Communications Officer (Maternity cover)

Responsibilities

• Plan, create and publish engaging content across social media, the website, blogs and print, including writing, photography and short-form video, to reach key audiences and drive engagement.
• Produce compelling content for fundraising campaigns and events, and support the marketing manager to develop and deliver promotional plans that recruit event participants.
• Demonstrate the charity’s impact through strong case studies and stories, including content for the annual report and bi-annual newsletter.
• Ensure the voices of children and young people are represented in our communications.
• Ensure all content involving children, young people and families is gathered and shared safely and ethically, obtaining informed consent in line with the charity’s safeguarding, consent and data protection policies.
• Manage the organisation’s social media channels day to day, engaging with and responding to messages, passing information to colleagues where needed, and keeping up with social and online trends.
• Keep website content up to date and develop new content to increase visitors and encourage people to take action.
• Raise the charity’s profile with local and regional media by writing press releases, pitching features, responding to media enquiries and maintaining a media coverage database.
• Provide in-house graphic design for digital and print materials in line with the charity’s brand, mission and values.
• Advise colleagues and supporters on brand needs and queries.

Requirements

• compassionate, creative
• excellent track record in compelling storytelling
• ability to convert medical jargon into simple, relatable language
• strong video production and editorial skills for reel production
• experience in planning, creating and publishing engaging content across social media, websites, blogs and print
• experience producing content for fundraising campaigns and events
• ability to demonstrate impact through case studies and stories
• experience ensuring voices of children and young people are represented in communications
• awareness of safeguarding, consent and data protection policies when handling content involving children, young people and families
• ability to manage social media channels day to day and engage with audiences