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The Housing Network is seeking a strategic marketing and communications leader to enhance its brand and outreach efforts. This role involves crafting effective messages, managing bids, and engaging stakeholders to support the organization’s mission of providing safe and stable accommodation for all. The ideal candidate will have a proven background in marketing and communications, alongside strong project management skills.
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We are The Housing Network (THN), a private Limited Company with a purpose.
We exist to provide 'More than a Roof', because when life is at its toughest, we believe everyone deserves a safe and stable place to rebuild their lives.
Homelessness is a vast and complex issue that does not have a single solution. In understanding that reality, we've learned the importance of perspective; appreciating that if we continue to innovate, collaborate, and give our best, we are playing our part in making a vital difference.
We are a team that is absolutely committed to innovate, excel and be dependable in all that we do.
Working hard together to achieve our mission of providing Better Accommodation, Better Support, Better Partnerships, and as a result Better Business.
This is an incredibly exciting time for The Housing Network as we accelerate delivery of our Strategy 2024/29 : The missing Piece journey. A journey that will see us expand our services to provide over 10,000 units of safe and inspiring accommodation into 75% of Local Authority areas across the UK!
We are absolutely committed to delivering our strategy and understand that taking a strategic approach to our marketing and communications will play a fundamental role in enabling that, sharing the outcomes and impact of our work - helping to build stakeholder confidence and awareness.
This new role will lead the strategic development and operational delivery of all external and internal communications activity, ongoing brand development, media engagement, public affairs, digital content, event management and bid coordination across the organisation.
You will be responsible for significantly raising the profile and reputation of THN by delivering high-quality, consistent, values-led messaging across all platforms/media - projecting and engaging in the authentic corporate voice at all times.
You will work closely with our Senior Leadership Team and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to ensure that our communications are aligned with our strategy, align with sector specific elements/trends and highlight our unique selling points - leveraging a competitive advantage and supporting growth.
You will also lead our Bid Management function, working with our Senior Leadership Team and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to create a framework of aligned opportunities, maintaining a constant market scanning approach to identify potential bids; then supporting the end-to-end development of compelling, accurate, well-constructed, competitive and high-quality submissions.
We're looking for a bold, creative and collaborative leader who is confident navigating a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment and has an innate ability to connect vision with action. Whoever joins us in this role will be at the top of their game. They will be an established sector professional, with unparalleled knowledge and experience in the field, with an unwavering appetite and desire to excel and win!
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We believe our values should reflect in our behaviour towards our colleagues, partners and residents while we work to achieve our Strategy 2024>29. These values are to be; Innovative, Dynamic, Dependable, Respectful, and Kind.
The Housing Network is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst the workforce.
We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
As an employer we welcome applications from candidates with lived experience, demonstrating our commitment to capturing the value of "expertise by experience" and providing More than a Voice for our residents.
All job offers are subject to a DBS check (level to be advised through the hiring process).