Social Media Officer

Description:

We have an exciting opportunity for an Social Media Officer to join our team based in Chingford London. 

Location: Gilwell Park. Chingford, London (with hybrid working)

Salary:  £33,476 per annum, Band E, Level 3 (Inclusive of Outer London Weighting)

Term: Permanent

Working Hours: 35 hours per week - There is an on-call element of the role

where the post holder will monitor social media comments on evenings and weekends. This will be done on a rota basis.    

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright.

The Social Media Officer Role:

Working in Social Media, you’ll be plugged in on all the news and updates from Scouts. You’ll have opportunity to be involved in developing our social media content to best connect with the Movement and demonstrate the impact and value of Scouting to external audiences. 

You'll be joining a team that is passionate, creative and loves what we do. We pride ourselves in providing excellent training, mentoring and support to match your career aspirations, making this a perfect environment to learn and grow your communications and marketing skills. We work collaboratively across the comms and creative team. 

Key responsibilities as our Social Media Officer: 

Generate bold, creative, share-worthy content that develops the Scout brand and reflects our values, connecting with partners and ambassadors 

Maintain a solid understanding of the changing needs of our social audiences and the channels they use, plan and schedule organic and paid social campaigns 

Analyse ongoing results to identify trends and insights. Share insight to the wider team to reflect goals, and share learnings on how this will link to SEO 

Manage dialogue with Scouts social media communities by responding to and driving conversations 

What we are looking for in our Social Media Officer: 

Excellent knowledge of mainstream social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, an understanding of their content formats and how audiences use them. 

Digital content creation experience for social media for a brand 

Video content creation: including attending events and video shoots to get mobile and platform friendly content to engage various audiences and editing footage in a way that suits the platform 

Successful experience of using social media platforms to run paid campaigns to engage new audiences by interests/demographics 

Experience discussing customer or user needs with colleagues and stakeholders to align around the customer/user’s goals. 

Experience testing content and interpreting data. 

Demonstrable experience of growing and maintaining social media communities, including reputation management

What we can offer you as our Social Media Officer:

Work in a way that suits you, your role and your team

Be proud to say you’re part of a team with Investors in People (Gold)

Plenty of opportunity for learning and development

28 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays rising to 32 days after two years

Four extra days to look after your family when they need you

Five volunteering days to contribute to a cause that matters to you

Three extra days off in December between 27 and 31 December (that’s our gift to you)  

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Flexible working hours

Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits

Closing date for applications: 11:59pm Tuesday 7th May 2024

Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 15th or Thursday 16th May 2024

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies