Audience Growth Officer

Summary

Join Mary's Meals as a passionate and proactive Audience Growth Officer to expand its global movement. You will support grassroots engagement activities, focusing on connecting with new audiences, particularly young people and faith-based communities. Working with the Global Audience Growth team, you'll deliver campaigns and engagement activities to attract new supporters and volunteers. This hands-on role involves liaising with National Affiliates, Global Youth Ambassadors, and other teams. Responsibilities include planning and delivering projects, raising awareness, coordinating Mary's Meals' presence at events, and assisting with research and reporting. The ideal candidate will have experience in youth engagement, grassroots fundraising, and volunteer engagement.

Requirements

• Great communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven experience of working in youth engagement and grassroots fundraising, including event management
• Experience of engaging with volunteers and building strong relationships
• Great organisational skills, with the ability to juggle priorities with care
• Creativity, with a solutions orientated approach
• Self-motivated with strong time management skills, able to manage deadlines and juggle priorities with care
• A passion for our work with a strong commitment to Mary’s Meals values, mission and vision
• Cultural sensitivity, with the ability to connect with people from all walks of life

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of engagement strategies focused on youth, volunteers, and faith-based communities
• Build strong relationships with our inspiring Global Youth Ambassadors
• Plan and deliver projects and campaigns that raise awareness and attract new supporters
• Work with our team in Medjugorje to help bring our annual strategy to life
• Help coordinate Mary’s Meals’ presence at global faith-based events
• Assist with research, communications and reporting to help measure success and keep us learning and improving
• Collaborate across teams to keep grassroots work aligned with global audience growth goals

Benefits

• 34 days annual leave (pro-rated for part time working patterns) including bank holidays, increasing by 1 day each completed calendar year, to a maximum of 39 days (+ option to buy another week)
• Flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance
• Medical insurance for candidates located in Kenya, Liberia, Malawi and Zambia
• Pension - depending on the location of the candidate. For international candidates - any pension contribution paid as part of salary will be subject to normal statutory deductions/ taxation