Communications and Marketing Officer

Role Responsibility

Fixed Term Contract for 12 months

EXPERIENCE is an exciting €23million tourism project funded by the Interreg V Channel England France Programme. Kent County Council is one of 14 partners in France and England. The project will work with businesses and partners to develop new tourism products that engage visitors in the landscape in a way that supports and enhances that landscape. EXPERIENCE will promote new experiential tourism products through tourism fairs, media and communication campaigns.

Working closely with colleagues in a highly skilled, multi-disciplinary team of six this role will ensure that the EXPERIENCE communications work delivers the project aims and objectives for consumer, business and stakeholder audiences of the Kent Downs AONB and the North Downs Way. Together with the project team, you will efficiently and effectively deliver the activities included in the EXPERIENCE Marketing and Communications strategy and action plan. Working with external agencies, freelancers and suppliers you will coordinate and deliver requirements to facilitate Marketing, Communications and Business engagement deliverables.

The role will involve direct support to the Marketing and Communications team and the Business Engagement and Tourism Manager. You will be working as part of the wider EXPERIENCE team including a Project Manager, a Project Officer, a Business Engagement Manager, the Communications Manager, Communications and Marketing Manager, the North Downs Way National Trail Manager, a Public Rights of Way Officer and the wider Kent Downs AONB team.

The role may involve some travel in the project pilot regions which are Brittany, Pas-de-Calais, and Compiègne in France and Norfolk, Kent, and Cornwall in the UK.

The EXPERIENCE project is led by the Kent Downs AONB Unit and this role is part of that wider team. It is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Interreg V Channel France England Programme, the North Downs Way National Trail, the Kent Downs AONB Unit and participating district and borough councils including Dover, Canterbury, Ashford, Gravesham, Swale and Kent County Council.

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role, please contact:

makala.thomas@kentdowns.org.uk

07446625930

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.