One Family – Ireland’s national organisation for one-parent families is recruiting a part-time permanent Communications Manager.
One Family is Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone, sharing parenting or separating. We provide support, information and specialist family support services to all members of all one-parent families, as well as to those experiencing an unplanned pregnancy and to professionals working with one-parent families. One Family’s vision is that every family in Ireland will be cherished equally, and will enjoy the social, financial and legal equality to create their own positive future.
This Manager role will lead the Communications service in One Family. The ideal candidate will utilise their broad communications background, as well as their media, events and marketing experience to positively communicate One Family’s mission and services. We seek and recruit candidates who display excellence and innovation.
Communications Manager Job Description
Communications:
1. Create and implement integrated communications strategies for One Family and each of its services.
2. Understand the communication concerns of One Family and positively communicate to diverse audiences about One Family’s vision, brand, strategy, policy concerns and services.
Media Relations:
3. Develop and maintain positive relationships with the media, provide information as required, promote One Family spokespersons and ‘pitch’ stories as required.
4. Oversee the monitoring of the media, maintain appropriate files and update all relevant One Family stakeholders.
5. Develop integrated media relations strategies to support campaigns.
6. Finalise and issue effective press releases.
7. Work with One Family’s media policy panel of parents in an appropriate and responsible manner.
8. Media train One Family spokespeople when required.
Social and online:
9. Oversee the creation of appropriate and targeted content for all social media channels.
10. Maximise the design and content creation of the www.onefamily.ie website and associated e-learning platforms.
11. Utilise existing storytelling templates for Facebook and Instagram to strengthen existing audience relationships.
12. Creation and publishing of One Family’s monthly e-zine, staff newsletter and updating of One Family intranet site.
13. Design social media ‘call to action’ and online advertising and advocacy campaigns.
Policy:
14. Support the policy team in communicating key policy messages and to support the development of policy campaigns as appropriate.
Publishing:
15. Develop, write content for, and oversee, the in-house design and publishing of One Family materials in soft and hard copy including annual rep