Community, Engagement and Marketing officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Kent Country Parks (KCP) as the Communication, Engagement and Marketing Officer. You will be based out of Country Parks including Shorne Woods Country Park, Lullingstone Country Park and Trosley with flexible working.

There are 9 Country Parks and 3 countryside sites with over 1 million visitors per year.

Key responsibilities of the role will be:

• to review the current communications, engagement and marketing activity to deliver improvements.


• Design and deliver the Kent Country Parks marketing and engagement action plan. Be the lead officer for internal and external communications and marketing of the Country Parks to visitors and partners.


• Work across the parks and teams to market products and events, taking responsibility for the specific marketing campaigns and projects.


• Line manage the business support team that support Kent Country Parks.


You will be responsible for Kent Country Park website presence, functionality and online content working with the KCC digital team. Including developing and maintaining an online image library.

You will join the team leaders group and work closely with the other team leaders to agree a joint marketing approach to delivery and to support efforts to commercialise and generate income for Kent Country Parks. We are looking for this role to seek and develop new income generating opportunities.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Work that works for you and us - let's talk flexibility!

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.