- Hours: Full-time contract (37hr/wk)
- Salary scale: £29,303 - £34,142 p.a. depending on experience
- Closing date: 10am Monday 30 September 2024
- Interviews: Thursday 10 October 2024 in-person in Perth
The role
As part of the Member Services & Communications Team, you will have an important and dynamic role in raising awareness and visibility of the work of Mountaineering Scotland, developing our communications channels to support the delivery of our strategic aims and outcomes.
This position is based at our office in Perth however there is the potential for some home/remote working subject to negotiation.
Essential attributes and skills
Experience
- Proven track record in a communications, PR, marketing or digital role.
- Use of communications channels in a professional capacity, including social media, email and web to deliver marketing and/or educational campaigns.
- Creating written and visual content for a wide range of audiences for publications, marketing materials and digital channels.
- Experience of working in a team, with proven ability to work collaboratively and form effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of updating websites using content management systems, preferably with a working knowledge of HTML and CSS.
Skills
- Articulate and confident, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organisational and planning skills, with ability to work on own initiative, take direction and meet deadlines.
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage a busy workload with competing priorities.
- Creative thinking, excellent attention to detail and strong eye for design.
- Experience of planning, creating and scheduling content for social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
Knowledge
- Confidence and competence using (or willingness to learn) IT and digital communications tools including Mailchimp (or similar), image/graphics and video editing software (e.g. Canva, Adobe Creative Suite) and web content management systems (e.g. WordPress).
- Good working knowledge of MS Office, Outlook and Teams
- Understanding of the media landscape including relevant print, broadcast, and online platforms as well as social media.
- Awareness of current and emerging social media and other digital trends.
- Understanding of data protection legislation and practice in relation to communications activity.
Desirable attributes and skills
- An interest in and understanding of the work of Mountaineering Scotland, mountaineering and related issues.
- Member of Mountaineering Scotland.
- Experience of or interest in producing newsletters, journals or magazines.
- Advanced user of Adobe creative suite especially Photoshop, Indesign, Premiere Pro.
- Video production and editing experience.
- Experience creating podcasts/audio content.
- Experience of producing online events/webinars using Teams or Zoom.
- Managing online advertising campaigns e.g. Google Ads, Facebook.
- Working knowledge of Google Analytics 4 and other insights platforms to measure and improve effectiveness of communications.
- Journalism, blogging or other writing experience.
It you have any questions about the vacancy please contact Helen Gestwicki, Member Services & Communications Manager at helen@mountaineering.scot
Closing date: 10am Mon 30 September 2024