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Communications Manager (maternity leave cover)

Heal is looking for maternity leave cover for a Communications Manager who will create and deliver strong, brand-building content about Heal’s work which wins hearts and minds and makes us stand out in a crowded space.
 

Contract details

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Contract: Full time, maternity cover (12 months)

Salary: £32,000 plus NEST pension

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, with occasional evening and weekend work (if / when required, not as standard)

Location: Heal Somerset, Lower West Farm Barn, Witham Friary, BA11 5HH (and open to discussion about some home working if commute is 45 minutes or more)

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Key dates

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Application closing date: 5pm on Sunday 5 July 2026

Start date: 24 August 2026

Interviews: 

  • Stage 1 shortlist - week commencing 13 July (online via Zoom)

  • Stage 2 final - week commencing 20 July (in-person at Heal Somerset)

Download the job description

Full details about the role and person specification can be found within the job description.

If you have any questions or queries regarding this role or your application, you can contact us.

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About the role


Heal is looking for maternity leave cover for a Communications Manager who will create and deliver strong, brand-building content about Heal’s work which wins hearts and minds and makes us stand out in a crowded space.

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People tell us that our comms is really good, so you’ll be keeping up that reputation. You will need to be familiar with a broad range of comms activities, so you will have around two years’ experience in a broadly based comms role.

 

You will be a very good writer, confident and secure in your use of English, including grammar, punctuation, nuance, tone and style. You will be able to find new ways to say the same thing and create novel content which catches people’s attention and makes them read on, engage with us and support us. You’ll need to proactively look for opportunities to increase awareness of Heal’s work and rewilding in general, and find ways to engage new audiences.

Roles and responsibilities include:
 

  • Leading on all social media activity including creating engaging content across Heal’s social media channels and monitoring and scheduling all posts

  • Editing and creating content for both the Heal Rewilding and Heal Somerset websites

  • Creation and delivery of monthly and quarterly newsletters

  • Analysing analytics for social media, websites and newsletters to help inform future activities

  • Working with the Learning and Sharing Manager and Marketing and Events Coordinator to support with the promotion of events and activities across the organisation through the creation and promotion of compelling promotional materials

  • Identifying PR opportunities, liaising with the media and writing and delivering press releases

  • Ensuring a smooth user journey across social media and the website for those booking events, donating, sponsoring 3x3 squares or any other such activity

  • Working with other members of staff to provide communications support for campaigns and activities

  • Ensuring all external communications are at an excellent standard and on brand

  • Carrying out any other duties as may be reasonably required

Essential criteria include:
 

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Experience managing social media channels, websites and newsletters

  • Creative content creation skills

  • Excellent prioritisation skills

  • Strong organisation skills

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How to apply

Apply

If you meet our essential criteria and would like to apply to join our team as maternity leave cover for our Communications Manager, please complete the application form below. 

Please note, all recruitment at Heal follows a name-blind application process - the purpose of this is to reduce the impact of unconscious bias. This is an important part of our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusivity. All applicants are required to anonymise their application, using a random six-digit ID as an identifier instead of their name. Please see the guidance within the application pack for instructions. Any applicants who fail to comply with the name-blind process will be immediately rejected.

Application form

Part 1 - your details

You must enter a random six-digit ID instead of your name to comply with our name-blind application process, which has been designed to reduce unconscious bias.

Part 2 - CV 

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  • Your name, home address and email address have been removed and replaced with your six-digit ID

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  • The file name contains the six-digit ID and not your name e.g. '872129 CV.pdf'

Part 3 - Special requirements

Please let us know if there is anything you need from us in order to accommodate and/or support you through the recruitment process, for example any special arrangements we can make, or things you'd like us to be aware of, to support you at the interview. 

Part 4 - Equity, diversity and inclusion

We're committed to fostering an inclusive culture and to ensuring that our team - including staff, trustees, volunteers and supporters - is diverse and representative of wider society. In this section, we ask that you to provide information about your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and disability. The sole purpose of this data collection is to enable us to monitor the diversity of candidates applying to Heal as part of our ongoing equity, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) work.

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Our team will not see this data until the recruitment process is complete and the role has been filled, at which point we will use the data to inform and improve our EDI strategy.

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All applicants are welcome to select the 'prefer not to say' option if they would rather not provide this data.

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Part 5 - finishing up

Thank you for taking the time to apply to work with Heal - we're so delighted that you're interested in joining the Heal team on its mission to rewild land across England.

 

We have two more questions left for you, and then we're good to go!

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