MARKETING AND NEW BUSINESS ASSISTANT

Location: Bristol
Contract: Permanent
Working Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week), Monday - Friday
Starting Salary: £25,000 FTE per annum

WHO WE ARE:

We support children and young people living in Bristol, South Glos and the surrounding areas, providing engaging play and youth work embedded in communities. We also provide personalised part-time and full-time alternative education environments for children and young people to overcome barriers to engagement and learning.

WHAT WE DO:

At LPW, we provide safe, emotionally supportive and enriching spaces where children and young people can: build trusted and trauma-informed relationships; grow in confidence and independence; overcome challenges; and have ownership of their learning and future.

Knowledge and understanding of:

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, at all levels.
• Strong persuasive written skills

Experience of:

• Producing high-quality written work (essential).
• Writing content for a range of purposes, from blogs and reports to proposals and bids.
• Developing and producing engaging marketing materials and content.
• Working with people at different levels, demonstrating an ability to engage effectively with each.
• Excellent organisational skills, including ability to work on own initiative and to effectively manage multiple tasks and prioritise workload.
• Managing a diverse workload and working to deadlines under pressure.
• Collating, analysing, and presenting information to a range of audiences.
• Effectively using relevant sources of information to conduct research.
• Confident and professional approach, with the ability to exercise judgement and discretion.
• Good IT skills and excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.
• Experience with CRM systems and social media platforms.
• Creating digital content for web and social media, including photography and basic video editing

The skills and ability to:

• Be a strong written and verbal communicator and able to build long-term relationships with key stakeholders.
• Plan and manage workload to achieve targets.
• Write succinctly, accurately, and with impact.
• Manage multiple relationships and opportunities.
• Represent LPW positively at events and in the community

JOB PURPOSE

• Supporting the Director of Business Development with business development, marketing, and partnership engagement to support our existing work and growth opportunities.
• Understanding our organisation’s funding needs, undertaking research, identifying funding opportunities, and generating income from a range of possible sources, including trusts and companies.
• Writing high-quality funding proposals and bids (experience of writing is essential).
• Leading and supporting marketing and communications activity, ensuring LPW’s visual identity and tone of voice remain consistent across all channels.
• Building and maintaining a strong network of funders, educators, community partners, and local businesses to support our work.
• Ensuring the website and digital channels are regularly updated with blogs, newsletters, case studies, photos, and videos.
• Attending events to create engaging content, take photos and video, and share stories that demonstrate LPW’s impact.
• Leverage the Ofsted Outstanding for LPW School to create new opportunities.
• Working closely with the Heads Team to ensure delivery is aligned to funding and that implementation satisfies monitoring, evaluation, and reporting requirements.

In this role, your primary areas of responsibility will be:

• Identifying and securing income from a range of sources.
• Writing funding proposals and bids.
• Working to income targets.
• Coordinating input from internal colleagues and external partners to generate information required for funding bids and reporting.
• Building and maintaining a community of supporters, including funders, educators, community groups, and local businesses.
• Preparing, overseeing, and distributing marketing materials including email marketing, newsletters, and impact reports.
• Creating and editing marketing content, including social media posts, website copy, blogs, and case studies.
• Attending LPW events and sessions to capture high-quality photos, videos, and interviews to support marketing and communications.
• Updating and maintaining the website with fresh content, news stories, and imagery to support SEO and online engagement.
• Assisting with digital marketing activities, including social media scheduling, email newsletters, and campaigns.

What you will bring to this role:

Knowledge and understanding of:

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, at all levels.
• Strong persuasive written skills.

Experience of:

• Producing high-quality written work (essential).
• Writing content for a range of purposes, from blogs and reports to proposals and bids.
• Developing and producing engaging marketing materials and content.
• Working with people at different levels, demonstrating an ability to engage effectively with each.
• Excellent organisational skills, including ability to work on own initiative and to effectively manage multiple tasks and prioritise workload.
• Managing a diverse workload and working to deadlines under pressure.
• Collating, analysing, and presenting information to a range of audiences.
• Effectively using relevant sources of information to conduct research.
• Confident and professional approach, with the ability to exercise judgement and discretion.
• Good IT skills and excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.
• Experience with CRM systems and social media platforms.
• Creating digital content for web and social media, including photography and basic video editing.

The skills and ability to:

• Be a strong written and verbal communicator and able to build long-term relationships with key stakeholders.
• Plan and manage workload to achieve targets.
• Write succinctly, accurately, and with impact.
• Manage multiple relationships and opportunities.
• Represent LPW positively at events and in the community.

Your attitude means you will have:

• Commitment to LPW vision and values.
• Proactive approach to demonstrating impact for children and young people.
• Willingness to develop your own and others’ learning, knowledge, and skills.
• Willingness to work flexibly, including occasional evenings and weekends.
• Positive and professional attitude.
• Ability to champion and promote equality of opportunity, and challenge discrimination and stereotypical behaviour.

ACCOUNTABLE FOR:

This role has no direct reports.
With LPW you will get an opportunity to work for a community interest company that has a social mission at its core driving everything we do. In addition, we have an attractive range of benefits, such as 26 days annual leave (plus a 3-day seasonal shutdown at Christmas), 4% employer’s contribution to our pension scheme, travel loans, childcare vouchers (where applicable) and a cycle-to-work scheme. LPW is a Living Wage and Disability Confident employer.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From £25,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Gym membership
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bristol BS3 4A