Head of Marketing and Communications
Salary: Negotiable based on experience
Location: Home Based with UK Travel
England Athletics is the National Governing Body for the sport in England. We work in partnership with the wider athletics family, especially our member clubs, UK Athletics, Sport England & Commercial Partners, to grow opportunities for everyone to experience athletics and running, to enable them to reach their full potential. England Athletics also provides national level competition and is responsible for athlete development beneath world class performance level.
England Athletics is a membership organisation with 1,700-member clubs and 172,000 registered athletes, which exists to provide services and support to its members and to promote and deliver athletics and running activities across all ages, event disciplines, ability levels and aspirations.
Our vision is that athletics will be the most popular and inclusive sport in England, led by a network of progressive clubs and organisations, and supported by a sustainable, respected and trusted governing body. In achieving this we will expand the capacity of the sport, sustain and increase participation and performance levels as well as influence participation in the wider athletics market.
England Athletics is seeking to strengthen its executive team with an exceptional individual who wishes to serve as the Head of Marketing & Communications to inform the direction for the next phase of our strategy “Athletics & Running; For Everyone Forever”. The successful candidate will join the England Athletics senior leadership team at an exciting and challenging time. They will have a passion for success and demonstrate a strong commitment to the delivery of excellence and quality.
The Head of Marketing and Communications is a new role and a key member of the Senior Leadership Team. Providing strategic and operational direction to a team of staff including communications, marketing and campaigns, this individual will lead the elevation and development of the EA brands, and related programmes, through the development of integrated marketing techniques, effective external and internal communications and campaigns.
We are looking for an individual with extensive marketing and communications experience, who can lead and influence internal and external stakeholders and partners, possesses excellent project management skills and has the ability to develop innovative solutions in what is an underpinning, organisation wide function.
How to apply
To access the full Job Description and to apply for this exciting post, please visit our website www.englandathletics.org under the ‘About Us’ section.
Closing date for applications is midday on Friday 25 May 2018.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 12 June 2018
England Athletics is an equal opportunities employer who actively encourages applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates regardless of your gender, gender identity, sexuality, ethnicity, disability, age, religion or belief, parenting, caring or marital status. We recognise the potential that every individual brings.
