Marketing assistant

•   Are you an enthusiastic communicator who can make brands sing?
•   Are you a marketing superstar who can squeeze effectiveness out of a small budget?
•   Do you want to help create a better food system that’s fairer to farmers and kinder to the planet?

Growing Communities is a pioneering social enterprise that’s building a fairer, more sustainable food system by supporting local small-scale organic farmers. We run a successful organic fruit and veg scheme in Hackney and Haringey and the farmers’ market in Stoke Newington, as well as work to create wider change and build the good food movement.

We’re looking for a confident, organised and committed person to maximise visibility, recruitment and retention for our veg scheme and other projects. Working closely with the rest of the marketing team, you will produce marketing plans, materials and social content, deliver promotions and events, and build relationships with partners, press and other members of our community.

If you have particular skills in certain marketing areas, we would be in interested to hear from you. This role could be freelance or contract.

Details
•   Permanent contract or freelance, depending on candidate skills and preference.
•   11.25 hours a week, or a portion of those hours depending on area of focus, if freelance.
•   Min £31,077.71 per annum (£9,323.31 pro rata), or hourly rate to be negotiated if freelance.

If permanent contract, then benefits are available:
•   5% Contributory pension
•   33 days annual leave (pro-rata)
•   30% discount on Growing Communities fruit and veg bags
•   Access to free telephone counselling sessions for staff and family members

Working from office based at: The Old Fire Station, 61 Leswin Road, N16 7NX, with occasional home working possible as agreed.

This job is open to everyone, regardless of background. We acknowledge that the sustainability and agricultural sectors are less accessible to people from minority backgrounds and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We especially want to hear from you if you feel that opportunities like this are less available to you, or you don’t see yourself represented very often in the environmental or sustainable food sectors.

See the full job description here:

Marketing assistant JD 2024.docx

How to apply
Send your CV and a cover letter addressing how you meet the person specification outlined in the job description. (Each document should be no more than two pages.) Please also complete and return the Recruitment Monitoring Form. Email them to Katy Barker, senior manager.

Recruitment Monitoring Form 2024.docx

Closing date for applications: 9am, Tuesday 7 May.
First interviews: Monday/Tuesday 13/14 May
Second interviews: Monday/Tuesday 20/21 May
If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, email Chen, marketing coordinator, to arrange a time for an informal phone call.

Visit our Get involved page for other ways to work with us or volunteer on our Hackney market gardens. We advertise our traineeships in late January/early February.

And check out Roots to Work for a comprehensive list of sustainable food jobs across the UK.

Take a look at the Better Food Traders website for details of other veg schemes in our network that welcome volunteers.