Identify potential sources of grant or public support
Build relationships to leverage additional resources
Apply for grant funding

Programme delivery (10%)
Handle enterprise and professionals’ inquiries and completing initial needs assessments
Guide enterprises through the investment-readiness process
Guide mentors through the process of working with social enterprise

Development (10%)
Contribute to the development of the Eastside team through peer coaching and support
Pursue opportunities to learn and apply new skills that lead to the above tasks being carried out with increasing effectiveness and efficiency

Person Specification

A proven self-starter, motivated and highly organised
Experience and/or a keen interest in and understanding of social entrepreneurship, and enterprise-driven approaches to sustainability challenges
Demonstrated competency in marketing and communications, producing professional communication materials, developing and implementing marketing strategies
Understanding and experience of using new media as a marketing tool
Customer and accountant management experience
Good writing and communication skills
Commitment to high performance, meeting deadlines and high quality outputs
Proven project team player with excellent people skills
Ability and willingness to acquire and apply new skills

Desirable Qualities

Experience in fundraising, grant management, evaluation and reporting
Interest in facilitation, coaching, mentoring and leadership development
Some history of involvement in cross-sectoral partnerships and/or sustainability

Other Information
This position is 3 day a week post, London-based and pay is £25,000 pro-rata.

Eastside's business thrives on the diversity of perspectives that intersect in social enterprise, and believe this diversity adds value to within its team. We are an equal opportunities employer and take on people from diverse racial and religious backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, marital status, political beliefs/affiliation, or disability.

Contact and Deadline

By 12pm 14th August applicants should submit to Andrew@eastsideconsulting.co.uk:
CV
Covering letter (clearly addressing the role description and person specification, and where they heard about this opportunity), and
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