Marketing Officer - Adoption Counts

An opportunity has arisen to join Adoption Counts as our Marketing Officer. You will work closely with our Recruitment and Enquiries Manager and Head of Service to develop and implement an effective marketing strategy that will aim to ensure that increased numbers of adoptive parents are available for the identified groups of children in need of adoptive placements across the regional agency.

You will be an excellent communicator who is open, welcoming, and sensitive to complex and difficult issues. We are seeking someone who has the ability to work collaboratively with a team, make links with colleagues in other RAAs as well as colleagues in local authority communications teams. You will be expected to ensure our marketing activities maximise all opportunity for local publicity and awareness raising in the five locality areas Adoption Counts covers.

You should be a team player, as well as being able to self-motivate with good organisational skills, and be passionate about achieving positive outcomes for children.

Adoption Counts is a Regional Adoption agency, delivering adoption services in Cheshire East, Manchester, Salford, Stockport and Trafford local authorities. The agency was one of 5 national demonstrator projects and was the second agency to go "live" in July 2017 and continues to play a lead role in national developments and have strong links with the DFE. Covering a large geographical area, we function in a hub and spoke model .Hub functions such as recruitment, marketing, performance management, panel management and finance are based in Wythenshawe. The area is then covered from three geographical spokes-the northern spoke being in Salford, central in Wythenshawe, and south based in Wythenshawe and Middlewich.

If you are passionate about adoption, work to the highest standards and want to join a forward-thinking agency, then this is an exciting opportunity not to be missed.

Stockport local authority are the host agency and will employ staff, and therefore staff benefit from all Stockport terms and conditions. At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We're keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions., Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.