Job Description
Content and Communications Officer
35 Hours per week
£25,810 per annum
SportPark, Loughborough, LE11 3QF
There’s never been a more exciting time to work alongside Swim England.
We are the only recognised National Governing Body for aquatic activity and celebrated our 150th anniversary in 2019. Our content and communications team were involved in:
• covering our fantastic national swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, water polo and open water competitions
• corporate event launches of major insight into the Value of Swimming at a Parliamentary reception
• working with national operators to show why people #LoveSwimming
• celebrating the achievements of elite athletes at major championships
• creating eye-catching video content
• reporting on awards ceremonies and the first inductees into our Hall of Fame
• plus raising our profile online and through our social media channels.
But that’s just the tip of the iceberg…
As we head into an Olympic year, a unique opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and confident Communications and Content Officer to join the Swim England family.
You will be responsible for helping to develop and publish engaging written and visual content across Swim England’s digital communication channels.
Reporting to the Content and Communications Manager, you will also be tasked with leading on the development of filmed content for swimming.org and social media channels to help promote our industry-leading Learn to Swim programme and the coverage of all our sports.
This is an exciting opportunity working within the Commercial and Marketing department as part of a busy team.
The successful candidate must:
• Have a communications, journalism or comparable degree (or equivalent)
• Be able to write engaging, proactive and responsive communications and edit copy to a high standard
• Be highly competent at filming and editing engaging video content
• Be able to develop innovative ideas to create content for all our disciplines and platforms
• Be confident at getting the right message across, whether that be on a story for swimming.org, social media post, writing a newsletter or internal communications
• Be able to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Be flexible to work some evenings and weekends to cover events
If you feel you have the skills and attributes suitable for this position, we would like to hear from you
Find out more about us – the Swim England family – and what we do here: www.swimming.org
Swim England is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to inclusion and embrace the spirit of all equalities legislation. Where possible we will always make reasonable adjustments for accessibility to anyone who requires it. Please be advised that we cannot offer visa sponsorship and that you must have right to work status to apply or be considered for this role. If you are a non UK/EU National, you must have an appropriate working visa to undertake employment.
Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 2 February
Applications after this time will not be considered
Interview date: W/C Monday 10 February
How to apply
To apply for this role please: • Click here (www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6S6Y8YG) to complete our Application statement. • Send your CV and covering letter outlining the skills and experience you can bring to this role, referring to the advert, person specification and job description, to careers@swimming.org. This should include any personal interests and unpaid activities. Include as much detail as possible to support your application, we receive hundreds of applications so make yours stand out! (We would recommend at least 300 words) Please note: applications received without all elements above will not be considered for shortlisting.