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Social Media Marketing Recruitment Express

Job Specifications

INTERNAL VACANCY

If you are an internal candidate interested in applying for this job as a secondment opportunity, please discuss with your current line manager before submitting your application.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Mansion House team and to manage the events and marketing, which aims to develop the house as a key visitor attraction and events location in the city.

For this varied role, we are looking for someone with imagination, flair and aptitude to think outside of the box but who has a strong practical side and a ‘can do attitude’.

About The Role

You will monitor effectiveness of the marketing, post event feedback and seek to develop new and innovative events and marketing opportunities working closely with partners in the city.

Part of the role is to liaise with potential hirers and take the event from conception through to completion and ensure all the necessary administration task are carried out.

You will be expected to provide content for social media & website, keeping these current and engaging.

You will also oversee all the printed promotional material to ensure it conforms to the Mansion House & Corporate style guide and brand value.

The post will also lead on the development of the fourth year of the York Georgan festival and make sure the Mansion House plays an active part in other city-wide festivals. It is important you are able to build strong working relationships with stakeholder, business and interested groups locally, regionally and nationally.

This role is classed as Hybrid; based at Mansion House and working from home and West Offices.

As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.

The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition, we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Richard Pollitt (Mansion House Manager) at richard.pollitt@york.gov.uk

Closing date: Thursday 11 December 2025 at 12 midnight

Interview date: Wednesday 17 December 2025

Internally advertised posts are only open to CYC, WWY and Be Independent employees. Explore and Veritau employees are not eligible to apply for these posts.

About the Company

Please submit general enquiries to: ycc@york.gov.uk or 01904 551550. Complaints and feedback to http://york.gov.uk/4Cs. From our offices in West Offices and Hazel Court, and with partners, City of York Council serves over 200,000 residents in and around York. Local communities depend on the statutory services we deliver and our people are proud to keep York clean, safe, productive and resilient. A strong council can also be an empowering force - transforming lives, communities and generations. We deliver lots of impor... Know more