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Communications Assistant (37 hours per week)
Band 3 Point 3 £17,458
Award-winning Beamish, The Living Museum of the North is looking for an enthusiastic, creative and hard-working Communications Assistant.
This is an exciting time for Beamish, which is welcoming record numbers of visitors – 750,406 visitors in 2016/17. The open air museum’s Remaking Beamish project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), will see the addition of a 1950s Town, farm and expansion of the 1820s Landscape, including a Georgian coaching inn, where visitors can stay overnight.
Beamish’s Communications Team is responsible for the museum’s marketing; PR; digital communications, including website and social media; publications; video & photography and design.
The Communications Assistant will support all aspects of the Communications Team’s work and also provide additional support for projects within the Group & Venue Sales Team and Partnerships Team, as required.
The Communications Assistant will help to monitor and create engaging content for the museum’s social media channels and website; write fascinating copy for a range of internal and external publications and digital platforms; help to produce and distribute marketing materials and assist all members of the team, including being responsible for administrative duties.
The post holder will be able to write fluently for a range of audiences, will have an enthusiastic “can do” attitude, possess outstanding attention to detail, be able to work in a team and independently, have excellent organisational skills, and can work in a fast-paced environment to tight deadlines.
Closes
Friday 29th September 2017
Return completed application forms to:
The closing date for completed applications is noon on Friday, 29th September 2017. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted w/c 9th October 2017. Interviews will be held w/c 16thOctober 2017.
HR and People Development Team, Beamish Museum, Beamish, Co Durham, DH9 ORG
E-mail: office@beamish.org.uk