Marketing and Communications Manager

Blyth, Northumberland (Hybrid)
£44,636 per year
Full-time
Contract (12 months fixed term)

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Job description

Marketing and Communications Manager

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£44,636 per annum + £750 per annum homeworking allowance

Homebased anywhere in UK with travel to West Midlands for meetings approximately once a month

£44,636 per annum + £750 per annum homeworking allowance

Fixed Term Contract for 12 months - 35 hours per week - flexible work pattern will be considered

Why Join TACT?

  • Top 5 UK Charity to Work For (2024)
  • 97% proud to work at TACT | 92% love working here
  • Not-for-profit – every surplus reinvested into children, carers & staff
  • Children’s voices shape every decision, system, and improvement we make at TACT.
  • Flexible homeworking from day one
  • Trauma-informed, values-led organisation

Benefits

  • 31 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
  • 45p per mile business mileage
  • Stakeholder Pension (salary sacrifice)
  • Family-friendly & flexible working policies
  • Volunteer days

Wellbeing & Non-Salary Benefits

  • Homeworking IT bundle + home office loan
  • HelpHand EAP (24/7 GP, CBT, physio, mental health support)
  • Over 35 hours a year of access to on line wellbeing events and team wellbeing days
  • Menopause Policy + free clinician appointments
  • Regular team wellbeing & connection events

Training & Career Development

  • Excellent learning & development programme
  • Opportunity to grow therapeutic & trauma-informed practice
  • Supportive leadership and clear career progression pathways
  • Involvement in innovative projects (e.g. TACT Connect, Health, Education)

The Role

You’ll work closely with foster carers and social work colleagues to deliver high-quality, trauma-informed support and improve outcomes for children and young people.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Managing a multidisciplinary team alongside the Head of Marketing & Communication.
  • Having operational oversight of all internal and corporate communications.
  • Implementing change with the aim of developing TACT's ability to connect our cause with internal stakeholders and audiences.
  • Working collaboratively across the organisation to embed and develop TACT's brand.
  • Improving employee and carer satisfaction and retention and contributing to TACT being the agency of choice for prospective carers and employees.

What You’ll Need

  • Relevant Marketing or Communications qualification to degree level or qualified by experience
  • Experience of managing a marketing team 
  • Experience of leading the implementation of Marketing and Communications strategies.  
    Experience in internal and external communications and delivery of marketing campaigns to further the organisation’s reach and support engagement.
  • Strong understanding of digital communications concepts and best practice.
  • Knowledge and understanding of foster care and the role that TACT plays. 
  • Ability to think strategically and commercially.
  • A Standard DBS (processed by TACT)

Travel

  • Homebased role
  • Monthly face-to-face meetings in the West Midlands area is essential
  • Additional travel for training, team and carer events

Key Dates

  • Closing Date: Friday 31st July 2026 (midnight)
  • Interviews: Tuesday 18th August 2026 (Microsoft Teams)

Safeguarding Commitment

Safeguarding is everyone’s business, and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work.  As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children.  We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people.  All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies. 

Apply early - we may close the role if we receive a high volume of applications.

Organisation
TACT View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 101 - 500
Posted on: 08 July 2026
Closing date: 31 July 2026 at 23:30
Job ref: 316458CHJ
Tags: Marketing, Youth / Children