Description:

Director of Communications and Marketing

Menter a Busnes

Salary: £62,500

Location: Aberystwyth, Cardiff, Carmarthen, Gaerwen or Llanrwst

Menter a Busnes, an independent, not-for-profit company dedicated to empowering Welsh businesses, is looking for a Director of Communications and Marketing to join its Leadership Team. 

With a committed workforce of c.170 individuals working across five offices in Wales, Menter a Busnes offers consultancy services, expert commercial support, and fosters collaborative networks across various sectors. Operating on a pan-Wales basis, with additional reach into the UK and Europe, the company upholds excellence with ISO9001 accreditation, ensuring the highest standards in its services.

The new Director of Communications and Marketing will play a leading role in developing Menter a Busnes’ new Corporate Communications and Marketing Strategy, as well as shaping the Brand and Business Strategy.Enabling teams to share amazing stories, the successful candidate will build a positive Company reputation, showing how Menter a Busnes breeds innovation, how it’s dynamic, takes action, and makes a difference.

A Welsh speaker (up to level *C1), you will have:

➢ Strong influencing skills, particularly in relation to people and performance.

➢ A successful track record as a senior manager, including specific experience of leading marketing and communications teams directly and through matrix-management, and effectively managing a marketing budget in an organisation
of equivalent size or larger.

➢ A commitment to high quality, customer-centred content and the benefits that flow from a strategic approach to marketing and communications across the business.

➢ Evidence of using personal influence to improve and innovate marketing
and communications performance, particularly at Director and Board-level.

Equality and Diversity Declaration

Menter a Busnes is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age.  In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, for most roles we will consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

*C1 The successful candidate will easily understand almost everything that is heard or said, and will be able to speak at length about complex issues, present arguments, and lead discussions. They will be able to summarise information from different oral and written sources, and be able to express themselves fluently and in detail, adapting the style of their language according to the audience.

For an informal discussion and a copy of the Candidate Pack, please contact the Goodson Thomas team on 029 2167 4422 or info@goodsonthomas.com.  

Closing date: Midday, 5 June 2024

Interview date: TBC

All applications will be acknowledged.