Marketing Manager - Fixed Term Contract 2 Years

Birmingham Hospice; Stafford; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Annual leave

Job summary

Birmingham Hospice is seeking a Marketing Manager to drive income growth through marketing and communications activity across fundraising, media, digital and campaigns.

This two-year fixed-term role (secondment) leads a small team and works closely with income generation colleagues to maximise supporter acquisition and retention, across social media, email and paid media, delivering creative and impactful campaigns.

Qualifications

• Some experience of line managing, mentoring or developing team members.
• Background in fundraising and/or communications.
• Proven track record creating multimedia communications campaigns across social media, email and paid digital advertising.
• Experience developing and managing digital channels, including websites and multiple social platforms.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage a complex workload.
• Creative thinker with ability to spot opportunities for innovation and growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team and collaborate with income generation colleagues.
• Deliver fundraising marketing, digital and campaigns activity to maximise income.
• Develop multimedia campaigns across social media, email and paid media.
• Support supporter acquisition and retention through creative campaigns.

Skills

Line management

Fundraising communications

Multimedia campaigns

Social media campaigns

Email marketing

Paid digital advertising

Digital channels management

Organisational skills

Creative thinking

Job description

Marketing Manager

Closing Date: 27th October 2026

Interview Date: 1st stage over Teams - 5th November 2026

2nd Interview Face to face - 12th November 2026

Band : Corporate Band E: £38,413 (year one), £39,908 (year two, subject to achieving objectives)

Team: Income Generation and Marketing Department

Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week, fixed term until December 2028 (covering a secondment)

DBS Required

Hybrid working with multi-site working from home and across both sites, Selly Park and Erdington

About the role

We are recruiting a Marketing Manager to support income growth through the delivery of Birmingham Hospice's income generation communications and marketing activity.

This is a two-year, fixed-term post covering a secondment - a genuine opportunity to make a lasting impact for a charity with ambitious plans for the future.

Leading a small team and working closely with income generation colleagues, you''ll bring together fundraising, media, marketing, digital, creative and campaigns activity to maximise income, supporter acquisition and retention.

You'll be confident leading projects and working collaboratively across teams to deliver impactful campaigns through social media, email and paid media, bringing creativity, innovation and new ideas to help secure and grow all forms of voluntary income and raise the profile of Birmingham Hospice.

What you''ll bring

• Some experience of line managing, mentoring or developing team members
• A background in a fundraising and/or communications environment
• A proven track record creating multimedia communications campaigns, including social media, email and paid digital advertising (e.g. Meta, Google, TikTok ads)
• Experience of developing and managing digiyal channels, including websites and a variety of social media platforms
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage a complex workload and prioritise effectively
• Creative thinking skills with the ability to spot opportunities for innovation and growth

What we offer

• Join a supportive, creative and collaborative team where your ideas are valued
• A varied and interesting role leading fundraising marketing, digital and campaigns activity
• Autonomy to try new things and bring innovation to your work
• Work that makes a genuine difference for people living with terminal illness and their families
• Recognition of prior NHS or hospice service (including pension and annual leave entitlements)
• Generous annual leave, wellbeing programmes and access to employee benefit platforms such as Stream and Engage