Job Opportunity: Events and Marketing Assistant

The Irish Writers Centre is seeking an Events and Marketing Assistant to join our team. As the Events and Marketing Assistant at the Irish Writers Centre, you will play a pivotal role in the organisation’s communications, as well as providing administrative and logistical support to the events and programmes. The closing date for applications is Sunday 12 May 2024.

Events and Marketing Assistant

Events and Marketing Assistant Job Description

Contract: Contract for one year, subject to renewal, with six month probation period

Hours: Part-time, 3 days per week /21 hours per week / 0.6 FTE.

Salary: €26,257 per annum (€15,754 pro-rata 3 days per week).

Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Location: Irish Writers Centre, Parnell Square, Dublin 1

Irish Writers Centre

As the leading support and development organisation for writers since 1991, the Irish Writers Centre (IWC) carries out its work, online and in person, on an all island basis. We work with writers of all types and talents, and actively encourage writers from all communities to engage in creative writing. We provide many ways and means for them to develop their skill, advance their ambitions and join a vibrant and diverse community of people who share their passion and purpose. We are also a membership organisation, always seeking new opportunities for members to grow as writers and to connect with each other through IWC programmes and supports.

Purpose and Scope of the Post

As the Events and Marketing Assistant at the Irish Writers Centre, you will play a pivotal role in the organisation’s communications, as well as providing administrative and logistical support to the events and programmes. The Events and Marketing Assistant will report directly to the CEO and will work closely with the Administrator, the Programming Officer and the Communications and Marketing Officer as well as the wider team. The Main areas of responsibility are to manage the logistics for events and programmes, digital marketing, developing marketing collateral, direct mail, distribution and market research. We need someone to join our team who is focused on customer care and stewardship and whose excellent skills in organisations and time management to ensure the smooth running and timely delivery of our events and programmes. The candidate will ideally have a passion for the arts and a strong digital and copywriting skills with excellent attention to detail.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 12 May 2024.

Full job description details here.