Location - London or Milton Keynes (minimum of two days a week in the office. You can do more than two days if preferable) plus some ad hoc travel
Reporting to - Executive Director, Marketing and Public Affairs
Band -
Salary - £63,000 - £69,000 (depending on location and proven ability) - pro rata if part time
Working hours - Full time (9 day fortnight) - We welcome discussions on alternative working patterns, such as part-time arrangements, job share etc to better accommodate individual needs and promote a healthy work-life balance. Please feel free to discuss these options with your recruiter.
Contract type/duration - Permanent
Closing date - 14th July 2024
If you are selected for consideration for the position, our Recruitment team will contact you to arrange a preliminary phone interview.
3Ci is a partnership between Connected Places Catapult, Core Cities and London Councils and other local authorities across the UK aimed at supporting local authorities secure the necessary long-term finance for achieving net zero. We are at an exciting stage in our development and are recruiting to the following positions to support our next phase of work. If you have an interest in cities and an appetite to join an exciting and growing team, we'd love to hear from you. For more information about the purpose of 3Ci please visit our dedicated website
Who Are We?
Connected Places Catapult is the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and places. We provide impartial ‘innovation as a service’ for public bodies, businesses, and infrastructure providers to catalyse step-change improvements in the way people live, work and travel. We connect businesses and public sector leaders to cutting-edge research to spark innovation and grow new markets. We run technology demonstrators and SME accelerators to scale new solutions that drive growth, spread prosperity, and eliminate carbon.
In realising this ambition, the Connected Places Catapult has established 3Ci – cities commission for climate investment alongside our core partners at Core Cities and London Councils. 3Ci is attracting national and international interest as a mechanism and model to drive low carbon investment in cities. In achieving this 3Ci seeks to; support UK cities in achieving their Net Zero ambitions, attract and unlock private and public finance, and seize the opportunity to stimulate growth in green jobs and business.
Purpose of the role
3Ci is looking for a multi-faceted B2B marcoms specialist to increase awareness in 3Ci and raise engagement across its five work programmes; Net Zero Neighbourhoods, National Net Zero Project Pipeline, Investible Cities, Regional Investor Events as well as Local and Regional Investment Innovations.
The role will be responsible for creating the communications strategy and defining, managing and implementing the communications plan. The postholder will liaise and network with key partners and stakeholders across our local authority networks (including, Core Cities, London Councils, Scottish Cities Alliance and Key Cities), as well as our investor community and government departments and its agencies.
This role sits within Connected Places Catapult's marketing team, with dotted line reporting to the 3Ci leadership team. We welcome part-time and job-share applications.
Key responsibilities
* Create the 3Ci communications strategy and tactical plan in support of 3Ci objectives
* Undertake activities to deliver the 3Ci communications strategy and tactical plan
* Identify and deliver marketing and communications opportunities within the five work programmes
* Report and update on progress to 3Ci and marketing team, and its wider governance structures as appropriate
* Curation and development of content across all communications platforms
* Develop and oversee the marketing of collateral, including the 3Ci newsletter, reports and bulletins
* Planning and implementing wider communication and marketing programmes to grow the respective communities, including PR, trade shows and events, online promotion and social media
* Working with the 3Ci team to deliver comms activities to support their business objectives
* Coordinate and manage the 3Ci partners marketing and events group
* Coordinate and deliver specific 3Ci events, including high profile roundtables, workshops and regional investor events
* Manage the marketing budget
* Ensure an ethos of equity, inclusivity and diversity underpin your work activity, contributing to inclusive innovation across all Catapult activities
* You may be required to undertake any other reasonable duties to support the Catapult in achieving its strategic outcomes and ensure effective business operations
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