Demos is looking to recruit a talented marketing and relationships professional to deliver our Sheffield Good Credit project: a place-based financial inclusion initiative that aims to transform credit provision throughout the UK, starting with the Sheffield City Region.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop a network and database of stakeholders across the private, public, voluntary, media and political sectors in the region.
• Engage these stakeholders in the project and secure significant buy-in from them to take action on improving the local credit environment.
• Develop and maintain strong and sustainable relationships with key stakeholders to maximise the project’s success and raise Demos’ visibility in the region.
• Work with these stakeholders to support their initiatives, by being solutions-focused and quick to identify connections across the project.
• Work with Demos’ External Affairs team to write communications copy, and publicise and support the project’s associated events.
• Contribute to the intellectual capital of Demos via blogs, staff meetings and away days and by supporting colleagues as required.
• Identify and manage areas of reputational risk.

Person specification:

• An enthusiastic, entrepreneurial, proactive and tenacious person with good judgment.
• Track record of successfully marketing products products, initiatives or projects in either a B2B environment or a Campaign environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to explain complex concepts in simple and engaging terms.
• Highly organised, able to work independently and manage a varied workload.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to build and manage fruitful relationships including with information-rich, time-poor senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of financial inclusion and/or experience of working in an organisation that promotes it (desirable).
• Experience of working in the Sheffield City Region (desirable).
• Experience using Microsoft Office/G-Suite (desirable).

Further details

This role is part-time (0.5 full time equivalent) on fixed term basis to the end of June 2020.

This role is Home-working from the Sheffield City Region/South Yorkshire, reporting to Demos' Head of Major Projects.

More details can be found on our website: 

https://demos.co.uk/marketing-relationships-coordinator/