Marketing and Communications Manager

Place2be; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health charity in the UK is seeking a Marketing & Communications Manager to lead strategies that promote their mission. You'll work closely with key stakeholders to plan, implement, and evaluate impactful marketing plans, focusing on children's mental health support. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with excellent project management skills and a passion for making a difference. Join us in shaping the future of mental health support for children.

Benefits

Annual Leave that increases with service

Comprehensive learning and development

5% contributory pension scheme

Life assurance of four times your annual salary

Comprehensive employee assistance programme

Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)

Wellbeing days

Christmas holidays closure period

Qualifications

• Strong project management skills are essential for leading projects from brief to delivery.
• Ability to develop marketing and communications strategies that drive engagement.
• Experience collaborating with digital and design teams to create impactful campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, and evaluate marketing and communications strategies.
• Collaborate with teams to create campaigns that resonate with target audiences.

Skills

Project management skills

Strategic thinking

Collaboration with stakeholders

Job description

Join us as Marketing & Communications Manager and play a pivotal role in promoting Place2Be’s services and mission: ensuring no child has to face mental health issues alone.

In this role, you’ll work closely with key stakeholders to plan, implement, and evaluate marketing and communications strategies that drive engagement and impact. You’ll lead projects from brief to delivery, collaborating with our digital and design teams to create campaigns that truly resonate.

This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic thinker with strong project management skills and a passion for making a difference. If you’re ready to help shape the future of children’s mental health support, we’d love to hear from you.

Together we can change children’s lives. At Place2Be, we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. We create a safe place in schools where children and young people can open up without pressure or stigma, allowing our highly skilled and diverse counsellors to reach children, young people and their families who need us.

For a career with purpose, this is your place.

Recruitment Process

As part of your application you will need to answer some shortlisting questions. Please answer these as fully as you can, we recommend using the STAR model. Situation, Task, Action Result.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on 09 January 2026

1st Interview date: 15 January 2026

2nd Interview date: 22 January 2026

Our Benefits

• Annual Leave that increases with service
• Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career
• 5% contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance of four times your annual salary
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)
• Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time
• Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave

We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organisation.

We are proud to be a disability confident employer and will ask you during your application If you wish to be considered for a guaranteed interview under the disability confident scheme. Under the scheme we commit to offering an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria as outlined in the job role.

If you have any questions about the scheme, or require any adjustments to help you complete an application then please contact the recruitment team on 020 7923 5050 or email [email protected]

We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may want to use it to help you format your CV, create responses to application questions or even help you prepare responses. AI can be a powerful enabler and we are open to you using it to apply for roles with us, but we ask you to ensure anything you submit truly represents your capabilities and viewpoint. We value honesty, integrity and creativity and want to understand what you will uniquely bring to our team. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

£40,994 pro rata (from FTE of £51,243 p.a)