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Senior Communications Officer
Location: Remote (with occasional travel)
Salary: £34,200
Length of contract: Permanent
Hours per week: 37
Interviews: 15th & 16th May
Purpose of the Senior Communications Officer role:
As Senior Communications Officer, the successful candidate will be a creative, agile and impactful professional, who will play a pivotal role in shaping Women’s Aid’s communications campaigns, working closely with the Communications Manager and the Head of Media, Brand and Relationships. The successful candidate will take the lead on generating creative, engaging content and ideas for Women’s Aid communications – including major campaign moments and brand awareness.
Working across all external channels, including traditional media and social media, you will curate compelling stories that build our profile and target key audiences in our mission to keep women and children safe from domestic abuse. You’ll be joining us at an exciting time, as we mark our 50th Birthday with some powerful campaigns and engagement.
How to apply
Please read the job description and person specification before applying. You must specify in your email to us when applying that you meet the essential criteria. Please submit your CV and a Cover letter. Your cover letter should be no more than 2 pages long and should include a summary of your reasons for applying for the position. You should also include details of how your skills, behaviours and experience meet those necessary for the role, as listed in the Job Description and Person Specification.
Please ensure that you also complete the EDI form and send all completed paperwork to recruitment@womensaid.org.uk (Please clearly mark your name and the role title in the subject line of your email). If you have been shortlisted for interview, you will be informed by email. Regrettably, we are normally unable to acknowledge unsuccessful applicants. We reserve the right to close a recruitment campaign earlier than the advertised closing date if a high volume of responses are received.
All posts, including remote posts must be based in the UK. Women only need apply under schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010. Women’s Aid is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity. Applications are particularly welcome from Black and minoritised women.
We are a Disability Confident employer: we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for vacancies. Recruitment consultancies/agencies should not approach Women’s Aid with regards to open vacancies. We regret that agency candidates will not be considered. Registered charity no: 1054154
Who are Women’s Aid?
Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. We are a federation of over 170 organisations which provide just under 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across England. For almost 50 years we have campaigned on behalf of our members and survivors to shape policy and practice, and to raise awareness of domestic abuse.
Our support services, which include our Live Chat, the Survivors’ Forum, the No Woman Turned Away Project, the Survivor’s Handbook, Love Respect (our dedicated website for young people), the national Domestic Abuse Directory and our advocacy projects, help thousands of women and children every year.
If you need help and support, you can access Women’s Aid direct services which include our Live Chat, our email service, the Survivors’ Forum and the Survivor’s Handbook at www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support
You can also contact a local domestic abuse service by using our Women’s Aid Directory
Please read our single sex statement here: Women’s Aid: Single sex services statement