Community Outreach Lead (Local News)

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Remote)

£28K/yr – £34K/yrManagerFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Lead a small outreach team to build partnerships with schools, clubs, charities and local organizations while shaping strategy with senior leadership, and plan events to turn towns into contributors.

  • Own regional outreach delivery and partner development
  • Drive cross-team collaboration with editors, founders and senior managers

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead two community outreach officers and work with our editors day to day
  • Sit at the top table with the founder and CEO, our partnerships managers and editorial leads, and help shape where we go next
  • Open doors: schools, clubs, councils, charities and businesses, and get them publishing
  • Plan and run the sessions and events that turn a town into contributors
  • Front the team's updates, team calls and social posts: the face of local news in our regions
  • Keep the team organised and the numbers moving

Requirements

  • Have led people, projects or programmes and can show what happened
  • Are organised and confident with anyone, from a head teacher to a council leader
  • Want to be part of reinventing local media, not maintaining it
  • Ideally hold a driving licence and have access to a vehicle; tell us if you would travel another way

Benefits

  • Travel and expenses paid, mileage at 45p a mile.
  • 28 days' holiday a year pro rata (including bank holidays) and a workplace pension.
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Firefly New Media

We help organisations define their brand, launch websites, and to reach for the sky - using digital marketing. At Firefly, the goal was never to become some kind of big agency. We started local, helping friends and family get online, and this local touch has remained part of our DNA. Local businesses started coming on board and were treated the same as friends and family. Word got out and we started to grow. Then, we went global. We’re a group of digital business experts who are committed to one thing: your goals.

Founded in 2011
Edinburgh, Scotland, GBR
3 employees

Salaries

Posted range

£28K/yr – £34K/yr

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Community Outreach Lead (Local News)

Firefly New Media · Newcastle upon Tyne, UK · Remote