Volunteer Charity bringing people together through stories and poems seeks Publicity and Marketing Leader

What will you be doing?

Our mission: ​ 

To provide shared reading groups to connect individuals, rebuild social bonds and make people feel better To provide more groups in more places To explore the potential for shared reading in new settings To provide ongoing support and development of the trained volunteers who lead the groups To work in partnership with local authorities and other organisations and with The Reader (www.thereader.org.uk)

Our current priorities:

To strengthen our steering group by recruiting people from outside the organisation, who will be active, and who will bring skills in areas such as marketing and IT  To build attendance at some of our groups To look for opportunities to re-establish or launch new groups To recruit new Reader Leader volunteers  To monitor the implications of local government reorganisation

We are aiming to recruit a Volunteer Publicity and Marketing Leader to:

Promote our ethos, our groups and our opportunities as necessary using the most effective means Keep our website up to date and user-friendly Maximise the impact of our social media presence  Liaise with our partner organisations to ensure synergy

What are we looking for?

Team worker Good communicator with excellent interpersonal skills Experience of marketing Experience of  using social media as a promotional tool Ability to manage a website Keen to be actively involved in steering our organisation Appreciates the power of bringing people together through a shared interest Able to attend 4 or 5 steering group meetings per year, plus the AGM

What difference will you make?

As part of our steering group you will support and shape our work and strategic direction, and make an important contribution to achieving our priorities.