Communications Officer

  • Reed
  • Nov 10, 2026
Full time Sales & Marketing

Job Description

Join a Growing Organisation Making a Difference

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Communications Officer to join a purpose-driven organisation undergoing significant growth and expansion.

This organisation delivers nationally recognised programmes that support professionals working with children and families and is investing heavily in new initiatives, services and stakeholder engagement. As a result, they are seeking a creative and commercially minded communications professional to help drive awareness, engagement and impact through compelling content and storytelling.

The Opportunity

Reporting into the Communications & Marketing function, you will play a key role in delivering external communications activity across digital, social media, email and content channels.

This is a highly varied role offering significant creative ownership, the opportunity to shape social media strategy, and exposure to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

You'll be responsible for identifying stories, producing engaging content, supporting campaigns and helping the organisation strengthen its profile with existing and emerging audiences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Create engaging written, visual and video content across multiple channels.
  • Manage and develop social media activity, including content planning, scheduling and publishing.
  • Produce articles, case studies, blogs, interviews and stakeholder stories.
  • Support communications and marketing campaigns that promote programmes and organisational initiatives.
  • Conduct interviews and gather content from colleagues, programme participants and stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with teams across the organisation to identify opportunities for storytelling and engagement.
  • Monitor digital performance and provide insight using website, social media and email analytics.
  • Contribute to audience development, channel optimisation and communications planning.

About You

We're keen to hear from candidates who combine excellent writing ability with strong digital communications experience.

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Experience in a Communications Officer, Content Officer, Digital Communications, Marketing Communications or Social Media role.
  • Exceptional written communication, editing and proofreading skills.
  • Experience managing professional social media channels.
  • Strong content creation skills across a range of formats.
  • Ability to translate complex information into engaging, audience-focused content.
  • Experience building relationships with stakeholders and sourcing content from subject matter experts.
  • Excellent organisational and project management skills.

Desirable Skills

  • Video production and editing experience.
  • Photography and content capture skills.
  • Experience using Canva, Adobe Creative Suite or similar design platforms.
  • Email marketing experience.
  • Analytics experience, including social media and website performance reporting.
  • Experience working within charity, public sector, education, membership or purpose-led organisations.

Ideal Candidate Profile

This role would suit a Communications Officer, Content Executive, Digital Communications Executive, Social Media Executive, Marketing Communications Executive or Content Specialist seeking a position where quality writing, creative storytelling and audience engagement are at the heart of the role.

Please include a brief supporting statement along with your CV