Destination Chesterfield

Work for us

Destination Chesterfield promotes Chesterfield as a place to invest, live, work, and visit.

We work in partnership with Chesterfield Borough Council and over 230 local businesses and organisations – our Chesterfield Champions, to support and grow the local economy.

Current opportunities to work for us

Destination Chesterfield Marketing Assistant

£13,500 (£22,500 FTE) per annum

Permanent, part-time (21 hours per week)

Ongoing (we close ongoing adverts once sufficient applications are received)

Chesterfield based with agile working. Additional travel may be required around Chesterfield and North Derbyshire

Are you a creative individual with a passion for marketing? Can you contribute to positively showcasing Chesterfield? If that’s you, you could be our next team member.

In this role, you will support the Destination Chesterfield team to showcase the town of Chesterfield as an ideal place to invest, live, work and visit through delivering effective marketing and sharing engaging content.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Campaign delivery – Support the creation and execution of promotional campaigns and manage databases.
• Digital content delivery – Create and update content on the chesterfield.co.uk website, ensuring it remains current, engaging, and optimised for search engines.
• Social media marketing – Oversee day-to-day operations of Destination Chesterfield’s social media channels, including content creation and customer engagement.
• Event marketing – Deliver marketing activities for Chesterfield Champions and commercial events.
• Conduct social listening – Monitor social media channels to engage with businesses and customers, discover new products, and encourage user-generated content.
• Performance reporting – Monitor and prepare reports highlighting the success of various marketing initiatives.
• Skills initiatives support – Aid the team in delivering marketing for a range of skills-focused programs.

Ideally applicants will possess:

• Creativity and enthusiasm.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• A results-driven attitude with high resilience.
• Self-motivation and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and cloud-based applications.
• Experience with online and digital marketing.

Click here for more information and to apply for the above role. 

Working for Destination Chesterfield

There are so many great reasons to become part of the team, we’ve listed some of our benefits below:

• HOLIDAYS ALLOWANCE  –   25 days holiday and your birthday off
• 8% PENSION CONTRIBUTION –  Non-Contributory Pension
• FINANCIAL SUPPORT  – Death in the service support scheme
• CASHBACK AND DISCOUNTS AT 100’S OF RETAILERS
• HYBRID WORKING – Agile working and dress for the day policy
• TAX-FREE CYCLES – Bike2Work scheme
• FAMILY FIRST – Tax-free childcare
• SUPPORTING YOU – Learning and development
• WESTFIELD HEALTH PLAN – Health and Wellbeing
• WHAT’S RIGHT FOR YOU – Flexible leave
• GIVING BACK – Two CSR/volunteering days per annum

Most importantly, we’re a supportive bunch, who will make you feel welcome, support you to grow and value your ideas. In addition, we also arrange social and charitable activities throughout the year.

Our Values

Like a place, Destination Chesterfield is the sum of its people, particularly the operational team, board members or the Chesterfield Champions.

Our values are:

1.           We are innovative in our marketing of Chesterfield

2.           We build connections and help businesses to grow

3.           We celebrate people and place

4.           We collaborate and support each other

5.           We deliver quality and are honest and ethical

Working and living in Chesterfield

If you are considering relocating for one of our roles, Derbyshire’s largest town is nestled on the edge of the Peak District National Park and a short distance from the city lights of Sheffield.  Our perfect location can offer you and your family a great lifestyle, as well as an excellent place to work.

Don’t just take our word for it. For instance, in May 2023, EnjoyTravel.com rated the town the 2nd best place in the UK to raise a family.

Above all, the town is well connected by rail and road, is an affordable place to live and has great outdoor spaces.

With over £2 billion of regeneration taking place, Chesterfield is ambitious. These developments will bring more employment, and more family homes as well as revitalised town centres and high streets across the borough.

Discover more in our blog: 5 reasons why families are choosing to live in Chesterfield

Further information

If you would like a conversation about the roles advertised, please contact Dom Stevens, Destination Chesterfield Manager on 01246 207207 or email info@chesterfield.co.uk.