Marketing and Communications Manager

Radio Asian Fever; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

HealthHero – Employee AssistanceScheme

Virtual GP service for staff

Personal wellbeing and training budget

24/7 confidential staff helpline

Learning and personal development

Staff wellbeing activities and away‑t‑

Job summary

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. The Marketing and Communications Manager will lead on raising Touchstone’s profile across West Yorkshire and beyond, supporting growth, increasing service engagement and promoting fundraising and sponsorship opportunities.

The role requires extensive senior experience in marketing and communications and the ability to drive community and corporate fundraising initiatives.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior-level experience in marketing and communications.
• Skilled at supporting community and corporate fundraising activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead on raising Touchstone’s profile across West Yorkshire and beyond.
• Support organisational growth and increase service engagement.
• Promote fundraising and sponsorship opportunities.

Skills

Marketing leadership

Communications strategy

Stakeholder engagement

Fundraising support

Job description

Marketing and Communications Manager
Touchstone

SALARY:

TPS (2024) Points* 32 – 35, starting at £42,345.37 pa/pro rata

HOURS:
22.5 hours per week

*Any increase in pay point(s) will be reviewed on annual basis based on the financial position of Touchstone and will only be awarded on this basis. Your pay/pay point will not automatically increase.

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that we can only deliver excellence to the people we serve if the people we recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.

This a new and exciting role created to support Touchstone’s aspirations to grow and further develop innovative community-led mental health services. The postholder will lead on raising Touchstone’s profile across West Yorkshire and beyond, supporting organisational growth, increasing service engagement and promoting fundraising/sponsorship opportunities.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience at a senior level in marketing and communications and will be skilled at supporting community and corporate fundraising activities.

Information session via TEAMS on Wednesday 11th November 2026 at 12:30pm. Email [e-mail] for a link to join.

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 26th November 2026

Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 9th December 2026

Queries regarding this vacancy can be made to [e-mail]

As an employee of Touchstone you will benefit from the following:

• Working for a diverse and inclusive organisation e.g. 36% *BME staff, 25% *LGBTQ+ staff, 16% *staff with a disability. Staff and peer support networks (*as above and many more)
• 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Flexible working opportunities
• Access to HealthHero – Employee Assistance Scheme and Virtual GP service for staff
• Personal wellbeing and training budget.
• Access to 24/7 confidential staff helpline.
• Health and wellbeing activities and fun staff team away days
• Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
• Additional day of leave as a celebration day or health and wellbeing
• Learning and personal development opportunities

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, an equal rights employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGB and Trans communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. All applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria will be interviewed. Additional information can be obtained from our equal opportunities policy. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you. Applications can be obtained by visiting www.touchstonesupport.org.uk or by e-mailing [e-mail]. Please note that feedback is not provided to applicants who have not been shortlisted. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Added: 19th of October
Closes: 26th of November