Communications Executive

Help us tell the stories that make a difference.

YMCA Chiltern Group is celebrating 140 years of supporting communities and were looking for a creative confident PR Communications and Marketing Officer to join our team.

This is a varied role at the heart of our communications activity helping to raise our profile strengthen our reputation and showcase the difference we make across our communities.

Youll be the main point of contact for press and media enquiries building relationships with journalists identifying PR opportunities and supporting proactive media activity. Youll also create engaging content for our website social media email and other channels and support campaigns events and wider marketing activity.

Were looking for a great communicator and storyteller who can spot an opportunity create compelling content and work confidently with colleagues and external stakeholders. Youll need sound digital communications knowledge excellent writing skills and the judgement to handle sensitive or reputationally significant issues appropriately.

Most importantly youll want to use your skills to make a real difference.

If youre ready to help us reach more people tell powerful stories and bring our work to life wed love to hear from you.

We do not provide visa sponsorship; you must be eligible to work in the UK. You must reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and provide Right to Work evidence.

As some of our roles involve working with vulnerable members of society this position may require a Basic or Enhanced Criminal Disclosure which will be conducted once a conditional offer is made

Previous Applications: We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. However if you have applied for a similar role within the last 6 months and were not successful please consider whether your experience has developed further before reapplying

Accessibility & Adjustments: We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and will strive to be as accommodating as possible. Please inform us in advance of any arrangements you may need to fully participate in the process.

We are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent skills and potential. We do not discriminate on the basis of Age Disability Gender Reassignment Marriage/Civil Partnership Pregnancy/Maternity Race Religion/Belief Sex and/or Sexual Orientation. We encourage applications from all backgrounds communities and industries and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills experiences and abilities.

One YMCA and its subsidiaries the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive three-day Kickstarter Event.

By the end of these three days there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do more and better together so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts Beds and Bucks that reach over 135000 individuals annually.

These include:

• Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
• Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
• Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
• Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
• Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
• Family support through a network of childrens and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
• Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
• Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire Luton and Hertfordshire
• Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
• Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.