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Marketing Assistant

Growing Communities
Hackney, London

Posted: 9 Apr 2024

Deadline: 7 May 2024

Compensation: Min £31,077.71 per annum (£9,323.31 pro rata), or hourly rate to be negotiated if freelance.

Living Wage employer

Paid Part-time Flexible hours Permanent Fixed term / contract

Job description

• Are you an enthusiastic communicator who can make brands sing? 
• Are you a marketing superstar who can squeeze effectiveness out of a small budget?  
• Do you want to help create a better food system that’s fairer to farmers and kinder to the planet? 

Growing Communities is a pioneering social enterprise that’s building a fairer, more sustainable food system by supporting local small-scale organic farmers. We run a successful organic fruit and veg scheme in Hackney and Haringey and the farmers’ market in Stoke Newington, as well as work to create wider change and build the good food movement.  

We’re looking for a confident, organised and committed person to maximise visibility, recruitment and retention for our veg scheme and other projects. Working closely with the rest of the marketing team, you will produce marketing plans, materials and social content, deliver promotions and events, and build relationships with partners, press and other members of our community. 

If you have particular skills in certain marketing areas, we would be in interested to hear from you. This role could be freelance or contract. 

Details 

• Permanent contract or freelance, depending on candidate skills and preference.  
• 11.25 hours a week, or a portion of those hours depending on area of focus, if freelance. 
• Min £31,077.71 per annum (£9,323.31 pro rata), or hourly rate to be negotiated if freelance. 

If permanent contract, then benefits are available:  

• 5% Contributory pension 
• 33 days annual leave (pro-rata) 
• 30% discount on Growing Communities fruit and veg bags 
• Access to free telephone counselling sessions for staff and family members 

Working from office based at: The Old Fire Station, 61 Leswin Road, N16 7NX, with occasional home working possible as agreed. 

This job is open to everyone, regardless of background. We acknowledge that the sustainability and agricultural sectors are less accessible to people from minority backgrounds and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We especially want to hear from you if you feel that opportunities like this are less available to you, or you don’t see yourself represented very often in the environmental or sustainable food sectors.   

See the full job description and person specification at http://www.growingcommunities.org/jobs/ 

Growing Communities, The Old Fire Station, 61 Leswin Road, London N16 7NX 

Application information

Send your CV and a cover letter addressing how you meet the person specification outlined in the job description. (Each document should be no more than two pages.) Please also complete and return the Recruitment Monitoring Form. Email them to Katy Barker, senior manager. Katy.barker@growingcommunities.org 

Closing date for applications: 9am, Tuesday 7 May. 

First interviews: Monday/Tuesday 13th/14th May. 

Second interviews: Monday/Tuesday 20th/21st May 

If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, email Chen, marketing coordinator, to arrange a time for an informal phone call Richenda.wilson@growingcommunities.org 

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