LLR Marketing and Recruitment Officer

Reference: REQ7168

Description: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 18 months This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Shared Live's service, which is a unique, community-based service, that provides individual's drawing on support with choice, personalised support and the opportunity to live in / receive supportfrom a family home environment which promotes and develops independent living skills. Working with teams across (LLR) Leicester City, Leicestershire County and Rutland County Councils you'll be leading on all marketing and recruitment activities. You'll help to spread awareness of the Shared Lives services to both external and internal stakeholders. You'll also have a particular focus on recruiting new carers into the Shared Lives service. We have a full time, fixed term vacancy available working 37 hours per week. The fixed term position is for 18 months due to funding. Core working hours are Monday-Thursday 08:30-5 and Friday 08:30-4:30. However, on occasion you may be required to work outside of these hours. You'll have flexibility in hybrid working, being based at Halford House in the centre of the city of Leicester or Beaumont Way, with the ability to also work remotely from home to suit the needs of you and the service. However, under our New Ways of Working Policy you'll be required to work from a non-home location a minimum of 2 days a week. We will consider the fixed term vacancy on a secondment basis for Leicester City Council employees. If you wish to apply for this post on a secondment basis then please make your line manager aware before applying. What you'll be doing In this unique role you'll be working with the Shared Lives teams in the three local authorities in LLR to plan and deliver communications and marketing activities to promote Shared Lives Services. You'll develop close working relationships with the Shared Lives Managers in LLR to understand what the services have in common and where they may differ. This will better enable you to develop and lead joint and individual marketing initiatives. These marketing initiatives will involve a range of media such as print, digital and social media. As well as promoting Shared Lives you'll also be responsible for recruiting new carers into the services. This will require you to understand the various communities and deliver local events highlighting the benefits of being a Shared Lives Carer. You'll foster relationships and be customer focused. Working with the Shared Lives teams you'll support potential carers through the application process. You'll be required to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of all marketing and recruitment activities. You'll be expected to identify any issues or opportunities and take the appropriate actions. What you'll need You should have a ‘can do' attitude and a creative approach to problem solving, and a positive attitude to collaborative working. Actively participating in the delivery of Shared Lives events, Shared Lives Carer meetings and social events, as well as promoting and marketing the Shared Lives. You'll be expected to work under your own initiative and will have a lot of flexibility on how you approach your work. The nature of the role requires you to be dynamic and organised. You'll be a good listener who takes time to understand others, a true team player who supports colleagues and works towards shared goals. Your caring nature will shine through in everything that you do. Having the ability to build and maintain strong, positive relationships with others. And when challenges arise, you will be a creative problem solver, finding thoughtful and practical solutions that make a real difference in people's lives. What we can offer you As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator. Join us We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment' page. If you'd like to have a chat before applying, feel free to contact Charlotte Storer at charlotte.storer@leicester.gov.uk

Region: Central

Location: Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices

Salary: GBP32,061 - GBP34,434 Per Year

Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): GBP46,953

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time,

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 18 months

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Shared Live’s service, which is a unique, community-based service, that provides individual’s drawing on support with choice, personalised support and the opportunity to live in / receive supportfrom a family home environment which promotes and develops independent living skills.

Working with teams across (LLR) Leicester City, Leicestershire County and Rutland County Councils you’ll be leading on all marketing and recruitment activities. You’ll help to spread awareness of the Shared Lives services to both external and internal stakeholders.

You’ll also have a particular focus on recruiting new carers into the Shared Lives service.

We have a full time, fixed term vacancy available working 37 hours per week. The fixed term position is for 18 months due to funding. Core working hours are Monday-Thursday 08:30-5 and Friday 08:30-4:30. However, on occasion you may be required to work outside of these hours. You’ll have flexibility in hybrid working, being based at Halford House in the centre of the city of Leicester or Beaumont Way, with the ability to also work remotely from home to suit the needs of you and the service. However, under our New Ways of Working Policy you’ll be required to work from a non-home location a minimum of 2 days a week.

We will consider the fixed term vacancy on a secondment basis for Leicester City Council employees. If you wish to apply for this post on a secondment basis then please make your line manager aware before applying.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this unique role you’ll be working with the Shared Lives teams in the three local authorities in LLR to plan and deliver communications and marketing activities to promote Shared Lives Services.

You’ll develop close working relationships with the Shared Lives Managers in LLR to understand what the services have in common and where they may differ. This will better enable you to develop and lead joint and individual marketing initiatives. These marketing initiatives will involve a range of media such as print, digital and social media.

As well as promoting Shared Lives you’ll also be responsible for recruiting new carers into the services. This will require you to understand the various communities and deliver local events highlighting the benefits of being a Shared Lives Carer. You’ll foster relationships and be customer focused.

Working with the Shared Lives teams you’ll support potential carers through the application process.

You’ll be required to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of all marketing and recruitment activities. You’ll be expected to identify any issues or opportunities and take the appropriate actions.

What You’ll Need

You should have a ‘can do’ attitude and a creative approach to problem solving, and a positive attitude to collaborative working. Actively participating in the delivery of Shared Lives events, Shared Lives Carer meetings and social events, as well as promoting and marketing the Shared Lives.

You’ll be expected to work under your own initiative and will have a lot of flexibility on how you approach your work. The nature of the role requires you to be dynamic and organised.

You’ll be a good listener who takes time to understand others, a true team player who supports colleagues and works towards shared goals. Your caring nature will shine through in everything that you do. Having the ability to build and maintain strong, positive relationships with others. And when challenges arise, you will be a creative problem solver, finding thoughtful and practical solutions that make a real difference in people’s lives.

What We Can Offer You

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.

Join us

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

If you’d like to have a chat before applying, feel free to contact Charlotte Storer at charlotte.storer@leicester.gov.uk