Social Media and Communications Executive

Are you a dynamic and influential individual with excellent communication skills?
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Then this might be your next role.
CIMSPA is the professional development body for the UK’s sport and physical activity sector, committed to supporting, developing and enabling professionals and organisations to succeed and, as a result, inspire our nation to become more active.
Together we’re developing a vibrant, UK-wide sport and physical activity sector, with the highest standards of service delivery.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, well-organised and creative individual to join our team as a Social Media and Communications Executive. With an increasing membership base and ambitious plans for the future, CIMSPA’s growing team needs someone who is just as excited as we are to shout about, and engage people with, our work across social media.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of managing social media channels and content streams on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Linkedin and Twitter. They will develop and pitch engaging creative, innovative content for regularly scheduled posts, as well as projects and campaigns, to raise awareness of CIMSPA, engagement with CIMSPA and communicate our work to a wider audience.
The Social Media and Communications Executive will have the ability to exercise good judgement in a variety of situations, with strong written and verbal communication, administrative and organisational skills. They will also have the ability to work under pressure at times to handle a variety of situations.
This role offers flexible hybrid working, enabling our colleagues to divide their time between our head office in Loughborough and working from home. Specific details/flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. We recognise the many benefits that an effective hybrid working culture brings to both CIMSPA and our colleagues.
We believe in growing our culture not hiring to fit it and we practice anonymous recruitment. Our hiring managers only get to see the core content of your application e.g.; your name, age, address, ethnicity etc. is taken out of your application before given to the hiring managers. What we really care about is your experience and talent and seeing that shine through in your application. Therefore, we welcome everyone to apply, and we very much look forward to reading your applications.
Key tasks include but are not limited to:

• Implementation of best practice activities based on individual briefs and agreed departmental strategy.
• Full and timely completion of periodical activities to expected standard using briefed/expected templates and/or processes.
• Proactive review of appropriate tracking and reporting tools/dashboards with a view to identify issues or share/celebrate achievements with the Marketing and Communications Manager or Head of Department in the appropriate way.
• Provision of statistics and insights needed for internal stakeholders.
• Proactive identification of both potential strategy progress blockers and value improvement opportunities.
• Provision of “approval ready” deliverables to facilitate efficient (time and budget) project delivery.

• Proactive research for stories, social and email opportunities in line with strategic objectives to add value to stakeholders.

• Effective planning and execution/briefing of key performance metrics with appropriate, timely reporting with meaningful commentary.

• Use of analytics to create data-led content and campaigns that most efficiently engage and reach CIMSPA’s audience.

For further information please click here to view the full job description for the Education Partnership Manager role.
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Salary: £25,000 - £28,000_
Closing date: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Interview dates: Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th April 2023_

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person