Marketing Post

• Location: Rowan Consultancy, Perth
• Hours: 14 hours
• Salary: £19,800 full time equivalent

Marketing Job Opportunity at Rowan

Rowan enables people to lead more satisfying lives, by working in partnership with them to increase self-awareness, knowledge and skills, benefitting individuals, relationships, teams, workplaces and society.

Background 

We’re a small, friendly team, who, although we work separately, support each other. We want to help people live better and we’re looking for someone who feels the same, to join us and help us grow. 

Rowan provides the following services throughout Scotland:

• Counselling to individuals, couples, families and young people
• Employee counselling services
• Critical incident debriefing
• Training in leadership, coaching and counselling skills
• Workplace mediation
• Coaching

Hours of work

14 hours each week, comprising:

• Wednesday morning 9.30am – 12 noon
• The remaining hours to be agreed on appointment, to be worked between 9am- 5pm, Monday-Friday. Please state your preferences in your application.

Based at: 2^nd floor, 4 Kinnoull Street, Perth, PH1 5EN, please note the office is up several flights of stairs with no lift. 

Responsible to Rachel Weiss, Senior Partner

Purpose of job: to undertake marketing duties, publicising Rowan’s training courses and services, with the aim of increasing sales. We provide great services, we need you to let the world know about them!

Organisational structure

There are two job-share office managers, a finance administrator, a marketing person and the Head of Counselling, who each report to one of the two partners. 
We have a network of about 50 self-employed, sessional counsellors throughout the UK, some of whom work from our Perth office, and a handful of freelance trainers and coaches.

Main tasks

• Plan yearly marketing schedule
• Create and implement marketing plan for each course
• Monitor source analysis for all courses and use accordingly
• Manage Rowan database on Mailchimp in line with GDPR
• Plan, write and send monthly e-newsletter via MailChimp
• Contribute to Rowan’s social media channels
• Update Rowan website using WordPress

Personal Qualities Required

• Reliable, efficient and self-motivating
• Attention to detail
• Able to work independently with minimum supervision
• Creative and organised
• Able to use own initiative and learn new skills
• Able to prioritise own workload

Skills Required

• Ability to write clear yet inviting copy
• Proofreading and editing skills
• Able to learn new applications on the job
• Excellent communication skills

Experience

• Using Microsoft Office Word, Outlook and Excel
• Experience of working in a marketing role in a small/medium business

Desirable qualities

• Educated to HND or degree level
• Experience of business social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter
• Experience of using Mailchimp and WordPress

Pay and Conditions

£19.8k full-time equivalent annual salary (based on a 37.5 hour week) 

Initial probation period of 3 months

Five weeks paid holiday per annum (pro rata), statutory sick pay, no bank holidays.

Closing date: 9am, September 2^nd 2019        

Interview date: Wednesday September 11^th 2019

To apply:

Send your CV, including contact details for a reference, to rowan@rowan-consultancy.co.uk with a covering email explaining what attracts you to this post and how you meet the requirements above. Please tell us where you saw the post advertised.

We may contact referees before interview, unless you ask us not to do so.

If you have any queries, contact Rachel Weiss or Amanda Furness at Rowan on 01738 562005 or rowan@rowan-consultancy.co.uk