About Street Soccer
Street Soccer is a charity using football to create lasting change in the lives of isolated and excluded adults and young people. We run 60 sessions a week of free, inclusive and judgement-free football. These sessions provide person-centred support to players facing a number of challenges including mental health, homelessness, long term unemployment, problem substance use, criminal justice and seeking asylum. Our mission is to create hope and opportunity for all.
We support thousands of players a year on their journey to positive change by providing a safe space, trusting relationships and a sense of belonging. We fight isolation and exclusion by bringing people together, building confidence and creating supportive communities. We support people of all ages and backgrounds through relationship-based support, focusing on trust and personal development, supporting everyone to set and achieve their own goals. Thanks to the support of Street Soccer, 82% of players say that their quality of life has improved.
Lived experience is at the heart of what we do, with over 80% of our staff having lived experience of the challenges our players face.
97% of players think that Street Soccer is a unique organisation. With 15 years of experience delivering positive change through football, we are now working in more communities than ever, with city hubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and South London, as well as a network of sessions across 6 other local authorities.
To support our work, we generate income through a range of fundraising and income-generating initiatives, including donations, high-profile fundraising events, and grant funding from trusts and foundations. These efforts are underpinned by inspiring storytelling, strategic marketing, and meaningful partnerships that connect our supporters with the impact of our work.
The Marketing & Communications Co-Ordinator will play a key role in shaping how we communicate our mission, and build lasting relationships with our audiences and partners. This role is central to ensuring Street Soccer’s long term sustainability and helping the organisation to grow its profile, reach new supporters, and ultimately create more opportunities for the players we support across the country.
Role Purpose
The Marketing & Communications Co-Ordinator will lead the development and delivery of Street Soccer’s marketing strategy, brand presence, internal and external communications. This role will ensure our mission is clearly communicated, our stories are told with impact, and our supporters are inspired to engage, support, and take action.
Working closely with our front-line teams across the country, our central team in Edinburgh and partners, you will plan and deliver high-quality campaigns, manage our online presence, and be responsible for content creation.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Marketing & Campaigns
- Develop and deliver creative campaigns to promote the impact of Street Soccer’s core work, tackling stigma and changing the narrative, as well as to promote key events such as the Gala Dinner, Women Inspired, and the Homeless World Cup.
- Design and produce engaging physical and digital promotional assets (posters, brochures, banners, digital content) for use across multiple platforms.
- Manage Street Soccer’s website, ensuring content is regularly updated, accurate and engaging.
- Maintain the Street Soccer brand voice and visual identity across all activity.
Communications & Content
- Lead on all external communications including the creation and scheduling of social media posts, email newsletters, website news stories, and press releases.
- Manage and maintain Street Soccer’s social media accounts across all platforms, ensuring consistent growth and engagement.
- Work with internal teams and external media partners to source, develop and publish written and video content including player stories, case studies, and organisational updates.
- Create and maintain the communications calendar to cover Street Soccer programmes, events, campaigns and awareness days (e.g. World Mental Health Day or International Women’s Day).
- Manage media relationships, responding to press enquiries and securing positive coverage in partnership with our PR partners.
Event Support
- Provide marketing and communications support for Street Soccer events, including fundraising dinners, corporate networking events, activations, and tournaments.
- Create event-specific promotional campaigns and materials to maximise attendance and participation.
- Collaborate with the events delivery team to deliver impactful written and video content.
Partnership Support
- Support by producing high-quality promotional materials and content for partner engagement.
- Share impact stories and campaign updates that demonstrate the value of working with Street Soccer.
- Represent the organisation at selected partner and networking events to raise awareness and build relationships.
Fundraising & Income Generation
- Support the delivery of Street Soccer’s wider fundraising strategy by contributing ideas and capacity across opportunities, events and charity partnerships.
- Collaborate with internal teams to gather player stories, local updates and activity highlights that support donor engagement and fundraising efforts.
Governance & Compliance
- Ensure all marketing and communications activity complies with relevant policies, procedures, and brand guidelines.
- Support GDPR, safeguarding and other regulatory standards through best practice in data handling and communication.
- Ensure full compliance with Street Soccer Governance, HR and Operational Policies and Procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- A valid Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) certificate or the ability to obtain upon successful interview (Essential)
- Degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field (or equivalent experience) (Desirable)
Experience
- Creating and delivering marketing and communications campaigns (Essential)
- Expertly managing external relationships and partnerships (Essential)
- Working in a charity, non-profit, or community organisation (Desirable)
Knowledge
- Knowledge of the voluntary sector and experience of the network of services within the areas that we deliver (Desirable)
- Knowledge of the issues affecting socially disadvantaged young people and adults across Scotland & London (Desirable)
- Confident with the use of creative systems for design, editing and videography including Adobe Creative Suite, Canva or Capcut (Essential)
- Confident with the use of Wordpress to maintain Street Soccer website (Essential)
- Confident with the use of computer systems, including M365, CRM software & Project Management tools (Essential)
Skills
- Ability to problem solve and come up with solutions independently (Essential)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt messaging for different audiences (Essential)
- Attention to detail (Essential)
- Adaptable, willing to take on new challenges (Essential)
- Excellent organisation (Essential)
- Creativity & Storytelling (Essential)
- Able to work under pressure and deliver results to tight deadlines (Essential)
- Ability to generate and manage own workload with minimal supervision (Essential)
- Demonstrable positive communication skills (Essential)
- Ability to establish and sustain trust and confidence with colleagues, players and the public promoting and representing Street Soccer positively and professionally at all levels (Essential)
- Flexible, creative approach to workload and problem solving (Essential)
- Able to analyse, interpret and deliver information with clarity (Essential)
Values
- Has empathy for the issues and barriers facing those with complex needs from socially disadvantaged backgrounds (Essential)
- Honesty, openness and compassion (Essential)
- Alignment with Street Soccer’s mission and values (Essential)
Other
- Full, clean UK Driving licence (Desirable)
- The willingness to travel across the UK, as required (Essential)
- The willingness to work evenings and weekends, as required (Essential)
Other Information
Our staff team are dynamic individuals who enjoy working in an exciting and challenging but very rewarding environment. Street Soccer is a growing organisation and we require people who can think on their feet, are willing to accept change and are committed to continuing their professional development. There will be times where you will be required to work on tasks and projects outside of the job description including evening and weekend work. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and committed to supporting the overall aims and objectives of Street Soccer.
This role will be primarily based at our Head Office in Edinburgh. There may be the opportunity for occasional hybrid working in line with the needs of the role. We are always happy to discuss more formalised solutions that allow people to balance their working lives with their responsibilities outside of work.
This job description is a general outline of the above post and it is not exhaustive. This job description is subject to periodic review with the postholder. Duties may change in line with the organisational changes and of the postholders own personal development.
The role title used in this job description is for external recruitment purposes only and is subject to change at job offer stage.
If you require anything in a different format (e.g. printed, large print, plain text etc) or if you have any other access needs, please do get in touch with Cameron Black, National Operations Manager, cameron@streetsoccer.org.uk and we will do our best to accommodate these.
We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of their socio-economic background, criminal justice status, age, sex, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, disability or nationality.
