Senior Copywriter - 6 Months FTC at Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex | Chatham, Medway, UK | £37K/yr – £40K/yr

Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex

Senior Copywriter - 6 Months FTC

Chatham, Medway, UK (On-site)

£37K/yr – £40K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the storytelling and copy system for a multi-channel charity, turning lifesaving work into audience-tailored messages that move volunteers, donors and partners to engage.

Define and own messaging and content across channels to drive awareness, engagement, and donor impact.
Collaborate with MarComms and stakeholders to translate ideas into multi-channel copy and maintain tone across Trustees, SLT, staff, and supporters.
Ensure flawless copy with strong grammar, deadlines, and audience tailoring for high-stakes events.

Job Description

Build multi-channel copy and content to raise awareness and engagement across audiences for newsletters, magazine, annual reports, and staff intranet.
Develop messaging for fundraising appeals and campaigns across varied channels to maximize impact for new and existing supporters.
Write and edit copy for fundraising packs, leaflets, guides with stories on lifesaving work and crew/patients.
Collaborate with the MarComms Team and stakeholders to translate ideas into multi-channel creative copy.
Build relationships with key charity stakeholders to deepen understanding of lifesaving work and audience needs.
Write scripts for the Senior Leadership Team and crew members for speeches at major stakeholder events.
Ensure copy aligns with tone of voice and key messaging.
Maintain outstanding organizational skills to meet daily, weekly, monthly, bi-annual and annual publishing deadlines while handling ad hoc work.
Take full ownership for copy quality with exemplary grammar and proofreading to uphold excellence.
Tailor communications for Trustees, SLT, staff, volunteers, former patients and families, supporters, donors, trusts, foundations, and partners.

Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex

We are Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS), and we fight every day to save lives. It costs £18.8M to operate our lifesaving service, 88% of this is raised through public donations and fundraising. Reg. Charity No. 1021367We’re driven by our purpose of saving lives and ensuring the best possible outcomes for our patients. Last year alone we attended over 2,500 incidents. We are fearless and tireless in fighting to save every life.Our charity headquarters and forward operating base are located at Rochester Airport, with our aircraft hangared and maintained at Redhill Aerodrome. When the call comes, we can reach any part of Kent, Surrey or Sussex in under 30 minutes.Patients are at the heart of everything we do. We bring the emergency room to the scene and deliver outstanding specialist treatment, care and support to give our patients their very best possible outcome.Time is critical. Which is why our fleet of helicopters and rapid response vehicles can transport our doctors and paramedics to our patients 24/7, 365 days a year. We were the first 24/7 Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) in the country.Find out more about our critical, life-saving service or get in touch: www.aakss.org.uk

Founded in 1989

Chatham, England, GBR

129 employees (9 in marketing)

www.aakss.org.uk