**Contract type:** Permanent.

**Hours:** Full-time, 37.5 hours per week (includes occasional evenings and weekends).

**Closing date:** 5pm on Friday July 14, 2023.

**Salary:** Competitive.

**Location:** Kingston Park Stadium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

**Reporting to:** Head of Newcastle Rugby Foundation.

We are recruiting a marketing, data and admin officer to help champion and promote the work of Newcastle Rugby Foundation. We are looking for a proactive and organised individual who has a strong understanding of marketing principles and passion for improving the lives of others whilst following our Rugby+ Values:

POSITIVE ENERGY.

LET’S MAKE CONNECTIONS.

UP FOR A CHALLENGE.

SUPPORTIVE AND CARING.

Working within a small team, you will work closely with our community development officers, multi-media designers and the head of Newcastle Rugby Foundation to plan and deliver marketing and data strategies which increase participation and encourage investment in our community programmes. All work will build upon our purpose of making Rugby+ the positive difference that changes lives for good.

This role is perfect for someone who wants to have the freedom to shape and drive a unique marketing proposition in the not-for-profit sector. You will gather and interpret data to understand and engage our funders, beneficiaries, and customers better to improve and expand our services.

**Safeguarding**

Newcastle Falcons, Thunder and Foundation take safeguarding very seriously and are committed to ensuring that all children and adults at risk are safeguarded at all times when engaging in club activities or services. The club has numerous safeguarding policies and best practice guidelines to support this and expects all employees to adopt such policies and practices at all times.

The club adheres to strict guidelines, policies and procedures when recruiting staff who work with children and/or adults at risk and is committed to ensuring staff receive appropriate safeguarding training suitable to their role/s. Successful applicants are expected to share the club’s approach to safeguarding at all times.

**Equal opportunities**

The post-holder’s duties must be carried out in compliance with the club’s equal opportunities policy, with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and subsequent health and safety legislation. Newcastle Falcons, Thunder and Foundation are an equal opportunities employer. All applicants for employment will be given equal opportunities irrespective of sex, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnicity or national origin.

These duties and responsibilities should be regarded as neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post-holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities within Newcastle Falcons, commensurate with the post without changing the character of the post.

This post requires an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Information on all convictions including spent convictions must be declared, in line with the new Government Filtering System.

If you wish to see our candidate privacy notice, click [**HERE**][1].

**What happens next?**

For an application form and more information please email katy.mcgurk@newcastle-falcons.co.uk .

To apply, please email melanie.magee@newcastle-falcons.co.uk by no later than 5pm on Friday July 14.

If successful, we will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date.

**About the charity**

Established in 2005, Newcastle Rugby Foundation (reg. 1107851) is the official charity of Newcastle Falcons and Newcastle Thunder professional rugby teams. The charity comprises of two sections, Falcons Community and Thunder Community. Each year, we work with 15,000+ people in the North-East and Cumbria in some of the most deprived communities to activate positive change.

Start your Rugby+ journey [**HERE**][2].

[1]: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67084057/newcastle-rugby-privacy-notice-for-candidates
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMd3bxRN6BU