Communications Manager

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Manage the delivery of the communications strategy across Club Doncaster, Doncaster Rovers Football Club, Doncaster Rugby League Football Club and Doncaster Rovers Belles Football Club. The delivery of the communications strategy will include overseeing the content calendar for the Club websites, all social media channels, PR and marketing campaigns.
• Line manage members of the communications team, conducting regular 1-2-1s and ensuring that department standards are being met.
• Act as conduit between the organisation and third party media, reviewing and fulfilling any media requests that meet the objectives of the clubs communication strategy.
• Coordination of press conferences with football/rugby management and players (across all Clubs), ensuring all media obligations are adhered to.
• Coordination of player visits that support media, marketing, sponsorship and community engagements.
• Manage Club websites and all social media channels by ensuring content produced by the communications team is publishable and reporting on analytics.
• Use social media to positively engage supporters, providing content that creates reactions and creates calls to action.
• Plan and executive marketing campaigns across the organisation supporting ticketing, commercial and other stadium revenues.
• Liaise with third party providers where appropriate for the needs of the business.
• Ensure all Clubs are fulfilling all legal and media obligations set by their appropriate leagues.
• Ensure the correct set up of the press area for matches, including commentary for internal/external channels, media accreditation, team sheet production and liaison with opposition media team. Assign the working team for all matches across all Clubs including Academy.
• Support, where necessary, with ideas for partnership delivery.
• Report on financial and non-financial KPIs across the department.
• Ensure policies and procedures are adhered to. 
• Active participation in continuing professional development.
• Act at all times with utmost good faith to the club(s) and company.
• Devote full attention and ability to fulfilment of the duties required by the role.
• To work closely with fellow staff, maintain good relationships, and collaborative working practices.
• To work with colleagues throughout Club Doncaster to extend knowledge and skills in order to identify and develop best practice.
• To undertake other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.
• To maintain the quality of service provision, regularly evaluating work and seeking to make improvements.
• Present a professional image when dealing with both internal and external contacts and partners, acting in a professional manner at all times.
• To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.

About Club Doncaster:

Club Doncaster is the elite brand of sporting organisations working to support and strive forward our community. Our spoken aim is to be: an ambitious and successful club of which the community is proud of.

We work with a culture that promotes unity, creativity and aspiration to promote success – this is why we are Club Doncaster.

We look for people with passion, honesty and who embrace a challenge on a daily basis, with the energy and passion to strive forward and prove each day.

Safeguarding:

Club Doncaster takes its safeguarding responsibility very seriously. This means recruiting the correct people for Club Doncaster.

We acknowledge our clear responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable groups in our care, and have policies and guidelines to ensure this.

The successful candidate will have to complete an Enhanced DBS check before starting employment with the club.

Equal opportunities:

Club Doncaster is an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Our Recruitment and Selection Policy, Code of Conduct, Diversity & Equality Policy, Equal Opportunities Policy and Right to work in UK Policy are available to all applicants on request.