Two media job vacancies (press and comms officer and a digital media officer) – Mary’s Meals

CLOSING DATE: February 1, 2013

Mary’s Meals is a fast-growing international organisation, currently providing over 700,000 impoverished children with a daily school meal, in 16 developing countries.

Press and Communications Officer – Glasgow

Would you like to use your strong communication skills to help make a difference? An opportunity has arisen within Mary’s Meals for a press and communications officer to work as part of a small team in a fast paced environment.

We are looking for someone with the enthusiasm, passion and experience to help us raise further awareness of our work. Your work will extend across a wide range of communication activities, including the media, online, working with our international support groups, and producing publication and publicity materials.

You will be used to working under pressure and will be proactive in your approach, have the ability to juggle different tasks at the one time, and will be capable of building good working relations both internally and externally. You will have at least three years PR or media experience.

Digital Media Officer – Glasgow

This is a newly-created position and an exciting opportunity to play a key role in expanding our digital presence in order to raise awareness of our work and attract new supporters, in addition to maintaining relationships with existing supporters.

You will be used to working closely in an integrated way with a wider team and will be bursting with ideas around how digital media can be used to benefit our work.

Your role will involve taking responsibility for managing and keeping our websites up to date, supporting and building relationships with our overseas support groups, managing and growing our social media presence and designing and developing the our email marketing campaigns.

The successful candidate will work with the Head of Communications to implement a digital plan in line with the wider communications strategy. You will at least two years’ digital media experience.

By contributing to the work of Mary’s Meals you could become part of a worldwide movement of people who will not accept that any child in this world of plenty must endure a day without food.

For full job descriptions visit: www.marysmeals.org.uk/category/vacancies/

To apply send CV with covering letter in support of application to: jobs@marysmeals.org

Closing date for both posts: 1st February 2013

Mary’s Meals – Charity Reg. No. SCO22140

Email: jobs@marysmeals.org