Digital Marketing Officer
Join us in the fight against hunger and food waste - your creativity and passion could change lives across the Midlands
Job Title: Digital Marketing Officer
Reporting to:Marketing & Communications Manager
Location: Coronation Food Hub, Birmingham - hybrid working
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, 4 days/30 hours considered
Contract: Interim (minimum 6 months) to permanent
Salary:£26655 per annum
About FareShare Midlands
FareShare Midlands is the region’s largest food redistribution charity, tackling inequality, transforming lives and ensuring no good food goes to waste. We rescue surplus food and redistribute it to over 650 charities and community organisations, helping to feed around 60,000 people every week.
Alongside food redistribution, we invest in people and communities through volunteering, education and employability programmes. With the opening of the Sir Peter Rigby Coronation Food Hub in Birmingham, we are entering a significant period of growth, innovation and increased impact across the Midlands.
The Role
This is a hands-on Digital Marketing Officer role created to support the overall marketing and communications, with specific responsibilities in respect of employability programmes and overall Hub-based activity.
Working closely with the Senior Marketing & Communications Manager and the wider MarComms team, the postholder will deliver engaging, practical marketing and communications activity that supports:
General marketing and communicationsEmployability SkillsShare programmes
Project-based initiatives such as local pantries
Internal communications and staff/volunteer engagement
New opportunities such as meeting room hire, community kitchen hire and events
This role is ideal for someone with strong video, content and digital skills, who enjoys variety, collaboration and seeing their work directly enable delivery teams and participants.
Key Responsibilities
Digital Content & Video
Lead on the creation and editing of video content for:
o Social media and digital channels
o Impact stories and case studies
o Employability programmes and participant journeys
o Internal communications and staff engagement
Capture and edit short-form and long-form content aligned to brand guidelinesSupport filming opportunities across the Hub and wider organisation
Employability & Hub Marketing
Work closely with the Employability team to support recruitment, engagement and promotion of SkillsShare programmesCreate accessible, engaging content for participants, employers and funders
Support marketing and communications for Hub-based initiatives, projects and pilots (eg catering, hospitality, pantries)
Ensure employability activity is consistently represented across digital channels
Campaign & Project Support
Support marketing and communications activity for:
o Meeting room hire and community kitchen hire
o Events and Hub-based activity
o New routes to market and community projects
Collaborate with other MarComms officers to deliver integrated campaigns where neededAdapt content for different audiences and channels
Email Marketing & Internal Comms
Support email marketing activity in collaboration with the Senior Manager and Digital Marketing OfficerContribute content for internal communications, working alongside the Senior Digital Marketing Officer
Help ensure staff and volunteers feel informed, engaged and connected during a period of change and growth
Brand, Reporting & Collaboration
Act as a brand champion, ensuring consistency and quality across outputsContribute to basic reporting and insight gathering to support evaluation and improvement
Work collaboratively with colleagues across Marketing, Employability, Volunteering and Fundraising teams
Support ad hoc marketing and communications activity as required
What We’re Looking For
Essential
Experience in a digital marketing or communicationsStrong video content creation and editing skills
Excellent written communication skills and attention to detail
Experience creating content for social media and digital channels
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a busy, evolving environment
A collaborative, proactive and flexible approach
Desirable
Experience in the charity, public or social impact sectorExperience supporting employability, skills or community programmes
Graphic design skills and confidence using design software
Experience contributing to internal communications
Basic understanding of performance reporting and analytics
How to Apply
If you would like to apply for this role, please create a supporting statement to demonstrate your suitability and to explain your interest in both the job and FareShare Midlands. Please send your supporting statement with a copy of your CV. Please note that applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.
We continue to strive to ensure that the profile of our staff and volunteers reflects the diverse communities we serve across the Midlands. As such we encourage and welcome applications from all our communities. We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds as they are currently under-represented within FareShare Midlands.Closing date for applications is 12pm on Friday 27th February 2026