Salary
Grade 7, £27,711 to £29,093 per annum

Reference
2025_1462

Location
County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight, agile working and various locations across the Island

37 hours per week

Are you a creative communicator with a passion for purpose? We’re looking for a Marketing Specialist to help us shine a light on the incredible work happening across our internal services, specifically our care homes and our Wightcare tele-alarm and response service

In this role, you’ll:

• Craft compelling campaigns that connect with our community
• Drive engagement across digital and traditional channels
• Help shape the future of care and assistive technology to help people feel safe in the least intrusive way
• Improve our reach to people needing short term stays in care homes
• Help us to maintain our customers in our Wightcare service and through your efforts, increase our customer base

What you’ll bring:

• Flair for storytelling and content creation
• Experience in marketing that is transferable to a care and support environment
• A heart for social impact and community wellbeing

Join a team where your creativity fuels real change.

Apply now and help us care, connect, and communicate better.

If you would like more information or to arrange an informal discussion, please contact Martin Garbett at 01983 821000 Ext. 8312 or email Martin.Garbett@iow.gov.uk.

Join #TeamIWC and you’ll receive our staff benefits package, including:

• Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays!
• Local Government pension scheme
• Discounted Solent ferry travel
• Island bus network discount
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff parking permit scheme
• Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership
• National and local discounts & benefits schemes
• Relocation scheme of up to £8,000 may be available for some roles (subject to criteria)
• Travel allowance may be available if commuting from the mainland (subject to criteria)

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island.

The Isle of Wight Council currently does not have a license to sponsor overseas workers.

We actively promote the diversity of our workforce, and provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees. We are an equal opportunities employer, proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community.

We are a Disability Confident employer. Along with a number of commitments, this means, providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination, and this is supported by;

unacceptable behaviour policy

employee code of conduct

our values, culture and inclusivity

The Isle of Wight Council’s Terms & Conditions of employment are available upon request. Please contact our recruitment team via adverts@iow.gov.uk if you would like to receive a copy.

The Isle of Wight Council reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than stated, if required. To ensure your application is considered, it is recommended to submit your application promptly.

Out of Hours Standby and Call Out. You may be asked to provide support in exceptional circumstances, outside of usual business hours. Unless stated otherwise in the job summary for the role this is not part of the department’s usual standby arrangements.

For support completing your online application or for further information on how to apply, phone 01983 823134 or email callcentre@iow.gov.uk  Only applications submitted online by the closing date will be accepted.

We often receive a high volume of applicants for our vacancies. If you do not hear from the recruiting manager within three weeks of the closing date, we regret that your application will not have been successful on this occasion. Please revisit our job page for alternate posts that may be suitable.

Please read the Application Guidance Notes before applying. If you are unable to complete this application, email us at careers@iow.gov.uk or telephone us on 01983 823113