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Swanage Railway
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Paid VACANCIES
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Marketing and Communications Manager
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Swanage Railway is an award-winning railway carrying over 200,000 passengers a year, on its heritage services, making it one of the leading tourist attractions in Dorset. Working as part of a team, you’ll join people who are passionate about delivering safe, reliable and punctual train services using our steam and diesel locomotives.
The Role
The Marketing and Communications Manager will be responsible for designing and delivering impactful marketing, branding, and communication strategies to promote Swanage Railway and its visitor experience. This is a key leadership role that will shape how we connect with visitors, stakeholders, staff, and volunteers alike.
The role combines creativity, strategic thinking, and hands-on delivery—working collaboratively across departments and with a growing volunteer team to raise our profile, strengthen our brand, and ensure internal and external communications are engaging, effective, and aligned with the railway’s evolving vision and values.
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Essential requirements
- Degree in Marketing, Communications or a related field or equivalent experience
- Experience working in the heritage, tourism, leisure, or not-for-profit sector.
- Eye for design, content, and storytelling that brings a brand to life.
- Experience working with design tools or liaising with creative suppliers.
- Understanding of the Dorset tourism market or local community landscape.
Information
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How to apply:
Please contact Lorna Lock at recruitment@swanagerailway.co.uk for an information pack.
Closing date for receipt of applications: 12th May 2025
Interview date: 19th May 2025
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Volunteer VACANCIES
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Volunteer Secretary - Swanage Railway Trust
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The Swanage Railway Trust is looking for a Volunteer Trust Secretary to support the Swanage Railway Trust.
The role involves:
- Comprehensive understanding and interpretation of formal charity documents and protocols
- Attending and supporting management meetings (every 6 weeks)
- Liaising with the Chairman, Treasurer and Trustees
- Maintaining key records and compliance with Companies House and Charity Commission
- Assisting with the Annual General Meeting and communications
If you are passionare about heritage operations and want to make a differene,get in touch!
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Interested persons are invited to contact: iwanttovolunteer@swanagerailway.co.uk or call 01929 425800 for a discussion about the role.
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Volunteer Fundraiser
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The Swanage Railway is looking for highly effective fundraiser to raise capital funds, in line with its strategy, to ensure funding for major projects in order to sustain its future.
The successful applicant will need to have experience of major fundraising or marketing in a similar or larger organisation and ideally, be a member of the Institute of Fundraising.
Please click the links below to download the advertisement and volunteer role profile:
Applications should be submitted in the form of a comprehensive CV and supporting letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) telling us why you are the right person for this role and how you meet the criteria set out in the volunteer role profile:
Recruitment
Swanage Railway Trust
Station House
Swanage
Dorset BH19 1HB
Email to recruitment@swanagerailway.co.uk
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DRAUGHTSMAN
Mick Stone fronts a professional group of volunteers including Civil Engineers, Environmentalist and Town Planner who try to assist the Railway with "Professional Services" type Projects.
The group would now value any help with draughting to a professional standard the plans etc which they have to manage. These can be anything from simple sketch plans to professional quality drafted plans for Planning Applications to the relevant external Authorities.
Anyone who is able to offer help is asked to contact Peter Milford Company Secretary, cosec@srstaff.co.uk in the first instance. Peter will forward details to Mick Stone.
There are a number of schemes for the Swanage site (and other zones along our leased Trackbed) where we wish to make improvements but desperately need to have basic plans to demonstrate to Management, Neighbours, Landlords and others the alternatives being considered.
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