Communications & Marketing Manager

EQUATION NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

31,484 per year

Hybrid working with 2 days in our Nottingham office

Part-time

2nd February 2026

Communications Manager

Location: Hybrid working with 2 days in our Nottingham office

Salary: £31,484.01 pa FTE. Actual salary for part time hours £25,527.58

Hours: Permanant, part-time 30 hours per week

About the role

Are you a strategic communications professional who can lead a team and shape an organisation’s external profile?

We are looking for a Communications Manager to lead and develop Equation’s communications function. This is a strategic role focused on building our brand and external profile, managing a talented team, and ensuring all parts of the organisation have the communications support they need.

You will line manage a team of four, including two Coordinators, a Project Worker and a Freelance Resource Worker. Your role is to provide strategic direction, set targets and quality assure outputs – not to do the day-to-day delivery yourself. You will develop and implement our communications strategy, support other workstreams with their communications needs, and work with colleagues including our new Corporate Partnerships Manager to ensure consistent, high-quality messaging.

This role also has an important sector leadership element. You will chair the DSVA Communications Group, working with communications colleagues from partner organisations across Nottinghamshire to coordinate joint campaigns and messaging.

You do not need to have worked in the domestic abuse sector before, but you do need to be an experienced communications professional who can think strategically, manage people well and maintain high standards across everything we put out.

We’re looking for someone who:

Has experience of managing a team

Has developed and implemented communications strategies

Has managed brand and external profile for an organisation

Understands digital communications including social media, websites and email marketing

Can set targets, prioritise and quality assure work

Has strong written and verbal communication skills

Is committed to ending domestic abuse

Experience of working across the charity sector, partnership communications, or the DSVA sector is desirable but not essential.

How to apply

Applications can be made via our recruitment portal. Apply here. For any questions, please email admin@equation.org.uk. CVs cannot be accepted.

Closing date

9am on 2nd February 2026.

Safeguarding

Equation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and to work in accordance with our safeguarding policies and procedures.

The successful candidate will be subject to safer recruitment checks including an Enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references covering the past five years, and completion of our safeguarding disclosure questionnaire.

This post involves regulated activity with children and vulnerable adults.

Equation operates a zero-tolerance approach to any form of abuse, discrimination, bullying, harassment or exploitation. We are dedicated to creating a safe environment where everyone we work with feels protected and able to speak up if they have concerns.

About us

Our goal is for everyone to have equal, healthy relationships free from domestic abuse. This is front and centre of everything we do. We run education programmes with young people in schools, training for professionals and behaviour change programmes, as well as raising awareness of where to get help and support. We also run a helpline and support services for men and LGBTQ+ people experiencing abuse living in Nottinghamshire.

Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued and encourage applications from all under-represented groups, particularly those from disabled, LGBTQ+ and diverse and minoritised backgrounds.

We believe that equity, diversity and inclusion improves the health, wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are prioritised, we are happier, healthier and can achieve more.

Wellbeing and benefits

We offer a range of benefits to our team members to ensure wellbeing remains a top priority. Work-life balance is important to us so we have family friendly policies, flexible, hybrid working options and an incremental annual leave allowance.

These include:

Flexible and hybrid working for suitable roles
Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements
26 days holiday plus bank holidays, rising to 31
Clinical supervision is available for all front life staff
Free annual eye test
Sick pay, compassionate leave and special leave
Expenses and mileage paid
Progression opportunities
Family friendly leave policies including maternity, adoption and parental leave. Carers leave, and fertility treatment leave.
Auto-enrolment to People’s Partnership pension scheme (salary dependent) with an employer contribution of 5%. Further 3% is automatically deducted from monthly salary.

Ongoing development

We’re committed to providing development opportunities for our whole team. We welcome people with a wide range of skills and experiences, as this allows us to be creative and provide the best support for people experiencing domestic abuse.

To support this, we have a robust induction and development programme available to the whole team, throughout your career here at Equation.

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