Award-winning animal charity, Pet Blood Bank UK, is recruiting for the position of Assistant Marketing Manager. You will play a key role in supporting the Marketing Manager and team to deliver the charity’s marketing and fundraising strategies, ensuring we continue to grow, raise awareness, and build our community. A strong understanding of marketing with a creative and proactive approach is essential for this position.

Background

Launched in 2007, Pet Blood Bank UK is the only charity that provides a blood bank service for all vets across the UK. As part of our charitable remit, our aim is to advance animal health and welfare and to relieve suffering by providing quick and convenient access to blood. Every unit of blood helps save up to four other lives, saving thousands of lives every year.

Our Values

Caring. Pioneering. Real. These are the values Pet Blood Bank UK is built upon. Our values bind us together as a charity and guide everything we do. We expect every team member to know, understand and embody our values, helping to build our reputation as a pioneering, caring and practical charity. Read more about our values.

What you’ll do

• Work closely with the Marketing Manager to deliver the marketing strategy for the year in line with the overall strategy for the charity
• Take responsibility for defined projects within the marketing plan, delivering against agreed goals and objectives.
• As a custodian of our brand, you will ensure everything we do is in alignment with our brand identity and values
• Contribute to the creation and delivery of marketing campaigns to raise awareness and grow the charity
• Support the marketing team to thrive within their roles, ensuring they have the tools needed to deliver their work, as well as reviewing and approving any materials and communications they produce
• Support the marketing team and Senior Management Team in the absence of the Marketing Manager
• Work closely with the Marketing Manager and marketing team to deliver the fundraising strategy for the year
• Work with the team to deliver the events strategy for the year, including attending events across the year
• Support the delivery of our customer and volunteer strategies
• Oversee KPIs for the department and produce regular performance reports
• Take part in a rota to monitor social media channels across the weekend

What we need

We’re looking for someone creative who has a good all round understanding of marketing. This is a varied role with the opportunity to get involved in many different aspects of marketing. Good organisational skills, excellent copywriting, and a strong attention to detail are essential.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• A marketing or business qualification, or equivalent experience
• Minimum three years of experience in a marketing role
• A passionate, proactive, and creative approach
• A high level of personal motivation and passion for the cause
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presentation or media skills
• The ability to work under pressure with competing priorities
• A passion for supporting and helping to grow a team

What’s in it for you

In return, we offer full training, competitive salary with pay progression, contributory pension scheme, lifestyle rewards, and 30 days annual holidays (pro rata, including bank holidays).

Further details

This is a permanent part-time role based in our Dunfermline office, working 24 hours per week, ideally 6 hours per day across 4 days. Hours can be discussed at interview.

This role involves taking part in a 1 in 3 rota to monitor our social media channels over the weekend, which we expect takes no more than one hour across the two days. If you are on duty, you will finish one hour earlier on your last working day of the week before.

Occasional travel will be involved to attend donation sessions, events, our Loughborough office, and other marketing related activities that could take place across the UK.