Communications manager

Contract: Part-time, 32 hours a week (0.8 FTE)

Help shape the future of a charity transforming young lives through music.

Nucleo’s free, immersive, ensemble-based programme is currently making a musical education possible for over 400 children and young people in northwest London. We work with students aged 0 to 20, building strong, connected musical communities in which our young musicians can grow and thrive, developing both as musicians and as people.

Since 2013, Nucleo has been delivering free, high-quality music education to children and young people in North Kensington. Today, we support more than 400 young people aged 0-20 through immersive ensemble-based learning that strengthens confidence, skills, families and communities.

This is an exciting opportunity for a communications professional who enjoys working as part of a creative team, communicating with different audiences, managing both visual and written content, and using their skills in a purpose-driven environment.

You will:

• Oversee the delivery of our communications strategy
• Maintain regular contact with our audiences across various channels, as well as maintaining Nucleo’s “shop front” spaces
• Work closely with all members of our team to ensure consistency of messaging and identity across all communications, both internally and externally
• Centre and amplify the voices of the Nucleo community, most importantly those of young people
• Help to establish Nucleo’s identity, develop our audiences, and keep existing audiences engaged and informed as we continue to grow

Essential experience and skills

• At least 2 years relevant work experience in communications
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Significant experience of copywriting, with a strong ability to adapt tone of voice
• Strong storytelling ability, with great care for the relational ethics of communicating about the people with whom we work
• Experience of simple graphic design tools (we use Canva), as well as sufficient knowledge to manage professional graphic designers where relevant
• Experience of running creative campaigns
• Experience of creating print materials
• Experience of website management (we use SquareSpace)
• Experience of mailing list management (we use MailChimp)
• Experience of monitoring engagement and managing audiences
• Experience managing calendars, keeping track of multiple concurrent initiatives and collaborations, and organising / prioritising workload
• Social media competency
• Significant experience of cross-team working
• Ability to work proactively and independently
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to build strong collaborative relationships
• Excellent proof-reading skills
• Strong attention to detail, both verbal and visual
• Passion for and interest in Nucleo’s mission

Desirable

• Line management experience
• Experience working in the charity sector
• Experience working with young people or in education / youth organisations

Why Join Nucleo?

At Nucleo, you'll be part of a passionate team using the power of music to create lasting social change. This is a chance to apply your expertise in a role with genuine impact on the lives of children, young people and their communities.The full Recruitment Pack for this role can be found here: www.thenucleoproject.org/news/join-nucleo-as-our-communications-manager

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.