Social Media Community & Influencer Officer

Are you seeking a new challenge in social media, influencer marketing, and community management? Are you interested a role which will shape the activity that will help people to travel across Greater Manchester?

Your Role

Join our team at Transport for Greater Manchester as a Social Media Community and Influencer Officer. In this role, you’ll be immersed in community management, cultivate relationships with social media influencers, and collaborate on captivating content for innovative campaigns.

For more info see Job Profile below.

Who are we?

Transport for Greater Manchester is committed to enhancing public transport and promoting active travel. As part of our Brand Marketing Design and Digital team, you’ll be at the forefront of advocating for behaviour change that encourages more people to choose public transport and active travel, making a positive impact on our community.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

We’re looking for someone with a deep understanding of social media channels, their mechanics, and current trends. Your creative flair will be essential in executing captivating campaigns, and you should have a finger on the pulse of popular content creators on platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.

What we can offer you

A 12-month fixed term role with a salary of Band 5 + 31,762-36,093 per annum depending on skills and experience.

You’ll be part of a dynamic and creative team responsible for spearheading industry-leading and award-winning campaigns.

You’ll be at the forefront of Greater Manchester’s transportation evolution, with a significant role in the Bee Network Greater Manchester’s integrated public transport system.

Fuel your creativity and innovation as you work on cutting-edge campaigns that impact the lives of Greater Manchester residents positively. Your ideas will be valued, and your contributions will shape the future of public transport.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our benefits include:

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
• Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website

What’s next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and complete your application ensuring that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on your CV. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

Internal candidates – check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.

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Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.